10-28 Pin Up

Here is the material for todays pin up...more material study & CMU patterning, minor revisions to the form, and some rough renders. Plans are still the same, for now.

Unit Plans Take 1

Havana Urban Farming

Some farm diagrams from my research on urban farming in Havana, Cuba. Ill be posting a good bit more on this at a later date.

Thank you Joshua Prince-Ramus...

"Architecture for the last 100 years has had this dichotomy where you're either a formalist or a functionalist, but that's bullshit. You should be both and exceed both, even if you're sometimes predominantly one or the other."

-Joshua Prince-Ramus (REX Architects) in an interview with Forbes (full article here)



If only I could show this to some of the professors around here without getting blacklisted for good...

CMU Study

Site Zoom & Material Analysis

Further analysis on my zoomed in site, the 4-unit minicluster that I will be designing from here on out. Also, some material studies on how to hybridize elements or materials for greater use or effect.

My Ecology of Cities Blog

For one of my electives, Ecology of Cities, we have to create a blog and post articles, etc on a wide range of topics. Pretty much anything to do with environment, sustainability, or cities.

Take a look:

Sloan's EOC Blog

Studio Midterm

Generally finished with master planning, now we zoom in and start designing units, then that will start to re-inform the master plan.

Dumpster Swimming in NYC

Interesting article on some urban fun in the city:

Dumpster Swimming in NYC

10-1 Review

By increasing density through a series of localized clusters, we can simultaneously increase privacy and community.

To achieve this, the concept of “multi-family” is reconsidered. By breaking apart a typical 4-unit residence back into single homes within the same lot, the density and communal aspects are maintained, all the while allowing for increased density.