C O-EXISTE A RADICAL COEXSISTANCE BETWEEN GREENLANDIC TRANSLUCENCE AND DESERT OASIS..
DEVELOPED FROM THE GEOMETRIC SHAPE OF ORGANIC ICEBERGS, ALLOWING NATURE AND “ARTIFICIAL NATURE” TO COEXSIT.
A BED IN STUDIO? A SMALL STUDIO IN BEDROOM?
INTERIOR VIEW OF KITCHEN
INTERIOR VIEW OF STUDIO+BEDROOM
WHAT CAN POSSIBLY CREATE THE MOST DRAMATIC CONTRAST TO THE VAST DESERT LANDSCAPE? -ICE. INSPIRED BY THE INSTALLATION ART PIECE “ICE WATCH” BY THE DANISH ARTIST, OLAFUR ELIASSON, THIS PROJECT AIMS TO BUILD AN EXPERIMENTAL ENVIRONMENT IN THE PHOENIX AREA, CONNECTING ALL THREE ART STUDIOS AND THE NEARBY ASU CLIMATOLOGY CENTER. GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE HAS ALREADY HAD OBSERVABLE EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT, ESPECIALLY ON THE LAND WHERE WE LIVE, ARIZONA. IT IS CURRENTLY THE FASTEST WARMING BIG CITY IN THE US, ACCORDING TO METEOROLOGISTS. INSTEAD OF DESIGNING EACH PARTICULAR STUDIO INDIVIDUALLY, IT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO CARRY A CONSISTENT DESIGN LANGUAGE THROUGHOUT EACH STUDIO, TO FIND A RELATHIONSHIP IN WHICH THEY STAND STRONG ON THEIR OWN, BUT ALSO COMPLIMENT ONE ANOTHER. MOST IMPORTANTLY, IN THIS LABORATORY OF JUXTAPOSITION THE HOUSE USERS(ARTISTS)IS PROVIDED WITH A SHELTER TO WORK AND LIVE IN, THAT ALSO BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY BY CREATING THIS PUBLIC ART IN THE CHAOTIC DESERT..
AN ICEBERG BEING TRANSPORTED FROM GREENLAND.
MELTING ICEBERGS ARE INSTALLED AT THE PLACE DU PANTHÉON DURING THE CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE IN PARIS.
PEOPLE INTERACTING WITH THE ICEBERGS.
SECTION SHELTER WITHIN BASIN SCALE 1/8” = 1’ - 0”
INTERIOR VIEW OF BATHROOM MODEL VIEW OF OUTLOOK OVER WASH
INTERIOR VIEW OF BEDROOM WITH OPENING TO THE WASH
VIEW FROM SHELTER FACING NORTH
SITE VEGETATION
SITE SECTION
SITE CIRCULATION scale 1”=16’
E LAKE VIEW DRIVE
STUDIO IN BASIN
RED MOUNTAIN FW
PLAN SHELTER WITHIN BASIN SCALE 1/8” = 1’ - 0”
PREFER TO HAVE MY HEART BROKEN ON A RAINY DAY, ALTHOUGH IT ONLY RAINS TWICE A YEAR HERE.
ALA 225: Fall 2017 Design Fundamentals III
Student: Ke Zhang Instructor: Elizabeth McLean