Precedent / The Dwelling as Type

Typology study.

The principle of repetition is always present and forms the basis of all life on our planet. Using a series of studies undertaken by Guenter Pfeifer and Per Braneck at Darmstadt University, the assignment is based on one of the plan types from the three housing types (townhouse, row, or courtyard) in Pfeifer’s books. Each s housing project has been categorized topologically, to be assessed at the scale of the individual unit and at the scale of the assemblage of the type into a building complex, the student on the space a model of the unit, showing form and spaces and a s.patial Analysis of Unit and Commentary

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