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
ONLINE LECTURES
For now I'm just dumping the pdfs here in case anyone needs to reference. ONLINE 7: Structure (see the blog for details on the structure sketch assignment) ONLINE 7 lectureDownload ONLINE 5 & 6: n/a (desk crits) ONLINE 4: Review of Light & Air Diagram (vertical circulation became a blog post) ONLINE 4 lecture pdfDownload … Continue reading ONLINE LECTURES
Hathaway Section - Spring 2020 