Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Monday, February 18, 2008

detail


Section - studio loft/ exhibit hall
1/8" = 1'



Foundation detail
3" = 1'

Saturday, February 16, 2008

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

rain water calculations



For those of you who may be considering rainwater catchment from your project roof areas; here is an awesome site I found with a calculator to give you the cubic-foot, gallons, or acre-foot of catchment...

http://www.grow.arizona.edu/Grow--GrowResources.php?ResourceId=174

Sunday, February 10, 2008

Floor plans [revised 2]

BAC exhibit & residence - 1st floor


BAC studio loft - 2nd floor




BAC classroom & residence - 2nd floor



BAC residence - 3rd floor




quotables and codes...




A good friend of mine gave me a zen calendar of daily quotes and lately it appears to be speaking directly t0 me...for example Saturday's quote:



the sketch is c/o Jade, her thoughts? Clearly that it is all a cat and mouse game...

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

site planning: WATER



Here is the second part of the site series. Water
Roof plan is graphically generated from this study.




Monday, February 4, 2008

site 1

This is the first part of a series that I have developed and will have finalized hopefully tomorrow night.

Sunday, February 3, 2008

the MODERN


Morphosis DR was a study of forms; primarily how to create forms upon a restrictive site. The Modern is a study of water and architecture; the unions seem effortless in both precedents.

Monday, January 28, 2008

Sunday, January 27, 2008

Boston shoreline

The Boston shoreline of 1856 shown in blue. The building site represented by the red marker with the current 2006 city blocks shown.

The Plan


1. Plans:
review of building code

Label plans
Details (path of canyon)
sections: Longitudinal and Transverse
Finalize floor plans (label)

structural plans

2. Water
plan detail
reaction of water upon building and site
shading to graphically explain the water process

3. Rain water collection
cistern details
gray water reuse for site feautres and toilets

4. Mechanical systems

Tuesday, January 22, 2008