exterior rendering - enscape
mountain as a gallery art gallery + residency
Located around a central area of arts in St. Louis, I modeled the art gallery to resemble a mountain in both its form and as a facilitator of exploration. There are different viewing points based on an individual’s relationship to the space (residential artist versus gallery visitor). Beginning with the ground floor as largely open for visitors to wander between the interior and exterior gallery space, the project becomes condensed to affect their view. The sight of visitors becomes largely restricted to interior space in the upper level. The line of sight is pushed out once again in the residential space through windows and the balcony space to allow residing artists the vantage point of observing visitors at the peak of the art gallery.
individual work
faculty: dusica stankovic site: arts district, st. louis site plan
form in site - bristol form
preliminary concrete study
vantage points analysis
model details - foam board + museum board
second floor plan: gallery and resident studio
third floor plan: residential space
final classroom interior - basswood + museum board
I designed a classroom with the approach of dividing the group and individual activities. Program elements include a greenhouse meant to spur responsibility while also introducing light to the classroom, as well as a collective group space with smaller activities such as reading and crafts overlooking the complex plaza.
a montessori study of the fold primary school complex
Located on the Vespucci Bridge, my design of this five-classroom Montessori school uses “folding walls” to experiment with the crossing between individual and group activity zones. Montessori education is meant to give students freedom, exploration, and responsibility because they decide the schedule of their day. In this study, folding is used as a method of expansion, and creates alternating views between the classroom and across the school piazza. As an interpretation of a Montessori education, this strategy of folding allows students a type of freedom of how they interact with the classroom space based on what they want to see or interact as a student within the classroom. The physical concept of this fold is inhabited as a multi-level patio that spills past and above the facade, with the form itself repeated on a small scale within the classroom and incorporated in the facade of the school’s piazza.
6 week charrette individual work faculty: robert mccarter site: ponte amerigo vespucci in florence, italy
classroom prototype - basswood + museum board
roof design model perspective
full complex plan
elevation drawing - river view
site plan in urban conttext
underground plan
1. cafe
2. bicycle shop
3. leisure path
4. direct path
5. exit to residential
6. exit to tram stop
7. exit to park
8. mural
section e
section c
section a: view of mural
tectonic study using joints rendered still of animation objects of disruption study
model perspective of lobby
conceptual form of facade and interior section, physical model - 3D prints + laser cut facade
first
second floor plan, exhibition space
interior rendered details - enscape
