CONSTRUCTED VOID

Constructed Void interchanges a series of masses and planes in an open-air atmosphere in order to create a series of informal settlements. Below the horizon, the subway is introduced to the ground plane by means of a slanted subtraction. This engagement creates programs of interaction such as a cafe. Meanwhile, the above ground areas inhabit the voids implied between floorplanes and the interiors of building blocks. The open-air floorplanes host programs of movement and interaction while the intraverted building blocks host individual programs. Connecting these all together, semi-enclosed circulatory volumes are sewn throughout the building.

These concepts were introduced by a personal interest in El Lissitzky’s Prouns - which represents the West Village well both formally in plan and abstractly in their cohesive and modern individualism. Like the Proun, this project studies implied volumes through spatial relationships.

Enclosed massing for private programs

Open floorplates for interactive programs

Circulatory tubes

Stairs introducing the ground to the subway

EXPLODED AXON

FINAL MODEL & FORM EXPLORING PROUNS

Presented are a series of pictorial conversations which have taken place between myself and friends. The aim was not only to capture one’s personality and aesthetic in a simple image, but to also track the dance of minds in an illustrative way. The process was initiated by each of us writing a short sentence about our identity, over which was laid trace paper. These short identifiers became the first of many shapes and relationships exchanged between ourselves – a conversation where the words are only abstractly drawn. Following this, I hand drafted each Conversation to represent memory. Additionally, this standardization allows for comparison between Conversations. To compliment this, the left column comprises a series of images which I created individually to reveal what my aesthetic and personality is to you, the eavesdropper.