SPATIAL DESIGN
Urban Design
IAT 233 Spatial Design - Spring 2014
Group Size: 5
My Role: Documentation and Rendering and Informtion Research
Medium: Google SketchUp, Vray for SketchUp, Adobe Photoshop
In this 4 weeks project, we aimed to create an art museum based on a site located in the Olympic Sculpture Park of Seattle. Our goal is not simply designing a "form" that stands by itself, but also embedding the project into the surroundings. We spent 3 days in Seattle as a preparation for our final project. During the trip, we visited some famous buildings in Seattle such as the EMP Museum, Chapel of St. Ignatius, and the Seattle Central Library (OMA). These architectures provide a lot of ideas and inspirations on how we should lead our audience through space.
Downtown Seattle
Downtown Seattle
"The transferring space -- circulation"
Downtown Seattle
I was in charged of documentary during the trip.
Our attempt to create a "folding" structure for the architecture.
Initial sketch of our "form" of the architecture. We are aiming to design a multi-functional museum that allows visitors to flow through the space. However, we also take reference from the previous designers' buildings, we wanted it to have a significant feature that could attract more people towards the building. Thus, we came up with an idea with a "folded" architecture in the middle, creating a dynamic shape for the rectangular building.
Sight-seeing from the Olympic Sculpture Park
Initial eenderings from our sketches. Built up with Google Sketch Up, and using Vray to render.
On the last day of the trip, we did a presentation of our "form" of architecture, and how does it influence the surroundings. We found out that Seattle downtown has bike loop circled around it, therefore, we thought that we might use this advantage for our location to be an attraction to visitors. Since our location is far from the entrance, we wanted to ensure that visitors would be attracted to the architecture, as well as to facilitate the population of the park.
Final Completion
After receiving critiques from our instructor and mentors, we decided to change our form, as well as considering the function and usability of the space. We brainstormed many shapes and forms, as well as making rough prototypes in order to help us on 3D modeling.
Brainstorming of different forms and shapes
Brainstorming of different forms and shapes
Final presentation slides with completed form and functionality.