7.2. Layout Examples

The design of the coating structures was experimentally carried out in the third year of the workshop of prof. N. Kostrikina (MARHI). Simultaneously with the issuance of the assignment to the “Car Service Station” (workshop), where the technology does not require unsupported coverage, the topics “Indoor skating rink” and “Indoor market” were proposed. The center of gravity of the task was moved from the graphical modeling of the functional program to the execution of the coating in the layout (of paper). The creative ingenuity of a number of proposals confirmed the desirability of resolving to the student the problem of prototyping structures when designing similar topics.

It is instructive structural layout, conducted in architectural schools in the United States. Thus, a short (week) clause project at the Faculty of Architecture at Columbia University (New York) on the topic “Bridge-transition between two ends of houses” was performed mainly in a model form on a large scale. The projects were reviewed by a college of architects and critics, led by dean Bernard Chumi, in the presence of students explaining their ideas. The discussion took place on the same day with a demonstration of some interesting decisions in the original and slides. Layouts were made of wood, plastic, wire, plexiglass, etc., using blanks of products that simulate beams and slabs. At the workplace of students there are tools for processing materials. Model workshops are equipped with machine tools and laser beams for software implementation of the slots. Such a layout has been successfully applied at the Yekaterinburg Architectural Institute, as well as at the Swedish Architecture School, it is revealed taking into account the psychology of perception, the time factor and the speed of movement of the audience (Moscow Architectural Institute, shooting a model of the graduation project by N. Khudyakov). The development of layouts on a consistently increasing scale is promising. This is how the town-planning model of a fragment of the city, the model of the building of the square, the model of the object with the display of the external architecture and the interior are created (by the method of Professor I. Lezhavy). The method of working prototyping contributes to the creative conscious search and makes the process itself fascinating and interesting. Photographing preliminary and final layouts allows you to reveal the author's intention.