This project intends to be the post-pandemic academic building located at the existing Wilson Hall site at ASU Tempe Campus. While questioning myself about the essential meaning of building at the beginning of the design process, I wonder how this pandemic, which brought us to the internet and detached people from the community, would have changed the way we use and experience architecture. It is crucial to maximizing a post-pandemic academic building’s comfort by maximizing the fresh air, natural light, and green space inside an architecture.
Simultaneously, it enhances the air movement between the indoor and outdoor spaces, and we have more open circulations and public shared space in this building. We can bring more natural elements coming into the architecture. It is also used as a passive design strategy that cools down space, encourages people to walk instead of using elevators, and brings people back together in a comfortable environment.