Audrey Cramer: Architectural Design I
Project 01: Fibonacci Pavilion
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In the midst of the 2022 winter olympics, it only made sense to base a project around an olympic sport. The olympic sport I chose was snowboarding, and my ultimate goal was to represent the movement and flow of the sport. After some study of snowboarding and the motion of it, I started designing drawings, plans, and models that I felt represented the sport accurately.
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Image comes from Pix4free, edited to B&W
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Project Olympic Sport: Slopestyle Snowboarding
Word Drawing
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FLOWDefinition: To go from one place to another in a steady stream.
Synonyms: GLIDE DRIFT SWEEP |
In my word drawing, I really tried to represent the flow of snowboarding and the motion moving down the slope. I put harsher lines on the outside, with hard lines and angles. Through the center, I used more rounded shapes and curves to try and show the movement from the top left corner to the bottom right corner, in a flowing - water like - motion. Even throughout the background, I tried to keep it open enough and show some possible paths, where you could imagine something flowing through it or moving with the pattern. I tried to create as much contrast as I could with the black and white, using the black for the borders and solid portions, and the white for the free moving bubbly parts.
After studying the sport more, and creating this first piece, my view of the motion of the sport became more vertical, and less horizontal and stationed. Still going with the flow of the sport for my next pieces, I focused more on the different planes of the course. I wanted to represent the motion from the starting point all the way down to the end, with the rails, and obstacles along the way.
After studying the sport more, and creating this first piece, my view of the motion of the sport became more vertical, and less horizontal and stationed. Still going with the flow of the sport for my next pieces, I focused more on the different planes of the course. I wanted to represent the motion from the starting point all the way down to the end, with the rails, and obstacles along the way.
Olympic Pictogram Studies
Through the pictogram studies, I discovered that slopestyle snowboarding is more obstacle based, and less speed and gliding. This portion of the project also urged me to use more vertical aspects later on in my plans and models than I had used in the beginning of the project.
Drawings and Model
Wfen making my original 3 plane model, I was thinking of it mostly in a horizontal aspect and was trying to show the motion on the larger horizontal plane. Towards the end of working with just the 3 plane model - before creating my final model - I realized that I could incorporate the vertical aspects of the piece as well, and give it a more 3 dimensional feel.
Plan Oblique Drawing of Final Model
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Final Model
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In my final model, I used horizontal planes to try and imply the movement from a high beginning point, all the way down to the ground. I staggered the planes to show the zig-zag motion of the snowboarder on the way down, also showing the original idea of flowing.
Final Sketchup Model
Project 2: House for an Olympian
After completing our first project, the Fibonacci Pavilion, we were tasked with growing and developing the structure into a house suitable for an olympian. After many, many concept designs, layouts, and site studies, we picked a final idea to go all the way with, finishing the project off with completed floor plans, elevations, and models.
Site Studies
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For my site, I picked Wyoming. With plenty of mountain ranges and beautiful forests, it seemed like the perfect place to build a house for an Olympic snowboarder. |
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Site Plan
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For our site plans, we had to draw 5 lines randomly on a page, then switch papers with someone else. For snowboarding, we were required to add 5 additional lines, in order to have a valley somewhere on our site. |
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Concept Designs
For my initial concept designs, I wanted to incorporate a slope in the model that would be useable by whoever lived in the house. I came up with a few ideas that has slopes or domes - all of which I liked a lot - but one of the final requirements for my site was that I had to include a halfpipe. Some of my first ideas didn't work well with a halfpipe, so I morphed on of my original ideas ("The Cube") into a more V-shaped building, that looked more natural with the valley on my site.
Final Design
For my final design, I tried to go back to my original ideas with the Fibonacci Pavilion and the concept of flow. I went for a very bubbly and rounded look with the outside of the building, but I added some harsher lines through the 3 levels in an attempt to keep the whole thing from looking like a giant bubble. I wanted the building to blend well with the land around it, so i decided to place my house i the valley - so that it moves with the shape of the land - and I used mainly glass and concrete for the materials on the outside to go for a more natural look.