Project 1 Final Review Pictures

Ok, so here are the pictures/thumbnails of the documents from the final review of the Donnelly Park project. The first pic is of the 1:10 scale model looking towards the north.

     Model  

Here are the diagrams of the design.  A is the context diagram showing the site’s relationship to the canal, levees, and water level (the site is 9 ft below the water level).  B  is the program diagram, C is for Circulation, and D shows the section lines.

a      b        

c     d

Below are the Plan and three sections for the design.  The basic idea for the design is the concept of intersection of the landform (the hill) and the built construct (the wood decking).  In addition the larger deck slopes up to 9 ft tall to form a personal reflective space that is at the height of the current water level of the canals/lake, and also at the elevation of the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina.  The sections correspond to the section cut diagram above.

  Plan        Section 1    

Section 2      Section 3

 The perspectives try and show how the built park would look and feel to the users.   1 is the view from the primary entrance in the south east corner of the park. 2 is the view facing towards the primary entrance, the small deck and pond, with the larger hill and the 9 ft sloped decking in the background (the water in the perspective definitely needs to be tweaked, or overhauled so that it doesn’t look like a blue cupcake).  Perspective 3 is the view from the north to mid area of the park, looking back toward the larger sloping deck.

  Perspective 1    

Perspective 2     

Perspective 3 

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Spring Break

Its been a little while since I last posted. The review is over and it went fairly well.  I was so tired though, I think I had the shortest presentation of all time. I’m pretty sure it was less than a minute, seriously.  Afterwards I realized that there was alot more I should have talked about, but I don’t think it would have made a big difference in the end.  Anyway I got good feedback from Brad and Elizabeth, hopefully I can use that input on the future projects.  I am working on the last perpsective that I need right now.  Currently I am at home in NC enjoying my break, and working on the last perspective that I need.  So I should have all of the pictutres and drawings posted on Sunday.  Enjoy your Spring Break everyone.

Andrew