I finished up my final design studio in December and ultimately finished graduate school which is crazy. My final design added onto the side of the existing brick building, adding additional square footage and providing a new face of the building, opening it up to the street and public space.
Above is the approach through the public plaza area, which is probably the least developed aspect of the project but gives the best approach for the new facade.
Structurally the existing building had to be reinforced to accommodate the new loads and support the openings in the floors. I inserted a concrete ribbon that ran vertically through the building, acting as a brace in the vertical direction and as a diaphram in the horizontal direction. Within this ribbon is where circulation happens and then defines more privates spaces like offices and studios.
