The 5th Wall | Syracuse NY
The fi rst half of my thesis analyses “The 5th Wall” or the wall that isolates the back of house spaces in a theater. I found that this wall is reinforced by 4 other walls: The Actor, Light, Sound, and Edge.
The second half focuses on designing a theater that starts to break down “The 5th Wall” by exposing the typically hidden spaces of a theater from the interior and the exterior.
The second half focuses on designing a theater that starts to break down “The 5th Wall” by exposing the typically hidden spaces of a theater from the interior and the exterior.
Leave Your Mark on Detroit | Detroit MI
Recently the city of Detroit is starting to be reborn as a place that is full of avant garde culture. The structure is located on the main artery of the city Woodward Ave and contains apartments, a hotel, a small market, and a restaurant. The different programs are differentiated by the solid zinc wrappers that become “marking” surfaces made out of slate when they touch the ground. The hotel and apartments share a lobby but are otherwise separated. There are other social spaces throughout the building called out by punched openings in the wrapper.