Depth of the Cube: Insight into the Analysis of a Shared Form
Abstract
The cubic form has served as a foundation for the architectural discipline, spurring on countless projects throughout the ages. By collecting numerous examples of these projects, the developmental processes of each can be studied and compared. These processes are then organized and simplified to illustrate the various design frameworks and methodologies that the architects employed to create these designs. As these are condensed and developed into series, nearly any building that is based around the cube or similar geometric primitives can be compared to and arranged with one of the frameworks put forth by my research. Rather than having to reduce projects down to one or two aspects and measuring it up against another specific project, one can simply identify which framework a project fits into and instantly have a general understanding of the building and a way of correlating it to a host of other similar projects ono that shared framework. This entire discourse was spurred on by questioning where the basis of architectural analysis originates from and how it was developed. By creating a series of comparisons between systematically similar projects throughout various periods, the change in methods of approaching the design of a bounded shape become quite apparent. The development of representation becomes inherently tied to this idea as well since the method of design correlates to certain representational methods which h have evolved from project to project. Creating these diagrams to illustrate each design strategy is then crucial to comparing each work. Formally analyzing these projects then becomes an essential aspect of understanding the development of architectural design throughout time.
Citation
Thome, Jared (2022). Depth of the Cube: Insight into the Analysis of a Shared Form. Undergraduate Research Scholars Program. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /196659.