WATER + SPACE
THE NEW YORK INSTITUE OF TECHNOLOGY
DESIGN FUNDAMENTALS II
Water as Purification
Itsukushima Shrine (Torii Gate)
Miyajima, Japan 1168
Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo described water as "the vehicle of nature" ("vetturale di natura"),
believing water to be to the world what blood is to our bodies.
WATER AS INNOVATION
Roman Aqueducts- an empire built on water
WATER AS INNOVATION
Roman Fountains- Trevi Fountain 1762, Giuseppe Pannini
WATER AS CATAYLST
Roman Baths in Bath, England, 60-70 AD
The regular routine of bathing invoked pleasure and happiness on a whole community
WATER AS CATALYST
Roman Baths in Bath, England 60-70 AD
Floor Plan
Section of Hyocaust
WATER AS LANDSCAPE
Alhambra in Granada, Spain 14th C Moorish
Layout of the garden hinged on the provision of water- a vital and scare resource
WATER AS LANDSCAPE
Alhambra in Granada, Spain 14th C Moorish
"paradise on earth"
The Court of Lions
WATER AS LANDSCAPE
Alhambra in Granada, Spain 14th C Moorish
WATER AS LANDSCAPE
Alhambra in Granada, Spain 14th C Moorish
WATER AS GARDEN
Villa dEste- in Tivoli near Rome, Italy 1572
Piranesi Print
WATER AS GARDEN
Villa dEste- in Tivoli near Rome, Italy 1572
Little Rome
Fontana delle Cento Cannelle
WATER AS GARDEN
Villa dEste- in Tivoli near Rome, Italy 1572
Fontana della Civetta (owl)
WATER AS GARDEN
Villa dEste- in Tivoli near Rome, Italy 1572
Small Grotto
Water moving down a stair case
WATER AS GARDEN
Luis Barragan
Barragan House, Mexico City 1947
Casa Gilardi, 1977
WATER AS GARDEN
Luis Barragan
Fuente de los Amantes, Horse Ranch, Los Clubes 1966
WATER AS GARDEN
Luis Barragan
Folke Egerstrom House and Stables, 1966
with the horse pond and fountain.
WATER AS GARDEN
Philip Johnson- Water Gardens, Fort Worth, Texas 1974
Water does all kinds of funny things. It jumps, its quite, it makes mist, it makes film, it
goes high, it goes low, it falls down and makes a noise.
The Active Pool
WATER AS GARDEN
Philip Johnson- Water Gardens, Fort Worth, Texas 1974
Water does all kinds of funny things. It jumps, its quite, it makes mist, it makes film, it
goes high, it goes low, it falls down and makes a noise.
Aerating Pool
Meditation Pool
WATER AS THRESHOLD
Carlo Scarpa
WATER AS THRESHOLD
Carlo Scarpa
Renovation of the Querini Stampalia Foundation-
Section
WATER AS THRESHOLD
Carlo Scarpa
Renovation of the Querini Stampalia Foundation
Water is at once dependable and volatile it is present like the earth, but in constant flux like the sky.
Water at High Tide
Water at Low Tide
WATER AS THRESHOLD
Carlo Scarpa
Renovation of the Querini Stampalia Foundation
WATER AS THRESHOLD
Carlo Scarpa
The Brion-Vega Cemetery is in San Vito d'Altivole near Treviso, Italy 1978
The Beauty between Life and Death
WATER AS THRESHOLD
Carlo Scarpa
The Brion-Vega Cemetery is in San Vito d'Altivole near Treviso, Italy 1978
The Beauty between Life and Death
Pavilion of Meditation
WATER AS THRESHOLD
Carlo Scarpa
The Brion-Vega Cemetery is in San Vito d'Altivole near Treviso, Italy 1978
The Beauty between Life and Death
The Chapel
WATER AS THRESHOLD
Carlo Scarpa
The Brion-Vega Cemetery is in San Vito d'Altivole near Treviso, Italy 1978
The Beauty between Life and Death
The Brion Tombs
WATER AS THRESHOLD
Carlo Scarpa
The Brion-Vega Cemetery is in San Vito d'Altivole near Treviso, Italy 1978
The Beauty between Life and Death
Scarpas Grave Stone
Cemeteries have become mere oiled-up shoe boxes, one on top of the other. I wanted to express the
naturalness of water and meadow, of water and earth. Water is the source of life. -Carlo Scarpa
WATER AS THRESHOLD
Tadao Ando
WATER AS THRESHOLD
Church on the Water- Tadao Ando
WATER AS THRESHOLD
Church on the Water- Tadao Ando
WATER AS THRESHOLD
Water Temple- Tadao Ando
Awaji, Japan 1991
WATER AS THRESHOLD
Water Temple- Tadao Ando
Descending into Interior Space
Interior Space
WATER AS THRESHOLD
Tadao Ando
Bennese House Hotel and Museum, Naoshima Island, Japan 1995
Hotel Annex
WATER AS THRESHOLD
Tadao Ando
Bennese House Hotel and Museum, Naoshima Island, Japan 1995
WATER AS THRESHOLD
Modern Museum of Art, Fort Worth Texas 2002- Tadao Ando
WATER AS THRESHOLD
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
The Barcelona Pavilion, Spain, 1929
WATER AS THRESHOLD
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
The Barcelona Pavilion, Spain, 1929
WATER AS CATALYST
Grimshaw Architects
Thermae Bath Spa in Bath, England
WATER AS CATALYST
Grimshaw Architects
Thermae Bath Spa in Bath, England
Inside
WATER AS MATERIAL
Diller Scofidio and Renfro
The Blur Building, Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland 2002
WATER AS MATERIAL
Diller Scofidio and Renfro
The Blur Building, Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland 2002
WATER AS MATERIAL
Diller Scofidio and Renfro
The High Line Park- Water Feature 2010
Indian Wells
Helmut Smits
Street Fountain 2002- an intervention in an existing pot hole
