We have accomplished a great deal in the past week. This will allow us a significant amount of time for finishing touches in the coming weeks. Upcoming goals include selecting and modeling perspectives for interiors, and landscape/surrounding area development for the architects.
First are more detailed images of our site development and analysis of the topography of the site.
Next are process images of the development of the parking lot area that is to serve both our building and the existing strip mall.
Next the architects focused on creating the structural grid for the building. When consulting their structures teacher, our architects found that certain cantilevered aspects of our building would not be structurally sound. This led to the reimagining of several spaces to keep the same overall feel of the building while incorporating a sound structural grid. Following are sketches of the options and trials of the grid system.
After pinning down the final structural grid, several changes needed to be made to the floor plans. Most of the blocks needed to be altered at least slightly to accommodate these changes. Process of floor plan changes follow.
Finalizing the structure and layout of the building allowed the architects to fully focus on the exterior massing and details.
Look to our next post for sketchup images of the building as well as images of the custom pieces being designed for several interior areas.
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