DAISY AMES

The objective of my diagrammatic drawing is to show the critical difference between the transepts of two Florentine churches - San Lorenzo and Santo Spirito. Architect, Filippo Brunelleschi learned from design complications in San Lorenzo and resolved them in San Spirito. San Lorenzo had shifted its transepts and disrupted the column grid in order to accommodate for the entrances to two larger side chapels - only one of which was built (exploded portion). San Spirito’s plan makes no shifts and reads as one harmonious, uninterrupted Latin cross church (semi-circular side chapels).

Furthermore, a critical similarity became apparent when I represented the additional bay of San Spirtio. As it turns out, the two cases of “added space” are spatially analogous (black strips). 

11x17 ink on mylar.

my sunday morning so far… this is a preparatory sketch for peter eisenman’s formal analysis assignment. we have to critically compare the basilica of san lorenzo and santo spirito - both early 15th century churches located in florence, designed by brunelleschi. our final task is to complete a diagrammatic drawing by hand, ink on 11 x 17 mylar.