Today in Class

Today in class we worked on massing models. We were playing around with sweeps, lofts, sheering, and voids.

Weekly Sketch

For this week, you are to sketch a massing study driven by your design concept. Within this sketch there are two objectives: (1) through massing forms or volumes show how your concept will shape the space and (2) begin to explore spatial adjacencies indicated by the program document. For this sketch you are focused on forms and not on placing walls, ceilings, or detailed architectural elements.

Weekly Sketch #4

Improve a previous sketch:

Weekly Sketch #3

Sketch out your design proposal for the roof using top, front, and side views. To accomplish this you will have to explore different roof types. Within your sketches use varying line weights and types to convey the edges, ridges, and valleys.

The roofs that I chose to do are roofs that I consider to be more modern. The "angled roof" angles off in two different directions. The largest part of the roof slants downward towards the front of the building while the two smaller roofs on the slide slant downward towards the back of the building.

The "lifted roof" rests slightly above the top edge of the building, hoping to make it look like the roof is floating on top of the building. 

Weekly Sketch #2

We ask that you continue to explore the new building for NEXT University by further sketching out the details of the building. Sketch out the Front Exterior Elevation (West Elevation) and cut a building section through the middle of the building. Call out dimensions and note building components and materials. Include a roof.

Weekly Sketch #1

Your first sketch assignment will help familiarize you with the Building Information for NEXT University. Visit the Competition Website (Links to an external site.) and click on the "Contest Background" link. Scroll to the last section, titled "Building Information". This section describes  important building information not visible on the floor plan. 

For this sketch assignment, create a quick sketch for line 1 - 9 that illustrates what is being stated. You may create 9 individual sketches or you may combine the parameters into sketches. You will use this as a quick reference as we begin to model the building during the pre-design phase.

Individual Project (Final Rendering)

This is a final rendering done in SketchUp to display what my side table would look like in a home space. The side table is called the Hide Away Hexagon. In this rendering it displays the lighted up inside are that can fit a small child.

Individual Project (draft)

Sketch Assignment (City Skyline)

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI 

Animation

Digital Lab Rendering in SketchUp

Boys Bathroom Rendering in SketchUp

Girls Bathroom Rendering in SketchUp

Sketch Up

Final AutoCAD Project

AutoCAD Progress

AutoCAD Progress

Weekly Sketch (Bird in Snow?)

CAD Progress

Men's and Women's Restrooms

Studio Measurements

Weekly Sketch (Solving the Riddle)

"Sometimes I'm quite, and often I run. I always have neighbors, and enjoy the sun." The animal that I thought best answered the riddle was a squirrel.  

Weekly Sketch #4 (Toy Design)

Assignment 2 (Photographed Codes)

Assignment 1 (Building Codes Illustrated in Illustrator)

Weekly Sketch (Super Power Representation)

My super power would be to freeze time. To represent this, I drew a clock inside an ice cube.

Building Code Sketches

1018.4 Dead Ends: Where more than one exit or exit access doorway is required, the exit access shall be arranged such that there are no dead ends in corridors more than 20 feet (6096 mm) in length.

1004.6 Mezzanine Levels: The occupant load of a mezzanine lever with egress onto a room or area below shall be added to that room or area's occupant load, and the capacity of the exits shall be designed for the total occupant load thus established.

Weekly Sketch (Childhood Toy)

My favorite childhood toy was Legos. I decided to try something new and go out of my comfort level and use color. I used pencil, colored pencil, and marker. I wanted to sketch to have a sketchy feel to it so I used solid lines to color each Lego.