Pod design wireframes

WEEKLY PROGRESS UPDATE 3/19

food truck seating

basketball half court

stairs

gallery variations

hot tub

nap booth

photo booth MISA GRANNIS | THESIS SP12

Pod design wireframes

WEEKLY PROGRESS UPDATE 3/19

2nd story half court ^ This experiment demonstrated the difficulty with dealing with wide program plug-ins on the second level. How will the structural support work? Does the band need to expand (the tracks) or not? (probably not). Can the accordion partitions widen to provide extra support? not sure how... access to second levels is also an issue. In this example partitions have been widened to 8.

dimension quick test Testing 6, 12 and 18 deep modules on a 35 wide sidewalk.

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To do list/schedule (perhaps kind of lofty, but aim high)

Start Due precedent list (fall) @done
Yesterday Today

WEEKLY PROGRESS UPDATE 3/19

Start Due 1 3 1 7 Basic axon - band, pods, "rooms" (show reasonable band construction) /axon /perspective @100% scale accommodation /diagram @revise site plan /plan /2D @large long section /section /2D @revise @large Vignettes Bridge/Pop-down @100% 1 5 3 POV /perspective @large plan /plan /2D aerial persp or axon /perspective sidewalk lounge @100% 1 5 3 POV /perspective @large plan /plan /2D aerial persp or axon /perspective active storefront/ofce plug-in pop out @100% 1 5 3 POV /perspective @large plan /plan /2D aerial persp or axon /perspective narrow sidewalk 3 7 5 POV /perspective @large plan /plan /2D aerial persp or axon /perspective vacant lot 3 7 5 POV /perspective @large plan /plan /2D aerial persp or axon /perspective
Today 3/21/12

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Thesis Studio
1 Design Design pods @design experiment with band design (width) @design Text 1 1 1 1 1 500 word abstract - hypothesis and method of testing abstract draft 100 word thesis statement - 3 sentences: observation, critique, method of research 100 word draft 4x4 image for card Models 1 9 block scale unit scale laser les Drawings Problem 2 5 Vital space between buildings (illustration) /diagram wasted opportunity, stagnation (vacancies) diagram over photo /diagram Theoretical framework/precedent 2 2 temporary interventions as catalyst for future growth (diagrams) /diagram Situationists - city as backdrop for events? /diagram Precedent Analysis precedent list (fall) @done

precedent matrix (fall) @done 9 utopian--pragmatic macro--micro scale /diagram Real-world applications/interpretations food trucks, parklets, pop-ups @done territory analysis @done

Yesterday Yesterday

Today Today

3/28/12 Yesterday Tomorrow 3/23/12 Today 3/22/12 3/22/12 3/23/12 3/28/12

Stakeholders @done applications @done 5 5 1 virtuous feedback loop /diagram new sidewalk ecologies /diagram failure: isolated/aggregation /diagram Real World Analysis Parklet code (street scale) @done Bay window code @done

3/21/12

emergence of new territory over street @done Criteria for proposal/thesis statement - explore the concept of rapid urbanism through the lens of ____ 1 2 5 sidewalk/facade/street zone /diagram @100% scalar shifts /diagram @revise typological studies (slinky, expansion, folding, collapsible etc) /diagram Site 1 mid-market photograph of vacancies/highlighted @revise Proposal 1 Basic axon - band, pods, "rooms" (show reasonable band construction) /axon /perspective @100%

Start 5 aerial persp or axon /perspective whole block 3 7 5 POV /perspective @large plan /plan /2D aerial persp or axon /perspective Band details 3 5 5 rail/frame structure /axon panel options /diagram exibility+minimum angle for visibility /diagram Pods/details 1 2 2 Pod catalog /axon @100% sample pod section (2-3) /2D /section basic pod installation (showing band detail) /diagram Ownership/platform/operational details 5 7 5 9 5 9 7 module lease structure (stakeholders) /diagram aggregation+feedback loop /diagram generation of public open space (like POPOS) /diagram Social/economic implications time-based diagram of revitalization /diagram nimbleness of bottom-up community improvement /diagram presentation of shallow section of city - voyeurs v. exhibitionists - the cook the thief his wife and her lover /diagram foam city: micropublics v. macropublics - technology = park bench is room /diagram
3/23/12 3/21/12 Today 3/21/12

Due 9 9 9 9
3/23/12

Start foam city: micropublics v. macropublics - technology = park bench is room /diagram architectural implications traditional perception of arch (edices) - revisitation of rst diagram /diagram new interpretation of arch (temporary in spaces between) - revisitation of rst diagram /diagram Board Layout Draft Layout
3/25/12 Tomorrow

Due

3/23/12 Tomorrow

3/24/12

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Super drafty abstract

WEEKLY PROGRESS UPDATE 3/19 scales. Finally, mobile and temporary strategies foster community involvement and a sense of ownership, benefiting both the city and individual neighborhoods. As a notoriously troubled neighborhood with high vacancy rates and a history of revitalization efforts, San Franciscos Mid-Market district provides a challenging and relevant site in which to play out the possibilities of this proposal. These ideas are tested through an exploration of flexible space subjected to the constraints of the sidewalk.?? (questioning the limited definitions of street-sidewalk-building and seeking ways to thickening them and finding ways to occupy them in order to overcome) A flexible band creates continuity, while plug-in program modules provide specific infrastructure and structural support. Architects are no longer engaged in the creation of the urban experience. We must seek out new mental territory and new ways of participating in the arena of the space between. /We need to reconsider our role in the world and be willing to question the meaning of architectural development. /////Comprised of two flexible tracks and an accordion of rigid partitions that slides along them, the proposal is both highly adaptable and embedded with constraints. By sliding the partitions along the rail a tall, narrow space can be transformed into a short, wide one, affecting the adjacent cells in turn. A variety of interchangeable panels can be substituted to create an assembly of difference that allows users to customize and control the flexible cellular matrix.

Gleaming towers and postcard-worthy skylines characterize the traditional perception of the modern city. Increasingly, however, these iconic buildings are no longer housing the most vital urban activities. As advances in personal and mobile technology enable faster and more flexible patterns of living and consumption, the fixed roots and long and expensive timelines of permanent edifices can no longer keep pace with their inhabitants. The result is wasted material and financial investment, missed economic opportunities and a migration from interior spaces to the interstitial spaces of the city. As seen in the work of Archigram and the Situationists International, for example, the shortcomings of permanence in an era of rapid change were apparent even before the advent of global networks or mobile technology. -City as responsive, modular system -City as backdrop for events -Temporary interventions as a catalyst for future growth Contemporary solutions such as San Franciscos ubiquitous food carts, food trucks, parklets and restaurant pop-ups are successful in their ability to generate temporary social spaces, but insufficient in their ability to operate at multiple scales. They are also non-architectural, meaning that architects are no longer involved in the production of some of the most dynamic urban experiences. //This thesis hypothesizes that by looking to a more impermanent form of architecture, the problems of inflexibility and stagnation inherent in fixed structures can be bypassed and new opportunities for revitalization and growth can be seized that were previously unattainable. //Moreover, mobile and temporary architecture does not have to exist in competition with the existing fabric, but can augment it and work symbiotically to make the city more efficient and productive at multiple Up next:

Tomorrow on my way to school Ill take photos of my scattered sites for reference, finish up the pod designs for the catalog (which doesnt mean they cant be modified/added to later), then work on the vignettes. At some point Ill take another pass at the abstract and take a first shot at the 100 words. MISA GRANNIS | THESIS SP12