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TROVATI_ VISTOR CENTER AND ARCHIVE MEMORIAL SPACE BY DANIELLE STURMAN V I S I T

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TROVATI_ VISTOR CENTER AND ARCHIVE MEMORIAL SPACE BY DANIELLE STURMAN

PROJECT PRESENTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE DESIGN 10: RESEARCH AND DESIGN FACULTY BRIAN JOHNSTON PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA MAY 2015

THESIS_ABSTRACT

IN MY PROPOSED EXPANSION, THE ARCHIVE WILL SERVE AS AN AUGMENTATION OF THE CURRENT BURIAL PROCESS. WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY CHOOSES TO BE BURIED ON THE ISLAND OF SAN MICHELE, THEY WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO CHOOSE A GLASS BOX IN THE ARCHIVE MEMORIAL SPACE. THIS BOX WILL SERVE AS A FINAL MARKING PLACE ONCE THE BODY IS REMOVED AFTER TEN YEARS. WHEN A VISITOR ARRIVES TO THE EXPANSION THEY WILL WALK THROUGH THE NEW BURIAL AND REFLECTION SPACES BEFORE ARRIVING TO THE ARCHIVE AND VISITOR CENTER. AT THE VISITOR CENTER ONE CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ISLAND ALONG WITH GRAB A COFFEE AT THE CAFE. FOLLOWING THE VISITOR CENTER ONE WILL MAKE THERE WAY UP TO THE ARCHIVE MEMORIAL SPACE WHERE THEY CAN WANDER THROUGH THE GLASS BOXES AND FURTHER RESEARCH ANY NAMES IN THE DIGITAL ARCHIVE AREA. NEXT, ONE WILL BE CONFRONTED WITH THE FINAL REFLECTION SPACE. AFTER VIEWING THE NAMES OF THOSE LOST AND EXPERIENCING THE ENTIRE ISLAND, A PLACE FOR FINAL REFLECTIONS ON THOUGHTS AND THE JOURNEY THROUGH THE ISLAND WILL ALLOW FOR THE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES EXPERIENCE TO COME FULL CIRCLE.

TABLE OF CONTEXTS

II. THESIS ABSTRACT III. TABLE OF CONTENTS IV. THESIS STATEMENT V. RESEARCH OBJECTIVES VI. INVESTIGATIVE METHODS VII. DESIGN OBJECTIVES / DESIGN BRIEF VIII. SITE ANALYSIS AND DOCUMENTATION IX. PROGRAM STUDY X. PROCESS DOCUMENTATION XI. FINAL DESIGN DOCUMENTATION XII. ANALYSIS/CRITIQUE OF COMPLETED PROJECT ASSESSMENT. XII. WORKS CITED XV. BIBLIOGRAPHY

THESIS_STATEMENT

THE CURRENT BURIAL PROCESS ON THE ISLAND CREATES A FEELING OF LOSS. THE ADDITION OF AN ARCHIVE SPACE WILL ALLOW FOR THOSE LOST TO FIND A FINAL RESPING PLACE ON THE ISLAND. ALONG WITH A PLACE FOR FINAL REFLECTIONS ON THOUGHTS AND THE JOURNEY THROUGH THE ISLAND, INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES EXPERIENCE WILL NOW COME FULL CIRCLE.

SECTION_ V RESEARCH OBJECTIVES

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RESEARCH OBJECTIVES

RESEARCH INCLUDED THEORETICAL TEXTS ABOUT THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF ARCHITECTURE,THE HISTORY OF LIBRARIES, AND PSYCHOLOGY OF MATERIALS AND LIGHT IN ARCHITECTURE AS WELL AS THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE GRIEVING PROCESS. I ALSO READ INVISIBLE CITIES. CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF PRECEDENTS. INCLUDED VISITORS CENTERS, MEMORIALS, AND REFLECTION SPACES.

RESEARCH OBJECTIVES_VISITORS CENTER PRECEDENT

V I S I T O R S C E N T E R P R E C E D E N T: A R L I N G T O N A T I O N A L C E M E T E R Y

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THE ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY WAS USED AS A PRECEDENT FOR THE VISITOR CENTER CAFE PORTION OF MY BUILDING. THE VISITORS CENTER IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN GATHER AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ISLAND AS WELL AS THOSE NO LONGER WITH US, SIMILARLY TO THE VISITORS CENTER AT THE ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY. 1

RESEARCH OBJECTIVES_ARCHIVE MEMORIAL PRECEDENT

YAD VA SHEM

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FIGURE 6

YAD VA SHEM WAS USED AS A PRECEDENT FOR THE MEMORIAL ARCHIVE SPACE IN MY BUILDING. A SPACE THAT ALLOWS VISITORS TO VIEW THE FACES OF THOSE LOST AS A MEMORIAL IS SIMILAR TO THE GLASS BOXES WITH NAMES ENGRAVED ON THEM. BY HAVING THE NAMES DISPLAYED IN A UNIQUE WAY ONE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE EXPERIENCE ALONG WITH REMEMBERING THAT ALTHOUGH LOSS HAS OCCURRED, MEMORIES OF THOSE NO LONGER WITH US CAN LIVE ON. 2

RESEARCH OBJECTIVES_VISITORS CENTER PRECEDENT

OFFICE BLOCK IN JAPAN

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FIGURE 9

THE OFFICE BLOCK IN JAPAN WAS USED AS A PRECEDENT FOR THE REFLECTION SPACE. THE USE OF TREES AND LIGHT IN AN INTERIOR SPACE ALLOWS FOR VISITORS TO FULLY REFLECT ON ALL THE INFORMATION GATHERED THROUGHOUT THE DAY. 3

SECTION_ VI INVESTIGATIVE METHODS

INVESTIGATIVE METHODS

THE FIRST STEP TO RESEARCH WAS CRITICALLY READING AND RESEARCHING TEXTS AND PRECEDENTS. DIGITAL EXPLORATIONS SUCH AS COLLAGES, SECTIONS AND 3D MODELS WERE CREATED TO TAKE A DEEPER LOOK INTO LIGHT, MATERIALS, AND CONCEPTUAL IDEAS. COLOR AND TEXTURES WERE ALSO LOOKED AT IN DEPTH.

COLORS

C E M E T E R Y E X PA N S I O N - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

INVESTIGATIVE METHODS_COLLAGES

A R C H IV E S

BURIAL

U P S I D E D O W N C ITY

BURANO

COLOR

R E F L E CT I O N

BURIAL

COLLAGES

VENICE

COLLAGES

VENICE

MURANO

INVESTIGATIVE METHODS_COLOR BURANO

THE FIRST HOUSES OF BURANO FIGURE 10 WERE BUILT ON PALAFITTES, WITH WALLS MADE OF WOVEN CANES AND AFTERWARDS PLASTERED WITH MUD. LATER THESE RAW HOUSES WERE REPLACED BY HOUSES MADE OF BRICKS AND THE INHABITANTS BEGAN PAINTING THEM WITH BRIGHT COLORS. THE ORIGIN OF THE COLORS IS UNKNOWN BUT THE STORY GOES THAT YEARS AGO, WHEN THE FISHERMEN RETURNED FROM THE SEA, THEY COULDN’T RECOGNIZE THEIR HOMES THROUGH THE FOG, SO THEY STARTED PAINTING THEM WITH DIFFERENT COLORS. 4

VENICE

MURANO

FIGURE 11

THE CARNIVAL IN VENICE WAS FIRST RECORDED IN 1268. THE SUBVERSIVE NATURE OF THE FESTIVAL IS REFLECTED IN THE MANY LAWS CREATED OVER THE CENTURIES IN ITALY ATTEMPTING TO RESTRICT CELEBRATIONS AND OFTEN BANNING THE WEARING OF MASKS. ORIGINALLY, THE COLORS OF THE MASKS RELATED TO THE PERSON WEARING THEM. FOR EXAMPLE, THE BLACK MASKS WERE WORN BY WOMEN VISITING CONVENTS. THE MORE COLORFUL MASKS SEEM TO BE A MODERN INTERPRETATION OF A THE VENITIAN TRADITION. 5

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MURANO’S REPUTATION AS A CENTER FOR GLASS MAKING WAS BORN WHEN THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC, FEARING FIRE AND DESTRUCTION OF THE CITY’S MOSTLY WOODEN BUILDINGS, ORDERED GLASSMAKERS TO MOVE THEIR FOUNDRIES TO MURANO IN 1291. MURANO GLASS IS THE LARGEST PROPORTION OF VENETIAN GLASS. MURANO’S GLASSMAKERS LED EUROPE FOR CENTURIES, DEVELOPING OR REFINING MANY TECHNOLOGIES INCLUDING ENAMELED GLASS, GLASS WITH THREADS OF GOLD, AND MULTICOLORED GLASS.6

STONE

CONCRETE

INVESTIGATIVE METHODS_TEXTURES & MATERIALS

W AT E R

LACE

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WATER IS CRUCIAL ELEMENT THROUGH ITALY FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, BUT IT ALSO CAN BE USED AS A TEXTURE AND MATERIAL MANY WAYS THROUGHOUT A DESIGN

C O N C R ET E

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THE ISLAND OF BURANO IS KNOWN FOR BOTH COLORFUL BUILDINGS AND LACE. LACE IS A BEAUTIFUL AND INTRICATE MATERIAL THAT CAN BE STUDIED AND APPLIED TO BUILDING DESIGN.

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CONCRETE IN THE EXISTING CEMETERY ISLAND IS OBVIOUS THROUGH THE MANY BURIAL METHODS. AS AN AUGMENTATION OF THE BURIAL PROCESS CONCRETE WILL BE ESSENTIAL TO THE DESIGN.

SECTION_ VII DESIGN OBJECTIVES_BRIEF

DESIGN OBJECTS_DESIGN BRIEF

THE IDEA OF “ARCHITECTURE AS AN EXTENSION TO THE BURIAL PROCESS” WAS INVESTIGATED THROUGH PROGRAMMATIC AND ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS. THESE ELEMENTS INCLUDE LIGHT, MATERIALS AND WATER WITH AN EMPHASIS ON HOW EACH OF THESE ELEMENTS EFFECT THE FEELING OF THOSE EXPERIENCING THE SPACES. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF ARCHITECTURE AND THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE GRIEVING PROCESS WAS STUDIED HAND IN HAND DUE TO THE IMPORTANCE OF BOTH IN A SPACE SUCH AS THE PROPOSED ARCHIVES. THE USE OF GLASS, SPECIFICALLY COLORED GLASS IN THE ARCHIVE SPACE, CREATES AN EXPERIENCE FOR THE USER THAT ALLOWS THEM TO REMEMBER, REFLECT AND CELEBRATE THOSE NO LONGER PHYSICALLY ON THE ISLAND.

DESIGN OBJECTS_DESIGN BRIEF

NATURAL COLORS USED FOR COLORED GLASS. GREEN, YELLOW AND BLUE CONNECT TO TREES, SUN, AND WATER.

SECTION_ VIII SITE ANALYSIS DOCUMENTATION

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SITE ANALYSIS_DOCUMENTATION

SAN CRISTOFORO + SAN 7 MICHELE

SAN CRISTOFORO + SAN MICHELE CEMETERIES8

BRIDGE OF SAN CRISTOFORO + SAN MICHELE INFILL9

CEMETERY OF ISOLDA DI SAN MICHELE 10

1908 ADDITION11

CHIPPERFIELD ADDITION 12

SITE ANALYSIS_DOCUMENTATION PROGRAM ELEMENTS

CEMETERY SEGREGATION: RELIGION

BURIAL TYPES

4 2 1 5

1. FLOWER SHOP

CATHOLIC SECTION

IN- GROUND BURIAL

2. CHURCH

GREEK ORTHODOX SECTION

OSSARIUM

3. CREMATORIUM

PROTESTANTS SECTION

MAUSOLEUM

4. MORGUE

CRYPT

5. CHAPEL

SITE ANALYSIS_DOCUMENTATION_CURRENT BURIAL PROCESS

ONCE THE BODIES ARE DECOMPOSED, THEY ARE REASSEMBLED IN OSSUARY COMPARTMENTS ALONG THE WALLS BEFORE CREMATION AND THE PLACING OF THE ASHES IN THE URNS FOR REBURIAL . NOTICES ARE POSTED AROUND THE ENTRANCE THAT LISTS THE TIMETABLE FOR EXHUMATIONS . THE POOR WERE BURIED IN THE GROUND FOR A DECADE BEFORE THEIR BONES WERE EXHUMED AND REMOVED TO AN OSSUARY ISLAND IN ORDER TO FREE THE GRAVE SITE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION . THE RICH, ON THE OTHER HAND, WERE PLACED IN ONE OF THE MAUSOLEUMS . UNTIL ABOUT FIFTY YEARS AGO, IF SOMEONE COULD NOT AFFORD THE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE FEE, THE DEAD WERE DUG UP AND EVICTED FROM SAN MICHELE TO SANT’ ARIANO . SOME OF THE GRAVES ARE DECORATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE DEAD, TOYS, 13 AND ORNAMENTS .

SITE ANALYSIS_DOCUMENTATION_CURRENT BURIAL PROCESS

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A FAIRLY NEW PROCESS AT SAN MICHELE IS THE ABILITY FOR GRIEVING RELATIVES TO SCATTER THE ASHES OF THEIR LOVED ONES IN EITHER THE LAGOON OR IN THE SHALLOWS OFF THE VENICE LIDO. THIS NEW RULE DOES NOT ONLY APPLY TO RESIDENTS. NON-VENETIANS WHO WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO FIND ROOM IN THE CEMETERY CAN NOW FIND A PLACE OF ETERNAL RESTING AT SAN MICHELE. A SMALL LAWN AREA D E AT H R I T U A L S D E A T H R BURIAL I T U A L S LOCATION OF TO SCATTER ASHES ON DRY LAND THE t hWILL e y c a BE n s cSET a t t eASIDE r t h e m FOR i n t hTHOSE e l a g o oWISHING n. AMERICAN POET EZRA POUND AND RUSSIAN COMPOSTED IGOR STRAVINSKY. IF ONE DOES NOT WISH TO 14,15,16,17 SCATTER THE ASHES OF A LOVED ONE ON DRY LAND, THEY CAN SCATTER THEM IN THE LAGOON. 69

SECTION_ IX PROGRAM STUDY

PROGRAM STUDY_MASTER PLAN

THE ISLAND OF SAN MICHELE IS IN NEED OF AN EXTENSION TO THE CURRENT BURIAL PROCESS, ONE THAT WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THE FEELING OF LOSS OF BOTH HISTORY AND LIFE’S AND COMMEMORATE THE FINDINGS. ARCHITECTURE AS AN EXTENSION OF A BURIAL PROCESS. THE PROPOSED ARCHIVE SPACE WILL SERVE HAS AN EXTENSION OF THE LIFE’S LOST. WHEN VISITORS AND RELATIVES ARRIVE TO THE ARCHIVAL SPACE THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY LEARN ABOUT THE ISLAND AND VIEW THE NAMES OF THOSE LOST IN THE ARCHIVE SPACE. THIS ALLOWS FOR THOSE WHO COULD NOT AFFORD TO STAY BURIED ON THE ISLAND TO FIND AN ETERNAL RESTING PLACE.

PROGRAM STUDY_MASTER PLAN

ARCHIVE ISLAND

HIGH COURTYARD

THE ARCHIVES ARE A PLACE FOR BOTH VISITORS AND RESEARCHERS TO LEARN ABOUT THE PAST OF SAN MICHELE AS WELL AS LOST LOVED ONES.

THE ELEVATED COURTYARDS ARE LARGER SPACES THAT ALLOW VISITORS TO CONGREGATE AND TAKE IN THE VIEWS OF THE SURROUNDING SITES.

LOW COURTYARD THE LOWER COURTYARD SPACES ARE PUT IN PLACE TO CREATE SMALLER INTIMATE MORE PERSONAL REFLECTION SPACES FOR VISITORS.

BURIAL SPACE

RELEASE SPACE

THE ADDITIONAL BURIAL SPACE THAT HAS BEEN ADDED IN THIS PROPOSAL INCLUDES OSSUARIES AND COLUMBARIUMS.

THIS SPACE IS USED FOR A PLACE TO REST WHILE TRAVERSING THE CEMETERY. THIS SPACE CAN ALSO BE USED CEREMONIOUSLY TO COMMEMORATE A PERSON’S PASSING.

PROGRAM STUDY_ARCHIVE ISLAND

AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, WHEN A VISITOR ARRIVES TO THE EXPANSION THEY WILL WALK THROUGH THE NEW BURIAL AND REFLECTION SPACES BEFORE ARRIVING TO THE ARCHIVE AND VISITOR CENTER. AT THE VISITOR CENTER ONE CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ISLAND ALONG WITH GRAB A COFFEE AT THE CAFE. FOLLOWING THE VISITOR CENTER ONE WILL MAKE THERE WAY UP TO THE ARCHIVE MEMORIAL SPACE WHERE THEY CAN WANDER THROUGH THE GLASS BOXES AND FURTHER RESEARCH ANY NAMES IN THE DIGITAL ARCHIVE AREA. NEXT, ONE WILL BE CONFRONTED WITH THE FINAL REFLECTION SPACE. AFTER VIEWING THE NAMES OF THOSE LOST AND EXPERIENCING THE ENTIRE ISLAND, A PLACE FOR FINAL REFLECTIONS ON THOUGHTS AND THE JOURNEY THROUGH THE ISLAND WILL ALLOW FOR THE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES EXPERIENCE TO COME FULL CIRCLE.

PROGRAM STUDY_ARCHIVE ISLAND

VISITOR CENTER THE VISITOR CENTER WILL BE A PLACE WHERE ONE CAN LEARN ABOUT THE ISLAND AS WELL AS PURCHASE MAPS. THE HISTORY OF THE ISLAND IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE EXPLORED BY VISITORS AND THEY WILL DO SO THROUGH THE VISITORS CENTER.

CAFE GRABBING A CUP OF COFFEE IS A NATURAL PART OF ITALIAN CULTURES. THE EXPANSION IS MEANT TO BRING ITALIANS AND TOURISTS ALIKE TO THE ISLAND AND THE ADDITION OF A CAFE GOES HAND IN HAND WITH THE INCREASED NUMBER OF VISITORS.

MEMORIAL ARCHIVE THE MEMORIAL ARCHIVE SPACE ACTS A PLACE WHERE VISITORS CAN MEANDER THROUGH AND LOOK AT THE GLASS BOXES WHICH ARE ENGRAVED WITH THE NAMES OF THOSE LOST. IT IS MEANT TO BE AN EXPERIENCE, SIMILAR TO WALKING THROUGH A TYPICAL CEMETERY, WITH A MODERN TWIST. AN AUGMENTATION OF THE CURRENT BURIAL PROCESS ON THE ISLAND..

DIGITAL ARCHIVE THE DIGITAL ARCHIVE IS A SPACE THAT CAN BE USED TO FURTHER RESEARCH A NAME EITHER FOUND ON THE ISLAND ITSELF OR ENGRAVED ON ONE OF THE GLASS BOXES.

FINAL REFLECTION SPACE AFTER EXPERIENCING THE ENTIRE ISLAND AND EXPANSION, THE FINAL REFLECTION SPACE IS FILLED WITH TREES AND IS MEANT TO GIVE THE VISITOR A SPACE TO REFLECT ON ALL THEY HAVE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

PROGRAM STUDY_ARCHIVE ISLAND

THE ISLAND CAN BE BROKEN DOWN INTO THREE MAJOR SPACES THAT MAY CONSIST OF SMALLER SPACES WITHIN. THESE THREE SPACES ARE THE VISITORS CENTER, THE ARCHIVES, AND THE REFLECTION SPACE.

PROGRAM STUDY_ARCHIVE ISLAND

ARCHIVE SPACE

VISITOR CENTER

REFLECTION SPACE

SECTION_ X PROCESS DOCUMENTATION

PROCESS DOCUMENTATION_MASTER PLAN

MAP S IT E

S IT E

S T U DY T W O

STUDY TWO

MAP

S T U DY T W O

I T E R AT I O N S

C O N C E PT

I T E R AT I O N S

C O N C E PT

STUDY ONE

PROCESS DOCUMENTATION_MASTER PLAN STUDY THREE

STUDY FOUR

F I N A L P RO P O S A L

S IT E

MAP P RO P O S A L

S IT E

CHAPEL

C O N C E PT

I T E R AT I O N S

C O N C E PT

FINAL

MAP

ARCHIVE

39 I T E R AT I O N S

PROCESS DOCUMENTATION_USE OF COLOR

ALTHOUGH MUCH PROGRESS WAS MADE THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS OF MY PROCESS WORK WOULD BE THE EVOLUTION OF THE COLORED GLASS. MY INITIAL APPROACH WAS VERY HEAVY HANDED BUT EVENTUALLY A SOFTER MORE APPROPRIATE USE OF COLORED GLASS WAS MET.

PROCESS DOCUMENTATION_USE OF COLOR 1

SECTION_ XI FINAL DESIGN DOCUMENTATION

FINAL DESIGN_MASTER PLAN

FINAL DESIGN_APPROACHING

FINAL DESIGN_CONCEPT PARTI

TP AR TI

FINAL DESIGN_THREE MAIN SPACES

ARCHIVE SPACE

VISITOR CENTER

REFLECTION SPACE

FINAL DESIGN_VISITOR CENTER

VISITOR CENTER

FINAL DESIGN_VISITOR CENTER

PUBLIC PIAZZA CAFE VISITORS CENTER

PRIVATE COURTYARD

FINAL DESIGN_VISITOR CENTER

PRIVATE COURTYARD

FINAL DESIGN_VISITOR CENTER

REFLECTION POOL AND ENTRY

CAFE AND VISITORS CENTER

REFLECTION POOL AND ENTRY

COVERED OUTDOOR SPACE

FINAL DESIGN_ARCHIVES

ARCHIVE SPACE

FINAL DESIGN_ARCHIVES

MEMORIAL ARCHIVE

DIGITAL ARCHIVE

FINAL DESIGN_MODEL

FINAL DESIGN_ARCHIVES

GLASS BOX WITH NAMES ENGRAVED

FINAL DESIGN_ARCHIVES

FINAL DESIGN_REFLECTION SPACE

REFLECTION SPACE

FINAL DESIGN_REFLECTION SPACE

REFLECTION SPACE

FINAL DESIGN_REFLECTION SPACE

SECTION_ XII CRITIQUE OF COMPLETED PROJECT ASSESSMENT

CRITIQUE OF COMPLETED PROJECT ASSESSMENT_FEEDBACK OVERALL THE JURORS ENJOYED MY PROJECT, BUT FELT IT MIGHT BE LACKING IN THE COMPLETION OF MY DESIGN SPECIFICALLY THE ARCHIVE SPACE. • THE GLASS BOXES NEED TO BE ABLE GROW, FOR ETERNITY. • MUST BE KNOWN HOW MANY NAMES CAN BE ENGRAVED. • POSSIBLY AN INSTALLATION MADE OF ONLY ENGRAVED GLASS BOXES. • PROPORTIONS SHOULD BE USED TO LAYOUT ARCHIVE SPACE, AND BUILDING AS A WHOLE SIMILAR TO HOW THE MASTER PLAN WAS DESIGNED. • NEED MORE WAYS TO CIRCULATE VERTICALLY THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING, THINK MORE SECTIONALLY. • CONCEPT OF CONNECTION BETWEEN SPACES IS CLEAR, MORE RIGGER IN DESIGN OF CONNECTIONS..

CRITIQUE OF COMPLETED PROJECT ASSESSMENT_REACTION I AGREE WITH THE JURORS, MY PROJECT COULD USE MORE CLARITY AND A MORE DETAILED DESIGN SPECIFICALLY IN THE ARCHIVE SPACE. • THE IDEA OF THE GLASS BOXES BEING ABLE TO GROW FOR ETERNITY IS REALLY INTERESTING TO ME AND SOMETHING I HAD NEVER THOUGH ABOUT. THE POSSIBILITIES WITH THAT NOTION COULD BE ENDLESS, LITERALLY. • I SHOULD HAVE GONE INTO THE CRIT KNOWING HOW MANY NAMES COULD FIT IN MY CURRENT DESIGN, I AGREE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN USEFUL INFORMATION TO HAVE, • DESIGNING AN INSTALLATION OF JUST GLASS BOXES WOULD TAKE AWAY FROM THE IDEA OF BRINGING THE VISITORS FULL CIRCLE... VISIT, ARCHIVE, REFLECT. • I DO AGREE THAT THE PLAN WOULD BE MORE CONVINCING IF PROPORTIONS WERE USED SIMILARLY TO HOW THEY WERE USED IN THE MASTER PLAN DESIGN. • ALTHOUGH IT IS SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DESIGNED EARLIER,, MY NEXT STEP IN THE PROJECT WOULD HAVE BEEN TO LOOK BACK AT VERTICAL CIRCULATION AND THE BUILDING AS A WHOLE IN SECTION. • THE DESIGN OF THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN PROGRAMMATIC SPACES IS ALSO SOMETHING I PLAN ON DELVING DEEPER INTO.

FINAL THOUGHTS...

LOOKING BACK ON MY FINAL SEMESTER AT PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY, SPECIFICALLY MY DESIGN X EXPERIENCE, I AM COMPLETELY SATISFIED. THE COMBINATION OF GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL WORK ALONG WITH THE VARIETY IN PROJECTS SUCH AS MASTER PLANNING AND DESIGNING OF A BUILDING WERE ALL GREAT WAYS TO WRAP UP MY TIME AT PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY. I ESPECIALLY ENJOYED THE CRITICAL READING ASPECTS OF THE CLASS WHICH ALLOWED MY FINAL PROJECT DECISIONS TO HAVE SOLID REASONING BEHIND EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM. I LOOK FORWARD TO TAKING EVERYTHING I HAVE LEARNED THROUGHOUT MY PAST FIVE YEARS AT PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY AND APPLYING THEM INTO MY FUTURE ARCHITECTURAL CAREER.

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