Concept models

My professor's asked for 9 concept study models, the project description is below.

Concept Development:  Part 2

These collages will be used to take pieces from to create small conceptual models using a variety of materials. Each concept model should have a 3”x3” base and be constructed from a wide variety of materials. Think of the material when creating these models and what it represents in your collages. If there is shade and shadow along a curve in one of your collages, perhaps this can be reflected in your three dimensional physical model in two different materials that interlock in an arc or curve that penetrates the 3”x3” base and rises above into one another.

From you collages, you will create (3) models each on a 3”x3” base for each of these collages. There will be 3 models per collage for a total of 3 collages and 9 models due for the next class.

                               Concept Collages-                           http://arch3610fall14brogers.blogspot.com/2014/10/concept-collages.html

 The model that is displayed above is a model created from the ideas and thought process behind my first concept collage which was the impression of the site. When going to the site I felt like there was nothing but opportunity waiting for me. As soon as I started to look at this empty land in the center of all these other structures I thought this can be a powerful project.  On my collage there is a pair of hands creating a triangular form which hold the image of a plant growing through concrete. From there I tried to portray a view seeing an image but can change from different perspectives, which is why I created different openings showing partial pieces of other openings to create the idea of different perspectives. 

This model came from the actual orientation of the site how there’s all these structures around and the site lies in the center. I tried to use two different materials to show that our site can be like a nucleus to the area. I used the mesh to represent the existing buildings and I used a plastic material to show the uprising of different ideas. I wanted to show that it can be the missing piece of the community while having its own feel.

This model is very similar to the one posted above, it is a model which was also created on the orientation of the site but instead of it being flat I created a more dynamic model. I tried to show how my ideas are going different directions and the possibilities for the site are endless. The mesh shows my thought process and contains different materials in the mesh to show the eruption of ideas while the paper material shows the surrounding structures. One emotion that I felt when I got to the site was a sense of enclosure which is why I made the mesh come above the paper material to bring out the views of the seaport area.

The model above is a model that represents the second collage which was based on our interpretation of the word edge. One of my interpretations is to have a “slight edge on someone”. So there for I bonded two materials together making one more dominant than the other.

Another interpretation of the word edge is to “reach a limit” to reach the edge. On the college I have a picture of a champagne bottle; in the model I tried to express the same thing. I tried to have all these different materials (rubber bands and push pins) out of a cylindrical object.  I wanted to try and recreate the action of a shaken champagne bottle.

Edge can also be defined as the start of something such as “the edge of the war” or “the edge of a race”. On my collage I used the image of a starting line of a footrace. So in this model I used different materials that follow the same oath to resemble the motion of a race.

This model was created based on the last collage that I made which was the program of the site. I am planning on making a community center, but not just any community center. I want to bring the community program that it doesn't already have like a pool or a barbershop or a gymnasium .One of my ideas is bringing in a barbershop, on this model I tried to represent a barbershop using different materials and shapes. I used to rectangular shapes to represent scissors, aluminum foil to represent the reflection of the mirrors and copper wire to represent the electricity being used by the machines.

Another piece of program for my community center Is a basketball gymnasium. My model represents the motion of a basketball going into the basketball rim then through the net and then repeating itself.

The last model that I created was created to represent the building typology itself which is a community center.  I created a barrier and inside I placed multiple pieces that are of the rectangular shape but contain different characteristics such as length color or texture. I wanted to represent unity of similar objects with different characteristics.