Final Assignment- Boekie Woekie

Boekie Woekie is a store that houses mostly small press art books, many of which are works of art themselves. There are journals and literary magazines from all over the world. There are also many books which are impossible to categorize, increasingly so as visual art and poetry continue to blur (publication) lines. Boekie Woekie will stock about 5000 titles and also host small exhibitions and readings by artists. The new Boekie Woekie location will be located at 383 South First Street in San Jose.

Boekie Woekie typically works with the Dutch design firm __________*. You have been hired by ______________* to be the lead designer on this project. It is important that you familiarize yourself with the work of the Dutch design firm because what you design will represent their office. You should research various projects that have been built by your chosen Dutch designer and identify conceptual design strategies employed by that firm. You should also try to identify formal strategies they frequently use, approaches to spatial organization, research the way they use materials and think about light. For example, the architecture firm OMA often attempts to blur the boundaries between programmatic and building components such as floor, wall and ceiling. A formal strategy for blurring that boundary is often to create a sloped plane or surface in the building that can be circulation space but doubles as something else programmatically such as seating or display space.They often employ very industrial materials such as metal mesh and concrete and they use materials as veneers to finish surfaces in order to expose the true nature of the layered wall assembly which is prolific in today’s construction industry.

* Choose a Design firm or designer from the list below:

mvrdv

oma

inside/outside

wiel arets

macanoo

un studio

NOX

i29

hella jongerius

Marcel Wanders

west 8

Rietveld Landscape

droog

NEXT architects

The Program for Boekie Woekie is outlined below:

Book shelves to house 5000 books (approximately 210 linear feet)

Display surfaces for magazines and journals

Display surfaces for small exhibitions

Display surfaces for large format art books and new releases

Raked surfaces for small event seating (events such as readings by artists)

Cashier stand

Lighting as required

Start by identifying forms from built projects that your designer frequently uses and build them yourself in MODO to fit within the overall dimensions of the Boekie Woekie site. Evaluate all of the forms you make and test them against the functions of the program such as seating, shelving, etc… Does the geometry have the potential to fulfill one of the programmatic necessities? If so, how can you continue to refine it so that it will perform? This will be a back and forth iterative process of discovery therefore multiple models and variations on models will be necessary. As you work develop a strategy for circulation, for organizing the books and for lighting based on your knowledge of the design firm.

Schedule:

Nov. 3: Assignment given

Nov. 8: Presentation of design firm research / site visit

Nov. 10: Pin Up 3 initial design proposals modeled in MODO

Nov. 15: Desk critiques

Nov. 17: Desk critiques

Nov. 22: Pin Up with outside critics – present site plan, 1/8” scale plan, 1/8” scale longitudinal section and 3 renderings

Nov. 24: no class

Nov. 29: desk critiques

Dec. 1: desk critiques

Dec. 6: physical model due

Dec. 8: Final Presentation

What’s due:

Design firm research

site plan

1/4” scale plan

1/4” scale long section

physical model (scale TBD)

3 rendered perspectives

material board

other sketches and diagrams TBD on an individual basis that describe the concept and or details of the design proposal

all printed on 11 x 17 glossy cardstock