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Project 1 - Intentions1

Project 2 - Viewing Platform5

Project 3 - Programme9

Project 4 - House13

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project 1 - Intention

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use vi - Peter Eisen

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Assignment: Each student was asked to form groups of 2 and study a particular precedent house to gain knowledge on unique architectural elements. Areas of focus include Parti diagrams and Transformations, Site Integration, Plans, Elevations, and Sections. Further investigation could be made in lighting, materiality, and experience.

Deliverables: A series of original work compiled in booklet format outlining the certain unique nuances pre-sented by the architect and their work.

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9 GRID

SECOND PLAN

STRICT

MAIN PLAN

“FORM DOES NOT FOLLOW FUNCTION”

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use vi - Peter Eisen

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LOGICAL

DYSFUNCTION

In an attempt to prove himself as a paper architect, more prone to models than constructed buildings, Eisenman followed an ideal geometric pattern to inform all of his design ideas. The house follows a specific grid pattern that has been altered to form spaces. Spaces formed for no specific intention has created a chaotic space prone to confusion and dysfunction. With zero connection to its surrounding, House VI pushes away the site in an attempt to resemble a scaled model rather than a real home.

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project 2 - viewing platform

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Assignment: Students were assigned to analyze a city of Calgary park off of Shaganappi Point C-Train Station in order to situate and design a viewing platform. The design of the viewing platform required the architecture to be based off of previous ideas explored in Project 1 and around an ephemeral weather pattern. Peter Eisenman’s geometric grid, and the predominate wind patterns were used for the design. Deliverables: Create a series of illustrations documenting the progression of design to create this viewing platform, including Conceptual Process, Site Analysis, Plans, Sections, and Renderings.

Intensity of North WestPrevailing Wind

Intensity of South WestPrevailing Wind

North West Wind

South West Wind

Viewing Platform

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The pure geometric form, created by the intersecting planes, has allowed for an interesting play on intentionality. The surface of the viewing platform is designed to act as a clean slate among the natural chaos of the site, to receive patterns of flow through natural or artificial effects. Artificial patterning comes in the form in which individuals explore and experience the space. The strong and imposing concrete pillars rise in varying heights giving people a feeling of claustrophobia among the taller structures and a feeling of relief when moving between the shorter pillars.

The natural effect that has been studied for this intervention is the use of Calgary’s strong wind patterns. The winter months bring in large amounts of snow that are moved around by the wind and are forced to travel through the design in a very simplistic but pleasing pattern. The snow drifts are then melted in a particular fashion and drained off the site, ready to receive the next natural pattern.

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project 3 - Programme

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Assignment: Using the site from the previous project as a base, students were assigned to design a building programme for a house. The programme required a study on chosen fictional clients and their daily routines. Given the clients life cycle, the students were then asked to incorporate a social perimeter that should be addressed with this house design. The clients and the social perimeter allowed for an interesting programme that allowed for the 2 styles to live in harmony. The clients were a young musician’s couple who have set out to re-introduce pleasing sound to the site which is riddled with noise pollution.

Deliverables: Students to provide the required rooms and spaces for the clients and for the social perimeter. Spatial proximity is key. Spatial layouts were not required at this stage of the project.

living room

bedroom

bathroom

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dining room

kitchen

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living roombedroom

bathroomo�ce dining room

kitchen

stage

gallery

practice room

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workroom

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proximety of required rooms

proximety of musician’s rooms

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entrance

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dining room

kitchen

stage

living room

bedroom

bathroom

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practice rooms

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gallery

presentation

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main level

transparency: The house invites the general public using the site into what is seen as a private dwelling. The strong barrier of a private space opens up, allowing visitors to enter the house at will. Integrated design, seen moving from the public into the private, gives users a comfortable reason to enter the private dwelling.

flow: Symphony is created inside the house connecting otherwise separated spaces. The sound created within the context of the edifice is also transmitted to the site with the intention of blocking out noise pollution from Crowchild Trail. The layout of spaces rotating around a central stage atrium allows sound to travel unobstructed. barrier: The music moving from the house to the surrounding community may not always be appreciated by neighbours, and thus must be minimized to reduce conflict. Materiality choices, and design intervention coincide to prevent nuisance.

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project 4 - house

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Assignment: Using the programme, students were required to design a house that fit the exact needs of the clients and social perimeter. The size of the house was to sit within 1500-2000 SQFT and could situate itself anywhere within the site, as long as there was a specific intentionality

Deliverables: Create a series of illustrations documenting the progression of design to create this house, including Conceptual Process, Site Plans and Sections, Plans, Sections, Material Tectonics and Visualizations

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7. ensuite8. practice room9. platform10. outdoor patio11. entrance12. entry closet

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7. ensuite8. practice room9. platform10. outdoor patio11. entrance12. entry closet

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The Symphonic House is designed around the architectural elements of Progression and Barrier. The progression is derived from the movement that a musician takes when approaching a performance; reflection, preparation, performance. This can be seen in the linear shape of the house through spaces typo graphed as reflective, preparative, and performative.

Barriers are required to limit sound exposure to certain sections of the site and can be seen in the strong concrete roof line extending down the exterior walls. The central stage has a juxtaposed roof to clearly delineate which section of the house is meant for sound and where is it more reserved.

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