SUSPENDED VOIDS

The BIGGIE BIGGIE BIGGIE painting by Mark Bradford acted as the basis of the structural skeleton for the campus and student union+library design. The approach was to extract the void spaces that existed within the mapping of a city, in our case, the city of Los Angeles. This led to the concept of suspended voids where the two main components the grid-shell (the veil) and the campus building (voids) exist in co-existence. The veil acts as the protective covering that drapes over the campus and creates on atmosphere with a sense of protection and well-being. While the campus building act as the voids that support student growth and elevating the status of African-American students by raising the spaces that support learning and creating a sense of float or suspension above the true ground level. Both these elements together create an environment of collaboration and mutual respect for one another while embracing the site that exists in proximity.

CAMPUS URBAN DESIGN