Alyssa Seward : Architectural Design
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Hello, and thank you for viewing my project! The last few weeks in class I have worked to portray the element earth in an architectural format through the use of Sketchup, cardboard modeling and paper diagrams. All of it centers back to the Fibonacci sequence, which was the goal of the project- to represent both your element and your sequence in a physical way. With that in mind I started out with the diagram on the right. We recreated the sequence in order to get a better understanding of its structure.
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Earth Elemental CollageThe element I chose for my project was Earth, and the things I discovered about the element is that it focused more on natural elements rather than man-made ones. The structures rely on nearby resources, such as clay, wood, or stone, and often don't contain much "modern" styled architecture. It's much sturdier than the other elements, appearing more "boxy" and with less free-standing areas.
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Plane Study
Plane Study Model Angle 1
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Plane Study Model Angle 2
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With my three plane model, the thing I wanted to focus on was retaining the Fibonacci shape. The plane in front (view on the left) was meant to be smaller than the one on the back in order to represent a progression in size. With that in mind I also tried to make a space that represented the triangular shape of a mountain. The two vertical planes form an angle.
With my full project, the feeling I wanted to evoke was claustrophobia, and I achieved this by using my 8x5 planes to close off the shape into a tight cube. With my basswood I tried to make the structure feel a bit like a mineshaft, with support beams strewn about everywhere. My original structure serves as a way of essentially cutting the entire thing in half, forcing you to use the established entrances in the shape instead of going around them.
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