COSMOS

Professor: Bruce Race 3

Studio: Arch 6605 FA.2022

Project consisted of two projects. The first a team of 6 students designed a city master plan in Houston Texas, Protostar. Next, each student designed their own building inside the city, Cosmos.

Protostar:

ProtoStar is the world’s next international innovation Hub. Centered in South East Houston, near NASA and UHCL, it brings together the Brightest and most creative minds in the world. Focusing on 3 Primary characteristics

1. INNOVATION

2. INTEGRATION AND

3. INCUBATION

It is here that our futures come to a reality. Using sustainable means, we transformed a greatly undervalued region in Houston’s satellite suburbs, to one of the first Green, Carbon Neutral Cities in the United States.

Cosmos

Located in the heart of Polaris’ innovation center next to METRO’s Park And Ride, Cosmos is a landmark and hub for the districts activity. Cosmos is comprised of large gathering spaces such as ballroons, conference rooms, and an auditorium to accomodate STEM conferences, host TED talks, and NASA award ceremonies. The space also has an exhibition hall to showcase the groundbreaking research happening in Polaris. As well space for working on revolutionary discovries, accomodated by four floors of dry lab space. Not only are the people who occupy this space extrordinary, so is the building itself by being sustainable. Through the use of passive cooling, water recycling, and solar panels, Cosmos produces neary 85% of it’s own energy consumption.