Instructor: Teddy Slowik / Fall 2019 / WSOA

Case Study: Sts Sergius and Bacchus

Sts Sergius and Bacchus was one of the surviving Justinian churches that was built between 527 and 536. The church was built by Isidorus of Miletus & Anthemius of Tralles a few years before St. Sophia (Hagia Sophia), one of the biggest churches in Istanbul.

The form of the structure is a combination of different geometric shapes such as rectangles, polygons, and semicircles. The land of this structure is rectangular; however, the central area of the church is octagonal, and it is combined with semicircles from its four sides. The interesting part of this construction is repetition because the plan under its huge dome was duplicated in a smaller size. The plan is based on at least 2 different axes; as a result shows, this plan doesn’t have a perfect octagon at the middle. Also, this plan has many exceptions because of the wall that was built around it for years after.

The Palace

The position of this project on a specific site within the city of Los Angeles. Influences that are external to the object may cause conflicts with the ordering principles that will require a shift in the relationship of the objects.

The Palace is designed based on the Sts Sergius and Bacchus Church. In this project, I used part to whole, symmetry, and asymmetry concepts. Asymmetry plan from the St. Sergius and Bacchus Church in Istanbul, geometries such as circle, octagon, and square.