Mapping Systems

How do you map an existing condition and how does the introduction of a new element change it?

Architectural design always starts with a site: a pre-existing condition. The project required that the new building, an artist commune with eight studios and triple dormers, to be placed between two trusses in a warehouse in South Boston.

I explored the above question through a formal exercise of creating a grid of the existing system (the trusses) and introducing new elements (three dormer windows) then continously deriving forms and re-introducing those back into the system to see how it would change.

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School: Harvard University Graduate School of Design

Instructor: Lluis Ortega

Drawings: Rhino, Illustrator, Photoshop

All drawings and videos created by Mimi Kim unless otherwise noted

Mimi Kim

Digital & Spatial Designer