STONE HOUSE

Media House Of Mixed Aesthetics In Downtown Kent

Second Year Design Studio I

The Stone House draws inspiration from the revolution of the digital age and its influence on the world of written and visual media. One could argue that digital media has become the foundation for media as a whole, due to the countless tools and forms of media we experience today from its innovations. The facade of this media house is a primitive stone texture overlayed with a digital pattern. The mixing of two aesthetics from opposites ends of a timeline directly showcase the relationship between digital influence on more ancient forms of media.

The program organization puts the data centers and spaces for making media in the upper part of the building, which trickles down to the spaces meant for presenting media. The exterior and interior forms use a combination of hard and soft edges across different dimensions to experience movement throughout the whole design.