In this update I started looking at how to bring people into and around the building, paying particular emphasis to how Copley Square continues into the lower level market.
The walkway from Copley is pulled across the sidewalk and continues into the building. The areas to each side of the walk are for outdoor seating. In the placement of the walls I have tried to define the outdoor space while providing a someplace to stop and sit.
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Tim,
I like your idea of incorporating the pedestrain zone into the design and encourage you to consider treating paving patterns and sitting benches as continous elements that link the inside to the outside. The market program lends itself nicely to think along these lines.
Looking at the overall rendering it seems that the geometry of the entrance angle and the cut on the roof do not align. The gesture will be stronger, if it was unified and somehow carried through all floors. When you revisit the geometry you can rotate the entrance door perpendicular to the entrance angle to make for a better transition. Are the facade elements on the first floor movable or operable? If so, you could show them in different positions (summer/ winter setting)-a gesture that would strenghten your overall topic.
The pulled out volume above the entrance works nicely.
In addition to the above focus this week on the two facade sections and elevations that show the different orientations, views, relation to the floor plates, etc. Use the drawings to annotate how the changing elements of the facade work (how do they change, how is the change controlled, etc)
How are you going to incorporate aspects of the "framed views" option?
It is nice to see your project coming along! If you focus on the design this week you still have a few days to bring the new material up to the presentation quality and integrate it in the overall project.
Keep up the good progress!
Enno
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