Living & Leisure

I think I'm either going to do a movie theater or library for this beach town.

Library Pictures:





Movie Theater Pictures:





I'm pretty sure I'm going to make a movie theater for this town. I plan on somehow incorporating lights. Maybe Christmas lights. I plan on having a sign in the front similar to the last two pictures. I will have to leave enough room for theaters to be included in the back of the building. I would like to have at least 5 or 6 theaters. I need to look up how big movie theater's are and then see how many could fit with our given inch reguirements.

Famous Buildings

Out of all the categories of famous buildings we discussed in class, I like the Castles, Palaces & Forts unit.  I like them the most because the architecure is extroadinary and larger than life. I would love to see places like these in person. Those buildings remind me of fairytales.

My favorite building that we talked about would probably be the United States Capital building. I liked this one the most because I have been inside the Capital building and on the House of Representative's floor/section of the building. The buildings in D.C. fascinate me.

 

 

A building I would've liked to see in this unit would be Buckingham Palace. It is the place of residence for the British monarchy and still used today. I feel as if it would've been interesting to learn about its architecture and history. It would've fallen under the Palaces, Castles and Forts category.

 



 

Places of Worship

A Place of Worship is a building or other location where a group of people (congregation) comes to perform acts of religious praise, honor or devotion.

Erechtheion: Athens, Greece
-Sits on the mos sacred site of Acropolis
-Where Posiden and Athena had their contest to see who would be the Patron of the City

 

 

Basilica of Saint Peter: Vatican City

-Believed to be built over Saint Peter's grave

-Largest cathetral in the world

Temple Mount: Jerusalem, Israel
-Four different religions have used it; Judaism, Islam, Christianity and Roman Paganism
-According to Judaism, it was here that God made the first man from dust, Adam

St. Patrick's Cathedral; New York City, New York
-Built from 1858-1878
-It ia directly across the street from Rockefeller Center and specifically facing the Atlas statue

Client Project #2

For this project, I had to create a home under 1500 square feet to meet my client's needs. These needs included a living room with bookshelves and enough room for a piano, a small greenhouse, sewing room, a study and enough room to accommodate at least two children. The couple wanted all of this in a home that does not exceed 1500 square feet due to their strict budget.
My design includes all of the above. It totalled out to 1493 square feet which is just under the criteria. It also contains a small sewing room and study, enough room for their baby grand piano, a bedroom big enough for two kids and a small greenhouse with a pond in their backyard.

My Hand-Drawing:

 



 

Architectural Home Designer:

 



 

(living room)

 

 



(pond with greenhouse behind it connected to the house)



Arch. Styles Project

My architectual style was Neo-Renaissance. I created a library that followed the influences of this style. The library has spinning stairwells and wide open spaces on the inside. A lot of libraries use this style because of it's nature of looking elaborate and fancy.



 

The outside of my library has columns and arched windows. These are present in every Neo-Renaissance building. You can usually tell it's a Neo-Renaissance building because of these features.

 



Architectural Styles - Neo-Renaissance

During the 19th century, Renaissance architecture became extremely popular. Renaissance architecture was carried on as a hybrid of all its earlier forms; becoming Neo-Renaissance architecture. Most of Neo-Renaissance styling is highly influenced by various Italian styles. The Neo-Renaissance started in the United States and England around the same time. Instead of having strict guildlines like old Italian architecture, they borrow features from other styles (French and Flemish Renaissance periods). This gives the architect a lot of freedom when designing, but creates difficulty when outsiders try to classify their creation. Some of the most decorated and famous buildings across the world were developed during the Neo-Renaissance, many of them prominent structures including opera houses, government buildings and universities. Neo-Renaissance buildings usually include grand staircases, arches, courtyards and seemingly outside staircases (appear to be open yet have protective class around them).

Project #1

In this project, I had to design a house for a client. This client wanted a secluded study, outdoor living area/swimming pool and an area for his domestic helper to reside. I created a home in which was big enough to give both the domestic helper and the family their own privacy yet still be under the same roof. I added a pool and deck so that the children could have an outdoor space to spend their free time. Also I made the man of the house's study directly next to the master bedroom so that no can interrupt him while he is busy doing his work.

Welcome!

Hi! My name is Kimberly Schaffer and I will be using this blog as a portfolio for my Advanced Architectual Design class. I will be posting my projects and examples along with a brief description of what I did. Please check back to see my work!