2011年9月25日星期日

The main feature of the Klein Bottle House is the unique surface which developed by topological mathematicians. The main inspiration of this building is the Klein Bottle, the bottle is connect to each other, so that the interior and exterior cannot be consistently defined. As McBride says “There’s no beginning or end”, the circulation of the house is very special, there’s only one path in the house, like a spiral path to go to different part of the house.

Because the house is already with such amazing shape, my concept would be change the environment around it. The original environment is located in a high density sand area nearby the beach. I would change its concept into a very mysterious theme environment, which match the black color façade of the house.

Circulation is shown in this video

Fallingwater House

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2011年9月18日星期日

CHOSEN PIECE OF ARCHITECTURE

Klein Bottle House

Architect:McBride Charles Ryan

The Klein bottle is a descriptive model of a surface developed by topological mathematicians. Klein bottle, mobius strips, boy surfaces, unique surfaces that while they may be distorted remain topologically the same. I.e. a donut will remain topologically a donut if you twist and distort it, it will only change topologically if it is cut.

The surfaces that mathematicians have developed hold intrigue for architects as they hold a promise of new spatial relationships and configurations.Technology (CAD) has played an important part in all this, it is now more possible to efficiently describe more complex shapes and spaces and communicate these to the build. Previously the more orthogonal means of communication – plans, sections and elevations naturally encourage buildings which are more easily described in these terms, i.e. boxes.