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This project will engage the slope from river to plateau, challenging designers to ascend through the micro-climates and micro-cultures of elevation, rock, and circulation. Time for this project is limited, site access is challenging, but resources are broad, shared, and building upon existing knowledge, familiarity, research and skills to deploy, critique, and share expertise to propose a spatial solution which meets the cultural, ecological, spatial, and the health, safety, and welfare of its reach. - Andrew Hart
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Daniel Habeeb
B. Architecture '23 Blood Type by Cautious Clay In each design, there's the voice that is given to the project by the program, the site, the needs, etc. Beyond that, a project is left up to the person designing it. The role my voice plays in any project I create is how I would want someone to perceive what they are seeing. The barrier between the ideas in my head and the ideas in the viewers head is how they interpret what I am describing through a design. A project without the voice of the designers lacks the depth that may be needed to get across an idea that may be evident to me, but maybe not who is seeing the project for the first time. The steps I take in order to best create something that would stick better to a viewer is engaging them as much as possible. Whether that means including an image that directly puts a view directly into the design, or including enough information to make assumptions, and leaving the rest up to an individuals interpretation to keep them thinking.
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Ascension and Uncertainty
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Through the early 1900's, the Fairmount Park music pavilion was a place where people would gather and experience the cross of music from The Dell Center, the architecture, and nature. A theme that is inherent to both architecture and music, the structure features simple repetitious elements that provoke curiosity and entices visitors to enter. Maintaining tile form of the once existing music pavilion, the new installation gives a light envelope to the space that the Pavilion once made. A reflective pool centers tile structure and reflects the inversion of the form, adding to the idea that the new institution takes the inverted space of the pavilion.
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"The barrier between the ideas in my head and the ideas in the viewers head is how they interpret what I am describing through a design."
Spider Pavilion
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Through the early 1900's, the Fairmount Park music pavilion was a place where people would gather and experience the cross of music from The Dell Center, the architecture, and nature. A theme that is inherent to both architecture and music, the structure features simple repetitious elements that provoke curiosity and entices visitors to enter. Maintaining tile form of the once existing music pavilion, the new installation gives a light envelope to the space that the Pavilion once made. A reflective pool centers tile structure and reflects the inversion of the form, adding to the idea that the new institution takes the inverted space of the pavilion.
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Zachary Winton
B. Architecture '23 Listening to Song by Artist The experiences that shape my designs the most are the site visits that my studio has been able to have. Experiencing the site where your design will be located allows for an invaluable amount of information to be absorbed. Things like sunlight, wind and noise levels, microclimates, and overall emotion translate only when you are standing on location and can't necessarily be learned through virtual research. My design process begins with a thorough reading of the project brief. This lets me really take in what I need to know about the what and why of my future design. I then start thinking and sketching my initial thoughts. As I research the site, my concepts start developing into feasible ideas. During my most recent D4 projects especially, I have spent hours on Google Maps, Earth, and Street View taking note of the site from every angle possible. All the while, I am sketching, sketching, sketching. At some point, an idea will click for me, and I start to flesh out that concept. I will think about the purpose of my design, how people will interact with it, and what impact it will have on the community that it's in. By this point, I have created a unique concept that will serve a purpose and positively impact the environment around it. "All the while,I am sketching, sketching, sketching." |
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Stepping Falls Citizens
Stepping Falls Citizens of the Fairmount Park area have access to some of Philadelphia’s most beautiful natural locations. Taking themes such as control, captivation, and height from the nearby Strawberry Mansion Bridge, these steps along the creek allow for a memorable experience in the woods. As people scale the steps, they are drawn to the visual movement of the creek running beneath them. Through all seasons, these steps are a beautiful attraction for hikers and tourists alike.
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Isaac Buxton
B. Architecture '23 Listening to The Little Things by Big Gigantic There is no singular experience that has defined my designs. Throughout my life, there have been many experiences that have influenced my style, my technique, my thought process, and my ideas for each of my designs. I have come to realize that anything that can provoke feeling or emotion, whether that emotion is positive or negative, can inspire new perspectives and ideas that I then express in my work. For me personally, the most important factor in the design process is the experience and exploration of the world around me and how it makes me feel. I use the thoughts and emotions provoked by this exploration to advance and improve my work, and I use my work as a way of processing, and sometimes escaping, these thoughts and emotions. |
Structural Sustenance
Located east of Strawberry Mansion in Philadelphia, this project crafts a contemporary identity that responds to the site vertically, environmentally, and programmatically. Partnered with PowerCorps and the Discovery Center at Fairmount Park, the structure collects stormwater to transform a static building into a kinetic cone. Rainwater collects in a large basin and distributes it to a mechanism to lift the lab portion of the building vertically. Engineering students learn the intersection between materials, the environment, and mechanics first hand.
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