commentarios finales

Hola todos... gracias otre vez para su trabajo en Tapalpa. Esta sabado y estoy pensando en tu projectos...! Algunos comentarios finales:

Domo Deportiva:
1) There are two curving design elements stretching out into the street, it is a nice connection between the inside and outside of your site. You are thinking beyond prohibitive borders...
2) This building is a kind of sculpture... can the shape of it have a meaning beyond it's function? Your building can be a metaphor, complemented by all of its detailed components. Perhaps a leaf, as Cecilia suggested? Can the sustainability of its construction be complemented by poetry in it's form? Your design details could link to this greater vision. No ordinary nuts, bolts, nails, beams and timbres... they all relate to the metaphor.
3) Regarding the use of Pine and Bamboo (nice video, by the way). You can probably find good arguments for sustainable bamboo growth and harvesting... this building could be a leading precedent for other buildings in Guadalara. Is it cheap? You could similarly make an argument that this would use less Pine trees (therefore require less tree cutting), but you could still support the local industry by demonstrating "selective cutting". In this case, only essential mature trees are used (no big ugly clear cuts on the mountain sides) for important parts of the building. Locals and nature both benefit.

Hospital:
1) I assume many rooms in a hospital are standardized (standard equipment, lights, furniture, etc.)... the courtyard you have created is an "outdoor room" that could be an opportunity to really be creative. Not many people understand how such a garden can benefit sick people... there are no standards / expectations- it could be anything you want so you are free to be completely creative here, perhaps unlike the rest of the hospital where there are many rules / needs.
2) The technical descriptions of alternative energy (solar panels or solar hot water), and rainwater collection would be very helpful to people in Tapalpa. It is a wonderful idea... but can you show people how simple it can really be? Which areas of the roof will have panels? Where do the wires / electricity go? Where are the batteries they will charge? How much energy would they generate? In the past I have connected solar panels to car batteries... I then connected electronics (lights and other things) directly to the batteries, which are always being charged. Only an idea... but one that anybody in Tapalpa can understand and easily fix themselves. Also, everyone can find car batteries. Some simple diagrams could help describe this...
3) You have given excellent attention to programming of the interior of the hospital, the experience of each visitor is cared for and makes logical sense... are there any opportunities for views out into the landscape from within the building? There is a high ridge in the landscape south of Attacco... can this be seen from your outdoor courtyard?

Centro de Convenciones:
1) This is the most successful "immersive" rendering. In your 3D model you are able to bring me into your building, which helps me understand how it will feel to be inside. Since you have already developed your model, I would recommend that you bring people on a virtual tour as you develop your design details. Bring people into the building, into the theatre, up the stairs, to the roof... could you create a narrative / story of this experience (we talked earlier about the conversation between light & dark / inward & outward / inside & outside that your building provides). As you bring people through this tour, can your details demonstrate how they contribute to this story? How do you design walls that give people a sense of uplift / escape as they move towards the roof? Your staircase appears to float, which can be part of this emerging feeling towards the rooftop patio... can the details of its construction emphasize this?In short: as you present this project, you could consider walking people through it as you tell the story... each room / element is part of the plot... each detail is a character that contributes to it.

Plaza Atacco:
1) Perhaps you could demonstrate what different groups of people would be doing in your plaza... linking together what an individual, a couple, a small group and a large group of people would be doing there. You design details could fill in this description as you describe these activities (for example, an individual that wants to "people watch" would go here, and the bench could be constructed like this... a family wanting to get out of the sun could sit under a cluster of trees, and the detailed drawing looks like this... children could run through the open plaza space and the detailed stonework there looks like this). In this way you have thought of all visitors and proven how your site design can accomodate them. You have already started to do this with your image of somebody sitting under a tree... it is very effective.
2) An interesting mix of old forms with new ideas regarding the stone columns at the front of your building. It could be shady / cold in there, could creating a solarium with windows between two of these columns at the front of the building act like a greenhouse?... you could then open the interior doors and let the warm air enter the building. Alternatively, a row of windows on the roof would function like a partial greenhouse bringing sunlight and warmth... free heat and less electricity. Only thoughts to consider...

demasiadas palabras, lo siento, pero su trabajo son dignos de mucho pensó

I hope you are taking time to enjoy Tapalpa... wish I was there.

Hasta hueves,
Suerte!
David y Cecilia