Project 3 Strategy 1- Examples

These are installations - not buildings - yet they address the idea of the void - and that the task of architecture is to connect the different edges of the void - could that help you think of your site as a void?

Project 3 Strategy 1 2 3

Key strategies

1

Architecture is a performance and the site is a three dimensional stage that the building must reach out and touch all parts of it – in other words, don’t think of the site as flat ‘pancake’ like graphic image – it is a three dimensional void – and it cannot be filled merely with a convention plan stacked on top of plan – especially because the building is of an intimate scale – so think of creative strategies through which your building can occupy this three dimensional void

The narrative for the project will prompt you about the parti of the building, which will inform how and the extent to which the groups of activities – Display (galleries and shop); Administration (storage, office) and Living are connected

2

This building will have an inner and an outer life – in other words, you not only have to deal with light and interiority (recall Project 2) but you also have an obligation towards providing a public ‘face’ to the building because it is in Newtown – so think of how your building reinforces or breaks the existing urban rhythm – think of the impact (positive or negative) your building will have on the urban environment – Thereby considering the project as consisting of two mini-projects – one about the interior/light/circulation and the other about a visual/tactile/ habitable threshold (surface).

3

This project is still about light and interiority – Hence when studying Art Galleries (and I hope that you are), you must understand the different lighting conditions for paintings, sculptures and photographs
Paintings may require diffused light and avoidance of direct/focussed light
Sculptures are three dimensional objects and they may need focussed light to appreciate its three dimensional form?
Photos may require another kind of light condition – a lighting that simulates the intense light and shade of the medium?
Circulation passages can have more directional light – like “light at the end of the tunnel” or a “pattern of lights to guide movement”
Similarly the workshop, office, bedsit and living may require different light conditions (overexposed? In contrast to the art works)

REMINDER AND ADVICE ABOUT PROJECT 3 - 1

Hi all

In case you have neglected to look at the handout or forgotten the contents, the final submission will consist of

drawings presented in A2 sheets.

1. Site plan showing the art gallery and its relationship with adjacent buildings and the street. 1: 500 or 1: 1000
2. Floor plans and sections (including the outdoor courtyard). 1: 100
3. One room in plan and section (rendered, showing the quality of light in the room, and with at least one art object in it). 1: 50
4. Sectional, architectonic model. 1: 100
5. Interior perspective vignettes showing the main sequence of spaces.

This needed emphasis as some of you will now start to build your site models, and only a handful of students on Wed Week 10 had 1:100 drawings even though I had included it as part of the things to do (Some students even told me they could not do this because the plan would not fit on an A3!!!) Working at the right scale (rather scales, as one would also make conceptual sketches initially as well as throughout) is crucial - your design will not resolve or mature at a scale smaller than this (1:100).

I will send through a list of things needed for Studio Week 11 shortly - Adhering to it is in your best interest as the quality of the feedback (and therefore your progress) will depend on it. There are only two more weeks to go before the final submission.

best

Anu

PROJECT 3 STUDIO WEEK 10 TASK

Dear tute group

As we discussed in the studio, you need to have finished the following groundwork before coming to studio in Week 10

1 site selection
2 site analysis in line with the images on the blogsite - drawing sketches photomontages must be printed and brought to class for presentation - these should show the environmental (light/shade), physical (heights/ densities/widths/ rhythm of shop fronts/), visual (features of surrounding buildings, materiality/ texture), experiential (sound/ambience), spatial (pause spaces versus spaces for rapid movement), and other facets you have come across
3 formation of narrative from the programme
4 1: 100 drawing of the site and the surrounding - you have the dwg and the pdf - but as some adjustments need to be made (or not) please do that as a group otherwise the group model will be useless
5 A selection of case study discussed in the lecture (if you missed the lecture - the slides will be up tomorrow) - the list is on the blogsite - and collection of photos, plans, sections, elevations of your chosen case study

All this groundwork must be complete before Studio next week. Make sure nothing is on the PC - that everything is printed/copied

So we will start the studio with presentations of site analysis - this should take one hour. For the remaining hour, I would like to do desk crits - to discuss your case study, narrative, ideas for dealing with the site, and initial sketches and strategies for design.

I know this might seem overwhelming but as the project is another rapid one you will need to stay focussed on the task and I am confident you will do well. Do not miss studios - because there arent many to miss!! However, if you missed the studio this week - you will need to check with your mates - It will be hard to recapsulate that discussion in an email.

I am happy to stay till after 6 but the studio must start at sharp 2

This all seems clear, I think

best and see you on Wed

I will be in touch with more details about the site models after I talk to Xing tomorrow.

Anu

PROJECT 3 PREPARING FOR SITE VISIT

Please study these drawings and your analysis of the site must be based on this







Prepared by Bernard Whitcher

PROJECT 3 SITE VISIT WEEK 9

Hi all

Please be there in the studio at 2 sharp (not 2 15 or 2 30) and after a brief feedback session we will head off to the site

Attendance in both parts of the studio is NOT OPTIONAL

This is especially for students who have struggled with Project 2 and who would benefit from this one on one feedback session.

And it is crucial that we visit the site together so that you can ask questions.

See you in class

Please come prepared with sketchbooks, pencils, site plan (also accessible on the master site), a camera, and tape measure as you might need to start measuring up the site for an accurate site plan.

Anu

PROJECT 2 TYPOLOGIES Part 2 (Parasite)

http://freshome.com/2008/03/03/add-an-additional-room-to-your-apartment/
http://tea-makipaa.eu/parasite.htm
P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E. PROJECT, designed by Dutch architects Kortknie Stuhlmacher Architecten

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