Final Phase: Alexis Rodriguez

The concept for the house started off with the idea of street signs. As an architectural element, street signs are very undermined but serve a very important purpose. They ultimately control the circulation of people, traffic, and other architectural elements. The shape of the house is focused on two main large spaces (living/bedroom and kitchen/dining … Continue reading Final Phase: Alexis Rodriguez

Phase 5.1: Case Study (Loba House)

Use of circulation to define different parts of the houseManipulation of views with architectural elements (like beams) Being effective with one's square footage/ not having any wasted spaceDefining separate rooms with elevation changes Correlation of site to aspects of the house (like door heights and skylights)

Phase 4: Midterm

For the midterm presentation I placed a lot of focus on the different iterations of my houses on the site and how they related to my community. I connected the orientation of the different rooms from my program page to my site diagrams. I also stressed my process towards achieving the shape of my house … Continue reading Phase 4: Midterm

Phase 3: Collage

For our collage we were given a specific street in Bridgeview and were supposed to find one kind of architectural genre to extrapolate upon. Naturally one would decide to do something such as material or house details like windows, doors, etc. For my collage I wanted to incorporate an element of architecture that isn't so … Continue reading Phase 3: Collage

Phase 1: Pavilion

I decided to use these two images because they show a lot of content related to our pavilion. The first image is shown because it highlights the floor pattern of the pavilion which is very detailed. In this image one can see the the floor is not completely enclosed, this allows for the natural grass … Continue reading Phase 1: Pavilion

Phase 2: Pavilion Drawings

Rodriguez pavilion 1ST PAGE Rodriguez pavilion 2nd PAGE Our pavilion is made of of two pieces that come together in a certain way in order to create a different sense of space. I decided to do both of my section cuts along the side of the two different pieces in order to show the feel … Continue reading Phase 2: Pavilion Drawings