- concrete shell
- the middle living area is a glass room which takes up half the level is out in the open.The entire room is an elevator platform which rises and lowers to other levels of the house; changing plan when it stops on one of the floors. Single wall intersects each level, next to the elevator.
- the lower level which is cavern level below ground is sheltered from most light during the day
- the top level controls light through the 'portholes' carved into the concrete walls on each side. The large porthole at the end of the house can be opened.
Barcelona Pavilion
- continuous space
- the entire building on travertine plinth
- U-shape walls on both ends of building, also travertine, forms pools on both ends of house
- floor slabs project over the pool
- the roof plates are relatively small, supported by cruciform columns covered in chrome
- plates of high-grade stone materials like veneers of marble and golden onyx, tinted glass of grey, green, white, and transparent, act as spatial dividers
- structural system: steel frame
Rudin House
- parallel piped reinforced concrete floating on a tray supported by thin pillars
- large windows that open outward, only other access is under the house
- large deck angle, eaves and gutters disappear and rain water slides on concrete until pond located in the tray
- symmetrical lengthwise
- the house stands on a tray of thin concrete
- parallel piped reinforced concrete floating on a tray supported by thin pillars
- large windows that open outward, only other access is under the house
- large deck angle, eaves and gutters disappear and rain water slides on concrete until pond located in the tray
- symmetrical lengthwise
- the house stands on a tray of thin concrete
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