Research Case studies of sustainable design: Gaffney house, Sustainable communities, and houses which portray design intentions. Review which age groups will be attending and activies for each. How is it accessible? And look at scales by diagramatic suggestions and materials.
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OK, Jesse-
Basic outline...but need to flesh it out with your writing. Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend the session on this coming Monday night, and so I really need you to write and post everything you can and I will respond in detail.
The issues have been stated several times and I am looking for you to make some progress on them.
-the Siting: same as before: we did suggest tromp l'oiel selections (within the bounds of thesis, its fine to just make an assumption that some highly desired site is a brownfields, and that the intention is to rehab it for sustainable uses. Its a theoretical assumption, fine, but it does put out a very important message of not consuming more open green space to make a design whose basic premise is that we should not be consuming more open green space (Lisa's point, stated a month ago, will not go away).
And I did very much find intriguing Andrew's suggestion that (utilizing the Gaffney House by Bohlin Powell Cywinski as a template), the salvaging and displaying and integrating of some aspects or fragments of a Toll-Brothers- like house- integrated into the architecture of your sustainable design- is a very potent way to demonstrate to every user and visitor how bad that sort of construction really is- let it rot, let it fall down, let is mold over- the point would be powerful. So.....a very provocative site in Bucks County (some wrecked rr yard or abandoned industrial site would be perfect) combined with a provocative new/old architectural juxtaposition is a powerful thesis combo.
Finally, start organizing, prioritizing and tweaking your program units- it seems comprehensive and fully listed, but it should be organized carefully as a community-center-with-a-theme that very thoughtfully pulls together appropriate user groups (kids, teens, oldsters, middle-aged couples seeking career enrichment opportunities, etc), figure out a good 7-day a week, morn/aft/eve usage (recreational, classroom, athletic, etc) and combine that with the educational and exhibitional goals of raising public awareness of sustainability in the burbs.
Keep on rolling ahead- putting meat on the bones of your intentions and your outlines. jp
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