Hello, Abraham. I see that you have worked on buildings no 2, 3 and 4 that are located in Moscow, in Beirut and in Phoenix. These are all very interesting designs – thank you for choosing them. My comments below are general suggestions based on what you have posted. If you feel that you need clarifications after reading them please let me know.
1. I like your diagrams. They are very clear and straight forward and they do tell the story regarding mass, symmetry and hierarchy in the designs you are presenting. When a presentation relies almost entirely on images, it means that these must be selected very carefully for each building. It also means that we must always know exactly why we are using a particular image and what we want to achieve by showing it. 2. I do not know how much information you have for all these buildings but if you can add some titles to the diagrams to tell us exactly what we are looking at (e.g. ground floor plan, west elevation etc) then this will make it easier for us to understand the designs. 3. Be careful with how you use perspectives because these are always taken from specific viewing angles and once they are “reduced” into diagrams then they can give a misleading impression. For example, your massing, hierarchy and symmetry diagrams for the Moscow building are based on a perspective that “indicates” a blue, vertical volume. Your geometry diagrams (plan and axonometric view) on the other hand help us to perceive the building properly. 4. Your lighting diagrams should provide information about how the buildings deal with sunlight. The book “Sun, Wind and Light: architectural strategies” by G. Z. Brown and Mark DeKay has some excellent examples of such diagrams. 5. Keep in mind that some of the buildings you are studying may be more successful than others. 6. Consider the impact that these buildings may have on their surroundings and vice versa. This issue is also something that you will need to consider for your design. Btw Google Earth is a great tool to use. 7. While you are analyzing these buildings I suggest that you go again and again over your own list of goals regarding this project (your answer to question no. 5 on Feb 13). Also, start considering your building program in more detail and with respect to the site and community you are working on at Red Hook. Have you started any work on your building design while doing this exercise or will you first need to finish the analysis for the 10 buildings and then proceed with that?
Hello, Phanos. Yes, I will have to finish the analysis on the 10 building this week and will begin the design process on Monday, March 4th. I will look more into the lighting and will keep in mind how the buildings deal with sunlight. I am aware that the perspectives are a bit misleading and I to provide the geometry diagram on plan as well as perspective to help perceive the buildings better. I will be posting the rest of the buildings in the following days. Yes, I believe it would be wise to go over the list of goals I have for my building in Red Hook. Because we are pressed for time we will unfortunately miss out on some of the more detailed information on these buildings. What I believe the Professors want is for us to find the most obvious aspects of these buildings to use as examples for our own design. I want to see if I could complete all of the diagrams first then I could go more in depth with the analysis if there's time, especially knowing it will help my design of the building in Red Hook. I really appreciate your input and advice. Thank you!
Hello, Abraham.
ReplyDeleteI see that you have worked on buildings no 2, 3 and 4 that are located in Moscow, in Beirut and in Phoenix. These are all very interesting designs – thank you for choosing them. My comments below are general suggestions based on what you have posted. If you feel that you need clarifications after reading them please let me know.
1. I like your diagrams. They are very clear and straight forward and they do tell the story regarding mass, symmetry and hierarchy in the designs you are presenting. When a presentation relies almost entirely on images, it means that these must be selected very carefully for each building. It also means that we must always know exactly why we are using a particular image and what we want to achieve by showing it.
2. I do not know how much information you have for all these buildings but if you can add some titles to the diagrams to tell us exactly what we are looking at (e.g. ground floor plan, west elevation etc) then this will make it easier for us to understand the designs.
3. Be careful with how you use perspectives because these are always taken from specific viewing angles and once they are “reduced” into diagrams then they can give a misleading impression. For example, your massing, hierarchy and symmetry diagrams for the Moscow building are based on a perspective that “indicates” a blue, vertical volume. Your geometry diagrams (plan and axonometric view) on the other hand help us to perceive the building properly.
4. Your lighting diagrams should provide information about how the buildings deal with sunlight. The book “Sun, Wind and Light: architectural strategies” by G. Z. Brown and Mark DeKay has some excellent examples of such diagrams.
5. Keep in mind that some of the buildings you are studying may be more successful than others.
6. Consider the impact that these buildings may have on their surroundings and vice versa. This issue is also something that you will need to consider for your design. Btw Google Earth is a great tool to use.
7. While you are analyzing these buildings I suggest that you go again and again over your own list of goals regarding this project (your answer to question no. 5 on Feb 13). Also, start considering your building program in more detail and with respect to the site and community you are working on at Red Hook.
Have you started any work on your building design while doing this exercise or will you first need to finish the analysis for the 10 buildings and then proceed with that?
Hello, Phanos.
ReplyDeleteYes, I will have to finish the analysis on the 10 building this week and will begin the design process on Monday, March 4th. I will look more into the lighting and will keep in mind how the buildings deal with sunlight. I am aware that the perspectives are a bit misleading and I to provide the geometry diagram on plan as well as perspective to help perceive the buildings better. I will be posting the rest of the buildings in the following days. Yes, I believe it would be wise to go over the list of goals I have for my building in Red Hook. Because we are pressed for time we will unfortunately miss out on some of the more detailed information on these buildings. What I believe the Professors want is for us to find the most obvious aspects of these buildings to use as examples for our own design. I want to see if I could complete all of the diagrams first then I could go more in depth with the analysis if there's time, especially knowing it will help my design of the building in Red Hook. I really appreciate your input and advice. Thank you!