An exploration of vernacular architectural forms and combinatorial logics. If the roof form is typically what gives a building its character (i.e., its primary reading in a public-facing elevation), we can play with those proportions to achieve a particular reading. Square proportions become domestic, while shallower gables suggest more industrial typologies, narrower ones may even feel religious. Mixing a variety of proportions together allow for a proto-urban cacophony of elevational readings. These generative compositions play with both existing perceptions of the built environment as well as imaginary potentials of future architectures to come.<br />
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As impossible as these compositions may seem, they are fully realized as 3D forms, extruded at various lengths, all connected to a fictional “ground”. They are rendered using an elevation oblique projection, a form of parallel projection that visually distorts the geometry to show accurate depth and a true frontal elevation.<br />
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