Creation in Space: Fundamentals of Architecture, Volumes 1 and 2, by Jonathan Friedman, provide all basic projects, guided instruction, commentaries, and selected readings for a full year course in the fundamentals of architecture. It is designed to cover not only the normal technical requirements - drawing skills and techniques such as planimetrics, axonometrics and perspective projection, freehand drawing, and abrication skills for model making - but also fundamental design issues such as figure-ground ambiguity, proportion, scale, light and shade, and circulation.
The two volumes of Creation in Space together provide a basic introduction to understanding architecture. The works assume no previous knowledge of the subject, only that all of us were architects as young children playing with blocks.
Table of Contents:
Preface, ix
Foreword by Robert Slutzky, xii
Introduction: Foundation, 1
Study 1 UNITYThinking: The Parthenon, 23
Projecting: Parti, geometry and proportion, 25
Doing: Sticks and stones; torn paper, 27
Reflecting: On the Plastic, 29
Study 2 DIALOGPreview: Ise Shrine, dialog of place and time, 35
2A Dialog "rough"Thinking: Leaf Retreat, 37
Projecting: Making plans, 38
Doing: Sticks and stones; square field, 41
Reflecting: Rose Windows: geometrical schemes, 43
2B Dialog "dressed"Thinking: Facade of Notre Dame, 49
Projecting: Axonometric, Diamond Thesis, 51
Doing: Rods and cubes; squares in and on squares, 53
Reflecting: Leaf Retreat and Wall House, a debate, 55
Study 3 VOLUMEThinking: Rock Cut Church of Lalibala, 61
Projecting: Figure-ground, solid-void, shade and
shadows, 63
Doing: Solid-void ambiguity; figure-ground tiles, 65
Reflecting: The Representation of Space, 67
Study 4 TRANSFORMATIONThinking: Falling Water, 75
Projecting: The evolution of form, 77
Doing: Explosion: extension in space; hierarchy, 79
Reflecting: The Destruction of the Box, Fractals, 81
Study 5 EXPRESSIONThinking: Ronchamp, 87
Projecting: Perspective, 89
Doing: Euclidean forms; graphic character, 91
Reflecting: The Poetics of Music, 93
Study 6 TIMEPIECEThinking: Stonehenge, 103
Projecting: Sun angles and the motion of the earth, 107
Doing: A place that measures time; layering, 109
Reflecting: Transparency: Literal and Phenomenal, 113
Study 7 FREE EXERCISEThinking: The studio as possibility, 123
Projecting: What comes next?, 125
Doing: Temple, labyrinth, tower, wall, 129
Reflecting: Nothing is transmissible but thought, 134
APPENDIXThe Kit of Parts, 142
Tools and Equipment, 144
Documentation, 146
Visual Glossary, 148
Bibliography, 181
Credits, 184
Index, 188
