ASSIGNMENT 7 GARDEN OF SHADOWS (PART ONE )
Your will be studying spatial organization and movement through space. Your garden should consist of a series of unique spaces that use light, shadow and a limited palette of built elements. As you work you will eventually establish a concept for your garden and give a name to at least 4 unique experiences. (As your design skills mature you will be able to formulate a concept very early in the design process).
Changing Scale: Define your existing shallow relief design at a scale of 1/4”=1’‐0” (making your existing design 44’ x 44’ x 4’). Redraw your plan 1/8” = 1’‐0” and copy another version adjacent to your first plan so that you have a plan that is 44’x88’. Keep this underlay as a base to continue your design. It is important to design at a small scale and slowly move up in scale as your progress. Draw a light 4’ grid (or other organizational structure) over your plan and use this as an organizational tool. You may continue to transform your elements as you progress through this project.
Spatial Design: Establish an entry point and begin setting up a series of spaces that are interconnected and lead to other spaces (consider overlapping elements, vistas and other events that might lead a person though the garden). These will be your minimum of 4 unique spaces. Establish an end point. All decisions may be transformed as you design, but DO NOT abandon decisions completely. Always work with what you have completed. Sketch out (1/8” scale) 3 different approaches, in plan. At this scale you will keep your drawings abstract (no detail). Choose one of the 3 partis but keep your 3 beautiful sketches as a record of your starting process.
Monday, September 29: Build Your Base: scale is 1/4” = 1’‐0”. Use 1/2” pieces of Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF) to construct the composition. MDF is available at Home Depot and Lowe’s stores in sheet sizes of 4’ x 4’. The stores may cut these down to 2’ x 4’. Do not glue your base pieces together until you have everything perfectly cut. Roughly cut out a human scale figure in (chipboard or cardboard) for your use while designing.
Wednesday, October 1: Build your model in sketchup and begin developing space on your physical model.
For Friday October 3.
1. Complete a Sketchup model version of your garden based on changes discussed in the review of your material model. (Do not glue your MDF model.)
focus on the following concepts in the redesign:
define your core experiences
use regulating lines to create a design that is whole to part
implement key spatial organization and ordering principles to support your core experiences
2. Present your design on the web with the following:
3-4 nice photos of your original (pre sketch up) mdf model as completed in lose cutouts (Do not glue)
Save the following views in sketch up and post on your web site
top view
sections (2)
overall axonometric
6 eye level perspectives that lead you through the space
3. Experiential Narrative - write a brief narrative, 3-4 paragraphs, that describes the emotions and experiences of your garden design. Link experiences, emotions to the elements and principles of the design. Refrain from describing what you see literally. Focus on the experiences, feelings, emotions, states of mind, atmospheres, and ambiance in relation to the space, principles, and formal elements in your design.
Due October 10at 9:05 (pay attention as interim due dates are announced in class).
Make Space and Shadows: Integrate the following elements on an orthogonal grid:
Planes (any size and any orthogonal openings), 4” to 2 ft. thick – these may be used in the vertical or horizontal. The planes may be carved to alter spatial perception, etc. You might later develop these planes to alter texture and color.
Frames. These may begin as orthogonal but may be transformed later. You may use a single “frame” to support an overhead plane, or it may be used in a series to define space, such as a pergola.
All your decisions should support your conceptual strategy. In other words, as you develop your concept, your
concept will begin to make the decisions for you.