design development 2

This past week was design development stage 2. Sara and I made some big conceptual and physical changes this time around. We found that our concept worked better with the addition of edge. EDGE : NODE : VISTA allowed us to better explain our decisions, as well as organize the circulation and installations within the space more logically.

According to Kevin Lynch, a city planner and author of The Image of the City, an edge is defined as a dividing line between districts, boundaries between two phases, and the linear breaks in continuity. Our large 3form features worked better as edges, allowing the actual spaces to become the nodes (strategic spots which an observer can enter, primary junctions) - together creating the vista notion. We also added 2 more colors to our scheme, a grey-purple and a yellow-orange, pulling from CBI's website navigation to help better direct traffic within our space, as well as warm it. Below are the images we created to help communicate where we are at this point in the design process.



first floor plan
second floor plan
perspective from conference space
perspective of chair display
perspective of reception with the Post Office vista
perspective of showroom from reception
perspective of kitchen/lounge
east long section
west long section
south cross section
north cross section
first floor ceiling plan
second floor ceiling plan

Our next step is further refinement and detail design for design development 3, to be completed by next friday!