OB_5.1

My first move was to look back on the previous obstructions and the methods/laws that were provided for us. It was important to first establish my own restrictions, so I took elements from the previous obstructions that I wanted to explore more. My rules/ laws are these:

1. Work from Original Plan and Sections 
2. Work in model
• Specifically Wire 
3. Design in additive manner 
• Explored subtracting in previous obstructions.

After determining these guidelines created two schemes.

Scheme 1___Train of thought:

Start with the plan and collage it to create a topography. Use the new created topo and introduce wire elements into the lines of the plan.
I added trace to certain parts of the wire to start to delineate space.

Scheme 2___ Train of Thought:

Created a box where I collaged the plan to the top of the box and pierced the wire through certain points of the plan.  The suspended wire created lines to which I started to add planes (chip board). The result is something that reads completely differently if inside the "box" or outside.

I like the idea of having this "test tube" that on the outside has an order ( the plan) but on the inside something completely new and unique happens that in some way has some of the properties of the original drawing.

OB_5

OBSTRUCTION 5
[final obstruction]

On Architectural Autonomy 

"It is only in that instant when the laws are silent that great actions erupt."

-Marquis de Sade

This obstruction is simply what the quote suggest; no rules, no guidelines it's all up to our interpretation______

OB_4.FINAL

I made the site for the final model out of plaster, carving where the structure would go. Making the site separate allows for the model to  be taken apart. 

Some pictures of the mold and the complete final model________

The rest of the presentation was an exploded axon showing an elevation, plan, section and cross sections:

I also edited the original perspective drawings so that they would read a little better.

OB_4.2

Moving on from drawing the perspectives, I  started to create a plan..

The first attempt at a plan and sections: 

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I drew the plan at a bigger scale in order to better understand the spaces and not oversize them like I did in some of the original perspectives. 

I used this plan as a module and repeated it a number of times to create a linear structure with characteristics from both the original perspectives. 

The plan started to become too long so I started to modify some of the modules and really began to explore the spaces within this new linear structure. 

              

 Also began to explore how I wanted the building to interact with the ground, trying different ground lines and how each one made the building read differently. 

The plan above lacked quality spaces and was at times more circulation than actual inhabitable spaces. I resolved this by not necessarily straying away from the module but refining it. 

Since some of the exterior spaces started to be just circulation and this is a narrow structure, in my new plans I experiment with exterior circulation. Also introduced "vertical" walls that break up the horizontality of the plan and create implied spaces on the exterior.

OB_4.1

_________After choosing which pieces of the pictures I wanted to use I started the drawing process, creating new spaces from the lines and textures of the collaged piece.

Started thinking about it a little out of scale and more exterior than interior, but interesting spaces within can be further explored. 

A space that could start to be within the bigger volume above...

Exploring different ways of letting light in...

This attempt wasn't as successful as the ones above because it was hard to connect with the other drawings, however I still enjoyed experimenting with different perspectives and think as a drawing it's not that bad. 

OB_4

OBSTRUCTION _04

"THIS + THAT"

The Fourth Obstruction keeps exploring with the collage, but in this case we have to use an interior view of the house and from parts of that image, create a new space. 

These are some views that seemed interesting____

OB 3.FINAL

Here's the final presentation and some close ups and my attempt at a "drawdel' for the site plan: