Architecture Selections

michael mckinney architecture selections

timber in the city

a proposal for the 2015 timber in the city competition, which tasked participants with designing a “mid-rise, mixed-use complex with affordable housing units, a nyc outpost of the andy warhol museum and a new and expanded home for the historic essex street market.” The market and museum both take up the complex’s first floor while offering space for public use; apartments are on top, with green roofs making up a private outdoor space.

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theater as film screening room and atrium display

theater as stage performance

above: floors 7+ below: floors 1-6

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floors 1-6

corridor

iowa state music hall expansion

Proposed expansion for Iowa state university’s department of music building, adding a 900-seat auditorium and roughly doubling the existing program. The design serves as A merging of the old and the new; limestone and concrete crashing into wood and air.

twoxtwo

Modeled after shop architects’ dunescape, twoxtwo was a full-studio, seventy-seven person effort to create a public-use installation in iowa state university’s college of design. Involvement included design development, documentation, scheduling, and construction. listed in archdaily as one of “the best student design-build projects of 2016.”

rupture

an addition to iowa state university’s college of design, rupture acts as a counterpoint: crystalline and playful where the college is organized and strict. involvement includes design development and construction detailing.

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gateway

created to revitalize a dilapidated area of downtown rome, gateway sets a new community center in a newly created

park bordered by the neighborhood to the north and an aqueduct to the south. Designed in a four-week period in collaboration with architecture and landscape architecture students.

roosevelt island museum and memorial

A space designed for remembrance and meditation, the Roosevelt island museum and memorial is dedicated to preserving, showcasing, and learning about the history of new York city’s Roosevelt island. The building is intended for public and private use, with separated masses - one for education, one for temporary exhibits, and one for a permanent collection - mirroring the isolation experienced by the prisoners and refugees that once inhabited the island.

michael mckinney architecture selections