This semester we have faced the challenge of designing an
Olympic legacy master plan in Barra Da Tijuca, Rio De Janeiro. Although the master plan was a group project,
we were also given an individual problem of designing a residential building,
whether apartment, or hotel. We spent
all semester analyzing site conditions, historical, cultural, and geographic
contexts. Likewise, zoning and building
codes were addressed for each individual project from construction type to
egress and structural analysis.
During undergraduate studio classes, I would often jump
into Revit, or another BIM software too quickly from the urge to produce fast plans,
perspectives, and renderings. Although I
was happy with most of my conceptual designs, there were always a set of design
decisions made simply because Revit could or could not do something.
The goal for this design was to remove BIM modeling
completely except for a couple renderings for visualization only. Furthermore, I intended to use sketches and
models for quick iterations and concepts.
Every plan started as a sketch, scanned, and I drafted over the sketches
into digital software for clean presentation diagrams and sections.
One of the end
products of this exercise was the profile of my building. Aside from being derived from many
inspirations and concepts, the wavy profile line could not be replicated
without drafting over my sketch (I tried several times). The following are initial iterations, process
models, and sketches.
Figure 1: Initial
Sketch During Conference Call
The inspiration sketch above was derived from a
conference call with two people, one a Brazilian native, and one living and
working in Rio. During this sketch were
several notes important to Brazilians and their culture.
Figure 2: First
Model Derived from Initial Sketches
Figure 3: Further Sketches Incorporating Program and
Context
Figure 4: Another
Concept Model / Exacto Blade Receptacle
Figure 5: Site Plan Initial Sketch
Figure
6:
Structural Model
Figure 7:
Perspective from Promenade
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