Treehouse Grotesque - Troy, NY

Set on the empty lot where the old city hall stood, this avant-garde architecture proposal suspends belief as it mutates from the old downtown towards the river. Drawing from the readings of theorists such as Manfredo Tafuri and Peter Bürger, the drawings stand saliently as grand artistic gestures, forcing the viewer to question the role of architecture that unnerves as much as it inspires.

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+ design phase: research and synthesize architectural theory readings, iterate through physical models and drawing studies, create digital models and renders

+ graphic design: iterate through color theory, craft large format architectural drawings based on digital model studies

+ fabrication: develop model building techniques for translating the digital model into physical reality