Skyscraper: 1st proposed design

Skyscraper: 1st proposed design

1/25: 48 stories scale model of skyscraper. these are detail views of the exterior.

PRECEDENT ANALYSIS: Charlotte field trip

To get a feel for the inside of a skyscraper, we toured the Duke Energy Building in Charlotte. Obtaining a LEED Platinum certification. Sustainable: features include; 85% water efficient, 22% energy efficient VOC material content, green roof, alternate transportation, bike racks, showers, mothers room, brownfield site, FSC certified, recycling areas, and tenants required LEED certification.

DUKE ENERGY BUILDING

Presentation Day: first criq review

TEAM WORK

PLAN: COLLABORATION: MODEL MAKING

Design Team: Eight students working to create the HD8 skyscraper. 

 

Site: building relationship

Interiors: first proposed views

HD8 SKYSCRAPER: sketch models

Building: structure . base of tower . footprint . floor space detail

OUR SKYSCRAPER: sketch drawings

 HD8 BUILDING

FORMING A FIRM: branding

TEAM CONTRIBUTION

COMPLIMENTS of KATIE REYNOLDS

 

IDEAS: designing a skyscraper

PRECEDENT: process and presentation

PRESENTATION: PRECEDENT DAY

MODELS:TURNING TORSO. LIPPO CENTRE . BANK OF CHINA . DIFC BUILDING .

FRAMED IMAGES: COFFEE DESIGNS - complimentsof JAMINE COLLINS

precedent analysis

precedent images

 Bank of China: http://nbyslog.blogspot.com/2010/07/global-economy-new-shock-as-bank-of.html

 DIFC Lighthouse:http://www.constructionweekonline.com/article-         4894-difc_extends_lighthouse_tower_contract/

Lippo Centre:   http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.12hk.com/area/Admiralty/LippoCtr_PHOT0582.jpg&imgrefurl

Turning Torso:  http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://dac.wavearts.dk/files/turning_torso_2.jpg&imgrefur

Bank of China

Our firm paired into teams of two in search of precedent buildings. Analyzing building shape, form, structure, and content. We created circulation and site diagrams to illustrate the significances of the proximity, spacial distances and flow.