Natural Light, Structure, Private Spaces
All five examples, being a sport clubs of different sorts, have a lot of natural light coming from all sides and skylights. These buildings don't really have big private spaces; all spaces are always available for members, except for administrative offices, mechanical&electrical rooms, and storage spaces. They are masked by red color. Except for the Boathouse, structure of other buildings doesn't form any funky shapes, but serves as an enclosure for sport activities, which require as much open and rectangular space as possible.
The Helios Swimming Centre’s General Services Building
Natural Light
Structure
Private Spaces
Yellow - open spaces (terraces); Orange - rooms illuminated by window openings; Gray - spaces without any openings for light.
Private Spaces
Natural Light
Structure
Private Spaces
Michael Baker Boathouse
Gradient, from yellow to orange illustrates the direction of the light in big spaces.
Red - dominant structural elements; Blue - secondary divisions.
Private Spaces
Natural Light
Structure
Private Spaces
NIARA
Space of the Boathouse is well illuminated by windows and skylights - yellow.
Private Spaces
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Structure
Private Spaces
Quinte West YMCA
Natural Light
Structure
Private Spaces
Private Spaces
Natural Light
Yellow - naturally illuminated spaces; gray - spaces without openings for natural light.
Private Spaces
Vlad,
ReplyDeleteThis is very good work. Although I would suggest turning the structural diagrams into 2D diagrams. They seem confusing as isometric diagrams
I agree with Hector: you have great information, but in spots the presentation choices are a bit unconventional. Again, look to the consistency from project to project in terms of presentation technique and some of the confusion will dissipate. Good work, though!@!
ReplyDeleteI think if you used the diagrams similar to you used for geometry, it would be a bit clearer and have consistency from one analysis to the next.
ReplyDeleteHello Vlad,
ReplyDeleteYou have good understanding of abstraction when it comes to diagraming. It seems that you also have the tools to visualize your diagrams in an appealing way. What you miss:
Yes! Consistency in whatever you have presented so far! That is the main thing you should work on. Try to find one type of drawing appropriate to visualize design operations that describe different buildings. For example: a planar diagram to describe structure, a sectional diagram to describe natural light insertion for all the buildings you are analyzing, and so on so forth. That will make your presentation clear and straightforward.
- Consider to create labels for each of your diagrams. For example what does the gradient from yellow to orange represent when it comes to natural lighting? Also, why not all of your buildings analysis use the gradient vocabulary to describe the aspect of light insertion? (see Quinte West YMCA).
So, use a legend to explain verbally what you tried to visualize with colors even if you think that your message is pretty clear.
Thank you Loukia for your help. Pr. Jill suggested not to go back to redo any work of this part of the project. Nevertheless, I will add to the description the information about light gradient.
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