Port Trireme is located on Mozia, a sacred and protected island with historical archeological sites located on the western coast of Sicily. The island is surrounded by shallow water lagoons which connect Mozia to the surrounding islands and the main land. Our project is inspired by an ancient typology of Phoenecian vessels. It is a camp designed for children ages 13 to 16 to learn the ancient art of boat-making. Campers live, work, and play on Mozia and explore the island and the surrounding lagoon using the boats they create.
Our proposal aims to respect and acknowledge the site’s rich history and culture as ancient archeological ruins by weaving into the sites fabric and around pre-existing landscape. Pathways weave into the framework of the main programmatic spaces fluidly in a way that blurs the boundary between building and pathway.
The project explores temporality through time designed for aging and with consideration to the evenual decay and overgrowth. The exploration of time connects the site back to the rich history of Mozia exploring how the building will one day become a ruin and showcase the growth of architecture over time. The structure is designed to become one with the earth and honor the past history of the island.
Model Photography by Deep Blue Studio
Program, Seasonal, & Access Diagrams
Ampitheater
Model Photography by Deep Blue Studio
Northern Entrance View
Northern Entrance View Overgrowth
Across the Border Care
Our project tackles the required need for the alternative care that accompanies reproductive healthcare, specifically abortion care.
The project is located in Spokane, WA and the concept is centered around the idea that many people in the bordering states will need to travel out-of-state to receive abortion care. Our project offers the additional care that may be required during/after abortions.
It provides temporary housing for those traveling from farther away, counseling services, and a daycare for parents to bring their children while they are having procedures. Our design aims to take advantage of the site and views provided to create a peaceful and quiet escape from reality.
First Floor Plan
Wood and Metal Work
Metal End Table
(sheet metal and metal rods welded together with cherry wood tops)
Dovetail Box (cherry wood)
Survey Sketches
Observational sketches conpleted on survey trips throughout Greece, Florence, Sicily, Naples, Venice/Vicenza, and Rome. All sketches were completed on site exploring small moments of large scale historic architecture.
Woven Museum
Our Woven Museum is located in Seneca Falls, NY. Above ground level, it is composed primarily of four separate buildings connected only through the lowest level and a glass sky bridge. This is intentional as to blend with the surrounding streetscape of condensed commercial buildings to the East and dispersed buildings and residential homes to the West.
The program of this project includes galleries for quilts, tools, machinery, etc., a museum shop, lecture hall, public quilting room, quilt conservation space, storage and archival areas, workshop space, and administration and support spaces.
We hoped to create an experience within our museum. Each building housing different programs, whist stitching the four buildings together with the glass skybridge that allows the visitors to view the scenery around them. By designing it this way, a visitor must weave through the galleries in order to reach the sky bridge to vist another part of the museum. Through the programs and the design, our intention was for visitors to be able to view the history of quilts, the process of quiltmaking, and partake in community quiltmaking.
