4/15 Desk Crit

From the pin up on Tuesday, I tried to keep the organization simple;
however, I had made them more complex again...

For the next move, I'm keeping the idea from the
pin up on Tuesday.

- clear organization
- lobby at the center -> circulation -> programs

- reduce the size of the stairs
- becoming 2 levels
- exhibition and library function with the circulation
- increase the size of the lobby

4/12 pin up

Drawdle / Collage:

Organization of building - theater, archive, exhibition
and library. Each has individual circulation, and center as lobby

showing three main circulation and roof garden

I try to have my building interact with the site more, and I
have decided to place it next to the stairs near the main library.
Additionally, it will continous the view and bridge both green
open space together.

Sketches for the idea

roof plan

Ground Floor

Basement 

4/5 desk crit

For this new design, I want to work with the idea of continuity where
there is a roof garden for people to walk on. Therefore, I place the
building close to where the stair is, so there's a slope for me to work
with.

Including the roof garden, there are total of five floors. Three floors
are above ground, and two floors below. There are two entrances; one
on the roof where escalators will take you to the lobby, another one is
on the ground floor where people walk down the stairs to enter.

building location

sketches of ideas

roof plan

Second floor plan

B1 floor plan

B2 floor pla

After the crit, one of the suggestions is to organized the plan.
It is too messy, and there are some unnecessary curves.
Additionally, I have way too many elevators.


Next moves:
- reorganize the plan
- think about circulation
- changing the floor heights
- reduce elevators
- think about how the lights can get in

4/1 pin-up (fri)

From the last crit, I had orientated the model to be a section.
For this new design, I still try to keep the idea of having
different elevators running through different levels in the
building and the labyrinth circulation that creates the sense
of disorientation.

This building is underground. When going down to the building,
people will be sent to the level located at the center of the building.
From there, they can choose to take different elevators to go to the
level either up or down.

Diagram of the building. Elevators shown in orange.

Plan created through previous drawdle

Showing the only way to get down to the building is

through some elevators and stair showing in brown.

Green showing how elevators only connected to some floors

From doing the section, realize that the height for
the theater space need to be higher.

Model showing elevators going through different levels.

After the pin-up, the suggestions are: 

- move one of the floor up to the ground level

- rethink the height of the theater

- have ceiling height differences

- semi-public, lobby(public), semi-public (program organization)

- Labyrinth experience to create disorientation, not confusing

I feel like I have been thinking too much at the same time for 

these previous designs. I should do more sketchy diagrams at the

beginning and expands on the ideas. 

Keep things Simple first..

Crit 3/30 (thurs)

From the mid review, one of my weakness is designing a plan.
The original plan that I had is too boxy and did not think about
the program carefully enough.

Moreover, after learning the 180 degree rule more, I try to
incorporate some disorientation feeling when experiencing
in the space. Therefore, I had some labyrinth look in the design.

Therefore, in this new design, I use the previous drawdle showing
below to form my plan. This is a building that will all be underground.
As people walk into the building, they will either go up or down to
different spaces.

Plans

The building will be place under where the grids are. Darker grids show
where will be carved to lead in the light.

Sections

Model

After the crit, I am thinking instead of having the drawdle as a plan,
I will make it as a section for my building. Therefore, the building
will be more interested.

The next move is to have a new scheme and figure out how to make
a plan from the section. Additionally, keeping the idea of labyrinth
feeling for the plan.