Architecture 200 Project 3
A highly detailed model
Description
The third project for Arch 200 was intended to bring all of the parts that we worked on all semester together into a final model. For this, we took a chunk of a façade of one building and construct it in a giant ½" = 1' scale. Constructed out of basswood, it cost over $100 for supplies (some people spent more like 200) and took two consecutive all-nighters to finish, making it the most expensive both in time and money, but it turned out to be my best project.
The goal was to develop the façade and to learn how to construct the building in a way to make it work off of paper. I did not make many changes to my building from the plan I made with project 2, but I developed some details more like the mullions and louvers (screen). I started by using my original A-B-A concept and breaking it down to smaller levels to make the mullions for the windows and to lay out the vestibule and kitchen. Since these smaller spaces had lower ceilings than the large space, I took the roof off in the open areas and changed the wall panels into louvers. This gives the effect that the building is morphing from the solid system on the left into the open system on the right. This also gives the user a less intimidating feeling as they enter the building. They are met with smaller pieces of the building as they move from the trellis-way into the main space.
Façade Grid System
The main posts (red) make up the sides of each A and B section (explained in project 2) with 12 foot and 4 foot spans respectively. Each A section is then divided again into A and B parts which make the mullion system for the windows (orange). The A and B sections are spaced 1 foot apart in the middles and ends by walls (yellow). The smaller A-B-A works both in the horizontal (green) and vertical (blue) directions). The top panels (light blue) wrap the building to hide the mechanicals and structure in the case of the main space, but are in the form of open louvers on the entrance space.
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