First, we were assigned certain sizes to cut some strips, and had to create a space using only folding and our operation. I made three volumes and stacked them on top of each other, shearing them, and offsetting them, creating what appeared to be an artsy 3-story house. This was a great start, because it hinted me in the right direction of creating a real architectural home.
We were then responsible for creating models with contrasting circulation routes. I decided that since I had offset volumes, I could create two different circulations based on the arrangement of the stairwells. I designed two options, one which had parallel stairs that were outdoor leading indoors, and another circulation with interior stairs that were arranged at 90 degree angles from each other.
Next, I had to create either a portal or an aperture that I could see existing in this stacked house I would be creating. I created a goal in my building: I wanted to maximize light entering the home, allow it to enter in unique paths, and create contrasting spaces using the 'above' and 'below' spaces of the offset volumes.
I began by creating a diagram, showing how the light would enter a house that was constructed the way I had designed. This arranged drawing of the house would allow me to determine private versus public space, interior versus exterior space (balconies), and circulation paths.
As you can see, I split the rectangular box into thirds, offset them, and then sheared some of them, allowing for maximum light in the home, and maximum shaded areas on the offsets. This arrangement also allowed balcony space to be created.
Next, I created my portal. This diagram shows my though process. First, I had stacked stairs. Then I had a door that had stacked thirds that opened in opposite directions. Both of these ideas felt too heavy for my 'light'-based home I wished to create. I brainstormed a bit more, and finally settled on a door that was all glass, but had glass panes visually stacked, and different colored glass to create an effect of light in the interior as the sunshine entered through the glass. I also experimented with different windows I could add to the house to optimize the light entering and the variety of light beams.
Here's the model of the door I constructed.
Now it was time to create the building itself. We were provided with a program for the building to make our building construction be more thoughtful. The clients for whom this building was being built were very close (brother and sister) even though they have very different personalities and scheduls. One is an carnivore (butcher) and one is herbivore (vegan/gardener). While they love each other, neither have much respect for the chosen career path and lifestyle. They share the space due to economic reasons, but they must work and sell their goods from their home. So the home had to include living spaces for each of them, and include a shared store front for the two of them to sell their product.
First I constructed a paper model of what I hoped my home to look like. I took three volumes and stacked them on top of each other, creating porches and interior/exterior contrasting spaces. I had hoped that because there were three distinct stacked volumes, that one would belong to the butcher, one to the vegan, and one level would be shared, since they needed to overlap lives at least somewhat.
The final step for this week was incorporating these ideas I've come up with so far into an actual building. I created floor plans and a cartoon sketch of what I believed my house looked like.
First floor: The far left space is the shop space and the patio with vegetables to be sold. The meat stand is in far back left corner of the shop. The right side of this floor plan includes the butcher's home apartment space - a kitchen for him to prepare his food, a bedroom, an office, and a bathroom.
Second floor: This is the shared space. It has a larger kitchen for the two to entertain from, with a dining table, and a living room with couches and a television. There is also a guest room, for when the brother and sister's parents visit, or they have other company. The porch of this level includes the herbivore's garden, where she sells her vegetables to customers.
Third floor: The third floor is the herbivore's space.She has a bedroom, a bathroom, and a small kitchen for her to prepare her vegetables, along with a television room and a small table for eating meals upon. There is a porch overlooking her second floor vegetable garden.
This was the cartoon sketch of how I imagined my home to look.
After discussing with the jury at my Friday review, we've decided to hit the drawing board again, as my drawing lost a lot of its original intent while I began making floor plans. I forgot the overpowering "stacking" technique along the way, and made my building resemble less of a stacked figure and more of just any home. I need to reincorporate the 'stacking' of levels in my second draft of the building.
More to come later this week!!
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