Critical Composition:
An analysis of Filippo Brunelleschi’s Ospedale degli Innocenti (Hospital of Innocents)
(2020)
Aerial View of Ospedale degli Innocenti
Photo: Teggelaar
View of Interior Courtyard
Photo: inexhibit
Plan of Ospedale degli Innocenti by Filippo Brunelleschi (Revised)
Top Row (From Top Left): Symmetry in Original Complex, Column Rhythm, Void, Generator
Bottom Row (From Bottom Left): Center Courtyard as Generator, Rhythm in Spatial Geometries, Hierarchy, Repetition
Diagrammatic Model Highlighting Symmetry of Geometries
Hand Drafted Drawing of Ospedale degli Innocenti Floor Plan
Digital Drawing of Ospedale degli Innocenti Floor Plan
Sequential Spatial Experience