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P lant StudyBasswood Topography

Wire Mode lTopography and Mode l : P lan and Sect i on Drawing

Bo tan i ca l GardenTransfo rmat i on

Observato ry

Plant StudyIn th is pro jec t , I ana lyzed the o rder ing pr in c i p les

of two f lowers be long ing to Me lastomataceae p lant fami ly . My d rawing emphas ized the con-

trast between the femin in i ty of the f lower peta ls and the mascu l in i ty of the stamen and carpe l ,

wh i ch is on ly based on v isua l o rgan izat i on , no t b i o logy .

p lant study d rawing (penc i l on stonehenge)

Basswood TopographyFo l low ing the d rawing study of Me lastomataceae , the ana-lyzed pat tern was transfo rmed in to a 3-D struc ture us ing basswood st i cks . Fo r my pro jec t , I bu i l t one f lower peta l ,

us ing water to bend the basswood in d i f ferent d i rec t i ons .

Wire Modu leA modu le , conta in ing a hexagon wi th two c i rc les in the mid-d le , is made of on ly one s ing le w i re . At tach ing two modu les where the c i rc les met creates a set of two modu les that has a lo t of f lex ib i l i t i es . Each set of two modu les is at tached to each o ther at the s ide , where the c i rc les meet the hexa-gon .

wire modu les (on basswood)(musi c w i re #499)

Plan and sec t i on of Topography and Wire Mode l(penc i l on mylar )

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observatory proposal

Si te P lan (de ta i l )Dur ing the f i rst v is i t to the bo tan i ca l garden , I was immed iate ly d rawned to a 20 feet ta l l tu l i p t ree wh i ch is surrounded by d i f ferent in terest ing v iews , in c lud ing the fo rest , the

rose bushes , the shor ter t rees . Therefo re I dec ided to d raw a rad ia l sec t i on cuts of the s i te , fo cus ing on how the v iews change as I

wa lk around the t ree .

From the exper ience wi th the t ree , I want to bu i ld an obser-vato ry that can d i v ide the space in to d i f ferent v iew frames , that can gu ide the v iewers ’ eyes , enhanc ing the contrasts between the v iews around the tu l i p t rees . I thus came up

wi th “v i ew canons” - spaces that can he lp the v iewers fo-cus on par t i cu lar par ts of the s i te wh i le iso la t ing them from

the rest .

Transfo rmat i on Drawing(penc i l and co l l age on ve lum and stonehenge)

Observato ryEventua l l y I dec ided to fo cus on four v iews around the t rees : the fo rest ( leve l 1 ) , the ye l low trees ( leve l 2 ) , the house ( leve l 3 ) and the rose garden ( leve l 4 ) . A ramp is in-ser ted to ass ist the v iewers f rom an externa l to an in terna l space .

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Si te P lan1/ 16 ” : 1 ’ sca le

(penc i l on mylar and stonehenge)

Mode l3/ 16” : 1 ’

top down v iew(br isto l )

Mode le levat i on v iew

Mode l Drawing1/ 12 ” : 1 ’

f l o o r p lan(penc i l on mylar and stonehenge)

Mode l Drawing1/ 12 ” : 1 ’e levat i on(penc i l on mylar and stonehenge)