Design Brief:

For the tectonic application, you will design either a boathouse or a sauna, thoughtfully situated near, on, or within the water. This project will draw upon and integrate the lessons learned during the design of your Tectonic Blind, allowing for an expanded exploration of materiality, structure, and spatial experience in relation to water.

Objectives:

The objective of this assignment is to deepen your tectonic understanding by advancing your design concepts, refining your tectonic approach, and enhancing your architectural documentation skills. This will help you develop a more comprehensive grasp of materiality, structure, and spatial organization in your design work.

Grading:

Rigor, Iteration & Investigation: 20%

Students will demonstrate a willingness to practice the craft of exhaustive exploration.

Design Communication: 55%

Students will be able to professionally communicate by writing, speaking and creating clear and accurate presentation graphics and architectural orthographic drawings.

Design Process: 25%

Student will be able to develop projects and problem solve using the iterative design processes.

Deliverables:

Develop & complete the following:

Week 4:

Plans that include material and tectonic development
(2) Sections that include material and tectonic development
(2) Elevations that include material and tectonic development
Tectonic Statement and how it applies to programmatic organization

Week 5:

Plans that include material and tectonic development
Post digital rendering
Tectonic Diagrams
Tectonic Statement updated with any new parameters

Midterm:

Site Model @ 3/16” = 1’ or 1/8” = 1’
Create one finalized model to match your site model @ 3/16” = 1’
Create a finalized set of architectural drawings with context, entourage and scale figures @ scale of your choice:
- Plan drawing
- (2) Sections
- (2) Elevations
(2) Diagrams of your final project
(2) Experiential perspectives
Design statement
You should also have your tectonic diagrams and work from your tectonic blind