Jesen Tanadi - RISD Architecture Degree Project 2011 Drawing Set

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drawing set (not to be distributed without catalog / drawing keys)

Jesen Tanadi Rhode Island School of Design 2011

Work-Out Bench

Twin Bridges for Forging Friendships

Guerilla Urban Parasol

A Roof for the South Street Power Plant as an Ice Skating Rink

Armature for Urban Fantasies

Armature for Urban Fantasies, Detail of Mechanisms

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83° 2'48.10"W

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83° 3'3.08"W

83° 3'5.85"W 83° 3'5.74"W

Mg N MAGNET 42°20'12.91"N

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42°20'10.83"N

42°20'10.83"N

GREEKTOWN CASINO

42°20'9.62"N 42°20'9.24"N

GRAND CIRCUS STATION

GREEKTOWN TOWER

42°20'9.62"N 42°20'9.24"N

DAVID BRODERICK TOWER BROADWAY STATION

GREEKTOWN STATION MAGNETIC DECLINATION: CADILLAC CENTER STATION 42°20'0.37"N 42°19'59.24"N 42°19'58.69"N

42°19'53.55"N

BOOK TOWER

TIMES SQUARE STATION

42°20'0.37"N

BRICKTOWN STATION

42°19'59.24"N 42°19'58.69"N

BOOK BUILDING

CAMPUS MARTIUS PARK DETROIT’S POINT of ORIGIN

MICHIGAN AVE. STATION

42°19'53.55"N

MILLENDER CENTER STATION

42°19'47.05"N

FORT/CASS STATION

42°19'46.15"N

RENAISSANCE CENTER STATION

GUARDIAN TOWER GUARDIAN BUILDING

FINANCIAL DISTRICT STATION

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Detroit, MI, Drawn as Co-ordinates as It Relates to Its Own Navel

83° 2'25.01"W

83° 2'26.71"W

83° 2'46.32"W 83° 2'45.58"W

83° 2'48.10"W

83° 2'59.10"W

83° 3'3.08"W

83° 3'5.85"W 83° 3'5.74"W

JOE LOUIS ARENA STATION

42°19'47.05"N 42°19'46.15"N

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The Caretaker, Surveying in Suspended Animation The Astrographers, Looking Up at the Sky

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The Caretaker’s Apartment and Archive

The Geographer’s Den and Mechanism

The Astrographer’s Den and Mechanism