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Parametric Pavilion

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS | FALL, 2021

Prof. Rachel Dickey

Braided River Systems of Iceland are investigated and their formal qualities are abstracted parametrically to design a public pavilion. A set of parameters are set in a Grasshopper script to develop a carving operation.

WESTSIDE GARDENS: CHARLOTTE SILVER-LINE

URBAN DESIGN STUDIO | FALL 2021 Prof. Ming Chun Lee

Westside Gardens is an urban design solution for the newly proposed stretch of the Silverline, which will link uptown Charlotte to CLT Airport. The site included the two-mile stretch of line and three stations at and immediately preceding the Airport. The plan leverages a large swath of undeveloped woodland and deploys it as a central park. The park and various plazas are framed by buildings whose programs include mixed-use, residential, retail, commercial, hotel, and academic typologies. Each node is activated with emphasis given to a specific programmatic need. The Stafford and Boyer Station, pictured here, focuses on access to retail while securing availability of housing and commercial office space.

WEST OAKLAND STATION LIBRARY| OAKLAND, CA

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIO II | SPRING 2021

In response to the cross section of humanity that passes through this BART Station daily, and particularly in service to the local community who have long inhabited this part of West Oakland, this Library design aims to invite and entice the community to interaction and engagement.

A library has a rare potential to be a mother, a father, a friend and a home. The goal here is to create a space that embodies the word “Cozy”.

The largest possible footprint of the site is advantaged as a means of reclaiming the land for the community, as gentrification reshapes this largely poor neighborhood.

A series of cuts that analyze mass/void relationships aim to shape comfortable, safe and cozy spaces. A sense of comfort is catalyzed through the use of light and color as material environment, a feeling of safety is ensured through visual adjacency.