16 more days...pre-final pin-up.

we had our pre-final pin-up this past thursday afternoon where my group shared our building design with the class and some guest critics. we worked really hard to solidify our ideas and present them well so we could move forward with our individual designs. we produced some perspectives, plans, sections, and a model to explain our ideas to the class. overall- i feel like the presentation went really well!


this is the front facade perspective showing the louvers we intend to place in the studio area [left side of building] to allow there to be some control over the amount of sun entering through the south facing windows. there is also a sunscreen placed in the middle in front of the atrium to also block some of the direct sunlight.

this is the north facing facade [the back of the building] that opens up the views towards campus + downtown. we still have some things to work out with this facade [i.e window placement + shape] to make it relate to the rest of the building. right now its looking like a condominium. ha.

we had some really great comments/suggestions given to us during the review. the critics suggested us to focus on the views we want to capture + think about how light comes in/out of the openings. light is just as important as views. horizontal layers have been created on the front of the building and it would complement the back if we were to create vertical layers. right now it appears as horizontal layers.

the roof perspective shows the planters that hold vegetation that helps to insulate the building. solar panels are placed on the studio roof to capture + harvest solar heat throughout the day. the placement and shape of the panels still needs to be thought about carefully.


long building section showing the horizontal layers and the "floating" critique room that will connect the roof to the atrium.
studio section showing the spacing between the floor levels and windows to make room for the adjustable sunlouvers from nysan.

our group need to sit down and talk about the comments given to us during our review as well as dicuss the concept behind our project. the idea of 'iconic' views and capturing them through our building as well as creating gestural movement as you pass by the building has always been part of our design process. but we just need to solidify our ideas into a nice conceptual statement to be able to explain to others our driving design point.

after our review-- our group chatted with patrick to talk about all the ideas we thought about throughout our design process to try and narrow down those ideas to a select few in order to come up with a concept:

-views in + views out
-skin
-welcoming
-flickering- moving pictures/ capturing scenes
-slipping through
-stop motion picture
-theatre/ on display
-prisms

and it really came down to the idea of showing constantly changing moments throughout the building both on the outside and inside.

while we were listening to travis explain some nice presentation graphics for us to consider about our final result- patrick gave us a little present written on a note card.

fleeting [adj.]: passing swiftly; vanishing quickly; transient; transitory

one word that really begins to explain everything we have been considering throughout this semester...thank you patirck!