Model Making

Exploring the existing forms through a quick sketch model gave a physical understanding of the relationships between forms and proposed functions.

The simple open forms allow people to bend and look inside the interior, a technique replicated in the final 1 : 200 site context model.

Exposed roof beams contrast against the remaining solid roofs, creating a more obvious entrance and focal point to the courtyard building.

1 : 100 scale model of the threshold gave an idea of the geometric patterning of the exposed roof beams, opening and closing views depending upon perspective.

The 1 : 50 detail of the Residence extension helped understand the patterns of cast shadows, and the relationships between old and new volumes.