Spatial Studies
An ongoing archive of contemporary architectural analyses — not historical illustrations, but plan diagrams that isolate the governing spatial logic of enduring planning traditions. The same principles inform how GeoMera approaches land today.
The Forbidden City — A Study in Axial Planning
A plan diagram reduced to its governing spatial logic, showing how a set of enduring principles organized one of the world's most disciplined built environments.
Every major gate and hall sits on a single north–south line — the organizing spine the entire plan is measured against.
Structures mirror each other east and west of the axis — visible in the paired flanking halls and the matched palace clusters.
A rhythm of gate, courtyard, gate repeats along the axis — each threshold framing the next, building toward the principal hall.
Scale and openness shift from south to north — the largest, most public halls give way to smaller, more private chambers.
Solid structures are framed by generous open terraces and courtyards — the void is as deliberately proportioned as the building itself.
Diagram is a proportionate schematic study, not a surveyed plan.
The Persian Garden — A Study in Fourfold Balance
A plan diagram of the Chahar Bagh reduced to its governing spatial logic, showing how water, geometry, and planting were organized into one of the most enduring garden forms in architectural history.
Two channels cross at a central basin, aligned to the cardinal directions — the single organizing line the whole plan radiates from.
The water channels divide the enclosure into four equal quadrants — the Chahar Bagh, or "four gardens," the form's namesake.
Every quadrant mirrors the other three in size and planting — nothing in the plan is asymmetric or accidental.
Cypress-lined channels function as both irrigation and processional route — water and walking path share the same axis.
A single pavilion sits at the crossing point, held by water on all sides — building, water, and planting resolve at one point.
Diagram is a proportionate schematic study, not a surveyed plan.