Friday, October 16, 2009

week nine | GET WITH THE PROGRAM


'...and in last place' by Tim Norris

Eight weeks down, seven to go....  Makes your heart race a little, doesn't it?  And just like with any good competition, the speed picks up towards the end.  During the next three weeks your time will be divided between finishing up things with The Salvation Army Select and diving head first into The Hatchery.  It is imperative, now more than ever, that you balance your time in and out of class to give your best to both of these meaningful opportunities.

But on to your immediate goal : Based on the information you uncovered in week 7 | TAKING STOCK,  define the programmatic requirements for the Hatchery (with special attention to the retail, collaboration and client meetings spaces).  Over the weekend, craft a bubble diagram utilizing your best graphic skills, that reveals your thoughts regarding these needs, as well as the resulting hierarchical, spacial and adjacency considerations.  This should be posted both at your desk and on your blog.

display by last year's retail studio
For Wednesday, October 21:
Building on your initial programmatic investigation, dig deeper to uncover all the detailed information necessary to move forward in the schematic design of the Hatchery. As a general rule, think of this information as all the research that would typically belong in a formal programming document (Don't know what all that entails?  Time to do some research). Create a visual system within the studio for organizing the information you find. This system should be legible from a distance of 5 feet and speak to the project at both macro and micro levels. For this exercise, err on the side of providing too much information. As always, use your best graphic skills.  

A little tip : you may find it best to complete this phase in small groups or even as a class.



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