Reading Response #2

Griffith Observatory

Griffith Observatory Los Angeles, CA
Original Floor Plan Design ( 1933)
  • Detailing to the inside of the building adding the grandness that the observatory represented for the city.
  •  Line weights and dot densities give texture and a sense of how each space flows into another including the compactness of each room. 
  • The planetarium becomes the focal point through the use of darker and thicker lines.
Pfeiffer Partners Architects Inc. Plans (2006)
  • Grid used on the outside spaces gives the viewer a better sense of the entire site surrounding the structure. 
  • Darker lines of the observatory help make a clear distinction between the structure and its surroundings which are drawn in thinner and lighter lines. 
  • The use of color cues you into the difference between green spaces, concrete walkways, and resting spaces and helps understand the functions of the space

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