geof bell

baarch, LEED GA

"The Model"
material parametric


The model primarily demonstrates the partial systematization of the institutes surfaces and spaces. The "nodes" that extend from the main mass begin in a "wrapped" or condensed, contracted condition and expand out as a surface to become layered with the neighboring surfaces. The surfaces fracture and interweave with the others. Conceptually, and programmatically, this demonstrates the generation and input of knowledge within the nodes, which is drawn into the system to be disseminated throughout the institution.

The surface conditions operate at multiple scales, with the paper model blending wall, floor and ceiling, and lines on the surface operating im multiple ways. Holes perforated into the surface, for example, become pods for hydroponic growth, plantings within floors, and permeable ground surfaces in the public spaces.

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