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Simultaneous ambiguity of phenomenal transparency
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In Small Park near Gridley, designed by Garrett Eckbo, the lot could be subdivided into the units enclosed by hedges in several ways. The multiple ways of enclosures at the same places were observed because the hedges were perfectly orthogonal to each other and the enclosures were not completely closed. Eckbo called this way of spatial composition ‘free-rectangularity’, and used them frequently in his early works.
Small Park near Gridley (Garrett Eckbo, 1939)
Camp Park Space near Harlingen (Garrett Eckbo, 1940)
Fisk Garden (Garrett Eckbo, 1939)
Reid Garden (Garrett Eckbo, 1940)
This way of spatial composition could be seen in both ‘Rhythm of a Russian Dance’, the painting by Theo van Doesburg, and ‘Project for a Brick Country House’, the plan drawn by Mies van der Rohe. It could also be seen in ‘Rose Residence’ designed by James Rose, and ‘Miller Garden’ designed by Dan Kiley.
Rose Residence (James Rose, 1953)
Rose Residence. Plan.
Miller Garden. Plan(partial).
Drawings, models and diagrams were made by Murakami in this research.
