Urban Garden & Archive, Street Entrance Perspective
Urban Garden & Archive, Interior Perspective
Urban Garden & Archive, Interior Perspective
Urban Garden & Archive, Interior Perspective
Urban Garden & Archive, Interior Perspective
Urban Garden & Archive, Final Model Perspective
Urban Garden & Archive, Final Model Interior Perspective
Urban Garden & Archive, Final Model Archive Perspective
Urban Garden & Archive, Plan
Urban Garden & Archive, Section
Urban Garden & Archive, Section
Urban Garden & Archive, Concept Drawing
Urban Garden & Archive, Technical Perspective
Urban Garden & Archive, Concept Sketch
Urban Garden & Archive, Concept Model, Light Study
Urban Garden & Archive, Concept Model
Urban Garden & Archive, Concept Model
Urban Garden & Archive, Concept Axon
Urban Garden & Archive, Concept Axon
Urban Garden & Archive, Concept Model, Light Study
Urban Garden & Archive, Concept Model, Light Study
PROGRAM
The Urban Garden & Archive is a center for the growth, study, and archiving of plants. As the first full-scale architectural problem at RISD, the intent of this program was to focus on light, form, and orientation. The site, with light access from north to south, was contained between two thirty-foot buildings, creating a parameter for development.
RESPONSE
The resulting design is rooted in expansion (growth) and condensation (archiving) of information. The movement of light over planes and the movement of people between growing plants and the archive are equally important elements of the program.
