Conceptual Design II- Steven

Concept 1: Angle, Contour, Segment, Rise, Wing, Slope

Site 3

I developed this design from Concept 1 of the concept design I review.  I focused on designing the form and space of the building in a specific location that best fits the topography and landscape of the chosen site.  I build over the slight slope of the  ravine that runs through site 3. This would allow the water to pass beneath the split that happens between the past and present sections of the proposed building. This site specific design would respond to the landscape of Meadowcroft and the river flowing beneath the building would help in the feeling of transition between all three spaces as visitors navigate through the building.

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Conceptual Design

Phase I

Making the first conceptual models I mostly thought about “time”, “site” and creating a relationship between the two and the building. By looking at the architecture of the past, I tried to imagine how a building in the site, might look like several years from now. And what type of message it would convey.

I imagined that the building could be embedded in the site in way like it has been carved from it. Or it considering the slope of the site, and continuity of time it could have a rising, continuous, evolving and fluid form.

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