Frank O. Gehry & Associates, Inc. Lewis Residence, Lyndhurst, Ohio: Study models of the conservatory, 1989-1995. Wood, adhesive, foam board, paper, ink, graphite, metal. Image provided by Gehry Partners, LLP
Frank O. Gehry & Associates, Inc. Lewis Residence, Lyndhurst, Ohio: Perspective of CATIA 3D model, February 1994. Electrostatic print on paper. Image provided by Gehry Partners, LLP
'Falling water' By Frank lloyd wright
Falling water is the name of a house that is built over a waterfall. Frank Lloyd Wright, an american architect, designed the house for his clients, the Kaufmann family. Falling water was built between 1936 and 1939.It's a house that doesn't even stand on solid ground, but instead stretches out over a 30’ waterfall. I find it interesting how this building integrates with nature. It has been placed without disturbing any of the plants or trees, blending in with the landscape.
Botanica Khao Yai by TROP
Inspired by the nearby mountain range, Khao Yai, Thailand’s largest rain forest, the landscape is created as the link between the architecture and Nature. Instead of trying to produce a faked natural forest, the architecture is interpreted as big trees while the landscape represents the green areas underneath. Working with different qualities of sunlight, the landscape solution successfully introduces the man-made sustainable forest, which inspires the residents to understand and appreciate what Nature is all about. Separated into 2 main plots, the front plot, next to the road, is the residential area, while the second plot, next to the mountain, is reserved as a public park for recreational activities of the residents and visitors.
Each building has different height, some units elevated on tall columns, a different variety of sunlight qualities are created through out the project. Sunlight availabilities became the main criteria that we used to re-create a forest-like landscape here. The floating units on tall columns reminded us of gigantic trees in the forest. Each column is about the same size as the trunks of those trees, and the units above reminded us of the canopies. The area underneath is very similar to conditions we found under the trees, which, despite of its lack of sunlight, Nature has found its way to thrive under this hard condition in order to survive. Imitating this natural condition, Topographic green landforms were created in the shaded area. Local Ferns, found in the forest, were used to cover up the landform, called the Fern Hills.
The design team has developed designs within a contemporary context, but still keeping intact the essence of a tropical feeling and atmosphere. This is achieved through a careful consideration of appropriate layout to ensure that the residents are able to see the beautiful panoramic-scape of Khao Yai.
Walk of the Town by T.R.O.P: terrains+open space
2-storey building with fluid facade design. As it was built on the existing structure, its lowest floor was about 2 meters higher than street level. Linked only by small pathways at its entrances. A green landform was created along the public pathway for both safety and visual proposes. The new design is a linear landscape slope, ranging from ground level to 2 meter high. From street level, ventilation void is now completely hidden by this inclined landscape, which also helps protecting people from falling down. Even though not connected to the new retails, the landscape appears to be the new green plinth of the building as well, providing pedestrians something nice to look on through their journeys. A series of local shrubs and flowers were strategically planted to create blooming garden through out the year. Compared to the original hardscape-only design, this new landscape helps reducing the temperature on the ground level, making it much more comfortable to walk.