Stanford Guest House
For this project I designed a guest house that would host visitors on campus, located at Frenchman’s Park. As an individual project, I planned, drafted, revised, and constructed all elements of the model.
Concept Diagram and Sketch Model
With the self-implied restrain of minimizing solid walls, I took the approach of utilizing vertical fins and lattices to define the bounds of the building while blending the inside-outside spaces.
Ideation and Sketches
Free hand sketching
Plan drawn to scale (1’ : 1/4”) using drafting board
Interior perspective
First Model
Using Adobe Illustrator I created multiple templates to laser cut birch plywood and acrylic sheets. I then constructed the model by hand, using exacto knives and sand paper to clean the edges and remove unnecessary burn marks.
Post Crit Modifications
Using Adobe Illustrator I created multiple templates to laser cut birch plywood and acrylic sheets. I then constructed the model by hand, using exacto knives and sand paper to clean the edges and remove unnecessary burn marks.
Second Model
After making adjustments in Adobe Illustrator, I recut the materials and built a second iteration.
Final Drawings on Vellum
All structural drawings were done on a drafting board–site plan was freehanded–and are accurate to scale (1’ : 1/4”).
(TL) Plans for base level and first floor
(TR) Sections looking from the East face (above) and North face (below)
(BL) Axonometric/plan oblique
(BR) Site Plan, scaled at (5’ : 3/16”)
