Showing access to roof top greenspace from street level.
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5 comments:
Curtis,
The plan reads and is very rigid: especially the stairs are relentless! There are ways to downscale them without reverting to your previous option.
What is exactly in the narrow green spaces? At the beginning you had wild diagonal swings in geometry, that were indeed a bit much, but on a smaller scale could give relief the relentless paralell lines. By letting the space expand and contract you can give it more meaning.
What is the Employee space? And why is so thin and linear? Since this is one program you could easily move that to the back and open up space to weave the 3 thin stripes together.
In general I am looking for ways to "soften" the layout without giving up it's logic.
You chose to ignore to show what's going on the lower plaza outside your building. This should be an integral part of the design!
The second level is unclear to me: are we looking at a roof plan? There is no information on what's happening here.
Overall I find the graphics very neutral and bare: they are not nearly as nice and suggestive as your hand drawings. This week draw by hand!
Enno
Hey Curtis -
Some quick comments:
I'm having a somewhat difficult time from the plans understanding how I would access the green spaces in between your buildings. I suspect they are accessible, but the intent isn't clear on your plan.
Secondly, is there any special programming that occurs on the strips of green space versus the green of the building tops? You might consider how those two experiences are different, if you intended them to be.
I'm a little disapointed you strayed from the black and white graphics on these plan drawings. Your site plan with an additional layer of information would look quite nice in your overall presentation.
Hi Curtis! Here's a thought I had during your presentation that might apply after i have looked at these plans as well. It might be kinda cool to have your first floor green space lead up to the second floor green space so that you never have to enter the building to get to the roof top. I think the drawing I found the most intriguing was an early perspective that showed the plants turning into the sidewalk and i thought the reverse might be intersting as a way to transition up.
Good luck!
Hi Curtis!
I am glad that you are keeping with your original concept - I think it is an aggressive concept and its nice to see that you are really trying to develop it!
My one question for you, which goes along with what the others have commented on - is about your green space. Is this mostly space for the greenery around your building to grow and expand? Would it be places for people to sit quietly or even to access? Could it be a greenhouse type of space where plants are grown (perhaps veggies for the restaurant - they could serve fresh, organic produce, grown right at the site).
Once again, I'm glad you are sticking to your guns - good for you!
:)
Hi Curtis,
I had really enjoyed your hand drawings at the intensive presentation. Looking at your diagrams, it seems a bit rigid. I didn't get the same feeling of the nice green space that kind of pulled you into the space as how you showed it on your hand drawings. I don't mean to be a pain, but I would really like to see more perspective sketches of what you want to show with these spaces. I guess to make it look more softer than the rigid lines.
I agree with Melissa about integrating the 1st level with the 2nd level with the green spaces. It would be interesting to see how they will interact with each other.
Keep up the great work!
Jenny
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