Poche as a form of surplus strategy is deployed by Boullée as a necessary mediator between the boolean interior forms and the primitive exterior shape. It serves as an interfacing agent between the geometries, allowing the juxtaposition to be absorbed within. While the deployment of poche is evident in the plan, it is in the section where Boullée exploited the potential to its fullest. Through the fattening of the poche, the scale of the projects is further exaggerated by the augmentation of the massing.
10 Rules for Drawing Poche
Find and define the geometric genesis of your case study.
Look for poche from the case study as opportunities for extrapolation.
You may analyse a fragment from the whole.
Translate your findings into a spatial syntax, or rules that govern your design.
Based on the spatial syntax, design a single-room building.
The single-room building has inside and outside.
The single-room building may have aperture(s).
The single-room building can be as big or small as you wish.
The single-room building will possess a new and extrapolated poche.
The single-room building shall possess characteristics of your case study.
