Jenga 6.0: the Site

Jenga 6.o introduced us to the process of picking a site on which to build a structure. Normally this would already be determined before the the designing of the actual building even begins, but that was part of the challenge. We were to take the structure we designed in 5.0 and find a site to put it on without making any changes to the buildings current form. My group "Trepide" chose Pauanui beach, New Zealand as the location that we thought would best house our building, and further support our concept. We felt that a tropical climate would be best suited to support the open-air nature of the public spaces in our facility. It was also helpful to our concept of dematerialization to be close to a body of water because the reflections from the water onto the glass help heighten the experience of a building that progressively looses its structural frame.

It was also during Jenga 6.0 that we were to incorporate the use of a specific Eames textile, and chair into the public spaces. The chair and textile my group was assigned were the Eames Circles textile (Khaki), and the Eames molded plastic chair (white). The textile pattern had to be used in two different was in the public spaces, so we chose to use the actual textile as a wall panel for display and aesthetic interest in the meeting room, in addition to an etched pattern on the glass-top dinning table in the outdoor communal space.