Thesis Project: Taqasim Music School by hash_arch

Freedom by Improvisation FINAL THESIS REVIEW SPRING 2014

Hashem Abdel-Hadi Student ID# 03241253 Academy of Art University Master of Architecture

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TAQASIM ARABIC MUSIC SCHOOL FINAL THESIS REVIEW

DIRECTOR: LETICIA SOOHOO ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY

Music and the Developing Brain Music education during the early childhood years promotes a rapid growth in efficient activity of a developing brain, and teaches the brain to be persistent and orderly. The element of freedom, or improvisation, especially enhances creative abilities such as singing, drawing, and dancing, which are skills that engage all five senses and both sides of the brain. This not only prepares the youth for successful learning, but it also has a positive impact on the child’s self-discipline. Problem Music is essential for language development, as well as for the young brain’s commitment to work harder. Music education in elementary schools has declined dramatically in the last 50 years, especially in compact cities such as San Francisco. Objective This proposal aims to create an Arabic Music School, which uses the structure of Arabic music to provide youth, of ages 18 and under, with a place they can be passionate and innovative with music. The multifaceted composition of Arabic music will not only act as a tool for the improvement of children’s intellectual ability, but it will also be the generator of the building’s structural geometry and spatial organization. The goals are to expose the youth to a highly sophisticated, yet free and tactile genre of music at an early age. This genre will give the youth a genuine understanding of freedom of expression through improvisation, it will help keep music alive as a primary subject in elementary education, it will raise an educational awareenss of Arabic culture that many locals can relate to, and it will provide a new anchor point that attracts visitors to the newly developed district of Hunter’s Point. Site Objective Support Hunter Point’s development plan to create an exciting urban neighborhood that is both engaging and comfortable. This site will allow for convenient accessibility, it will optimize the waterfront setting, and it will reflect San Francisco’s built form and character in a contemporary way. Why Arabic? Arabic music displays a refinement and complexity in its composition in comparison to other types, and is distinguished by subtle yet intricate patterns and shades. Melodies involve micro-tones which allow for a more spontaneous outcome, and is more precise than the scale distribution used in Western music. This elaboration encompasses an extremely wide range of “maqamat” (scales) depicting specific emotions, and this allows the music student - once perfected through disciplinary practice - to have ultimate freedom of expression. Arabic Music and the Improvising Brain Neurons are the body cells dedicated for transmitting nerve impulses, which help the brain evolve as a complex network system of pathways as it reacts to different life experiences. Gordon Shaw, author of Keeping Mozart in Mind (2004), and discoverer of the “Mozart effect,” believes that music uses the same higher brain functions as math and science and that training in music enhances these functions. These functions subconsciously practice multiple dimensions simultaneously, which are reading, writing, listening, and speaking. The more improvisation is in the equation, the more these functions are effective. The high flexibility in Arabic music, then, progresses the learner’s study habits, reading and comprehending mathematical concepts, and easily memorize facts. Quit Hearing, Start Listening The ear is the first of the five sense organs to develop in the womb, making the auditory nerve the first sensorial nerve of the body to become functional. According to Campbell, a neuro-scientist specialising in the effects of music to the brain, this is the nerve responsible for transmitting information from the ear to the brain. At birth, the musical brain begins to operate and continues throughout life. In Arabic music, listening is the most important aspect as to truly experience the state of “tarab”, and developing a genuine understanding of musical composition is essential to playing an instrument. Tarab is the musical ecstasy caused by the harmony of the singer’s voice in relation with the played instruments, even though it is not a replication between the two. Arabic music, unlike western types, revolves necessarily around positive interactions which involve both the audience – known as the “samee’ah” – and the musicians – “a’zeefeh.” The key concept, then, is to have the ability of uplifting the listeners from their current state and take them to another place in their emotional journey. A world where people live to listen to each other has yet to exist.

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User Profile This project primarily targets children 10 years old and under, considering their brains are still in the early stages of development. Music education during the early childhood years promotes a rapid growth in efficient activity of a developing brain, and teaches the brain to be persistent and orderly. Anybody, however, with an interest in music - whether they are professional instrument players or simply just read an article and are looking to learn about the tactile effects of music - will be welcome to spend time in this school. A collaboration of the public will be a part of the project where people can attend events to play live music and simply conversate with one another about music. Current Situation In San Francisco Today, there is a big number of music school, in which most are concentrating on children’d education. Plenty of places dedicated to certain genres, as well as a few specialized in specific instruments. Only a small number of music schools, however, oriented around the culture in which the genre comes from. In Arabic music, the melodies are intertwined with the Arabic culture and one must understand the culture in order to play the music. Goal The goal is to bring a new awareness of not only the composition of Arabic music, which will in turn provide an understanding of many other genres, but to provide a place that represents many of San Francisco’s population and bring the Arabic culture forward to be showcased to many to learn.

Blue Bear School of Music San Miguel-Wagner Vocal Studio Bird School of Music New School of Piano

Music In Schools Today

Sunset Youth Orchestra Music In Schools Today Drum Lessons - Jake Wood

Northern California Music & Art Culture Center Golden Gate Music Together Chinese Arts & Music Center

Guitar Lessons with Jay Skyler

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

John Scott School of Voice Charles A Tindley Academy of Music Wickham Voice Studio

Mr. Natural's Music School

Horus School of Music Zambaleta

OpenVoice Studios Adda Clevenger Jr. Preparatory & Theater School FOR CHILDREN Amabile School of Music California Summer Music

San Francisco Institute of Music

The Walden School

THE CLIENT: Located in Oakland and featuring events among the entire Bay Area, ASWAT is the Bay Area’s Premier Arab Music Ensemble. True to Zawaya’s commitment to pluralism and inclusion, Aswat is a multi-ethnic and multi-racial music ensemble that reaches out to the diverse Bay Area community with folkloric, classical, and contemporary Arabic music. Aswat’s doors remain open to all who want to participate in the exciting, enriching exchange between Arab Americans and other communities through the universal language of music.

Harmonica & Rock Blues Piano Gymboree Play and Music

<www.zawaya.org>

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STRETTO HOUSE Steven Holl

TX, United States 1991 PROGRAM: private residence for art collectors CLIENT: withheld SIZE: 7,500 sf STATUS: completed

THE MUSIC OF STRETTO HOUSE Bela Bartok was one of the most important composers of the 20th century, and was one of the founders of ethnomusicology. This is the musical study that encompasses various approaches which emphasize the culture, social, material, cognitive, biological, and other dimentions of music instead of just the sound. This connection between the traditional and the modern was important to Steven Holl, and it became the essance of the Stretto House. Like Bartok’s music, the Stretto House encompasses an aqueous space with traditional materials, is built with polished concrete blocks, and metal structure taken from Texas’s vernacular architecture. The house is divided into four sections, in which each is divided into two units. This resembles the composition of Bartok’s song’s (Stretto) notes (shown above). Each of four spaces is diverse in program, but enveloped in a unifying fasion according to the surrounding site features. For instance, the first rectangular heavy masonry makes a referene to the concrete dams adjacent to the site. The overall plan shows the adjacency to the existing three ponds divided by the dams. Like the overlapping in the musical piece Stretto, the house essentially reflects the site through a series of concrete “spatial dams” with metal framed “aqueous space” flowing through them. Additionally, the “Stretto” composition enabled Holl to create a space in a way where each segment is important for the next. The flow between the spaces was important, while still keeping an evident separation. For example, the floor surface overlaps the next level, the roof overlaps walls and the mcurvilear walls pull the dayligh down into the interior space. The water also symbolized the overlapping of the stretto form by flowing over the dams as it creates a landscae overlapping with the interios spaces. This project is important to my research because it resembles a careful consideration to senses. Steven Holl plays upon artistic perception and a genuine understanding of site conditions, and he allows the archtiecture to be an experience of not only space, but also a light sequence, different textures, smells, and sounds. HASHEM ABDEL-HADI ID# 03241253

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PHILIPS PAVILION Le Corbusier & Iannis Xenakis Brussels, Belgium 1958

Engineer: Hoyte Duyster Photographs: Wouter Hagens

In 1958, the Philips Pavilion was designed by Le Corbusier for the World’s Fair in Brussels, Belgium. The building was names after its commisioner, the electronics company based in Netherlands: Philips. The building housed a multimedia spectacle which celebrated the technological progress after the war. The Musical influence came greatly from Iannis Xenakis, an experimental composer, who handled most of the project management given that Corbusier was busy with other work. Made up of nine uneven hyperbolic paraboloids, the shape was dynamic and introduced something unseen in that time. The most impressive aspect to me is the curvilinearity created by only straight lines, using a manner shown in the sketches. This was inspired, as Xenakis mentions, by his musical composition Metastasis, premiered in 1955. The contours were constructed out of prestressed concrete, a hard material in which was used in a new way. The overall look was known by the tention cables on the exterior, which resembled the order of Xenakis’s Metastasis. composed musical peace. This building is an illustration of how fluidity can have a specific system, in which does not take away from the continuity ofthe form.

Expressed as the “stomach” of the building, the plan is entered through a curby corridor. The visitor then stands in the central chamber for eight minutes and watches a presentation, then exits through the other side. This short journey is intended to showcase an audio-video combination of a show. Visual elements included multiple projections, ambient lighting, and two physical objects suspended down from the ceiling: a female mannequin and a cubical mathematics object. Additionally, a series of photographs were projected as a film onto the walls of the interior, in which the timing of this film synchronized the various aspects of the installation. The element of interaction in the Philips Pavilion is extremely important, and makes the experience unique. For example, Xenakis composed a piece spicifically for the installtion which was played as an interlude as the visitors entered and exited the pavilion. HASHEM ABDEL-HADI ID# 03241253 SPRING 2014

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MAIZIERES MUSIC CONSERVATORY Dominique Coulon & AssociĂŠs Maizieres-les-Metz, France 2009

Area: 3,400 sqm Photographs: Eugeni Pons, Guillaume Wittmann

The Maizieres music conservatory is a monolithis block, yet incorporates a variety of uses. The music school is 100 metres long and 40 metres wide. Set against a forest of giant sequoias, the building reflects upon nature while also aligned perpendicular to the main road forming a doorway marking the entrance to the town. The building houses a mixed programme, including premises for local teenagers, an extra-curricular centre for schoolchildren, a community hall, an auditorium, and a music school. These functions are brought together in a single entity, creating an inevitable collaboration. The programming complexity is managed on the inside through the use of careful interior design. The juxtaposition of the combined programmes greatly enriches the building, with each entity standing out in contrast to the others. This building is a great example of architecture as a tool for creating an atmosphere for people to interact and exchange ideas, which is an important element to an elementary music school.

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MONASTERY OF LA TOURETTE LE CORBUSIER

Eveux-sur-Arbresle, France 1957 - 1960

Construction System: concrete Climate: temperate Context: rural

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Pantry Refectory Chapter-room Atrium Cloister

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Lower Church High Altar Sacristy Courtyard

Le Corbusier had many buildings that experimented with musical theory, and always seeked different outcomes. In the Monastery of La Tourette, he proved a significant approach to be successful in which he considered a more general problem than just looking at each single note or element. He replaced the concept of rhythm with density, where what mattered is the number of events per time or unit. This means instead of looking at each note, he would look at the the zones where higher or lower number of casings would be required without a careful transition in between. In Eastern Music, each instrument may be playing on a different scale, or a different pitch, however as long as they are all tuned similarly the overall outcome is acceptable. After drawing up a table with progressions of rectangles with increasing widths in golden sections, a vertical polyphony in a triple-layered arrangement was established. This became a “detailed polyrhythmic study of light and shade.”

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CHAMBER MUSIC HALL Zaha Hadid Architects Manchester, United Kingdom 2009

CLIENT: Manchester International Festival PROGRAMME: Chamber Music Hall DESIGN TEAM (Zaha Hadid Architects): Melodie Leung, Gerhild Orthacker ACOUSTIC CONSULTANT: Sandy Brown Associates FABRICATOR: Base Structures TENSILE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: Tony Hogg Design Ltd SITE: Manchester Art Gallery, T1 Gallery SITE AREA: 17m x 25m

Zaha Hadid Architects has always been the best with fluidity, and once again blew it out of the park with the Chamber Music Hall. This project is simple, yet extremely effective for the enhancing the life of music in a small room. The form is essentially a suspended continuos ribben supported by flexible steel structure. The relationship between the varyingsized of structure and the lightweight translucent white fabric articulatesBach’s harmonies into a far more interesting archtiectural space than the small room originally was. “The design of the music hall enhances the multiplicity of Bach’s work through a coherent integration of formal and structural logic. A single continuous ribbon of fabric swirls around itself, creating layered spaces to cocoon the performers and audience with in an intimate fluid space,” explained Hadid. “The ribbon wraps around the stage, the audience and itself, creating different layered conditions by “alternately compressing to the size of a handrail then stretching to enclose the full height of the room.” It was extremely important to ensure that the reverberation time is not too long, which causes the individual notes of msic to blur, nor too short, which causes the sound to be dry. Therefore, various materials were investigated including fabrics, metals, and plastics, until the right ones were chosen to create the perfect combination of archtiectural atmosphereand harmonious musical experience. CAD models because important in order to conduct spatial and acoustic studies based on different materials and ribbon formations. ZHA and Sandy Brown Associates worked together on various studies, including one shown on bottom left, and used the modelling software to conclude the best option. ZHA, once again, makes a strong spatial statement that also reflects upon the importance of how sound travels. This language is important to my project, is it pushes the emphasis on the relationship between the performer and the audience.

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TAQASIM ARABIC MUSIC SCHOOL SPRING 2013 FINAL THESIS REVIEW ID# 03241253

DIRECTOR: LETICIA SOOHOO ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY

SF JAZZ Mark Cavagnero San Francisco, CA 2012

The SFJAZZ Center is a newly finished project, and it is America’s first stand-alone structure dedicated for the music of Jazz in the world. It is designed by Mark Cavagnero, and is located at the corner of Franklin and Fell streets in San Francisco’s Hayes Valley neighborhood. During a tour at SFJazz, I got a chance to understand some interesting components and use of materials of the building in compliance with the California building code, innovative approaches for the main theater, and interesting elements of the building such as the enty feature staircase. THEATER SFJAZZ’s main idea is flexibility, which is why the theater is equipped with tools that allow changing the amount of seating capacity and comforting different size parties, such as folding platforms and dividing banners. Two platforms on both sides and one in center, which collapse and become floor level, and chairs can be dismissed to open up as a dance floor or any other use. The stage can also be pulled out to allow space for a bigger band. Finally, the air delivery of the theater is carefully considered, where the ventilation ducts flow the air under the floor, towards the back, and up the vents surrounding the back rows.

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FRONT CURTAIN WALL SMALLER PERFORMANCE ROOM MAIN THEATRE BACK STAGE VERTICAL CIRCULATION

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CHORD TYPES

AJNAS: BUILDING BLOCKS OF A MAQAM [NAME - MOOD] Ajam - Cheerful

Bayati - Vitality

Hijaz - Distant Desert

1-1

3/4 - 3/4 - 1

1/2 - 1 1/2 - 1/2

Kurd - Free Nahawand - Dramatic

MAJOR

Nikriz - Dreamy

1 - 1 - 1/2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1/2

MINOR

1/2 - 1 - 1

1 - 1/2 - 1

1 - 1/2 - 1 1/2 - 1/2

Rast - Pride

Saba - Pain

Sikah - Love

3/4 - 3/4 - 1/2

3/4 - 1

1 - 1/2 - 1 - 1 - 1/2 - 1 - 1 1 - 3/4 - 3/4

G MAJOR SCALE

A 1 -

MAQAM RAHAT AL-ARWAH

- 1/2

- 1

- 1/2

C 3/4 - 1

= -1/2 (Flat)

- 1/2 - 1 1/2 - 1/2 - 1 -

B 1/2

= -1/4 (Quarter Flat) = -1/2 (Flat) = -3/4 (Three Quarters Flat)

= +1/2 (Sharp)

= +1/4 (Quarter Sharp) = +1/2 (Sharp) = +3/4 (Three Quarters Sharp)

ARABIC MUSIC IS CHARACTERIZED BY THE WAY it repeatedly plays around the notes in slight variations, without the musician losing sight of the keynote. THE TWO THINGS ALL ARABIC MUSIC GENRES HAVE IN COMMON are a delight in improvisation, and the predominance of melodic forms. The basis of Arabic music is the Maqam (scale or mode). The term maqam originally means ‘pedestal’, ‘step’, or simply ‘location’. AS SCALES USING A VARIATION OF QUARTERLY DIVIDED NOTES, Arabic music allows to make far smaller tonal steps in which depicts precise moods. Arabic music is not measured in terms of technical perfection, but by the degree of intensity and emotion in the tone, feeling, ornamentation, performance and singing. The Arabic musician is only able to access the music through its ‘soul’ and what it stimulates within him or her. Here, then, a great deal of personal initiative is required from the interpreter. He or she improvises, not sticking to the basic form of the piece of music but varying it according to the time of day or the occasion. ORNAMENTATION: SLUR BEND FORTE/PIANO FADE IN/OUT RING

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BLEND/MERGE BEND EMPHASIS/DE-EMPHASIS - HIERARCHY BLEND WITH LANDSCAPE ALTERNATE BETWEEN UPPER/LOWER REPEATEDLY UPPER - NOTE - LOWER - NOTE SPRING 2013

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TRANSLATION OF MOOD INTO MUSICAL DIALOGUE CLASSICAL MUSIC SCORE - DVORAK

INSTRUMENT

SYMPHONY NO. 9 - “NEW WORLD”

FLUTES

TROMBONES PERCUSSION

VIOLINS

VERSE EMPHASIS

MEASURE

CLIMAX TIME

DIP: SUDDEN ALTERATION

DISTANT: MYSTERIOUS

SWAY: SETTLE TRANSITION

UPLIFTING: UNISON AND EMERGENCE

MOODS / CONDITIONS ARABIC MUSIC SCORE - UM KALTHOUM ALF LEILA WA LEILA (A THOUSAND NIGHTS)

Maksoum

VIOLIN VIOLIN 2 ELECTRIC GUITAR

Baladi

Solo Second time to D

To B

RIQ DARBUKA

INDEPENDENT: MELODIC, SOLO MELODY: DYNAMIC

BRANCH: ABRUPT TRANSITION

BEAT: CONSISTENCY, STRUCTURE VERES: DIALOGUE BETWEEN INSTRUMENTS BASS: SUPPORT

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of intensity and emotion in the

Arabic music does not measure itself in terms of technical perfection, but by the degree

tone, feeling, ornamentation, performance and singing.

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The classical Arabic musician is only able to access the music through its ‘soul’ and what it stimulates within him or her. Here, then, a great deal of personal initiative is required from the interpreter. He or she improvises, not sticking to the basic form of the piece of music but varying it according to the time of day or the occasion.

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One of the most important classical music forms in the Arab world is the

Wasla.

series of compositions and improvised instrumental and vocal pieces, which are all played in one and the same maqam series.

A Wasla consists of a

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NEED FOR WIND

LOW LOW MODERATE MODERATE HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH

LOW HIGH LOW HIGH MODERATE LOW LOW MODERATE HIGH HIGH

SUN INTENSITY

SUNRISE MORNING AFTERNOON SUNSET - MAGIC HOUR EVENING

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CURRENT LAND USE

HP LOADING CRANE

*Multi-Use (HPS South) includes Stadium use, R&D and Open Space, or if the stadium is not constructed, Mixed Use including Residential, R&D and Open Space, the restrictions *Multi-Use (HPS South) includes Stadium use, R&D andsubject OpentoSpace, or if the in the Hunters Point Shipyard Redevelopment Plan. stadium is not constructed, Mixed Use including Residential, R&D and Open Space, subject to the restrictions in the Hunters Point Shipyard Redevelopment Plan.

As part of the first phase of the Hunter’s Point Redevelopment Plan, the community center was created to promote the evolvement. Situated on the edge of the bay facing San Francisco’s iconic skyline, the LEED certified facility serves as a demonstration space for a range of community-oriented uses, including public meetings and events, art education, job training, and recreation. Several hunder artists are involved within the HP art community, and often host open studio shows inviting the public to the area. The crane structure is a symbol of the Point’s important Naval history, and remains standing peacfully dominating the coastline.

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SOLAR ORIENTATION: 90% OF THE BUILDING EXPOSED TO THE SOUTH TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE SUN

BUILDING INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAICS: PROVIDE SOLAR POWER AND HEAT WATER, WITH SUPPORT OF RADIANT SYSTEM

SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY

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SCALE: 3” = 1’

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EVAROPATIVE PONDS: MAINTAIN A COOL ENVIRONMENT, DISPOSE OF PRINE FROM DISALINATION PLANTS, EVAOPORATE PERCIPITATION FALLING ONTO THE SITE, AND PROVIDE A SOUND BUFFER INDICATING A TRANSITIONAL SPACE

TREES: PROVIDE SHADING AND MAINTAIN A NON-POLLUTED ENVIRONMENT

NATURAL VENTILATION: SHIFTING DOUBLE SKIN SYSTEM ALLOWS FORNATURAL VENTILATION THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE BUIDLING

ROOF GARDENS: MINIMIZE STORMWATER RUNOFF INTO THE SEWER SYSTEM, INSULATE THE BUILDING, AND PROMOTE A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT

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TAQASIM (SCALE IMPROVISATION)

PROGRAM STUDENT FORM MATERIALITY SONG

The waslat (plural) always begin with an instrumental piece, played by the entire orchestra and in one of various forms but different rhythms. Between the individual intrumental verses, Taqasim are played: these are solo pieces for only one instrument at a time, which enables individual soloists to demonstrate the full FUTU RE element of song, closely intertwined in dialogue range of their improvisational skill. Finally comes in the dominating

with the instruments and backup CONCERT HALL choir. The key starting point for Arabic music is song. In Arabic musical tradition there is hardly any music without song. Music and poetry are so closely woven PER FO RM together that to this day it is difficult to discover the names of the composers of classical Arabic music, we often only know the names of the singers and poets. VIE

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2,300 200’ MAXIMUM, PER BUILDING SEGMENT PER BUILDING SEGMENT PER SEGMENT 150’

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“TO WHAT DEGREE IS THE OBJECT YOU’RE CREATING CAPABLE OF DICTATING ITS OWN DESIGN?” - ROBERT VAN EMBRICQS

THE RISING CHAIR IS A TRANSFORMABLE STRUCTURE THAT USES ALTERNATING ELEMENTS TO CREATE BOTH STRUCTURAL FUNCTION AND AN ELEGANT LOOK. THE FORM IS EVIDENT OF ITS ADAPTIVE CAPABILITY EVEN WHEN IT IS STATIONARY AT ITS OPEN POSITION, WHICH ENSENUATES VISUAL WONDER AND WEIGHTLESSNESS.

BLUE AND RED ILLUSTRATE THE ALTERNATING SEQUENCE OF VERTICAL ELEMENTS, WHICH MAKES IT EASIER TO SUPPORT DOWNWARD FORCES EVENLY.

THE CURVED ARRAY CONSISTS OF A SMOOTH TRANSITION OF STRUCTURE. THE OUTSIDE ELEMENTS PROVIDE STRUCTURAL COMPRESSION, WHILE THE ELEMENTS IN THE CENTER ARE IN TENSION.

EQUILIBRIUM POINT

SOURCE: “RISING CHAIR” ROBERT VAN EMBRICQS ARCHITECTURAL AND FURNITURE DESIGNER

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THIRD FLOOR 12“ CIP CONCRETE SLAB JOISTS 18”X12” STEEL TUBING

GAMBREL TRUSSES 2’X2’ STEEL TUBING

SECOND FLOOR 12“ CIP CONCRETE SLAB STEEL JOISTS 8”X12” STEEL TUBING FIRST FLOOR 12” CIP CONCRETE SLAB BUILDING CORES 12“ CIP CONCRETE BUILDING PADS 12” CIP CONCRETE

“Space has always been the spiritual dimension of architecture. It is not the physical statement of the structure so much as what it contains that moves us. ” -Arthur Erickson

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1/16" = 1'-0"

CONCERT THIRD LEVEL 75' - 0" TOP OF LEVEL 3 67' - 0"

CONCERT SECOND LEVEL 60' - 0" CONCERT FIRST LEVEL 50' - 0"

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CONCERT THIRD LEVEL SECTION Dd - LIBRARY, WC, LOBBY 75' - 0" 4 1/16" = 1'-0" SECTION Bb - ADMIN LOOKING TOWARDS PLAZA 2 CONCERT 1/16" = 1'-0" SECOND LEVEL 60' - 0" CONCERT FIRST SECTION Bb - ADMIN LOOKING LEVEL TOWARDS PLAZA 2 50' - 0" 1/16" = 1'-0"

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ELECTRICAL

MEDIA ROOM

DIRECTOR'S STAFF LOUNGE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE MECHANICAL ENSEMBLE PERCUSSION OFFICE STUDIO OUTDOOR PATIO 14STUDIO VOCAL 13 STRING STUDIO 12 STUDIOSTO 11

STAFF LOUNGE

DIRECTOR'S OFFICE

OFFICE

DINING

MAIN LOBBY

TOP OF LEVEL THIRD LEVEL 3 67'- -0"0" 55'

IMPROVISATION SPACE

INSTRUMENT SHOP

THIRD LEVEL 55' - 0" SECOND LEVEL TOP OF LEVEL 3 40' 0" 67' - 0"

STORAGE SECOND LEVEL THIRD LEVEL 40' - 0" GROUND LEVEL 55' - 0" 25' - 0"

LECTURE HALL ELECTRICAL

GROUND LEVEL SECOND LEVEL 25' - 0" 40' - 0"

LECTURE HALL

OFFICE MECHANICAL

GROUND LEVEL TOP OF LEVEL 25' -30" 67' - 0"

IMPROVISATION SPACE

STUDENT LOUNGE

THIRD LEVEL 55' - 0"

SEMI-OUTDOOR GARDEN SECOND LEVEL 40' - 0"

INSTRUMENT SHOP

LOADING DOCK

CONCERT THIRD LEVEL SECTION Cc - ATRUIM, LOUNGE, 75' - 0" GARDEN 3 1/16" = 1'-0"

MAIN LOBBY

DINING

KITCHEN GROUND LEVEL 25' - 0"

TOP OF LEVEL 3 67' - 0"

CONCERT CONCERT THIRD SECOND LEVEL LEVEL 60' - 0" 75' - 0" CONCERT FIRST LEVEL 50' - 0"CONCERT SECOND LEVEL 60' - 0" CONCERT FIRST LEVEL 50' - 0"

IMPROVISATION SPACE

STUDENT LOUNGE

IMPROVISATION INSTRUMENT SPACE SHOP

LOADING DOCK

MAIN LOBBY

STUDENT LOUNGE

DINING

SEMI-OUTDOOR GARDEN

THIRD LEVEL 55' - 0" TOP OF LEVEL 3 67' - 0" SECOND LEVEL THIRD LEVEL 40' - 0" 55' - 0"

KITCHEN SEMI-OUTDOOR GARDEN GROUND LEVEL SECOND LEVEL 25' - 0" 40' - 0"

CONCERT ROOF 95' - 0" CONCERT FOURTH SECTION Cc - ATRUIM, LOUNGE, LEVEL GARDEN 85' - 0" 3 1/16" = 1'-0" CONCERT THIRD LEVEL 75' - 0" SECTION Cc - ATRUIM, LOUNGE, GARDEN 3 CONCERT1/16" = 1'-0" SECOND LEVEL 60' - 0" CONCERT FIRST LEVEL 50' - 0"

INSTRUMENT SHOP

LOADING DOCK

MAIN LOBBY

DINING

KITCHEN GROUND LEVEL 25' - 0"

SECTION Ee: COMMUNITY SCALE: 1/16” - 1’ 14 11 RECEPTION

LIBRARY

OUTDOOR READING NICHES CONCERT ROOF 95' - 0" CONCERT FOURTH LEVEL 85' - 0" CONCERT THIRD ROOF 95' - 0" LEVEL 75' 0" CONCERT FOURTH LEVEL SECTION Dd - LIBRARY, WC, LOBBY 4 85' - 0" 1/16" = 1'-0" CONCERT CONCERT THIRD SECOND LEVEL LEVEL 60' - 0" 75' - 0" CONCERT FIRST LEVEL 50' - 0"CONCERT SECOND LEVEL 60' - 0" CONCERT FIRST LEVEL 50' - 0"

DINING

INSTRUMENT SHOP

SECOND LEVEL 40' - 0"

STORAGE GROUND LEVEL 25' - 0"

TOP OF LEVEL 3 67' - 0"

RECEPTION

LIBRARY

OUTDOOR READING NICHES

MEDIA ROOM LIBRARY

DINING

MAIN LOBBY RECEPTION

IMPROVISATION SPACE

INSTRUMENT IMPROVISATION STORAGE SHOP SPACE

THIRD LEVEL 55' - 0" TOP OF LEVEL 3 67' - 0" SECOND LEVEL THIRD LEVEL 40' - 0" 55' - 0"

GROUND LEVEL SECOND LEVEL 25' - 0" 40' - 0"

MEDIA ROOM

DINING

MAIN LOBBY

INSTRUMENT SHOP

STORAGE GROUND LEVEL 25' - 0"

SECTION Ff: COMMUNITY SECTION Dd - LIBRARY, WC, LOBBY 4 1/16" = 1'-0" SCALE: 1/16” - 1’ 4

MAIN LOBBY

THIRD LEVEL 55' - 0"

IMPROVISATION SPACE

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TOP OF LEVEL 3 67' - 0"

SECTION Dd - LIBRARY, WC, LOBBY 1/16" = 1'-0"

SCALE: 1/16” = 1’ 0’

10’ 20’

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K CONCERT ROOF 95' - 0" CONCERT FOURTH LEVEL 85' - 0" CONCERT THIRD LEVEL 75' - 0"

TOP OF LEVEL 3 67' - 0"

CONCERT SECOND LEVEL 60' - 0" CONCERT FIRST LEVEL 50' - 0"

THIRD LEVEL 55' - 0"

SECOND LEVEL 40' - 0"

GROUND LEVEL 25' - 0" 1

ELEVATION NORTH WEST 1/16" = 1'-0"

NORTHWEST ELEVATION SCALE: 1/16” = 1’

CONCERT FOURTH LEVEL 85' - 0" CONCERT THIRD LEVEL 75' - 0"

TOP OF LEVEL 3 67' - 0" THIRD LEVEL 55' - 0"

CONCERT SECOND LEVEL 60' - 0" CONCERT FIRST LEVEL 50' - 0"

RECEPTION ATRIUM

SECOND LEVEL 40' - 0"

WAITING AREA

MAIN LOBBY

GROUND LEVEL 25' - 0"

LONGITUDINAL SECTION LONGITUDINAL SECTIONBb - LOOKING TO PLAZA 5 SCALE: 1/16” = 1’ 1/16" = 1'-0"

SCALE: 1/16” = 1’ CONCERT FOURTH LEVEL 85' - 0" CONCERT THIRD LEVEL 75' - 0"

0’

10’ 20’

40’

80’

160’

TOP OF LEVEL 3 67' - 0"

CONCERT SECOND LEVEL 60' - 0" CONCERT FIRST LEVEL 50' - 0"

THIRD LEVEL 55' - 0"

SECOND LEVEL 40' - 0"

SOUTHEAST ELEVATION: CONCERT SCALE: 1/16” = 1’

GROUND LEVEL 25' - 0"

ELEVATION SOUTH EAST - CONCERT 1/16" = 1'-0"

CONCERT ROOF 95' - 0" CONCERT FOURTH LEVEL 85' - 0" CONCERT THIRD LEVEL 75' - 0" TOP OF LEVEL 3 67' - 0"

CONCERT SECOND LEVEL 60' - 0" CONCERT FIRST LEVEL 50' - 0"

THIRD LEVEL 55' - 0"

SECOND LEVEL 40' - 0"

GROUND LEVEL 25' - 0"

SOUTHEAST ELEVATION ELEVATIONSCALE: SOUTH EAST 1/16” = 1’ 1/16" = 1'-0" CONCERT FOURTH LEVEL 85' - 0" CONCERT THIRD LEVEL 75' - 0" TOP OF LEVEL 3 67' - 0"

CONCERT SECOND LEVEL 60' - 0" CONCERT FIRST LEVEL 50' - 0"

THIRD LEVEL 55' - 0"

LIBRARY

SEMI-OUTDOOR GARDEN

OUTDOOR PATIO SECOND LEVEL 40' - 0"

RECORDING LOBBY

OUTDOOR READING NICHES

COMPUTER LAB

STAFF LOUNGE

MEDIA ROOM MECH

GROUND LEVEL 25' - 0"

LONGITUDINAL SECTION Aa SCALE: 1/16” = 1’

LONGITUDINAL SECTION - LOOKING DOWNTOWN 4 1/16" = 1'-0"

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CONCERT ROOF 95' - 0" CONCERT FOURTH LEVEL 85' - 0" CONCERT THIRD LEVEL 75' - 0" CONCERT ROOF 95' - 0" CONCERT FOURTH LEVEL 85' - 0" CONCERT THIRD LEVEL 75' - 0"

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TOP OF LEVEL 3 67' - 0"

CONCERT SECOND LEVEL 60' - 0" CONCERT FIRST LEVEL 50' - 0"

THIRD LEVEL 55' - 0"

POETRY BRIDGE

CONCERT SECOND LEVEL 60' - 0" CONCERT FIRST LEVEL 50' - 0"

POETRY GARDEN

POETRY STAGE

SECOND LEVEL 40' - 0"

TOP OF LEVEL 3 67' - 0"

AMPITHEATRE

GROUND LEVEL 25' - 0"

THIRD LEVEL 55' - 0"

POETRY BRIDGE

SECOND LEVEL 40' - 0" SECTION Ff - POETRY GARDEN LOOKING POETRY GARDEN AT RECORDING STUDIOS 2 1/16" = 1'-0"

SECTION Ff - POETRY LOOKING GARDEN SECTION Gg: GARDEN POETRY AT RECORDING STUDIOS 2 1/16" = 1'-0" 1/16” = 1’ SCALE:

POETRY STAGE

AMPITHEATRE GROUND LEVEL 25' - 0"

CONCERT FOURTH LEVEL 85' - 0" CONCERT THIRD LEVEL 75' - 0"

TOP OF LEVEL 3 67' - 0" THIRD LEVEL 55' - 0"

CONCERT FOURTH LEVEL 85' - 0" CONCERT THIRD LEVEL 75' - 0"

POETRY BRIDGE

SECOND LEVEL 40' - 0"

TOP OF LEVEL 3 67' - 0"

CONCERT SECOND LEVEL 60' - 0" CONCERT FIRST LEVEL 50' - 0"

POETRY GARDEN

AMPITHEATRE GROUND LEVEL 25' - 0"

THIRD LEVEL 55' - 0"

POETRY BRIDGE

SECOND LEVEL 40' - 0"

SECTION Ee - POETRY GARDEN LOOKING TOWARDS PLAZA 1 1/16" = 1'-0"

AMPITHEATRE

CONCERT SECOND LEVEL 60' - 0" CONCERT FIRST LEVEL 50' - 0"

POETRY GARDEN

SCALE: 1/16” = 1’

GROUND LEVEL 25' - 0"

SECTION Hh: POETRY GARDEN SCALE: 1/16” = 1’

SECTION Ee - POETRY GARDEN LOOKING TOWARDS PLAZA 1 1/16" = 1'-0"

0’

10’ 20’

40’

80’

160’

CONCERT ROOF 95' - 0" CONCERT FOURTH LEVEL 85' - 0" CONCERT THIRD LEVEL 75' - 0" CONCERT SECOND LEVEL 60' - 0" CONCERT FIRST LEVEL 50' - 0"

TOP OF LEVEL 3 67' - 0"

RECITAL OBSERVATION

THIRD LEVEL 55' - 0"

RECITAL HALL

RECORDING LOBBY

RECITAL OBSERVATION

EQUIPMENT / CHECKOUT

SECOND LEVEL 40' - 0"

TOP OF LEVEL 3 67' - 0"

GROUND LEVEL 25' - 0"

THIRD LEVEL 55' - 0"

RECITAL HALL SECOND LEVEL 40' - 0"

SECTION Ii: RECORDING STUDIOS SCALE: 1/16” = 1’

SECTION Gg - RECORDING STUDIOS LOOKING INWARD 3 1/16" = 1'-0"

RECORDING LOBBY

EQUIPMENT / CHECKOUT GROUND LEVEL 25' - 0"

CONCERT THIRD LEVEL 75' - 0" CONCERT SECOND LEVEL 60' - 0" CONCERT FIRST LEVEL 50' - 0"

RECITAL OBSERVATION

RECITAL HALL

RECITAL OBSERVATION

RECITAL HALL

SECTION Jj: RECORDING STUDIOS SCALE: 1/16” = 1’

SECTION Hh - RECORDING STUDIOS LOOKING TOWARDS POETRY GARDEN 4 1/16" = 1'-0"

TOP OF LEVEL 3 67' - 0"

ELECTRICAL THIRD LEVEL 55' - 0"

INSTRUM. STORAGE

MECHANICAL

SECOND LEVEL 40' - 0"

TOP OF LEVEL 3 67' - 0"

ELECTRICAL

GROUND LEVEL 25' - 0"

THIRD LEVEL 55' - 0"

INSTRUM. STORAGE

SECOND LEVEL 40' - 0"

MECHANICAL

GROUND LEVEL 25' - 0"

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CONCERT ROOF 95' - 0" CONCERT FOURTH LEVEL 85' - 0" CONCERT THIRD LEVEL 75' - 0" TOP OF LEVEL 3 67' - 0"

CONCERT SECOND LEVEL 60' - 0" CONCERT FIRST LEVEL 50' - 0"

THIRD LEVEL 55' - 0"

SECOND LEVEL 40' - 0"

GROUND LEVEL 25' - 0"

NORTHEAST ELEVATION SCALE: 1/16” = 1’ ELEVATION NORTH EAST 1

1/16" = 1'-0"

CONCERT ROOF 95' - 0" CONCERT FOURTH LEVEL 85' - 0" CONCERT THIRD LEVEL 75' - 0" TOP OF LEVEL 3 67' - 0"

CONCERT SECOND LEVEL 60' - 0" CONCERT FIRST LEVEL 50' - 0"

THIRD LEVEL 55' - 0"

ASSEMBLY BRIDGE

MAIN PLAZA / OUTDOOR STAGE

ATRIUM

CONFERENCE

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SECOND LEVEL 40' - 0"

GROUND LEVEL 25' - 0"

SECTION Ee: IMPROVISATION BRIDGE SCALE: 1/16” = 1’ TO IMPROV BRIDGE - LOOKING COMMUNITY 1/16" = 1'-0"

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CONCERT ROOF 95' - 0" CONCERT FOURTH LEVEL 85' - 0" CONCERT THIRD LEVEL 75' - 0" CONCERT SECOND LEVEL 60' - 0" CONCERT FIRST LEVEL 50' - 0"

ELEVATION SOUTH WEST - concert 1/16" = 1'-0"

CONCERT FOURTH LEVEL 85' - 0" CONCERT THIRD LEVEL 75' - 0" CONCERT SECOND LEVEL 60' - 0" CONCERT FIRST LEVEL 50' - 0"

SCALE: 1/16” = 1’ 0’

10’ 20’

40’ 4

CONCERT - HALL 1/16" = 1'-0"

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50' - 0"

CONCERT - STAIRS 1/16" = 1'-0"

CONCERT FOURTH LEVEL 85' - 0" CONCERT THIRD LEVEL 75' - 0"

CONCERT ROOF 95' - 0" CONCERT FOURTH LEVEL 85' - 0" CONCERT THIRD LEVEL 75' - 0"

CONCERT SECOND LEVEL 60' - 0" CONCERT FIRST LEVEL 50' - 0"

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SECTION Ll: CONCERT LOBBY / HALL SCALE: 1/16” = 1’

CONCERT - LONGITUDINAL AT LOBBY 3 1/16" = 1'-0"

TOP OF LEVEL 3 67' - 0"

CONCERT SECOND LEVEL 60' - 0" CONCERT FIRST LEVEL 50' - 0"

THIRD LEVEL 55' - 0"

PERFORMANCE HALL SECOND LEVEL 40' - 0"

GROUND LEVEL 25' - 0"

CONCERT ROOF 95' - 0" CONCERT FOURTH LEVEL 85' - 0" CONCERT THIRD LEVEL 75' - 0"

CONCERT FOURTH LEVEL 85' - 0" CONCERT THIRD LEVEL 75' - 0"

ELEVATION NORTH EAST 1/16" = 1'-0"

CONCERT SECOND LEVEL 60' - 0" CONCERT FIRST LEVEL 50' - 0"

CONCERT ROOF 95' - 0" CONCERT FOURTH LEVEL 85' - 0" CONCERT THIRD LEVEL 75' - 0"

CONCERT SECOND LEVEL 60' - 0" CONCERT FIRST LEVEL 50' - 0"

SECTION Mm: GREEN ROOM SCALE: 1/16” = 1’

CONCERT - LONGITUDINAL AT RESTROOMS 4 1/16" = 1'-0"

ELEVATION SOUTH WEST - concert 1/16" = 1'-0"

TOP OF LEVEL 3 67' - 0"

MAGIC HOUR VIEW

CONCERT SECOND LEVEL 60' - 0" CONCERT FIRST LEVEL 50' - 0"

THIRD LEVEL 55' - 0"

ASSEMBLY BRIDGE

ATRIUM

CONFERENCE

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SECOND LEVEL 40' - 0"

CONCERT FOURTH LEVEL 85' - 0" CONCERT THIRD LEVEL 75' - 0"

MAIN PLAZA / OUTDOOR STAGE

GROUND LEVEL 25' - 0"

CONCERT SECOND LEVEL 60' - 0" CONCERT FIRST LEVEL 50' - 0"

IMPROV BRIDGE - LOOKING TO COMMUNITY 3 1/16" = 1'-0"

SECTION Nn: CONCERT HALL SCALE: 1/16” = 1’ 4

CONCERT - HALL 1/16" = 1'-0"

CONCERT FOURTH LEVEL 85' - 0" CONCERT THIRD LEVEL 75' - 0" CONCERT SECOND LEVEL 60' - 0" CONCERT FIRST LEVEL 50' - 0"

SECTION Oo: CONCERT CIRCULATION SCALE: 1/16” = 1’

CONCERT - LOBBY 1/16" = 1'-0"

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CONCERT HALL FROM BAY SIDE, DAY AND NIGHT CONCERT FOURTH LEVEL 85' - 0" CONCERT THIRD LEVEL 75' - 0" CONCERT SECOND LEVEL 60' - 0" CONCERT FIRST LEVEL 50' - 0"

CONCERT - STAIRS 1/16" = 1'-0"

CONCERT ROOF 95' - 0" CONCERT FOURTH LEVEL 85' - 0" CONCERT THIRD LEVEL 75' - 0" CONCERT SECOND LEVEL 60' - 0" CONCERT FIRST LEVEL 50' - 0"

ELEVATION SOUTH WEST - concert SOUTHWEST ELEVATION AT CONCERT HALL 1/16" = 1'-0" SCALE: 1/16” = 1’

CONCERT FOURTH LEVEL 85' - 0" CONCERT THIRD LEVEL 75' - 0"

SCALE: 1/16” = 1’

0’

10’ 20’

CONCERT - LONGITUDINAL AT LOBBY 1/16" = 1'-0"

40’

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CONCERT FOURTH LEVEL 85' - 0" CONCERT THIRD LEVEL 75' - 0"

CONCERT SECOND LEVEL 60' - 0" CONCERT FIRST LEVEL 50' - 0"

FIRST LEVEL: PRE-FUNCTION SPACE LOOKING UP AT ENTRANCE

CONCERT SECOND LEVEL 60' - 0" CONCERT FIRST LEVEL 50' - 0"

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SCALE: 1/2” = 1’ 0’.5’1’ 2’

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SPACE:

MATERIALS:

MAIN ENTRANCE

STAINLESS STEEL SKIN SYSTEM

CAFE

STEEL TRUSS SYSTEM

PLAZA / OPEN STAGE

STEEL JOISTS

ADA RAMP

CURTAIN WALL SYSTEM

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SYSTEM - STRIPS

A WAY TO TRANSLATE MUSICAL NOTATION INTO A 3-DIMENTIONAL ILLUSTRATION, SHOWING THE ESSENCE OF ARABIC MUSIC THROUGH A CONTROLLED PROGRESSION OF INTERVALS THAT PROVIDES A VARIETY OF SPATIAL EXPERIENCES. THE SYSTEM MUST TRANSLATE CONDITIONS SUCH AS NOTE INTENSITY, DURATION, ORNAMENTATION, AND EMOTION. APPLIED TO PROGRAM, THESE WILL BECOME A MANAGERIE OF SCENARIOS. ADDITIONALLY, THE SYSTEM SHALL INTERPRET FOUR DIFFERENT DIMENTIONS IN WHICH REPRESENT THE QUARTER-TONAL SYSTEM OF ARABIC MUSIC NOTATION. THE STRIP AND BEND SYSTEM IS A REPRESENTATION OF THE PREDOMINANT FLUIDITY IN THE MELODY, TRANSPOSED OVER A TYPICAL ARABIC MUSIC SCORE - WHICH IS A TIMELINE OF PRECISE FREQUENCIES. PINCHING

TRANSITION DUNE

SPIDER LEGS

CAVIT Y

SPIRAL NICHE

STITCHING

RIPPLING

MASSING MODEL

SPIDER LEGS

RIPPLING

WORKING MODEL

STITCHING

CAVIT Y

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PUBLIC PLAZA AND OPEN STAGE

BACK ACCESS THROUGH COMMUNITY

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MAIN ENTRANCE THROUGH PLAZA

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COMMUNITY TO TARAB PARK CONNECTION

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VIEW GARDEN

STEEL SKIN

CIRCULATION

MAIN ENTRANCE

ATRIUM

LOBBY HALL

PRE-FUNCTION

SCHOOL TO CONCERT CONNECTION

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