THE RUIN

GALLERIA

By opening the building’s representative hall up towards the sky, its controlled atmosphere is subverted by a process of slow material decay. Large-scale vertical rain gutters structure the space rhythmically, while the ground is shaped to form water pools of varying size depending on the rainfall. The ruin is historically grown and incomplete at once: a skeletal relic of a recent past open for future appropriation.

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Ruins of a Sculpture Gallery at Hadrian‘s Villa, Tivoli) Roma, 1770

THE SEQUENCE

Fashionsquare

A series of high, vertical spaces are linked to form an interior sequence of diverse performative spaces throughout the building, culminating in a sweeping view of the surrounding territory.

Café Samt & Seide, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich, 1927

THE PALACE

The Ambassador

A carpet of marble tiles extends into the streetfront lobby, luring the passer-by into an interior sequence of vast, lavish atriums. Through its system of large-scale curtains, the interior serves as the backdrop for a choreography of movement and event, an ennobling scaffold for representational ceremonies and spontaneous gatherings.

Palast der Republik, Heinz Graffunder, 1976

THE SHED

Leonardo

A large public ramp slopes from the main street into a transparent, homogenous interior, acting as a condenser of movement and play.
A plethora of possible activities and interaction overlap between the continuous floor surface and the vast ceiling that extend from one
side of the urban fabric to the other.

Van Klingeren, De Meerpaal, Dronten, 1960

THE MACHINE

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At the foot of a dense apartment building, the entrance is reimagined as a collective space on the threshold of public and private. A battery of shared storage space is forms a communal lobby as a mediating layer towards the street. The theater of everyday activity merges housing machine and sidewalk.

Willis Faber Dumas Building, Ipswich, UK, Foster and Partners, 1978

THE GARDEN

Imperial

By making use of the office building’s controlled climatic environment, the public entrance hall is re-imagined as a lush tropical garden. A slim, vertical volume of conditioned air yields a serene atmosphere for thought, reflection, and study.

THE CANOPY

Airgate

The sidewalk is extended upwards by escalators leading to a public canopy. On the first floor of the Airgate, a delicate, reflective roof hovers above a terrace, signaling openness and dynamism towards the street below.

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