Farnsworth House Explored in Plan and Plan as Section

Farnsworth House Explored in Plan and Plan as Section
The following images were developed from the plan of the Farnsworth House, designed originally by Mies van der Rohe in 1945. They were draw the the ideas of floating, grid, exposed material and asymmetry in mind, as those concepts were what I deemed to be most important about the Farnsworth House plan. 

The original Farnsworth House Plan

//Plan//

The inner shape was brought outwards and part of the grid was removed, the 'I' beams were enlarged.

The 'I' beams were moved to one side, the scale of the grid was changed and the inner shape was again made the focus.

The original for and grid was maintained, another room was added and the staircase was changed. The inner shape was removed.

The original form was maintained, the larger part being transformed into a green space, the 'I' beams now carry over the top of the form. A room was added.

Part of the grid was removed, the original form has been separated and aligned, the inner shape has been made the focus.

//Section//

The inner form was used, the grid was used and the outer form has been turned into rooms that float in the grid.

The inner form was used and the outer form was placed inside it. The grid marks out seating forms. A rooftop garden was added.

All three forms were used, the grid has become a balustrade.

Two original forms on top of one another, made to be more square, the 'I' beam is used as support.

The original form supported by 'I' beams. The inner shape has a grid-mesh overlay.

Some plans and sections have been made in SketchUp, I am not particularly happy with any of them and will need to develop them more. When trying to transfer them into Lumion the software would not accept .skp or .dae files. Need to talk to Chris about this and see if he knows how to fix it.