Model
The weekend has been looking at the notes I wrote from the Jury last Friday. Some amazingly positive and constructive comments came from the floor which will inevitably change the direction of the project. There are however also some concerns and further questions, not least around one of the comments to hold back on TS for now (We only have a few weeks until our first draft submission..! Ahhh...)
A few main points. Firstly the criticism that I've proposed a geometry that couldn't possibly be the golden key to solving the 'problems' of LA. In addition to this, LA won't necessarily buckle under the strain of its bulging infrastructure. Instead LA is highly adaptable and have proved the critiques wrong on many occasions. In fact, many including one of the jurors believe LA is a great success. Further criticism came from not using my argument for Rockefeller with LA. I adapted Rockefeller in a fictional way to once again become an iconic city within a city to meet the challenges of today, in the same way that it did in the 1930's when it was built. Then, it solved challenges with the American people, such as building an iconic building after the Great Depression. So taking this logic to LA; how can I fragment, scale, rotate LA and reconfigure it in a fictional way to meet the challenges of today...
This is something I've been thinking a lot about aver the weekend, but so far not sure at all how to start doing it.
Another main point was looking at the urban scale; not focusing in on a building part that I did for the jury. I really need a strategy for the site as a whole before I can even begin looking at smaller scales.
Thirdly, I really need to redo my presentation and include more work that I've done and expand on others, such as talking more about Rayner Banham. This is something that will hopefully become clearer as I continue with the White Book.
Model:
The Jurors mentioned I need to hold off for a while with TS. I really feel TS should be integrated within the project from the outset, so there is plenty to get on with including case studies etc. Below is a sketch model that was meant to be produced for Friday and something I took into a TS tutorial today.
A few main points. Firstly the criticism that I've proposed a geometry that couldn't possibly be the golden key to solving the 'problems' of LA. In addition to this, LA won't necessarily buckle under the strain of its bulging infrastructure. Instead LA is highly adaptable and have proved the critiques wrong on many occasions. In fact, many including one of the jurors believe LA is a great success. Further criticism came from not using my argument for Rockefeller with LA. I adapted Rockefeller in a fictional way to once again become an iconic city within a city to meet the challenges of today, in the same way that it did in the 1930's when it was built. Then, it solved challenges with the American people, such as building an iconic building after the Great Depression. So taking this logic to LA; how can I fragment, scale, rotate LA and reconfigure it in a fictional way to meet the challenges of today...
This is something I've been thinking a lot about aver the weekend, but so far not sure at all how to start doing it.
Another main point was looking at the urban scale; not focusing in on a building part that I did for the jury. I really need a strategy for the site as a whole before I can even begin looking at smaller scales.
Thirdly, I really need to redo my presentation and include more work that I've done and expand on others, such as talking more about Rayner Banham. This is something that will hopefully become clearer as I continue with the White Book.
Model:
The Jurors mentioned I need to hold off for a while with TS. I really feel TS should be integrated within the project from the outset, so there is plenty to get on with including case studies etc. Below is a sketch model that was meant to be produced for Friday and something I took into a TS tutorial today.
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