BlackBird: NYC Center For Music And Dance NoHo, New York, NY UK/COD Fall:13 Professor: Akari Takebayashi
This building investigates concealing, revealing, and transformation through a series of pinches and folds along a regular grid. The studies led to the creation of a tessellated surface. The use of the tessellated surfaces and reflective glass creates connections back to the city as the facade begins to reflect back and transform views of the city surrounding. The structural system works to frame views out into the city as well as back into the building. The Structural system and the exterior form become more regular as they move upward, al- lowing the tower to blend back into the city, offer views to the surrounding buildings, and reflect the patterns in the sky.
On the interior a series of regular columns define the interior spaces. This regular gird juxtaposed to the ir- regular exterior creates a dynamic contrast from the exterior to the interior. The grid of the columns also re- lates back to the grid of the city streets below. Through the use of tesselation and meshes of exterior struc- ture conceal and framing ceratin views of the building, transforms not only the building but the city around it by creating new perspectives through reflection.
Memories Module Product Line for End of Life Care Uk/COD Spring: 15 Professor: David Biagi
The Memory Mobile Is the Large scale product in the Memories Product Line. The Memory Mbile is a self contained unit that allows the pa- tient to immerse themselves in a sensory world of their own choosing. This Unit is self contained and Can be delivered to the patients home and set in a few hours with four people. the unit can be used with or with out the selfcontained bathroom unit that has its own hot and cold water as well as hvac. the unit considt of two parts, the upper shell and the smart floor in which all mechanival sys- tems are hiused. The pod is delivered in unas- sembled but snaps in place using special connec- tions quickly.
The main room Memory Mobile Is designed to be a Pod with curved white interior surfaces on which images or scenes can be projected. The use of projection allows the patient to view home videos, pictures, mood lighting sequences or even project images of their favorite destinations or places they have always wanted to go. In es- sence the Module can be transformed through projection mapping to anywhere the patient would like to be.
Church Of Baptism Santa Marinella, Italy UK/COD Summer:14 Professor: Mark O'Bryan
The Church of Baptism is based off a study of the inversion of negative space found in stained glass windows in chartres cathedral. By breaking the window into a basic pattern and inverting the negative spaces between the panels new spatial conditions emerge. This inversion of negative space along with the use of a column system which blurs the lines between building and bridge. The use of hidden light sources often found in churches in Europe. The hidden light sources connect with the sea and the sky the connection between heaven and earth. The Facade of the building in a simple angled mir- rored facade which allows the mass of the build- ing to blend into the surroundings by reflecting the waters. The use of the ocean for baptism allows visitors to travel first to the water and then into the building cleansing themselves before en- tering a holy space, an act practiced in many reli- gions. The act of cleansing is also related to the simplicity of the interior created with simple ge- ometries inverted inside a rectangle.
