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Ben Procter Architecture Portfolio

Thermae Fissure

To Cleanse the Body

To Cleanse the Temple

I had went to Greece for Wentworth’s Global Research Studio to explore “The modern and prosaic in the sacred landscape.” Led by professor Meliti Dikeos, we traveled to the island of Aegina, discovering a collection of abandoned churches that had at once been a refuge for the inhabitants of the island. Our studio project was to take place on these steep slopes. Our program: develop a modern asclepieion, a center for healing. At the peak of this hill I unearthed an interesting natural feature. A fissure in the earth, cracking the east side into two and forming a hidden chasm. I saw here possibilities to make something one with the earth and at the same time a secret, secluded gem.

Island of Aegina, Greece

Project Empúries

During spring 2022 I traveled to Spain to study abroad for a semester led by professor Manuel Delgado in the quiet town of Girona, thirty mintues north of Barcelona. Our site to work in all semester were Roman city along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Our program was to adapt the space to not the space more accessible to visitors. I quickly found an interesting plot of land in between the two become a garden space full of trees and paths. With all of these ruins I wondered what was under

Delgado who had us staying were ruins of a Greek and not disrupt the ruins but make two ruined cities, that has now my feet while I stood there.

Map from site

Radial diagram

Entrance Section

https://youtu.be/dTBbORvUDdQ

Imbue life into Brighton High and its neighborhood by bridging through green spaces establishing an epicenter of horticulture.

Section I

Horticulture Section

Axon Section I

Axon Section II

Pawtucket Temple

Where the Pawtucket Canal meets the Concord river there is a collection of small foot paths snaking downtown Lowell, Massachusetts. It is easy to get lost in a labyrinth made up of historic mill buildings, narrow canals, and the vacant lots of a city looking to restore itself. Our site sat right on this intersection and I wanted to show the secret beauty Lowell has to offer, which can be found if you look hard enough.

Protecting Gaze

A Space for an Art Collector

This design grew from an art piece found figure from the Dayak tribe on the island wooden totem represents protection against a center focus being the display of the artifact, itself, suggesting it’s omnipotent force to

Gaze Collector

found in the MFA. The Dayak of Borneo, Indonesia. This against the evils. This space has artifact, sculpting the structure affect the physical world.

The Catalyst

The final project of my first semester in Architecture school. A Catalyst to the next 5 years at Wentworth.

https://youtu.be/FOQ_imbLQm4