Site Visit 1

A paradigmatic work in the evolution of european modernism.

Circulation
movement through the building, prescribed, open-ended, thresholds, punctuations

Spatial definition
degree of enclosure, indoor/outdoor, open/covered

Architectural and/or building elements
inventory of types of walls, columns, floors, roof slabs, plinths, pools, etc.

Materials
inventory of types of materials used, their qualities, types of construction and finish

Formal, syntactical, compositional relationships
inventory relationships between architectural and building elements: relationship of wall to column; wall to roof; wall to floor; horizontal and vertical planes; between different types of walls, surfaces, etc.

Phenomena
interaction of building elements with light (types of), sound, feel, texture, temperature, color, etc.

Measures
proportional relationships, relative scales, dimensional unit

Defining the 'site'
boundaries, limits, edges, precincts, views, frames