SpringPearsonGeorge2021Portfolio
The Structure of Place
Three maps of hometowns at three different scales were converted into representative maps of contrasts between public and private space. The maps range from the size of a city down to the size of a neighborhood or street, revealing the individual relationships between public and private space at each scale.
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Diagrams
2nd Floor Plan
Finding the Essence of Architecture
The Price-Gilbert Memorial Library was studied in order to create measured drawings and analytical diagrams by hand that could communicate several viewpoints, spatial relationships, circulation and use patterns, etc. of the building in one consolidated composition.
Lateral Section
FrontViewIsometricElevation
Exercise B
Formal Organization
Exercise A
A set of ten cubes, some solid and some void, were added to and subtracted from each other to create two complex forms. One form consisted of only orthogonal interactions, and the other allowed for the introduction of other angles. Six axonometric drawings were created for each form to show the sequential interactions of the cubes that resulted in the final forms.
AssemblyUse
Using limited materials in restrained dimensions, a design for a pavilion was developed that takes advantage of smaller squares of material to create a structure composed of interconnecting modules. Multiple drawings and diagrams of the pavilion were developed to accompany a physical
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Side Elevation
Front Elevation
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Human
Rendering
Body, Site, Program, and Structure
Showing the same object from different viewpoints and at different angles can reveal sections that were hidden or offer more information about the dimensions of the form.
Using a front, side, and top view of six different objects, the three-dimensional forms were constructed. Isometric and axonometric drawings were developed to show the relationship between each form and its two-dimensional projections. Each drawing depicted a different viewpoint and gave new information about the object. A seventh object was then formed by combining two of the preceding objects, and a new set of drawings was developed to describe this new synthesized object.
Top View Projection
Side View Projection
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Front View Projection
Drafting Geometry
A box of solid mass was carved out of to create occupiable space at scale. This space had to include a space of contemplation, a space of transition, and a place of arrival. The transition space became two winding paths which led to two separate arrivals, and the contemplation points became any point where one path was confronted with the other. A set of sections accompanied a physical model to illustrate the paths and their interactions with each other.
Contemplation points included points where one path could see the other, one path was moving in the opposite direction or in a different direction than previously observed, one path was significantly higher or lower than the other, and any other point where a person would wonder where they would be had they chosen to take the other path.
Initial Path ChoiceLateral
Section Longitudinal Section
Constructing Geometry
Horizontal Section
Arrival Points
Front Elevation
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The cottage, the shotgun house, and the dogtrot house, classic examples of American vernacular architecture were studied and researched. Through this research, their uses, organizations, construction techniques, and unique traits were discovered. Using this information, a quintessential design for a dogtrot was developed, embodying the essence of the function and design of the pillar of American vernacular.
Rooted Precedent
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The Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill, which is no longer operational, was responsible for the creation of Cabbagetown as its workers needed housing close to the mill.
Map of Cabbagetown Climate
Urban Interaction
Using the previous research and influences of classic American vernacular architecture, a design for the dwellings of two artisans was developed for the Cabbagetown neighborhood, a local area of Atlanta that already exhibits several different types of American vernacular. This design had to contend with the needs of a photographer and a quilt maker in a shared lot while also accommodating Cabbagetown’s compatibility rule and avoiding any disruption of the general design and aesthetic of the block. The result was a two home layout with a shared, public garden space. Within each home, each maker has dedicated work and living spaces, enabling a definitive work-life balance to be established. In addition, the homes took similar forms to preexisting homes on either block face with similar, structures, layouts, and appearances, seamlessly integrating the design into the established neighborhood.
• Wants the opportunity for convenient outdoor photography
• Needs enough storage space for sewing equipment, fabrics and other materials, finished quilts, and works in progress
• Wants porch or other potential social space to be alternative workspace in addition to dedicated sewing room
•PhotographerWantstobe
• Wants functional studio space that can accommodate cli ents/models and have a variety of lighting options
able to produce high quality photography in her home, immediate outdoor surroundings, and neighborhood
• Wants to take advantage of both natural light and artificial light in an indoor space
Shotgun Cottage Shotgun Cottage
• Wants to live in a community of like-minded, creative people
• Wants customers to be able to come inside his home while maintaining a separate private space
•QuilterWants
• Appreciative of the general aesthetic of Cabbagetown, and does not want home to be disruptive of landscape
to run sewing/quilting business out of his home
