An individual makerspace proposal for a former rail yard in Albuquerque. Inspired by a fictional gymnast’s relationship with gravity, it arranges studios, workshops and shared spaces in elevated, cantilevered volumes connected by a sequence of vertical and horizontal movement.
Architectural proposal · Makerspace
Individual architectural project · Albuquerque, New Mexico · Fall 2018 · Cal Poly · ARCH 351 · Thom Fowler
Final proposal: approach to the tower entrance.
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Final physical model on the former rail-yard site.
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Final model: exposed structure and the arrangement of spaces.
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More final views
Mixed-media drawing of the proposal in its site context.
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An immersive view along the approach.
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View within the tower structure.
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Spaces held in balance
The plan and section show how the elevated spaces connect. The physical model exposes the structural system that supports the proposal.
Original upper-level plan and East–South section through the tower.
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Double-skin cladding: drawing and model
Original double-skin cladding drawing, with component annotations.
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Physical model of the cladding detail.
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From machine to space
A group-built kinetic machine, inspired by a piano section, supplied the starting point. Its cross-sections became collages and relief studies, then informed the makerspace’s spatial arrangement.
Early kinetic-machine study, made with Cutler Patierno, Michael Laberinto and Hannah Seppi.
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Section collages and exploratory models
Original machine-section and character collages.
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Exploratory models testing programme placement and structural expression.
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Architectural design, drawings & final models — Antonia Angel Hinestroza
California Polytechnic State University · ARCH 351 · Thom Fowler · Fall 2018
Kinetic-machine study — with Cutler Patierno, Michael Laberinto and Hannah Seppi.
Character development — interdisciplinary charrette with author Ramona Ausubel and students from Liberal Arts and Engineering Studies.