Talking with Judy and Ian

So I came in on Monday morning with what I have so far, though I really needed to talk to Judy and Ian to get over this "Architect's block" - Their advice was really helpful and I'd say I'm now on the right track.

What Judy said: I need to explore "form" and go away from the metaphor I have developed so far. She asked me to question what I had previously assumed, does my space really need to be one space? Could it not be multiple cells as evidenced by my previous weave drawings? I could lift my building up, create a ceiling from a floor etc and question the previous arrangement of the space. Also, how the people inside would react to the architecture and the impression given on the inside.

What Ian said: To finalize scale, it was quite evident where on my site I choose to locate my design, but it would be prudent to refine the scale so as to gain an understanding of the blanket-like layers I intended to create in order to portray multilayered cells. Also, to consider an open plan or look up fractal architecture, in order to gain perspective through ideas similar to my own. To that extent, he also recommended watching the BBC documentary "The Secret Life of Chaos" as well as searching for the work of C J Lim, head of the Bartlett School of Architecture, with his work on "pods" located in St Mark's Square in Venice.

I have managed to generate several ideas for form, utilizing 4 main spaces (4 being the average number for a family) which are together in an open plan but separated by heights or partitions, which can be removed to create one "whole" space. As Ian put it, to create more space you can either multiply an existing space or have a larger one. This would be an amalgamation of both, allowing for a single family unit to dine as well as potential groups, questioning the size of the previously held "family dinner" ideal.

Exploration into scale is required as well, though I know the width of my site is an approximate 10m, so I will be working around that scale as well as slightly altering buildings I have already created in Second Life so that they fit the realistic scale I intend to use.