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Final Presentation Design
I split my presentation images up into four parts, this was the bottom left quadrant.
This project is for a new residence hall and learning community for Drexel University, on a site located at 34th and Lancaster Avenue. For my proposal, I sought to bring a sculptural, iconic building to this high traffic site. The site also features a stunning view of the center city Philadelphia skyline. To take advantage of this, I stacked each floors common room along this view, creating a semi regular glass facade, punctuated by red cubes which serve as bookcases for the common rooms. This wing of the building houses the elevator, one set of fire stairs and restrooms.
Building off this central core, I began to experiment with different floor plans for each residential floor. My overall goal was to express each individual residential unit on the exterior. Common rooms are glass boxes with wooden slats, which provide sun protection while maintaining excellent views of the city. Bedrooms have a different exterior condition. Units are cantilevered and stacked to create exterior terraces and to play on solids and voids.
My main inspiration for this project was Habitat 67, the iconic housing development designed by Moshe Safdie in the late 1960s.
Final Presentation Design
I split my presentation images up into four parts, this was the bottom left quadrant.
This project is for a new residence hall and learning community for Drexel University, on a site located at 34th and Lancaster Avenue. For my proposal, I sought to bring a sculptural, iconic building to this high traffic site. The site also features a stunning view of the center city Philadelphia skyline. To take advantage of this, I stacked each floors common room along this view, creating a semi regular glass facade, punctuated by red cubes which serve as bookcases for the common rooms. This wing of the building houses the elevator, one set of fire stairs and restrooms.
Building off this central core, I began to experiment with different floor plans for each residential floor. My overall goal was to express each individual residential unit on the exterior. Common rooms are glass boxes with wooden slats, which provide sun protection while maintaining excellent views of the city. Bedrooms have a different exterior condition. Units are cantilevered and stacked to create exterior terraces and to play on solids and voids.
My main inspiration for this project was Habitat 67, the iconic housing development designed by Moshe Safdie in the late 1960s.