Grammer:Syntax

Audience, in design, refers to the intended viewer for whom the product was designed. Audiences can be put into many categories such as age, gender, family, mature, interest, subject, etc. For example, as school playground would have a very young audience where as a retirement home has a very old audience. Libraries are intended for a quiet, studious audience while a stadium is made for rowdy, cheering fans. Many public places are kept generic, such as medical offices as business places, to satisfy aesthetic needs of many types of people. Interestingly, the intended audience of an auditorium is an actual audience. In this type of space, seating is supplied in a way that the focus of the viewer is directed towards a stage or similar point. Abramovitz’ Lincoln Center in New York is home to the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. “From the ceiling, elongated hexagons were suspended as ‘acoustical clouds’ to disperse the sound to the audience (Roth, 82).”


However, there was a major flaw in Abramovitz’ design. “Among several problems, the sound was unevenly dispersed throughout the hall. Eventually, a number of important soloists and orchestras flatly refused to perform there (Roth, 82).” Thus, architect Philip Johnson and acoustical consultant Cyril Harris revised the design to make it more effective as a concert hall. Revisions are crucial if the first iteration of a design doesn’t fully realize its goal. Literally, a revision is a second attempt a realizing a vision. Many things go through revisions: constitutions, laws, term papers, movies, songs, buildings, etc. If it is found that the rules or ideas put into a product no longer apply or function, a revision is in order so as to replenish the usefulness of the product. It is like giving something a character uplift.


Character is what is unique about a design.

Project Outline

Things to be included:

Contour drawing of exterior in context> vellum with pen.

Drawings of exterior [2+] views and interior rooms [3+]> bond with pen, marker and colored pencil.

I. Background

A. Name and Year Built

B. Designer 

C. Location

D. Type of building

II. Details

A. Description of exterior and materials

B. Rooms and their functions

C. Size of building

D. Surroundings

III. Extra

A. About Designer

Questions and Comments:

I haven't found a floor plan of the building.

Portal 120

New Precedent Analysis

Harvard Housing, LEED Gold
10 Akron Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Kyu Sung Woo

The challenge that Kyu Sung Woo was to design a residence that would house fifty percent of Harvard University’s graduate, professional and doctoral students. In doing this, stress would be lessoned on the local housing market and a stronger residential campus community would develop. Housing 215 beds, this residence building includes thirty different suite types, faculty director’s suite, a fitness room, study lounges, a multipurpose room, a garage, a courtyard and even a lakeside view.
For his design, Woo built a large, brick block that sits precariously on a smaller, wood-veneered base. The windows of the building are arranged in an irregular pattern, with many of them protruding from the surface.

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Photos by Timothy Hursley

Dinner from Memory

This is the dinner I ate at College Night at IHOP last Wednesday or Thursday. I was excited when we got this assignment because this was the first time I'd eaten dinner in over a week.

[Feel bad.]

Creation Story Model

This is among my favorite pieces that I've made. The white, or light, is coming out of the black, or dark, just like in my story.

Positive and Negative Space

This is the final model that I made. The black acts as the negative space which seems to overpower the figure confined in the small amount of white, positive space.