Major Project Review Sheets

Final Major project review, some sheets which will be presented on Thursday 12th of May, before the Thesis review on May 31st. The scheme builds upon the narative of pilgrimage and watercourse as two processions that meet on the Atlas slopes in a vernacular based 'Grenier'. The retreat utilises water by both pragmatic and poetic methods to sustain life.

Prototyping

Making bricks, ramming walls and figuring it out as we go ...

Latest Drawings

Some post-studio sketches about the processional idea of pilgrimage and the Heideggarian 'verbs' referred to in my written work ...

Project Process - Feb 27th

Kahn's Salk Institute - monolithic concrete forms with timber openings which are set
in parallel to the watercourse of the courtyard rill. This is a university building with a
vista to the Pacific Ocean just outside San Diego.

Atlas Mountain Retreat

Tectonic precedent: bridges, terraces and 'Agadir's' - the latter being a secret store of valuables and sustenance during times of uncertainty or attack. Also looking into waterwheel technology as a form of power for lifting material and energy consumption.

Atlas Mountain Retreat

Some images from the project development - ideas of self-sufficiency, water technologies, terrace reclaim, thermal mass and references to the Agadirs of the granaries in Kasbahs. Images of sketches below include the mildest enactment of bridging which involve buildings having visual connections and stepping stones.

Moroccan Transgression

Lars the techno-junkie struggles with a lack of internet connection while Roger looks out upon the openess of the road and plains as we venture south towards the Atlas ranges. Upon arriving at the end of the road in the Ourika Valley one finds an ephemeral river that divides the valley while providing a life source for the Berber people.

We surveyed the site and took note of the elevations of terracing, while local kids admired their football heros on the rear of a delivery truck. As the Berber people try to hold onto their identity it is clear that the modern world is disrupting their existence - new trade and tourism from Westerners like our cohort give them choice never available before. The final image of the satelite dish laden donkey seems to sum up the countries current cultural position.