ON COURTYARDS

Design of an Art school located in Little Tokyo, employing a multicourtyard system that aims to divert the people fowing toward one central courtyard to multiple micro courtyards.

Creating a relationship the building and the ground that creates a direct circulation to the Geffen. The micro the upper foors of the them to overlook one with a height barrier, which by OMA and Mirador by

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Instructor: Herwig Baumgartner 2021

Traditionally courtyards have been the center of an established community in both its physical location and functionality. People from the surrounding gather toward the courtyards to participate in various socializing activities. However, in the context of the post-pandemic era, a volume that allows for a large crowd to gather becomes seemingly less appropriate. Yet, in public amenities such as a school, the existence of an outdoor socializing space is indispensable. Therefore in this project, larger courtyards on lower floors allow people from different programs to gather, while the micro courtyards on upper foors are only serving for specifc programs.

of overhangs and cantilevers between ground introduces a large public courtyard circulation fow from Judge John Aiso St. micro courtyards are scattered throughout building in a step-like manner, allowing another and exist in the same space which can also be seen in The Interlace by MVRDV.