4.10.2008

3/4 Jury

For final jury I need to be more rigorous about the architectural representation of the project. I think the idea of breaking up the vertical presentation format with analytiques or moments of deeper exploration was a good suggestion to bring real intensity to the somewhat fantastical subject matter.

The framework was not presented at all which integrates the architecture with the structure. This hindered the understanding of the project as a whole. the sectional model for final jury must include the framework and it will be a section of the large tower 1/8th which expresses a part of the overall tower model 1/30th. Continuity of the drawings is starting to come together and the architectural methods will reinforce the format.

I need to create working drawings for the physical spaces at human scale, many of these exist as sketches but are not developed to include architectural features such as light quality, sense of human relation and density and common architectural mechanisms like section marks.

This type of analysis will lead to a better understanding of the true nature of social interaction in the spaces and their relationships to one another, keeping in mind fluidity, displacement and also the external environment as a part of the experience of the architecture. So much of the functional aspects create an experiential side effect that I would like the architecture to suppliment the place, not overwhelm it. The experience of systems integration is the one of riding the motorcycle, or scuba diving so that you're perception of the environment (the network) is completely altered by the device. In this case the architecture, which is the device, facilitates this experience of the existing network, it does not artificially create it.

specific details:
connection betweeen modules
connection to structure
artiifical and natural lighting systems
notate life support systems accomodation