DAISY AMES

I just had my last session with my studio critic. Best advice yet! Now it’s time to crank out final production material. Lots of work to do, but really excited to implement all the new suggestions. Nothing makes me happier than when my design starts to make sense. 

THOUGHTS SO FAR

One thing about the Tobacco Warehouse is that when you approach it from the street, the Brooklyn Bridge towers over you, providing a visual canopy that I felt is central to the integrity of the site. And I do not want to put anything on the site to obstruct the power and elegant dominance the bridge has over the site. Another aspect I want to emphasize are the axial relationships that the windows and door openings have to each other. They allow someone from the street to see through the interior of the site (it is currently empty) and be informed about what is beyond, on the other side of the site. I feel that maintaining these axial perspectives is key to the warehouse’s location along the East River and that they should be preserved. I also want to create a sense of destination. My design scheme includes a glass block loggia which will create an ethereal quality that a passerby is attracted to, provoking a sense of final destination. I feel this elevated space captures what I’d like my project to do: sit on the wall, under the bridge, and inform the beyond. Final production images coming later.

PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAYS