Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Waterfront Research







Chosen Site: Manhattan

I chose this site due to a number of reasons:

1 - Poses a design challenge due to the site being very narrow
2 - Located near a landmark (Pier 17) 
3 - The zoning restrictions can provoke an interesting conceptual shape.

Link towards site analysis

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Case Studies






















Typology

Danny Batista
ARCH 3610
Prof Jil & Lia
9/10/2014

1.       Which building typology you are researching?
-         The building typology that I am researching for this design project would be an educational facility.
2.      Why are you researching this building typology?
-         The reason why I am researching this type of building is due to two reasons. One is that I have never designed a school before for an urban site and second it would expand my knowledge on education type building/construction.
3.      What is the specialty of this building type you would like to research i.e. museum for dance, school for digital media…
-         My school specialty would emphasize on fashion design.
4.      What are the examples that you will be researching… list the examples, location and architect  (10 examples)
1 – Fashion & Art Graduate School in Tel Aviv/Chyutin Architects

2 – Tokyo Fashion Museum Proposal / MUS Architects
3 – Pearl Academy of Fashion / Morphogenesis
4 – Lisbon Design and Fashion Museum
5 – Fashion Pavilion / John Lewis & Grimshaw
6 – Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising
7 – Chochin: Tokyo Fashion Museum

8 – LIM College for Business ofFashion

9 – National Institute of Fashion Technology

10 – Waltham Forest College
5.      What are you goals for working with this building type?
-         My goals for this type of school are to…

 1 - Approach the design from different point of views of fashion and designs
 2 - Express designer’s ideas through my design
 3 - Introduce fashion design at an urban scale
6.      What are the program elements that you see included at this point in your building? (may  evolve once more research is done)
1 – Main Entrance
2 – Reception
3 – Exhibition Area
4 – Lecture Theater
5 – Studios
6 – Library
7 – Resource Center
8 – Class Rooms
9 – Labs
10 – Admins Office
11 – Staircases
12 – Outdoor Seating
13 – Backstage
14 – Lockers
15 - Shop


Urban Walls