Linking writing + reviewing

Faith Ramsey’s first space (11’ x 32’) played upon her concept “protrude” to develop the idea of carving out protrusions, much like a cave. This space used the two solids to create moments of enclosure, one accessible via a stairway., the other similar in its carved out form. Both solids certainly protrude from the space, keeping true to the concept, but from the drawing, there looks to be some leftover space that is used for a bathroom, a perfect example of how many bathrooms end up looking like left over space. These solids were most clearly visible through the axonometric drawings. Faith paid crucial attention to the built INS and solids unifying the space with her concept. The second space used two walls and one column the play upon the idea of crystallization through different heights and measurements. Seen most clearly through her axonometric drawing, her parts are not to see what the word meant so much as what the word does in a three dimensional setting. Centralizing the parts could be tempting in this square space, but makes segregates the kit of parts into an odd circulation for human traffic.The third space used the idea of protruding throughout the space in the form of circulation. Using two columns and one wall, Faith allows the user to “protrude through and go through different elements in the space”. Her whole space includes protruding elements throughout, easy to understand in an axon drawing, but not so much in a plan drawing.

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Phillip'c concept was "reverberate". In the first space he focused on reverberating through continuity. This space was my favorite because the continuity was executed so well. The stair case pushed up against a wall had one stair that became a shelving unit, wrapping around a continuous material much like the rest on the ceiling and floor materials. The two walls were used to privatize certain nooks, while the column continue from the first floor to the platform, successfully breaking up the space and shown clearly in his axonometric. The second (square space) ensued forced relaxation using two columns and one wall. This forced relaxation was questionable in my opinion, but he did do a good g=job creating special nooks. For instance, the floor was dropped around a daybed and permanent sleeping quarters were elevated, accessible via a ladder. The drawing were not very clear for this space, although a perspective helped me to understand the idea of the ladder more so. The idea of centralizing most of his kit of parts was risk not completely met with reward because the plan drawings indicate one one real circulation route. The last and largest space was depicted as a sound wave. His concept was translated fairly successfully in this iteration as space in the third dimension operates on three levels like a sound wave. The two solids coincided with his concept as the three levels were translated well in the axonometric in a floor change, allowing these three levels to indicate levels of privacy as well.

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