WOLTJER_WATSON_JACOB_LIVING LIGHT

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LIVING LIGHT

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BRIEF

My capstone was designed with myself in mind. I’ve spent my whole life fighting to fit in a system that was not designed for students like me. In fact, I didn’t even know what I needed in an educational space. However, after identifying pinpoints, current solutions (their short comings), and my solution Living Light began. Starting by identifying the most basic problem with the current solutions, the spaces aren’t designed to support non-traditional learning and teaching methods. Focusing on creating a space that caters to a diverse pool of users while providing adaptable connections to nature. By designing with a mix of high technology and nature for versatile and diverse spaces. With collaboration built into the framework. Embracing and complementing syfy styles with natural materials and forms to support any learning type at the core.

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Specialization keeps budgets from being spread thin and would allow for environments to be designed with equipment and education in mind.

DESIGN PROBLEMS Postsecondary educational design must try and provide the best environment for the smallest budget possible. Similar to public school design, projects start hopeful but with small budgets the interior design is often left for last with few options available.

CURRENT SOLUTIONS We are seeing universities attempting to solve these problems with Chunnam Techno University’s Esports programs and NCK Technical University have built customized programs with unique equipment and top professionals for their graduates to be highly competitive.

However, tech education still falls short in means of their environment. Dark, isolated spaces, with harsh glowing light cannot foster top revolutionary ideas, real growth requires revolutionary change. Tech will keep separating from nature if we don’t reintroduce nature to tech.

NATURE & TECHNOLOGY

Technology has helped us turn ideas into reality, but this process is preformed in isolation. Building a new world shouldn’t mean blocking out the current.

THE SOLUTION Combining high tech materials and equipment with the natural world will allow educational spaces to service the new requirements for digital career education while being healthy and welcoming spaces.

Collaboration is key to working in the real world, rarely will work be completely solitary.

Having technology and materials that support spontaneous group conversation changes the way digital projects can be worked on.

MAYA - 41

Recently laid off lead marketing sp now looking to transition into com based digital design and illustratio small businesses and content crea

ISAAC - 32

Self-taught game artist transitionin indie game development to workin of the largest game developers. Le skills necessary while working as a bartender and office assistant.

EMILY - 22

Dropped out of graphic design sch disillusioned with the programs fo traditional media. Working part-tim taking courses on illustration from Skillshare and Lynda.com.

JOSH - 17

Just graduated high school, lookin pursue audio and video productio short form content and social med free software and YouTube to cre content for businesses and friends

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USERS Now, I understand I will not be the only user in the space and with the additional design goal of diversity I wanted to consider a wide variety of users in the space. Whether they were someone changing career paths, turning a hobby into a profession, a new graduate, or a student that didn’t fit the traditional educational model this space would feel made to order.

CHRYSLER BUILDING Built in 1925 to be Chrysler's flagship dealership for Seattle. A missive two story 28,000 sqft. industrial showroom located in the bustling Capitol Hill Neighborhood. The ornate front façade, parapet and industrial windows were restored in 2012 as the building was renovated to allow multiple tenants. Still serving the younger working population along with college

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students and social activists.

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SITE MAP capitol hill, seattle, wa

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When considering where to put a radically different educational space it became clear that there was no where else to go other than Capitol Hill, in Seattle WA. Not only is Seattle home to Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Starbucks. But, Capitol Hill has been e University

home to social change and activism since the early 1900’s. From the rainbow sidewalks to the protected gay clubs Cap Hill is a safe-haven for all; just as the future of education should be.

DESIGN GOALS

divers Educational facilities should cater to a diverse pool of users while providing adaptable connections to nature. If the facility becomes static the design has failed.

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VIBE Utilizing the exiting industrial shell as the backdrop to a simple and warm space that welcomes long working sessions without being to relaxing to focus.

DESIGN CONCE

Mix high technology and nature for versatile and diverse spaces. With collab built into the framework. Embracing and complementing syfy styles with

materials and forms. Accommodating any learning type at the foun

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MATERIALITY Using the shells existing materiality as a backdrop for a welcoming and soft palette that fades when out of focus while providing texture and variety when small breaks are becoming long breaks.

PROGRAM

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FORM EXPLORATION

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1. Entry 2. Recourses 3. Classroom 4. Lecture 5. Office 6. Conference

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7. Relaxation 8. Workspace 9. Restroom 10. Storage/Server/E. Exit

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CLASSROOM

LECTURE

RESOUCES

SECTION

VIGNETTES

Designing spaces that can support alternative and divergent styles is critical to developing spaces that support our pursuits, rather than spaces that creating unhealthy environments. With no alternatives. Being able to offer varying levels of privacy and focus allows for many different users to operate relatively close with disturbing one another.

VIGNETTES

Focusing the space around two large forms capable of supporting collaboration at anytime through writing and projection. A lack of doors stops spaces form being completely disconnected from one another while allowing optimal working surface and partition to stop spaces bleeding together.

Technology has helped us turn ideas into reality, but this process is preformed in isolation. Building a new world shouldn’t mean blocking out the current. With an emphasis on creating diverse, natural, and adaptable spaces we’ll better support the users of our spaces while maintaining healthy spaces for our syfy environments.

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