STRETCHING THE ENVELOPE
Residual space is the space in between volumes. It is the empty space that connects the nested volumes within a single mass or envelope. This space could be considered left over in terms of program, but it serves as a buffer zone mediating the spaces from both interior and exterior. I seek to challenge contemporary architecture by creating a building in which nested volumes (programmed space) open the residual space by pushing and stretching the envelope generating the form of the overall mass. By hybridizing the enclosure (surface) and strands (structure) to the nested volumes, extreme shifts in scale of members and volumes occur. These wide ranges of spatial and formal variation alter the way we experience architecture.
PROGRAM_MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY URBAN ART:
LA houses one of the largest art scenes in the country. It is important to acknowledge emerging talent and put starving artists on the map. This museum is dedicated to the exhibition, education, collection and preservation of the contemporary urban arts, and to showcase artists who continue to work outside the conventional art establishment. This museum will allow talented artists who go unnoticed by the mainstream, the opportunity to display their talents beyond an independent scale.
HYBRIDIZING VOLUMES TO ENCLOSURE STUDY:
RESIDUAL SPACE
ADAPTABLE SHELL INTERNAL VOLUMES GENERATING THE OVERALL GEOMETRY
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY URBAN ART
RESIDUAL SPACE BETWEEN THE INTERIOR VOLUMES AND THE EXTERIOR ARCHITECTURAL SHELL DEFINE AND TRANSFORM THE SPACE OF THE EXTERIOR AND THE INTERIOR. THIS RESIDUAL SPACE IS CAPABLE OF TRANSFORMING THE EXPERIENCE OF INTERIOR WHILE ALSO INFORMING THE OVERALL GEOMETRY OF THE BUILDING.
MASSING STUDY OF ADAPTABLE MICRO MESH RESPONDING TO INTERNAL VOLUMES GENERATING THE OVERALL GEOMETRY AND RESIDUAL SPACE.
ADAPTIVE SURFACE
TO INTERNAL VOLUMES, OPENING RESIDUAL SPACE AND STRETCHING THE BUILDINGS ENVELOPE.
