24 days....form storming.

okay so i know my last post said 24 more days until project deadline...and no i am not lying- it really is 24 more days. our final review date has been moved to may 5 [cinco de mayo :) ] so we can hold our review the same day as the other 4th year studio. one full day of final reviews then a night of celebration-- yay we finally will be 5th years and another big step closer to graduation!

so our group has been spending the last week trying to narrow down and finalize our building form. since our last pin-up we received a lot of criticism on the box-like form our building has taken and that is mostly our group's fault for not explaining and presenting our designs well. our building does have a very linear plan- but in form- we are expanding out of the box and trying to create a gestural form that is not 'boxey.'


this working perspective helps to show our idea of expanding the structural wall [represented in green] up through the roof to create planters for a green roof. our atrium [we are no longer calling it a core] is angled and has balconies extending from the side.


the drawing is an elevation of the north side of the building [side facing the railroad tracks] and how we are thinking about treating the pop-outs on the south side. the pop-outs are a continuation of the structural wall shown in the perspective above towards the railroad tracks. i also experimented a little with photoshop rendering..i think i got a little carried away haha.


this is a south side elevation that shows the planters again but also the thought of layers of 'skin' being added to the south facing facade. the skin will act as multiple sunscreens since the south side will be getting direct light during the day. we are thinking of using different materials for these sunscreens such as perforated metal, slats of wood, + colored frosted glass.