EXP 2 Concepts

Hey guys, Here are the lists of concepts you came up with. I'll group them by different groups, so there's less chance to get mixed up.

GROUP 1

Mies Van Der Rohe

• Limiting excess and clutter to emphasize open space
• Planar elements for harmonization with existing landscape
• Minimal skin and bones framework to reveal the individual character
• Unification achieved without ornamentation through the character of enclosed space
• Reducing distractions to emphasize the beauty in essential elements of our lives

Nathalie de Vries (of MVRDV)

• Reuse of materials for Sustainability
• Challenging existing thinking through optimizing design solutions
• Focus on urban landscape and the public realm
• Radical investigative spatial research
• Multicultural habitat for a rich social life
• Turn urbanism into landscape architecture

GROUP 2

Mies Van Der Rohe

• Creating a strong relationship between a house and its natural surroundings
• Reduce distractions to focus on essential elements and emphasise objects Minimalism
• Promoting openness and simplicity in materiality
• Simplifying building form to achieve purpose and focus on functional amenities
• Minimal framework to create free-flowing 'skin and bones' Architecture

Building names, left to right, top to bottom: Farnsworth House, Barcelona Pavilion, S. R. Crown Hall, Villa Tugendhat, Seagram building

Nathalie de Vries (of MVRDV)

• Promoting Openness; Minimum Materials, Maximum Façade
• Mixture of different urban characteristics and lifestyles; collating social qualities and intrinsic values
• Simultaneous access to interior and exterior
• Elevating and cantilevering objects, to create space
• Flexibility in building function; providing sustainable character

Building names, left to right, top to bottom: Westerdok Apartments, Vertical Village, DNB Bank Headquarters, WoZoCo, Rødovre Skyscraper

GROUP 3

Mies Van Der Rohe

• Infinite freedom of movement through punctuated linear space
• Limitation of excess to emphasise open space
• Integration with the surroundings by the blurring of the interior and exterior
• Complementing the local environment by the juxtaposition its form, materiality and proportions with the surrounding landscape
• Creation on tranquillity and escape by means of an inhabitable sculpture

Nathalie de Vries (of MVRDV)

• Making repetitive forms feel unique through changing materiality and scale
• Reflection of the environment in structural forms to integrate the landscape with the urban fabric
• Encouraging social interaction through the enclosure of space
• Creating shared circulation to integrate the community
• Championing vertical living by adhering to the urban demands of population increases