Performance Art Center - Civic Terraform

Advance Studio • Civic Terraform

Rhode Island School of Design • Spring 2018

Within the formulated fabric of American cities, stagnated sites are common products of urban planning with podium buildings. The idea of a civic space grows oblivious as architecture becomes increasingly self-contained within its given zone. The investigation of a civic architecture aims to encourage the sense of belonging on site regardless of one’s destination.

The proposed building replaces a stagnated parking lot with a courtyard building providing two entrances on each side. Specifically, the project implements a gradient of theatrical program, ranging from a transformative courtyard, a glass-box rehearsal room, a semi-open lecture hall, and a black-box theatre.  

College Street , Providence , RI

Site Strategy | Massing Strategy

The descending courtyard replaces two retaining walls which divides the site into three parts. Program blocks revolves around the courtyard are connected by circulation rings. Various layers of reception spaces are placed in-between.

Section Perspective

Courtyard Entry Sequence

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