CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT
The earlier decision to separate the mausoleum from the rest of the program provided an opportunity to create a public plaza that complimented the building. Because the site sits at the edge of the urban fabric there is a tendency for one to feel overwhelmed by the transition from a compressed street scale to the wide open expanse. Therefore I chose to situate the plaza closer to the urban center and I arranged the building around it as if the building is protecting or sheltering the Mausoleum space.
Auditorium Education Space Exhibition / Cafe / Gift Shop Mausoleum
In addition to sheltering the Masoleum I also manipulated the height of the building in such a way that it slopes up and away from the urban center. I needed the three levels to accommodate the amount of program but I did not want this building to be disproportionately large compared to the surrounding context.
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