ribbon window
Synonym:
horizontal window,
In 1926 and 1927, Le Corbusier developed a set of architectural principles for modern architecture. He advocated five points of modern architecture: pilotis, the roof garden, free plan, and free façade, and the ribbon window. By making the frame structure independent of the exterior walls, it became possible to run windows horizontally along the façade for unobstructed views to the outside and evenly distributed natural light inside the building. The Pros and Cons of the Horizontal Window. The Perret- Le Corbusier Controversy (1984) by Bruno Reichlin is the authoritative publication on horizontal windows.
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Double Vision
…ree rectangles from the gallery’s existing tinted ribbon window and removes the translucent glazing to allow for unobstructed, unfiltered views of the Pacific coast. When condensation collects on the …
06 Jul 2023
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The Experimental Design of the KATONO House in Sapporo
…dge by about 800 millimeters is a 16.5-meter-wide ribbon window that is framed with black steel and backed by soft shōji [paper-covered lattice screens]. This “experimental house”, as the architect ca…
12 Apr 2023
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A Conversation with Christine Binswanger, Raúl Mera (Herzog & de Meuron)
…ace, the grid of the outer façade is regular. The ribbon windows allow for flexibility, and there are occasional balconies in front of common spaces. Everybody who has a desk in this institution is in…
24 May 2023
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Conversation with EMI Architekten
…ger openings. Instead, they’re more of a hybrid – ribbon windows for the offices in the front part of the building, but a kind of punched window for the apartments, to provide more privacy for the liv…
15 Dec 2022
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No.0: Six Topics for Makoto Ueda’s Interpretation of the Window Space
…f wood and has windows all around. It is called a ribbon window. Ueda: At both ends of this one side are Abe’s and his son’s personal spaces, and when I look closely at the long windowsill and shelve…
18 Apr 2022
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A Conversation with Peter Märkli
…ce, for example, of Le Corbusier’s figure of the ‘ribbon window’. ,,How you break open the wall also depends on the system of construction. The Canal Grande in Venice is a fantastic example of this. Y…
17 May 2021
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Rei Naito: Mirror Creation
Rei Naito is an artist who creates works that converse with the environments that surround them, posing the question “Isn’t simply existing on the earth a blessing in itself?” In the case of Mirror Cr…
02 Nov 2020
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The Bauhaus and Its Influence in Japan
…ed windows and balconies; and the school wing has ribbon windows. These wings are connected into a whole by the administrative wing, which is raised on pilotis, and by the low-lying auditorium wing. B…
09 Jul 2021
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Part 1: Yoshiharu Tsukamoto “Window Behaviorology”
…d beams in traditional Japanese architecture and “ribbon windows” in Modern architecture, and therefore their knowledge of the logic of windows tends to be limited within this scope. Looking around th…
05 Nov 2018
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The Overhanging Village : Kinnaur District, India, Part 1
…ounded by planks, like curtain walls, and contain ribbon windows that remind me of Japanese or modern architecture. ,,While windows could barely be created in the built-in areas, these ribbon windows …
14 Mar 2018
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Villa Le Lac
…ing for wind to pass through. The long horizontal ribbon window, which contrasts the small scale of the house, goes past the bedroom and crosses into the bathroom, becoming a response not in relation …
28 Nov 2014