Let’s think of the final presentation the same way you think about portfolio (this way you don’t need to do it twice!). All sheets are to be consistent in size and composed. Start your layouts now so that we can review as part of the completion and editing process. Knowing what to draw (where to cut plans and sections) is as just important as how much to draw (more detail(s) or more diagrams)
Remember the CONCEPT! These projects are in no way “Buildings”. Architecture is a concept event – ideas must be present for the artistry to show itself. Without this artistry – no architecture – just building (and to use Yiyun’s term “boring”)!
Don’t think of a stair as a “stair”, but a connecting device - a controller of movement.
Don’t think of a facade as a “facade”, but a modulator of light and shadow - a controller of threshold both for movement and light.
Don’t think of a structure as a “structure”, but a conceptual presence that holds form and space - a controller of weight and air – a developer of shape.
Don’t think of a program as a “program”, but as an organizer of sizes in space – a regulator of scale and measure – the organs of a body.
A Producer develops a film by gathering a team – it’s a construction process. Now ask yourself what would that film be without its Director? That creative artist that shapes sequence and sets creative process. Be the Director of your work, not the Producers! Set the scene for your actors – for your forms in space!
If you are serious, creating architecture is difficult yet simple, frustrating yet rewarding, equally conceptual and pragmatic. No “right and wrong” exists in Architecture. No one form is grater than the other. The only real difference between “building” and “architecture” is that the former is just a set of plans, a construction process; the latter is developed to control events that move the sprit, a creative process. It is artful and intentional. The quote by Le Corbusier says it all:
You employ stone, wood and concrete, and with these materials you build houses and palaces; that is construction. Ingenuity is at work. But suddenly you touch my heart, you do me good. I am happy and I say: ‘This is beautiful.’ That is architecture. Art enters in.
You employ stone, wood and concrete, and with these materials you build
houses and palaces; that is construction. Ingenuity is at work. But suddenly
you touch my heart, you do me good. I am happy and I say: ‘This is
beautiful.’ That is architecture. Art enters in.
Le Corbusier: Vers une architecture, 1923
houses and palaces; that is construction. Ingenuity is at work. But suddenly
you touch my heart, you do me good. I am happy and I say: ‘This is
beautiful.’ That is architecture. Art enters in.
Le Corbusier: Vers une architecture, 1923
How Epidemics Helped Shape the Modern Metropolis
Cholera Epidemic of 1832
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/15/science/15chol.html?ref=science
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/15/science/15chol.html?ref=science
Mid-Term Review – Monday April 14, 2008
Mid-Term Review – Monday April 14, 2008 - 6pm sharp (pinned up and ready to go)
Drawings All drawings to be ink on mylar or CAD color plots.
All sheets to be 24”x36” or as required to fit axons and diagrams. All showing thicknesses of material both new and existing.
Plans (4 minimum) Show sidewalk and context.
One at each level
Sections (3 minimum) Show existing building in section (the existing floors and walls).
2 Transverse
1 Longitudinal
Elevations
One of Existing elevation
One of New components only
One of Elevation Complete (new and existing) with min. 3 line weights.
Axonometric
One complete (remove the side party walls, but front elevation must remain part of drawing)
One of program areas only – in color
One of structure only
Exploded axon showing the component parts (existing façade, program, circulation and structure
Diagrams
All diagrams at Half-Size and in color.
One axonometric sequence diagram to show flow of spaces, set of outline plans that shows space and structure, and one set of outline plans that show primary programming structure.
Models
Competed study model with all program, circulation and structure
Create the existing building container for your model so your model can be exposed and so that the neighboring buildings can fit together properly. Use different materials as appropriate or use those outlined below.
Bring you other study models
Photographs
Final Study model complete
Previous study models.
Thesis
Edited thesis board
Notes on the Final Model. All projects will use the SAME materials as follows:
Existing White Museum Board for all existing materials
New Concrete Grey painted basswood
Wood Stained basswood or other wood
Metal Unpainted basswood (include new windows)
Masonry Crème color museum board
Glass Three types:
Clear, Translucent and Opaque Plexiglas
Canvas or Mesh use black fiberglass window screen
Interior walls should use the same materials as above or use strategically painted wood.
Drawings All drawings to be ink on mylar or CAD color plots.
All sheets to be 24”x36” or as required to fit axons and diagrams. All showing thicknesses of material both new and existing.
Plans (4 minimum) Show sidewalk and context.
One at each level
Sections (3 minimum) Show existing building in section (the existing floors and walls).
2 Transverse
1 Longitudinal
Elevations
One of Existing elevation
One of New components only
One of Elevation Complete (new and existing) with min. 3 line weights.
Axonometric
One complete (remove the side party walls, but front elevation must remain part of drawing)
One of program areas only – in color
One of structure only
Exploded axon showing the component parts (existing façade, program, circulation and structure
Diagrams
All diagrams at Half-Size and in color.
One axonometric sequence diagram to show flow of spaces, set of outline plans that shows space and structure, and one set of outline plans that show primary programming structure.
Models
Competed study model with all program, circulation and structure
Create the existing building container for your model so your model can be exposed and so that the neighboring buildings can fit together properly. Use different materials as appropriate or use those outlined below.
Bring you other study models
Photographs
Final Study model complete
Previous study models.
Thesis
Edited thesis board
Notes on the Final Model. All projects will use the SAME materials as follows:
Existing White Museum Board for all existing materials
New Concrete Grey painted basswood
Wood Stained basswood or other wood
Metal Unpainted basswood (include new windows)
Masonry Crème color museum board
Glass Three types:
Clear, Translucent and Opaque Plexiglas
Canvas or Mesh use black fiberglass window screen
Interior walls should use the same materials as above or use strategically painted wood.
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