Carolyn Hoeffner parti

Carolyn Hoeffner

There are two precedents that inspired my parti design. I wanted my design to emphasize circulation, site conditions and context, spatial hierarchy and relationships, and geometric properties of the South Town, San Antonio site. I also wanted my design to act as a guide for people as they move through the space so that every inch of the site was being used. Using a mat grid layout seemed to make the most sense to me in order to achieve my design goal. The Bjarke Ingles Group project, Vinterbad Bryggen, conveys my idea of the grid layout system. It has the rectilinear form that I wanted to emphasize in my design. I was inspired by how BIG designed the wooden deck and incorporated pools and thermal saunas. I used the rectilinear form and grid pattern of this design, but the main difference between it and my parti is the program and scale. Our site is much larger than this project’s site. The other precedent that I wanted to translate into my design was the Villa VPRO by MVRDV. Although this project is actually a structure, its plan has the essence of the grid layout that I wanted to capture. This project is also rectilinear in form, and its plan is a guide for movement and circulation. This precedent plays with levels and uses a grid system to anticipate the flow of movement. The differences between this design and my parti are obvious since I basically translated the grid pattern themed structure into a landscape design. My parti organizes the facts of my design by focusing on the overall concept and communicating my design in its simplest form. My parti includes context of the area and focused on the relational features of the site.