On March 1, I held a mid-development critique where students and faculty attended, giving me feedback on my project up to that point. I received comments on my general work, along with whether people liked or disliked my preliminary design. Some of the feedback included “The design is both modern and simple but leaves a lasting impression, attributes that the THS student body embodies”. I also received critical feedback like weather the structure would fit within the parameters of the space, and how will the structure look in comparison with the rest of the school. The feedback was both helpful in that it was reassuring that people enjoyed my design but also brought up valid questions and concerns that could not be ignored.
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I like the progress so far! The overhangs are intriguing! Are they going to cantilever like that or are they going to have structural support from the wall or floor? Have you done a sun study of this scheme? Just curious if that main space will filter daylight pretty far into the space. What direction is the glazing facing? Watch out for glare, it is very undesirable.
The mid-critique was a great way to collect feedback from people who could potentially directly benefit from this project! Could you please share a specific comment that a member from the audience made?
I think this a great feedback and very accurate. It would be helpful to see pictures of the current space so we can see how you were planning to integrate the two in the phase of design. What was your design response to the question of how you will join the old with the new in a harmonious way? Develop that a little bit so that the jurors can see the problem solving steps you took between here and the final design phase. This building is very modern and has an interesting use of planes.
I'll put all my "develop" comments here. First it would help to see a bit more about your process between the bubble diagram and the form model. It feels a bit like fast forwarding so I am not sure where the form comes from - how did you decide which way the big glass wall should face, and how does this overall design fit within the context of the site - where do I park and approach the building from for example.
I like the conceptual that you talked about with the clay models. Triumph is probably to vague of a concept, so its probably difficult to turn that into a good design response, but what worked for you I thought was the more specific idea that in many athletic pursuits, the individual is not as important as how the parts come together to make up the whole. I can see that clearly in the way you developed the idea for the glass curtain wall. It is also in this phase that I would like to to connect me all the way back to your research so you can point out decisions that you made during the development phase that were specifically influenced by your great research phase. I am guessing there are examples, so you should tell us more about that.