Architecture 201 Project 2 - Exercise 1 - The City of Milwaukee
A Group Model
Description
The Arch 201 curriculum culminated at the end of the semester with a group project where groups were assigned different sections of the City of Milwaukee to diagram and construct in 1:100 scale. In our part of the city, the bluff was the most defining feature; the single thing that guided the layout of the grid of the roads and the city itself. We represented the topography with layers of acrylic illuminated from behind. Parks and open spaces were lightly sanded, with roadways left clear and main transportation routes shown with wire. Historical buildings were represented by blocks of plaster, half above the surface and half below. Objects below the surface show changes throughout time, with railroad below where the modern bike path is. The urban fabric is shown with wood and mesh indicating the land usage; commercial, residential or industrial.
Siteplans
On the right is a map of the area that we diagramed. It is located in the middle-Eastern side of Milwaukee. Below are some schematics of site elements; transportation, the bluff, topography, blocks, buildings and grid.
Diagrams
Pictures
The City Model in Context
