CASE STUDIES

description | case studies

 

building: Olivetti Underwood Factory
architect: Louis Khan
place/year: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1966-1970


project description: Case Study
student: Anouk Ahlborn
course: AA Diploma School
subject: The Factory - Product Factory
place/year: London: Architectural Association School of Architecture, 2014/15.
format: print and digital submission (book annex), scale model
content: case study, structure and roof analysis, technical drawings, architectural element, digital 3d model, physical 3d model, render visualisation
process: factory container, octagonal grid, element repetition, miniature model making

 


building: The Warburg Institute and Reading Room
architect: Gerhard Langmaack
place/year: Hamburg, Germany, 1925-1926 (later London, UK, 1933-present)


project description: Case Study
student: Anouk Ahlborn
course: AA Diploma School
subject: The Factory - Culture Factory
place/year: London: Architectural Association School of Architecture, 2014/15.
format: print and digital submission (book annex), scale model
content: case study, typological study, library and reading room, technical drawings, digital 3d model, physical 3d model
process: library, circular/elliptical reading, iconography, model making

 


building: Kolumba Museum
architect: Peter Zumthor
place/year: Cologne, Germany, 2007


project description: Case Study
student: Anouk Ahlborn
course: AA Intermediate School
subject: The Museum - The Void
place/year: London: Architectural Association School of Architecture, 2011/12.
format: print and digital presentation, site photographs, scale model, stop-motion video
content: case study, typological study, structure and roof analysis, technical drawings, digital 3d model, physical 3d model, design transformations
process: layering, containment, archaeology, excavations, ruin, casting, materiality