Tuesday, August 21, 2007

INTENSIVE SCHEME ONE

FRONT ELEVATION
GROUND LEVEL - FLOOR PLAN

PERSPECTIVE SKETCH - HEADING NORTH
ON DARTMOUTH STREET


MASS STUDY MODEL




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Rick E said...

Progress postings from Boston:

Desk Crit 20 Sept 2007

Concept: SEE - CELEBRATE - TOUCH - EXPERIENCE

Sorry, I missed the beginning of this critique so this will be somewhat incomplete

Move the genius bar to the front for...

Theatrical in nature - “harvesting” the products for customers after purchase - visible to the street - employees are the actors

Communication can open/close be accessible/inaccessible
The corner can open up/close down

The “Fin” to draw people in. Ted wondered if this could somehow extend the mezzanine into the street and asked how the feature could activate this section and how the surface that extends into the building better focus on seeing and being seen

Ted asked that you justify your structural ideas - not sure about the glass elevator (but applaudes the gesture) - asked to look at the new ICA

Pin-Up 21-August-2007

SEE - CELEBRATE - TOUCH - EXPERIENCE

Churches, Hancock, and Library do not interact with the square
Can we enhance or celebrate the square through the architecture

SEE - many perspective from which to see - by car primarily limited to two - on foot from all directions.

CELEBRATE -

Church is aCelebration of Religion
Library is a Celebration of Knowledge
Hancock is a Celebration of Commerce
Square is a Celebration in various ways

TOUCH - is very Apple

Theatrical in nature - main shopping are is elevated - creates a stage - the building is alive - all functions are revealed - about seeing and being seen - using glass to frame the landscape

Keeping the building low so that more of the square is revealed

“Harvesting” a farm of products - boxes are arranged artistically and visible - workers delivering them are actors

“Fin” - create false perspective and frames the view of the church vestibule - and draws people into the building.

Ted: Seeing and being seen is topical with U-Tube, etc.
May need to define the line - where do you stop being seen?

Has problem with “pods” being historical - may need to view of Tokyo Apple Store??

The corner column
turns the corner
holds up the building
provides vertical circulation
but does not ask questions
can it make a statement which is less certain?

Look at the Wall House by John Hejduk

In summary:
The floating plane works
the layer works
mezzanine works
column does not
tailor the views more?

Think about the glass which be omitted if in a different climate and how to make that work in this climate

August 21, 2007 at 11:57 PM

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