Saturday, April 10, 2010
Pedestrian Streets
http://udcompetition.uli.org/finalists
All three plans from UMD, UPenn, and Harvard create a pedestrian/significantly reduced traffic street on the west side of the site, which runs mostly parallel to other roads.
Some of the conversations that working in groups produced were about how viable a pedestrian street is, and here we see that it can be viable, even if it lies in between two roads which are only a block apart.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Friday and the Purple Line
The list for Friday is posted on the column in studio. If you did not receive an e-mail from me with the spreadsheet it was because your name wasn't on the list or I typed it in wrong, in either case let me know in studio and we'll update the e-mail list.
On another note, if you think of a subject that should be added you can post it as a comment. That way we can respond back with our reactions/opinions, add links that might be helpful, or simply just to keep everyone on the same page with what we are doing in our section. Something for example that we haven't discussed yet are the implications of the Purple Line that could change/impact our designs. It would be cool if we could add the light rail into some of our sections as part of our proposals.
http://www.sierraclub.org/dc/sprawl/purple-line/purple-line-connections.html
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Template for Site Analysis
We've put together a simple template for the site analysis to look cohesive. Currently, Andrea, Jason, Andrew M, and myself have the file. If you would like it please talk to us so we can give it to you.
-Nick
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
site pre analysis

the first is potential site placements. All are under construction, intersections of Wayne and Bonifant, Fenton and Ellsworth, and just south west of the discovery communications building. Programs are civic center, unknown, and public transportation station respectively.

these are discovery building locations in silver spring. The top "L" shaped one is the communications building where the suits chill and make executive decisions. The other building is the studio where recordings and voice overs and songs are recorded for the shows.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Green roofs

I was looking up information on green roofs and debating on weather or not it made sense to use in our project. Initially, I felt like green roofs were intended for urban areas which lack vegetation or if used in a natural environment that it should be used in a way which the roof actually connects to the landscape. My project does neither, but it is supposed to be an educational and research facility in sustainability, and so for that reason it would be relevant. After researching it a little more I'm definitely more open to the idea of a green roof, after seeing the variety of situations they've been used in. I was curious about what other people's opinions on this subject was.
http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/10/07/green-roofs-are-changing-the-way-architects-design-buildings/
http://www.roofsystemsconsultants.com/Green.htm
http://www.greenroofs.com/research_links.htm
http://earthfirst.com/10-photos-of-stunning-green-roofs-from-around-the-world/
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Advice
After graduation, I'm planning a 2 to 3 week cross country trip making a ton of architecture-related stops along the way. I'm going to start in either Boston or New York and end in San Diego. I've attached a link to my first thoughts of a route and I'm looking for feedback about where I should visit.
Plans
Any help would be great!
Matthew
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010
Ghost Lab
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Watercolor
Friday, February 5, 2010
AutoCAD file: Complete Site in New Context
I've projected the Matt Bell proposal next to our site in a .dwg at 1:200 scale. I have not posted it online, however if you would like the file or a print copy, both Matt Olson and I have the file.
See you all in studio,
Nick
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Matthew Bell for EE&K Architects
Armed Forces Retirement Home
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Start of the semester!
I made this blog so that it's easy for all of us to share information with each other. Share links, photos, videos, quotes, reading recommendations, etc. We won't need to email each other and this will make a central resource bank specific to our section.
Everyone in our section will be free to post and edit their posts as they'd like.
To start off, here are the links that we all received from our critic,
http://www.fieldoperations.
http://www.100land.de/index.
http://www.west8.nl/
http://www.hargreaves.com/
http://www.stanallenarchitect.
http://www.theprex.net/
http://www.swagroup.com/
http://www.pwpla.com/
http://www.marthaschwartz.com/
http://www.mcdonoughpartners.
Ken Yeang’s webpage:
http://www.trhamzahyeang.com/
“The Master Series III \ T.R. Hamzah & Yeang \ Image Publishing” has some really good graphics and examples of technical site analysis.
Have a great semester!
Matthew