The document discusses the concept of building approaches and entrances in architecture, emphasizing their role in shaping visitor experiences. It outlines three main types of approaches: frontal, oblique, and spiral, each with distinct characteristics and examples. Additionally, it describes three types of entrances: flush, projected, and recessed, highlighting their significance in the overall identity of a building.

1. APPROACH
AND
ENTRANCE

2. Content
Approach
• Definition
• Types
• Frontal
• Oblique
• Spiral
Entrance
• Definition
• Types
• Flush
• Projected
• Recessed
Various Case Study on Approach & Entrance

3. “Building approaches are like the beginning of a good novel”
-Francis DK Ching
Approach starts with a pathway to a building. The pathway is the first
phase of how we take in the building and prepare for how to use the
building's spaces.
There are 3 types of approach in architecture:
• Frontal
• Oblique
• Spiral
APPROACH

4. Frontal
A frontal approach leads directly to the entrance of a building
along a straight, axial path.
Lake Building
Flato Architects

5. Spiral
A spiral path prolongs the sequence of the
approach and
emphasizes the three-dimensional form of a
building as we move
around its perimeter.
Falling Water,Frank Lloyd Wright

6. Oblique
The path can be redirected
one or more times to delay and prolong the
sequence of the
approach.

7. There are 3 types of approach in architecture:
 Flush entrance
 Projected entrance
 Recessed entrance
A building's entrance is the threshold between the exterior and interior, it
contributes to the overall identity of the development and plays an important
role in the impression and experience formed by visitors.
ENTRANCE

8. Flush entrance:
A flush entrance maintains the continuity of the surface of a wall
and can be,
if desired, deliberately obscured.
Philip Johnson's 1949 Glass House, in New Canaan, Conn

9. Projected entrance:
A projected entrance forms a transitional space ,announces
its function to the approach, and provides
overhead shelter
School of Architecture and Planning,University of New Mexico lange house, van der rohe

10. A recessed entrance provides shelter and receives a
portion of exterior space into the realm of the
building.
Lonavala, Mahartashtra, India
TRIOSE
Recessed entrance
Prairie School Midwestern United States

11. Kazakhstan Central Concert Hall
Entry : Recessed
Approach : Oblique
Concept : Entering into
the hall through the
dynamism of a flower's
petals
Oblique
Approach
Manfredi Nicoletti

12. “Father, into your hands I commend
my spirit” (Luke 23:46)
The Chapel of Rest (Austria)
Entry : Recessed
Approach : spiral
Concept : Two carefully receptive hands of
God
HOFRICHTER-RITTER Architects
Recessed
Entry
Spiral
Approach

13. Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts by Le
Corbusier
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
Le Corbusier
Entry: Recessed
Approach: Oblique
This ramp or bridge through the building is used for shortcut of
Quincy and Prescott road. So all the passerby can experience the
Exhibition on 3rd
floor. It was the main objective of creating this
type of Entry or Approach.

14. the Thread of Life (museum and exhibitions),
the Memorial of Heroes of Leningrad and the Square of
Testimony. Thought to have the popular vote, this entry
sought to redevelop and reconnect the city of to the park
and museum with its Neo-Classical grid.
The Museum for the Defense and Siege of Leningrad
Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects
Entry: Recessed
Approach: Oblique

15. a long flight of stairs
Approach-oblique
Entry-flush
Concept-
IIM (Ahmedabad,India)
Louis I Kahn

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