WEEK 5

In this week's lecture Professor Huang emphasized Patterns and Systems. There are many ways that patterns and systems play a role in architecture and in the process of design. A system of patterns can be transformed into a structure for a building, a piece of furniture, or practically anything. One pattern can be viewed as a "part to a whole".

Skidmore Owings and Meril (SOM) created the Beineke Library of Rare Books and Manuscripts (above photo) in Yale University, New Haven.The building is built like a cage, the pattern displayed is designed as a "part to a whole" that creates the entire side of the building.

Another interesting part of this building is the base of the library. The cage-like structure is sitting on a column in the center. the corners of the library are being held up by 4 concrete bases to appear as if it were floating.