Higher Ground | Intricate Gates

This project for two inhabitable spaces starts with a simple geometric gesture that cuts the site in half diagonally in order to generate two inextricably linked volumes. The interplay between the initial geometry of the site and the new geometry triggered by the diagonal is utilized to instill an “affect of repetition”. As a result, a new rhythm between void and plain is created that reinforces the ambiguous definition of interior and exterior spaces. This project became the start of a personal investigation on geometry, rhythm, and diagonals, which I tried to carry in all of my first year projects at Yale. Although quite diagrammatic, this formal exploration was a crucial starting point in my understanding of the basic elements that constitute architecture.

New Haven, Connecticut

Fall 2013 // Critic: Brennan Buck

Project published in Retrospecta 37