Interplanar
This large community building was the culmination of a semester-long design project for HIAA 0150: Intermediate Architectural Studio under the instruction of Professor Craig Barton. As a warm-up assignment, we were tasked with creating “Verb Sculptures” of found objects that contained a shared thematic vein. My found objects consisted of two different types of containers—a discarded soda can and a paper grocery bag—connected via the verb “to weave.”
After that, each student was tasked with designing a large-scale education and fabrication space on a specific site in the heart of Providence’s Jewelry District (given a set of pre-determined programming requirements). Before beginning our preliminary building designs, we first began by exploring the site on foot. Based on our observations, we created collages and sketch models to experiment with the visual and creative expression of certain site characteristics.
After many sample model iterations, I finalized my overarching architectural theme as well as the building’s programming and form. My architectural idea for this structure consisted of how intersecting planes can be organized to create four different types of spaces: inside and outside, but also two types of liminal spaces that I refer to as “outside inside” and “inside outside.” “Outside inside” is a space that is open-air but still is contained within the building’s perforated “skin.” “Inside outside” is a space that is within the interior of the building but is split by an intersecting plane of exterior (perforated) wall.
Site Plan
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Longitudinal Section
Cross Section
Lastly, I used Rhino 3D, V-Ray, and Adobe Photoshop to create collaged renderings of the final structure.
