Experiment 1 - The Datum

18 sketch sections

Google SketchUp Draft

Given that this was just a draft model, I experimented with unusual shapes and shaped the landscape in a similar way to my sketch

I found it difficult to integrate the building into the landscape as I wasn't able to draw new geometry on curved surfaces

I created a shape similar to the underground section of my sketch and extruded it out

This SketchUp model was based off of this sketch with the adjective and verb 'Ostentatious' and 'Perplex':

36 Custom Textures

Above	In between	Below
Wavy Translucent Crystal Geometric Jagged Smooth Dented Pixelated Mesh Conductive Soft Thin	Colourful Metallic Mechanical Explosive Dotted Effervescence Scorch Silky Barcode Mesh Baffling Grainy	Rough/Coarse Spiral Creep Rustic Fluffy Biological Tire marks Triangular Scaly Circular Turbulent Downward

Stair designs

Due to the context of my existing design for my studio, I did not want to complicate the stairs or otherwise it would look out of context with the rest of the building... So I created clean simplistic stairs that were mainly compromised of simple geometric shapes such as parallelograms or trapeziums.

I also liked the idea of cantilevered stairs as it would be most ideal when the stairs are placed into the context of the building

Stair designs in SketchUp

Stair design based on the first stair sketch I did. I decided to abandon this idea as the narrow opening was not ideal for carrying their work through

All the following stairs are intended to be cantilevered as I believe this design would best suit the part of my model that they are being integrated into

Stairs comprised of trapeziums alternating orientation - makes for an interesting geometric pattern especially with the wall that conforms to its changing profile