Since creating my first model, I knew I wanted the architectural structure to be located in the River Thames having a birds eye view of something similar to the Citadel Flotilla.
[insert sketch]
I then needed a structure to connect the each section of the building, and Musee du qui Branly came to mind because I really admired the steel and glass construction work for the outside of the museum. At this point I began creating another loose metal wire model of the base for the glass corridors. This model now reminded me of the way the Pompidou escalators were constructed (colourful steel and glass).
[insert metal wire]
These aspects then contributed to further research.
Having exceeded my own deadline for completing my prototype, I made sure I finished my model today. However, as I continued to make my model, I questioned myself if glass floors were actually applicable for a building? As I conducted research, I found many glass buildings.. but without glass floors! This meant my structure may not have been physically possible. Although an advantage I gained from this research was that I found more influences for my building and could integrate this into the structure. Eventually I found buildings that did have glass floors but they were only implemented in very small surface areas, such as an overhanging piece of glass in the Chicago tower and Vertical House by Atelier FCJZ, where it was also only administered for artists and architects. Minimal furniture was placed in the room, since the floor may not have been able to withstand the weight of a lot of furniture.
[insert sketch]
I then needed a structure to connect the each section of the building, and Musee du qui Branly came to mind because I really admired the steel and glass construction work for the outside of the museum. At this point I began creating another loose metal wire model of the base for the glass corridors. This model now reminded me of the way the Pompidou escalators were constructed (colourful steel and glass).
[insert metal wire]
These aspects then contributed to further research.
Having exceeded my own deadline for completing my prototype, I made sure I finished my model today. However, as I continued to make my model, I questioned myself if glass floors were actually applicable for a building? As I conducted research, I found many glass buildings.. but without glass floors! This meant my structure may not have been physically possible. Although an advantage I gained from this research was that I found more influences for my building and could integrate this into the structure. Eventually I found buildings that did have glass floors but they were only implemented in very small surface areas, such as an overhanging piece of glass in the Chicago tower and Vertical House by Atelier FCJZ, where it was also only administered for artists and architects. Minimal furniture was placed in the room, since the floor may not have been able to withstand the weight of a lot of furniture.
I was not pleased with using this model as the final representation of my final outcome as it was very lopsided, probably due to minimal measurements being made for the model. So I then created the model on sketchup. This was my first time in using sketchup... it was a very long a tedious process. Although, I was somewhat pleased with the final model.
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