The Outbuildings
I had always heard about 'the outbuildings,' a 17th century complex that once hosted a greenhouse, theatre, and farm. While the stones still stood, its glory was thoroughly in the past - overgrown, one building filled with heaps of empty cardboard boxes waiting to be recycled. In the hopes of encouraging redevelopment, I spent a summer reconstructing them, unearthing floorplans, and regularly visiting, measuring, and photographing the structures.
the elevations were challenging, as they were measured in unspecified and varying units, and had shifted since the floorplans were made
to further complicate modeling, lines were neither level nor parallel
but, the model suceeded in recreating the complex, and imagining it without the overgrowth and modern additions
the complex is currently being renovated, and retrofitted with modern amenities for commercial use
School of International and Public Affairs
(concept art of the Lourve Pyramid, outside a reimagined International Affairs Building - created at the professor's request)
the goal of these design was to, at the request of a Columbia professor, propose ways to take advantage of the underutilized space on Columbia's Morningside Campus
these designs took advantage of vertical space and natural light by incorporating multiple levels, and glass exteriors
(a simplified model - made for small-scale 3D printing and water flow analysis)
additionally, some designs sought to utulize New York's climate as a feature - featuring carefully designed waterways that converted downpours into arching waterfalls