A Shelter for a Feast at 1:1 Scale
This was about a two month long group project in which we produced a temporary shelter for a feast. Each group of six produced there own shelter, which were built next to each other in the center of Carnegie Mellon's Campus. Along with the shelter, we also produced a book about the entire process. If you would like to view the entire book in pdf format, don't hesitate to send me a message.
Shadow is an ephemeral marker of time. It cannot exsits by itself and instead relies on light for its corporeality. This delicate relationship was embraced in our mode of thinking.
In our design we thought of shadow in terms of shade: elongated, temporal, and sheltering. A shadow, although not enclosed through the tradtional notions of walls is still architectural in that it defines a space.
Our shelter was thus molded by these ideals. The form dramatizes the elongated nature of a shadow while conveying reliance since one form cannot stand if not supported by the other. Furthermore, the passage of time is revealed through observation of the light projections moving along the surfaces with light portals above.
A panorama of all the studio's shelter projects
Renderings showing shadow cast by shleter at 9AM, 12PM, and 3PM.
Renderings showing light cast by perforations at different times.
Photo of perforations
Elevations of Shelter
Study Model and comparative photograph
Axonometric drawing
Photos of complete shelter
Renderings of table and light cast through perforations. Middle is photograph showing the cantilevered table.
A series of photos from a study model excersize to expirement with structure and adjoining pieces in the center
Site Plan
(Produced by Colleen)
Axonometric of table
(Produced by Colleen)
Table Shop Drawings
(Produced by Colleen)
Study Sketches of table design and ideas
(Produced by Colleen)
Photograph underneath table showing cantilevered table structure
Photos of table in use
Sketeched of Shelter and neighboring shelters, from study models
(Produced by Colleen)
