Monday, September 24, 2007

Interiors First & Second

Just sketching some interior layouts before I make them final.
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01 FIRST FLOOR

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02 SECOND FLOOR

3 comments:

bac dmarch said...

Matt,

The plans are quite believable. The first flor seems to make more sense than the upper floor. I am not sure how to reconcile the outdoor spaces / terraces. These seemed to have more strength in the model, but I could be mis-reading something here. Also, I think the elevator shouldn't be as shy as currently placed. It might form the corner, and not be tucked back hlaf way. If it is out in the open, as a glass box, things might go on behind it. I could also see it integrated with teh second egress stair where that would be more of an object and less than a forced code requirement solution.

Jaclyn said...

Matt,
I thing that you have lost some of your strong elements by tucking the circulations off to the sides. When you were working on the stairs in studio I felt it was an element that was going to draw you through the store and the experience of traveling them was going to intrigue the consumer. I feel that is lacking some in these floor plans. I know there isn't much time left but if you have any time to explore this I would try to. I think the exterior of your building has developed so much since Boston. I just wanted to see if the inside could kick it up a notch! Ha! Good luck!!

Eddie Alvarado said...

Matt,

Today I was showing a colleague all of our work and while looking at your scheme she said " The wall section of the stair resembles the shape of an apple"? I thought it was interesting, I did not see it that way until she mentioned that. I think the building mass and the gesture shown on your 3d models is quite gracious and powerful. I agree with Ted and Jaclyn on the floor plans, the scale of the place in plan feels small, perhaps if you remove some of the circular pods it might feel more free flow. Have you study the offset door at the ground level and delivery of merchandise to the store? I couldn't make out if it was for egress or service. In regards to the vertical circulation the stairs are very much in line with what I mentioned to the group one time about a typical layout that is done in New England for stairs. Is not a bad thing, I particularly love the layout, but while I attended Northeastern in the 90's a lot of us were proposing these stair layouts. I think it would have been worth it to test the stairs riding the vertical fins, I mentioned this a couple of posts ago. I have enjoyed the progress and look forward to your final presentation. Good luck.