EXPERIMENT 2: WEEK ONE - CONCEPTS

Farshid Moussavi

• Use of reflection through reflective materials (e.g mirrors) to blur boundaries between the building and its surrounding environment
• Tesselation of shapes and patterns in three directions (horizontal, vertical, curved) to represent the flexibility of architecture
• Repetition or a stack of basic shapes and patterns in a fashion that appears as a manipulated shape as a whole
• Use of the simplest geometric shapes to liberate the space and scale of architecture
• Environmental integration; producing architecture in response to the surrounding urban environment

Luis Barragan

• Focus of bright colours;"I underline the study of colour above all" - Luis Barragan
• Juxtaposition of dense buildings against the natural environment
• Minimalistic appearance
• Box of surprises
• Dense appearance of building through its solid blocks