Andrew Thomas Wong | Projection through Gradient and Path
MONTEZUMA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE VISITORS CENTER
Andrew Thomas Wong | Projection through Gradient and Path
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While examining the Montezuma Wetlands Complex and its natural processes, a series of sketch models were created in an effort to decode some of these processes and conditions the site inherently holds.
Model A investigates animal circuation as an expanding and overlapping system
Model C examines vertical transparency and difference in ground plane
Model B examines mechanical slotting as an interpretation of natural soil erosion
Model D is an operable model aimed at mimicking currents as they flow around themsleves or static bodies
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Andrew Thomas Wong | Projection through Gradient and Path
Model E was created to investigate boundary and building envelope. In such an expansive site, it was important to experiment with any existing boundary restrictions
Model G is based off a simple 1X1 grid that transforms from surface to volumed forms, suggesting that ground plane and object may be the same material or part of the same base fabric
Model F compares bodies of land and aims to suggests a pre-existing uniformity, much like the breaking up of islands
Model H is a conceptual combination of models D and F, suggesting that animal circulation is directly related to a slower, tectonic morphology.
Andrew Thomas Wong | Projection through Gradient and Path
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1”=10’ plan
sections and program
GALLERY
ENTRY
STORAGE
COAT ROOM
SHOP
CAFE
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Andrew Thomas Wong | Projection through Gradient and Path
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exploded axonometric
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Andrew Thomas Wong | Projection through Gradient and Path
Final Model 1”=16’