3537 S Wallace Street For my aggregated housing project, my idea of a "unit" became more than just a single house. I decided to use a language of masses and planes to create spaces and tessellations that fit together efficiently. I experimented with the aggregations of these units by looking at how they can make … Continue reading Phase 4: Nathaniel Staniak

For my midterm the main feedback I got had to with playing with roof lines and experimenting with focal points more. They mentioned looking at Zaha Hadids work, which I assumed was her early work in drawings and paintings of perspectives.  The site plan which proved to be most successful among the guest reviewers was … Continue reading Phase 4: Harsha Pillai

Collage In my neighborhood, Canal Street & West 33rd Street, the most prominent architecture I noticed was the infrastructure. The Sox Stadium Parking was facing a row of houses, and all along the street there were road signs. The street came to a halt at the bridge with the CTA tracks. This led me to … Continue reading Phase 3: Harsha Pillai

When I visited my neighborhood, one of the first thing I noticed was the wrought iron fences divide space. This led me to the exploration of architectural boundaries. Not just boundaries, but how we perceive them, interact about them, how boundaries have differing permeability and transparency, and the ability to pass through thresholds in boundaries. … Continue reading Phase 3: John Mulvey

At the beginning of my review I informed the reviewers about the context of my site; New vs Old homes, and how the idea of contrast became my overall concept. From the collage to model, to then single module, I always kept this in mind and wanted it to be what I strictly stuck to. … Continue reading Phase 4; Documentation; Lilibeth Arreola

Comments: Add Frames to 3/32" models to see how the frames interact in the aggregationClarify whether green space is public, semi-private, or privateMore Diagrams/ Explanation for framesIn iteration 1, determine what the space between the 4 modules could bePossibly play with the landscape to give the modules a mountainous effect.

For my assigned neighborhood, I was intrigued by the facades of the buildings and the depth they created. I specifically chose facades with exposed semi-structural elements such as arches, which were prevalent in the area. My goal was to find elements that tied these facades together. With my collage, I represented all of the facades … Continue reading Phase 3: Tom Novak

I had Normal Ave, in between 32nd and 33rd St. What I noticed the most when walking down the street was the difference in between the old and new homes. The old houses were usually one story and one could see the materials deteriorating. Meanwhile, the new houses on the street had multiple stories and … Continue reading Documentation Phase 3; Lilibeth Arreola

In my collage, I was trying to reflect what I felt in my block. In my block, I felt a contract between the dynamic feeling of the construction process that is running in the block and the Home that are static and more stable. In my collage, I tried to reflect this feeling by creating … Continue reading Phase 3,Phase 4