This drawing is a development from my sketch, that is to help in the understanding of the journey and the site in terms of layers of the area. The 'City Floor' layer is where the site boundaries and zonings are to be shown. The plots of areas in this layer will be rendered and color coded according to each zoning programs (i.e. commercial, leisure, infrastructure, open space, etc.).
The second exploded layer, the 'City Mass' is where the urban form is shown. This layer is drawn to help in the understanding of the city built forms, connections, height, width, volumes and taxonomy of building typologies found around the area. All significant and important building will be labeled for more information. The scale and density of the architectural form will help in the understanding of the context.
The top most layer is to show series of voids found around the journey area. These voids will be color coded to tell what they function as (i.e. services, courtyards, open plaza, public park, entrance to buildings, etc.). I think the study on the 'City Voids' would be an interesting research because of the potential of the voids as design strategies (i.e. programmatically, environmentally, views, connection with the city, human interaction, etc.). I will also draw connection lines between voids that are physically connected to show connection between each parcels of building blocks/ zones. Maybe this study will provide a link between architectural spaces and urban social dynamics.
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Try to keep the objectives and ambitions of the mapping fairly focussed- don't try to show too much- or you may lose the clarity of earlier ideas. I would suggest that you keep the mapping related to the proximity of a route or journey also, so as to maintain richness and focus within the limited time.
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