When the Random meets Classic

An observation for randomness meets the NeoClassical building.

I have chosen the building Karl Friedrich Old Berlin Museum as a reference in this exercise.

The aim of this exercise is started in a simple thinking: See what will happen if we input the randomness into the highly ordered and systematic building. And see how it looks like at the end.

During the process: I have divided this into three main phase: 1. Construction phase, a basic and simple model including the interior wall, and columns is built in Rhino, the columns are set out by the script. 2. Randomness is introduced into the column system in x-axis and y-axis seperately. 3. Randomness will introduced into the column system in both x and y axis.

When Random meet X-Axis


When Random meet Y-Axis


When Randomness is slightly applied to the whole column system

When Randomness is fully utilized in the column system



During this exercise, I can conclude different things which are, We can feel the randomness more easily whenever we have order together happen, which is in my language I called it order as the basic reference, with the basic reference our eyes can easily find out the visual impact of the randomness, it is further elaborated to other level, together with the still and routine order of the coloumn, we can feel the dynamic energy of the dancing, disordered and non-routine column.

Furthermore, we can expect that if we want to show off the dynamic of the building, we should have the stable side and the changing side, this will be the most effectiveness for the building to show the dynamic to the public.

Functionalwise, speaking, to be frank, disorder or chaos in this highly ordered and well organized building will cause a mess and disaster to that building. But there is an idea that I wonder and would like to put further the research is: What will happen if I start from the very beginning to have the function which is not organized in the meaningful and systematical way.