ROBERSON 2017
“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.� Marcel Proust
Contact
54 Rocking Horse Drive Palm Coast, Florida 386-334-9080 lauren.m.roberson@gmail.com
Software
Rhino Revit SketchUp AutoCad Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe Indesign
Objective
My purpose is to be passionate towards my design challenges and to contuine being an inspiration to my family, friends and myself, for those are what make designing exciting.
Personal Statement I will allow my values and creativity to guide me through my education. I will treasure every opportunity and nourish what matters the most. The goal to my journey is to enhance my curiosity and to carry myself with humility and kindness with those that I come across in the learning and teaching process.
Education
Participation/Awards
2007 2010
Daytona State College Associate of Applied Science I Interior Design
American Society of Interior Design Hospitality Chair I Daytona State Student Chapter
2010 2012
Valencia College Associate of Arts I Architecture
2012 2015
Rhode Island School of Design Bachelor of Architecture + Bachelor of Fine Arts
2015 2017
University of Kansas Master of Architecture
Work display I Midterm Section + perspectives Valencia College Design 4 Board Competition First Place I Valencia College Rhode Island School of Design Scholarship RISD Arch Website Publication Architectural Drawing T.P. Quinn Scholarship Rhode Island School of Design David & Jula Uihlein Foudation Scholarship Rhode island School of Design Acoustical Society of America 2016 Student Competition I University of Kansas Freeman Scholarship 2016 Study Abroad I University of Kansas
Volunteer Angel House I South Korea Home for the disable St. Mary Hospital I South Korea Activities with children Amsa-dong Pre-historical Cultural Festival Arts/Making with children
Experience 2009
Joseph Pozzuoli Architect Flagler Beach I Florida I Internship
2014
RISD Central Falls Academy Central Falls I Rhode Island I Internship
2015 2016
Architecture in Asia Japan + Singapore I Study Abroad
2016
Haenglim Architecture Seoul I South Korea I Internship
2017
Design Lab Print Monitor University of Kansas I Work Study
Travel Belize
Mexico
Guatemala
Cuba
S. Korea
Japan
Singapore Malaysia Thailand
“I like ruins because what remains is not the total design, but the clarity of thought, the naked structure, the spirit of the thing.� Tadao Ando
Cambodia Taiwan
Lauren M. Roberson Architectural Designer
Contact
54 Rocking Horse Drive Palm Coast, Florida 386-334-9080 lauren.m.roberson@gmail.com
Software
Rhino Revit SketchUp AutoCad Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe Indesign
Participation/Awards
Objective
My purpose is to be passionate towards my design challenges and to contuine being an inspiration to my family, friends and myself, for those are what make designing exciting.
Personal Statement I will allow my values and creativity to guide me through my education. I will treasure every opportunity and nourish what matters the most. The goal to my journey is to enhance my curiosity and to carry myself with humility and kindness with those that I come across in the learning and teaching process.
Education 2007 2010
American Society of Interior Design 2010 purpose to beChapter passionate toHospitality ChairMy I Daytona Stateis Student 2012
wards my design challenges and to 2012 to my 2015 family, friends and myself, for those Design 4 Board Competition are First what Placemake I Valenciadesign College exciting. 2015
Work display I Midterm Section + perspectives contuine being an inspiration Valencia College
Rhode Island School of Design Scholarship RISD Arch Website Publication Architectural Drawing T.P. Quinn Scholarship Rhode Island School of Design
David & Jula Uihlein Foudation Scholarship Rhode island School of Design Acoustical Society of America 2016 Student Competition I University of Kansas Freeman Scholarship 2016 Study Abroad I University of Kansas
2017
Daytona State College Associate of Applied Science I Interior Design Valencia College Associate of Arts I Architecture Rhode Island School of Design Bachelor of Architecture + Bachelor of Fine Arts University of Kansas Master of Architecture
Experience 2009
Joseph Pozzuoli Architect Flagler Beach I Florida I Internship
2014
RISD Central Falls Academy Central Falls I Rhode Island I Internship
2015 2016
Architecture in Asia Japan + Singapore I Study Abroad
2016
Haenglim Architecture
2017
Design Lab Print Monitor University of Kansas I Work Study
54 ROCKING HORSE DRIVE, Volunteer PALM COAST, FLORIDA I 386-334-9080 I lauren.m.roberson@gmail.com Seoul I South Korea I Internship
Angel House I South Korea Home for the disable
LAUREN ROBERSON
Window, S 02 Door, Valencia Design
the Corridor 01Framing Kansas City, Missouri
NETWORK CONNECTION
The network of Trees connect underground, it collects the particulate matter filtered from each Trees above ground in the city of Beijing. The placement of the trees in the urban content imitate the composition of a natural forest.
Open Pod -
Absorbing PM 2.5 as the Pod closes
Elastic membrane
Close Pod
Absorbing PM 2.5
REDUCTION OF PM 2.5
Brace
Over a period of time the high concentration of PM 2.5 in the atmosphere will diminsh. The Tree filters polluted air and release clean air. Together, the Trees restores and balances the urban air as this is vital to the health and wellness or humans, animals, organisms, and vegetation.
Bracket Pivot Rollers Suction Pipe
PHASE 1
BREATHING PODS
The breathing pods mechanically open and close absording PM2.5 in the atmosphere.
Inner Funnel
PHASE 2
Membrane
Structural frame
PHASE 3
House Analysis 06 Muller RISD Arch Analysis Structural Frame Joint
STRUCTURE
The structural Tree is compose of four layers: the outer framing layer with the breathing pods, the structural frame, the membrane and the inner funnel which filters particulate matter. These layers work together to eliminate the high concentration of PM 2.5.
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09 MakerSpace Providence, RI
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Boston Urban Zipper 05 East RISD Urban Design Studio
Abroad 10 Study Asia
54 ROCKING HORSE DRIVE, PALM COAST, FLORIDA I 386-334-9080 I lauren.m.roberson@gmail.com
LAUREN ROBERSON
01 FRAMING THE CORRIDOR Kansas City, Missouri
Visual connection to the cultural icon such as Kauffman Center, Spring Center and Union Station. Sequencing of profile frames use to understand the relationship between a pedestrian on Main Street to the cultural icons. The goal of the project aim to perserve the visual view to Sprint Center at the corner of Main & 16th Street, Kansas City. Three primary design Goals: 1. Visual connection to the cultural icon of Sprint Center, 2. Redirecting the grid, 3. Addressing the corners and edges from main street to the Sprint Center and across interstate 670.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS ARCH 608 FINAL FALL 2015 I PROFESSOR KEITH VAN DE RIET
LAUREN ROBERSON
Main Street is a main Spine in the Core of Kansas City
Sequencing of profile frames use to understand the relationship between a pedestrian on Main Street to the Sprint Center
Street Car links cultural nodes along Main Street
01 I FRAMING THE CORRIDOR
Carving a pathway allows for a visual Connection to Sprint Center
Projection and framing as a way to understand the spatial relationship to the existing building. The sequencing of projective frames divide the axis from main street to Sprint center. Moreover, the vanishing point of each frame start to reveal itself.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS ARCH 608 FINAL FALL 2015 I PROFESSOR KEITH VAN DE RIET
LAUREN ROBERSON
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Green Space
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Framing projection from main street, across Interstate 670 to Sprint Center
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Retail
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Main Street
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Truman Road
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Open pedestrian pathway from Main street, arcoss walnut Street to the Sprint Center
The ribbon wraps the existing intersection edges, hence this reveals an urban connection to the Sprint center. Moreover, this fragmentation allows for a shifting experience. In addition, this urban space is adjcent to the street car platform stop, as this allows for pediestians to stop and wonder as it is easily accessible. This urban proposal includes a retail, office, resturant, public gallery and a cafe on the main floor. The main amenibies is adjcent to an apartment tower, this allows for a mix-use and interaction.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS ARCH 608 FINAL FALL 2015 I PROFESSOR KEITH VAN DE RIET
LAUREN ROBERSON
01 I FRAMING THE CORRIDOR
Carving and shearing the existing edge to have an urban connection to the Sprint center. This movement allows for space to break away from the restricted grid structure. .
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS ARCH 608 FINAL FALL 2015 I PROFESSOR KEITH VAN DE RIET
LAUREN ROBERSON
02 DOOR, WINDOW, STAIRS Valencia College
“Tension between elements causing space to shift” Threshold, Aperture, Ascending, Desending
VALENCIA COLLEGE I DESIGN lll MIDTERM FALL 2011 I PROFESSOR KOURTNEY L. BALDWIN
LAUREN ROBERSON
02 I DOOR, WINDOW, STAIR
One unit, and due to weather and time a seperation occurs, yet it holds a relationship with one another. This seperation cause the upward clustered element to move upward and the lower clustered elements to move downward and shift to the right. This shifting forms a diagional landscape. Tension between two clustered elements, hence in time becomes one unit.
VALENCIA COLLEGE I DESIGN lll MIDTERM FALL 2011 I PROFESSOR KOURTNEY L. BALDWIN
LAUREN ROBERSON
03 SOUND HEALTHCARE Columbia, Missouri
“Music is a therapy. It is a communication far more powerful than words, far more immediate, far more efficient.” Yehudi Menuhin
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS I ARCH 609 SPRING 2016 I PROFESSOR KENT SPRECKELMEYER
SAYALI WAZALWAR+LAUREN ROBERSON
03 I SOUND HEALTH CARE
Latitude 38°58’32.27”N Longitude 92°16’54.34”W Boone County, Columbia, Missouri This project focuses on connecting music with architectural health care. It investigates how music generated in an architectural space can heal, generate enthusiasm, and give a feeling of comfort to patients. This project aims to provide designated spaces for music therapy to occur, as well as an indoor and outdoor auditorium for performance as a community recreational space. Music therapy has been shown to be an efficient and valid treatment option for medical patients with a variety of diagnosis. Music therapy can be used to address patients needs related to respiration, chronic pain, physical habitation, diabetes, headaches, cardio vascular conditions, surgery, and obstetric, amongst others. Music is a form of sensory stimulation, which provokes responses due to the familiarity, predictability and feelings of security associated with it. Initially, the required programs were categorized into three different levels of volume: Silent Zone, Intermediate Zone, and Loud Zone. Naturally the ER, Medical & Diagnostic Services were placed in the silent zone. Moreover, the indoor and outdoor Performance Auditorium was categorized as the Loud Zone, while the Intermediate Zone was the Café and Atrium that act as a connector between the Silent and Loud Zones.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS I ARCH 609 SPRING 2016 I PROFESSOR KENT SPRECKELMEYER
SAYALI WAZALWAR+LAUREN ROBERSON
03 I SOUND HEALTH CARE
Patients would be able to enter the building into the two-story atrium, which would be a public space for patients as well as their caretaker to walk around while they wait to be checked in, or as a space for physical therapy to occur. Furthermore, the relationship between the waiting area and the café, outdoor space and auditorium was carefully considered, so that patients and people of the community could find a comfortable and relaxing place to sit and wait .
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS I ARCH 609 SPRING 2016 I PROFESSOR KENT SPRECKELMEYER
SAYALI WAZALWAR+LAUREN ROBERSON
03 I SOUND HEALTH CARE
Planning and placement between the medical spaces were important and critical to the fluidity and healing ambiance throughout the building. Moreover, patients would be able to enter the building into the two-story atrium, which would be a public space for patients as well as their caretaker to walk around while they wait to be checked in, or as a space for physical therapy to occur. Furthermore, the relationship between the waiting area and the cafÊ, outdoor space and auditorium was carefully considered, so that patients and people of the community could find a comfortable and relaxing place to sit and enjoy. Therefore, a designated music therapy room was considered on both levels and a place where patients can meet with a music therapist as apart of their healing process. Moreover, the music therapy room was considerate in the same manner of the nurse station; where by there is easy access and ability to monitor patients in acute, non-acute and exam rooms. It was important that the music therapist could visit the patient’s room while they wait to be seen and treated by a doctor. Furthermore the relationship between the music therapist, nurse and doctor would allow form patients to have a smooth and quick recovery. A racetrack system was critical in the placement of the medical rooms. The spaces were also placed in order for the exam rooms and acute rooms to have sunlight access and views to the greenery of the landscape.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS I ARCH 609 SPRING 2016 I PROFESSOR KENT SPRECKELMEYER
SAYALI WAZALWAR+LAUREN ROBERSON
03 I SOUND HEALTH CARE
Therefore, It was critical to the project to achieve a fluid roof, which was inspired by the change in the level of the landscape, as well as the incorporation of a sound wave. Patients would be able to enter the building into the two-story atrium, which would be a public space for patients as well as their caretaker to walk around while they wait to be checked in, or as a space for physical therapy to occur. Furthermore, the relationship between the waiting area and the cafĂŠ, outdoor space and auditorium was carefully considered, so that patients and people of the community could find a comfortable and relaxing place to sit and wait.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS I ARCH 609 SPRING 2016 I PROFESSOR KENT SPRECKELMEYER
SAYALI WAZALWAR+LAUREN ROBERSON
03 I SOUND HEALTH CARE
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS I ARCH 609 SPRING 2016 I PROFESSOR KENT SPRECKELMEYER
SAYALI WAZALWAR+LAUREN ROBERSON
04 741 Dexter Street, Central Falls RISD Collaborative Design Build Innolvement:co-leader: Mural Wall, along with Kyuli Kim (RISD, Interior Architecture), gathering tiles-donated to the project, digging foundation, brick laying, planting, unloading materials. Photos by Lucas Vasilko and Ivan Quinones Sanchez
04 I 741 Dexter Street
Together, RISD, Brown University and students from Javeriana University in Columbia, (40 students) we design and build a community plaza on Dexter street, Central Falls, Rhode Island. Moreover, the final design for the mural was defined. We started making the mural out of broken pieces of colored tiles, which gave the mural a very bright and interesting appearance. It was during this week that the plaza started experiencing a real transformation. It was encouraging to see how people in the community were inspired and grateful to the students for all the hard work. Many of them came in to congratulate the group and some even decided to help with the construction.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS ARCH 608 FINAL FALL 2015 I PROFESSOR ELIZABETH HERMANN, DANIEL FELDMAN, MARTIN ANZELLINI
04 I 741 Dexter Street
I really want to continue doing architectural projects like this, that anyone of any background and financial status can experience. It brought a lot of good energy into the community and even among us.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS ARCH 608 FINAL FALL 2015 I PROFESSOR ELIZABETH HERMANN, DANIEL FELDMAN, MARTIN ANZELLINI
05 East Boston Urban Zipper RISD Urban Design Studio The urban zipper addresses the obstruction and heaviness of the highway against the small-scale residential houses, and the connectivity of public space along the green way.“Zipper has to split to become active”, this phrase focuses on activating the site into a housing development that is a vibrant place for people to enjoy, either in public spaces or private gatherings.
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGNI URBAN DESIGN FALL 2013I ELIZABETH HERMANN
LAUREN ROBERSON
05 I East Boston Urban Zipper
Apartment Units UNIT A Studio - 488 sq.ft B 1 Bed 1 Bath -667 sq.ft C 2 Bed 2 Bath - 952 sq.ft D 3 Bed 3 Bath - 1,290 sq.ft
It was important to have a variety of apartment units as this address the growing demographics in East Boston. The apartment units are staggered as this allows for residents to not only enjoy a private balcony, but to feel as if their apartment is their own space. This staggered design adds to the vibrancy throughout the housing complex. It was also important that units A, B, C, and D be equaling placed. The core gives access to three separate units. This design strategy allows for residents to feel a sense of independences and easy access in and out of their unit.
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGNI URBAN DESIGN FALL 2013I ELIZABETH HERMANN
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The project aim to allow space to travel and transform by planes and surfaces. Part of the analysis was to look at the edges and moments of pause around the site in order to achieve fluidity. The strategies include a center connective space for public gatherings and a continuous greenway path connection. The building mass closes to the Expressway were design to accommodate the heavy mass of the E Boston Expressway. East Boston’s current building topology is mostly 2-4 stories; therefore the two south building blocks are only 4 stories. It was important that the scale of the project remain cohesive to the rest of the surrounding.
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGNI URBAN DESIGN FALL 2013I ELIZABETH HERMANN
LAUREN ROBERSON
06 MULLER HOUSE RISD Arch Analysis
The analysis began with the exposure of an edge, which later reveals the operation of 6 spatial core of the Muller House. The edge uncovers a connection between walls, stairs, and floor plates.
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN ARCHITECTURAL ANALYSIS I SPRING 2013 I CHRIS BARDT
LAUREN ROBERSON
06 I MULLER HOUSE
The craft of the display was also considered, the placement of the physical fragments reveals an additional plane view that is not present in any of the drawings. Furthermore, the Muller House contains a vertical stairway with a landing in the middle; this signature design, forms a vertical movement between levels while the edge reveals the path, which connects the vertical movement to the central core.
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN I ARCHITECTURAL ANALYSIS SPRING 2013 I CHRIS BARDT
LAUREN ROBERSON
THE TREE
SMOG COMPONENTS PM 2.5 (NH ) 4
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Agriculture
Cleaning polluted air through biomimicry PROBLEM Ever since the industrial revolution, pollution has always been an issue from continents to continents. Pollution is not only a health hazard but also an economical and social issue. Pollution destroys the balance of the enviroment and human health, and also damages social connection between people and nature.
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BEIJING, CHINA Beijing, the capital of China, has been suffered from air pollution for many years. Primary sources of pollutants include exhaust emission from Beijing’s more than five million motor vehicles, coal burning in neighbouring regions, dust storms from the north and local construction dust. A particularly severe smog engulfed the city for weeks in early 2013, elevating public awareness to unprecedented levels and prompting the government to roll out emergency measures.
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Clean air is made up of nitrogen, oxygen and argon, with traces of other gases such as carbon dioxide. Air pollutants mainly come from the discharges of gases and particles, mostly from industry, motor vehicles and domestic wood burning. The most widespread pollutants include carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and fine and coarse particles. The term fine particles, or particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5), refers to tiny particles or droplets in the air that are two and one half microns or less in width. Particles in the PM2.5 size range are able to travel deeply into the respiratory tract, reaching the lungs. Exposure to fine particles can cause short-term health effects such as eye, nose, throat and lung irritation, coughing, sneezing, runny nose and shortness of breath. Exposure to fine particles can also affect lung function and worsen medical conditions such as asthma and heart disease.
CONCEPT OVERVIEW
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MICRO LEAF
After the analysis of what polution is, we asked the question how dose nature do? We start to learn from nature and the amazing ecosystem that nature created inspired us. We took a close study from micro to macro to understand the basic relations within a forest.
Palisade Mesophyll Spongy Mesophyll
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FIRST SCALE LEAF & FUNGI
Forest Biome is made up of four layers that contribute to eliminating contaminated particles in the air. First, is the ground layer, which is ideal for Lichen and fungi as it is dark and damp. This layer only receives 2-15% of sunlight and has a higher humidity concentration, which is perfect for mosquitoes and other insects. Second, is the understory layer, this layer consist of grasses, common house plants that do not require much light such as zebra plants, peace lilies, and philodendrons can be found in this layer.
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Herb layer Ground layer: Lichen, fungi
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Third, the tree canopy layer provides food to insects, birds and some mammals. This layer is densely packed with branches, for this reason many animals seek this level for shelter. Lastly, is the Emergent layer, which is the highest layer that absorbs sunlight. Animals such as monkeys, bats, birds, and butterflies can be found living in this
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THIRD SCALE FOREST
Over millions of years, forests have been home to many mammals, birds, insects and organisms. Today, forests occupy one third of the Earth’s land area are becoming more and more threatened as the rise in human population continues to increase. Deforestation and polluted air and soil are causing drastic changes in weather patterns all over the globe. Nonetheless, natural forests have an amazing ability to withstand and eliminate pollutants by its natural structure. Brittle trees are naturally positioned on the outer perimeter of a forest, as it protects and removes contaminated matter from entering inside, as it can disrupt feeble trees and organisms inside.
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MACRO FOREST
Particulate pollution carried in the air
Particulate matter filtered Trees on the outer perimeter of a forest are protecting the delicate plants inside
Particulate matter filtered Trees in the heart of the forest are delicate
Volatilization of water and gases from from ground water, soil and rain.
07 Evola Competition Beijing, China
Ever since the undustrial revolution, pollution has always been an issue in each continent. Pollution is not only a health hazard but also an economical and social issue. Pollution is not only a health hazard but also an economical and social issue. Pollution destroys the balance of the enviroment and human health as well as damages socail connection between people and nature. Beijing, the capital of China, has been suffering from air pollution for many years which is why it is still a major part of the global pollution problem.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS I M.ARCH SPRING 2017 I KADIM AL ASADY
SHANNON SHIQI ZHANG + LAUREN ROBERSON
NETWORK CONNECTION
The network of Trees connect underground, it collects the particulate matter filtered from each Trees above ground in the city of Beijing. The placement of the trees in the urban content imitate the composition of a natural forest.
Open Pod -
Absorbing PM 2.5 as the Pod closes
Elastic membrane
Close Pod
Absorbing PM 2.5
REDUCTION OF PM 2.5
Brace
Over a period of time the high concentration of PM 2.5 in the atmosphere will diminsh. The Tree filters polluted air and release clean air. Together, the Trees restores and balances the urban air as this is vital to the health and wellness or humans, animals, organisms, and vegetation.
Bracket Pivot Rollers Suction Pipe
PHASE 1
BREATHING PODS
The breathing pods mechanically open and close absording PM2.5 in the atmosphere.
Inner Funnel
PHASE 2
Membrane
Structural frame
PHASE 3
Structural Frame Joint
STRUCTURE
The structural Tree is compose of four layers: the outer framing layer with the breathing pods, the structural frame, the membrane and the inner funnel which filters particulate matter. These layers work together to eliminate the high concentration of PM 2.5.
Framing with Pods
07 I Evola Competition
The network of tree collects the particulate matter filtered from each tree above the ground then transports it underground in the city of Beijing. The placement of the trees in the urban context imitate the composition of a natural forest. Over a period of time the high concentration of PM 2.5 in the atmosphere will diminish. The Tree filters polluted air and releases clean air. Together, The Trees restores the balances the urban air as this is vital to the health and wellness of humans, animals, organisms, and vegetation.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS I M.ARCH SPRING 2017 I KADIM AL ASADY
SHANNON SHIQI ZHANG + LAUREN ROBERSON
08 Dance I Pina Bausch RISD Thesis “The theater, according to Bausch, is in many ways a dreamscape, a place where the fantastic, the mundane, and the absurd all occur simultaneously” - David W. Price, The politics of the body: Pina Bausch
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN I B.ARCH THESIS SPRING 2015 I YASMIN VOBIS
LAUREN ROBERSON
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08 I Dance I Pina Bausch
Thesis Statement This thesis takes Pina Bausch’s dance performances as a framework to initiate dance into urban spaces. The tension between multiple dancers simultaneously moving is reinterpreted as an asymmetrical sequencing of spaces and materiality that eliminates mundane architectural thresholds such as walls, windows, and doors. This supports the notion that irregularity in architecture, as opposed to conventional norms of construction, exposes new avenues for design solutions. This produces new ways of meandering space, where constricted movement does not exist, and where emptiness is interrupted by chaos, and balance and imbalance is constantly negotiated. Thus, by eliminating the limits and confined boundaries of performance spaces, this project challenges the conventional typology of an urban dance venue.
PACE
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RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN I B.ARCH THESIS SPRING 2015 I YASMIN VOBIS
LAUREN ROBERSON
08 I Dance I Pina Bausch
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN I B.ARCH THESIS SPRING 2015 I YASMIN VOBIS
LAUREN ROBERSON
08 I Dance I Pina Bausch
What sets Pina apart from other contemporary dancers and choreographers is that she sites her dance in urban settings, taking the urban landscape and turning it into a transitory sequence for conventional body forms and hand motions. Observers would experience a spatial connection across distances and levels such as the highline, Hudson River and the cityscape of Manhattan. As the audiences are sociably active, the dance transitions into a fantastical, surreal like experience. Furthermore, dance has the potential to exist outside the perimeters of a conventional theatre.
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN I B.ARCH THESIS SPRING 2015 I YASMIN VOBIS
LAUREN ROBERSON
08 I Dance I Pina Bausch
This exploration supports the notion that every day urban spaces have the potential to be used as an artistic platform for dance performances. By exploiting natural phenomena’s from Pina Bausch into the urban context, observers would enhance the experience by becoming part of the non-linear narration of the dance.
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN I B.ARCH THESIS SPRING 2015 I YASMIN VOBIS
LAUREN ROBERSON
09 MAKER SPACE Providence, Rhode Island
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN I COMP. BUILDING DESIGN SPRING 2015 I JIM BARNES ADRIA BOYNTON + LAUREN ROBERSON
09 I MAKER SPACE
Third Floor
Second Floor
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN I COMP. BUILDING DESIGN SPRING 2015 I JIM BARNES ADRIA BOYNTON + LAUREN ROBERSON
09 I MAKER SPACE
HVAC Plan
Roof Plan
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN I COMP. BUILDING DESIGN SPRING 2015 I JIM BARNES ADRIA BOYNTON + LAUREN ROBERSON
Study Abroad Asia 2016
“I like ruins because what remains is not the total design, but the clarity of thought, the naked structure, the spirit of the thing.� Tadao Ando