Concept: Prospect and Refuge

Portray prospect + refuge theory through spacial configuration and manipulation of light.

Prospect (ability to see into the distance)
- brightness in view
- visual distance
- ability to get to a point for a better view
- horizon + sky imagery
- strategic viewing locations
- view corridors

Refuge (sense of enclosure or shelter)
- canopy effects (lowered ceilings, screening)
- variation in light effects (darker suggests refuge)
- enclosing surfaces
- penetrable barriers and surfaces for views out

Heerwagen and Hase - Characteristics of Biophilic Buildings

First Ideas

Site: barren, isolated, a lookout?

Rooms: Room above ground - a room for the girl to read her letters - her connection to the outside world, a place for fresh air and daylight.


Room below ground - a room no one sees, like the emotion she hides from the world.

Narrative

A lookout for a lonely woman awaiting news of her husband to return home.

Painting - Vermeer

Vermeer - A Girl Reading A Letter By An Open Window

Mood: Sad. Alone.

Space: Small. Confined.

:: Project 2 - Room and Narrative

Final Poche Drawings

Ground Floor

First Floor

Section

Final Parti Drawings

Geometry

Enclosure

Circulation

Program

Structure

Final Model

Final Model on Exhibit

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Ramp Detail

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Spiral Stair Case Detail
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Model Progression

Ground Floor

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Ground/First Floor Section

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Section with the ramp in place
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Beginning to put walls and skylights on first floor
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Beginnings of the Model

Ground Floor