BUCKLER
CHRISTOPHER
03
F A S H ION RUNWAY
20 R E S IDENTIAL ADDITION 40 B A T H HOUSE
2
THE PROMPT OF THIS PROJECT WAS TO DEVELOP A SERIES OF MODELS THAT CONTAINED DISCERNABLE SPATIAL, STRUCTURAL, AND ORGANIZATIONAL LOGICS BASED UPON CONTINUOUS AND MODULATED SURFACE DEVELOPMENT. THESE MODELS WERE THE POINT OF DEPARTURE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A “POP-UP” FASHION RUNWAY FOR USE WITHIN AN EXISTING STOREFRONT DURING LOS ANGELES FASHION WEEK. WHEN THINKING OF A SURFACE THAT COULD BE EASILY MANIPULATED, FABRIC IMMEDIATELY CAME TO MIND, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE PROGRAMMATIC CONTEXT. I CREATED SPACES BY PULLING TWO PIECES OF FABRIC THROUGH ADJACENT OPENINGS AND CONNECTING THEM AT A SINGLE POINT. THIS ALLOWED FOR A VARIETY OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPACES THAT OFFERED ALL THE NECESSARY FUNCTIONS OF A RUNWAY: CIRCULATION, SEATING, CHANGING ROOMS, AN EXCLUSIVE VIEWING AREA, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE CATWALK.
F A S H ION RUNWAY
4
STUDY MODEL
6
1 TWO ADJACENT PLANES
3 CREATE SURFACE ON EXTERIOR OF PLANES
RECIPE DIAGRAM
2 CREATE TRIANGULAR OPENINGS
4 PULL THROUGH OPENING AND CONNECT AT A SINGLE POINT
PRIVATE BACKSTAGE
SEMI-PRIVATE GREEN ROOM
PUBLIC RUNWAY/SEATING
SPATIAL VARIATION DIAGRAM
8
B
C
A
A
B
PLAN @ 4’
C
N
0
24
8
SECTION AA
10
12
14
SECTION BB
0
24
8
SECTION CC
0
24
8
16
18
THE PROJECT BEGAN WITH EACH STUDENT IDENTIFYING A BUILDING OR OBJECT IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES THAT WASN’T TYPICALLY CONSIDERED TO BE ARCHITECTURAL. RANDY’S DONUT SHOP IN INGLEWOOD STOOD OUT TO ME BECAUSE OF ITS EXAGGERRATED AND OBVIOUS USE OF A MASSIVE DONUT IN ORDER TO ADVERTISE THE BUILDING’S PURPOSE. I FOCUSED ON THE UNIQUE GEOMETRY OF THE TORUS, AND CREATED AN ABSTRACT SHAPE USING THE INHERENT FORMS OF THE DONUT SHOP. FROM THERE EACH STUDENT WAS ASSIGNED AN EXISTING HOUSE WITHIN THE HISTORIC MAR VISTA TRACT OF WEST LA, AND ASKED TO BUILD AN ADDITION ON THAT HOUSE USING THEIR PREVIOUSLY DESIGNED SHAPES. THE EXISTING HOUSE WAS CHRACTERIZED BY ITS RIGHT ANGLES AND CLEARLY DEFINED SPACES, WHILE THE FORM I HAD DESIGNED WAS ALMOST ENTIRELY MADE UP OF CURVES. THIS OBSERVATION LED TO A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE TWO OBJECTS’ ABILITY TO FUNCTION AS LIVING SPACES RATHER THAN A SIMPLE ADDITION.
R E S ID E N TIAL ADDITION
20
UNROLLED ELEVATION
22
ANALYTICAL AXONOMETRIC
24
EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC
26
28
SITE PLAN
C
B
A
CUT PLAN
30
PATH SECTION
32
34
A
C
SECTIONS AA, BB AND CC
B
36
38
THIS PROJECT REQUIRED THE CRITICAL ADDRESS OF A SET OF HABITUATION/QUALITATIVE CONCERNS INCLUDING: SCALE, ERGONOMICS, DEGREE OF ENCLOSURE/EXPOSURE, POCHE AND LIGHT/POROSITY. WE WERE GIVEN A 12’ X 12’ X 12’ SPACE TO WORK WITH, IN WHICH WE HAD TO CREATE A PRIVATE BATH HOUSE. THE PROJECT STARTED OUT AS A CUBE THAT FILLED THE LIMITS OF THE SITE, AND FROM THE CUBE, SPHERES OF VARYING SCALES WERE BOOLEANED. IN ORDER FOR THESE SLOPES TO BE OCCUPIABLE, STAIRS THAT FOLLOWED THE EXISTING CURVATURE WERE CUT INTO THE FORM. THE RESULT WAS A DYNAMIC, MULTI FACETED RELAXATION SPACE THAT INCLUDED MULTIPLE SOAKING POOLS, A CHANGING ROOM, A SUN BATHING DECK, AND STORAGE.
B A TH H OUSE
40
OPERATIONS DIAGRAM
SPATIAL VARIATION DIAGRAM
42
44
SHADOW SITE PLAN
N
CUT PLAN @ 4’
46
48
50