Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Intensive Studio

Comments during week of studio intensive...




Project: Apple Store at Copley Square

Site Photo

Inspiration: Shape, Form, Experience, Scale. (Richard Serra)

Progress Model

2 comments:

Jaclyn said...

Crit. from 8/20 pm

• Tailor views from within
• It’s a journey (experience) to get to the capturing moment.
• Start building, sketching
• Good precedent and research.


Crit. From 8/21 am

• One exercise – cut a section from back of the building to center of park.
• The views would be informative.
• Canopy – doesn’t need to hold with the floor level – holds the church pediment band.
• What’s the small intimate space – where does it show up? Why is the individual being lost? Are there now smaller spots to become intimate with?
• Raphael Moneo’s Davis Museum – at the top the window looks to the side and you notice you are outside.
• The 12’ should maybe be 4’
• Is there an experience when turning the corner? (the non-customer)
• The slope on the 1st floor and curved wall begin to create instability – further it.
• Roof meets the sky- maybe the individual is brought in at this scale



Crit from 8/21 pm

• Is there away to think about the volume? You need to keep going with your idea for us to understand.
• The gesture of addressing the pedestrian is non-committal
• Your whole foot is in the water.
• The ideas and views – the idea should engage the casual passerby – a better approach to addressing the corner.

Jaclyn said...

Crit from 8/22 am

• I like that your depth of field is uncertain.
• The fins have become a flat style haircut –maybe we can play with the sight/view in this manner.
Maybe it is grounding the irregularity of the field – not sure yet

• Floor plans are “best buy” like – maybe they can play into the first idea more.
• The level of uncertainty should carry through the whole idea – there are no floor plans, instead they are a series.
• It should take Serra’s ideas as an inspiration and make it Matt’s idea.
• Alley – maybe there is a separation from the adj. building.
• A level of special ambivalence.
• Grid organization at the base and then sway away from the grid on the vertical level.
• Stairs – I like the thinking and the idea; a little to close to Serra’s sculptures; w/the multi floor system the stairs may not work.
• One you regularize the grid, you will discover where your pods are.



Crit from 8/22 pm

• Entrance – you discuss it being a welcoming entrance but you discuss comfort vs. discomfort (this would be a spot for some quick thumbnail sketches and perspectives.)
• Building – is it a building or is it not a building? Urban forest, don’t understand it’s nature; it is sculptural rather than architectural - Ted disagreed: Architecture tends toward comfort vs. discomfort or the pursuit of discomfort.
• Thesis – Refine how you are going to accomplish your statement because all buildings currently do what you are discussing.
• Step down into site – want to persuade you from stepping down, you have so much going on with your site that you will be creating hazard.
• Precedents - Doug Darden: Whale images
o Doug Darden – Whale images
o Schindler’s steps
o Barragan – tower’s in Mexico (very interesting things going on)

• How can an Urban forest become related to retail?
• That which to support, isn’t. How do you accomplish that with the floors?