BUILDING [modul AR]TS ACADEMY An academy for the building arts should exemplify all that is tectonic, buildable, and technologically possible. The building itself should speak to these opportunities by displaying multiple materials, construction techniques, thereby allowing the fellows who populate the academy to dream alongside the architect. This particular structure started as an exploration in studies of various interlocking techniques pertaining to the fellows accommodation units. One strategy was employed whereby a sunken living room placed above a double height living room allowed for a unit to be dovetailed between. A modular unit developed, yet this building is not an archetypical modular edifice. 4 modules were transformed in an attempt to create different spatial experiences. Once the appropriate transformations were identified, they were programmed along an axis stretching from Peachtree Street eastward onto the site. These differing spatial experiences again exemplify differing building techniques. Tilt-up construction, light gauge steel trusses, and one-way concrete joists are but a few of the myriad of possible construction techniques this building could demonstrate. In an effort to illustrate a complete site design, the entire outdoor area has been programmed to coincide with the building mass adjacent to it.
Area Plan Scale: 1” = 200’-0”
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Initial Living Module
Module Stacking
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Sized and Dimensioned According to Programmatic Needs
Sunken Living and Double Height Living Extrusion Applied
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Mirrored and Spaced to Allow for Vertical Circulation
Module Transformations
Symmetry Open, public space Stacking, vertical circulation Enclosed volume Semi-static open volumetric central path
Symmetry Private Courtyard Horizontal Thrust Communal among all 4 units Unobstructed lateral linear paths Static interior path
Back to back units will create large central space Good for large installations Smaller spaces flank large space Outdoor space between 4 smaller spaces
Multiplied According to Required Number of Units