commodity, firmness & delight . . .

“well-building hat three conditions. commodity, firmness & delight.” sir henry wotton’s 1624 translated version of the de architectura is a plain and accurate translation of vitruvius’s work. in addition to architecture, this quote has long been used as a reference for good design standards; in essence, purpose, form, and meaning. these ideas and regensburg medieval center’s spacial context were used as a point of departure for our design one students. their interdisciplinary design project stressed an understanding of the relationship between spaces and volumes, along with the abstraction of both.

here are examples of the student’s final process guides:

patricio grau & simon budich space cube process guide.pdf

cassandra schmid & ines wolf space cube process guide.pdf

paula schrott & sebastian killinger space cube process guide.pdf

johanna brunner & veronika stärz space cube process guide part one.pdf & j.brunner & v.stärz, part two.pdf

hannes bruß & lukas zeidler space cube process guide.pdf

carina höcht & aaron vander bee space cube process guide.pdf

melanie mager & matthias pielmeier space cube process guide.pdf

elena benvenuti & laura wittmann space cube process guide.pdf

anna knaut space cube process guide.pdf

anna gerauer-aigner & jinny martens space cube process guide.pdf

corinna schaschek & simone anzer space cube process guide.pdf

lukas walzer & thomas hufnagl space cube process guide.pdf

artem ugnivenko & konstantin beitsch space cube process guide.pdf

christine tschech & lydia miller space cube process guide.pdf

patrick dudewicz & patrick oberbracht space cube process guide.pdf

amelie kainz & jonna breitenhuber space cube process guide.pdf

andreas wagner & benedikt bandtlow space cube process guide part one.pdf & a.wagner & b.bandtlow part two excerpt.pdf

the 3 small colorful building plan images i photographed during this project on locations within the context of the medieval center of regensburg. the images are part of a public art project from maria maier in 1995 called, “stadtzeit-zeitstadt, projekt regensburg.” if you want to see more, please look at this link:
maria maier’s stadtzeit-zeitstadt, projekt regensburg