I think it is interesting to see what effect the roof shape has on the design of the building. I would assume that a flat roof generally allows you to handle your plan more freely than a pitched roof. A pitched roof requiring a more regular footprint.
Having seen several image threads in this forum I have been overwhelmed with examples of architecture I have never seen before. Maybe someone can post an image that will prove my assumption wrong.
well, i don't have an image, but when the question is posed as a typological debate, i'm not sure it really allows you to explore the architecture in a 3-dimensional spatial manner because it assumes the roof is one piece of kit of discreet parts that make up a building. in the early twentieth century, modernists needed the visual cue of the flat roof to signify progress or the "new." those connotations no longer exist.
I am torn between what looks best in elevation, from a human perspective, and what also looks good from above - flat roofs tend to look nasty from above. Sloped enough to shed water and flat enough to adhere to modern linearity is a delicate balancing act. You can cover sloping edges with parapets, etc...Imagine Tuscany with all flat roofs....or imagine Santorini with sloped roofs. I'm torn. Sloping a roof for the sake of historical reflection al la Post-modernism, however is contrived and plain-old silly if for no other reason.
And not to Drop the FLLW bomb, but he did find a way to express horizontality with the leading edge of sloped roofs, adjusting them to disappear when you were at the desired viewpoints....
Pitched vs. Flat Roof - a visual debate
To reinvigorate the old debate over roof shapes I suggest we post images that support the case either for a flat or a pitched roof:
Pro flat roof:
lately i've been working on these houses with something like a 12/12 pitch that dumps onto a flat roof
I think it is interesting to see what effect the roof shape has on the design of the building. I would assume that a flat roof generally allows you to handle your plan more freely than a pitched roof. A pitched roof requiring a more regular footprint.
Having seen several image threads in this forum I have been overwhelmed with examples of architecture I have never seen before. Maybe someone can post an image that will prove my assumption wrong.
In the latest Dwell. My first professor, had him for 4 semesters, and a friend. Dean of the PAL at Stevens...
vs
if zumthor doesn't have to decide, neither to i.
Off hand:
I will throw up others, but I’ve got to hunch out some forms before the holiday.
that's for mleitner
LOVE IT!
it looks like it could be flat...
holz.box: that looks like a very expensive hallway
(I'm on affordable housing right now, no hallways)
sorry, still working on the image posting
here we go
just got the book, very nice!!!
Aaack I can't find the house image I want and it's making me nuts!!!
no reason to be picky
well, i don't have an image, but when the question is posed as a typological debate, i'm not sure it really allows you to explore the architecture in a 3-dimensional spatial manner because it assumes the roof is one piece of kit of discreet parts that make up a building. in the early twentieth century, modernists needed the visual cue of the flat roof to signify progress or the "new." those connotations no longer exist.
I am torn between what looks best in elevation, from a human perspective, and what also looks good from above - flat roofs tend to look nasty from above. Sloped enough to shed water and flat enough to adhere to modern linearity is a delicate balancing act. You can cover sloping edges with parapets, etc...Imagine Tuscany with all flat roofs....or imagine Santorini with sloped roofs. I'm torn. Sloping a roof for the sake of historical reflection al la Post-modernism, however is contrived and plain-old silly if for no other reason.
And not to Drop the FLLW bomb, but he did find a way to express horizontality with the leading edge of sloped roofs, adjusting them to disappear when you were at the desired viewpoints....
roof attack?...
(house attack by Erwin Wurm)
photo by wassmann found on flickr
how about no roof?
http://noroof.net/
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