AS 2509 DETAILS DETAILS
| Tutor Dwayne Oyler
3GAX
MATTER m a t t e r s Starting from the original scupper of the TWA Terminal, the design reorganizes the original intentions and elaborates new understandings of the scupper as an object, as a sign and as a functional accessory. Taking advantage of the native weather conditions of the site, and the consequent presence of abundant snow during the cold season, the new scupper treats differently the two states of the water: liquid and solid. In the first case, the water runs from the roof to the scupper through an inclined extended surface. The length of the object migrates the water far from the entrance of the building, bridging the street, till the facing green area, where it is released in a free fall. This original solution take advantage of the function to change the sign of the scupper making it a something more similar to a fountain. In winter, the snow is collected and packed through a series of aluminum rods that channel and cage it. By doing so, the scupper operates as a barrier for the dangerous detaching of big chunks of snow from the double curved roof of the TWA. More, the constant accumulation of material, with the natural thawing during the day and night solidifying, will start creating organic formations and temporary crystals that will become the new sign of the reorganized scupper. Detail to be completed by February 2018. 226