Hey guys heres the link to the new forum.. It is located on the site Co-tain.com which links us to different schools and sites.. This link brings you to the forum page and from there you have to register with your email and username. A password should be sent to your email within 10 minutes :)
Heres the link.. post away!
http://co-tain.com/forum/
Monday, October 31, 2011
Sunday, October 30, 2011
A Section Experiment
I'm trying to redefine my form and not stay so orthogonal. My previous attempts were too cubic, but not well executed. Hopefully I can pull some useful stuff out of this section. I like reading a lot into it, but fear that when I re draw it I will simplify it too much and loose some of its possibilities.
Getting Interesting
I was told to develop these sections further without making them too literal. I know I need to add some scale and maybe detail but if you have any suggestions feel free to share!
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
A brief overview of the semester's thoughts thus far...
In order to progress from this point in the semester, I need to take time to organize ideas that may become the architecture in my site, ideas that I've spent weeks researching--namely ideas originating from the study of limestone. Upon visiting the site, I searched for the structure, the underlying order of the site, and found limestone, literally the underlying layer. Limestone defines the aquifer of virtually all of Florida. Thousands and thousands of years ago, Florida was underwater. Sea life was diverse and bountiful. The water level dropped, and for 8,000 years exposed the coral, which became layered with remains of the once-lively sea community. All life died, fossils slowly joined together, hardened into a single entity made of tiny micro-organisms, shells, sea horses, snails... This new rock emerged: limestone. Because limestone is made of many small parts, it is porous, filtering water down to the aquifers. Specific to Crystal River is one type of limestone called Dolomite:
For a stagnant rock, limestone's existence is essential and dynamic. The rock allows all other micro-ecosystems (hammocks, sand, water, marsh) to exist on a single site, holds them there, gives them nutrients, yet for the most part hides under them. Architecturally, limestone is a physical example of many concepts: space and void (on a small scale), hide and reveal (on a large scale), layers, texture (on every scale), touch, and ultimately--peaking up in key points along the shore--occupation.
In the first project, limestone was explored conceptually in a single joint. The joint was literally the central hub of the model, and the pieces creating this shifting joint spoke of small sliver spaces, the joining of micro-ecosystems, and the microscopic shapes present in Dolomite--how filtration may begin to occur in these shapes.
The second project--pavilion--was a short study on how people may begin to interact with the limestone on the site, and how this interaction may enhance the Crystal River experience. It was short, ugly, and ultimately unsuccessful, but useful in that it got me thinking about possibilities to be explored in the next project.
In the final project, I will focus on one particular part of the program to develop in detail: the chapel. My studies of negative space have already come into play to influence the site plan. I'm most interested in how negative space will manifest itself in the interior of the chapel; how shifting masses may filter light and potentially even water; how this filtration will affect the experiential design; light walls v. water walls? / sight v. hearing (seeing light, hearing water, calming...). There is a lot of architectural potential in these ideas that hopefully begin to three-dimensionalize in the next few weeks.
My next step: light boxes.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Program Requirements
Preliminary Space Requirements for Design Concept Development:
Architectural Landscape (artificial beach)
Mat Landscape Resolution
Expanded and developed to incorporate the following:
Approximately 800 linear feet of white sand beach
Amenities for structured and unstructured beach activities
Boat Ramp 20‟ wide x 50‟ length
Docking Space 150‟ linear feet for (2) 41‟ USCG Utility Boats + transient docking
100‟ x 200„ hard surface staging area, 100‟ x 100‟ designated for helicopter pad
Park Pavilion – Open air structure (revisited from phase 1)
Public Restroom Facilities
Changing Area
Park Display and Information Booth
Shaded Picnic Area
USCG Flotilla Facilities - Located within the Park
Building 1 - USCG Marine Safety Operations
Flotilla Meeting Hall (50 people x 25 sq.ft. per person) 2,000 sq.ft.
Education classrooms (2 x 400) 800 sq.ft.
Interactive ships bridge 400 sq.ft.
Administration
Commanding Officer 225 sq.ft.
Executive Officer (2) x 150 300 sq.ft.
Petty Officer 125 sq.ft.
Support Staff (4) x 100 400 sq.ft.
Open work area 600 sq.ft.
Fax / File / Storage 100 sq.ft.
Staff toilet rooms 400 sq.ft.
Circulation / Building Services 20% 1,070 sq.ft.
Total 6,420 sq.ft.
Building 2 - Community Facilities
Multi-purpose Event Space 2,000 sq.ft.
Observation Space 1,000 sq.ft.
Display / Reception Area 400 sq.ft.
Information Desk 100 sq.ft.
Park Manager‟s Office 150 sq.ft.
Storage 300 sq.ft.
Public Restrooms 500 sq.ft.
Circulation / Building Services 890 sq.ft.
Total 5,340 sq.ft.
Building 3 - Maritime Chapel (75 seat)
Main Chapel 2,000 sq.ft. Administration
Chaplin‟s Office 150 sq.ft.
Secretary 100 sq.ft.
Reception / Waiting Area 125 sq.ft.
Support Staff 100 sq.ft.
Kitchen 65 sq.ft.
Fax / File / Storage 100 sq.ft.
Toilet rooms 400 sq.ft.
Circulation / Building Services 200 sq.ft.
Total 3,240 sq.ft.
Building 4 - USCG Boat Maintenance Shop
High bay work areas (2) 40‟ x 20‟ 1600 sq.ft.
Tool / equipment / parts room 150 sq.ft.
Mechanic office 100 sq.ft.
Washroom facilities 150 sq.ft Building services 50 sq.ft.
Total 2,050 sq.ft.
Project One: Crystal River Landscape Analog Model
It's not letting me upload higher quality photos... I am working on it.Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Curvillinear Stacked System
Just found out my project is done by just about every student when they take advanced digital. FML
Seth Turner
Monday, October 17, 2011
Inspiration...
I need it. Jamie and I were just talking about how we feel our design tanks are on E. If you have any ideas for how to recoup on design , I (and I'm sure Jamie) would love to hear it.
Landscape = Food For Thought
-Smout Allen, "Geofluidic Landscape""We have an interest in landscape when we feel the need to stretch our eyes. Along with this common understanding- and probably because of it- the term landscape enjoys a comprehensive career as a metaphor... Every chaotic totality is assembled into a unity as soon as it is labeled a landscape. The term 'urban landscape' sheds a redeeming glow upon even the most dejected neighborhood; 'industrial landscape' transforms any romping ground for the ravages of industry into an object of aesthetic sensibility." -Jorgen Dehs
Our most fundamental relation to the gigantic is articulated in our relation to landscape, our immediate and lived relation to nature as it 'surrounds' us... we move through the landscape; it does not move through us. This relation to the landscape is expressed most often through an abstract project of the body upon the natural world. Consequently, both the miniature and the gigantic may be described through metaphors of containment- the miniature as contained, the gigantic as the container." -Susan Stewart
I don't even necessarily agree with all of it point for point, but it's provoking.
First to post
A thought not about architecture...
I def enjoy being finished with projects
"The struggle alone pleases us... Not the victory"
Blaise Pascal...
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