Randi Futialo- Project 1, Weeks 5-6

Here is my contour landscape. I have constructed in a way that makes the more dense contour areas rise up higher than the less dense areas to create various valleys and hills. There were a couple of areas where I considered placing a building but I have decided to use the central valley as my final location.

The first thing I thought of when I looked at my chosen location was a bridge, or something that takes you from one place to another. And so I took my chosen primative (octahedron), cut it in half and put each half on opposite ends. This was a good starting place for me as I began building up my model from here.

 Here I started playing with the walls of my concept model. I took the idea of the large void in my wire model and created an open space with only two faces of the model supporting the roof. I also came up with a walkway as an entrance to the area. It acts as something heading towards the centre; a theme I have portrayed within my wood model as well as my paper model.

 

Here is my final model. I have continued to use the void within my model as it gives great space and a sense of interaction with its outdoor environment. I've used my wood model as an inspiration for the support beams below my model, I imaginepeople to be walking underneath them like walking under a warf at the beach.

 

Here I have shown where the model sits on my site. You can see that primarily it acts as a bridge but also a lookout or a place to rest. This model fits very well on my contour landscape, it sits right in the centre where it can be seen from all directions. I've decided that placing it in the centre makes the building the centre of attention to people occupying this entire landscape.

 

Overall I believe I have used certain ideas from my primative models, acetate primative as well as my contour drawings to create this simple yet effective and functional space.