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THE NEW YORK INSTITUE OF TECHNOLOGY

DESIGN FUNDAMENTALS II

WATER + SPACE

Water as PurificationItsukushima Shrine(Torii Gate)

Miyajima, Japan 1168

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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.

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WATER AS INNOVATION

Roman Aqueducts- an empire built on water

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WATER AS INNOVATION

Roman Fountains- Trevi Fountain 1762, Giuseppe Pannini

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WATER AS CATAYLST

Roman Baths in Bath, England, 60-70 AD

The regular routine of bathing invoked pleasure and happiness on a whole community

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WATER AS CATALYST

Roman Baths in Bath, England 60-70 AD

Floor Plan Section of Hyocaust

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WATER AS LANDSCAPE

Alhambra in Granada, Spain 14thC Moorish

Layout of the garden hinged on the provision of water- a vital and scare resource

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Alhambra in Granada, Spain 14thC Moorish

"paradise on earth"

WATER AS LANDSCAPE

The Court of Lions

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Alhambra in Granada, Spain 14thC Moorish

WATER AS LANDSCAPE

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Alhambra in Granada, Spain 14thC Moorish

WATER AS LANDSCAPE

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WATER AS GARDEN

Villa dEste- in Tivoli near Rome, Italy 1572

Piranesi Print

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WATER AS GARDEN

Villa dEste- in Tivoli near Rome, Italy 1572

Fontana delle Cento Cannelle

Little Rome

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WATER AS GARDEN

Villa dEste- in Tivoli near Rome, Italy 1572

Fontana della Civetta(owl)

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WATER AS GARDEN

Villa dEste- in Tivoli near Rome, Italy 1572

Small Grotto Water moving down a stair case

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Luis Barragan

Barragan House, Mexico City 1947

WATER AS GARDEN

Casa Gilardi, 1977

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Luis Barragan

WATER AS GARDEN

Fuente de los Amantes, Horse Ranch, Los Clubes 1966

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Luis Barragan

Folke Egerstrom House and Stables, 1966with the horse pond and fountain.

WATER AS GARDEN

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Philip Johnson- Water Gardens, Fort Worth, Texas 1974

Water does all kinds of funny things. It jumps, it s quite, it makes mist, it makes film, it

goes high, it goes low, it falls down and makes a noise.

WATER AS GARDEN

The Active Pool

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Philip Johnson- Water Gardens, Fort Worth, Texas 1974

Water does all kinds of funny things. It jumps, it s quite, it makes mist, it makes film, it

goes high, it goes low, it falls down and makes a noise.

WATER AS GARDEN

Aerating Pool Meditation Pool

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WATER AS THRESHOLD

Carlo Scarpa

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Carlo Scarpa

Renovation of the Querini Stampalia Foundation-

WATER AS THRESHOLD

Section

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Water at High Tide Water at Low Tide

WATER AS THRESHOLD

Carlo Scarpa

Renovation of the Querini Stampalia Foundation

Water is at once dependable and volatileit is present like the earth, but in constant flux like the sky.

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WATER AS THRESHOLD

Carlo Scarpa

Renovation of the Querini Stampalia Foundation

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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

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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

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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

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WATER AS THRESHOLD

Carlo Scarpa

The Brion-Vega Cemetery is in San Vito d'Altivole near Treviso, Italy 1978

The Beauty between Life and DeathThe Brion Tombs

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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

ScarpasGrave 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

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WATER AS THRESHOLD

Tadao Ando

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WATER AS THRESHOLD

Church on the Water- Tadao Ando

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WATER AS THRESHOLD

Church on the Water- Tadao Ando

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Water Temple- Tadao Ando

Awaji, Japan 1991

WATER AS THRESHOLD

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Interior SpaceDescending into Interior Space

Water Temple- Tadao Ando

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Tadao Ando

Bennese House Hotel and Museum, Naoshima Island, Japan 1995

WATER AS THRESHOLD

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Modern Museum of Art, Fort Worth Texas 2002- Tadao Ando

WATER AS THRESHOLD

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WATER AS THRESHOLD

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

The Barcelona Pavilion, Spain, 1929

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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

The Barcelona Pavilion, Spain, 1929

WATER AS THRESHOLD

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WATER AS CATALYST

Grimshaw Architects

Thermae Bath Spa in Bath, England

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WATER AS CATALYST

Grimshaw Architects

Thermae Bath Spa in Bath, England

Inside

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WATER AS MATERIAL

Diller Scofidio and Renfro

The Blur Building, Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland2002

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WATER AS MATERIAL

Diller Scofidio and Renfro

The Blur Building, Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland2002

WATER AS MATERIAL

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WATER AS MATERIAL

Diller Scofidio and Renfro

The High Line Park- Water Feature 2010

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Indian Wells

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Helmut Smits

Street Fountain 2002- an intervention in an existing pot hole