Day 17: From Site to Detail

A number of the students have continued to work on their detailed model as they try to balance that effort with the general approach to the site. Claudia, Gijs and I went around to each of the students to provide some final input before the mid-review on Friday. With a number of the projects the detailed model clearly provoked some new ideas in the broader design of the site. It is evident with this project that even as you develop some aspects in greater detail, they cannot fail to influence the larger scale considerations of the site. In discussing the review with the students, we emphasized the importance of addressing the urban condition of Marion Street and the waterfront condition by the ferry terminal through their perspective drawings. We hope that each student will have a full range of scales of thinking at the review so that they can get the most comprehensive (and detailed) input possible.