The Traced Column Architectural theorist Marc-Antoine Laugier wrote that the basis for all architectural forms are in nature. The primitive hut, the most basic shelter fashioned out of tree and branches, was the ideal manifestation of architectural form. In the project site, existing columns line the edge of the courtyard space and define its perimeter. The Traced Column imagines a new skin for one of these structural members, referencing its origin in the tree while proposing a new performative and playful role for the column to play in the space. Through the intervention, the column appears to unwrap, like bark falling from a tree. The shells of the bark unravel and fall away, revealing the original column and creating a small canopy inside the courtyard. Concept
Mitch Crowder, Elizabeth MacWillie, Art Terry
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1 View from courtyard entry
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2 View from bottom stairs
3 View from courtyard interior
Site plan Scale - 1:20
Assembly
Texture Study - Interior
Elevation Scale - 1:20
Column Top Detail