Unit typology

Typical Unit Typology

Axonometric of Unit Type

Exploded Axon.

Section through room units

Renderings

Three courtyard iteration

Projective Pier

Floating

Front elevation

Visible balconies

Progress

Physical Model

Interior courtyard schemes.

Section A

Section B

Program Advancement

The most recent desk critique brought with it a few resolutions to design program, room layout, and overall building composition. We are still on the drawing board for additional complexity, checking to see if there are any places we can disrupt the symmetry to result in new and unexpected possibilities for enhanced spatial experience.

Lecture 07: Accessibility

Vivian Lee presented on Accessibility in Architecture. Her core focus centered on three topics;

+ CHOICE: Flexibility, options, and alternative means of use and/or interface.

+ PEOPLE: Nobody is excluded. Design should embody everyone in mind, incorporating the needs of the able, the elderly, the young, and the disabled.

+ THINGS: This includes spaces, products, information systems and any other objects/interfaces that people engage with in a space.

The building that most stuck out in my mind from her lecture was the Student Center in New York by Bernard Tschumi Architects. This building embodies similar characteristics to our current work in the studio by utilizing the handicap ramp for the entire structures movement and flow through space, keeping a fluidity to the design through demand. His methods of detailing this concept were truly inspiring.

Design Update

For the third crit we have been encouraged to move forward with more privatized spaces. These include small courtyards off of each living unit. The linear volumes stack in a skewed manor, weaving as they move towards the quarry.

The curvature can be resolved with tweaking the courtyards as to keep a consistent living unit, which is important for consistency and cost being a comprehensible studio. This will provide the facade with porosity, aiding in the aesthetics as well as the ventilation.

The concept in section created more excitement as water entered the form more dramatically, creating a better space within.

Intial Design Phase

The first six models at 1/32"=1' scale. We brainstormed and discussed possibilities on the site. It varies from transforming the idea of courtyard space (the typical typology for monastery) and the aggregate growing and expanding elements on the site, to that of manipulating the edge condition of the peninsula. In terms of the view (as the building will be situated on the bedrock projected out into the lake), each proposal suggests distinct strategies to maximize the opportunity of diverse viewing angles through bending, shifting and rotating the mass.

Study of layering strategies and programmatic responsiveness to day-lighting conditions.

Separation of program and utilization of edge condition to encourage hotel privacy and experience.

Study of maximizing spatial occupancy and the initial proposal of micro landscapes.

Linear study on edge condition and view maximization whilst garnering southern exposure.

Proposal of courtyard spaces (micro-landscapes) and the integration of a very historical monastic element.

Large courtyard and the initial phase of folded spaces to create a diverse layer of interaction and program.