Form and Function?

by JP Mays

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This model was a combination of one of my rather blocky models and a more sculptural one.  The skin ended up being more figural and sail-like, which diverges too much from my weaving concept.  It was successful, though, in that it began to integrate an idea of skin with my interior volume concepts.

This led to a very organic investigation of connection to the site and the landscape, and how to weave that into a structural system to create spaces or vantage points.  I tried to explore the relation to the street, the nearby park, and views to Uptown.  So far, I’ve been pursuing this from the outside in.  Moving forward, I’ll be diving into the program and trying to merge my exterior, formal studies with a more direct programmatic approach.

Is It Possible To Freeze Movement?

by fcahill

I began this past week still looking at the individual courtrooms but progressed to looking at the court set as a whole within the site.  I continued to focus on ‘movement through built-form’ and fluidity by expanding to a slightly more flushed out concept model.

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Interpretive Dance

by caroothers

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Working toward extruding the dominant courthouse circulation into a site form.  The Lines of the interior circulation become the form of the building gesturing toward the public spaces and toward the greater Charlotte City Center.  A Sketch Model development toward discovering the form of lines.

Slipping

by Anna Raines

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My ideation models continue to explore the threshold concept begun in my site analysis, investigating the relationship between threshold and the court set. The expression of threshold at this stage has taken the form of “slipping” horizontal/vertical planes and light as the primary means of defining  the space of the courtroom and court set.