Green and Sports.
Plants and Bodies.
House and Shed.
Together Apart.
House. Houses. A series of gables.
Shed. Sheds. A series of pitched roofs.
Overlaying the two produces a commingled third.
Two programs. Two types of gables registered on the facade,
that oscillates between reading as an addition between two types,
and as a subtraction from one repeating figure.
The beauty of industrial building lies in its generic nature, that its form is primarily a consequence of light, gravity, span, rain and other forces, instead of its content. The identity is not defined, manifested, locked in by the shaping of space. It is rather implied, suggested by limited traits, suspended in ambiguity, as a result of commingled pairs.
A long facade with overhanging roof addresses the passageway and the city. The sheds provide a sheltered space along the street, functioning as a porch without columns, leading to the entrance in the middle. On the south side, the building splits into two. Two figures. Two gable types. Two programs implied. A triangular plaza in between expands from the north entrance to the railway to the south.
Advised by Sharon Johnston, Spring 2023, Harvard GSD