THE OBLIQUE

So my instructor didn't like the new ramping Koolhass system...she asked me to go back to the previous idea  Sadly I had to abandon all the drawings I made for the other idea but it is ok.

The Oblique Function was first developed in the 60's by Architecture Principe (Claude Parent & Paul Virilio) and since then is still the main element of Parent's architecture (Villa Drusch built in Versailles in 1963). It goes beyond the Euclidian geometry and explore a new dimension in space.

My design is about creating an oblique flooring system as a critique of orthogonality. My approach to marry the two incompatible plans is to search for an intermediate level which is geometrically referential to both plans and simultaneously challenges the conventional floor stacking system in the third dimension.
As you can see the ramps are positioned in a rhythmic way between the two plans while creating volumes both above and below.

• using the plans and sections to show the positioning of ramps and floor plates

The application of such topology to the building as a whole establishes a new type of connection between floor plates (in this case, two incompatible plans), amplifying the connectivity through the oblique, which blurs the boundary of floors as well as de-emphasizing the distinction between habituation and circulation.

• The genealogy of the intermediate floor plates (the hand-drawn diagram I showed to you)
• The connectivity (the diagram showing the oblique floor plates connected as a whole)

Still developing