Day 15: From Site to Detail

In our desk critiques on May Day, we began to increasingly discuss the detailed implications of the projects. Though some students are still clarifying their urban intervention, most are looking at their project in terms of structure and detail. With a number of projects that issue of structure has become a major force in their conception of the project, where issues of support and suspension have taken on an iconic character. In particular there has been a lot of attention on the transition between the urban space of Marion Street--which has a particular scale and character--and the space of the waterfront--which relates much more to the piers, the proposed waterfront design and even the ferries. That transition has been challenging for many as they seek a certain coherence in their projects while responding to these different site conditions.