Final design (space for dance)

The model below is my final design to represent Polka. I was aiming to represent the energy, fun, social aspect, centralized cluster organization, and adjacent relationship of the dance through this design. the waves of the walls and the elevation changes represent the fun and energy or the dance. the little windows that make the structure translucent and the openness of the structure represent the social aspect of it. the spaces are disorganized, however, they contain in a circle just like the dance. The spaces are also connected by a 3 foot walk ways that represent the adjacent relationship of the dance.

final practice models

The two images below wast the root of my final project. the models were later modified to fit the requirements and I came up with the model above which was basically my final design.

practice models

These are the models or some ideas i had to represent my dance.

models of the diagrams of the dance

Based on the diagrams that I created to represent my dance, I then created a few models to represent it. Here are some shots of the models themselves.

this model represents the adjacent relationship of the dance and also the hopping that is involved in it.

This model represents the steps

This model represents the adjacent relationship between the couple.

This model represents the tempo of the dance.

This one represents the circular organization.

This one represents the repetition and hopping.

This one shows the scale of the dance.

Diagrams of the dance

These are the diagrams of the dance that i created.

Our new project is to create a space that represents a selected dance. For my dance I picked Polka. The polka originated in Czechoslovakia. The story tells that on one Sunday afternoon in 1830 a young servant girl, Anna Chadimova, gathered among other young people and she began singing and making up a dance. According to the story a Bohemian composer observed the girls dance and song and wrote down her tune and memorized the steps. This following week she apparently taught her steps to her fellow friends. The polka was introduced to the United States in 1844 by a Hungarian Army Officer, Gabreil De Karponay. It becomes popular after the World War II when Polish immigrants adopted the polka as their national dance.

diagrams

these are my diagrams for the project.

A Space for Poetry

After reading over the selection of poems, I picked a poem titled “We never know how high we are” by Emily Dickinson. I chose this poem because it was inspiring, motivational, and encouraging. It was also short and simple but had a lot of meaning behind it. In the two short stanzas it inspired the reader to reach for the skies. That’s what I wanted my design to be, simple but yet inspiring, something that would bring you up high.
I started off designing three different models that represented the height. In those three models I used stairs and ramps to bring the feeling of that height but the actual space didn’t have much focus on it. Then I decided to create a different design that would have more emphasis on the space itself, however, this attempt wasn’t very successful either. The space itself wasn’t very uplifting and didn’t represent the poem much and the entryway was too much as a part of the space itself. Then I designed my final structure.
Unlike the previous four structures, the space in my final one was on the ground lever. I didn’t use any stairs or ramps but instead tried to represent the feeling of height by the space itself. My final is a tall closed off structure with an opening at the top and one reclining wall where a person can sit and read the poem. The structure is closed off so that the eye of the reader would focus on the only opening which is at the top. While being surrounded by four tall walls that are pretty close together and the only sight is up, you get the feeling of height. The reclining seat at the wall was also a strategy in directing the sight to the top. It is much easier to look up while reclining back rather than sitting straight up. I feel like my final project accomplishes was I set out to do, bring a simple structure that would make you reach for the skies. It is also not just simple, but eye catching as well with the smooth design that is something between a triangle and a rectangle.

These are some images of my final stucture, its pretty much the same as the final model

The two images below are my practice to scale model without the roof. one of the images show the inner sitting area and the other one shows the outside view of it.

The image below shows a tiny scale model of the structure I had in mind.

In that new design, however, there was still some emphasis on the etrance and the stairs to give it the feeling of the hight. I started thinking about a space that will still give that feeling of the hight without the stair. Images below show my process. I came up with an idea of a high structure that created a space that will raise your eyes to the top, which has an opening to the sky. I also created a place to sit and recline back so you can look up.

The three of my intial models didn't focus enough on the actual space to read the poetry, but more on the way to get to that space. I created a new design that had more emphasis on the actual space. (imgages below).

three iretations of the design

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