Yusup and Eric

Designing this project has required an approach completely different from any project I have worked on previously. Not only is it in a part of the world I have never visited until this summer, but it is a proposal that has the possibility of being built. This opportunity has generated an incredible amount of excitement, though admittedly some hesitation because it is the first time each of our design decisions could become a reality.

In order to give the school a sense of identity and blur the lines between interior and exterior space my partner, Yusup, and I are proposing to create a threshold ifor the school by elevating the program across the middle of the site, dividing it into public and private zones. Additionally we are proposing a roof system that not only protects the students from the elements, but allows the spaces below it to be as open air as possible.