Charney | Final Phase: Compilation

XS HOME CECILIA CHARNEY My tiny house community focuses on the contrast between the experience of a warm, expansive, and open interior and a private site aggregation in an urban environment. My concept grew out of studies of my collage model, inspired by the folding and perspective views of sidewalks wrapping around the gardens of … Continue reading Charney | Final Phase: Compilation

ENVELOPE I: CECILIA CHARNEY

Cecilia Charney My homes sit level with the ground plane, directly on concrete foundations. The floor inside is covered in plywood though.My exterior materials are white corrugated metal for the siding and perforated metal screensThere are three big windows. The entrance window is 12 feet tall and about 8 feet wide at the bottom and … Continue reading ENVELOPE I: CECILIA CHARNEY

PHASE 5.1: Adobe Canyon House Case Study

Cecilia Charney and Win Lei Shun ADOBE CANYON HOUSE | RICK JOY STUDIO | PATAGONIA, ARIZONA, USA | 2005 | 1,764 sq ft Diagrams Use of vernacular material (rammed earth) fits the context of the environment and is used to cool and heat the desert home.Manipulation of grid system (slide, scale etc.) to create hierarchy … Continue reading PHASE 5.1: Adobe Canyon House Case Study

Phase 04: Cecilia Charney

The panel of reviewers responded well to my project, and gave me feedback in the context of moving forward with the project. They seemed to think my form was successful, but they recommended that I think about privacy and how the units will feel private and unique in the aggregation, because the unit I presented … Continue reading Phase 04: Cecilia Charney

Phase 03: Cecilia Charney

I explored the intersection of Wallace Street and West 32nd Street. I found the sunken gardens between the sidewalk and the buildings’ compelling. In my collage I captured how the sidewalk folds around the houses. Beginning as linear paths to walk along next to the houses, they then fold down along the sides to the … Continue reading Phase 03: Cecilia Charney

Phase 2: Cecilia Charney

PROJECT TEAM: Harsha Pillai, Alexis Rodriguez, Zeiad Sherif Envelope Pavilion Our pavilion was designed with the intent of creating a refuge from sensory overload and activity in the public spaces of large cities like Chicago. The pavilion consists of two shelters that taper at the top due to the triangular shape and force those inside … Continue reading Phase 2: Cecilia Charney

Phase 1b: Cecilia Charney

PROJECT TEAM: Harsha Pillai, Alexis Rodriguez, Zeiad Sherif Envelope Pavilion Documentation I included the images with my phase 1 post and have just realized that they are different assignments, so I am posting again. I hope this time it is right. These first two images are the unedited photographs. I wanted to chose photos … Continue reading Phase 1b: Cecilia Charney

Phase 1: Cecilia Charney

PROJECT TEAM: Harsha Pillai, Alexis Rodriguez, Zeiad Sherif Envelope Pavilion Drawings: CharneyPhase1