Now, each of the 'spokes' coming off the polar grid corresponds to a different location on campus. One goes off to the dining hall, one goes to the library, another goes to the center of downtown, and so on, as shown by this diagram:
And at the base of each of these spokes, where the support meets the ground, there is an individual access terminal, oriented to whatever that spoke is pointing to. So if you wanted to know the hours of the student dining hall, for example, you would head to that particular terminal, look it up, then walk straight ahead until you hit the dining hall. You could easily do the same for bus schedules, and the architecture would direct you to the bus stop; sports events, and you would be directed to the field; and so on.
The second phase of the project involved the demolition of the Specht building, and we were to build an exterior/interior exhibition space for the display of new architectural materials and full-scale mock ups.
This was fairly straighforward, as it grew directly from the existing language established by the information terminal.
But to do this, we had to study our own architectonic language and make detailed joint and material studies that related to our initial concepts and were sound structurally. Here, then, are the studies I undertook to understand the relationship of the materials, how the the polar beams intersected with the cartesian framework grid, and how this outer translucent skin was attached to the framework.
So you see how even the smallest details relate back to my concept of the intersection of the polar and cartesian grids. In the end, it all boils down to this:
An architectural scheme on a micro and a macro scale, relating to the initial concept and fulfilling all the necessary functions, while simultaneously creating an interesting and entertaining space in which to be in.
That, my friends, is what architecture students do for classwork. *takes a bow*
