Beginnings of a Building

So we've finally started working on the design for our film archive.  Today we needed to have three schemes with a plan, section, and model for each.  The schemes come from 1) something from the cubist investigation, 2) something from the machines for seeing, and 3) something from the site investigation/map.

My first idea from the cubist painting is a long, linear building which slopes down and goes under ground (like a rhombus).  This takes the idea of the long building I used in the building we created for the cubist site project and takes the idea of part of the building being underground.  Above ground, one would see a wedge.

My second idea, from the site project, incorporated weaving into my building.  The archive would be raised over the library and Emerson Building and the first floor would weave around the two buildings and the second floor would weave opposite the first floor.

My last idea came from the machines for seeing.  I used the machine for seeing nothing and the idea that what is in the center can me reflected up, down, and side to side.  This "+" shape could then be turned and become an "x" stacked on top.  The final idea was a stack of + x +.  This idea was almost immediately shot down.  This building didn't relate to the site or the other designs because it was more of a tower than a linear project.

The wedge got good reviews.  It's a bold statement and could be easily placed on the site.  The weaving project was turned on its side and could be stretched or made multiples of to make it longer.  The last solution put the weave in the wedge.  The weave becomes a weaving of program and the wedge remains the bold statement.