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Extended Elevations
In this project I focused on two-dimensional and three-dimensional designs that illustrate and describe my movements through three different stairways. Through the process of elimination, only one of the three data sets was taken to create the final wooden cube, that resembles the “extended” nature of the stairways leading up to the MIT student center.
To take my measurements, I chose three different styles of staircases. I chose the interior stairs in Building 9, the stairs leading up to building seven from Mass Ave, that contain steps as well as landings, and the stairs leading up to the student center, that contains long landings, with few steps. Describing each space my how I moved in it, My first space was described as constrained, my second space was fragmented, and my third space was extended. Therefore, for my final three foam models, I wanted to show the constrained nature of the first space, the fragmented nature of the second, and the extended nature of the third by carefully dealing with only three lines to illustrate these ideas. My most successful foam model was the “extended” cube, and as I tackled on the basswood cube, I pushed my design to the extreme. I allowed myself to take all of the “extended” cube’s foam parts and make 3 to 2 pieces of what use to be one. I broke down walls, broke down pieces but still successfully managed for my joints to be stable and repetitive. This was possible through the joint system I used. Throughout my building process I discovered that wedging the L form in between two stable points allowed for stable binding. Using this specific joinery technique allowed me to make sure that all the basswood was extended to the farthest it could go, and that each piece couldn’t be extended more than it already did.
Extended Elevations
In this project I focused on two-dimensional and three-dimensional designs that illustrate and describe my movements through three different stairways. Through the process of elimination, only one of the three data sets was taken to create the final wooden cube, that resembles the “extended” nature of the stairways leading up to the MIT student center.
To take my measurements, I chose three different styles of staircases. I chose the interior stairs in Building 9, the stairs leading up to building seven from Mass Ave, that contain steps as well as landings, and the stairs leading up to the student center, that contains long landings, with few steps. Describing each space my how I moved in it, My first space was described as constrained, my second space was fragmented, and my third space was extended. Therefore, for my final three foam models, I wanted to show the constrained nature of the first space, the fragmented nature of the second, and the extended nature of the third by carefully dealing with only three lines to illustrate these ideas. My most successful foam model was the “extended” cube, and as I tackled on the basswood cube, I pushed my design to the extreme. I allowed myself to take all of the “extended” cube’s foam parts and make 3 to 2 pieces of what use to be one. I broke down walls, broke down pieces but still successfully managed for my joints to be stable and repetitive. This was possible through the joint system I used. Throughout my building process I discovered that wedging the L form in between two stable points allowed for stable binding. Using this specific joinery technique allowed me to make sure that all the basswood was extended to the farthest it could go, and that each piece couldn’t be extended more than it already did.