representational reference: sanaa in almere

our intention in general for the magnolia proposals, which holds true for scheme 1: greenwalls, is not to play with form but purely surface.
as follows, we will setup a hidden line template that all subsequent schemes can be overlaid onto.
we've been thinking of treating the presentation like a colouring book...

... but of course not literally.

kazuyo sejima's presentation for the almerebouwttheater competition comes to mind.

project reference - MVRDV

porter's lodges in the hoge veluwe national park in oterloo, nertherlands

it appears that mvrdv is primarily interested in materiality and it's consequences on geometry and detailing when responding to climate... but it all starts with materiality as a catalyst....

magnolia in bryant park : as-built & project references

our client was obsessed with everything "parisian" at the time. this was our 2nd project with her, after having just finished her loft in tribeca. she was happy to give the board whatever they wanted so that we could build on the lot.

the bryant park board pres. was most concerned with it sounding like a cool idea but looking like everything else in the park. he decides to throw down a word picture of "an alpine hut"..."enshrouded in vines". i dunno which fuckin' mountain range in the world he had in mind where this would ever actually occur naturally, but i love how it's proposed as a familiar thing...

the times didn't know what to make of it, opting to just describe a few of it's banal architectural features: "...crisp awning, oversize windows, and a flared cornice" meets print.

a few of the drawings submitted to BPC in april '05

from the outset, the bryant park corp. made their demands for aesthetic contextualism through the mouth piece of their parchitect, hugh hardy of hardy holtzman pfifer. these watered down renderings were the last attempts to reference architectures outside of hardy's park structures.



the facade treatments of gunnar asplund and the market storefront used in "amelie" were the only remaining points of reference for us by the time we reached an approvable design...