This building acts as an incubator for change. It provides housing for the surrounding unsheltered population, to address the immediate context which is inundated with encampments, while also providing opportunities to increase social mobility and bridge the gap between the cultural and judicial districts it is sandwiched between. The design creates an intermediary place of growth by following Maslow’s Hierarchy Of Needs, first equipping residents with their physiological and safety needs, then prompting entanglement between social groups through circulation and program to incentivize improvement in the other levels of needs. In other words, it’s not intended to provide just a bed and a meal, but to also create holistic and meaningful interactions through architecture to better support these struggling populations.
The building is also heavily influenced by daylighting, passive systems/orientation, views (towards the mountains, El Pueblo, etc.), and the nearby urban fabric.
• located in Los Angeles, California
• double quarter project
• partner project with Morgan Miller
This diagram illustrates the formal moves relating to topography, site context, and concept. It is representative of a handshake, showing the convergence of the surrounding districts.
los angeles, california
• Over 63,000 people struggle with homelessness in greater LA
33% have experienced domestic/ intimate partner violence
38% are considered “chronically homeless”(meaning they have lived without shelter for more than a year and are in dire economic strife)
• 27% struggle with substance use
25% struggle with mental health
19% struggle with a physical disability
12'-0"
bridged.
a threshold between generations
This project is the interaction point, the threshold of spaces. “Bridged” develops an underutilized piazza into a unified space to be adaptable for all. Every program on site has the possibility to blend into the piazza for its extended use, therefore inticing multiple programs to connect and create a network of shared experiences. This link continues on the upper floor through the deck as a form of common circulation and visual connection to the shared piazza and site landmarks. Additonally, the sunken piazza creates zones of usable public space that helps draw people through and provide opportunity to dwell in the whole site. This enables all visitors to become users at any level of interaction. Further, this new form blends with the existing building conditions by stepping down as it connects into the landscape. While public and private spaces still have their separate functions, the focus of this project is to create a shared space between them which bridges all user experiences.
• CSU - ITALY
• located in Piazza dei Ciompi, Florence, IT
• partner project with Natalie Rubio
firSt floor
• multi-purpose theater
• lobby
• cafe
• exhibition space
• library
• classroom
• outdoor play area
• administration space
• indoor play area
• children’s library
• nap room
• children’s multi-purpose
1/32nd”=1’-0”
0’ 4’ 8’ 16’ 32’
Second floor
Through-site circulation has a gradual yet important slope which brings people down the main circulator ramp. This connects the existing piazza with the lowered piazza, directly linking the programs of that level. It also helps the lowered piazza be accessibility-friendly as a common experience for all. The sunken piazza creates zones of usable public space that helps draw people through and provide opportunity to dwell in the whole site. This enables all visitors to become users at any level of interaction. Further, this new form blends with the existing building conditions by stepping down as it connects into the landscape. While public and private spaces still have their separate functions, the focus of this project is to create a shared space between them which bridges all user experiences.
side projects.
a look into a furniture project and photography
See personal photos on my website: https:// morganangovephotography.mypixieset.com/
Photography is another passion of mine that I’ve enjoyed integrating into my internships and daily life. Aside from photographing graduates, couples, and creative portraits, within my internships I’ve utilized this skill for internal and external marketing purposes for each of the firms I’ve interned for. This skill has helped me get to know the firms, their projects, and their people much faster, creating a foundation of community within each.
vellum - furniture project
juncture
This furniture design study, named Juncture, exemplifies creative manipulation and problem solving, two integral ways people engage in play. These abilities empower individuals to modify their environments, rules, or tools to create a more engaging and enjoyable experience. Play often involves using available resources in unconventional ways. Juncture implores individuals to use and adapt it, repurpose it, to make it serve different functions, and expand possibilities within limited constraints. This imaginative capacity allows for experimentation with the project as it expands, contracts, and folds in various ways. For some,
it could be a bench (in solidarity or a place to meet with friends), while for others it could be made into a bed, a table, a stepping stone, or a fort (as a 6 year old during the Vellum showcase demonstrated). The object can also be used in various forms on all sides, with hints and combinations of use, which can be further expanded depending on the opposing hinges. Individuals, or groups, must rotate and flex the piece to try different approaches or combinations, thus creating new spaces of use and adapting to desires while simultaneously validating those same choices. Further, the word ‘juncture’ means a connection, a point in time between two things, or a time for
decision making. The piece was named juncture because not only does it have multiple connections but also poses a question of use to the person interacting with it. It is inefficient in movement, requiring that problem solving skill (and often teamwork) as it plays with your ability to contact and move it.
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