Building Analysis

360 View Of my Sports Complex

Hope everyone enjoys the video and had an excellent semester. Good luck to all and an endless thank you to our professors and online reviewers. 

Final Presentation

 

Progress, Building Facade & Renders

Landscape Update

Floorplans Progress

The following board shows my progress on my floor plans. Work still in progress...

Landscape Inspiration & Ideas

The following board shows my ideas and approach to my landscape. I decided to this board in order to help me understand paths and the use of green spaces in landscaping. I also wanted to see the important connection that exists between the structure and its surroundings. Since I am doing rectilinear forms this example helps me create new ideas and patterns for my project.

Progress Plans & Sections

The following sketches show my ideas concerning plans and sections. On my plans I am working on my entrance, stair and elevator location and fire stairs. I'm also working on my program, this help me decide where and where my activities would be located on my plans and decide the amount of space they would need as well as the location of locker rooms and bathrooms. This exercise helped me create a better circulation on my spaces, I decided to do passageways along the sides of the structure and be above the ground like shown in my sketches. 

Midterm Presentation

Structure and Form Inspiration

The following collage shows a study about structure and forms. The reason for the study below is that it served me as an inspiration for the different forms and shapes i created in my sports complex and they helped me visualize and understand  how to create and use the different spaces provided by the forms created in my massing model.

Links to Examples:

JANSEN CAMPUS by Davide Macullo Architects

COMMONWEALTH COMMUNITY CENTRE by MacLeannan Miller Architects

Canopy Precedent Study

The following collage shows a study about canopies and their uses. The reason for the study is that I want to incorporate a canopy area in my sports complex and the follow examples helped me visualize and understand better how to create and use the spaces provided by a canopy area in a successful way.

Links to Examples:

FUEL STATION + McDONALDS by Khmaladze Architects

CUBIERTA DE EL MOLINETE by Amann, Canovas y Mauri

Progress Rhino Modeling

Space Diagrams

Assignment 12, Hybrid Models

Assignment 9, Part 2 Models

Assignment 9, Part I Collage

The following collage shows my approach to my impressions of the site. When we arrived to our site locations I was filled with the surroundings that we get to perceive of a place that suffered a big natural disaster like hurricane Sandy. Therefore, my way of exposing these feelings are by describing a neighborhood that is in a phase of overcoming the past and moving on to a brighter future. I decided to do the left side black and white to show the nostalgic feelings and the right side in bright colors to show a healthier environment in order to produce a contrast where I can describe the destruction and the revitalization of this neighborhood. 

The following collage shows my approach to the word edge. When I think of this word I imagine angles, rectilinear shapes and organic forms. I see edge as the skyline in our city, the waterfront of a place, the sides of a rectangular cube and the beautiful formations in the edge of a leaf. All these examples for me show the simple and complex things we can find related to EDGE.

The following collage shows my approach to my program. Since I will be working on a sports complex, the ideas that come to my head are movement and motion of the human body. I wanted to show the different movements that a body will create while performing a certain activity. I wanted to show different situations like running, stretching and moving in order to see the ability of our body to shape according to the activity that is been performed. 

Assignment 8, Layouts & Dimensions

On this assignment we are going to find all the dimensions of our spaces that we will introduce in our program. The following diagrams will show the amount of space (square footage) needed in order for a certain space to work properly and be successful.

Assingment 7, Space Matrix & Bubble Diagram

Assignment 6, Space Organization