Middle School
Urbanism, Tectonics, & Structure
Typology // Middle School
Instructor // Karen Seong & Eric Reeder
Site // San Francisco, California
{ School } is a institutions for educating the youth by creating a positive environment that allows inclusivity for all students.
{ Integration } any bringing together and uniting two or more things: economies, cultures, education, religions, etc.
{ Objective } I am showcasing urban structures through a new process driven methodology by challenging type driven structural responses. I explored conflict between architectural priorities and structural efficiencies; celebrating structural adaptations that creates a rich tectonic expression, complex spatial configurations, and new program relationships.
{ Narrative } My whole life I have been dealing with Dyslexia. This is why I decided to challenge the conceptual design practice of a developing a learning center. I am focusing on the practice of ‘Leave-In’ instead of ‘Pull-Out’. By using the SFUSD Education List I was able to map schools and the level of teaching services they provide. Using this information and my design process, I was able to develop a Design Vocabulary. Based of my personal experience I decided to focused on the inauguration futures of my main program categories; Classrooms, Physical Education, Auditorium, Library, and the Arts.