Cut 1 / 15% along the plan
Ground floor.
Courtyard House
A fictional renovation study in plan and section. Move the cut to see how the floor relationships change.
The drawing asks
where light can go.
The study retains a low front room, opens a court in the middle and gathers more height at the rear. Each drawing describes the same concept from a different position.
- Status
- Original fictional concept / not built
- Scope
- Spatial arrangement and floor relationships
- Limit
- Conceptual geometry only; not a surveyed or technical design
Move a cut through the building.
Each position intersects the actual plan polygons below. The section is computed from the intersected depth of each floor.
Use the arrow keys or Previous / Next. All four sections remain available below.
All four numbered sections — readable without scripts
Cut 2 / 40% along the plan
Ground floor, Upper floor.
Cut 3 / 70% along the plan
Ground floor, Upper floor, Roof terrace.
Cut 4 / 90% along the plan
Ground floor, Upper floor, Roof terrace.
What to notice
Cut 1: the low room
The front of the building has one continuous ground-floor plane. There is no upper floor at this position.
Cut 2: a partial upper floor
The upper floor occupies only part of the depth, showing why a section can explain something the plan alone cannot.
Cuts 3 and 4: the tall volume
Ground and upper floors span the full depth. The roof terrace stops short, leaving a different outline above.
How a study becomes a project brief