Wednesday, April 24, 2013

BUILDING MASSING




The ramp leads into the building from the main entrance and so I wanted it to look like it’s piercing out as the runway sort of like an arrow. The long rectangular mass in the middle is surrounded by other masses but it still stands out most because of its verticality.

4 comments:

  1. Exagerate your ideas, ramp, arrow, long rectangular mass surrounded by other masses...
    Start thinking about transparency, and your relation wih your surroundings.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Kamila -

    View orientation can be a really powerful idea, but that only signifies one aspect of your design. What else is driving the form of the building? How are you supporting the cantilever? I want to believe that the "runway" can extend out over the harbor indefinitely, but that's not going to be the case. With so many docks and shipping references along the coast, are you able to draw any inspiration from their form/function? It would stil act as a long, slender form that pierces the body of water, but would be much more practically built.

    Do you have any plans/sections/perspectives or fenestration/transparency diagrams? I would really like to know more about how you make a building of this size work, based solely on the runway component.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thank you for your suggestions, I will keep these things in mind!

      Delete