1. I stayed within the original geometry because I felt it was logical. There was a clear linework established in the original problem and I chose to work within that framework to take advantage of it.
2. Per comments from Werner and classmates, I felt that I needed to rethink portions of the circulation and transitions. With some slight shifts, I feel that I have addressed these issues and achieved a more open feel, with less confinement and a better variety of transistions.
3. I chose to double, and triple up some of the walls and columns in an attempt to give them more substance. The elements that were added by me play a crucial part in dividing up the spaces.... By making these elements "heavier" I feel that I am successfully reinforcing that division...
4. I took a very minimalistic approach to creating space 1B... In fact, I merely aligned a new double wall with an existing opening in the exterior wall to help define that space. That opening is crucial in creating a sense of enclosure for that space. This also serves as the setting for my gradual transition.
5. My lead transition takes place at the main entry... with a substantial wall that runs from exterior to interior and vice versa... I added wall panels to the inside of that wall, and left gaps at the butt joints to create a rhythm that draws users into space 1A.
6. Although this is not a very efficient layout, given its use as a display/museum type space, I feel that the excessive circulation space is acceptable, and desirable for additional art/exhibit space..
4 comments:
Hey Pete - I really like your 1B area, it is pretty amazing that one (thick) wall can create a separate sense of space. It really carves out a niche in that previously large space.
The use of the vertical slots in the exterior double thick wall is effective in communicating a rythm that leads.
I would suggest to you that space 1B could also be seen as an abrupt transition. If you were entering along the leading transition into the large space you would be confronted by a thick wall which you would not yet have been exposed to in the space. It creates a sort of gate or entry by it's proximity to the the outside wall.
Peter,
Great simple adjustments. Have you used the "walk" tool in sketch-up to "experience” your spaces from the inside? I do think some of the heaviness would not be felt in space, and is indeed only a birds eye/plan phenomenon (?). Doubling the wall to create indentations is a simple way to add rhythm to a wall that you otherwise want to have solid.
The transitions work for me: spacing the columns near the entry your Lt could become a GT. And the lower AT to me is more a LT.
The most interesting one is the current GT: you are using the 1B zone to create the transition, at the same time your GT is also a LT, having a common element leading from 1 to 2. Clever. In “walking” thru your model you have to judge for yourself if you can actually feel the entire large space standing in 1B behind the thick wall. I would expect the thick wall would need to allow for more transparency (row of columns?). At the same time, the space is defined minimally: the alignment of the slot in the outside wall with the end of the thick wall makes for a very tenuous definition, most casual users of the space would probably not pick up on that subtlety.
Well done.
Peter,
To be fair with others: to complete the product sheets, please add the narrative.
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