CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS i
TABLE OF CONTENTS ii
LIST OF FIGURES iv
CHAPTER 1 • INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Problem Definition 1
1.2 Process 1
1.3 Structure of the Book 5
1.4 Perceptual Potency of the 9SG 6
1.5 Definition of the Diagram 9
1.5.1 Diagram as an Operative Tool 11
1.5.2 Diagram as a Generative Tool 12
1.5.3 Diagrammatic Potency of the 9SG 13
CHAPTER 2- SELECTED 9SG PROJECTS IN ARCHITECTURE 15
2.1 The Nine Square Grid Exercise and
The Texas Houses (Austin, 1954-63): John Hejduk 16
2.1.1 The 9SG Exercise 17
2.1.2 The Texas Houses as a "Form of Auto-Criticism" 19
2.1.3 The Texas Houses 21
2.2 House Projects (1967 - 75): Peter Eisenman 27
2.2.1 House II (Vermont, 1969) 29
2.2.2 House Ill (Connecticut, 1970) 30
2.2.3 House IV (Connecticut, 1971) 31
2.3 The Villas (Italy, Mid 15th Century): Andrea Palladio 32
2.3.1 Palladio's Requisite for Beauty 32
2.3.2 Evolution of the Palladian Villa Plan 33
2.4 City Plan of Chandigarh and
Governor's Palace (Chandigarh, 1950 - 1965): Le Corbusier 36
2.4.1 The "Nine Square Mandala" (9SM) 37
2.4.2 The City Plan of Jaipur 39
2.4.3 Plan of the Hindu Temple and the 9SM 42
2.4.4 City Plan of Chandigarh 45
2.4.5 The Governor's Palace 47
2.5 Jawahar Kala Kendra (Jaipur, 1992): Charles Correa 49
2.6 Follies, Pare De La Villette (Paris, 1983): Bernard Tschumi 52
2.6.1 Lines and Surfaces 54
2.6.2 The Grid 54
2.6.3 The Follies 56
2.7 Proposal for the Bibliotheque Nationale (Paris, 1989): Rem Koolhaas, OMA 59
2.8 The 9SG House (Kanagawa, 1997) and
The Ivy Structure (Tokyo, 2000): Shigeru Ban 62
2.8.1 The 9SG House (Kanagawa, 1997) 64
2.8.2 The Ivy Structure (Tokyo, 2000) 65
CHAPTER 3- DISCUSSION ON THE DIAGRAMMATIC POTENCY OF THE 9SG 67
3.1 9SG as a Tool of Representation 68
3.1.1 9SG as Geometry and Structure 69
3.1.2 9SG as "Type" 72
3.2 9SG as an Operative Tool. 72
3.2.1 9SG for Ordering Program 72
3.2.2 9SG for Ordering Structure 74
3.2.3 9SG for Ordering Context. 74
3.3 9SG as a Generative Tool. 75
CHAPTER 4 - CONCLUSION 78
4.1 Figure-Ground Relations in the 9SG 79
4.2 9SG as a Field 82
REFERENCES 88
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 90