WORKSHOP 3

Master Planning

The diptych and Conformi_ way of thinking informed the way the Yucatan was experienced and interpreted. The themes identified follow three categories. Natrual, Spatial, and Architectural. The Natural themes observed were Sun and Shade, Wind, and Water and Flora. The relationships between these themes drove many of the design descions and informed the spatial themes.

Sun and Shade, Wind, and Water and Flora, defined the present natural conditions that constitute comfort or discomfort. The three spatial themes then respond to the natural themes. Enclosure and Exposure, Compression and Release, and Concave and Convex make up the spatial themes. These themes were identified in contemporary Yucatec and Maya architecture.

The Final layer of themes identified were the architectural themes. How the natural themes informed a spatial strategy and now how the built environment directly responds to the promote comfort. Fenestrations, terraces, and pools all directly informed by the spatial strategies, condition spaces to ensure adaptive comfort despite harsh environmental conditions.

Sun and Shade. Wind. Water and Flora. The natural themes. Enclosure. Compression and release. Concave and convex. The spatial themes are the physical relationships that respond to the natural themes. Fenestration. Terracing. Pools and Gardens. The architectural elements that manifest the spatial themes into an occupy-able space. These themes generated a matrix of design strategies to be employed in the architectural design. The matrix of conformi_ inspired collages visually convey the nine themes and the dichotomies. The relationship between new and old is clear and consistent with the themes reinforcing the merit and importance of the language being defined.

The site visit and further study began to reveal a geometrical understanding of the site and existing conditions. The original site walls delineated several, presumably, animal pens that generated and orthogonal geometry. In approaching the existing site walls, Estudio Macias Peredo developed a circular response to delineate new and old. A strategy to respect the old an create new.

This strategy was applied to the villa design and informed the master plan parti. The walls defined the bounds of the circular geometry. The geometry was then multiplied to accommodate site program and circulation. The shifting created unique opportunity to engage and selectively disengage the walls at three different degrees.

The Parti diagram and circular geometry applied to the site plan and begins to define the master plan. Three clusters engage the wall at three different points. One terminates a wall, one bisects a wall and one is bound by the walls. This relationship creates unique community spaces that center the three separate villa clusters.

The completed master plan visually conveys the parti geometry initially developed and the applied circular geometry.

The Parti diagram and circular geometry applied to the site plan and begins to define the master plan. Three clusters engage the wall at three different points. One terminates a wall, one bisects a wall and one is bound by the walls. This relationship creates unique community spaces that center the three separate villa clusters.

The Parti diagram and circular geometry applied to the site plan and begins to define the master plan. Three clusters engage the wall at three different points. One terminates a wall, one bisects a wall and one is bound by the walls. This relationship creates unique community spaces that center the three separate villa clusters.

The Sketched plan was developed into a drafted and rendered plan that implored all the same strategies. Maximizing the living spaces by isolating the utility spaces allowed for a unique spatial configuration. The temperate climate facilitates the use of large openings and an interstitial garden space between the two volumes.

The pool elevation highlights the shutter design and the shift in the form. The shift allows for circulation of ventilation through the space following the curved walls. The shift also allows for a more normative entry into the bedroom space rather than opening the entire living room glazed wall.

Shown in elevation the strategies of ventilation and aperture can be seen on the facade of the bedroom space. The shuttered and glazed windows allow for varying degrees of enclosure and privacy. Additionally the garden space can be closed off to protect the interior garden or create a more intimate garden space between the two huts.