Parti Diagrams

STRUCTURE:

The structure of the villa is composed of load bearing walls and columns and shear walls which are clearly portrayed in this parti diagram.

PROGRAM:

The Bawa house is made up of three different areas. Two of these areas are the villas and the courtyards, and the third area is the corridor which connects the villas and courtyards. Whilst the areas are distinct, they are closely correlated and linked together through the use of circulation through the centre of the structure but primarily through the use of the third area – the corridor.

GEOMETRY:

This Parti Diagram clearly illustrates that the villa is composed of 6 geometric rectangles, five of which only slightly vary in size, with the sixth being approximately half the size of the others. These rectangles distinguish between the villas and the courtyards.

ENCLOSURE:

The villa is a fully enclosed structure. However, within its own enclosure are open and closed areas. The courtyards are the open areas within the enclosure, and the villas are the closed areas within the enclosure. The corridor is both vehicular and pedestrian and it is an enclosed area.

CIRCULATION:

The circulation is one of the key design features of the villa. There are two paths of circulation. One is straight through the horizontal centre of the villa’s and courtyards. This made practical through the use of the repetitive, rectangular geometry. The other circulation path is the corridor, shown in the lower south side of the parti diagram. It enables the owner to access all the villas and courtyards separately via one path, rather than moving through all parts of the villas and courtyards. The corridor provides a more efficient path to enter or leave each part of the villa.