The envelope is not only the skin of the building. The envelope is the assemblage between the construction of the skin and the proportions of the envelope. Building envelops have been at the core of architecture research in the latest decade. That focus of attention is the result of a complex process of convergence of technological achievements, typological evolutions, practice policies and aesthetic paradigms.
The goal of Julia Capomaggi's Spring 2009 C Studio was to redesign the role of the building envelope, understanding it as a device that intersects interior and the exterior, confronting its material and technological definition with its socio-cultural role. Each student's building includes a new Prada store program, showrooms, offices, gallery space and a coffee bar.For more student work from this class, scroll down to the slideshow on the right-hand side of your screen.
