6. Making Space

Making Space

Project 6 was based off of the wooden model constructed in project 5. We had to read the book “Invisible Cities,” from this book we had to choose a city and incorporate it into our site. The city I choose was Valdrada, Valdrada is a city with high streets overlooking the city with houses stacked on top of eachother. And travelers entering the city see 2 cities; one erect above the lake and the other reflected upside down. From this city I began thinking about greece and how buildings are stacked on top of eachother. I became inspired and wanted to incorporate something similar to this in my model.

Making Space

When building my model I created railings to put on the bands to help give a human scale. I then constructed a series of different looking cubes. Some with half walls, some with full, some with 2,3,4 or even 5 sides. All different but similar in a way and they are all connected. I then placed black and white paper with plexiglass on the bottom of my model to represent water. I choose to do this because like water plexiglass gives off a reflections. After creating my model I was able to draw my plan, elevation and section all at a scale of ⅛.