BUILDING ANALYSIS

THE PROJECT WAS DESIGNED TO INCLUDE A LOBBY, A MEDITATION CHAPEL, A MEMORIAL SIDE CHAPEL, RESTROOM,

SMALL LOBBY, CLERGY'S OFFICE, AND SECRETARY'S OFFICE. THE CIRCULATION PATH IS ON THE RIGHT.

1. How light influenced the form of the building?

I needed to control the amount of light that entered the builidng, I also had to deal with the angles of the sun throughout the year. In order to capture the light in certain areas I created small openings in order for light to enter. I wanted light to enter high and stay high in the room. The main idea was to keep light off the floor and I did just that.

2. How the design mediated the contextual conflict between orientation of the
built environment (i.e., the campus) and the natural environment (i.e., the
sun).

In order to incorporate both the Sun and orientation of buildings in my project I designed my building so it would deal with the sun. Then once I finished designing the building I added datums and an outdoor meditation chapel to orient the building with the rest of the buildings on campus.

3. How the building uses fundamental ordering concepts: circulation,
hierarchy/datum, etc.

I wanted to make my main sanctuary the hierarchy of the building because it was the room that would have the most amount of people in it. I made this room the tallest room and also has the slanted roof. The slanted roof also allows light to reflect off of it better than any other room. For circulation I wanted to keep the circulation path simple. So created a lobby and allowed for people to simply walk into which ever of the three rooms they want to.