Gallery Display

Midterm Mark-Ups

Explanation:      
 The idea behind the building is a mirrored image of the cites circulation. There are alleyways that connect the city streets together.  These alleyways and sidewalks are what people use to walk throughout the city of Charleston.  While cars use main streets and one way side streets to travel through the city.  So with in the building the circulation, streets mirror the primary movement throughout the building.  Alleyways represented in the building almost have their own primary circulation rather secondary only. The idea of vehicle transportation vs. the people walking, which is a vertical horizontal version of circulation becomes more vertical on this site.  The building will take up most of the site, leaving a small alleyway in the back to separate it from the existing buildings. Since alleyways are used throughout the city to connect circulation, a main alleyway  leads one into the main circulation of the building becoming the main entrance.  Once  one enters the main circulation which is a  tube structure connects all of the public circulation. So one can occupy the public spaces while school is not in session.  The entire building is pushed to the ends of the site to make the public space in the center of the site.   
Summary of jury comments:      
The main thing I understood from their comments was I need to have more of a open public space.  I need to not just make an alleyway for the entrance and back of the building, it needs to have more meaning behind it.  If I am going to represent an alleyway it needs to be more clear.  The overall building also needs more design behind it. Also the plans and sections need to show more of what my building is doing.   
What to do from here: 
Now I need to go back to the city and look at it in more depth. Since alleyways are a big part of my project I need to look at them more to see how the work so it can be represented more in my building.  I need to do some diagramming of the city that would help the form and flow of the build more. Also i need more structure showing with the building.