During the course of this semester, I studied the Venice III house by Morphosis in
project one. By modeling a small chunk of the Venice III house, I was able to analyze
the strategies that Morphosis employs in order to create the LA school-style homes,
such as offsetting the grid and placement of structural studs, exposing structural
framing members, and creatively using commonly found materials. I transitioned from
the analysis of the Venice III house towards “The Pitch” shed that I was assigned.
In project two, I explored how to merge ideas from P1 into a shed with a classroom
program in mind. Inspired by James Wines, The Point is to Attack work, I utilized a
three-layer wall opening consisting of CMU bricks, bricks, and corrugated metal siding.
A collection of secondary framing members made up the interior framework of the
classroom while the repurposing of the members allowed for various interpretations
of the spaces. In the center of the classroom occupies a sunken gathering space with
a hidden play tube that circles the perimeter of the classroom within the 4’ concrete
riser. All of the walls remain permeable where light, air, and sound can pass through,
reinforcing the idea of transparency and flexibility.
I continued the idea of having flexible spaces in project three in the form of creating
cruciforms in order to demarcate space without the need for fully enclosed walls.
Manipulating the cruciform by scaling, changing the density and orientation,
multiplying, and creating moments of friction and moments of intersection allows for
a simple language as the cruciform to develop. The idea of the cruciform developed
from the intersecting planar elements of P2, where vertical studs collided with
horizontal plywood sheets. Some elements of the cruciform were simplified and
sometimes left with just a line or an L shape or a T shape. A less catholic approach
towards the cruciform was inspired by The Brick House by Mies Van Der Rohe. The
design applies from the extra large-scale cruciform that defines programs, down to
the small-scale cruciform as seen in the furniture scattering the floors.
project one. By modeling a small chunk of the Venice III house, I was able to analyze
the strategies that Morphosis employs in order to create the LA school-style homes,
such as offsetting the grid and placement of structural studs, exposing structural
framing members, and creatively using commonly found materials. I transitioned from
the analysis of the Venice III house towards “The Pitch” shed that I was assigned.
In project two, I explored how to merge ideas from P1 into a shed with a classroom
program in mind. Inspired by James Wines, The Point is to Attack work, I utilized a
three-layer wall opening consisting of CMU bricks, bricks, and corrugated metal siding.
A collection of secondary framing members made up the interior framework of the
classroom while the repurposing of the members allowed for various interpretations
of the spaces. In the center of the classroom occupies a sunken gathering space with
a hidden play tube that circles the perimeter of the classroom within the 4’ concrete
riser. All of the walls remain permeable where light, air, and sound can pass through,
reinforcing the idea of transparency and flexibility.
I continued the idea of having flexible spaces in project three in the form of creating
cruciforms in order to demarcate space without the need for fully enclosed walls.
Manipulating the cruciform by scaling, changing the density and orientation,
multiplying, and creating moments of friction and moments of intersection allows for
a simple language as the cruciform to develop. The idea of the cruciform developed
from the intersecting planar elements of P2, where vertical studs collided with
horizontal plywood sheets. Some elements of the cruciform were simplified and
sometimes left with just a line or an L shape or a T shape. A less catholic approach
towards the cruciform was inspired by The Brick House by Mies Van Der Rohe. The
design applies from the extra large-scale cruciform that defines programs, down to
the small-scale cruciform as seen in the furniture scattering the floors.
THE "LA SCHOOL" - A KINDER-GARTEN-SHED