Fairfield CT Projects

This tile back splash is shown in 4" x 4" tile from the same handmade/hand painted collection from the Exquisite Surfaces website: La Terre collection, tile number F131520.

Fairfield CT Projects

The tile back splash is composed of 6" x 6" hand made and hand painted terracotta tiles.  The design motif is Moroccan inspired. Tile specification is from the La Terre collection, tile number K1020 from Exquisite Surfaces.

Yale Architecture

                               I'm back on the mark.  My focus is New Haven as my new target.

PROCESS REVIEW













Final Thought

As this marks the last five posters of my project, I must say that ending here has been quite a road trip from where I began.  With much thought and research, and with every single odd against me I have finally arrived to this.  Getting familiar with photoshop was a nightmare!  I must do something about this over break seeing that next semester we will be getting into it even more.  Also,  I had to learn Google Sketch Up and since these computers have crashed so many times, I'm very discouredged to try it in school now.  However it is a handy tool and I plan on using it for a private project on my own this break to get me to become enthusiastic again.  So here is my work.



Poster #1





Poster #2



Poster #3




Poster #4



Poster #5

  

Process

As I first read the program I started to literally draw a circle for every room and the common adjacenties .




Relationship Diagram #1




 

Relationship Diagram #2

 

Then the next step of the process, I decided not to have a heirarchy in my office plan. I started to make bubble diagrams of office layouts according to the program and how I perceived it in my mind.

Bubble diagram of Main Level

Below is the Mezzanine, and I originally thought it out as one solid block overlooking everyone else.



Mezzanine

 Here is the bottom level.  As you can see, it is a very loose sketch.

 



Wellnes Space

 The next phase of the process was doing block diagrams.  I like calculating the square footage of a space because there are different ways you can do it to bring more versatility to the space planning.  I wanted the reception directly in front.  To me, that is a great first impression.  Also, in this phase, I trimmed and cut all of my block diagrams individually on trace to give me the flexibility I needed.  To me, that is the most effective way for me to understand. Below is what I pieced together, literally, from my trace blocks.




First Floor Block Diagram

  With the help of Jesse, the mezzanine was more of a challenge.  With respect to my location, the mezzanine was to have holes to create an island affect from one office to another.  Circulation was generally around the holes to look down.  The path of travel would be wood inlay to give that "boardwalk" affect.


The Wellness space block diagram was designed on CAD.  It is located in template 1. Here are a few photos of inspiration.