Just wanted to post some quick ideas that are going through my head, before I post more boards and plans -- some diagrams I've been working on to try and understand the animal that is the plaza /circulation space, and how critical that is to having a successful Digital Village:
Does anyone know why it is that, sometimes, when you put pictures in your post, you can't "click and enlarge" them after they are posted? This seems to be hit-or-miss with my posts, and I can't understand what's causing that.
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Hey Mike -
I think studying multiple stairs is an ideal avenue to pursue for your BlingTown complex. I can't remember if you a single monolithic site stair (and judging from your Intensive wrap up, it appears as if you did) but I think the smaller individual stairs will really help give your site some character.
The graphics on all your new diagrams are quite nice - particularly the first two. I'm not sure exactly what I'm looking at on the second one, but it is really a nice sketch.
I think you are getting closer on giving your circulation spaces some distinct character....I would just be mindful and take care to not create any uninviting "tunnels"
Great to see you back among the living, my friend.
Mike
Nice posts, it looks like you are successfully using a variety of methods to analyze the site plan. Each one has a different character that you will have to interpret to find the one that works for the digital village. I think the red cubist style one is my personal preference. When I hear digital I think of 1s and 0s and part of that sketch has that feel to it. At first I didn’t like the unified scale it presented but I could see it representing a uniformity of scale between the interior and exterior of the enclosed volumes. I may be reading this wrong but it was nonetheless fun.
The top sketch and the third one down seem to use the same volumes but address the circulation much differently. While you may be able to get the both to work, the top sketch’s circulation is adding a cohesive element to the group of volumes that the other is lacking. Maybe if a pattern was formed in the stair groupings of the third sketch a village center would start to emerge.
Good luck and have fun.
Mike –
Your sketches look great!
I am with Tim on the second one. When I looked at it, it reminded me of the ones and zeros that are used through out technology. I am not sure what I am looking at there, but it is interesting.
The first plan really shows a good spacing layout with very intriguing stair design.
Keep it going!
As far as the “make my picture bigger” issue… I am not sure either. I just posted something and it will not enlarge either. I usually do not have a problem, but now I am. Maybe it is just specific days? I do not have an answer.
Chad
Mike,
The red "cubist" is indeed graphically the most compelling, but I am not quite sure how this is intended to translate into 3D.
The first one is seductive as well: it's sort of an "inverted Gehry" approach. By that I mean that what ususlly is an object becomes the space. That one is worth explorings as well, although I am not quite sure how that relates to a digital village imagery.
The top one also resolves the stair issue the best with the fantastic three part figure, but you seem to have lapsed back into "normal" mode with the rectangular upper stair.
Overall it would have been helpful if you had come up with a name for each sketch to help read what you had in mind.
Concerning the technical issue: That happened last semester as well and we thought that the amount of images within one post plays a role with this. Try reposting in smaller batches.
Waiting for more,
Enno
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