Design Development Studio
The project incorporates a mixed-use theater, art, gallery, and molecular gastronomy center located in the Chelsea, New York City district along the highline. The intent is to create cohesion of a central focus atrium with three main programmatic elements to allow for unique visual and spatial experiences for the users. There is a distinction between interior and exterior conditions, as well as a middle ground underneath the shroud. The atrium withholds the shroud in which it brings together three main volumes of program.
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The form is maintained through the use of cast in place concrete and a steel open web joist system. The shroud is a rib system in which members are bolted together and glass panels are inset within it. The program is meant to be circulated in a processional manner vertically moving throughout the program. The entrance is revealed after one bends the corner to be introduced to the shroud structure.
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SITE: Hudson River, 34th St. Manhattan, NY
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PROFESSOR: Erik Churchill
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YEAR: Spring 2017
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COURSE: Graduate Design Studio 4 (DD)​
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COLLABORATORS: Niyati Shetty, Cayla Walter
Furthering Ply-Shroud through DD
