I N T R O D U C T I O N

Welcome everybody to the PSU arch 282 studio blog. We are proposing a unique approach to a typical second-year undergraduate architecture studio, so we figured we would open our progress up to the public realm. What makes this studio unique is that the clients are real, as is their vision for this community. As such, the students are afforded an opportunity to get input from and make proposals to these people, knowing that they are contributing to an actual, tangible, eventual work of architecture. Another departure for the students is the fomat of collaboration. Over the course of a short, ten-week quarter, sixteen students are working sometimes together, sometimes in small groups, sometimes individually to create a single coherent project. All the individual features of this ever-unfolding drama are organized in the main posts, and will be updated as the work progresses. Stay tuned, and let us know what you think of the progress. -your faithful servant, Garrett

B A C K G R O U N D

A small group of lifetime friends are approaching retirement. Their children are grown and gone. Through a wish to simplify their domestic surroundings and strengthen the social bond between them, they wish to discard their individual family homes and join resources to create a collective living community.

ORGANIZATION

As with all blogs, this one is organized from most recent to least. So you will see the latest progress on this main page, in three posts going backward in time from top to bottom. To get a better understanding of who we are and how we got here, just click on the post titles over there on the right. They are also organized backward in time, from top to bottom.

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

DEVELOPMENT: THE DWELLINGS

Corner res. single story (Phil Knight)
West Elevation

The PLAN



South Elevation
Residential 2-story Experiential Drawings and Models (Juliet Salvato)






Floorplan Diagrams (Candy Liu)
The dining area in these two floorplans is looking toward the community garden and Phil's house.The dining room is very intimate here. The two floorplans both have a secondary living room. The master bedroom on the left floorplan has its own access next to the dining area. And the guest bedroom has to go further down the hallway to enter the room. The floorplan on the right, the master bedroom and guest bedroom share the same path.



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The den in these two floorplans is entirely separated from the house.

Experiential Drawings
Entrance



Dining Area



Den



Master Bedroom

Love to hear comments from all of you.
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Experiential Drawings/Models (Tommy Dalatowski)
This fist drawing focuses on the entertaining aspect of the dwelling. A place to be comfortable and relaxed while still having the natural environment seep into the atmosphere. Playing with the natural light to allow for theater style lighting along the walls as well as a ambient glow across the ceiling.
The following model shows the play with the natural light in the room, along the walls and ceiling.

Against the Floor along the Walls:


Across the Ceiling:


This next drawing depicts the essence of socializing in a shared aspect. I have proposed a shared courtyard the with be embraced by two seperate 2 story dwellings. It is a place to laugh and share stories, BBQ or have some tea. With the living room and kitchen located on the main floor of my proposed residence, it allows for the movement of socialization from the very public courtyard to the semi-public dwelling. Along the same lines, a second floor balcony will be located inside the courtyard to allow for interation between private (bedroom/personal space) and public (courtyard). Again, playing with natural light to provide areas of shade and area's exposed to the sunlight.The following model shows the shade and shadow of the courtyard during different time of the day.

Morning

Noon

Afternoon

This last drawing is a representation of how waking can be decided by the play with natural light once again. During the early part of the morning, ambient light shines on the ground but not force you to get up. However, during the later part of the morning, the natural sunlight coaxes you to get up once it peeks through the upper window. Also, on the west side of the dwelling a light well lures the harsh sunlight down and transforms it into an ambient light that is visible anytime of day.

Early Morning

Late Morning

The following models show the play with natural light in the bedroom.

Early Morning

Late Morning

Lightwell



Experiential Drawings and Models (Paige Thomas)




Experiential Drawings (Brittany Kugler)


sun deck
bathroom
workspace


Experiential Drawings (Davey McEathron)
This first image is a small, personal dining area that captures morning light, as well as light throughout the day and into the sunset. The space was originally intended to be a breakfast room where the day could begin in an atmosphere full of light and views - what a wonderful way to start the day. The room would project out from the facade to allow for 270 degree views, as well as directly face south. The louvers along the top are arranged to keep the highly angled light from the summer sun from heating up the room, but allowing the low angled winter sun to penetrate the space and add solar warmth. The floor could be concrete to trap the solar radiation of the sun and store until the evening when it would help to warm the space.



Single Story Corner Residence: Experiential Drawings+more (Phil Knight)

I have moved the master to the North garden side to create a more private setting. the Living and gathering have been combined to create a more user friendly space. This scheme still allows for the transparency of the structure as well as for the indoor/outdoor relationships to co-exist.


Model of the scheme that will begin to change...






Here is my first attempt at connecting to the retail, community, and the outdoor spaces. I still think there is too much going on and it will begin to become more cohesive as changes take place....or that is my plan anyway.

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The Light and Shadow and there effects on rituals of living.


The Entrance Space.



The Gathering Space.



The Reading Space.



The Washing Space.
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