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GradientStratificationTransition

stratification is the center of a gradient system not knowing where the transition point is exactly

gradient systems

public- privateness (people, distance)
stable- unstable (construction, distance)
porosity- density



Down Town Athletic Tower in NY (Starrett&Van Vleck) is reflecting a type of building with natural (resources)gradiants.
The wedding cake shape of the building emerge (despite the reason given from the law) from reasons of constrctive bounderies.
The simpe rule of: as higher the building the lighter gets the constrction to the top.
Also the programatic of the building reflexes the reason to create a fatter basement and getting slighter to the top. In the lower floors are highly frequented
rooms open for the puplic in contrast to the topfloors with privat use only for same few.


stratification system

stratify homes, office...
stratify landscape





High-rise of Homes (James Wienes&Site) illustrates some how ironically the meaning of stratification in architektur. To stratify means to go on distance with nature. His painting includes ideas used/ translated by offices like mvrdv (pic city, expo pavillion hannover) to improve the green space in higher levels.

stratification in horizontal structures can get differentation by getting artificial pressure to generate different distances between the floors (metamorphosis)



transition system






diller +scofidio defined their builing for the expo in switzerland on the boarder of the transition from water beiing gas or liquid (cloud).
not the builing itself can be a `transition` or underly a transition but the circumstances where it belongs.
also theres not clear...in mies pavillion when we are inside or outside the building