Zachary Se: Architectural Design II

Project 01: Border Work/Study Zone

In this project I took the characteristics of both sides of the Mexico and U.S. border and put it into an art form to communicate with each other through space. I took several different elements and history background of each side to create a story behind the structure of the border wall study. On Mexico side I have added the migration graph of drug cartels coming into the United States to communicate the relations between Mexico and U.S.. Over on the other side I've added Trump to state the purpose of the border wall.

Concept Design
In this Borderlands Study Project I have created multiple prototype models and design for the final product. In most of my early work I used a combination of verbs such as:
  • Curve
  • Bend
  • Shift
  • Branch
​In the making of my prototype models I was figuring out what structure of the roof top will function correctly through sunlight exposure. Most of the the models seemed to adjust properly well to sunlight except for my last model. In my last model there seem to be a lot of exposure which can go horribly wrong, because of too much sunlight.

Final Drawings and Model

 In my final product I tweaked some small changes on both sides with some finishing touches. I have added more trees to reduce the sun exposure in the southern and northern elevation. Most of my interior has been tweaked too including the rooms to create more space.

Project 02: Borderlands Community