Eryn Young Syracuse University B.Arch Candidate
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Miami Arts Center Second Year, First Semester
Lincoln Road is a densely populated area, which receives many tourists, especially since the beach is located just blocks away. The buildings are tightly packed together, so there is no open site available to place a new building. In response to this, I choose to design a building over top of a pre-existing one. It would act as both an art center and a bridge from Lincoln Road to Soundscape Park, which lies behind. The bridge is made up of nine modular pieces, each of which can encompass an inside and an outside program.
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Erie Canal Water Center Second Year, Second Semester
The Erie Canal has made a huge impact on the New York State area and beyond. Although cargo no longer travels along the route, the rich history and environmental conditions that it created remain. Along the canal, numerous truss bridges cross over and connect the north and south sides. So, I started with a basic truss bridge form to begin designing. From there, I extruded different faces from the original form to create habitable spaces inside. The different geometries could then dictate the movement throughout the area and between all of the rooms.
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Cube Study
First Year, First Semester
Using foam and basswood sticks, I examined the many different design strategies that could be utilized to create a cube. I focused on overlapping and stacking pieces to create the cube form. After many study models, I established a three-piece module, which could be stacked numerous times to create different forms.
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Silouhette Object
Second Year, First Semester
I began with a group of square arches that intersected at 90 degree angles, but then I abstracted the arches by adding and subtracting animal silouhettes. I then took that idea, which was entirely designed two-dimensionally, and made it three-dimensional. I extruded a single silouhette and then subtracted other silouhettes in random angles, so that depending on which direction the object is seen, different silouhettes become prominent. Connections between the pieces were created through similar silouhettes that can be lined up in designated directions.
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Syracuse Makerspace First Year, Second Semester
The main design objective for this makerspace, situated in downtown Syracuse, was to organize the interior program based upon the degree of public involvement that they required. The most public areas were placed at the entrance and then as one enters and travels around the spiral of cubes, the program becomes more private. The cubes congregate around a central area to create an outdoor courtyard separated from the busy Syracuse streets.
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Concept Study
Second Year, First Semester
Here, I began to understand the ways in which planar surfaces can become volumetric pieces. Using a set of progressively smaller pieces that are held together at two ends, spaces were created between the surfaces making the planar surfaces appear much thicker. Those pieces could then be slid between each other and interlock to create an object that appears to be solid, which I then utilized in my next project.
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Syracuse Arts Center Second Year, First Semester
Using the pieces found in my concept study, I then created habitable spaces by extruding the negative spaces from the center. By arranging the pieces in a circular path, two alternative routes around were created, each of which ends at a view over top of the area.
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