Project 01: Artist Retreat
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Artist Retreat home is to create a house for a living artist that is involved with work within the landscape and surroundings. This project is supposed to give the artist a place to go when they need to relax and get inspiration. My artist is Mary Miss, for her I wanted to give her a house that was simplistic yet organic when it came to shapes, I wanted to incorporate curves for the exterior so I did for the roof to give it a new feel and so that she could explore the building around her.
Project Research: Mary Miss
For the research regarding Mary Miss I wanted to keep focus on all the,
colors she used in most of her works such as in battery park and many more. I wanted to give her a house that related to her work style and personality traits, as well as incorporating the many curves and organic shapes she uses. I wanted to represent her in a new way that you could
see her without me having to say her name directly.
colors she used in most of her works such as in battery park and many more. I wanted to give her a house that related to her work style and personality traits, as well as incorporating the many curves and organic shapes she uses. I wanted to represent her in a new way that you could
see her without me having to say her name directly.
Design Process:
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For my Design Process I was thinking of having something that would be simple yet different. I wanted a basic design element that incorporated Mary Miss's curves, along with a design that would serve for what the project is based on; a retreat that she could almost remove herself from the world and see the view of the Great North Woods along with much more. This would allow her to gather inspiration and take a break from NYC, and relax in a more urbanized area.
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This is my Floor Plan and Elevation, I decided to keep them both on the same paper for reference from the Elevation to the Floor Plan or vise-versa, I decided to keep my house simplistic yet unique and abstract in it's own way along with the interior keeping it small and yet spacious.
For my final model I used foam core for the exterior of the home and for the roof I used museum board to allow for the flexibility of my curved roof at an angle. As you can see on my final model I have a wall that extends out like a front porch similar to the one I roughly sketched out on my preliminary work, it would have a swing in front as well to give Mary Miss another working space. |
