PARTIALY SIMILAR

Arch 281  |  Instructor: Carmelia Chiang  |  Fall 2019  |   Woodbury University

Partially Similar will investigate symmetry in architecture through a study of the part to whole relationships present in centrally planned architecture. Started with the study of precedents developing and expanding their understanding of symmetry and polygonal geometry. Then explored the partial similarity of centrally planned architecture as a means of developing novel solutions to the development the unit and its relationship to the whole. Furthermore, to discourse geometry and architecture through the study of historical examples and its contemporary digital applications.

A two floor apartment building with five units .The precedent I chose was “Sts Sergius and Bacchus” in Istanbul,Turkey by Isidorus of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles in 1513.

You can’t have similarity without difference, and you can’t have difference without similarity.

-Claude Levi-Strauss

Tools: Rhinoceros, Grasshopper, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign