Selected Bibliography Architecture - Form Space and Order | Page 14

I N T RODUC T I ON

Circulation system
• The stair and ramp penetrate and link the three levels, and heighten
the viewer’s perception of forms in space and light.
• The curved form of the entrance foyer reflects the movement of
the automobile.

Context
• A simple exterior form wraps around a complex interior organization
of forms and spaces.
• Elevating the main floor provides a better view and avoids the humidity
of the ground.
• A garden terrace distributes sunlight to the spaces gathered around it.

“Its severe, almost square exterior surrounds an intricate interior configuration glimpsed through openings and from protrusions above. . . . Its inside order
accommodates the multiple functions of a house, domestic scale, and partial
mystery inherent in a sense of privacy. Its outside order expresses the unity of
the idea of house at an easy scale appropriate to the green field it dominated
and possibly to the city it will one day be part of.”
Robert Venturi, Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture, 1966

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