MIRRORED GREENHOUSES

Columbia University GSAPP

Introduction to Architecture

Critic Elie Zenoun

Summer 2021

The project imagines two linked, nearly-symmetrical greenhouses situated on Columbia University’s Avery Plaza. Though the site is nestled between campus buildings, it allows pedestrian access from Amsterdam Avenue. The greenhouses would not only serve the campus community, perhaps inviting collaboration with agriculture and ecology research labs, but would also be accessible to Morningside Heights residents. Benches, both inside and outside the structures, are integrated into the existing planters, and all entries to the Plaza are kept open so as to allow for flow of movement. In addition to fostering plant life, the site could serve as a multipurpose space for social life, studying, and/or leisure.

Perspective | Image featured in GSAPP Instagram post (@columbiagsapp), August 9, 2021.