Academic | Prof. Drew Adams

Fall 2015

Beginning with a precedent study of the competition entry for the Freie Universitat Berlin by Candillis–Josic–Woods in 1963, transformations were then performed to adjust the amount of interior programmed space or open space. Working within the realm of a mat typology, the area of programmed space could be doubled if the mat building were able to spread to the extents of the site as the typology is intended to do. Open space area could be amplified by either lifting the building on pilotis, or forcing the void spaces to set back to increase daylight entering the dense typology. Finally, as a playful iteration, the mat typology was turned on its side to produce a tapestry building. No longer within the realm of the mat typology, the tapestry building highlights the strengths and weaknesses of each when comparing the two types.