campus l.i.g.h.t study

to kick off the design process after splitting up into groups- my group [the art/gesture group] decided to study the campus at night and observe how the artificial light interacts within the natural environment. one idea that our group has discussed to incorporate into our interior architecture building is a change in the ‘skin’s’ appearance based on the light qualities of night and day. below are some images that I took during our [very cold] adventure showing some detailed light patterns composed of texture, contrast, form, and spatial relationship. this exercise allowed us to understand how patterns were created in the environment- whether it was a window opening in the building, the pairing of fixtures + textural materials, or the placement of fixtures.

glass blocks allow light to penetrate through the bridge's surface to illuminate the walkway during the night. [ a possibility to experiment with semi-opaque materials + light-- maybe instead of placing the materials on the ground plane- there could be an opportunity to place the material overhead or within the space as a room divider]

library entrance with focal lights to create a dramatic contrast on the columns to elongate their appearance.

view standing within the library looking towards the oakland deck and admission's office. the parking deck is one of the brightest building on campus at night due to the amount of negative space on each level.

patterns created on the ceiling of the rotunda area in the EUC. the simple placement of fixtures create this pattern within a defined circular space.

assignment 2: sketch/ study models

i approached the beginning of this assignment differently then i have tended to do in the past. this assignment was given to us so we can generate 10 different ideas about the conceptual form of the building based on the finished program document. so i jumped right into making sketch models [one of my weaker points] to produce multiple ideas about form, then sketching off the 3D model. i continued to do this process back and forth while compiling my 10 sketch models and sets of sketches. i felt that this process really helped strengthen my design process and how begin to think about volume, mass, and form of a structure.

below are the set of sketch models + sketches that i came up with for the proposed interior architecture building on lee street:


after finishing the models and correlating sketches- the diagrams above explains the flow chart of ideas that i came up with during this assignment. i really focused on the idea of a central core that essentially connects the public [community area] to the private [studio] spaces. through developing the idea of the central core- the idea of organizing the building on an axis came about. the tilted axis allows for an ordering system within both the public + private space.

this chart helped me realize that i kept going in circles with the same set of ideas over and over again. i should have stopped myself a one point to shake myself off and start in a complete direction for another idea. sometimes its just needed to step away from your work and gather inspiration from elsewhere to push yourself into a new and innovation direction.