ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK

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HISTORICAL

CONTEXT

  • time and place
  • patron and purpose
  • architect

EXAMINATION OF FORM

EXTERIOR
  • siting & context
  • approach
  • massing
  • composition
  • scale
  • structural system
  • materials
  • ornamentation

EXAMINATION OF FORM

INTERIOR
  • spatial layout & circulation
  • lighting
  • ritual use/accommodation of function
PERCOLATING THROUGHOUT
  • ecologies
  • meanings