Studio 2010
EX 03 Urban additions: Living Light
The goal with this final project in my 3rd semester at UVa was to create a structure bound to our assigned spaces in the Historical Downtown Mall area of Charlottesville, which was intended to act as a community kitchen/community center. The main idea behind my design was to blur the lines between public and private spaces through the movement of light throughout my building. When surveying the mall, I noted that the role of sunlight and the way it fell on different areas of the mall was important to the flow of pedestrians and the interactions with the spaces. In alleyways and large open spaces, there are more solid blocks of light. In these areas, people transition, they move in the warmth of the sun to get from point A to point B without sticking around to experience prolonged heat. Throughout the walkway of the Downtown Mall, the canopy of trees allow light to trinkle down in little moments. A speck of warmth here and there to sustain the life below without smothering it in the hot sun. In these moments, people linger. They sit in the outdoor spaces under the trees and enjoy the Charlottesville sun without the worry of a burn. I wanted to incorporate this idea of working the sun to not only fit the program, but inform the program of my building.
EX 02 Rural Assemblies: Berry Bungalow
The serviceberry grows following strict seasonal patterns in a strict manner. An orderly, structured plant, this fruit grows systematically. It goes through distinct changes in color, with the leaves changing from a range of green to red and the berries from
green to purple. This change bring maturity and ripeness. There is also a system of shapes established throughout the plant, such as in the flower petals and berries, that set this berry apart from many look-alikes such as blueberries. Inspired by this set of systems, I created a similar system of repeating petal-style structures that circulate a central path meant to represent the berry’s circular structure. The system of function throughout the different pavilions is also influenced by the
interaction with the plant. Such as the Educational pavilion that includes a kitchen meant to demonstrate the different ways the berry can be utilized. In addition, the collection/storage pavilion was build as an indoor-outdoor structure to serve the needs of the berry to be stored properly through sun-drying and freezing. The third pavilion for personal use and echoes the berry shape in its ceiling oculus system.
green to purple. This change bring maturity and ripeness. There is also a system of shapes established throughout the plant, such as in the flower petals and berries, that set this berry apart from many look-alikes such as blueberries. Inspired by this set of systems, I created a similar system of repeating petal-style structures that circulate a central path meant to represent the berry’s circular structure. The system of function throughout the different pavilions is also influenced by the
interaction with the plant. Such as the Educational pavilion that includes a kitchen meant to demonstrate the different ways the berry can be utilized. In addition, the collection/storage pavilion was build as an indoor-outdoor structure to serve the needs of the berry to be stored properly through sun-drying and freezing. The third pavilion for personal use and echoes the berry shape in its ceiling oculus system.
EX 01 Case Study Analysis: M house
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In this project, we were tasked with a case study, analyzing a given building and comparing that to the features and design motives of another case study done by a classmate. My building was the M House, being compared to the Wall House. M House, by SANAA, uses implied and divided spaces to make the home to a musical married couple both a relaxing living space and a quiet but spacious work space in the middle of Tokyo, Japan. Due to the need for a quiet and controlled environment for music recording in such a busy city setting, the M House has a unique construction. Appearing from the outside to be an unassuming one story structure, vaguely resembling a shipping container, this house is actually two full stories, with a lower level hidden below the city. This was done to mask the busy sounds of the city and is where the main living and working spaces are. However, it was important to the couple that there still be a good source of natural light, to incorporate a little of the outside with the hidden interior. Because of this, light wells were created, spreading that natural light throughout the house. The central well is the largest space in the house, penetrating both floors, and is the center for transition in the lower level. In fact, most movement is done through the lower level light well due to the fact that none of the spaces on the ground level aside from the garage and guest bed are accessible without first going through the lower level. In a similar fashion, Anupama Kundoo’s Wall House has incorporated natural elements into the build environment to create a more comfortable environment. Unlike the layout of the M House, with the private bedroom being hard to get to without first weaving through the more open spaces of the house, the Wall House mixes public and private spaces through integrating the private components of the house with public gathering spaces. However, these factors, though different, both have to do with how both houses used the landscape they were surrounded by to format the house to the needs of the residences.
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EX 00 Social Space: Sacred Space
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The idea behind this project was the analyzing of a social space of our choice around the UVa campus. My Choice was the foyer of the chapel near The Lawn. On an early Sunday morning, this sacred space fills with both the warmth of smiling faces, ready to worship and connect themselves with a higher purpose, and the warmth of the rising sunlight that pierces through the stain glass. In a stark contrast, nightfall brings a dullness, with a sense of
serenity, a lack of disturbance. This project aimed to show the multifaceted perception of the Chapel just outside of the Rotunda. With the exploration of light movement throughout the day and the analyzation of the crafted flow through this little area of the Chapel, the use of the space can be better understood as not just a place of worship, but of transition. |
CAAD 2710
The purpose of this class was to take a geometrically interesting existing structure and work to recreated it through building in Rhino, creating Grasshopper Scripts, and rendering using the VRay application. The building I studied was The Ion Adventure Hotel in Reykjavik, Iceland.
