The first semester of this year we were involved in a process of looking at the conventions of architectural drawing and pushing the boundaries of them. My project was an attempt to find a place that would exist in between the separate worlds of drawing and reality inhabiting and working within that space. In this way it was my intent to bridge the gap between representation and built form or the interior experience of the mind and the external experience we all share. The photos added here are of my drawings and final construction which was seen as a three dimensional drawing. The process of drawing, re-drawing, building and re-building created an understanding of the separation of conventions.
Currently we are working on a project that intends to make the exchange a more livable district. I am interested in the vertical levels of the area and the polarity between life on the ground plane and vacancies above. Entering the upper floors of buildings in the district is an uninviting process, I would like to create an environment that extends public life upward and brings a greater round the clock presence to the area.
