Continuing with Sampson’s Bank. Some strange families in here.
- 1. Project Soane (PS) is more than 5 years old
- 2. The geometry is complex (Corinthian capitals, bulls head motifs)
- 3. It’s a large group of buildings
- 4. The reference material is full of gaps and difficult to interpret
So many of the families are placeholders, first attempts, quick sketches. I was feeling my way, improvising and taking shortcuts. Often there was little to be gained by trying to make them parametric, every chance they would break on flexing.
The Sampson’s Bank model has inherited families of different ages. Usually I can’t remember what I did, so if they need to be updated I come face to face with a past version of myself. I have to work with old and clunky families that predate my current modular systems. Most likely those systems would not exist, but for the “Project Soane Experience”.
But let’s start with some new “half-round” columns for the entrance façade on…