ON THE EDGE
THE DORMER & THE DEFINITION OF SPACE UNDERGROUND ATLANTA PARKING GARAGE ATLANTA, GEORGIA NOV. - DEC. 2013 CRITIC // JENNIFER BONNER COURSE // ARCH 2011
The final project of ARCH 2011 imagines the roof as a way to activate the upper levels of an existing parking garage, which will be renovated to incorporate a roller derby rink, performance areas, and public meeting space. The theoretical position of the studio is to challenge domestic roof types by deploying residential-scale parameters over a larger area. On the Edge challenges the role of the domestic dormer as solely an exterior surface protrusion. Domestic roof types, including gables, hips, and hybrid types, provide a clear distinction between interior and exterior, and dormers are meant to provide additional interior space. Each of these roof types is a combination of singular pitched surfaces, or shed roofs. When these roofs are deconstructed into singular surfaces with dormers, they can be reoriented and combined into an infinitely expandable fabric, so that dormers can protrude outside, inside, and even reach down to form walls and structural elements.
THE DOMESTIC DORMER: Singular roof base with an exterior protrusion.
EXTRUSION
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EXTRUSION
THE HYBRID DORMER: Variable pitch shed base, infinitely expandable. Protrusions fold upwards, downwards, or both.
SWEEP
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FOLD
