Bridging Communities Arts School and Community Center

Oonagh Davis

Oonagh Davis | ARCH 3102 Spring 2018 Professor: Werner Goehner Oonagh Davis | ARCH 3102 Spring 2018

BRIDGING COMMUNITIES Bridging Communities looks at the potential of hybrid buildings in the context of an art school, community center, a shared space between two communities. The site for the project is Morningside Park in NYC, wedged between Columbia University and the Harlem Community. Morningside Park is a particularly complex site to navigate due to a 5 story drop in elevation from Columbia to Harlem; this drastic topographic change, along with the slim profile of the park and the existing lines of circulation, produce certain design limitations.

Inspiration for this metropolitan insertion was drawn from the structure of a vertical lift bridge. Such bridges can be easily found along Harlem River relatively close to the site. The reinterpreted trussed structure acts as a public footbridge, and consequently lifts the hybrid building above the park allowing the exiting circulation and slope gradient to remain.

The various academic spaces are located above and below the trussed circulation path, acting as a lantern to illuminate the park by night. More over, the symbolism of bridging between these two communities holds significant socioeconomic weight that expectantly will promote a positive synthesis.

Oonagh Davis | ARCH 3102 Spring 2018

Oonagh Davis | ARCH 3102 Spring 2018

Sketch Model Design Evolution 1/64” = 1’

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Final Site Model 1/64” = 1’

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Oonagh Davis | ARCH 3102 Spring 2018

Site Plan

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Program and Circulation Diagram

PROGRAM AND CIRCULATION DIAGRAM

LIBRARY

EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES

OFFICES AND ADMINISTRATION

SHARED PROGRAM SPACE

COMMUNITY CENTER

PUBLIC CIRCULATION

THEATER AND EXHIBITION SPACE

CIRCULATION

Oonagh Davis | ARCH 3102 Spring 2018

Detailed Axonometric

Oonagh Davis | ARCH 3102 Spring 2018

Sections and Primary Circulation Plan

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Theater and Creative Writing Plan & Theatre and Exhibition Plan (Repetitive Plans on the Left)

Oonagh Davis | ARCH 3102 Spring 2018

Detail Drawing

Oonagh Davis | ARCH 3102 Spring 2018

Exterior Night Rendering

Oonagh Davis | ARCH 3102 Spring 2018

Oonagh Davis | ARCH 3102 Spring 2018

Exterior Day Rendering

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Interior Day Rendering

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Mid-Term Model 1/32” = 1’

Oonagh Davis | ARCH 3102 Spring 2018

Oonagh Davis | ARCH 3102 Spring 2018

Final Model 1/32” = 1’

Oonagh Davis | ARCH 3102 Spring 2018

Oonagh Davis | ARCH 3102 Spring 2018

Collaged Final Model Photos

Oonagh Davis | ARCH 3102 Spring 2018

Oonagh Davis | ARCH 3102 Spring 2018

Thank you

Oonagh Davis | ARCH 3102 Spring 2018

Oonagh Davis | ARCH 3102 Spring 2018