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The Language of Glenn Murcutt's Domestic Architecture

The Language of Glenn Murcutt's Domestic Architecture

Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 48
ISBN13: 9781799816980|ISBN10: 1799816982|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799816997|EISBN13: 9781799817000
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1698-0.ch007
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Ju Hyun Lee and Michael J. Ostwald. "The Language of Glenn Murcutt's Domestic Architecture." Grammatical and Syntactical Approaches in Architecture: Emerging Research and Opportunities, IGI Global, 2020, pp.215-262. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1698-0.ch007

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J. Lee & M. Ostwald (2020). The Language of Glenn Murcutt's Domestic Architecture. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1698-0.ch007

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Ju Hyun Lee and Michael J. Ostwald. "The Language of Glenn Murcutt's Domestic Architecture." In Grammatical and Syntactical Approaches in Architecture: Emerging Research and Opportunities. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1698-0.ch007

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Abstract

This chapter presents a JPG grammar and massing grammar for Glenn Murcutt's domestic architecture, demonstrating the analytical and generative capability of the combined grammatical and syntactical method. The chapter commences with a JPG-grammar-based analysis of 10 of Murcutt's rural domestic designs. Using this as a starting point, the chapter then describes the massing grammar that configures the form of each design, defining block properties, composition, and roof types. Throughout this process, the new method is used to develop the mathematical indicators of the properties of each house that are most similar or disparate. This information supports the generation of a “dominant design” as well as potential new variations that are consistent with the language of Murcutt's domestic architecture. Thus, the combined grammatical and syntactical method contributes to a deeper and more rigorous understanding of an architectural style and its design instances.

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