JOSHUA

**Best Fit** by Joshua

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=INVESTIGATION STAGE =

General characteristics of the neighborhood **:**
The Neighborhood I live in is called Forest Hills Gardens. In this neighborhood you can only 2 to 3 story houses. This homes belong to people who have families of 2 or more, only some belong to couples with no children that live their daily (EX: Grandparents).

Needs assessment **:**
**1. A description of what the neighborhood already has.** The Neighborhood I live in is called Forest Hills Gardens. In this neighborhood you can only 2 to 3 story houses. This homes belong to people who have families of 2 or more, only some belong to couples with no children that live their daily (EX: Grandparents). Only one school is located in the gardens, PS. 101, which is a pretty big school. A walking distance away form my home is a strip of Block named Austin Street. Austin Street is where many different small business’, stores, and restaurants are located. Many people come to Austin street to have a good time with friends, or just to pick up a few things. There are some stores and other business’ which would not seem so unfamiliar to you, like “TGI Fridays,” “Barnes and Nobles,” and “Starbucks.” Many people mistake the Forest Hills gardens with Kew Gardens, trust me they are very different things. Kew Gardens is everything on the other side of Union Turnpike (the side where Forest Park is located). Whereas, Forest Hills Gardens is on the opposite side )which goes up to certain points as you go down the streets).

**2. An analysis of what the neighborhood needs.** I don't think that my neighborhood needs much, taking into consideration we already have Many small stores, a huge park, which is famous all around the five boroughs. my neighborhood also ha many small stores which are located on a strip of street called Austin Street, which is a walking distance away form my house. There are also about 3 churches in my neighborhood. If there was one thing that I could enjoy in my neighborhood was another Pizzeria, which is closer to my house this time.

Buildings and architects that provide inspiration
and architecture. || space to place a huge structure in the middle, like this one in the picture. || be where the U.S. open was held. This is somewhat of an idea of what I want to do with the empty space except I only want it to be a tennis superstore. || and on the second floor will be tennis courts, the roof will be like a tennis bubble. || complete vertex. ||
 * [[image:http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS83XEbcwO8eba_4OudOc07jMhXH2paQ2zNoS33Ka9mJb2fyqgWBw width="275" height="183" link="http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2116/1899034425_aacbb1516a.jpg&imgrefurl=http://unique-architecture.blogspot.com/2008_05_25_archive.html&usg=__m5-hb4a9v008ZqxKpxBlzhyzrrA=&h=334&w=500&sz=76&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=9yFBg1fSCS3pXM:&tbnh=133&tbnw=194&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dabstract%2Bbuildings%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DX%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26biw%3D1408%26bih%3D616%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=1093&vpy=118&dur=1095&hovh=183&hovw=275&tx=266&ty=104&ei=j1snTcv0CcSblgemzPXJCw&oei=j1snTcv0CcSblgemzPXJCw&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=19&ved=1t:429,r:5,s:0"]] ||
 * This building inspires me because I am a person who like doing very abtract peices of art work
 * [[image:http://www.dit.ie/media/newsimages/2008/july-dec/arup-story.jpg width="400" height="389"]] ||
 * This has inspiration on my future for redesigning a lot in the way that I am am redesigning a huge lot which gives me lots of
 * [[image:http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2489/4023099203_8b3d086c83.jpg width="500" height="333"]] ||
 * The lot i am redesigning is in a huge Tennis center. The West Side Tennis club, in which the lot I am using is in, used to
 * [[image:http://lh5.ggpht.com/_M_ZIDwUdILo/THsequDLZ9I/AAAAAAAABk4/FsnklcI12BA/IMG_3602%5B6%5D.jpg?imgmax=800 width="260" height="199"]] ||
 * This is a tennis center, my idea for the structure that I will be doing is a 2 flooredbuilding on the first fllor is all tennis equipment
 * [[image:http://www.iai-banten.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/70063_10.jpg width="405" height="547"]] ||
 * This is a very nice design on a building. The outside is very detailed and i like the way the building is in a spiral. The top looks like it is a

In What Ways has this investigation influenced you to design a building for your lot that makes the best fit for the neighborhood?
One way this investigation has influence on was the fact that when looking for various photos of buildings and I had seen many different abstract pieces of work, which did inspire me.

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= = =DESIGN STAGE =

=** Design Brief ** = =**Problem to be solved: The problem which needs to be solved is the fact that a building needs to be constructed that the** neighborhood needs.=

**Requirements:**

 * My building must have to do with tennis (courts, tennis store)
 * Has to include Tennis courts on he second floor
 * Tennis courts must be made to state requirements
 * Has to have a tennis bubble as its roof

**Constraints:**

 * Building must fit into the Forest Hills Gardens building code
 * It cannot be more than 2 courts
 * It must fits its borders

<span style="color: #008000; font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">Description of 3 Feasible Designs
media type="custom" key="8106972" <span style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">This was my first and most basic design as you can see. It doesnt really relate to my design breif <span style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">much which is not good. ** Design #2 ** media type="custom" key="8106790" This was my second desgn.For this design I wanted to make sure that I incorparated, the whole theme I had originally set for the building that was going to be built on my empty lot. As shown, many colors of tennis are shown. ** Design #3 ** media type="custom" key="8133002" When creating this designI felt that it needed to look ind of abstarct. Then the idea came to me that I should place the middle with a clear coloring on the sides after its been pushed in.
 * Design #1 **

** Identify the Best Design **

 * Design 2**

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">** Justify Your Choice: **
<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">This would be the best design choice for me because, this design relates most to what I had originally wrote in my design brief. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;"> This design has a green bubble in which courts are located abd also a seperate floor at the bottom