Grades

Professor when will the grades be up?

Micheal and Rebekka

Can you contact me via email amoiaarch@aol.com;
I am missing some of your portfolio and would request a pdf or jpeg copy emailed to me in the interm;
Tuesday the latest.

diagrams (scott)

Scott and everyone should think about:
clarifying the meaning of the diagrams and this can be by adding some transparent colors and titles.
diagram 1.3 volumes- related to thesis
2. structure overlap in center, one hangs, one buried
3.  circulation intent
4. circulation and volume together

include site an monument in diagrams because that is what makes this project its place

in general

I will be in school at 2 Friday. I saw some of you yesterday which was nice.
I did not get a chance to walk back at 5 but I did at 6 after the review and missed any of you that may have been around.

I think one of you said your model is missing from the room; go to the office to report this and document it in an email to me. Never leave anything important that you do not have a copy of in any room that is not your own property. Also take a photo of a drawing or model after you complete it because things happen as we saw earlier in the semester. Also have a backup of all digital work because a computer can die at any time.

sample portfolio thinking

A few comments: the previous post of the portfolio rules;

as Anthony indicated in class is about organization, also you can see

the background grey or black can have meaning and relate to for example organizing photos.

You should treat the process of making a portfolio like a design problem:

A. sketch through the pages before production

B. start with basic info: site plan, a paragraph or two about the project and make the text read as blocks of information.

Below is a sketch which ask questions of the following sheet. It asks 

1. where is the site plan, and limit number of photos especially if they do not become montages with your work in them later.

2. sk refers to the sketches, so relate the first one to the site plan, space out the rest so it reads as individual plan making proposals.

3. add that intro text

4. use the black zone to say this is the given info, i know this person said theywant to do L of black but that is not meaning yet other then i want to....

remember you can go outside of the 9 rectangle when you start grouping  in rows and columns like the yellow and blue color coding of the portfolio rules in indicating.
Enjoy the process, it will take time.

today, portfolios due Friday 23, 2:00 in the office

The previous two posts provide the guide for portfolio.
Please visit thesis reviews and come find me Monday afternoon.

The following items are required:
Matt- main item is model
Richard- model ground plane, sequence of plans in context with poche
Adrian- complete final presentation

additional items i recorded which will assist your grade:
Michael- frame in model
LeeAnn- complete model, perspective of light cuts
Alex- perspectives
John- complete model and coordinate with drawings
Scott- group 3d diagram and see if they are complete, they should show the whole like the precedence, and put roof on model
Steve- make a section (with double height spaces), design pavement of plaza, complete second floor plan

****All should include the midterm of the project in the portfolio so we can see how you developed the project.

portfolio rules

portfolio samples

http://www.amoiacody.com/AA_Student_Website/AA_Student_Website.htm

all, Friday 9:15

9:15 be ready to start, we are pinning up outside and inside our class space like we have done in the past.
Since  alex, li, scott have a continuous type scheme it would be nice to pin up in sequence.
same with rebecca, leeann, then adrian, richard, followed by naomi, alex, steve, john,  michael, and matt.

all-

I am checking in, hope you have been working to make the best presentation you can, with a museum quality model on a base and with trees.

See the list of drawings in the previous posts...I am looking forward to seeing great diagrams and elevations....

think grid of structure, grid of material, ...grid, grid, grid

I was happy to hear from richard, steve, .....I have not heard from Matt!.....Matt are your reading the posts and remembering our last conversation, what we say we are going to do is important.

Email me withyour concerns, good thoughts of progress, questions, or just to say your working hard.

damaged models

Alex, i will contact the office, is the door locking?

If anyone saw anything, please come forward, do it anymously by putting a note in my mailbox.

Professor,

Just so you are aware, two of my models were destroyed between last night and today . I have no idea how it happened or who did this but unfortunately this is how i will be presenting these two on friday now.

-Alex Finning

for final pin up

also req'd is to pin up sketches and study models

final requirements

Thesis statement

1/32 scale

1 site plan drawing at plaza level

2 Axonometric diagrams:

Volume,

Circulation,

Structure,...per previous posts and class discussions

3. mass model

1/16 scale

1.  model with base

2. Plans-at each level

3. Sections- 2 long

4. Section – 3 short 

5. Main elevations which shows idea

6. Perspective

1/8scale

large scale model  or drawing w scale figure

all, important

LeeAnn: when I walked away from our discussion, I wasnt sure if your plan and section was matching in terms of the entry area and how high it is off the ground, so please check this.

Anthony: we didnt speak but I saw your drawings and markups, they look complete, but the grid or pavement on the ground seems like it needed more work to mesh the lines below and above, see what Li did with his project, he changed it 3 times before he got it.

Richard, Matt, Steve:
I require that you send me updated drawings before Tuesday for another review; please take this seriously or your grades will be effected.

Everyone must have elevations!

checklist and link

Final Check list:

1. draw grid:

1A. grid means material-

In plan: material lines of pavement/ plaza. You can also have material-pavement lines on interior public spaces.

1B. grid in elevation- material joints that works with proportion of structure and indicates a material idea.

2. draw poche:

Poche of underground plan  

Poche of structure

3. Structure:

Show beam depth in section.

4. Diagrams:

Concept diagram

Program Diagram

Structure Diagram

Circulation Diagram

Event Diagram

Envelope Diagram—I added this

5. Large scale drawing or model:

1/8” special piece with scale person.

See portfolio samples, click and wait, click and click on d1 etc, it is slow so be patient

http://www.amoiacody.com/AA_Student_Website/AA_Student_Website.htm

diagram - expolded with reference to elements...structure, skin, circulation

diagrams- exploded axons

roof, response to previous posts

1

http://blog.quintinlake.com/2011/07/

2

3

4

5

6

alex, i thought your reference was esienman, that the roof became a grounded landscape;

your section looks like a proposal without an economy which equals thoughts of sustainability; 

economy of time in design and construction,... money, material.

what is the meaning behind this?; i would be more interested in what the interior is then what the exterior does....above are some examples of surface and structure, you must have an intent of both...

I would think the structure should be reminiscent of a landscape...this being for the parks department and in and of the a park and the quality and lines of structure are the interior is interesting...is there a high point which you can get to so you can see the water?

New Roof Scheme

I agree with your comments about the ugliness of the roof form that was presented today in class. Therefore new images were chosen, incorperated and used to inform the shape of the enclosure. these drawings are incomplete but they show a near final form for how the wrapping will be utilized.

All

I was happy at the end of today's class; I feel everyone has asked questions of their project and has conveyed an understanding of why we have asked these questions and why the spaces are the way they are.

You all have a scheme.  The articulation of this scheme with elevations and development of the drawings... in section and plan should be your focus.

Two weeks is a good amount to time. If you all work hard and have your drawings at 1/16th on Tuesday  developed, our last class can be Friday the 9th, with the final a week from this... so this means you can have
the 13th off to produce.

I didn't get back to seeing Niama or Michael but i think you just have to keep going and draw, you can all post and I will respond if your need extra guidance. You can take a picture of a model or drawing to ask your question....Keep going - lets have some great projects.

dynamic plan for section

volume:articulation, relates to several projects

re: previous post link

http://www.xarchitekten.com/
go to urbanism, b zone c

Li, Niamo

li---you should go find a folded plan
http://www.trendir.com/house-design/modern-architectural-home-by-austrian-architecture-firm-unusual-folded-design.html

Naimo
--you should look at this link for the ground- landscaping
http://www.xarchitekten.com/

final model scale

in response to rebekka and alex....
required:

massing model to fit in class site model at 1/32

final model can be at 1/16 or 1/8...your choosing

richard- precedence for rotated volume

http://daniel-libeskind.com/projects
...go to the library to find the plans and sections!, make copies -
analyize what you see and find your take on the section and then present
what you found and your approach next class

Final Scale 1/16" or 1/8"

Professor,

I was not clear if we had decided on 1/16" = 1'. I am assuming that that will be the final scale and am currently planning to build my models according to this, however I personally feel this is to small and would rather move up to 1/8" = 1'. Please clarify this for me.

For next class, the same items we have been talking about, for pin up.

Thesis statement

Thesis word diagram relative to program

Plans at each level

Sections- 1 long (2 at final)

Section – 2 short (3 at final)

Perspective

Axonometric diagrams:

Volume

Circulation

Structure

Main elevation which shows idea

Complete large scale model .

Latest comments:

Michael- focus on showing structure in section and with plan the organization of circulation relative to structure.

Anthony- lower plan with dynamic section

Alex- completing your model, so you can finalize the 3d form

Rebecca- understanding the structure between the archive of the ground and exhibit using a frame (mainly horizontal with connection to archive)

Adrian- make the connector bar for the view to understand the other volumns

Scott- work on circulation

John- simply volumn, I recall the earlier plan discussion now….and want to comment on it

Richard- draw, work on structure in terms of light

Steve- clarify form and circulation use my suggestions

Li- keep going, relate structure and circulation to thesis

The rest of you need to catch up and I am not sure where you stand.

For Tuesday

So anyone know what we need for Tuesday??

John, Rebekka, Lee Ann--Aldo Van Eyck is the Architect

John, you should also consider swapping the entry and the auditorium-.... sketch this through.

Rebekka- can you post Van Eyck sketch series that shows the variations in his plans re the circle use ...on the blog for everyone. I have attached this one for John to start with.

a good book....Aldo Van Eyck: Works 1944-1999
by Birkhauser, Aldo Van Eyck, Tzonis And Leivre

for class tomorrow

several of you emailed me:
tomorrow due:

new concept model,
drawings:
axon diagrams of concept,
(the below can be on trace)
all plans,
sections- long and transverse
photos of model- montage into site model or views.

naimo, free plan

anthony, this is a fox and fowle architects building from 2004, they have a website

rotate view to see properly.... the cut of the ground should be symbolic to the tomb in the ground, brining down light should also be symbolic relative to your thesis

plan samples which relate to some of your concepts from last class

some images need to be rotated

frames to hold volumns of light

The frame in relation to exhibit

The frame offers a flexible element for the function of the exhibit space. Naimo made a plane which was framed and can be said to relate to this idea of exhibit.

frames posted

I posted some of these frame projects for two reason:
1. because we need to think about the structure/ rhythm in conjunction with a thesis of life/ death/ remembrance. If you over lap death and remembrance then the place should indicate this by having a mirrored form with the planning of the program pieces!
2. we are going to move up in scale soon and have to think about structure/ skin;
I like the fact a group of you pinned up the larger site plan to remind us of this.

spaces in frames

frames above cut down into ground & frame with curved skin

working with an extended frame

frames of movement

Alex - Grant's Tomb: Concepts

These two Images represent the conceptual ideas for the use of ribbons as a means of creating structure and space in the project. Feedback from anyone on the approach of these three-dimension models as well as the board setup below would be appreciated (the background was originally white, but due to the difficulty of finding a file type on my mac that Blogger.com will accept led to the replacement with gray).

Concept Sketches / Pictures of Grants Tomb.

The first image is the sketches done on the wall in the hallway last tuesday, basic diagrams showing very basic concepts for approaching the project. The second image are the ariel and perspective shots complied as part of the site study which is currently hanging in the room. Unfortunately no matter how I try to upload the board of technical drawings (as .jpg or .pdf) the website rejects them, if anyone else has them they should be uploaded as well.

For Friday, we will celebrate Veteran's day together in class

Thesis- life/ death/ remembrance relative to(program):
visitor center: auditorium/connector to tomb/visitor center: exhibit or
auditorium-connector/ archive (library)/visitors center: exhibit, etc./

(3) models 1/32 scale which are transformative to
scaling your thesis from plane to frame on the site
1. plane
2. plane-mass-to frame
3. frame

Site analysis conclusions:
3 grids: city, tomb/death, life of river view which should relate to your thesis

For Friday

Professor would like 3 models:

1) Structure & rhythm with planes with reference to the plaza surface

2) Define how the planes become a frame

-Relate to thesis

-articulate the frame

-plane thickness relative to the program

- transformation of the program

3) Combination of the first 2 models

Sketches on trace to accompany the models and your individual thesis of a pavilion relating to life death and remembrance.

Along with this professor would like everyone to have their own site model with the parameters that we discussed in class

Also be sure to complete the assigned building for the site with Rich Alex and Nauma have provided.

for tomorrow

Rebekkah, All:

 Everyone is producing their own 1/32” site model without surrounding buildings.

3 schemes, each scheme should have associated plan and section sketches on trace for tomorrow.
 

The program is as follows, Visitor’s Park:

8,000 sq ft for:

-exhibit space of which should have an exterior component,
-auditorium: 1,500 sloped floor,
- Terrace/ overlook to river

5,000 sq ft:

- Archive, (library) with reading room

 We are starting with this general program placement until we develop a concept, an understanding of scale, monmnetality, for this new place.

Collect images, precedence to continue the discussion.

Site information, to be completed for next class:

-Last class was not fully productive because the given site drawings were pinned up without:

1. site parameters: being 20’ deep space below ground, (includes long section)
2. Transverse section cut at the visitor’s overlook
3. Total of (3) plan cuts: at tomb level, at ground, and roof.

(The drawing team is working on completing the above at 1/32” scale)

-These same 5 drawings listed above require an overall of the proportion systems of the circle and square geometries from the tomb. (Lee Ann is working on this)

The larger site model is on hold, till we see the smaller 1/32” scale model with surrounding buildings.

-map of area color discussed with Adrian

-history to be simplified and origin tomb location to be completed by Matt and Michael
-Anthony to bring in drawings for Tshumi building in context to Columbia campus.

Drawings

We have .dwg's and .pdf's of most of the site. I have placed them in a file entitled 'Grant's Tomb' on the pdrive in the folder 'arch-201-w01' which I created earlier in the semester for the bird blind site drawings.

all for tomorrow

1. bring in and pin up site information discussed

2. bring in last project models and drawings

3. bring in paper, cutting matte, cutting tools, clear tape, scissors, trace ...for model exercises.

all- drawings to be uploaded to p drive

Professor Amoia,

I believe these are all the drawings for the site, including sections plans and elevation. Ill upload them to the P drive as soon as i get a chance.

Richard Tomlinson

all: site information announcement

I post three pieces of sandborn map which can assist you in building models and drawings.
Check with the other classes if a acad file exist since i do not see it in the faculty drop box.
I will check as well along with any 3d information... Regardless these maps give your enough information to do your work.

site: map 3

site: map 2

site: map1

site visit tomorrow- meet at 9:20 am at

116th Street-Columbia University stop on Broadway; Take the #1 train.
We will meet outside the station, my cell 631 355 1328.

Trip to the site

Can you post the time and location for our trip to the city tomorrow?

Thank you.

all, for tomorrow's jury:

Please be on time, pin up in the hall by 9:15. We have a new guest critic coming- Jamie Albergo.
Please make sure your analysis is organized and clearly marked with the categories discussed- which are:
geometry/ grid, program: with key, structure, circulation, enclosure, material, ground

Looking forward to the review, pin up photographs of the models in the correct order to emphasized views of the analysis.

Final Layout

anthony

mass to lines of movement or walls of movement to 5 pieces to section / elevations diagrams with tower reference in all

anthony-thinking