Saturday, September 20, 2008

Do-over


I wish I had found this sketch-up plug in BEFORE my last hand in! Oh well.

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Final Hand Up



Well here it is. Not realy all that happy with it but im happy enough.


I was very unclear if we were to incorporate multiple different designs or just the one. So I eventually ended up combining elements of all of my designs into one home and then arranging them on the site appropriately.


They were positioned to centralise the courtyards and to protect them from the outside world. The inhabitants of each home could easily interact with one another if the so desired, but they could also retreat inside if they wished.


I think the overall form of the snake scales/skin comes thru enough without being to obvious or cliche. I was most happy with Northern elevation. I think it has alot of impact and bold form.

Evolution





Form






I used these images as inspiration for the basic strcuture of the building. The overlapping and connections between the individual scales was interesting to me and this form has evolved and changed over various stages thru my project.