The Axonometric Drawings, Of Both Building And Structure, Demonstrate The Densification Of Structure And Envelope.

The first design move was to define a horizontal line across the site. The line which runs from one corner of the site to the midpoint of the opposing edge produces a north-facing skylight that illuminates the depth of the building. The large wall defined by the skylight splits the plan. Parallel to the wall, the primary public circulation cuts obliquely across the stacked program through an oversized straight runs staircase.

The Galleries Range In The Types Of Objects On Display As Well As The Associated Spaces Necessary And Spatial Implications Are Mapped Onto Four Different Material Systems And Resulting Structural Grids

The Stacked Galleries Which Expand As They Ascend Are Revealed In The Short Section

The Long Section Reveals The Straight-Run-Stairs, Which Parallel The Stone Wall And Connect The Various Gallery Spaces

The Structural Isometric Reveals The Stacked Systems

Steel Floor Plan Sized For Full Scale Architectural Installations

The Large Full-Scale Galleries Are Housed At The Top Of The Building Using Steel As The Structural System And Channel Glass As The Envelope On The Fourth Floor

Concrete Floor Plan Sized for Large Scale Models

With The Shift From Steel Trusses To Precast Concrete Beams, Columns Are Inserted Which Pick Up The Spans And Start To Suggest Possible Configurations For The Gallery.

Timber Floor Plan Sized For Architectural Models

With The Shift From Precast Concrete To Mass Timber The Compressed Space Serves As A Gallery Sized For The Display Of Architectural Models.

Entrance Plaza And Lobby Plan

The Stone Wall Ties Into The Floor And The Columns Of The Ground Level. To The Left, The Two Public Circulations Are Visible, The Ascending Staircase To The Elevated Galleries In The Background, And In The Foreground, The Descending Staircase To Galleries Below.

Digital Gallery Plan

The Exhibition Gallery Receives Indirect Illumination Through The Stair Opening. The Edge Of The Stone Wall Is Visible To The Right. The Half Round Profile Allows The Wall To Float In The Space.

Auditorium Plan

The Two Straight-Run-Stairs Are Of Equal Width And Stacked To Facilitate Above-Ground And Below-Ground Circulation

Aligned With The Axis Of The Stair, One Can See Either To The Top Gallery, Made Of Steel And Illuminated Through Large Skylights, Or Down To The Media Gallery, And The Auditorium Below.

The Rendered Evleation Shows The Shift From Channel Glass, To Precast Concret, And Finally To A Wood Rainscreen

The Front Elevation Reveals The Shift Between The Sight Boundary And The Solar Orientation.

Back Elevation Of The Material Museum Is Oriented North And Opens Up The Allow Defused Light Into The Gallery Spaces.

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Curious Constructions

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