Defining The Sacred
A Non-Denominational Place of Reflection
SCHEDULE
Note: Schedule is subject to change as per the progress of the
studio. Check back regularly for
updates.
WEEK ONE Monday Course Introduction
Preliminary
Exercise: “A Condition of Separation”
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Reference handout
Wednesday Review of
Definitions & Strategies
Friday Discussion of
texts
WEEK TWO Monday Presentation of
Conditions of Separation
Assignment
of Case Studies
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Students are to do a
thorough investigation as to no simply the history of the particular subject,
but more in regards to how it facilitates a specific perception of place.
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Students are to
develop a presentation of these qualities (Not just a board with photocopies
pasted onto it!). Presentation can /
should include a variety of diagrammatic models, perspectival
studies, 2D/3D collage, etc.
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Students must
consider how the presentation is to be engaged (from what POV, etc).
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Reference course
website for outline of subjects
Friday Discussion of
texts
WEEK THREE Monday Presentation of
Place – Case Study Review
Assignment
of Sites
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Site Analysis may be
conducted as a group.
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Students are
expected to develop a thorough understanding of the site from the experiential
point of view. Plan / orthographic
drawings should be utilized, but the overall presentation must also involve the
use of perspectives.
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Reference course
website for additional information
Wednesday Site Visit
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Meet at site, to be
announced
WEEK FOUR Monday Presentation of Site
Analyses
Design
of Intervention
Strategy Development Models
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Design of the
experience of the Gathering Space
WEEK FIVE Site Analysis & Intervention Strategy Development
WEEK SIX Site Analysis & Intervention Strategy Development
WEEK SEVEN Intervention Development – Initial Contextually Specific Study
Scale of Study A: 1” = 20’-0”
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Begin design
development from “inside to outside”
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Primary solid / void
relationships
WEEK EIGHT Intervention Development
Scale of Study B: 1/8” = 1’-0”
Issues
to consider:
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Introduction of
supplementing material definition
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Explore quality of
edge relationships
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Thick / Thin: May contribute to the balance / imbalance
within and/or between spaces (This is not a “rule”, just something to consider)
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Translucent /
Opaque: May contribute to specific
understandings of separation or connection between or within spaces (Again,
this is not a “rule”, just something to consider)
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Remember that a
specific definition of “thick” only reads as such when put in context with
“thin”, etc…
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Further design and
refinement of the experience of approach and arrival. Work diligently to visualize your design from
the experiential POV, posing the question “To what degree can I say I’ve
arrived” to better understand the potentials of various levels of transition.
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When considering
detail development, begin thinking about the varying levels of joinery
that occur in architecture. In a sense,
you all have already begun exploring the nature of joinery, in the manner in
which we will be discussing it, by examining the ways in which your intervening
architecture engages the overall context of the site.
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Consider the
relationships between formal joinery within the architectonic composition, and
how that may contribute to a resultant spatial joinery. While they may be very much related, they are
not inherently the same thing.
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Initial explorations
in formal joinery may involve the relationship between the building itself and
the ground / site plane, while the next level of detail may require examination
of the joints within the building mass, between and within the primary
edges.
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Joint articulation
should contribute to the degree to which, and the ways in which the
architectonic composition “completes” itself (ie: a
container in which the edges meet seamlessly, or in a balanced and “orderly”
fashion, as opposed to a container in which joint articulation works to
fragment or isolate the edges).
Experimentation with this type of detail should be made with the full
understanding that the resultant spatial quality is what always must be tested
(Again - we are manipulating the resultant spatial dynamics, NOT the formal
dynamics).
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Start looking at the
wide variety of joints you see in buildings everyday, both at a large scale and
at a small scale, and develop an awareness as to how
they may be playing a part in a very specific perception of place.
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Development of the
spatial PROGRAM
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When making initial
attempts to modify your design to accommodate these programmatic elements,
consider the following issues and requirements for each space:
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The number of people
required in each space, and the corresponding required square footage
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The degree of
privacy / publicity required for each space
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The required
proximities and adjacencies for the spaces
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The Gathering Space
is the main room within your design, while the other spaces can be thought of
as support spaces. As you develop your
Gathering Space, you must begin considering the specific types of “gathering” that
your room will accommodate. While this
should remain somewhat open, in the spirit of non-denominational gathering, you
could / should begin to take into account the various ways in which people can
gather. Begin with a very general list
of “sacred” activities: birth, marriage,
death, congregation, celebration, meditation, etc.
Monday Due: Final
1” = 20’-0” study model
Preliminary
1/8” = 1’-0” study model
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Must include entire
site
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One material only, but begin considering how material quality contrasts may be useful as
supplementing detail.
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Tonality
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Texture, smooth /
rough
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Weight / thickness
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Degree of
translucency
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Degrees of
reflectivity
Wednesday Due: Developed
1/8” = 1’-0” study model
Individual
Critiques
Begin: Group Site Model
Scale: 1/8” = 1’-0”
Scope: NW Hoyt (Include façade of Post Office and
parking lot) to NW Flanders, midway between NW Broadway / NW 8th to
midway between NW Park and NW 9th
(Roughly 5’-6” x 7’-0”)
Materials: TBA
Notes: Buildings directly adjacent to site should
include significant façade detail.
All
other buildings should be simple masses.
Friday Due: Developed
1/8” = 1’-0” model (Introduce primary level of material definition – see
above)
Individual
Critiques
WEEK NINE Intervention Development
Scale of Study C: 1/4” = 1’-0”
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Detail Development
Monday Due: Group Site Model
Developed 1/8” = 1’-0”
study model
Individual
Critiques
Wednesday Due: Developed
1/8” = 1’-0” study model
Individual
Critiques
Begin: 1/4” = 1’-0” study model
Friday Thanksgiving
WEEK TEN Intervention Development
Final
Presentation Production
Final Review Preparation and Processing
Monday Due: Final Study Model at 1/4”
= 1’-0”
WEEK ELEVEN Final Presentation Production
Wednesday Final
Review
Third
Floor Hallways
Friday Portfolio Due (PDF Format, on CD)