Below are the two site plans I'm considering:
The one above has been the design I've stuck with for a long time, and I feel it's more effective in perspective (3D) than in plan. Below is my newly considered site plan. Though I was originally reticent to change things, I feel like there's more order to this building placement, and between the 3 key structures, more interaction.
Contrary to the picture in the previous post, I decided to have the classroom, chapel, and side chapel all look out at different angles (each 7.5 degrees different b/c that was the proportional grid system I've been working with). I feel that this is a strong gesture in plan, but I'll have to wait until I model it to see how helpful it is in reality. Some problems to resolve with this design:
1) There seems to be an awkward interaction between the southeast corner of the Chapel and Northeast corner of the classroom.
2) The northeast corner of the church feels very "sharp". Not sure how to make this feel like less of a point, how to give it more mass?
3) "The wall" feels extremely long now. In the plan above, I tried to solve this by experimenting with the roof of the office, extending it out over the "path" to a triangular island. Not sure how I feel about this; my goal was to frame a zen view from when you enter the complex, and look left towards the ocean, but instead move right to get to the chapel, classroom, etc.
Thoughts?
Saturday, February 20, 2010
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