Response to Progress

by workbymichelletodd

This past Friday was a critical point for the process of this project; it was the day of the mid-review. Up to this point I have gone through numerous iterations of pushing and pulling volumes in the attempt to create a building that appeared more dynamic than static, considering that my main objectives of this building are to convey some of the nature of law as well as promote walkability within the community. I have come to the conclusion over the past few weeks that law is a entity that pushes and pulls within itself. It is always responding to different conditions within the principles of the judicial system. I decided to focus on walkability within my project to promote ease for the local residents to engage with their community and be able to interact with a critical underpinning of community, which is law and the judicial process. From those two concepts, I have been pushing to create a building that spoke with a similar nature.

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As always, it is a good idea to occasionally have reviews from people who are not so involved with the project. This allows for opinions to be expressed from a different vantage than you may personally see with your project. In the process of this project I have pushed to create a building that has different plans for each level and each level responds to the prior so that the building looks different from every angle. However, from the review of the critics, it seems that I need to control and refine my concept. While the basis to my idea is good, I need to bring my ideas together and design a building rather than design 4 separate floors that create 4-1 story buildings stacked together. This advice has opened my eyes to the necessity of really expressing the common elements in plan through exterior strategies. I really need to dive into my plan and strengthen elements to work together so that their is recognizable familiarity from the exterior, which will make the building have a more comfortable environment within context and with the visitors.