REALLY QUICK IMAGES FROM YEARS AGO
This sequence of drawings were made very quickly at the very end of January and very beginning of February 2019. These should file under “portfolio”. The example above and some below blocks carved out for air and solar exposure. The main tenets that drove these are 1) articulate massing to bring in natural air and solar, 2) variations in the spaces should be apparent in the elevations, 3) brace frames for stability. 4) think lofty and upward. I will add a bit about each tenet, each point below.
Told myself to think tenet not tenement–try to see thoughtful tenets of architecture, any design should strive to be more than a financial tenement of real estate.
1) Light and space are not new ideas, but we should often be reminded of their importance. Could light and space have been the first human ideas? I would nominate them as candidates for that position. We have guidance, zoning codes and plans to build cities with healthy access to life giving light and air. Light and air and space are have been seen as the primary substances of architecture nearly forever.
2) When I draw, I often draw in as many dimensions as possible. I would encourage everyone to do this when appropriate, or, if you are in the position to teach others, teach them to draw in many dimensions. Do not design from plan view or top down view or z dimension alone, but design in elevation, in the round or in many dimensions as possible. There is a time for drawing in plan only, yes I know. We also need to raise the standard from basic and monotonous to something more vivid.
3) Some of these towers use a diagonal grid, a braced frame structure for extra stability. This might expect you to see the world less through a rectangular window and more of a triangulated or crystalline one. For example,
4) onward and upward!
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