AQUARIUM PROCESS MODEL/PLANS

 I REBUILT MY MODEL I STUCK WITH THE SIMILAR IDEAS BUT AS MY PROFESSORS SUGGESTED THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE SHOULD BE CONNECTING SO I ATTEMPTED TO DO IT. AT TIMES IT IS TOUGH TO CONNECT EVERYTHING BECAUSE OF THE CURVES. I LOOKED AT SOME PRECEDENTS TO HELP WITH MY FLOOR PLAN AND I GET THE IDEA BEHIND FOURCING THE VISITORS INTO ONE EXHIBIT TO ANOTHER WHICH IS WHAT I DID HOPEFULLY. IN MY FIRST FLOOR PLAN YOU START OFF FROM THE CORAL REEF TANK AND GO THROUGH A TUNNEL OF A SEA OF FISH AND END UP WITH THE SEA HORSES WHICH LEADS YOU TO THE SHARKS I ADDED STEPS FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TAKE A BREAK BEFORE MOVING ON TO THE NEXT EXHIBIT AND ALSO A DOOR WHICH LEADS YOU TO THE EXTERIOR. IF YOU CONTINUE ON WITH THE EXHIBITS THE PENGUINS COME NEXT THAN THE TURTLES. AFTER THAT YOU GO UP A RAMP WHICH WILL ALSO HAVE TANKS IN THE WALLS SO YOU WILL BE CONSTANTLY VIEW SOMETHING WHILE YOU WALK UP THE ENCLOSED RAMP AND KEEP THE VIEWER INTO THE AQUARIUM. IN THE SECOND FLOOR YOU ENTER THE TOUCH POOL AREA YOU WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO VIEW THE FIRST FLOOR SHARKS FROM THAT EXHIBIT AND  BE ABLE TO VIEW THE FISH TUNNEL UNDER YOU WHILE YOU ENTER THE MANTA RAY EXHIBIT, THE LAST EXHIBIT WOULD BE THE EELS THIS WILL BE COMBINED WITH THE HUGE CORAL REEF TANK AND WHILE YOU LEAVE THE EELS EXHIBIT YOU WILL WALK AROUND THE CORAL TANK AND END UP IN THE KIDS ZONE. THE THIRD FLOOR WILL BE A RESTAURANT AREA, 4D MOVIE THEATER AND A SIMULATION ROOM WHICH WILL BE A INTERACTIVE ROOM THAT TALKS ABOUT ENDANGERED SEA LIFE AND WILL ALSO HAVE AN ARCADE. I AM ALSO TRYING TO MAKE SURE I HAVE NO SHARP CORNERS AND ALL SMOOTH CURVE CORNERS/EDGES WHICH WILL  BE PART OF MY NEXT POST. RITE NOW I WAS MORE FOCUSED ON THE STRUCTURE BUT I DID HAVE LANDSCAPE ON MIND WHICH IS MY NEXT STEP I WANT TO CONNECT THE STRUCTURE WITH THE SITE AND I WILL ALSO BE POSTING MY THIRD FLOOR PLAN.

PROGRESS MODEL/DIAGRAMS

               FOR MY 3D MODEL I TRIED TO APPLY ALL THREE OF MY IDEAS THE MANTA RAY, WAVE, AND EDGE. I WAS ONLY ABLE TO COME UP WITH THE FIRST FLOOR PLAN WHICH I POSTED I DID HAVE TROUBLE WITH THE LAYOUT I WILL BE REVISING THE LAYOUT SOON WITH THE REST OF MY PLANS. AN ISSUE I RAN INTO WHILE DOING THIS WAS MAINLY CIRCULATION AND HOW TO CONNECT THE FRONT AND BACK OF MY MODEL TOGETHER.

NEW HYBRID MODEL

FINAL HYBRID MODEL

THIS HYBRID MODEL WAS CREATED BY THE COMBINATION OF THE EDGE MODEL, THE WAVE MODEL, AND THE MANTA RAY MODEL.

HYBRID MODEL

                                                       HYBRID MODEL

THIS HYBRID MODEL IS THE COMBINATION OF THE PENGUIN+MANTA RAY+EDGE MODEL(WALKING TOWARDS THE EDGE OF A CLIFF). THESE MODELS WERE ALSO CHOSEN AS THE FINAL THREE TO USE FOR MY HYBRID. I FIRST COMBINED THE PENGUIN MODEL WITH THE MANTA RAY MODEL THAN ADDED THE EDGE MODEL WHICH ARE THE  BUMPY MATERIALS THAT ARE PENETRATING THROUGH THE ENTIRE MODEL. WHEN THE MODEL WAS FINISHED I  REALIZED  I CREATED MANY SPACES IN BETWEEN, INSIDE AND UNDERNEATH THE MODEL. I WENT TOWARDS A DIFFERENT DIRECTION DOING THIS MODEL WHICH WAS NOT TO MAKE IT TO LITERAL BUT I ALSO HOPE IT WASN'T TO MUCH.

STUDY MODELS

                                                         IMPRESSION

 THESE MODELS REPRESENT HOW I FELT LOST AND CONFUSED WHEN I WENT TO THE SITE. THE STUDY MODEL ON THE TOP LEFT REPRESENTS CONFUSED TO ME BY SHOWING IT IN BLACK AND WHITE AND RANDOM BLACK AND WHITE VERTICAL MATERIALS. THE BOTTOM TWO ARE THE SAME MODELS JUST TWO DIFFERENT VIEWS. THIS MODEL SHOWS CONFUSION AND LOST AT THE SAME TIME, YOU NEVER KNOW WHERE THE PATH LEADS YOU, AND IT'S ALSO TANGLED TOGETHER WHICH MAKES IT CONFUSING AS WELL AS THE COLORS.  

  THIS MODEL REPRESENTS THE FLOW OF THE WAVES. DURING THE VISIT OF THE SITE WE GOT SPLASHED BY THE WAVES AND GOT WET. FROM THE COLLAGE TO THE MODEL THIS IS HOW I ATTEMPTED TO SHOW YOU HOW I FELT WHEN I GOT WET.
                                                                     

                                                                EDGE

 THIS MODEL REPRESENTS THE WORD EDGE AND THE PICTURE OF THE ROCKS FROM MY COLLAGE. I ATTEMPTED TO CREATE THESE SHARP EDGES IN SEVERAL WAYS AND ANGLES AND TRIED TO CREATE HIERARCHY AS WELL. THIS MODEL WAS TRYING TO REPRESENT  ROUGH AND SHARP EDGES OF THE ROCKS.

THESE TWO MODELS ARE ALSO EDGE.THE TOP LEFT REPRESENT A PATH THAT LEADS TOWARDS A EDGE.  I ALWAYS IMAGINE THE EDGE VERY BUMBY WHICH IS WHY I CHOOSE TO USE BUMPY MATERIAL FOR THE MODEL. THE BOTTOM WAS MY LEAST FAVORITE IT REPRESENT THE SHARP AND SOFT EDGES COMBINED. IT IS MAYBE TO LITERAL, I USED FOAM BOARD AND CREATED THESE SPIKES THAT REPRESENT SHARP EDGES BUT ARE ACTUALLY SOFT.

                                                                 PROGRAM

 THIS MODEL REPRESENTS THE MOTION OF THE PENGUINS. THIS MODEL ACTUALLY LOOKS VERY SIMPLE BUT TOOK ME THE LONGEST TO FIGURE OUT HOW I WANTED TO REPRESENT THE MOVEMENT OF THE PENGUINS I THINK IT WAS ONE OF MY SUCCESSFUL STUDY MODELS.

 I CREATED THIS MODEL LOOKING AT THE STING RAY FROM ITS TOP VIEW. I SAW THE SHAPE OF IT SO I DECIDED TO CREATE IT. BUT IT WAS TO SIMPLE JUST HAVING THE SHAPE, SO I DECIDED TO SQUEEZE IN EACH SIDES AND PIN IT DOWN. WHEN I DID THAT IT CREATED SPACE BETWEEN THE FOAM AND CHIPBOARD AND GAVE THE FOAM A UNIQUE LOOK ALSO.

THIS MODEL REPRESENTS THE GILLS OF THE SHARK I STARTED OFF WITH JUST FOUR LAYERS BUT WHEN I FINISHED I FELT THAT I CREATED A PATHWAY AND IT HAD TO BE FINISHED SO I DECIDED TO ADD IN TWO MORE ARCHES TOWARDS THE END.

IMPRESSION,EDGE,PROGRAM COLLAGES

IMPRESSION

THIS COLLAGE REPRESENTS HOW I FELT THE DAY I FIRST VISITED THE SITE. I FELT VERY COLD, IT WAS DRIZZLING AND WE WERE BY THE WATER SO I  FELT WET, I ALSO FELT CONFUSED. I KNOW THE SITE DOESN'T ALWAYS FEEL LIKE THAT. I WENT TO THE SITE A COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER, IT WAS WAY MORE SUNNY, BUT STILL COLD. HOWEVER THE ASSIGNMENT WAS TARGETING THE FIRST DAY I WENT TO THE SITE AND OVERALL IT FELT LIKE A SAD GLOOMY DAY.

EDGE

WHEN I WAS CREATING THIS COLLAGE I HAD TO THINK ABOUT THE WORD EDGE.WHAT CAME TO MY MIND WERE SHARP EDGES, SHARP/SMOOTH COMBINED EDGES, EDGE OF A CLIFF, WALKING TOWARDS A EDGE, AND LAYERD EDGES.

PROGRAM 

SINCE I CHOOSE TO DESIGN AN AQUARIUM  MY PROGRAM COLLAGE SHOWS THE TYPE OF SEA LIFE I WOULD TRY TO DISPLAY IN MY AQUARIUM.

DATA SPACE RESEARCH

RESTROOMS

            RESTROOMS WILL BE FOR MALE / FEMALES , AND ALSO HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE.

OFFICE SPACE

1

2

AFTER LOOKING AT THE DIAGRAMS I CONCLUDED THAT DIAGRAM 1 WOULD BE A GOOD OFFICE SPACE FOR MY PROJECT.

                                                                       CLASSROOMS

A TYPICAL CLASSROOM DEPENDS ON THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS. IN MY CASE I WANT ABOUT 50 STUDENTS AND 3 CLASSROOMS WITH DIFFERENT SUBJECTS (WORKSHOPS). THE SIZE WOULD BY 35'X35'=1225' IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE COMPUTER LABS.

                                                                   RESTARUANT/BAR

                                                                             KITCHEN

                                                                       THEATER 

DIAGRAM SHOWS TYPICAL SIZE FOR SEATING IN THEATER AND INCLUDES HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE SEATING AS WELL. I WILL BE USING THE DIMENSIONS OF THE SEATING TO OBTAIN THE SQ.FT FOR MY 4D THEATER. 

                                                                         RETAIL

THESE TWO DIAGRAMS EXPRESS HOW I WOULD LIKE TO DESIGN MY RETAIL PORTION OF MY AQUARIUM AND HELPS GIVE ME AN IDEA WHAT MY SQ.FT WOULD BE .

                                                                    AQUARIUM 

THESE DIAGRAMS AND PLANS SHOW THE DIMENSIONS OF SOME OF PROGRAM FOR THE AQUARIUM, THE PLANS WILL HELP ME GET AN IDEA HOW TO DISPLAY SOME OF MY SPACES WITH THE CORRECT DIMENSIONS, I WILL BE USING MY CASE STUDIES AS FIGURE OUT SOME SQ.FT OF MY SPACES.

                                                  

                                                               AQUARIUM DESIGN

THESE DIAGRAMS ARE  HELPFUL WITH DESIGNING SPACES FOR THE AQUARIUM. THEY HELP WITH DESIGNING MY DISPLAY AREAS AND  ALSO THE DIMENSIONS OF HOW HIGH THE DISPLAY GLASS SHOULD BE FOR DIFFERENT AGES AND HEIGHTS.