interacting space | baltimore, md | graduate submission, studio project

INTERACTING SPACE | BALTIMORE, MD | GRADUATE SUBMISSION, STUDIO PROJECT The design creates spaces for interaction on the exterior using built volumes to define courtyards along a strong pathway. As an annex to an existing architecture building, the building interior is organized around an analysis of ‘learning’ simply as the interaction between one who possesses knowledge and one who seeks it. The program was then divided into four discrete pieces: faculty, student, public and learning spaces. ‘Learning’ spaces, (studios, classrooms, jury rooms) as the primary function of the building, anchor the organization at the corner and occupy a sizable volume of glass rising above the remaining structure. Hanging off of this anchor are separate wings for faculty and students. These wings are arranged around a primary pathway to create a series of gathering spaces, relating various pieces of the building to each other and the adjacent, existing architecture building.

FINAL SITE PLAN

FACULTY SPACES

COMMON ACADEMIC ORGANIZATION

STUDENT SPACES

‘INTERACTING’ ORGANIZATION

‘INTERACTION’ SPACES

PROCESS SKETCHES

INITIAL DESIGN - PLAN AND MODEL

DEVELOPED DESIGN - SKETCH AND MODEL

PLAN (+270’)

PLAN (+255’)

GROUND PLAN (+240’)

PLAN (+225’)

PLAN (+210’)

SECTION A-A’

SOUTHEAST ELEVATION

SOUTHWEST ELEVATION

PRESENTATION MODEL

PRESENTATION MODEL

PRESENTATION MODEL

PRESENTATION MODEL