Formal Analysis

Drawing study · Europe · 2019

Yale School of Architecture, Fall 2019 · Critic: Peter Eisenman

Jack Rusk

Moving from Palliadio’s Cinquecento churches Loos’ Villa Muller, this series of drawings charts the prefiguration of modernity in the European renaissance. This analysis proceeds, both graphically and textually, through over a dozen projects by as many architects, terminating with an analysis of canonical early modernist works.

Geometric construction drawing analysing the curved plan of a Borromini church — from Jack Rusk's Formal Analysis studies (Yale School of Architecture, Fall 2019)

Plans analysing the stacked rooms of Adolf Loos's Villa Müller — from Jack Rusk's Formal Analysis studies (Yale School of Architecture, Fall 2019)

Elevation drawings of a rusticated Renaissance facade after Giulio Romano — from Jack Rusk's Formal Analysis studies (Yale School of Architecture, Fall 2019)

Line drawing of paired pointed arches exploded vertically, from the Bramante study — from Jack Rusk's Formal Analysis studies (Yale School of Architecture, Fall 2019)

Cut-away axonometrics of two rooms of Adolf Loos's Villa Müller — from Jack Rusk's Formal Analysis studies (Yale School of Architecture, Fall 2019)

Exploded axonometrics of wall and pilaster fragments, from the Palladio study — from Jack Rusk's Formal Analysis studies (Yale School of Architecture, Fall 2019)

Figure-ground plans of three buildings at different scales, including a curved courtyard fabric, from the Serlio study — from Jack Rusk's Formal Analysis studies (Yale School of Architecture, Fall 2019)