Glass House Analysis
2021
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This design exercise considers Lina Bo Bardi’s Glass House in São Paulo, a canonically modernist building, and reimagines how the design might evolve if built with mass timber.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/336eb6347eee7f930e46427edf9760059ec74980870bb7f0f25091524d7cc049/glass-house_structural-plan.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cc8f084032c7b8214ef8f2850ac19a31b85a14485f09175c4f068bb7b31bd747/glass-house_ground-floor-plan.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/df37f4acc52b48d12ae1201c19496124c278dfdfc907d7c05f8e277c08a660ed/glass-house_first-floor-plan.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a36b010d4abdafd0a5a8afb4358f8f31459344006b3d2f44f0a53353dbd3f538/glass-house_site-plan.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c9d84b9e2bee7594e593fd8a64e55274d09809058c86a4957fccbf4a487eea49/glass-house_detail-sections.jpg)
Construction Detail Comparison
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![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f05c27151cc5fdde54fcc6bcf69ce177a9afb4ac199dab25ec244e16548ae2d6/model-view-1.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cb289b4b652120d1bdc7cdb25a02633fca7d70dbf5556bfb3262a360da5e2819/model-view-3.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d1af5b40df5705448f1c3aa0dd67c83cefffc165b5ad30e716d76a9322f5b34b/model-view-5.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0684fbbdd3efe8c1d688486a9624358935d60a36b4a2d647f629c8e2d1164613/model-view-4.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/39b2d4260cbaa5b8f39180afe413c52a48b8e2857f6b31412df5b3f703d8a5f1/Roof-Diagram.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a4dd79b65a576fc66933af35dec436f6a3844a46bc2a651181950b8ffcea19b8/glass-house_cross_ventilation.jpg)
Due to the impressive spanning capabilities of cross-laminated timber, the final iteration considers arching the roof.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cdc570bc6067aba2f88427d6180562f4b06f6ba11a75793261729fe4b3428221/glass-house_section-perspective_B.jpg)
Section Perspective 1
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f7b5a865a06f97740da6ea5f7cb510140a4628e0178d7eae5474dc8fe44f7f58/glass-house_section-perspective_A.jpg)
Section Perspective 2
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5b7f8e66ec27ab804e2ec26a18deb75b7678d9fae402b7c3ec2befee21d3964b/3_23Review_Axon_compressed-1.jpg)
Fantastical Landscape
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ff8c9076bf0ea07c85dee9c6d1bb505aa9154cd91e8a86a43d341da66bbbe9b5/Render_1.jpg)
Bedroom with Arched Ceiling
This project follows Mass Timber Structural Research.
Thank you to my beautiful collaborator, Valentina Mancera.
Thank you to my beautiful collaborator, Valentina Mancera.