studio clean up

Sara and I placing the cirles behind the strips on the windows.
Our 'light wall' represents US, as students, in our department, and how we have grown within it. The circles are an illustration of students working as a group, collaborating and sharing, as well as individuals, and the continuous strip shows how we have continued that way of working and enhanced it through out our years in the program.
VOILA! finito :D

The puzzle! Illustration on the wall, world play, representing our studio.

Ahhh, the joy of craftsmanship :)). Building the separator wall.

Placing in the walls, and hitting your your hand with a hammer while doing it isn't very fun, but I must say it payed off :))

FINISHED PRODUCT

FLOOR PLAN

CEILING PLAN

PERSPECTIVES

THE NEST

-A PLACE OR ENVIRONMENT THAT FOSTERS RAPID GROWTH OR DEVELOPMENT, A PLACE OF REFUGE FOR A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HOLDS IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND PROVIDES PRIVACY.

-BRINGING NATURAL MATERIALS INSIDE AND CREATING A CONNECTION WITH THE OUTSIDE, WE HAVE CREATED A MEDIA CENTER THAT CONTAINS NESTS WITHIN NESTS THAT WELCOME STUDENTS, DELIVERS INTELECTUAL INFORMATION.

- CONCENTRATING ON 1 MAJOR NEST, THE RECEPTION, THAT IS IN CONTRIOL OF 5 MINOR NESTS, Poetry area, Private seating area, Presentation/large group meeting area, internet café/stage, entrance, WHICH INCOMASS ALL THE ACTION.

-WE HAVE DIFFERENTIATED OUR NESTS WITH HEARARCHY AND INTRICACY, IN ORDER TO SHOW HOW A SMALLER NETWORK FITS INTO A LARGER ONE AND VISE VERSA.

REASEARCH cont. >>>

THE NEST reasearch:

In order to develop a better understand of the concept, I did a lot of reasearch on Nests.

There are 5 most common nests: Caviti, Pendant, Cup, Platform, Spherical.

With this, we decided to focus on the reception as he major nests from which the 5 minor nests operate that with hold small parts parts which make up the Media Center. from tsi we created a diagram that helped us identify these areas.

Concept: THE NEST

THE NEST concept for the Media Center : After thinking about a possible concept, a just researching different pictures that i believe would represent the space well, Bachelard book "The Poetics of Space' spoke to my ideaology and theory of what a High School media center should be. His 4th chapter on NESTS, was an an ideal description of a smaller form functioning withing a larger one with great impact on it's occupants and surroundings.

"A TREE BECOMES A NEST THE MOMENT A GREAT DREAMER HIDES IN IT." pg. 97

Northern Guilford H.S. Media Center

After our class visit to the Guilford High School and Middle School, i decided to focus on redesigning the Media center in the High School. I went back to talk to the librarians and take more pictures of the Media center in order to begin my design process.

As you walk in the Reception desk is the focal are in the media center with two arcs on the ceiling are waifinding devises leading you to the reception. Librarians would like a raised floor behind the reception, for a better outlook into the media center.

It is arranged in a matter in which most general H.S. libraries are arranged:

• made for large groups
• grouped coputer areas
• 2 librarians
• 2 entrance/exitsts
  

However, it is not arranged well for individuals, and currently has an area that is a 'unknown area', separaded friom the rest of the media center by columns and the only place in there with color (purple). After talking to the librarians, they are very interested in a stage in that spacific area and possably turnining it into an internet cafe area as well.