vertical datum - tower

05 vertical datum

spring 2020 - design 4| Professor michael montoya Site Location: n/a

in sharp contrast to previous projects, the vertical datum explores vertical spatial relationships, while continuing to cross the bridge from conceptual to practical.

The initial analysis for this project was made from watching the 1950 movie “orpheus”. from the movie, diagrammatic studies were created based off of the movie’s plot, overarching themes, and character elements. similar to the process of door, window, stair, spatial relationships and concepts were pulled from those diagrammatic studies, to then translate into a final model.

The final model was the main deliverable for this project, set to define and resolve spaces at the scale of a balled up fist, a thumb, and the space created by a freeform hand in relation to the model scale of 1/32” = 1’