Beginning sketches imaging what elements to include in an intimate space including a fire feature or water feature, and what setting it might be in.
More refined early sketches, thinking about scale and construction for first model.
Iteration round 4, I continued exploring more organic shapes that would feel more natural in a forest setting and work as a unified whole with the floor plan.
Round 3 of iteration continued exloreing how to create the feeling of comfort and protection without actually enclosing the area.
The next set of sketches explored an altered floor plan and different roof structures.
Final design at a proposed site.
The first model of this project, I basically considered a small basin that one could lay in the forest below ground level, with some form of roof to provide the feeling of being protected without counteracting the feeling of openness. The result looked like a bassinet, and read as two distinct pieces, not a cohesive whole. Alterations were needed that wouldn't have been apparent without building this model.
Modeled in chipboard.
The issue of disjointedness remains but the floor plan is somewhat more successful.
Modeled in clay and chipboard.
I submerged the unit deeper into the ground, 4ft instead of 3ft, and added two sets of stairs. The roof has evolved some but still does not feel entirely unified with the whole structure. Given you would only see the "roof" from a distance I wanted it to be intriguing but not disturbing.
Modeled in chipboard.
A sketch model, considering the overarching pieces as pulled-up extensions of the underground portion. The idea was for it to look like branches weaving overhead.
Modeled in clay and chipboard.
The final model is represented in clay with the ground plane in chipboard.
Final drawings.
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