Pattern Of Form
Maria del Mar Gomez, B.Arch ’23
ARCH 202b: Architectural Design II
Gallery: The Materiality of Schools, Sites, and Sheds
Instructor: Jennifer Siegal
Through a fluid movement of spaces, this reconsidered Sawtooth Shed incorporates a multilevel kindergarten that transitions from an opaque, heavy structure for formal learning to a translucent structure for gatherings and playful activities.
The movement from the structural encapsulation at the top to the highly exposed open space at the bottom generates a continuous circulation throughout the kindergarten all connected through an angular central atrium.
The project explores this thesis by examining the qualities of materials, access to light, exposure and concealment; which in turn results in a communication between programs, levels and materiality.