Phase 2: Assignment

Sharing Case Studies

DEADLINES:

• 1/20/20 Monday, 6:00pm. RESEARCH and ANALYSIS. 1 blog post (per team) see details below
• 1/22/20 Wednesday, 2:00pm. Model proposals, see details below
• 1/29/20 Wednesday, 2:00pm. Review, more detail TBD

Closely review the assignment posting and accompanying lecture on the studio site (always do this). Make sure you understand not just for the basic requirements, but also the point of the assignment: what we’re interested in exploring through this project. As you’re researching your building think about why the architect made some of the choices they did and which aspects of the building your think are interesting and which ones you think are relevant to this assignment.

Some specific items to RESEARCH and ANALYZE:

• The “sharing” verbs from the assignment (mix, blend, merge…). Which of them could be used to explain your building either in its form, or in its programmatic uses.
• Conditions of private or personal space, like in Phase 1 but more generally how are they created, where are they challenged…
• The basic programmatic arrangement of the building and site: the layout of units, how units aggregate, circulation to the units, other programs, entry, site circulation, public spaces and circulation vs. different layers of controlled (private) circulation and spaces.
• impact of site and context (sun, view, city context, water…) on both the layout and design of the building
• building structure and materials, exterior walls, glazing…not just to document what they were, but think about why they might have been chosen.
• General History of the Building
• Other reasons the building is architecturally significant

1/20/20 BLOG POST

Create a blog post that demonstrates what you have learned about your building and what you think is interesting and relevant about its design.

Your post should include the following RESEARCH

• Basic information about the building. (Architect, location, date designed, date completed, client/owner, size (break down by program if possible), # residential units… (make a list)
• Brief description of the building (paragraph)
• Overview of its history and how it was received both within the architectural profession and more broadly by residents, the press… (paragraph)
• 2D drawings: plans, elevations, sections (slideshow block)
• Photographs, a small selection of the most informative shots (slideshow block)
• Other drawings or images from your research (as applicable)

Also include in your post your first RESPONSE and ANALYSIS. See the list above for possible topics. I’d suggest you generate this by including:

• What you think is interesting about the building (text)
• How the building works (this may be subjective): circulation, public/private, sharing and sharing “verbs”… (diagram sketches)

Conclude the post with your thoughts on what you’d like to convey in the detail model and which concepts could be the basis of your concept model(s). Feel free to go into further detail on plans for the detail models or concept model(s) but be sure to still include the reasoning: what you’re trying to show in each model and why you’ve chosen that.

I’ll post response comments Monday night and Tuesday morning.

1/22/20 MODEL PROPOSALS

After the review for Phase 1 is complete we’ll do desk crits by team. At the desk crit please have ready for discussion (and hopefully sign-off) proposals for your detail model and concept model(s). Your proposals can be in the form of sketches, study models, or whatever you think appropriate, but at a minimum please have:

• printed to scale (the same scale) 2d drawings of the project.
• overlay indicating the proposed area for your detail model in each of the relevant 2D drawings.
• precedent model images from the lecture or elsewhere of models of a similar style, scale, and/or intent.
• proposed materials, techniques of fabrication and assembly, mounting… for each model

Note that the scale of the detail model has not been predetermined; it can be adjusted based on what you’re trying to show so be specific about what scale you’re proposing and how much of the building at that scale will fit in the size requirements for the model. You may want to consider multiple scales for comparison.

The concept model(s) may be of the entire building, a portion of the building, or even something less-literally of the building. Regardless of your approach please map out how your proposal will relate to the size requirements for concept models.