FINAL REVIEW

We'll be using a zoom meeting for both days of the review. Details and the one-click link to join will be sent via a calendar invite. As with desk crits there will be a waiting room for entry and you're requested to use your full name for easy identification. You're also encouraged to visit other … Continue reading FINAL REVIEW

RENDERING / GRAPHICS

Q: (How) Should I render this? A: What are you trying to tell us with this drawing? Your graphic choices should help reinforce the purpose of each drawing. At this point in the semester nobody is gong to read a long blog post, but I'm hoping to help answer some recent questions on the topic … Continue reading RENDERING / GRAPHICS

DIAGRAMS part 2

Early on we focused on diagrams of program and programmatic relationships (bubbles and blocks) and of the sharing concepts introduced in the studio. These diagrams should reappear in some form in your final projects but now that you have developed buildings there are additional diagrams you should consider incorporating into your final presentation. Narrative Diagrams … Continue reading DIAGRAMS part 2

STRUCTURE

Mass Timber & General Guidelines As a studio we're using mass timber framing for our structure. For our section that means primarily CLT (cross-laminated timber) panels for floors and structural walls and glulam (glue-laminated timber) columns and beams. All non-structural walls (and some structural walls) can be built out of typical stud wall construction. The … Continue reading STRUCTURE

PRESENTATION PREP

4/13/20 in-studio activity. In your designated break-out group watch the highlighted portions of the presentations from the Anthony Timberlands competition finalists. Working in your assigned small group complete the Presentation Outline form on the google drive: Dorte Mandrup. From minutes 16:00 - 33:00. You don't need to cover the structural portion that occurs after 33:00 … Continue reading PRESENTATION PREP

REMINDER: our TA is online

Instead of regular office hours Bhavik is trying to help students individually. You can reach him by email: bdandona@hawk.iit.edu Please make use of his experience, especially with programs and graphics. If working individually becomes too much of a demand on his time we'll organize informal Q&A sessions with him.

STRUCTURAL SKETCHES

BLOG POST DUE: 6:00pm Fri. 4/10 (see below) This is the assignment discussed in class on Monday 4/6. Your sketchbook post is is due on the day you have your desk crit this week. Ideally you'd all have them done and posted by Wednesday but we won't discuss until your desk crit so if you … Continue reading STRUCTURAL SKETCHES

PARKING DESIGN

PARKING SPACES Graphic Standards has a section on parking design, but the Chicago Zoning Code (which would actually govern your parking spaces) is easier to understand. See excerpt below: 17-10-1000 Parking area design. The parking area design standards of this section apply to all off-street parking areas. 17-10-1001 Dimensions. Unless otherwise expressly stated, off-street parking areas … Continue reading PARKING DESIGN

VERTICAL CIRCULATION

Elevators, Stairs, and Ramps Below video tutorials for how to layout the elements of vertical circulation. For your project you are required to have: One enclosed egress stair serving all main floor levels and the roof of your building.One elevator serving all main floor levels of your building.All public (shared) programs must also be served … Continue reading VERTICAL CIRCULATION

SOLAR STUDIES

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS At a minimum everyone should incorporate the following considerations into the design of your project. Light & Air. Especially to habitable rooms per the code requirements we worked on in class, but also to other spaces.The path of the sun and the different direction and quality of light over the course of day … Continue reading SOLAR STUDIES