Handout

This is just a trifold handout for the Duluth Multimodal Transit Hub.

Thesis Display

Here is the final product.  Now I only need to work on the presentation.

Final Boards

Here is a look at one of my final boards.  At this point in the process I am finishing up my model and I will be plotting the boards soon.  Every thing needs to be installed on Monday in the dispay space.  My presentation is set for May 6th at 8AM. 

Test Shots

Checkpoint

Here is an update of my progress.  I do not have mullions or major structure for the glass curtain system, so the glass has not rendered in this image.  Hope you enjoy! 

Up until this point for the last couple of weeks, I have been working on windows and shading devices.  Also, I was keeping in mind the structure, and flow of spaces.  I had opened up some areas to flow better and provide little nooks for interesting places for people to rest in.  I think I have vested too much time in the shading devices.  So much in fact that they are reading as seperate items.  Too many different pieces if you can see above.  I have been thinking of a way to simplify the ideas and make them more congruent with the language of the area.  This new idea will encompass the entire roof making one fell sweep that has a single sun shading system developed with it. 

Another part I will be working on is the connection and relation to the site.  This includes site development, concepts related to the surrounding area and the expanded program. The design of the site will continue the spiraling lines that reach out into the context.  Some ideas so far are, hard and soft landscaped items, vertical plants/ trees, and other building elements that strecth out.  The concepts relating to the site, I am looking for elements to help influence the design.   For instance, material pallette and stylistic gestures.  The expanded program relates to the connection concept.  Increasing program activities support the connectivity concept.  The project give the city amenities that provide overall connections interlaced with other activities throughout the area. 

It appears I have lots to do.  Time is getting cut shorter and shorter.  The boards and drawings are due in two weeks.

Midterm

Here is the most up to date version of my project.  This is what I had presented for my midterm reviews.  Everything went well.  Things that were pointed out were things I had been thinking about, however it was good to bring it to the forefront again.  Some things will become more apparent as I generate the final presentation.  The major piece that needs some work is clarity within the space.  How does one know where to go?  Simplifying space will help to clarify to users where to go. 

Quick sketch

Here is a quick sketch of the main building component.   This part has the atrium/ great hall, circulation towers and the restaurant lookout.  I have been working on putting the digital model together in revit.  I have my midterm review on wednesday this week.  So you can look forward to some floor plans, elevations and perspectives toward the end of the week.  

New Light

I decided to take a little bit of a break to get a fresh start again.  When I came back to it I decided to stray away from the cables and came up with these two ideas.  Where the grey parts over the interstate are the elevated park and the other part of the grey the park is extended over parking.  The white is the actual building housing the rest of the program.  This way I was able to separate the parking element from the rest of the building (however it will still be integrated.)  In the second image I have included some cable stay structure, it is not as daunting as previous cable stay ideas.  The brown curving piece is a pedestrian birdge by cable stay.  I have found it important to include the design of the bridge and park.  They are important to include because for one they otherwise would not be created and two it speaks better toward an integrated urban plan.  I feel better about this concept than any others.  Some things I will look at changing include: employing the swirling effect, puncturing through the building (as in the first image,) and rearranging some programmatic spaces to take advantage of views.