Beginning with a study of the polyhedron geometry found in Tony Smith’s sculpture, Smoke. The massing of the project was created through a hybridization of the geometries extracted from the sculpture. The materiality of the mass was further studied through a series of foam-core and paper models. The contrast in material thickness between paper and foam were translated into poche, to house program, and building envelope.
A graphic of the exterior skin was produced through a study of Frank Stella’s black paintings The stripes, extended beyond the bounds of the envelope produce a slippage in the pattern that allow for a misreading between a geometric edge and the edge of the pattern. This slippage also begins to define the relationship the building has to its site, becoming a graphic to represent changes in flooring material, a communal work table, and benches for the adjacent bus stop on the exterior.