I just finished my final review yesterday and wanted to share it with you all. I had the pleasure of spending my semester working with Rana Abudayyeh. Our brief was to challenge and rethink the iconic Sunsphere and World's Fair Park while also changing its main program to an aviary.
I began my development of the scalar sanctuary with a precedent study of the dragon blood tree, native to Yemen. It has gained its name from the red sap it releases upon truncation, which maintains healing properties. Its unique umbrella shape evolved overtime out of necessity. The dragon blood tree acts as a node of refuge for birds, people, and surrounding saplings/ species. This initial study encouraged the concepts of interconnected network and condensed canopy, working together to employ sanctuary.
I then transitioned into the development of an initial model which indirectly resembles the organic qualities of the dragon blood tree, informing an interior strategy and site analysis of scalar sanctuary. I began my analysis w
