Project 3: Sixth Street House

It has been a while, but thought I would try to catch up with everything to get it up to date some what.  This was done the spring semester of my third year of school.  We started out with the Sixth Street House by Thom Mayne.  Through out the semester we switched between projects and picked up where the last person left off.

M1: final building models
M2 & M3: were sketch models of a smaller scale that were used to analyze different aspects.

M1 final model.

SketchUp model analyzing edges and planes.

Drawn elevation.

M2/M3:  cardboard and chipboard

M2/M3: chipboard and trace paper

M2/M3: paper 

M2/M3: cardboard

Project 2: Sixth Street House

Yeah I know I am a little behind in getting this up.  Better late than never.  Project two we swapped projects with someone.  We then did exploratory exercises of our new models with an addition of doubling the volume in mind.  The input we were given are the M1 model, M2 and M3 sets of models, drawings that were done.  Our output for the project was M2 and M3 models and drawings that helped us explore various aspects that interested us in the idea of an addition.

These next few are just a couple of construction drawings I did to show the construction of the different elements that are within the house.

 This next one is a photograph taken of the M1 model that I was given in the swap and I added an unexpected material.  I then had some fun with the scanner.  It was fun to see what happened.

Project 1: Sixth Street House

This first project our class was introduced to it on the first day of studio.  We were given a brief background on Thom Mayne, Metamorphesis the firm, and the project the Sixth Street House.  The Sixth Street house was actually and older home and redesigned by Mayne.  He started with some elements or artifacts that he either had or found and designed the house around them.  For this project we had to produce several drawings, 5 sets of 5 mini models, and a M1 model, which is more of a final model.  It was very interesting to see how each one of us interpreted the design a different way.  On the day it was do, everybody had a different looking model of the same house

This is my final model:

I also made it so it comes apart in pieces:

Confused??

Okay so back to studio today after the long weekend.  I have been confused on the whole project ever since we started this semester and today it just got worse.  We were suppose to make sets of 5 models for today with some level of abstraction.  We got together in our group and discussed what we had done.  I was just confused and didn't have much to say and didn't really get anything out of if.  The professor did most of the talking and after talking for more than an hour, I am pretty sure I am more confused.  Is education not suppose be about learning more and making things more clear.  I know it is early in the semester and I feel like I am just having a hard time get used to the teaching style.  Hopefully it will get better, but it is so frustrating when nothing is clear!

Back to the Mill

Yesterday was our first day back to the class of studio.  This semester our 3rd year level class is split up on two different floors, which will be a change.  We came to class know which section we were in from the previous day.  We were suppose to have the first hour to shift around to find our new homes for the next semester.  Most got situated before class even started.  Our studio professor came up with a layout to organize ourselves, while also giving our studio section a gathering space.  There was a lot of chaos to get into the organization and to put each of us in a desk.  With some modifications we finally got there.  We then got together to discuss the course, the usual syllabus talk and the introduction to the first project.  I am not quite sure of the project, but I am sure it will work out.  It is a little different than I am used, but that is what education is all about-pushing yourself to improve upon yourself.  It will take a while to get used to this professor's teaching style.  Overall a little overwhelmed about coming back to the work of an architecture student.

Research Presentation

11-15-10

Just where I am at the moment before I manipulate it some more.

Project #2

This was my original idea for the masonic lodge.  It was to be set into the ground in a more suburban site.  I thought it was getting at the idea of have to go through a lot to attain a goal.  It didn't really get that.  I liked the shape initially, but that went away once dealing with the angle came into play.  Also trying to break the symmetrical-ness of it.

This is may new site.  I decided to bring it more into town to attempt to make it a little more welcoming to the community to learn more about it.  I chose t put it on a empty corner that is on the edge of the historic district to complete 4 corners.

This is my new plan that I feel works better functionally, but also speaks more of what I am trying to achieve.  Keeping the ritual room up on the third floor to keep the people that shouldn't be there out.  The 1st floor are spaces that could be used as meeting spaces for the public if needed.  Also the test/mock-up space is actually sunken below street level and at the moment outside.  The entire structure is raised 4ft above street level on pillars.

early process

This is the process I used to get away from the symmetry that I had a problem with.  

purple-long term exhibit, green-storage/stageing/offices, yellow-gathering/food prep, pink-gift shop/restrooms/mechanical, blue-short term/entry.  By using this is how I came up with my final plan, which is seen in ...more process... october 4th.

Attempting to come up with a plan that is traditional with small axises(or axi, not sure) off of the main axis

yes they look like anchors.

This plan goes with the following two images.

Display idea of having panels of some material hung between wood columns that create a more intimate space within a vast one and they are movable to change with the exhibits.

1/3 presented with a more modern look to it.

1/3 presented and this more of a centralized plan with some ideas of elevations.

1/3 that we presented floor plans, this is a traditional colonial layout which started the whole mess.

Now pushing the different organizations  into forms.

Bubble diagrams trying to figure out which form of organization goes with parti.