BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY SCIENCE BUILDING
Design Proposal for the New Chemical Sciences Building at Boise State University
Inspired by the landforms of the Idaho landscape, the theme of ‘erosion’ is the central concept of this design. Erosion, in the form of wind, water, chemical processes, and solar influence, combine to carve away the earth and make spaces which evoke the powerful earth paMerns so well known by the Boise community. These will evolve into a natural architecture. Influenced by the evocaNve shapes of the mountains and accompanying depressions, eroded ridges and valleys, and associated sedimentary land forms, this design exists in compliment to its environment. Just as the science community that will use this building is an extension of the earth’s great process of erosion—the phenomena of natural forces, which over Nme, form all the spaces in which humans live—this design is an extension of the beauNful, regional background in which it is to be set.
DESIGN NARRATIVE
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EROSION IS THE PROCESS BY WHICH SOIL AND ROCK ARE REMOVED FROM THE EARTH'S SURFACE BY EXOGENETIC PROCESSES SUCH AS WIND OR WATER FLOW, AND THEN TRANSPORTED AND DEPOSITED IN OTHER LOCATIONS.
SITE REPRESENTATION
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WINTER WINDS
RIVER FLOW
SUMMER WINDS
NATURAL FORCES ON SITE
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PEOPLE
WIND
WATER
NATURAL AND URBAN FORCES ON SITE
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ACT OF EROSION
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MASSING STUDIES -‐ NORTH
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MASSING STUDIES -‐ SOUTH
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NORTHWEST STREET VIEW STUDY
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NORTHWEST VIEW STUDY
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NORTHWEST URBAN SPACE STUDY
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WEST ELEVATION STUDY
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WEST ELEVATION REPRESENTATION
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NORTH STREET RENDERING
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