Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Model Materials

Task Board   -   Plaza     flexible and easy to shape...good texture.
Plastic Melding Liquid   -    Starks Plastics
PLASKOLITE 3-ft x 2-ft 6-in White Acrylic Sheet   -   Lowes
High Density Foam
Bondo
Museum Board
Foam core

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

PROGRAM

Street Level

Visitor's Center-2000 sf

Reception/Temporary Exhibition-2500 sf

Cafe-1500 sf

Bookstore-1500 sf

Loading Dock/Work Area/Exhibition Prep-1000 sf


SUB TOTAL = 8,500



Parasitic Possibilities

Auditorium/Theater-3000sf

AV Meeting Room-1000 sf

Permanent Collection/Museum-4000 sf

Archives Collection-3000 sf

Designer in Residence Studio-1500 sf [2 x 750 sf]

Visiting Scholars Housing-2500 sf [5 x 500 sf]

Library-1500 sf 

Sculpture Gardens-3000 sf [min 3 x min 500 sf]

Mechanical-7000 sf


SUB TOTAL = 26,500



PROGRAM TOTAL 35,000 sf

Architectural ATTITUDES

GET INSIDE + FEEL SPACE = SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS


-take existing materials, patterns, scale, from context and weave into project.

-symbiotic relationship with garage

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Design Inspiration

ARCHITECTURE

Parasitic Inspiration
http://www.pinterest.com/maartjettd/parasitic-architecture/

http://www.dezeen.com/2012/06/30/dezeen-archive-parasite-architecture/

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HdeM
http://www.herzogdemeuron.com/index/projects/complete-works/151-175/173-de-young-museum.html

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Lebbeus Woods
http://lebbeuswoods.wordpress.com/

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CASE
http://www.case-inc.com/project/BIM-consulting-VCC-USA-LOD-400-cross-trade-BIM-modeling-and-coordination

Sn0hetta
http://www.snohetta.com/

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Shop
http://www.shoparc.com/node/2206/project-page

Höweler + Yoon Architecture
http://www.hyarchitecture.com/

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Opus 5
http://www.archidesignclub.com/magazine/rubriques/architecture/44964-opus-5-architectes-ecole-de-musique-de-louviers.html
Daniel Libesking

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O.M. Ungers
http://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/oct/18/guardianobituaries.obituaries

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ARTISTS

Marcel Duchamp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Duchamp

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/duch/hd_duch.htm

Tessa Farmer

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James Turrell
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Turrell

http://psych.nyu.edu/pelli/pubs/pelli2005turrell.pdf

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John Chamberlin

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Michael Heizer
http://www.diaart.org/exhibitions/introduction/83

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Lunden Osterlund

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LANDSCAPES

James Corner
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Corner

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Michael Van Valkenburgh

http://www.mvvainc.com/project.php?id=6

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Vincent James
http://www.vincentjames.net/

Carl O. Sauer



Symbiotic / Parasitic Architecture


PARASITIC ARCHITECTURE = BIOMIMICRY = EVOLUTION (growth and adaptation, not demolition and discarding)

http://symbioticrelationship.org/symbiotic-relationships-examples/

http://parasitic-architecture.webs.com/

http://www.gerjanstreng.eu/files/T02%20essay%20parasitic%20architecture.pdf

Parasitism 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitism


4 Kinds of Symbiosis:

CommensalismParasitismMutualismEndosymbiosis + Ectosymbiosis

http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples/examples-of-symbiosis.html


ideas of rust belt response-Edward Glaeser    

http://www.triumphofthecity.com/



relationship between new and old architecture-preservation and innovation

insertion of architecture into more relevant role in mainstream society