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AC SITE #2
​volleyball court 

design one architecture project on a AC site

PROJECT CONTEXT
​AC site #2 - the sand Volleyball Court at Alfriston College between the basketball court, gym, admin & driveway.
Volleyball court site approximately 30m long x 20m wide.

Design an architecture project that benefits the school & community.
What is the purpose of your architecture project?​  
Who will be the users & what are their needs?

​Pick one purpose & design for the users.
1 - Education. 2 - Sports. 3 - Music. 4 - Relax. 5 - Food. 6 - Religious.  7 - Cultural. 8 -  Performance. 9 - Exhibitions.
10 - Scientific. 11 - Accommodation. 
12 - Community. 13 - AR+VR. 14 - International students. 15 - a 6th whanau.   
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360 degree video + photos of Site 2 - Volleyball court

BRIEF
​Design an Architecture Project at Alfriston College. 
 
Site #2 special considerations: Incorporate a vollyball court into your design, high profile site, visual appearance of building from driveway & Porchester road, could incorporate new administration area. 


Do design drawings. 3D model your design in Minecraft or Sketchup. Use Photoshop to visualise your design concept.

DESIGN DRAWINGS
Who will be using this building/s, what are their needs?

Consider the needs of the users & do design drawings to visualise your ideas 
architectureschool.co.nz/drawing.
Take photos of your drawings.


There are many ways to design architecture. Look at the examples on this page architectureschool.co.nz/design.

Whats more important to you when you design - Form or Function?
"Form + Function" means the exterior form of a building looks is more important than the internal function of the building.
"Function + Form" means the internal planning of a building room layouts is more important than the exterior form of a building. 


An example of Form or Function design is the Disney Concert Hall in Los Angles designed by Frank Gehry. 
What method do you think he used to design the building.....Form or Function?
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3D MODEL YOUR DESIGN IN MINECRAFT OR SKETCHUP
Visualise your design ideas in 3D using Minecraft and/or Sketchup. 

PHOTOSHOP
Use Photoshop or Pixlr to create visual images of your architecture project design ideas.
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