| Title |
A study on the ways of configurational approach of Santiago Calatrava through analyses of sketch design process of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine |
| Keywords |
analogical ; material ; moveable ; detail ; sectional ; sculptural concept |
| Abstract |
This study is about the concepts and factors that are driven to the characteristics of spatial configuration through the analysis of design process of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine by Santiago Calatrava. From the materials about the design process written by Calatrava, and by critics, the process is constitute of five stages, and then reviewed the validity and reliability of the contents of the results compared with the other works and materials related.
From the analysis, Calatrava tried to make the spatial configuration through the material, analogical, climatic, detail, geometrical, sectional, sculptural ways, and the factors related to concrete, steel, glass, stone, human body, tree, the garden of Aden, movement, light, wind, the measurement of length, height, depth in section, the form of triangle, circle etc. Particularly the analogical concepts in the third stage based on the material concept in the first stage is the main factor to drive his final style and characteristics. The moveable of human's arms transformed the moveable open system of sky garden, and the root, stem, trunk, leaves transformed crypt, nave, transcepts, bioshelter, and then he controlled the generated form using the realistic scale and measure. This study valued about the analysis focused on the process using sketches generated in conceptual designing and interpreted the meaning and contents. |