This week were able to start modelling our group site model wince we were able to retrieve the measurements of the site. We started with the base of site, sculpting out the contours of the land with reused cardboard. From here, we cut into the base, cutting out the shape of the building. We made sure to cut down deep enough to allow us to put pools in the ground where we want to in our own bathhouse designs. We also cut out the width of the overhang of the building into the courtyard space to allow people to design into there if they choose to. This part of the courtyard isn’t a permeable surface meaning that if we design into it, it wont affect break the flow and connection between the land and the sky in the pocket forest.
Site Model Base with Building Cutout
Although not shown in the photo, we decided to remove the top two layers of the contours in the courtyard to flatten it out as the courtyard as been flattened out in the process of building the building. If we were to keep this elevation, we would have to source the soil from elsewhere, increasing our carbon footprint in the process.
Spatial Design by Ciara 