Process 9-24-10 continued...

Sketch up model-used this to figure out how the different spaces would come together at intersection points.

Process 9-24-10

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My location is right next to Eastern Point Lighthouse.  It is not open to the public, but people come to it and park to go fishing out on the breakwater.  I felt that the location was good because of the relationship between boats and lighthouses.  Vessels depend on lighthouses to make dangers aware to them.

My parti is about depending on one another and counting and supporting each other.  Coming together to do something not able to be done by oneself. 

This is my new process.  After trying to go with a traditional way and struggling with it.  Everything was ending up too symmetrical and not what I was wanting so I went in a different direction of traditional.

Plan- concept was to go with individual spaces and use the void space between and use it as a connecting space.  There are 4 spaces that have a traditional form to them and then the void/connecting space will be of glass enclosure.

Sections-

Elevations-
 
Model-was to get a 3D perception of it.  Can get a sense of the 4 traditional spaces and how they relate to each other.  The colored cardboard represents the glass void/connecting space, which will also be able to use the roof for an observation area which would tie into the idea of a "widow's walk."  "Widow's walk" use to be used by wives of sailors to watch for their boats to come back from sea.

Warm up Project: School Bus Redo

My board from our warm up project.  The problem to solve was to create living quarters out of a school bus, with an observation deck on the roof.  Had a little fun with materiality with pop cans.

Plan view of my design of the school bus.

 

 

Section view of the school bus.

Interior sketch of the dining/sleeping area along with the stairs and wall of bathroom.

Overall it was a fun warm up project that wasn't stressful and just fun to come up with.

"Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without loosing your temper or your self-confidence."
        -Robert Frost