UNDERGRADUATE STUDIOS
GROUNDWORK:
Students were asked to analyze a given painting and translate it from a two-dimensional image into a three-dimensional ground surface and site. The paintings' compositional qualities were analyzed through a series of diagrams: Regulating lines; figure/ground; geometry and proportion; repetitive and unique elements; and other organizational principles. The analysis and mapping of tone and shape were used to translate the painting into a three-dimensional site.
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Year
01/01/000
To understand how to reinforce diagrammatic means of representation in support of design, the first-year architecture undergraduate students were asked to analyze a site and design a series of forms that respond to and enhance the condition of the landform. Within those forms, the formal response, the design of a visitor center, was created out of the investigatory translation of a piece of Cubism. The design prompt required an intertwining of interior and exterior. Students were asked to consider how their intervention could reveal ways that the building program and form could enrich and strengthen the formal qualities of the site.
The design prompt required an intertwining of interior and exterior. Students were asked to consider how their intervention could reveal ways that the building program and form could enrich and strengthen the formal qualities of the site.
