Sunday 11 September 2011

The models progress

With this i began to change the model bit by bit. With some suggestions by some friends i tipped on of the slabs on its side. And the result was much better than the previous.

Also i becan cantilevering some of the floors to provide more space whilst keeping the building footprint small as possible. Also this allows the building to break out of the symmetrical three slab structure.

Again i added an extra slab to cantilever some of the floors.
Two floors can be seen, both breaking out of the initial structures form.
I was trying to think about how one would move around these spacces. As you can see, the method of stairs is one way to move around.
In this shot, one can see a narrow passage with two wall slabs on either side to give it a maze feel. Another way of moving from one space to the other.
This is the facade of one side of the tower. I managed to come up with this idea by tracing a actual maze onto some paper and cutting it out.
A picture of the interior stairway. You can also see how the light seeps inward and gives it a patterned effect on the ground
And this is the entrance into the swimming pool area. I made it very open so that one can feel a comparison between open spaces and closed spaces.
The Front door entrance. Well i did not want the cliche 'front door' entrance so given the maze idea, i decided to make the front entrance on the side. Its intentional so that the people would have to move around in order to get to places- just like a labrinth.
This a side/back view of the model. You can clearly see towers of different sizes grouped in one place.

Now this is the front/side view of the building. The two big tower fronts can be used for rockclimbing whilst the other spaces are for the different activities.
Again this is a back/side view of the building.
Another shot of the back/side.

1 comment:

  1. hey bro, i liked your project, i posted my peer review of it on my blog here:

    http://nicksarch102blog.wordpress.com/2011/09/20/laser-cutting-crits-lauren-collins-van-rangelrooy/

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