BASIC ELEMENTS OF ARCHITECTURE

These are not the physical materials of building - bricks and mortar, glass, timber, etc. - but the conceptual elements of architecture. And they should be considered not as objects in themselves, but in the ways in which they contribute to the identification (or making) of places.

Examples:

SWIMMING POOL, THE BAGGY HOUSE, Hudson Featherstone Architects

Defined area of ground:

PHAESTOS, AN ANCIENT CRETAN PALACE

Platform:

Pit:

Marker:

INVERTED TREE ON THE BEACH

Focus:

Wall:

Tadao ANDO - Conference Building, Vitra, Switzerland

Roof:

Columns:

Path:

Bridge:

Steps:

STEPS AT CORIPPO

Doorway:

Window:

Glass wall:

Suspension cables:

Cell:

HEIDEGGER'S HUT