"AIR"

Artist In Residency Project

PROJECT: Interior design - Adaptive reuse Providence, RI

2021 LOCATION:

YEAR: 04

The site is based on the renovation of the narrowest building in Providence, Rhode Island. I took three artists as my "clients" and design the interior for them. The artists came from different background (performance, fabrication analysis and visual art) which tend to multidisciplinary spacial need.

Visual artist Lawrence Abu Hamdan is an artist focuses on sound performance and the visualization of sound & objects. Performance artists Rashaun and Silas are dancers from NYC, devoting to provide immersive experience to audience and they do choreography. Fabrication artist Felecia Davis is a college teacher and she is dedicated to create installation that help people communicate.

The aim of this Adaptive reuse project is to design a studio for these artists gain inspiration from Providence. And in this building, artists can communicate and learn from each other with the common area.

Artist Background Research

For Lawrence's Studio

As a sound & performance artist, Lawrence's creation require room for store sound and objects. Based on that, I designed the space with shelves and moveable wall. They can change their position in different situation which help create both storage area and stage for performance.

For Rashaun and Silas's Studio

As dancers, Rashaun and Silas and their team need space to jump, run, lay down and stretch. And the most important element for this dance group is observation. They tend to read the environment and translate it using their bodies. So I designed a three-layer mirror that spread to the street inviting the stree tview inside.