LOOPS

Professor. Eric Sutherland

Arch 332 Fall 2022

Communal Solitude: 18 Weeks

Conceptually a sustainable integration of a music hall that can act as a destination for users of the pennstate campus at the end a a pathway that moves students from downtown all the way through campus. The Path way acts as a Lifted Promenade that integrates students and users back in the arboretum master Plan. Conceptually, the lifted ramp gives walkable access from a seperated parking block for students. Experientially, bringing users up into the liviness of sound before moving them down into the accoustically isolated Timber Plated Prefab System. The systems unique corrugated design helps to accoustically diffuse sound equally throughout the space.

Light is filtered by the truss elements and gaps in the facade to reflect the feeling of light filtration from the twigs of a tree while being located in the center of the meadow. On the idea of materiality affecting atmosphere, the reflectivity of the exterior aluminum panels is contrasted by the interior painted walls ornamented with the truss shadows. The mundane interior contrasted by the reflective exterior almost becomes a metaphor for the artist process of designing with unexciting (intricate in their own way like the truss shadows) electronic parts to create an attractive flying drone. As was previously mentioned, light is designed to enter the interior through the rising and swelling of the roof condition. These openings are arranged to allow the maximum sunlight into the building and therefore maximize the wall shadow condition during the daylight hours. Similarly, the openings allow light to enter the spaces that will be occupied the most by the artists. Also, following his path through his day. Beginning his day in the bedroom with sunlight entering onto the wall above his bed and following him along the wall to his drafting table and thusly around the entire plan. All combining to create the singular phenomenological atmosphere of the metal habitat building.