FUNCTION

ARRANGEMENT

DISPOSAL OF FUNCTIONS IN SPACE

SERVANT / SERVED

Louis Kahn used this term to describe the contrasting types of space in architecture. The servant spaces

are functional, housing services such as lifts, stairs, toilets, kitchens, ventilation units, heating systems

and corridors. Served spaces are those that are experienced and celebrated, the living spaces of a house,

the exhibition spaces of a gallery. There is a clear hierarchy between these spaces.

ONE FUNCTION

MORE FUNCTIONS - COMPLEXITY

Longitudinal spaces / axis, repetition, rhythm, …

1. LINEARITY

Amsterdam

Eszterházy-kastély, Fertőd 1762-

BIG /Dk: VM Husene, Koppenhága 2005

linearitás

Central spaces / center, symbolics, intensification

2. CENTRALITY

Basilica San Marco, Venezia 1073

Mario Botta /Ch: House at Riva San Vitale, Ticino 1973

centralitás

Pollack Mihály: Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum, Budapest 1836

hosszanti és centrális térszervezés

Alvar Aalto /SF: Saynatsalo Town Hall, SF 1952

Pier Luigi Nervi: Palazzo dello Sport, Roma 1959

Le Corbusier: basics of modern architecture

3. FREE PLAN

Separation of structure and space limits

free facade

flat roof – terrace roof

building on legs (pillars)

pillar structure

horizontal openings

free tracing of walls

FREE PLAN

This concept originates from Le Corbusier and reflects his idea of using a frame structure for building.

This liberates the internal spaces and allows elements such as walls to be located freely within the plan.

Alberto Campo Baeza /E

Banca Caja General de Ahorros, Granada 2001

Zoboki Gábor: Palace of Arts, Budapest 2004

Pompidou központ / Beaubourg, Renzo Piano – Richard Rogers 1977

szabad alaprajz

Palace of Knossos – „labyrinth”

4. TEXTURE

Peter Zumthor /Ch: Thermal Baths, Vals 1996

szövetszerűség

TRANSFORMATION

OLD BUILDING – NEW FUNCTION

REINVENTION

Our cities offer numerous possibilities to reinvent structures or forms that are part of the identity of its skyline

or architectural heritage, and which have been made redundant through changing uses of spaces and places.

Reinvention is an opportunity that architects can respond to positively. Doing so requires sensitive and careful

consideration of the history of the site, in particular how an existing building can adapt to new functions

without compromising important aspects of its character and form.

FURNISHING

FURNISHING

INTERIOR TRANSFORMATION

Inner walls, finishings, lighting, …

INTERIOR CHANGES

REGARDING STRUCTURES

FURNISHING

INTERIOR TRANSFORMATION

Inner walls, finishings, lighting, …

TRANSFORMATION

REGARDING EXTERIOR

INTERIOR CHANGES

REGARDING STRUCTURES

FURNISHING

INTERIOR TRANSFORMATION

Inner walls, finishings, lighting, …