Tuesday, March 28, 2006



Harbor Hills Village Grouping (LS/2006)

Saturday, March 25, 2006


Village Grouping in Hilltop and Crest Area (LS/2006)

Tuesday, March 21, 2006



Typological Study Sketch for Hillsite Housing (LS/2006)

Hilltop Residential Group (LS/2006)

Monday, March 20, 2006


Dense Hillsite Urbanization in Bergen, Norway


Narrow Hillsite Street in Bergen, Norway

Hillsite Urbanization in Bergen, Norway

Thursday, March 16, 2006


Panoramic View of a Typical Tuscany Landscape Note the complex
and harmonious interaction between different scales of
architecture from Territory, Landscape, road and path system,
buildings and built Ensembles, farms and towns, etc.

Wednesday, March 15, 2006


"Villa Flaminia", Third Year Project by Zachary Stewart (2005)
University of Notre Dame, Rome Program (prof. Lucien Steil)

Il Palazzone in Cortona, Tuscany

Cortona with San Domenico in Foreground

Monday, March 13, 2006


Todi in Umbria. Note how the city climbs up the hillsite with a
monumental system of stairs and garden terraces! Check also
the subtle building types with the main volumes (house&tower)
connected by a lower loggia building. Consider also the complex
interplay between landscaped vistas, surface and vertical vegetation
elements, and hard edges and surfaces. Subtlely complex indeed!

Montepulciano in Tuscany

Hilltown in the South of France: Note the discontinuous pattern
of buildings interweaving with landscape pockets to form a
coherent and complex system of town architecture!

Sunday, March 12, 2006


Todi, A Hilltown in Umbria seen in its magnificent Context

Urban Typologies in Todi engaging the Topography
and Character and potentials of the Place

Surroundings of Todi, Umbria, showing Buildings and
Landscape fully integrating as complex scales of architecture.

Saturday, March 11, 2006


Country Residence Study Sketch (LS/2006)


Hillsite Housing Study Sketch (LS/2006)

Salvador de Bahia, Historic Centre (Brazil)

Ouro Preto, Tiradentes (Brazil)

Thursday, March 09, 2006


Houses in the Hills with Terraces, Gardens, Passages,
Loggias, Balconies, Rooftops, Ramps, Stairs, Towers,
organized in various Buildings through different Levels
of the Site, and connecting organically to the existing
Topography and Vegetation and Pathways. (LS/2006)


Wednesday, March 08, 2006


Composition Detail of Country House (LS/2005)

Hillsite House with Loggia and Tower (LS/2001)

Assymetrical Villa Capriccio (LS/1986)

Villa Composition in Park Setting (LS/2006)

Villa Structure inspired by Potsdam's Tower Villas (LS/1996)

Country-House Composition (LS/1986)


Moon, Hills and Water (LS/2005)


Lighthouse on Oregon Coast (LS/1986)

Towerhouse Complex (LS/1986)

Compact Hillsite House Study (LS/2005)

Hilltop House Composition with 3 Towers (LS/2005)

Tuesday, March 07, 2006


















Building Group Composition on Hillsite Location

Study Sketch of Hillsite House Typology with
various articulate Building Volumes, Roof Decks,
Tower Loggia, Gate and Terrace Gardens, etc.
(Sketchbook LS/2006 )

View of Harborhills and Brookings Coastline


View of Oregon Coast from Harborhills, Brookings