The "S" house

Thoughts underlying this idea:

-arms open to public (we envisioned the angle opening toward the recreation field)

-watering hole (have filtration system at the 'elbow' and allow clean water to gather in are facing public so people can come and drink water)

-nature defines circulation (planters define space)

A person would enter on the right end into the living are, led in via a curved wall. The kitchen would be divided from living by planters with edible plants. Planters curve through service space (laundry and bathroom) leading to private area of bedrooms. Service space also displays mechanism of water filtration on public side. Bedrooms open toward a private 'greenhouse' type space which is where water collection takes place. It has an exit to a private backyard defined by another curved wall.

Capture the Rain

Hey guys, if you have some free time check out this link to ArchDaily about one of the entries to the eVolo Skyscraper Design Challenge, they were one of the Honorable Mentions. Fairly interesting idea on how to capture rainwater on the macro skyscraper scale. Not exactly applicable to what we are doing, but the idea is somewhat related.

Enjoy.

http://www.archdaily.com/52671/capture-the-rain-h3ar/#more-52671

Lecture Notes + Concept Generation

Fairly self explanatory posting, just putting up my limited amount of notes from today's lecture and the pictures of the whiteboard notes from today's meeting. Please refer to these in the generation of your concepts and keep in mind this "Holistic Approach" we are trying to achieve, this layering of information, systems, ideas, etc...

Again I am really looking forward to what we all come up with, now is the time to run free with the ideas that we have all been thinking about. Remember, nothing is too crazy at the point, explore as much as possible, work out as many idea sets as you can, but most importantly, have some fun with it and you may have some surprising results!

Studio Notes from 3/11/2010

Hey guys, here are my notes from Last Thursday's Studio Session. Please review the assignment sheet that is listed below the notes for more direction on what we will be working on for next week. Please take the time to go through the research that has been posted on the FTP thus far, but the main focus will be on generating design concepts. Use any means/mediums you feel are necessary to help you produce your ideas. Also after this post I will be posting the pictures and notes from today as a reminder of what we discussed during today's meeting.

I am really looking forward to seeing what we can produce!

Studio Notes Part 2

Studio Notes Continued

These are the last two studio sessions, as well as notes from our Meeting and Activity with HAC. I will be scanning my notes from the in studio sessions from now on and posting them here to keep you guys in the loop in conjunction with the emails, since there are times I will forget something I write off to the side on the page.

Studio Notes Part 1

Just some of my notes from the Thursday night sessions, I will post the others notes and sketches as there is a five image limit.