45° OF ROTUNDA

Maghfiroh R | 08111840000029 | Kelas A

Ambiguity in Verticality and Horizontality

The existence of proportion and organization in architecture is an important part when looking at how architecture is designed. This is what makes Andrea Palladio in his designs always prioritizes symmetry and the existence of centralization in realizing the proportions and organization that he thinks are ideal. In one of his works, Villa Rotunda is one of the works that is considered ideal to have an influence and impetus for how architecture is built with proper proportions and organization with Palladio principles. It can be seen from the facade of the building that the symmetrical rotunda has the same harmonization in all four facades. This is because Palladio in designing made the floor plan symmetrical and centralized, followed by walls as the construction of the plan. It can be concluded that architecture in achieving proportion and organization begins with a good floor plan division as a horizontal element followed by walls as a vertical element. Horizontal to vertical is how linear architecture works. This raises the questions: Is there two-way communication between horizontal and vertical? do they work just linearly? What is the impact when the two are able to communicate? In answering these questions, we can reflect on mathematical logic when working on a geometry or on an axis. When mathematics displays vertical and horizontal, there is another element that arises between the two, namely the diagonal. Diagonals are used as tools in answering these questions. The existence of a diagonal will provide new information in designing architectural designs, they are diagonal will be a part that can obscure (ambiguity) the function of the wall as a vertical element and the floor as a horizontal element and the diagonal always divides the angles equally. So that in compiling the design, only diagonals are used in compiling the space organizer without presenting vertical and horizontal again. However, we know that humans will experience difficulties in carrying out their activities when they are not met with good gravity, so we still need to present a horizontal element as a tread when it is between the diagonals and the material is glass. The glass material will give the effect of transparency and the ambiguity of the diagonal is still felt in the design of the building.