Thursday, March 20, 2008

043: Paris (part II)

Continuing to...historical buildings, social housing types




Opera de Paris, Charles Garnier, architect
Recent mural by Marc Chagall on canvas.

steel and masonry
Louvre.


Versailles, Hall of Mirrors
And all the rococo one can handle at one time.









Next: Pompidou + more

Monday, March 17, 2008

042: Paris, France (snapshot)/ Semester project (progress)

Paris: dense & historical


Part I

Notre Dame:


Saint Chapelle:

Saint Chapelle

Chartres:


(That heart was already there.)



More later.

The Parking Structure extends toward the station!





Because, that's what it is. The parking (on the left) extends (yet doesn't continue) to the station, lending its structure and ramping systems to create a sort of landscape-- for recreation/retail on top, and transit program/circulation underneath.

It continues, as always, to develop.