Maritime Museum and Welcome Center

Maritime Museum and Welcome Center Las Olas, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Professor Thierry Kawczynski Fall 2018 Maritime Museum and Welcome Center Las Olas, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Professor Thierry Kawczynski Fall 2018

The objective of the project was to construct a maritime museum which was the showcase of “La Niña”, the Spanish Galleon. The overall shape of the structure was created from a site analysis placed in Las OlasBoulevard, Florida. The surroundings guided influenced the building’s distribution for the program. Two leading elements for the composition were hierarchy directed towards the site’s best view. The design is based on the lines obtained from the site analysis and then the matrix developent. They are the projection of the linear elements around the city. We had to identify shapes in the matrix to obtain cuts and then, to fold them. The building’s final volume is the projection of the folds. They are part of the building’s structural skeleton. The objective of the project was to construct a maritime museum which was the showcase of “La Niña”, the Spanish Galleon. The overall shape of the structure was created from a site analysis placed in Las Olas Boulevard, Florida. The surroundings influence the distribution of spaces within the program. Hierarchy guided the elements of the composition to be directed to the site’s best view. The design is based on the lines obtained from the site analysis and then the matrix development. They are the projection of the linear elements around the city. We had to identify shapes in the matrix to obtain the cutting lines and then, to fold them. The building’s final volume is the projection of the folds. They are part of the building’s structural skeleton.