Student: Reed Harmon
Lyceum Competition Studio
Instructors: Maria Bellalta, Head of School of Landscape Architecture and Blas Betancourt
Instructors: Maria Bellalta, Head of School of Landscape Architecture and Blas Betancourt
Date: Fall 2011
Human beings have a history of landscape alteration: pyramids, aqueducts, and deforestation. Modern lifestyles are made possible by industries throughout the world, but we take them for granted. The natural world is transformed by industry, particularly those that extract raw materials and resources from the land.
The charge was to design a building complex for an institution devoted primarily for visual, literary, landscape and performing artists. The design concepts were to engage the site in a significant way, commensurate with the size, scale and emotional impact of the quarry. The project program was comprised of four program elements: an Educational Pavilion, Artists Studios, Artists Residences, and a Public Memorial.
The charge was to design a building complex for an institution devoted primarily for visual, literary, landscape and performing artists. The design concepts were to engage the site in a significant way, commensurate with the size, scale and emotional impact of the quarry. The project program was comprised of four program elements: an Educational Pavilion, Artists Studios, Artists Residences, and a Public Memorial.
Concept:
The project is designed as a series of moments that frame the sublime character of the site. Before entering the welcoming pavilion, visitors encounter a concrete block shed, the overturned base of a wooden derrick and an existing granite wall. The pavilion is hung from the side of a cliff. As they proceed through the the building, the opposing glass walls offer a view of the quarry on one side and a close-up of the granite cliff on the other. They gradually descend into the quarry that leads to the studios.
The studios are placed on a rock outcropping about 30 feet above the water level of the quarry. From the studios, a visitor may scramble over boulders to reach the water, take in some art in the outdoor exhibition space, or continue on the path toward the memorial.
The project is designed as a series of moments that frame the sublime character of the site. Before entering the welcoming pavilion, visitors encounter a concrete block shed, the overturned base of a wooden derrick and an existing granite wall. The pavilion is hung from the side of a cliff. As they proceed through the the building, the opposing glass walls offer a view of the quarry on one side and a close-up of the granite cliff on the other. They gradually descend into the quarry that leads to the studios.
The studios are placed on a rock outcropping about 30 feet above the water level of the quarry. From the studios, a visitor may scramble over boulders to reach the water, take in some art in the outdoor exhibition space, or continue on the path toward the memorial.
