Architecture 200 Exercise 1
Using a only a few planes
Description
This first model of Architecture 200 (aka studio) was really simplistic in retrospect. We had a site, 48'x32' on which we were supposed to build a Buddhist temple using only 4'x4', 4'x6', 4'x8' and 4'x10' planar elements. We were supposed to orient the site in such a way that the sun rising from the east hits the Buddhist in the face in the temple each morning.
It was not just a matter of building the temple, we had to make the temple engaged to the site. The idea was to create an overall scheme, rather than just an object stuck in a field. My general idea was to have a public area and a private area with a processional connecting the two. The public area is the space directly in front of the covered walkway. Then, naturally, the private area is the other space in front of the hut itself, which is the building with the large, overhanging roof. The processional/covered walkway area is designed as to give the person a sort of sensory-depravation sort of experience. Between the panels the Buddhist will be able to sneak peeks of the sun, but not until they round the last wall and enter in to the hut will they be met with *bam* sun! At least that is the idea, the application doesn't work that well because of the limited building supplies, but hopefully you get the general idea.
Organization of Space
The spaces were organized into public (green) and private (red) separated by a half wall. The user was intended to walk from the public space, down the processional (yellow, right) to the hut (yellow, left). To emphasize the north/south (right/left) motion, the areas of poché run the long way (blue). Click any image to view the layout in more detail.
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