![]() ![]() The building was all about virus research incidentally!” Instagram: Ground Floor Connections / Jack Greening Instagram: Growing Dalston / Nylda Hamchaoui “This concept represents a gradual transition in both activity and space as I allocate the various levels of greenery within the site proposal for a mixed-use scheme with an irregular but intentional form.” Instagram: Making Home / Nylda Hamchaoui “A visual representation of how I attempted to arrange the various spaces of a co-housing mixed-use proposal within new and existing boundaries of the site.” Instagram: Le Cor-Moo-Sier / Fiona Hunt “Resurrecting this gem for an entry into the #itspartitimecompetition… The time I drew a parti diagram of the gallery space I was designing, only to discover I was designing a cow. The idea was to introduce more open space for collaboration. ![]() Very much a work in progress!” Instagram: A Typical Day in Our (Lockdown) Life / Shona Sivamohan “The diagram captures a typical day in our (lockdown) life, confined within the four walls of our living room…” “…It maps the routes of my partner and I as we move through the space in our everyday routine, adapting the space as we switch between live and work.” Instagram: Solid-Void / Sara Madbouli “This is a parti section diagram for an old uni project looking to rethink space and ‘typical floorplates’. The forms were taken from geometries found in a painting called Fond Marin II by Joan Miro, who was a good friend of Graves, and make use of Mallorca’s incredible topography and geology. Inspired by the semi-autobiographical novel The White Goddess by Simon Gough, the theatre is placed on the island of Mallorca where Simon’s great uncle, the poet Robert Graves resided. “…Peter Zumthor’s Therme Vals is a building designed completely for the experience of using baths that are at different temperatures inside rooms that have natural sunlight slitting through the thin openings in the ceiling of the full concrete design…” Instagram: Open Air Grotto Theatre / Michaela Li “I’m currently working on an open air grotto theatre for my final masters project. Instagram: Peter Zumthor’s Thermae Vals / Maream Merza “One of the most unique buildings I have ever studied…” Changing Tides / Tim Scott “The project focuses on providing public realm that encourages people to slow down and take notice of the world around them – in this case, the changing tides of the River Avon”. These are the most common form of parti, usually conveying a key element of the design that drives the spatial arrangement of a building. “Contained Inner Space” sectional parti diagram PLAN + SECTION DIAGRAMS We have broken these down into three themes based on the type of diagram produced – Plan + Section, 3D and Narrative. We want to share some of these with you as we believe it will provide a useful resource for architectural students, practitioners and those outside of the profession who want to find out more about what architects do. When reviewing the range of submissions, our judging panel was impressed by the diversity of diagrams – in terms of both visual medium/technique and design approach. ![]() ![]() We received so many great entries into our March 2021 Parti Sketch Competition. It is often the case that a well-considered design can be more easily communicated through a series of simple diagrams than through verbal or written presentation – if done well, diagrams can speak for themselves! “Private Shared Courtyard” plan parti diagram LIBRARY OF PARTI DIAGRAMS They can be used as references throughout the design process as a design becomes more complex, to ensure that the original idea or organising principle is not lost.Īrchitecture students learn about the importance of diagrams (and in particular the parti) in understanding and communicating the fundamental aspects of a site and building during design reviews at university. “Views Between Blocks” plan parti diagram WHY ARE DIAGRAMS IMPORTANT?Ĭlear, simple diagrams are key to communicating design ideas, particularly at the early stages of the design process. In the book ‘101 Things I Learned in Architecture School’, Matthew Frederick explains that a parti diagram “is most often expressed by a diagram depicting the general floor plan organisation of a building” and that “the design process is a struggle to create a uniquely appropriate parti for a project”. A parti will be unique to each project as it is derived from the specific context and constraints of the site, brief and programme. A parti diagram is a quick and simple sketch which presents an overall concept for a design project or a key aspect of the design such as massing, programme, circulation, spatial hierarchy, public/private zoning, transparency/solidity. ![]()
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