The Broad Art Museum: The form of this building starts out with a rectangular volume, then finds its form by cutting out volumes at two of the corners of the building. Image and Audio Museum: This building incorporates circulation into the form of the building, it has ramps on the exterior of the building … Continue reading Diller Scofidio + Renfro
MIDTERM REVIEW DOCUMENTATION
PRESENTATION REVIEW TAKEAWAY MOST PROMINENT CONCEPT IS THE CROSS GENERATIONAL LIVING CONCEPT EMPLOY THIS CONCEPT THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING ZONES.OPEN UP THE FLOORS TOWARDS A COURTYARDCREATE EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR SPACES, VISIBILITY, SENSE OF SAFETY AND OPNENESS.DAYCARE CENTERBIG GROUNDFLOOR VOLUMEPUBLIC FACADEREDETERMIN HOW MUCH SPACE THE APARTMENTS NEED CONVERTABLE/TRANSITIONAL SPACES THAT CAN PROVIDE SPACE FOR VARIETY OF RESIDNETIAL … Continue reading MIDTERM REVIEW DOCUMENTATION
BIG IDEAS DORTE MANDRUP
ARCHITECT: DORTE MANDRUP FOUND IN 1999, DENMARK ARTISTIC APPROACH TO ARCHITCETURE NAME: RAA PRESCHOOL TYPE: CULTURE & LANDMARKS CLIENT: MUNMICIPALITY OF HELSINGBORG YEAR: 2013 LOCATION: SWEDEN THE ARCHICTURE BECOMES PART OF THE LANDSPACE BY IMMITATING ITS SURROUNDING CONTEXT ( THE SAND DUNES) NAME: AUREHOJ MUSIC BUILDING TYPE: EDUCATION & WORKSPACE CLIENT: AUREHOJ GYMNASIUM YEAR: 2014 … Continue reading BIG IDEAS DORTE MANDRUP
Zaha Hadid Architects
The building consists of three curved towers that are connected through circular elevated paths. These elevated spaces allow for different levels of circulation as people can move under them to enter a main plaza in the building. The building's form is influenced by the river next to it and the movement of water. … Continue reading Zaha Hadid Architects
David Adjaye
Sugar Hill Building The parts of the building façade are set to varying sizes and depths to enhance the play of light across the surface. Studio Museum in Harlem The building has very dynamic facade that brings a lot of light to the interior. Whitechapel, Idea Store, London The building has five-story glazed facade that … Continue reading David Adjaye
STEVEN HOLL
In the Li-Ze SOHO project by Steven Holl, he introduces the user to this green space in the entrance. He also incorporates green space as you vertically transition throughout the building. In the Campbell Sports Center project the concept was having points or destinations to arrive to then connecting these points with "lines" or circulation … Continue reading STEVEN HOLL
Morphosis
8850 Sunset Boulevard uses two different design languages on either side, and creates a blending space in the area between where they come together. The Perot Museum uses a large glass block set into the main mass of the building to communicate vertical circulation on the exterior. The San Francisco Federal Building has a fairly … Continue reading Morphosis
Question:
SOM Arathi Gowda How has the impact of passive design or its approach changed over the last years?
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
Hathaway Section - Spring 2020 