A Study of Spatial Relationships

&
Human Response

Juan Restrepo
Professor Julie Rogers Varland
Fundametals Studio III

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

THIS STUDIO WILL STUDY AND EXPLORE THE VARIOUS PERCEPTUAL

SYSTEMS THAT WE, AS HUMANS,
USE IN RELATIONSHIP TO ARCHITECTURE - ITS SPACE AND MATERIAL,
ITS MEASURABLE AND IMMEASURABLE CHARACTERISTICS AND PHENOMENON.
THE CLIENT FOR THIS DWELL/LIVEWORK/EXHIBIT PROJECT WILL BE ONE
OF THE FOLLOWING: JAMES TURRELL,
ROBERT IRWIN, ANTHONY GORMLEY,
OR URSULA VON RYDINGSVARD. THE
WORK OF THESE ARTISTS AND HOW
THEY USE MATERIALS WILL BE A
POINT OF DEPARTURE FOR YOUR
EXPLORATION IN THIS PROJECT.

ARTIST STATEMENT

DESIGN STATEMENT

JAMES TURRELL HAS WORKED DIRECTLY WITH LIGHT AND SPACE

IN ORDER TO CREATE ART PIECES
THAT CAPTURES THE VIEWERS WITH
THE LIMITS AND WONDER OF HUMAN
PERCEPTION. TURRELLS WORK IS
NOT ABOUT LIGHT, OR A SEQUENCE
OF RECORDED LIGHTS, IT IS LIGHT
ITSELF. THE BODILY EXISTENCE OF
LIGHT MADE CLEAR THROUGH SENSES. MY WORK HAS NO OBJECT, NO
IMAGE AND NO FOCUS. WITH NO
OBJECT, NO IMAGE AND NO FOCUS,
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? YOU
ARE LOOKING AT YOU LOOKING.
WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO ME IS TO
CREATE AN EXPERIENCE OF WORDLESS THOUGHT. - JAMES TURRELL

JAMES TURRELLS WORK CONSIST

ON A DIRECT USE OF LIGHT AND
SPACE TO CREATE SENSORRIAL EXPERIENCES FOR THE VIEWER. THIS
DESIGN APPROACHES THIS CONCEPT
BY APPLYING A SERIES OF OPENING PATTERNS IN STRATEGIC LOCATIONS OF THE BUILDING TO LET
NATURAL LIGHT IN. THE USE OF SOLID AND GLASS WALLS ALLOW THE
CREATION OF OPEN AND CLOSED
SPACES. THESE SPACES ARE ALSO
CONTROLLED BY THE UPWARD EXTENT OF CEILINGS WHICH ACTIVATE
A VARIETY OF SENSES IN THE USER.
ALSO, THE LOCATION OF THE BUILDING REGARDING THE SITE AND SOLAR
PATH ORIENTATION FACILITATE THE
CREATION OF EXPERIENTIAL VIEWS
AND CONNECTIONS TO NATURE.

PERSONA
NAME: JAMES TURREL

LOCATION: SAVANNAH, GA

AGE: 73

HOBBIES: READING,
ATING ART.

STATUS: MARRIED
JOB: ARTIST

STUDYING, CRE-

DAILY ROUTINE: WORK,

COOKING, READ, REFLECT

DESIGN,

HIS WORK

SITE ANALYSIS

SITING DECISIONS

THE SITE IS LOCATED AT THE OLD

CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY,
WHICH SERVES TODAY AS THE GEORGIA STATE RAILROAD MUSEUM. THIS
IS A STUNNING NATIONAL HISTORIC
LANDMARK.
IN THE SITE YOU WILL FIND THE
ROUND HOUSE WHICH IS THE CENTRAL AREA OF THE MUSEUM. FURTHER TO THE WEST SIDE THERE IS
SECTION OF THE SITE DEDICATED TO
THE SAVANNAH CHILDREN MUSEUM,
AND NEXT TO IT A LARGE SPACE OF
BUILDING AND MACHINERY.
IN THE NORTH WEST CORNER OF
THE SITE YOULL FIND THE LOWEST
GEOGRAPHICAL POINT OF THIS LAND
WHICH IS CONNECT BY A SOMEWHAT
STEEP DOWN SLOPE COMING FROM
THE MAIN AREA OF THIS ZONE.

AFTER ANALYZING THE SITE AND

THE CONDITIONS OF THE TERRAIN
I FOUND THE SLOPE OF THE SITE
AS A PROMINENT PIECE OF LAND
TO BUILD THE DWELLING AND STUDIO SPACE. THIS LOCATION ALLOWED
THE DESIGN TO BE INTEGRATED TO
THE SITE AND HELPED THE BUILDING
TO HAVE AN AMAZING SET OF VIEWS
TOWARD THE NORTH WEST.
THIS DECISION WAS MADE CONSIDERING THE SOLAR PATH ORIENTATION
AND THE DISTANCE FROM PUBLIC
AREAS FROM THE MUSEUM, KEEP IT
AWAY AND PRIVATE FROM THE NOISE
AND TOURIST IN THE MUSEUM.

PUBLIC BOUNDARIES

PRIVATE BOUNDARIES

MOSTLY ANYONE WHO IS ABLE TO

AFFORD THE ENTRANCE TICKET TO
THE SITE IS WELCOMED. THE SITE IS
VERY WIDE AND IT IS OPEN TO THE
PUBLIC TO EXPLORE, ENJOY, AND
RELAX ON IT. THE SPACES ARE DIVIDED BY THE ROUND HOUSE, THE
CHILDREN MUSEUM, A SPACE FOR
MACHINERY AND TWO SMALLER AREAS BEHIND THE ROUND HOUSE,
BEING THE SPACE FOR MACHINERY
THE ONLY NONE PUBLIC SPACE.

THIS IS A MUSEUM THAT REQUIRES

AN ENTRANCE TICKET OF $10 TO
ACCESS THE SITE AND EXHIBITIONS.
CONSIDERING THAT THE DWELLING
SPACE FOR THE ARTIST WILL BE
BUILT IN THE SITE THIS WOULD BE
PART OF THE PRIVATE BOUNDARIES
OF THE AREA ALONG WITH THE MACHINERY SPACE IN THE SOUTH WEST
SIDE OF THE SITE.

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SKETCH
COOK
DRAW
RELAX
HELP
ADMIRE
ENJOY
CREATE
DESIGN
FEEL
OBEY
EXPERIENCE
BELIEVE
LOVE
HURT
SWIM
EXERCISE
CALL
TEXT
READ
BREAK
GRAB
LET GO
PUSH

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SLEEP
FIX
PLAY
EXPERIMENT
COMPETE
EXPLORE
INVESTIGATE
LEARN
TRAVEL
WRITE
RIP
BEND
TWIST
JUMP
LEAN
SCROLL
HIT
PRESS
CLICK
CLEAN
RUIN
CONNECT
RELATE
SEE

STATE OF BEING

EARLY MORNING WAKE UP

HEALTHY BREAKFAST

STRAIGHT TO WORK

AFTERNOON COFFEE
OR DRINK

COOKING DINNER

LIGHT STUDY

STAIR STUDY

SEQUENCE OF SPACES
IN THESE SEQUENCE OF SPACES I
ATTEMPT TO SHOW MOMENT AROUND
THE BUILDING IN WHICH YOU CAN
EXPERIENCE SENSORIAL MOMENTS
WITHIN THE VIEWS AROUND THE
BUILDING AND HOW THERE CAN BE
SO MUCH JUST AROUND THE CORNER OF A WALL OR THROUGH THE
CHANGE OF SPACES.

DEVELOPMENT OF PROJECT
THESE MODEL EXPLORES THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF SHADOWS THAT
CAN BE CREATED BY A SERIES OF
RODS. IT ALSO HELPS ANALYZE THE
CHANGE IN SPACE ACCORDING TO
THE EXTENT OF THE CEILING. PLUS
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT HOW IT EXPRESSES THE TRANSITION WITHIN
SPACES OF DIFFERENT HEIGHTS.

THIS SIMPLE MODEL ATTEMPTS TO

SHOW THE SURFACE OF THE IDEA
SUGGESTED FOR THE DESIGN OF THE
BUILDING. THE AMOUNT OF STRING
VARIES BY THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
SPACE, WHERE THERE IS THE MOST
STRINGS IS THE MOST PROMINENT
SPACES OF THE BUILDING.

THIS MODEL SHOWS THE FINALIZED

MASS OF THE BUILDING AND THE
OPEN SPACES THAT ARE GOING TO
ALLOW THE NATURAL LIGHT COME
THROUGH. IT ALSO SUGGEST SOME
MATERIALS LIKE GLASS AND WOOD
THAT ARE USED IN THE FINAL PRODUCT.

THIS IMAGES SHOWN ARE A NUMBER

OF SKETCHES AND DRAWINGS THAT
SHOW THE DESIGN PROCESS OF THE
BUILDING FROM A SIMPLE GESTURAL SKETCH TO A ARCHITECTURAL
FLOOR PLAN DEVELOPED IN ORDER
TO SHOW THE DIVISION OF SPACES,
STAIRS AND POINTS OF ACCESS.

FINAL PROJECT
THE DESIGN OF THIS HOUSE CONSISTS ON A VARIETY OF ANGLES
AND GEOMETRIC SHAPES THAT VARY
IN ALTITUDE AND ANGLES. IT HAS A
FEW OPENINGS AROUND THE BUILDING TO CREATE A PLAY WITH SHADOW AND EXPERIENTIAL FEELING IN
THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING.
THE MATERIALS USE FOR THIS DESIGN ARE CONCRETE, WOOD AND
CLEAR GLASS. IN THE INTERIORS OF
THE HOUSE INTERESTING PIECES OF
WORK WOULD BE FOUND IN RELATION TO JAMES TURRELL.

AXONOMETRIC 1

AXONOMETRIC 2

SITE PLAN

SOLAR PATH 9 AM

SOLAR PATH 3 PM

SOLAR PATH 6 PM

LEVEL -1

LEVEL 1

CIRCULATION

PARTI

LEVEL 2

EAST ELEVATION

NORTH ELEVATION

WEST ELEVATION

SOUTH ELEVATION

SECTION AA

SECTION AB

SECTION AC

SECTION AD

EXPERIENTIAL MOMENTS

CLOSING REMARKS

IN CONCLUSION THIS PROJECT HAS

BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE SINCE
IT HAS MADE ME IDENTIFY A CLIENT, A SITE AND A DESIGN CONCEPT
THAT TIES UP TOGETHER AS ONE.
BEING RESTRICTED TO THE ARTISTS
WORK IT MADE EVERY DECISION
MADE FOR THE DESIGN STRATEGIC
AND IT ALWAYS HAD A PURPOSE.
I ENJOYED THE RULES THE PROJECT SET AROUND ME AND HOW IT
MADE IT FEEL CLOSE TO A REAL
LIFE PROJECT.