progress report

Design work is moving fast! midterms are one week away, and I'm hoping to have a final scheme by my presentation. I will update with images frequently to try and keep up with the changes... these images are a week old but are telling of the overall concept of the project.

 The idea is to arrange the project based on the programmatic needs of the various parts. The basement of the existing house and the addition on the back of the site will be part of the pottery/ceramics studio. The residence will occupy the front of the site where the other half was, filling in the "missing tooth" of the facade line of the neighborhood houses. The gallery will occupy the first and second level of the residence, and the vertical circulation of the existing house will be moved to the exterior of the firewall, allowing people to move through that wall as they move up/down the floors of the old house.

All these pieces work together with the sunken courtyard which occupies the footprint of the forgotten twin. That space will belong to the residence and the studio, allowing for small private gatherings or larger outdoor pottery classes.

More images coming soon...