Student: Blas Betancourt
Instructor: Jason Bowers
Date: Summer 2009
The studio will explore the concept of transformation and will be examined in 3 stages. The first will be an object transformation, whereby students will 're-purpose'' an existing common object. The second phase focuses on the documentation and transformation of a wall section at 3/4". In the final phase, students will design an addition and renovation to a 3 story brick building in Jamaica Plain; the "client' will be Bikes Not Bombs. This organization gathers bicycles, rebuilds and repairs them, and then distributes them to communities in Boston and other parts of world. The students' design should reflect an understanding of a conceptual core of the existing building and the transformation of the conceptual core should be embodied in the new structure. Students will be asked to create new assemblies from disparate, existing, and sometimes new parts to explore the use of human scaled power (i.e., non combustion/non electric). The building program will contain a bike shop, youth training facilities, offices and outdoor work area.
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| Documentation and transformation of a wall section at 3/4" |
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| Site Analysis |
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| Precedents |
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| Wall Section Detail |
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| Elevation |
