Based on the initial massing exercise the next step was to develop the massing language explored within the initial exercise, but for a single assigned building and associated ground area - at a larger scale. At this larger scale the challenge was to define, more specifically and in more detail, the nature and quality of key building elements. With greater care and calibration (though in admittedly intuitive and abstract fashion), students began to represent tectonic building elements such as core, structure, slab, and skin. Additionally, volumetric conditions and material characteristics such as the conditions of solidity, void, transparency, opacity, and texture were incorporated.
Emmanuel Oni
Adrian Carval Acosta (Foreground) and Merel Brabers (Background)
Pei-Ying Lin