Part A

All drawings for part A are 1:50 on final presentation layout. I have chosen to focus on the concept of skins within the kitchen area of the Gehry Residence.

Ground floor plan

Shows the relationship between the skins of the existing building and Gehry's addition. Certain cuts in the new skin have been added as the previously exterior windows become interior windows and provide new opportunities to allow light to penetrate through the building according to sun paths.

The south wall of both the exterior and interior being stripped back to its studs not only reinforces Gehry's deconstructionist ideals, but also allows southerly light to flow through the building. 

The addition of the new skin creates an ambiguity between interior and exterior areas as it is not as clearly defined as a space as the existing building (timber structure, dutch colonial). Despite being interior, it creates an interstitial area through the use of scrapyard, rough, construction materials (steel, exposed timber framework, chain-link fence), and its sense of incompletion.

Section

Shows the existing building's skin as an elevation and reveals the exposed timber structure which contributes to the sense of incompletion and perpetual construction of Gehry's added area.

Elevation

Shows the new skin in relation to the old skin and how it appears to hug around the building, encasing the traditional build in Gehry's ideals.

Model Progress

oops it was supposed to be done :(

Part B

1. Skins

As an extension of my literal skins study in part A, I abstracted the concept by joining the elevations into a continuous drawing and pulled the skins apart, adding the skin of vegetation, which I have considered a layer of the design.

I found a plan of the landscaping in an article from the library but I lost the reference sheet I had for them :(

NOTE: UPLOAD MODEL PHOTO

2. Light Study

I found the placement of openings in the building interesting, so I did a light study. The direction of the lines show the direction of the light (bar the diagonal, which is light coming from above), and dotted lines represent light going through a skin. The overlapping of these build up intensity of light.

I underlaid the plan onto Google SketchUp and modelled the light coming through the building from all directions (simplified to north/south/east/west). I took 12 horizontal sections of the model at equal intervals. 

These were drawn onto AutoCAD and hatches were applied. 

I knew I wanted to represent these 2D drawings as a 3D model on layers of acrylic so you could see the blocks of light, but the issue was getting the prints onto the acrylic. I also decided to present the model on an iPad to have a backlight, because the layers made it look a bit foggy towards the bottom.

Failed tests:

 PHOTOS OF THINGS

3. Materiality

1. corrugated steel

2. asbestos shingles

3. glass

4. chain-link fence

5. timber studs

6. masonry

The use of material in Gehry's addition signify construction, as he was enamoured with the "potential" buildings on construction showed. It is in stark contrast to the traditional timber frame existing house.

drawings

Still going at it. Will post things sometime...