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ACROBATIC MACHINE
by Colby Cox
The proposed Bessie Coleman Flight School holds an education center and museum building, situated in proximity to an existing private airport. The site incorporates figures created by common acrobatic aerial stunts, and serve as the basis for the form of the ground articulation. The combination of acrobatic maneuvers were used as the joint between the existing site buildings and the proposed flight school in the form of two dimensional patterns and raised paths. With inspiration from Hadrian’s Villa,
2nd YEAR - FALL 2020
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the design process started with the amalgamation of parts derived from the forms of airplane engines and mechanisms. Pulling inspiration from the Pompidou Center, the two buildings incorporate some of the necessary structural and mechanical equipment on the building’s exterior. This idea translated to the facade design which combines ornamental cladding of recycled airplane parts, tubing arranged in the form of acrobatic maneuvers, and mechanical pipes encasing the entire interior massing.
IN COLLABORATION WITH - Stephanie Shupak PROFESSOR - Gabriel Esquivel
CONTRIBUTIONS - Design, Drawings, All Renderings, Post Production
EDUCATIONCENTER1STFLOORPLAN Rhino 6 and Adobe Illustrator
SOUTHERNVIEWOFTHEEDUCATIONCENTER
Bird's eye view of the interacting machine parts
SOUTHERNELEVATION
Building's from interacting with the elevated walkways
EDUCATIONCENTER2NDFLOORPLAN Rhino 6 and Adobe Illustrator
