386 / Seda Petrosyan: Recognizable in Plan Not in Section
Seda Petrosyan from The USA, Glendale, California — “I am a graduate of the 2020 Woodbury University MArch program. It is almost 5 years since I moved to the US. I have an architectural background as well as experience in event design. I'm from Russia, Rostov on Don I did my undergrad and grad school there. I'm passionate about exploring the different sides of the design. I got the opportunity to work at Walt Disney Imagineering on scenic lighting as well as show set design. My love for architecture and design have always been a part of my life. From an early age, I thought about architecture and how I can design interesting, affordable, and sustainable buildings.”
Website: http://recognizableinplan.com/
University: Woodbury University, Burbank, CA
Professor(s): Ryan Tyler Martinez @ryantylermartinez
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Name of Project: Recognizable in Plan Not in Section
Project Description: Office building for a tech company in Playa Vista, Ca. This thesis attempts to convey spatial experiences through a plan by re-purposing (reconceptualizing, re-imagining) quintessential modernist examples of the twentieth century, that were designed with the free plan and their own, already known, volumetric characteristics. The attempt is to challenge the notion of a plan by revisiting ambiguity in architecture through a close reading of traditional representation. This project is a radical exploration of the plan which is questioning the free plan. Free to misread, free to reuse, free to still, and free to question the status quo of the plan in architecture.
