Design Process: I sketched on trace paper, built models, and made sun/shadow diagrams in Google Sketchup in order to help make plentiful iterations before creating the final design.
This is a diagram showing how members of the community interact with the green spaces in the cooking school.
I gained experience making diagrams and having them aid to my design process. For example, I made sun and shadow diagrams because there is not much sun in Denmark and the Danes spend time in places that utilize sun and warmth. As well, I made connectivity diagrams showing where different users in the community would enter the space.
By the end of the project, I gained spatial knowledge and explored how people interact with and think about spaces. Some of the new realms I explored were how to give a space a particular feeling or atmospheres, how environmental factors affect design, and how preexisting community biases affect design.
This image was created with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
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Nørrebro Cooking School
Project: Community Cooking Cchool
User: Community in Nørrebro in Copenhagen, Denmark. Nearby community comprises of a kindergarten, gymnasium (high school), and elderly home.
Personal Design Goals:
(1) Create a community for the surrounding users
(2) Integrate sustainability and greenery into building
(3) Preserve the existing petting zoo and grassy areas in order to add to, not disrupt, the preexisting uses of the space
