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Assignment 2 Compositions in Space Stage 3

The assignment requires students to create at least three spatial compositions focusing on visual composition principles, without designing a building. Students should develop paper models representing semi-open public spaces using modular elements based on a 3x3cm grid. The goal is to explore different spatial arrangements quickly, emphasizing creativity over technical perfection.

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Assignment 2 Compositions in Space Stage 3

The assignment requires students to create at least three spatial compositions focusing on visual composition principles, without designing a building. Students should develop paper models representing semi-open public spaces using modular elements based on a 3x3cm grid. The goal is to explore different spatial arrangements quickly, emphasizing creativity over technical perfection.

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Assignment 2: Compositions in Space

(Group Work)
Submit by Mar 27, 11:59 PM PDT

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Even though your assignment is due on Tuesday Mar 21, 02:00 PM, Submitting on due time gives you a better chance
of getting ready for stage 4.

Stage 3
Compositions in Space

In this assignment, you will imagine what this space could look like. You will put into practice what you’ve learned about
principles of visual composition to create different versions of space and make paper models of your ideas. These models
do not need to be elaborate - your goal at this moment is to think quickly and try to create different compositions. Here
are some examples of how these look like:
What to create

In this assignment you should create at least three spatial compositions on the site model. Do not think about activities
at all - we covered that last week - now we just want you to focus on space, and how you could create and articulate
space by building forms. This means you will be creating things like roofs, platforms or walls to partially open or separate
parts of space.

Remember one thing - not asking you to design a building!

What we want you to create here is not a building with an interior and exterior space, but instead a sort of a public square
in 3D. So all the spaces you create should be threshold, transitional spaces - semi open: some spaces will be defined by
walls; some by floors and some by roofs with no walls. However, none of them should be completely closed to become
interior space. We want to create a fluid semi-open space which people could easily access and walk around without
having to have any doors or windows in it.

Remember - do at least three versions. This sounds like a lot, but don’t worry it’s not as difficult as it may sound. We are
not asking you to do three design projects, just to do quick sketches in space to analyse what this place could become.
So it’s perfectly OK if your composition doesn’t look good technically, just make sure the space you create is interesting.

Tips

Design Kit

As mentioned in the video tips, it is very helpful to create what we call a “Design Kit” - which is a set of modular elements
that you can play with, to quickly create visual compositions. “Modular” means that all of them are based on 3x3cm
square grid, so it’s easy to combine them. Having these elements prepared in advance will help your work because you
can then focus on the creative part without spending times drawing and cutting elements. Here’s our suggestion of what
a design kit could look like:
You will notice we have made some cuts in some elements, which make it possible to “intersect” them with other modules.

Here are dimensions of some of the elements. Remember, you do not need to make all of these, but choose some of
them and cut them out in relatively hard cardboard (the harder the cardboard the more time you’ll spend cutting it, but
later it will be easier to make sturdy compositions).

Suggest you select elements of different size and shape, and create at least 20 elements - it’s ok to repeat some of them.
The more elements you have, the easier (and more fun) it will be to work with them for your visual compositions!

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