DORIS FARM: QUILTED COTTAGES | 4
Utilizing a kit of parts, two apartments were designed to occupy the space between the walls of the Engineer’s Bookstore and the Roxy Hotel on Marietta Street. Built for two professors, private living spaces where created with a shared rooftop garden to allow for interaction and the flow of ideas. The concise nature of the spaces requires efficient spacial solutions solved through the use of built in furniture and lofted spaces. With access to the street on the western facade, the building adapts and becomes privatized through the lack of windows and wooden framing. On the eastern front, the design is left open to the garden outside.
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DOUBLE OCCUPANCY
INTERIOR D’ILLA: JARDINS DE MERCE VILARET | 10
In a vibrant Barcelona “illa,” a project unfolded to revitalize an interior community space. Tasked with enhancing connectivity, the space’s intimate size posed a challenge, evoking isolation. Embracing coziness, the concept transformed the limited dimensions into a city oasis. The reimagining involved repurposing a corridor into a transitional passage, guiding visitors from bustling exteriors to a serene haven. The heart of the interior was reconfigured for all ages, featuring a play area beneath canopies linked by an uninterrupted planter. This living divider nurtured seclusion with varying flora heights, creating sensory shifts. Fragrances and textures unfolded underfoot, stimulating an auditory journey. This urban pocket’s redesign reinvigorated spirits, fostering unity. The project exemplifies transformative potential, highlighting how even small spaces can flourish as sanctuaries of connection and respite.
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EXISTING INTERIOR AXON
BOSTON IVY creeping plant
JASMINE aromatic plant CANARY CLOVER ground cover
BUFFAO GRASS drought-resistant grass
YARROW perennial owering plant
MEXICAN FEATHER GRASS drought-resistant grass
KOREAN VELVET GRASS drought-resistant grass
LAMB’S EAR perennial herb
MYRTUS COMMUNIS evergreen shrub
ROSEMARY aromatic plant
ROSEMARY aromatic plant MEXICAN FEATHER GRASS drought-resistant grass MYRTUS COMMUNIS evergreen shrub KOREAN VELVET GRASS drought resistant grass CANARY CLOVER ground cover YARROW perennial owering plant LAMBS EAR perennial herb HONEYSUCKLE aromatic plant BOSTON IVY creeping plant REEVES SPIRAEA semi-evergreen shrub LESSER PERIWINKLE ground cover BLUE LILY TURF evergreen bloom TREE GERMANDER evergreen shrub SPANISH LAVENDER aromatic plant GLOBE DAISY owering plantHOUSE OF THE PEOPLE: UNDULATE | 24
Looking at Kolam, an Indian pattern revolving around a point grid, essential figures where extracted. The shapes where augmented to expand their capabilities and then reconfigured into various new field combinations. These new screens where then used as the guilding principle for a “House of the People” in Rochina, Brazil. The process of Rocinha’s encroachment on the mountainous landscape involves the horizonatal establishment of territory followed by vertical infill of inhabitation. Engaging the northern vegetated site for its anticipated development, a series of delaminated undulating columnar screens taken from the kolam patterns distribute in a point grid to establish habitable territory and mark the beginning of an inhabitant-contingent program. Rigidified and made accessible for infill by rigidified structural screens, the columnar screens offer the potential for elevated aggregation across the extended lanscape.
Drawing from Pulli Kokam, five essential figures where extracted: rounded square, pinched oval, lead, c curve, and petal. These where then classified into two seperate categories: open figures and closed figures. The first set of configurations consited of only closed figures or only figures. Open curves were scaled and reflected about points to create a more comprehensive set of curves that intersect on and move around points, mimicking the qualities of Pulli Kolams. Similarly configurations of closed figures show both intersection on points and figures that avoid intersection on the grid.
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After defining essential figures in the Pulli Kolams, hybrid screens were created with a combination of open and closed figures. In original configurations, each closed figure intersects on a point, while open figures converge around the point grid. With further configurations, paramters change. The original North/South grid rotates forty-five degrees to create a diagrid, and open figures are allowed to intersect at points. Additional variations were created on the parent screens using actions such as scaling, pinching, streching, and compression; while also defining variables to be held constant in certain variations. Each configuration still adheres to a grid; however, now the grid is being augmented as well. The constant of the grid allows for screens to conform and mix with other screens in a simplistic manner that creates intricate screens.The result is a breadth of configurations that portray depth and complexity that can later be translated into thickened screeens.
Additional variations were created on the parent screens using actions such as scaling, pinching, streching, and compression; while also dening variables to be held constant in certain variations. Each con guration still adheres to a grid; however, now the grid is being augmented as well. e constant of the grid allows for screens to conform and mix with other screens in a simplistic manner that creates intricate screens. e result is a breadth of con gurations that portray depth and complexity that can later be translated into thickened screeens.
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Moving from the configuration stage, only three families remained. From these, eight screens where chosen based on their adherence to the grid. With these screens, thickening took shape through delamitation. Each screen was sepereated based on essential figures, creating two seperate entitities that made up the parent configuration. Through this a pattern began to form; one screen was tighly knit and one reamined more fluid and loose. One was structural and one was connectal. Utilizing the augmented pattern screens, the final sequence was created-alternating open and closed fields. The open figure combinations produce columnar structural components while the closed screens bend and adapt to create a fluid system. They work together in harmony to produce a repetitive scaffold like structure that is able to multiply across Rochina.
Moving from the con guration stage, only three families remained. From these, eight screens where chosen based on their adherence to the grid. With these screens, thickening took shape through de-lamitation. Each screen was sepereated based on essential gures, creating two seperate entitities that made up the parent con guration. rough this a pattern began to form; one screen was tighly knit and one reamined more uid and loose. One was structural and one was connectal.
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In this ephemeral system, program is fluid. With this, open floor plans emerge that adhere to the point grid while still remaining flexible to the needs of inhabitants. In this proposed plan the floor sizes distinguish public versus private spaces and fabric screens enhance the separation of spaces. The House begins on the fourth (ground) floor and merges into self education as one migrates upwards and downwards. The gradient ends with self-governance nearing the top and the bottom. As the system evolves, the spacial adherences become more developed and fluctuate based on inhabitant usage.
SWEET AUBURN: INTERWOVEN | 42
Once a vibrant Black community, Sweet Auburn has fallen into disrepair due to the destruction caused by the interstate. Despite the abandoned buildings and disinvestment, a vibrant culture is still evident through murals, posters, and graffiti. These unregulated art exhibitions are scattered, as there is no formal space to present and showcase them. Interwoven acts as a catalyst for artistic expression to aid in the creation of permanence. To do so, three main formations are created: artist studios, exhibition spaces, and community workshops.
The site acts as a loom, and the program functions as the yarn and fabric. Like textile art, the programs are rearranged and woven throughout the site, allowing for various spatial parameters to form. The exhibition spaces are the main “thread” that is woven, creating a continuity that enables fluid circulation both inside and outside the building. The studio and workshop spaces remain stagnant, becoming cohesive through the exhibitions.
The building is split into three floors, with the first floor serving as the welcome area, the second as workshop space, and the third as studio space. The circulation is guided by the exhibition spaces, which are strategically placed throughout the building to create a cohesive flow between the different levels and spaces. The floors are not solid slabs but rather uneven, allowing people to see onto various levels. The uneven floors and exhibition spaces serve as the threads of the loom, guiding visitors through the space and creating a sense of interconnectedness. The glass courtyard provides a central gathering space for visitors and allows people to see all activities taking place in the building. This further weaves the space together and encourages collaboration and interaction between different members of the community.
The metaphor of weaving, the guiding concept of the project, attempts to patch the void created by the highway. Through its program, artistic expression is recognized and given a permanent place amongst Sweet Auburn.
Starting with basic site dimensions, three main programatic elements are identified: exhibition space, artist studios, and community workshops. Exhibtion space (in blue) is spread throughout the volume and community workshops (in red) emerge from them. Following, artisit studios are infilled allowing programtic relationships to form in all three directions. The volume is the loom and the program is the thread weaving throughout.
WAYS OF SEEING: BARCELONA IN GRAPHITE | 54
Enrolled in the “Ways of Seeing” course, engagement with the urban landscape produced evocative graphite sketches. Executed on-site, these artworks encapsulate candid life within parks, museums, courtyards, and neighborhoods. Each stroke unveils hidden narratives, fostering a refined perceptual lens to decode intricate stories woven into the city’s fabric.
