Cottage Design
What is craft?
This graphic organizer helped depict my ideas/beliefs in the regards to what craft is and how it functions in real life/in an architectural sense in the early stages of the design. In short it is my opinion that craft is the creation of a specific form in order to serve a specific purpose.
Client and their Cræft
My client is a craftsman. More specifically he is a leather worker. Leather workers focus on specific details and are a very hands on craft requiring a very careful and resourceful person.
Initial Cottage Investigation
Original Concepts
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Bubble diagram
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This is where my idea was first planned out, originating from the ideas of leather working and how that connects/relates to the ideas of Cræft/Craft and more specifically what that represents for the native Apache tribe. The native Apache tribe was famous for their work with leather especially in regards to the way in which they use every piece of leather that they get from the cow/buffalo using it for things like clothes, baskets and even their homes. This demonstrates craft by their creativity in the ways in which they use their limited materials in order to apply it to their basic needs. This idea uses the ideas of the apache teepee and more specifically the open concept ideas of the teepee |
First Floor plan
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