site Analysis

the analysis I performed of the site was in relation to how
the surrounding built environment [although static] varies
from building to building.  I was looking more specifically
at the street walls along washington street in addition
to the varying heights of the buildings located in the area.
for the thesis I think that it is necessary to understand how
the buildings in the area remain static, so I can begin to
produce the manipulations that will not only occur on the
interior of my housing project, but also on the facade of
the building.  the manipulations will be able to occur
with the walls, ceilings, floors, the alterations of natural
light, how much is revealed or hidden from the public view,
how the space can be altered for different groups of people,
whether there is outdoor space that can become interior
[or vice versa], how the space can accommodate families
that are growing or if a person has guests that will be
staying for a short stay.

this analysis is displaying how the building heights

of the surrounding urban context are altered as the

ground plane is shifted.  I was looking to see how

much change occurs and what similarities of

building heights there are in the area.

I was looking at the street wall and facades
along Washington Street and was analyzing
the varying levels of transparency of the facade
and how it transforms up and down the street.
in addition, it allowed me to see how the heights
of the buildings change in elevation.

this analysis was looking at the other street face

that my site is located on.  I wanted to understand

the solidity and translucency of major facade

elements along the street and extract the major

features that create the facade, whether they

were completely opaque or transparent.

this model was a RE--PRESENTATION of the

the site and for this I manipulated the existing

facades of the buildings.  I shifted the facades

on the model based on whether they were more

solid or transparent.  the solid elements remain

rooted along the street and then the more

transparency that was shown was pushed to

the outer portions of the model.  the shift of

the transparent layers was based on how far

I could see into the building, thus the distance

that they would be pushed back.