Freehand exploded axonometric

Here is my current version of the freehand exploded axonometric of my design for Madelon's studio. For both these sections, I still need to add figures and objects to the drawings.

Section 1:50

Here is a 1:50 section of my design for Madelon Vriesendorp's studio on the café site. It sits between two buildings, shown with the gridded bulk. I did this first on ArchiCAD, then illustrator, and finally Photoshop, with some hand drawn elements.

Green roofs

I quickly photoshopped one of the photos of my 1:500 site response model to illustrate how I imagined the building bulk to appear: almost like habitable hills.

1:500 site response model

Photos of my 1:500 concept model of the site. This shows the building elements being torn from the ground, with the roof of the one story elements acting as a garden/ balcony of the two story elements.

Site response

One thing that I really took away from the site was the amount of vegetation, and the relationship the residents in the area had with that vegetation, e.g. impeccably kept gardens, tree houses, ladders in trees, a corn field and banana tree plantations... these are all aspects I want to keep. Therefore, with my design, I am focusing on making it appear as if the units are growing out of the ground, and creating trellised spaces for plants to grow on and to act as a transition space between indoors and outdoors.

Site Analysis

Concept models in detail

My three concept models focus on networks. Concept model 1 focuses on a spiderweb, and the pathways within. Concept model 2 focuses on streets, and the possibility of folding a form of organisation onto itself. Concept model 3 focuses on the pattern within the patter, looking at a street network at various scales, and seeing how much detail is revealed with each shift.