1) Site Graphical Studies

This diagram shows the approximate extents needed for your study.  The area to be included in these drawings is represented approximately by the inverted area.  Each drawing should show evidence of an individual investigation and interpretation of the site.  The drawings should not be merely a documentation of existing conditions and should engage the particulary palimpsestic conditions unique to the location.

A. X-ray Plan:  Beginning with the physical conditions of the site, develop a layered representation of built and un-built realities of the area.  The drawing is not limited to a single normative elevational datum or set of drawing conventions.  One or more notational strategies must be developed to synthesize various types and layers of information in the drawing – the emergence of unrealized relationships in site will be dependent on the successful (legible) interaction of the layers of the drawing.

B. Site Section MRIs:  Draw a series of sections through the site and immediate context at 10’-0” intervals.  The sections should be oriented perpendicular to Place d’Youville and should include spaces below ground.  The sections should each only convey the things that are at the cut, nothing beyond.

C. Unfolded Elevations:  Draw two “unfolded” elevations, comprised of both the elevations and facades (all vertical surfaces) engaging the site.  Each drawing will begin with a façade of an adjacent building facing Place d’Youville, proceed to the interior of the site and end with the opposite façade facing Rue Saint-Paul.