The idea we are trying to convey through the design is this: space grows and shrinks by people's movement
After constructing some study models, however, I realized there is still not much logics in the circulation yet. Though the idea is clear and we already determined general distribution of public/individual space, there is no system that moves people around the building.
Each mass above strongly expresses what it wants to do in their design. "Donut" building wants people to move around, creating center space as gathering, while "square" building frees people from certain direction (like crown hall). Each has its strong representation of its characteristic.
At this point my opinion is that we can think of form first, and then putting programs into it. It seems things are never going to be realistic without determining certain appearance first. I remember last semester (we were designing Detroit Cruise Terminal) we had time to make 20 mass models in a day- these models were pretty simple though, such as a crumpled paper, one big chunk of pink foam, etc. Through this quick form generating process I was able to start from some amount of restraints.
So now I'm thinking about the best form for growing/shrinking space.
(But still can't fully imagine how space can actually grow and shrink) :(.. I'm stuck
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