Parti Exploration:

Is like a diagram (party line). Outlines the essence of spacial organisation of a building plan. Helps understand the building as a pattern. The scheme which gives it its tangible form, yet it is elastic and beyond "shapes and dimensions". It is an instrumental configuration.

Overall I found the concept of Parti much harder to grasp than Poche. Trying to find the essential minimum of a buildings design proved to be quite difficult. This seemed to be common in my tutorial group with many students struggling to grasp the concept. Shown below are a few examples of Parti Diagrams that I found during my exploration of the concept, along with some study notes from our tutorials.

• What sticks in your head after you leave, the overwhelming factor.
• Spacial organisation.
• Primary spaces and how they fit together.
• Look for internal symmetry.
• The essential minimum of the design.
• Crux of the building.
• Parti can be shapeless and unrecognisable.
• The primary idea, cut it down.
  
• Enclosure, Structure, Circulation, Geometry.

Here are images of my own Parti Diagram exploration:

These images are trying to show the development of my final Parti Diagram. Starting at the beginning of the session, all the way through to submission.

Geometry:

Circulation:

Enclosure:

Structure: