This project is a hybrid program facility on the edge of a gorge in Rochester,

New York. It marks the intersection of a figure-8 light railway through the city that strategically links parts of the city outside the inner ring with the inactive

city center. The form was derived from the transformation from one railway to

the other, selectively sticking to and detaching from the bent frame struc-

ture to create top story outdoor public spaces.

ARCH 302 Prof. Henry Richardson Site. Rochester, NYProgram. Transportation Hub, Shopping Center

This project is an exploration of

economical opti-mization. A three dimensional grid

inserts intself onto the highline in Chelsea, New

York. As parts of the whole become

more desirable, they expand,

pushing those above it upwards,

and those beside it to the left and

right. The skin of the building

responds to inter-nal forces: pucker-

ing, creating distorted images

of interior happen-ings. The left side:

apartments for artists. The right: public exhibition

space.

ARCH 302Site. Chelsea, NY Program. Artist Housing and GalleryProf. Lonn Combs

The Atlanta Fulton Public Library’s new city/street presence is defined by a continuous media strip. Contemporary media is flexible, ephemeral, and

dynamic. The ATL Mediastrip blurs the conventional building/marquee/public plaza/city relationship with an uninterrupted deliberate gesture characterized

by flexibility, programmability, and unpredictability. It accommodates the presentation of moving and still images, advertisements and art installations,

news broadcasts and live performances, among a myriad of other media capabilities.

The multi-layered surface extrudes out of the building’s façade and is informed by the library’s iconic orthogonal geometry. The folding

cantilevering canopy is a steel structure sandwiched by wooden panels on the top and LED light panels on the bottom. As the strip unfolds out and

downwards onto the public space to define a new plaza, the media underside of the canopy wraps to become an ever-changing video pavement. The strip

continues diagonally across the new plaza and terminates with a grand cascading stair informed by the existing topography.

YAF 48hr COMPETITION ‘09Site. Atlanta, GA Program. Library Plaza

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