Prepping the TCM II

TCM being, of course, Thesis Committee Meeting.

I've been working on what I've been calling 'active axos'. I've taken the sectional moment drafted in AutoCAD and applied depth to it. Because the microarchitectural articulations (MA's) are still unrelated to program, the active axos illustrate the different depths associated with different levels of use.

So what I've done is chosen three (so far) MA's, and recreated them in Maya. They start with a thickness of 1", to show that they are derived from the sections. Right now, they are all the same colour, but it might be useful to show the different Graphic Standards sources in different colours. After 1", they change over 10 frames to the minimum spatial requirements for each Graphic Standard to be used by one person. In the next 10 frames they change to comfortable spatial requirements for one person. Frames 20-30 make the GS wide enough to be used by more than one person. Frames 40-50 show other: in some circumstances (like stairs and seats) it gets wider, the facing table gets access because it's limited to how far people will slide into the benches, etc. etc.

I've been thinking about the active axonometrics as the equivalent to a quadratic equation, and while I think they start out like that, they aren't showing as much information as I want them to. I'm not going to do that many, certainly: I thought 5 would be sufficient to show what I'm thinking. But while they start out great, there is something that just isn't working.

I need to sort this out before the end of the weekend because I need to put a presentation together for Tuesday. What's missing? What have I taken for granted that can be pulled apart to show something interesting?