Music Building Interface

Based on our previous music project we were asked to design an environmental interface between the music building on the UNCG campus and West Market Street. The interface was to engage passing motorists, pedestrians, and students. Our design was also architectonic and part of an imagined amphitheater.

Based on Adagio for Strings and our group design, I designed an architectonic form that considered acoustics inside the space and aesthetics outside of the space. I intended the exterior of the form to be an ionic water feature.

Iteration 2: For my second iteration I expanded the wall into three different pieces that extended the width of the grassy area next to the music building. I added stainless structures to the tops of two of the walls that were intended to be water features.

Iteration 3: For this model I removed the stainless structures on top of the end walls. I also skewed the walls so they made interesting architectonic spaces on both sides of the wall. My concern with this design is that it looked too much like a gate.

Final iteration: For my final design, I combined the three individual walls and made one long wall. The undulating pattern that is skewed makes architectonic spaces on either side of the structure. The final design becomes a part of the topography and has planting that marry the designed landscaping to the natural vegetation.

This is my presentation board. There is a plan of the space, north and west sections, north and east elevations, and hand-rendered perspectives of the interface in place.