Best of Intentions Just Won't Cut It

Our design of My Sister's House is distilled in a distinctive, coherent design that compliments all of the charettes, and the project analysis that we have done. Through my project analysis of other teen pregnancy centers and womens shelters I have learned through the narratives of women within the places what they want out of the shelter, and what they do and do not like within the space they are currently. Our design reflects the changes and the pros of the precedent buildings studied. The artists we researched for the 1970s had a large impact on the design. The common thread between everything in the 70s was breaking out of the box. So, within our design, we decided to push the limits of the exterior walls and form a blocky but understandable and functional interior design. With every charette we have done from the light machine, to the exterior model, each has taught a lesson. With each model, as a group we are beginning to understand what works, and what doesn't, and what needs to be changed, scrapped, and improved on.