Google Earth/Sketchup resources

Terrain elevation information:
http://earth.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=181393

Placing Sketchup/Rhino model into Google Earth
http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=36241

Brooklyn Site Geometry

 These are some of my initial design ideas. I wanted to use the idea of a continuous ribbon to guide my design decisions. Initial I did not use angles taken directly from the site, but after a suggestion from one of my professors I also did an analyzation of the sites geometries. The most dominant lines coming from the orientation of the Brooklyn Bridge (green line).

Brooklyn Site Plan

This is a diagram of how I am attempting to layout the site. The importance of views in my building is very important and one of the main reasons I chose Brooklyn at my site. I also want to utilize the sun path as well as the site's natural slope in my design. I listed the good/bad about each secondary site, and I believe I will use the blue site because of the less used street and the potential for more views.