BUILDING AS SITE
​
A Design School in Washington Square, New York
Fall 2019 Core III Studio | Instructor: Andrew Holder
​
A new design school will be built on top of a library on New York University’s campus. The project seeks to question the solemn nature of Bobst library and counter the controversial legacy of its architect and patrons while offering productive spatial qualities for design education.
Concept: blurring between plan and section, the vertical and the horizontal, void and solid.
Dynamic aggregation of void and solid spatial bays that pivot around the central core.
Circulation: pivoting double height spaces creating oblique continuity throughout the building.
Programmatic distribution: the oblique continuity of studio spaces.
Building Section
2nd Floor Plan
3rd Floor Plan
5th Floor Plan
6th Floor Plan
Sectional building model 1/16"=1'-0"(left). Foam concept models (right).
Facade Details
Bobst Library
School of Design
The exuberant architecture of the new School of Design building defying its solemn site/host, Bobst library, which was turned into an architectural pedestal.