John Lautner's The Goldstein House

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While analyzing the Goldstein House by John Lautner house I noticed the removal of corners of two primary triangular that were connected along a regulating diagonal line. By shifting and reconnecting them by using the regulating line I noticed that they previously been derived from a breakage of a rectangle; this operation of breaking corners continued to be repeated throughout the floorplan.

Diagram three is focused on the transgression of the operation of breaking comes and exploring the new formation of shapes from this breakage, yet continuing the breakage along the diagonal regulating line. I began by cracking the primary walls of the floor plan, by considering the notion of falling I proceeded to shift them along the diagonal and reconnecting

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