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Week 2: Unit Analysis
I started the second week of design at the library. I found a book
called Between the Edges written by Milos Bobic. In which he
discussed the relationship between street and block and the
interaction between house and street. It helped me to see ways to
show my findings diagrammatically and with a sense of reference.
After this, I went back to the neighborhood and took pictures of the
different units concentrating in main entrances and front yards. I
collected over 100 pictures and I divided them into five groups with
their correspondent subdivisions (based on pedestrian and vehicular
paths) in order to create a design typology. The first group was
ground level entrances and it had 5 subdivisions. Group two was
ramp entrances and had 3 subdivisions. Group three was front
porches and had 9 subdivisions. Group four was stepped entrances
and had 6 subdivisions. And the last group was multi unit entrances
and had 3 subdivisions.
With this system in place I started creating diagrams to represent
their plan views, view from the street, thresholds and paths. I ended
up with 26 categories with 4 diagrams each. I found similar patterns
and took design decision that will affect my end product; like, the
need for connective paths. Unfortunately, after this process, I
concluded that I need to find a way to bring my research back to a
more manageable scale and a new way to re-design the existing
pedestrian and vehicular paths. The plan I presented during material
investigation (peer review) for the following week was to create
proposals to develop accessible entrances for all twenty six
subdivisions. I can only say, it did not happen.
called Between the Edges written by Milos Bobic. In which he
discussed the relationship between street and block and the
interaction between house and street. It helped me to see ways to
show my findings diagrammatically and with a sense of reference.
After this, I went back to the neighborhood and took pictures of the
different units concentrating in main entrances and front yards. I
collected over 100 pictures and I divided them into five groups with
their correspondent subdivisions (based on pedestrian and vehicular
paths) in order to create a design typology. The first group was
ground level entrances and it had 5 subdivisions. Group two was
ramp entrances and had 3 subdivisions. Group three was front
porches and had 9 subdivisions. Group four was stepped entrances
and had 6 subdivisions. And the last group was multi unit entrances
and had 3 subdivisions.
With this system in place I started creating diagrams to represent
their plan views, view from the street, thresholds and paths. I ended
up with 26 categories with 4 diagrams each. I found similar patterns
and took design decision that will affect my end product; like, the
need for connective paths. Unfortunately, after this process, I
concluded that I need to find a way to bring my research back to a
more manageable scale and a new way to re-design the existing
pedestrian and vehicular paths. The plan I presented during material
investigation (peer review) for the following week was to create
proposals to develop accessible entrances for all twenty six
subdivisions. I can only say, it did not happen.
