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367 / Mateo Mantilla: THE BRANCH

367 / Mateo Mantilla: THE BRANCH

Maria Flores
students

Submission #367 | Mateo Mantilla: THE BRANCH — “ The corner of Congress & Drayton St. (Savannah, GA) served as a parking lot located next to BB&T. The emptiness of this space made the surrounding buildings considerably bigger and heavier which made this side of Johnson Square a very uncomfortable place to be. The contrast between the lightness and comfort in the square and the heaviness of the site inspired this project, which has the intention to unify the opposing concepts of heaviness and lightness through its architecture and materiality.”

341 / Esraa Abu El Rub: INVASION

341 / Esraa Abu El Rub: INVASION

Maria Flores
students

Submission #341 | Esraa Abu El Rub: INVASION — “Invasion is a mixed used development above E11 highway that bridges the gap in the city that occurred due to the highway. Hence, the concept approach of the project is to enhance walkability in the neighborhood by following the Flow of pedestrians traveling between the different gathering points. However, the Flow is simulated using Swarm Technology, and the form of the project has followed its lines. Invasion aims to create an urban hub in the city with a dense program that attracts people with different interests.”

316_Simone Porfiri: Utilitàs

316_Simone Porfiri: Utilitàs

Maria Flores
students

Submission #316 | Simone Porfiri: Utilitàs [The Shapes of the Use] — “This work investigates the vocabulary of forms that are generated as a corollary of the human activity of inhabit and by the practice of use, and that complete with their function the architecture and landscape condition.”

315_Joe Mihanovic: Conical Conglomerate

315_Joe Mihanovic: Conical Conglomerate

Maria Flores
students

Submission #315 | Joe Mihanovic: Conical Conglomerate — “A loose collage of geometrically similar yet contextually distinct masses decorate the site, providing a diversity of experience and unexpected moments of socialization.  The volumes are all derived from the aggregation of truncated cones and the Boolean subtraction and subsequent rearrangement of prismatic masses.”

209_Kevin Garcia: The Isola Apartments

209_Kevin Garcia: The Isola Apartments

Maria Flores
students

Submission #209 | Kevin Garcia: The Isola Apartments — "The Isola Apartments is a Mixed-Use 104 unit residential project located in Salt Lake City, Utah.  “Isola” is an Italian word that is defined as an island or a set of islands, and can most notably be seen through the concept of having two building masses rising from the streets of Salt Lake City.  The building and site is designed to react to 3 main site considerations.  #1 Providing the area with much needed green and public space.  #2 Reacting to the adjacent UTA (Utah Public Transit System) and providing circulation space.  #3 Directing occupants towards views of downtown Salt Lake City and the Wasatch Mountain Range."

185_Eman Mohammed: Mixed Use High-rise

185_Eman Mohammed: Mixed Use High-rise

Maria Flores
students

Submission #185 | Eman Mohammed: Mixed Use High-rise — A tower is an element that rises vertically accentuating its horizontal elements of floor levels while concealing its true vertical identity. So why not highlight a tower’s vertical identity and lessen its horizontal one.

158_Joel Wong and Amanda Gunawan: 6 AM

158_Joel Wong and Amanda Gunawan: 6 AM

Maria Flores
students

Submission #158 | Joel Wong and Amanda Gunawan: 6 AM — This thesis posits an Architecture in which two antithetical morphological systems are forced to dialogue in order to create a contemporary mixed-use development. It argues for the necessity of the amalgamation of both the top-down and bottom-up method for both assembly and design.

86_Maram T.R Kassab: The High Life

86_Maram T.R Kassab: The High Life

Maria Flores
students

Maram T.R Kassab: The High Life — "Using the evolutionary futuristic visions of the science-fiction movies as a language to design the mixed use tower which consists of: Retail, Offices and Residential units, in order to create different spaces and different experiences based on the environmental/ functional and visual order of each part of the mixed use."

2_Aikaterini Paitazoglou and Cameron Reid: All This Space!

2_Aikaterini Paitazoglou and Cameron Reid: All This Space!

Maria Flores
students

Aikaterini Paitazoglou and Cameron Reid: All This Space! — “All This Space!” is a critique on the housing system today. It is a unique take on zoning as a technique of growth. R1 zoning will be reinvented promoting varied architecture, density, use of all that space in the in between zone. It is a technique that the redefined zoning will promote a slow pace of development and a comment on the housing system today.