The presentation balances rich, layered renderings with well-organized line drawings and simple diagrams which effectively communicate design intent: in this case the actions of sunlight and the potential variations between light and shadow. All the drawings exhibit a strong sense of hierarchy as well as a particularly effective materiality, which is never simple to achieve. The project would benefit from three items: 1) a more compact and impactful use of text to simply describe main ideas; 2) annotation on all imagery to communicate key spaces, materials, basic dimensional considerations, and other design elements; and an enlarged sectional or material detail to hint at the constructability of the project and to provoke an enhanced architectural dialogue.
Jury feedback summary
Shadow and Shade is a proposal for a home carved or sculpted from rock-like volumes. It is ancient in nature and draws on the elemental themes of textured surfaces, a reflective pool and rounded forms to play with light and communicate a variety of private and shared atmospheres. The project comprises three primary formal elements: a perimetral wall which contains the site, atop which sits a sloped and massive ‘wing’ which forms a curved roof, and a series of open ring shaped spaces which gather like chapels along a common spine.