DesignPortfolioMaddyDwyerFall|2013-Fall|2014

Territorial ExchangeFall|2013Prof.McGlothlin|NicolePaul|MichaelGarcia

In this project, We were asked to explore the potential of the story, Alice in Wonderland, as a conceptual generator for spatial thinking and organization. We looked back on lessons from both the cube and the matrix and how we could add human occupation to them in order to suggest place, feild, and itinerary. We also investigated defning the itener-ay between and through a range of spatial moments. In my territo-rial exchange, starting at the node in the horizontal feld, one may feel a sense of calmness di-recting them out of and away from the node. As you move through the spaces, you begin to see hints of a verticle shift upwards. When you fnally reach the intersection of the verical and horizontal felds, the simple, yet dramatic shift upwards quickly pulls you to the next node.

Sections generated from the story, Alice in Wonderland.

In one of my process models, I placed the nodes very close to-gether, making the itinerary very short and hard to read. When moving on to a plan I allowed the nodes to breathe and gave a more clear itenerary between the two.

Building AnalysisFall|2014ProfessorClark

The Bibliotheque Nationale in Par-is, France was Designed by Henri Labrouste. The library was opened to the public in June of 1868.

Movement up.

reading in zones. Diffused Light. Books as enclosure.

Sectional Notation Model show-ing entry into the library, the movement through the void, retrieving a book and sitting down to read the book.

Door|Window|StairFall|2014ProfessorClark

When you come into this space, you are at the lowest point, be-low all the books and knowledge you came to attain. Bibliophile and novelist, Umberto Eco, sees a library as the best possible imitation, by human beings, of a divine mind, where the whole uni-verse is viewed and understood at once. Ecos book collection has been placed in the core of the space, with light pouring into the space through the bookcases, just as knowledge pours into your mind through reading. You continue to circulate upward around this core and find yourself slowing down on stretched out stairs that run along the bookcases, as you find your next book. As you move to each level, you find spaces, such as the large steps or the small hidden cave, to sit down and be-gin to read.

Umberto Eco in his current library.

Exploring stairs as a gathering space.

Preliminary sketches and ideas.

The void wraps around the space preventing you from reaching some boundaries, while in some areas you are pulled away from the core and enveloped by the void. When you finally reach the top, you are brought to an edge that allows you to see where you began. In this final resting space, the core extends up and over your head and holds the final amount of books in Ecos collection. It is in this space that Eco would sit down and write.

The site of the monastic communi-ty of St. Moses appears to have started as the site of a Roman watchtower. Then after a natural disaster knocked it down, it is appears that monks came and began to build themselves a monastery, starting with the church. In many phases over time the monastery was built and decorated on the inside with frescos and paintings. To get to the monastery you must take this long path over the mountains that surround it to a bridge over the valley that takes you to the main entrance. The monks do not have dormitories inside the mon-astery but rather were required to go out into the landscape and make a home for themselves. These homes are essentially just caves scattered on the hillside. Based on the artifacts that were found in the caves it is thought that the monks spent their whole week in these caves and only went to the monastery on Sundays for church and food.

RuinsFall|2014ProfessorClark

Context mapping and model.

Monks living quarters. Clostier and courtyard.

Inside of library.

Library lit up.

Monastary.

This proposed addition to the original monastery would be placed just north of the original site. The monks would be able to make the trek back to the church every Sunday, just as they did before. As you approach the monastery, you are able to see the vast landscape in all directions, just before you descend down the great stairs into the courtyard. In the courtyard, a place where the monks are able to be by themselves or gather with others, you find yourself enclosed, just like a traditional byzantine monastery.

To the north is the library, embedded in the surrounding landscape. Inside the li-brary, natural light is flooding in, but the frosted glass keeps the monks focused on studying. To the east of the courtyard are the monks quarters cantilevered of the hillside. Each monk moves from the gathering space, down a private stair-case, and into their own personal living space. Each cell has a view to the east and are at a slight angle so the south-ward light illuminates the space during the day. The west and south side of the addition are closed off by the landscape and a cloister connected to the library.