Abstract:
The goal of my intervention is create an architecture that doesn’t rely on the
existing axial programme, while centralising the university programme within
one animated form. The design explores the technologies and beliefs that
run parallel to those of the education facility that prides itself on exploring
new media and trends. The structures intervention is one that is willing to
acknowledge the beauty of symmetry within space, while refusing to integrate
itself to the larger scale of cities strict grid.
The exterior form of the building adheres to the same grid structure as the
architecture around it, the historic column and beam network living within the
site set the stage for which my animated form will live. This shift is animated
through my intervention is one that explores my manipulation of the "wall" and
its relationship within the interior space it inhabits. This exploration of the word
has lead to the manipulation of its primary existence from one of structural
holding to an object that blurs the definition of floor, roof and wall. The
centralisation of a university programme that removes all hierarchies of values
within the programmatic requirements while acknowledging the historic.
