Nelson-Mercer Portfolio

Selected Works

ArtScape Pavilion

Transit Station

Kinetic Cinema

Pavilion

Living Library

ArtScape Pavilion- Spring 23

Artscape pavilion stands as a seamless integration of artistic expression, culinary delights, and natural beauty. Nestled within its walls are carefully curated sculptures that weave a narrative of creativity and innovation. e pavilion initiates a dialogue between a multitude of programs, Art gallery, cafe seating, and institutional opportunities.

e museum acts as a bridge into the campus green using tectonics to frame the natural beauty of Ball State’s landscape. As visitors meander through the exhibits, they are enveloped by the interplay of light and form, creating an immersive experience that transcends traditional boundaries. e Pavilion's design extends beyond its interior, seamlessly merging with the integrated garden and building around the existing landscape.

Planar Form

offset of existing sidewalks

Remove area to keep existing trees

Shape Building and roof for daylighting and relationship to Doma

“ e Knot” is a hypothetical transit station located in Gary, Indiana. is community center would replace the existing South Shore Line giving the people of Gary and the surrounding population quick and direct access to Chicago, as well as every major city along the rust belt.

e design celebrates modern transportation by immersing users within an ever changing setting as cars, buses, and trains rush by. is varying setting paired with open, unprogrammed space will allow the people of Gary to transform their new transit hub into a space that ts them best.

e “Kinetic Cinema” is a center for lm located in Muncie, Indiana. e proposal challenges the idea of building envelope through a wood framing system that uses only the materials necessary. Within the sca olding lies a complicated kinetic system that acts as an all encompassing, visual, cinema experience.

e kinetic system uses pistons to push and pull a mesh fabric to situate viewers within an interactive 360 degree movie scene. e envelope of the theater would move and react to the movie to create a viewing experience that was more than just a visual and audible experience.

Pavilion - Spring 23

e “Netted Pavilion” creates a space for recreational, outdoor volleyball. e formal qualities of the structure are derived from warping motions applied to simple shapes. e pavilion remanins unprogramed but could act as seating, storage, as well as signage depending on the needs of those on the site.

Structural bamboo piping

Interactive netting

Living Library- Fall 22

e “Living Library” serves as both a commercial library, as well as housing for the couple that live and work on the property. e form is contextualized by the historic buildings that surround the site but modernized by the cladding and glazing system that act as a facade. A garden atrium pulls the surrounding site into the space and a butter y roof collects rain to nourish the plants.