House Project Part 3

I figured I should finish up this series of posts with some more miscellaneous pictures that further take the model apart.

The core with all of it's components

The core is broken up into four components: the shell and three internal spaces. When combined, they form the double height gallery space, which is characterized by its dependency on the other components.

"Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness."
-Frank Gehry

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I find something absurdly compelling in abandoned buildings.

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.


Isaiah 9:6-7

House Project Part 2

Casa Poli is created out of three distinct layers: The skin which serves as an external covering, the rind which contains the circulation and utility spaces, and the core which houses the living spaces of the house.

For my component model I could not simply be separated into these three layers and then call it a day, however.
The inside / outside relationship of the house is far more complex than the layered approach alone would suggest.

Instead of modeling three pure zones, I attached the skin to the rind and broke the rind into pieces that correspond with the spaces beyond the punctures in the skin.

These pieces that resulted from the broken rind all operate independently of each other and each individual piece then snaps into the zones contained beyond, in the core of the house.

The house missing one piece of the skin / rind 

The missing piece of the broken skin / rind combo above

House Project Part 1

Last year in Studio we had a project where we studied a real-life house and then made a component model of the house. I got a house called Casa Poli, designed by a Pezo von Ellrichshausen. The individual components were something that had to be carefully thought out - where does the true essence of the house lie? Additionally, each break line in the model says something about the house, whether intentionally or not.

A shot of the real house off the coast of Chile

My component model of the house

For more information on the Casa Poli House, see http://www.archdaily.com/476/poli-house-pezo-von-ellrichshausen/

Yeah, so I still play with LEGOs...

I don't think I'm done with this original creation yet, but it's good enough for now. There's a great sense of nostalgia associated with tinkering with the same toys I played with as a kid. Without studio to consume all my time I'm left with a creative void! 

"Not only so, but let us also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope."


-Romans 5: 3-4

The Work Of Nations

"Architecture is the work of nations" 

-John Ruskin

Berliner Congress Center

You know I'd wait forever...if I had time to.

House Project Part 2

The House Project taught me a lot. Because the project was over a month long it gave me an opportunity to really iron out the small issues and to draw with a high level of detail.

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The Folded E House

The final project for this semester involved making a house for a generic city lot that we had designed a studio for previously. This is one of 8 pages I compiled for my portfolio.

Bricks

The first two projects of the year involved making wall section models from individual model bricks. Below is the result.

The Mother Art

"The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization"
-Frank Lloyd Wright

St. Mary's Cathedral in Tokyo