Year: 2024
Skills: Rhino, SketchUp, Illustrator, V-Ray, Model-Making
This project started with a site visit to the Great Salt Lake. We were asked to sketch and photograph the area during the visit. While I was doing this, I started studying the slope of the site. This allowed me to get an understanding of how my building(s) should be designed. Once we returned from the site, we worked on collages to study the history of the Great Salt Lake. I also made quick 2D studies to figure out the shape I wanted my design to take. I eventually came to a rounded rectangle, which is seen right below. I knew that I needed to have certain square footage requirements, so I played with different building layouts. I went with three buildings on site. One being the washrooms, the other being the check-in, and the last one being a cafe. I modeled each building in SketchUp and Rhino, which allowed me to get my elevations, plans, and sections. I went into Illustrator to clean everything up and started working on my renderings. Which were done in Vray. Once all of the drawings were finalized I moved to the massing model. The massing also includes the site, which was modeled out of foam core, just like the buildings. The large model is 1/8" scale and the smaller one, which was 3D printed, is 1/16" scale. This project was formally presented before the ARCH 2634 studio section, alongside former deans, current professors, and employed architects. The project was well received and was given an A.
I made a collage to showcase how the Great Salt Lake has changed with time. One big change is the water level decreasing. This was made after the site visit.
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