where's my inspiration?

The arc'ed forms over the highway were not working for me, so i revisited the sketch model i made at the intensive showing the overlapping linear forms.  i used this design as the inspiration for a new design across the site.  The linear-ness and overlapping forms will allow me to extend further up and down the highway while maintaining aesthetic consistency.

The linear forms roll out of the landscape and form the vertical facades of the "buildings."  These same interlapping forms will help to define the roof planes as well as the pedestrian bridges.  i will be working on that this weekend as well as some sections to show the elevation changes.

i am re-working the entire site based on some of the web-ex comments - i am again expanding the scope and size to include more of the site and surrounding context.  This site plan shows a new rest stop area adjacent to the office buildings.  this provides a park area for people driving as well as a place for workers in the office to go.  This space will also be connected across the highway via pedestrian bridge to the northbound reststop, hub, meadow, etc.  i will be showing those conenction in the next post.

The linear forms overlap to create the facade and frame views, hide areas, etc.  There are numerous shapes and variations on the linear forms as well  as scales.  Larger forms make up the garage and smaller beams and forms make up the pedestrian paths and smaller buildings.

Hub Development

Continuing work on the commuter / pedestrian hub...the program is evolving from a single building with intersecting paths to several buildings, oriented together, but not physically connected.  The pedestrian paths cut through these spaces on several levels based on the type of use that is occuring.  The upper path moves pedestrians through the space, connecting the meadow / ampitheater with the tennis center.  You can then move down to a middle path that takes you to the amusement park as well as the movie theater to the north.  There is then a lower platform that serves as the train station.  Within the buildings, there is the transportation depot, a grocery, hotel for park visitors (or commuters) and a visitor's center.  A second building houses stores and shops...the idea is that the built environment could be expanded in the future to include more functions, such as additional hotel space or even condos or apartments..basically eventually becoming it's own centralized community.
I am giving more concrete definition to the forms, but still keeping things loose and sketchy.  I find it helpful to go back and forth between the hard line drawings and "sketchy" drawings.  I will sketch it up, then hardline it, refine and repeat.  I've shown some of the sketches that inspired this model and will show some sections and vignettes to give this a more understandable scale.