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ADDISON BOWMAN


SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY ARCHITECTURE PROGRAM
MY SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY PROJECT WAS TO DESIGN A PAVILION WITH A DUAL PURPOSE. THE PAVILION SERVES AS A TEMPORARY VOTING LOCATION AND A SPACE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR VARIOUS USERS
DIGITAL DESigN
IN THE FIGURES, YOU CAN SEE THREE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES OF A SUBTRACTED CUBE, STEREOTOMIC, AND HYBRID RENDERED MODELS. IN VAROUSE SHAPES AND MATERIALS THAT CAN FORM A STRUCTURE THAT CAN EMPHASIZE SPACE.
BY MAKING DIGITAL PROJECTIONS THROUGH OUR DIGITAL PLANS. WE CAN UNDERSTAND HOW SHAPES CAN BE REPRESENTED THROUGH THE PLANS.
IN THIS EXCIRSISE, I LEARNED MORE ABOUT HOW SPACE IS DEFINED INTO DIFFERENT AREAS.
first year FINAL PROJECT
FOR MY FINAL PROJECT OF MY FIRST YEAR, WE WERE ASSIGNED TO MAKE AN ADDITION TO A HISTORICAL BUILDING IN THE DMV AREA.
ONE OF OUR FIRST PROJECTS IN OUR SPRING SEMESTER WAS TO MAKE A MULTI- ROOM STRUCTURE WITHOUT ANY DIGITAL SOFTWARE. THE PROJECTED CHANLLENGED ME IN MANY WAYS FROM DRAFTING TO BUILDING THE MODEL ITSELF.
PART TWO OF THIS PROJECT WAS MORE ADVANCED WITH MULTIPLE FLOOR
Requirements. ANOTHER ADDED REQUIREMENT WAS TO HAVE INTERACTIVE STAIRS, CATWALK LIKE STRUCTURE, AND NON- FLAT ROOFS.
THE symmetrical AND GEOMETRICAL ELEMNTS FROM PART ONE OF THE NINE SQUARE PROJECT WAS STILL RELEVENT. THE PROJECT PROVOCTED SOME EXPERIEMENTAL COMPENTS COMPARED TO THE LAST PROJECT THAT CHALLENEGD ME.
FIRST FLOOR
ROOF FLOOR
SECOND FLOOR
DRAWING
IN OUR CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE CLASS, WE WERE GIVEN THE ASSIGNMENT TO RE-DESIGN OUR ARCHITECTURE BUILDING, THE CROUGH CENTER WITH CLASSICAL ELEMENTS.
HAND-DRAFTED CLASSICAL COLUMNS
FROM MY CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE
CLASS.
AN IONIC INSPIRED COSTUME ORDER
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SECOND YEAR COMPLEX MODELS
THE CONCEPT OF THESE MODELS WAS, “COMING TOGETHER.” INSPIRED BY MAZES, THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO MEET IN THE MIDDLE BY TRAVELING THROUGH DIFFERENT PATHS.
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SECOND YEAR COMPLEX MODELS
IN ORDER FOR US TO UNDERSTAND HOW SPACES CAN FORM A STRUCTURE, WE HAD TO REPRESENT IT IN MODEL FORM. WE USED WOODEN DOWELS, CARDBOARD, AND CHIPBOARD.
THREE Separate Models THAT WHEN COMBINED, FORMS A SPIRAL shape THAT CHANGES IN HEIGHT AND SPACE
THE TASK WAS TO DESIGN A MONUMENT FOR PEACEMAKERS WITH THE THOUGHT ABOUT FORM, SPACE, AND FUNCTION.
MY PROJECT BEGAN REPRESENTING A GROUP OF PEACEMAKERS THAT HAVE LONG BEEN INFLUENTIAL. IN THE Sketches ON THE LEFT, THE CENTRAL STRUCTURE RISES SLOWLY INTO THE SKY, SHOWING THE PASSAGE OF TIME. THE PILLAR IS constant, TO SYMBOLIZE THE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO BRING PEACE.
BY APPLYING NAMES AND GROUPS OF PEOPLE TO MY MONUMENT, I WANTED PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE HARDSHIPS AND THE Changes THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE MADE THROUGHOUT TIME. BY USING BLACK REFLECTIVE MARBLE, like MANY MEMORIALS AROUND THE DC AREA, I WANTED THE Spectators TO SEE THEMSELVES, APPRECIATE WHERE THEY ARE, AND BE THANKFUL FOR THE PEACEMAKERS IN THE MEMORIAL
THE DIAGRAMS ILLUSTRATE HOW VIEWERS CAN TRAVEL THROUGH THE MEMORIAL ON EITHER THE EAST OR WEST SIDE. There is no right way to travel through the memorial either.