VILLA CIRCUMVERTO

This project uses a precedent analysis of Peter Eisenmann’s House X as guidance to design a dwelling - of sculptural qualities - with the purpose of experiencing.

The exercise might as well be about an investigation - imagery of the self and the creation of a series of artfully architectural events ... a villa ... a pavilion .... a [non]house

Duration - 4 Weeks

Instructor - Peter, Pittman

Sketches establishing the parti and design language at a macro scale

Models become a key tool to explore the geometric “rules” - finding new compositions and proportional relationships

Tower

This assignment aims to create an object, marker, or tower that identifies the main front entry of the Kennesaw State University Marietta Campus and creates an identity for the University. Exploration of structural principles and creation of an icon representing education, identity, technology, and advancement should be the objective of the design proposal.

Duration - 4 weeks

Instructor - Saleh, Uddin

The skin system is designed to revolve around the central core to frame noteworthy aspects of the landscape uniquely and deters visibility from the uninspiring context. The openings in the skin are guided by environmental and contextual information - with the notable surrounding context shown on the next page.

Direction of Important Views

Marietta Square

Kennesaw Mountain

Engineering Building

D2 Building

N - Building

Atlanta Skyline

The Battery

Connection to Surroundings

The courtyard and water installation open up to the southern side of the site. Allowing full access to the rest of the campus - and designed to draw interest to the entirety of the new construct.

The path opening to the south east creates a strong connection to the campus.

Movement connecting to outside environment draws the pathways that are off the site into the proposed conctruct.

The final design becomes a monument representing Kennesaw State University - Representative of the Flame - capable of different interpretations relating to education and the future.

Most importantly, the proposal gives the students and faculty a platform to connect and engage with one another.