project the first

So here it is, the first studio project of the semester and it's already winding down.

The Site: Santa Fe, New Orleans, Minneapolis, or Seattle (but the same site plan for each)

The Client: a pianist, sculpture or large canvas painter of your creation

The Program: A studio, an outdoor performance/gallery, living space (eating, sleeping, peeing...), a stargazing area, and a wine cellar.

Personally, I have a Pianist heading up a music collective, who's a bit of a rebel and a lot of a night owl. She chose Santa Fe as her geographic and climatic existence.
The concept I concocted for her home and studio in Santa Fe, is a lantern plugged in to the landscape, allowing her to enjoy her surroundings at night. The lantern will be contained/framed by shifting punctured planes of concrete.
The concrete planes and cubic shape of the studio lantern reflect the volumetric forms found in the area. Their punctured and shifting nature allows focus to be placed on the glass encased in them, promoting the idea of my client as a structured yet dynamic and creative individual. The shape and position of the concrete is in response to climatic variables such as the position of the sun and direction of the wind.

Here's the sketch up model. Real plans, sections and perspectives may find their way here as well.