Sketch Assignment 1

PRECEDENTS – Assignment 2

From Architectural Precedents to Parti Sketches SKETCHES DUE: Wednesday 3/25 at 2:00 Give everything that's happened it seems like ages ago that you were researching projects by well-known architects and trying to distill some of their main ideas into sketches. but I finally revisited your blog posts from before break and updated them to stick … Continue reading PRECEDENTS – Assignment 2

Kengo Kuma

Overlapping and intersecting rooms with clear story windows to allow for views and sunlight. Stairs on both sides of the building to allow for people to access and use the roof. A square shaped building but the lower levels are extended to create large balcony areas. Exterior walk ways that show the … Continue reading Kengo Kuma

PRECEDENTS – Assignment 1

Formal & Experiential. The assignment for this precedent study is to visually analyze 3-5 buildings by a well-known architect and distill the major idea(s) down to a free-hand diagram sketch. Below are the architects to select from. In-class sketching on Wednesday 3/11. Create a blog post by 12:00pm on Thursday 3/12 containing diagram sketches of … Continue reading PRECEDENTS – Assignment 1

MODELS part 1

A quick survey of some techniques to use when you don't yet have a building. For midreview we've asked for "massing" models but in order to be successful the models should be made in such a way as to reinforce your main formal and programmatic concepts: think "sharing" concepts for sure, but also transparency, materiality, … Continue reading MODELS part 1

Phase 5.1

Populations I am thinking about an apartment building that is affordable but also provides a high-quality living style, maybe the size of the individual apartments won't be very big, and the FAR would be pretty high. Right now, there are tons of apartments to rent in Hyde Park, and the price for a one or … Continue reading Phase 5.1

Phase 5.1-Proposal

Conclusions based on research, maps and diagrams form Phase 4 Target Audience: Residents: young single/living alone (max couple) college students from the University of Chicago people working in the area Communal/commercial activities: aged approximately 18/20-35/40 for the college students and people working around the area or teens (15/20) to 25/30 for the school students as … Continue reading Phase 5.1-Proposal

Phase 2: Documentation

Sharing Case Studies DEADLINE (BLOG POST) 2/5/20 Wednesday, 2:00pm. Update your preliminary blog post about your case study. Don't delete your research and documentation from the post, but add images of your models and text as needed to fully explain the project and your models. As a general guideline and minimum for the post, make … Continue reading Phase 2: Documentation

Phase 2 Review – Case Study Studies

Blend : This building blends the use of public and private space. Having public space within the building also blends what people are using the building. There are the people who reside there, and also people who come to just visit. Intersect : These pre-fabricated units were made so they can be stacked and intersected. … Continue reading Phase 2 Review – Case Study Studies

Phase 2 Review-Case Study: Concepts

Overlap: Units overlap each other at different ends by moving them on top of each other. Intersect: The city area (public) and the houses (private) area intersect through the street arrangement. Merge: Small cuboids of different colours are merged perpendicularly with the larger white cuboid. Blend: The "shiki" is transparent allowing the … Continue reading Phase 2 Review-Case Study: Concepts