These plans and the section are my final proposal for the school
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Friday, May 1, 2009
Floor Plans/Experiment
These are the first floor plans I did for the school, but after going over them with Prof. Bouratoglou I decided to change them because they were good for a regular school but not for a school where there will be lots of blind children.
The hallways had dead ends, and walls with sharp corners where circulation might become difficult. I designed the floor plans from my point of view but forgot that blind people might have a hard time with these sharp corners and hallways with dead ends.So I did a small experiment, I blind fold myself and walked from one end of the corridor to the other end. Suddenly the hallway that I knew so well became a totally different environment for me,everything seemed different;I had to feel the texture of the walls to find my way, so at the end I realized that I had come up with totally different plans to make circulation easier.
Here's a picture of me taken by prof.Bouratoglou while doing the experiment
The hallways had dead ends, and walls with sharp corners where circulation might become difficult. I designed the floor plans from my point of view but forgot that blind people might have a hard time with these sharp corners and hallways with dead ends.So I did a small experiment, I blind fold myself and walked from one end of the corridor to the other end. Suddenly the hallway that I knew so well became a totally different environment for me,everything seemed different;I had to feel the texture of the walls to find my way, so at the end I realized that I had come up with totally different plans to make circulation easier.
Here's a picture of me taken by prof.Bouratoglou while doing the experiment
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Models
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Site Location
For my design I decided to pick the site located at 42 Main Street Brooklyn, NY.
I believe that this site works much better for my design, because it's surrounded with buildings from two sides, and the other two sides face Main St. and Front St.; which is where I will locate my building entrance. I really don't need a lot of sun/natural light from the outside, because too much light can have a negative effect on student's with low vision.
Here is more information about the site http://arch3611sp09brooklyn.blogspot.com/
I believe that this site works much better for my design, because it's surrounded with buildings from two sides, and the other two sides face Main St. and Front St.; which is where I will locate my building entrance. I really don't need a lot of sun/natural light from the outside, because too much light can have a negative effect on student's with low vision.
Here is more information about the site http://arch3611sp09brooklyn.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Sketches 1
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
CONCEPT
The Gateway School of New York
The Gateway School of New York is for children with learning disabilities
infor taken from http://archrecord.construction.com/
infor taken from http://archrecord.construction.com/