PORTFOLIO KEITH EDWARDS
CITY THEATER MOIRÉ IMMERSING THEATERS IN THE PUBLIC REALM
I have always found my lack of exposure to performing arts intriguing. The cold and nondescript architecture of theaters has never peaked my interest for the events that they hold inside. Theaters have become exclusive, reserving the entertainment for interior guests with tickets only. No longer is the theater the public entity as it was in Greek and Roman times, where the city would gather regularly to experience a performance. Theaters organized the space in order to improve the experience the audience can have. While open air theaters are present, contemporary enclosed theater design has introduced more program and engineering into acoustics and visual elements, forcing the “theater” deeper inside, away from the public a with a detached envelope that completely disconnects the general public from its internal events. This increasing disconnection between the interior and exterior is diminishing public engagement and creating a social separation between the arts and the public, perpetuating elitism inside the theater. This thesis seeks not to replace other types of theaters but design and introduce a new typology that blends the theater and intertwines an interior ticketing and exterior visiting guests’ experiences breaking the elitist mindset and re-engaging the theater with the public realm.
Immersing Theater in the Urban Realm
Translucent Acoustic Panel
Immersing Theater in the Urban Realm Contemporary Theater
Acoustic Panel Connection
Oslo Opera House - Norway Snohetta
Danish Radio Concert Hall - Copenhagen Jean Nouvel
Back of House
Interior Fritted Glass
Exterior Fritted Glass Translucent Acoustic Panel
Immersing Theater in the Urban Realm
Contemporary Theater
Oslo Opera House - Norway Acoustic Panel Connection Snohetta
Danish Radio Concert Hall - Copenhagen Jean Nouvel
Paid Visitor Disney Concert Hall - Los Angeles Exterior Frank Ghery
Alice Tully Dance Hall - New York Interior Diller Scofidio
Wyly Theater - Dallas OMA
Casa De Musica - Portugal OMA Wall Section
Proposed Theater
Back of House
Interior Fritted Glass
Exterior Fritted Glass
Un-Paid Visitor Contemporary Theater
Oslo Opera House - Norway Snohetta
Danish Radio Concert Hall - Copenhagen Jean Nouvel
Paid Visitor Disney Concert Hall - Los Angeles Frank Ghery Exterior
Alice Tully Dance Hall - New York Diller Scofidio Interior
Wyly Theater - Dallas OMA
Agora Theater - Netherlands UN Studio
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CAFE
CAFE
COURTYARD COURTYARD PUBLIC PUBLIC GATHERINGGATHERING
20th Street 20th Street
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Illinois Street
Illinois Street
3rd Street
3rd Street
SecondSecond Floor Floor 1/32” 1’-0” = 1’-0” N =1/32”
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GroundGround Floor Floor 1/32” 1’-0” = 1’-0” N =1/32”
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BACK OF HOUSE
BACK OF HOUSE DN
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21st Street 21st Street
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STAGE
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UP
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Third Floor Third Floor 1/32” 1’-0” = 1’-0” N =1/32”
OUTDOOR OUTDOOR STAGE STAGE
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STAGE UP
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Pier 70Pier 70
22nd Street 22nd Street
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STAGE
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OUTDOOR OUTDOOR STAGE STAGE
STAGE
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STAGE
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STAGE OUTDOOR OUTDOOR STAGE STAGE
CONCESSIONS CONCESSIONS TICKETS
TICKETS
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SITE PLAN SITE PLAN 1/64” 1’-0” = 1’-0” N =1/64”
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STAGE
STAGE UP
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Agora Theater - Netherlands UN Studio
Translucent Acoustic Panel Proposed Theater
Casa De Musica - Portugal OMA
Acoustic Panel Connection
Site Preserved Historic
Los Angeles Frank Ghery
Immersing Theater in the Urban Realm Vehicular
Proposed Outdoor Entertainment
Back of House
New Commercial
Alice Tully Dance Hall - New York Diller Scofidio
Wyly Theater - Dallas OMA
Proposed Theater
Interior Theaters
Proposed Theater
New Housing
Site Buildings
Site Entertainment
New Entertainment
Green Space
Site Buildings
Wall Section Interior Fritted Glass
Paid Visitor
Danish Radio Concert Hall - Copenhagen Jean Nouvel
use - Norway Snohetta
Back of House
Exterior Fritted Glass
Green Space
Green Space
Site Program
Nested Interior Circulation Site Entertainment
Exterior
Site Circulation
Danish Radioand Concert Hall - Copenhagen Oslo Opera House - Norway The site is situated in Dogpatch, San Francisco on Illinois ave between 20th 22nd Proposed Theater Jean Nouvel Snohetta st over looking Pier 70, an evolving event space. This new destination however offers no performing arts event space. The building mass is porous so the public can pass around, under, through, or around the outdoor ground theaters when going to Pier 70 or the Exterior waterfront. Through various methods of form, intertwining of public and private theater, Proposed Outdoor Entertainment circulation and internal events are always in some way exposed or distorted at varying Un-Paid Visitor Community Outdoor Interior Theaters Theater degrees to the public.
Massing
Paid Visitor
Contemporary Theater Casa De Musica - Portugal OMA
Netherlands UN Studio
Vehicular Pedestrian
l - New York Diller Scofidio
Un-Paid Visitor
Community Outdoor Theater
Pedestrian
Exterior
Wyly Theater - Dallas OMA
Proposed Theater
Site Entertainment
Green Space
Site Buildings
Wall Section Un-Paid Visitor
Green Space
Disney Concert Hall - Los Angeles Frank Ghery
Alice Tully Dance Hall - New York Diller Scofidio
Wyly Theater - Dallas OMA
Nested SiteCirculation Entertainment
Site Circulation
Nested Circulation Exterior
Agora Theater - Netherlands UN Studio
Proposed Outdoor Entertainment
Wall Moire Effect
Massing
Proposed Theater
ca - Portugal OMA
Interior
Proposed Theater
Site Buildings
te Program
Exterior
Interior Proposed Theater
Casa De Musica - Portugal OMA
Community Outdoor Theater
Interior Theaters Exterior
Proposed Theater Site Entertainment
Circulation
Site
Vehicular
Proposed Outdoor Entertainment
Site Buildings
Preserved Historic
Pedestrian
Community Outdoor Theater
Green Space
New Commercial
Proposed Theater
Proposed Theater
New Housing
Site Buildings
Site Entertainment
New Entertainment
Green Space
Site Buildings
Green Space
Massing
Site Entertainment
Site Program
Interior Theaters
Wall Moire Effect
Green Space
Site Circulation
Site Entertainment
Massing
Translucent Acoustic Panel
ing Theater in the Urban Realm
Acoustic Panel Connection
Back of House
Interior Fritted Glass
Exterior Fritted Glass
Danish Radio Concert - Copenhagen between who is performing, This theater moirĂŠ typology would create newHalldialogue Jean Nouvel spectating, visiting, and passing, merging the typically uncorrelated moments. Control of certain elements such as lighting, sound, and visuals are strategically given up in the various theaters and in cases leaving interior conditions dependent on the external environment. This typology is not necessarily meant for typical productions but rather performances that would become unique and unable to be reproduced elsewhere due to the specific site and spacial conditions.
Contemporary Theater
Oslo Opera House - Norway Snohetta
Paid Visitor Exterior
Interior
Un-Paid Visitor Disney Concert Hall - Los Angeles Frank Ghery
Alice Tully Dance Hall - New York Diller ScoďŹ dio
Wyly Theater - Dallas OMA
Wall Section
Nested Circulation
Agora Theater - Netherlands UN Studio
Proposed Theater
Casa De Musica - Portugal OMA
Exterior Vehicular
Proposed Outdoor Entertainment
Pedestrian
Community Outdoor Theater
Proposed Theater
Proposed Theater
Site Buildings
Site Entertainment
Green Space
Site Buildings
Interior
Interior Theaters
Green Space
Wall Moire Effect
Site Program
Site Circulation
Site Entertainment
Massing
Theater MoirĂŠ proposes various theater spaces that invade, push, and pull each others space. Small concerts can be projected on the facade to become the backdrop of interior events. Distorted figures and lights on the inside become ever changing facades on the exterior that reveal themselves to the public realm the events that are taking place inside. The design seeks to engage the theater with the building, the building with the outside environment, and exterior events with the interior theaters.
Theater MoirĂŠ creates moments where the public can glimpse into a theater, or see the effects of its events from circulating around or passing by. Public walking paths intertwine the design allowing typically separate areas to be visible but still distorted from each other creating intrigue and immersion into the space.
MOBILIZING GENERATION COMBINING THE WAY WE LIVE WITH THE WAY WE TRAVEL
Flat Towing Stage
Younger generations are becoming more and more mobile, whether it is for the desire to live minimally, travel more, or out of the necessity to retreat from the sky rocketing living costs. Mobilizing Generation is a brief exploration into a minimal living lifestyle designed around human ergonomics to maximize space efficiency for usability and comfort to provide a sense of separation, freedom and individuality.
Lockable Sleeping State
Opened Interactive State
archiFLEXture ARCHITECTURE OF PEOPLE CONTROL
This pavilion exploration, located in the public realm, allows users to create their desired space, fostering a wide range of programs to occur within. The members of the structure bend and flex to create endless combinations of high, low, narrow, and wide spaces above and around the structure. By allowing the members to move individually, spaces can be divided or joined by lowering various members. The system is covered by a flexible translucent skin that shelters from sun and mild weather elements while also p roviding as a seating element. This flexible skin allows for the structure to flex into any form and still be taught to the members providing adequate shelter and covering.
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This pavilion structure could be expanded to a scale large enough for a small concert venue and then compressed to a more human scale for gatherings or lounging or folded up to a flat structure for in-climate weather or transportation.
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ENGROSSING ENVELOPES RECLAMATION OF THE FAÇADE
Movement
Elements
Touch
Glass .125” Alum Frame .125” Conductive Copepr Strip
Bolts .25” dia. typ.
Alum. Frame .125”
Glass .125”
LED Strip
Cocnductive Copper Strip
Rubber Gasket .125”
Alum Frame .125”
Full Assembly
LED Strip Rubber Gasket Bolt Alum Frame .125”
Panel Assembly 1 1.5”=1’
Panel Assembly Section 1”=1”
The façade plays a crucial role in architecture conveying the presence of the building while describing its occupation and program to the urban context. Within architecture the façade’s role has evolved and gained potential for design with the invention of the curtain wall, when the facade was no longer required for structural integrity. The terms “skin” or “envelope” were coined when architects began to collaborate with other disciplines of mechanical, engineering, and most recently non architectural designers for increasing building efficiency. These new parameters have resulted in an architectural discourse where the building envelope acts as a medium for building efficiency rather than its experiential qualities. This exploration looks at the facade as an element that would be experienced by anyone within a visual distance. This interaction is sought through performative panels that would react to human and environmental activity invoking a curios nature in the building. The panels would react to human proximity as well as temperature and environmental fluctuations. This play of human and nature effects on the panels would have the facade constantly changing becoming a spectacle in the urban environment.