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This is a brief discourse on the research carried out for my folly design  For my folly design the research I carried out was to simple elevate my design mind of what it can create in terms of new possibilities. The main 3 architectural styles i peered at were Indian, Islamic which may take note of Persian or the ottoman empire, and lastly Eclecticism. Each architectural style is paramount to my project study, as both Islamic and Indian would thrust me further in my knowledge in symmetry the geometry in creation of new shapes and structures. For Islamic I will explore more on domes and for Indian it would be ornamentation/embellishment oriented.  Eclecticism would help to further expose how different styles can be merged together to form genuine structures. I have noted 2 architects which i find very influential namely, Arthur Benison Hubback (British Architect) and Mimar Sinan (Ottoman Architect).  I have also looked types of stones used for construction and my main focu...

For my project I have chosen to work with the theme of oriental design, where I will explore a variety of Eastern architecture from the ancient past to closer centuries of our time. These may range from Indian, Islamic, Japanese or Malaysian, in hopes to study to create new form either by studying geometry and silhouette or a twist by joining elements from each architectural style - honing to a sort of Eclecticism like the sort of work done by Arthur Benison Hubback in the early 20th century. I will furthermore explore some architects who have worked in the idea or culture in Eastern Architecture and materials used for construction being types of stone like limestone and marble; types of bricks like mud-brick, and cement. The building/structure would be a multipurpose folly type design to either incorporate shade from the sun or rain, or to be used as a picnic or as an aesthetic element to its surroundings. I will show linear perspectives, elevation and floor plans for this structure, ...

These are the final sketches of the buildings 1 and 2.  Building 1, Luxury apartment.  Building 2, Department store. 

Materials -  The materials used for exterior and interior design range from: Limestone (Portland limestone), Marble (Carrara white marble, Thassos white marble, Fior di Bosca grey marble, Boticcino cream marble).     Glass (Solar control glass). Brass. Granite For the aesthetics of Luxury apartment, its entire exterior would be made out of marble. I would be purely white with no grain or veins so Thassos white marble is the ideal choice which is famous for being amongst the whitest marbles around the world.  The glass would be a hi-tech solar control glass that would be paramount in reflecting the heat off the building.  The buildings interior would be made primarily of limestone for all its columns. Its interior color pallet is white (portland limestone), grey (fior di bosca marble) and cream (boticcino marble) and follows that continuous order from the ground to 8th floor (first white, then grey then cream). The department store Would have the same white aesth...

Otto Bartning -  Otto Bartning was a prominent figure of expressionism in architecture being amongst the most important modernist architects in Germany. He was multifarious in his designs, creating airy buildings with lighting and space, with his ethos of openness and social cohesion. He saw architecture as a means for expressing modernity breaking off from the traditional with an emphasis on the use of modern construction with modern materials. Some famous buildings of his are, Gustav-Adolf-Kirche, Berlin (1934), Sternkirche, (1922) and Stahlkirche (1928).  Gustav-Adolf-Kirche, Berlin, 1934. Sternkirche, ink drawing, 1922 Wilhelm Kreis - Wilhelm Kreis was an eminent German architect and a professor during the early 20th century. He exhibited a wide range of designing and his career can be used as a bench mark for architectural practice under under ever changing national political conditions; from the Wilhelmina Era, Weimar Republic, Third Reich, and Federal Republic. He was m...

This is a collection of Architects whose works may have a semblance to my vision of design and have leanings or are fully surmounted towards the language of expressionist architecture. For this project I studied 10 architects in context to this route, namely; Henri Sauvage, Erich Mendelsohn, Dominikus Bohm, Hermann Distel, August Grubitz, Otto Bartning, Wilhelm Kreis,  Guðjón Samúelsson, Rudolf Steiner and Antoni Gaudi.  Henri Sauvage -  A French Architect and designer of the early 20th century, who studied at the  École des Beaux-Arts  from 1890 to 1895. He was a highly prominent figure in the French Art nouveau movement, Art Deco and architectural modernist beginnings. He was also a crucial figure in establishing public housing buildings in Paris such as 1 Rue Fernand Flocon, Paris (1901), 26 Rue Vavin (1912) and others. Where in some he heavily experimented in stepped terraces which got me interested in his work as I have had similar ideas in design. Some wor...