Site Impression:
The long-narrow site doesn't has to be limited. There should be more possibilities happen on the waterfront end. Color rods, wood sticks and circle give energy to the site and can be see through the site itself.
The free form materials are wrapping around the long piece card board (can be form into arch or edges). The combination represents the freedom landing on the site, and make the site even more attractive.
Inspired from the paper boat on the dead sea, the model is form by three elements, the triangle shape boat which wants to getting away from the area, the transparent plastic water base and the white foam block like surrounding buildings.
Edge:
The free form shape in the center of the model in limited by the edges all around made by the steel wires. The edge of the wire keep expanding out for further restriction. That's the same feeling what gold fish in the bag has in the collage.
Edges can always form by different shapes. The hollow box and the triangle piece intersect with each other to create the edge of the box and the three edges of the triangle. Edges are no longer live out of the objects but been part of the objects.
Different from the previous edge model, edges may exist when objects just simply glued one by one. Each circle has different width and positions which are also effects the way how edges formed and translated.
Programs:
The dynamic shape formed by a piece of thick paper represent the main performance art stage in the design, and it should be the focus point in the building. Two additional elements are attaching to show the interactions of other programs.
Three pieces come together to tell the relationship between the programs. The middle piece represents auditorium which is connected by the orange foam and the pattern extruded piece. The whole idea is to points out the importance about how people circulate through the spaces.
The middle piece of the art-like paper figure was inspired by the performance art image in the collage. Other programs then become more specific and has their own functions and styles. However, the connections will be always concerned.
Please verbally explain what your thought process was. Give reference to your collages. Without that we cannot give you guidance.
ReplyDeleteFirst impression: Consider everything you do to be presentation ready. Although these are sketch models, the presentation of them in blog format is exceedingly long and thus difficult to stay with in terms of attention span. you need to get your ideas distilled down to the cogent point with as little graphic real estate as possible.
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Your first three site sketches are very literal translations of your thoughts into form. With the verbal descriptions, they are not too bad. However I always look at graphics first, then words if I am unclear. I have to read every caption to understand your approaches.
The first 2 Edge expressions are great. I have yet to read the captions as they define the edge quality that you seek to illustrate effectively in and of themselves. The third required me to read the description, and to be frank, i still am not clear on what you are attempting to depict.
Your programme sketches are attempting to illustrate a crux in architectural design: how does one synthesize separate programmatic elements into one harmonious assemblage. There are alot of ways to skin the cat, but essentially, it comes down to 2 wrote approaches: Express each volume as its functional self and invent a method of connecting them (you have taken this approach) or design an overall form based on programmatic needs and express the entire building as one formal approach within which the elements and adjacencies work together in a well executed layout. Each has its pros and cons, but it would probably help your thinking to attempt one in the latter vein before you continue on. At present, your models belie a certain hodge-podge quality that will translate into a disjointed massing if you stay the course.