Project 1 - Rooms for landscapes
In the first project of the spring semester, students were required to engage a process of analysis, extraction, and hybridization that uses architectural elements from a set of precedents to generate a series of Rooms for Landscapes. The goal of the first project is to challenge our preconceived notions of what it means to be a “room” and to explore new ways in which we can frame space. Taking this idea, I constructed a skatepark installation for the University of Houston's campus. In each "room" or section of the installation, there are areas for hanging out, studying, cruising, and skateboard tricks; allowing users to perform different activities within this multifunctional space.