Mediation of The Square:
A Berkeley Mixed-use Project
This design begins with the landscape of the given site informing the overall form of the building; the site lines are quite literally cutting through a form that stems from a perfect square, within a square, creating this abrupt and unexpected cut in what may be considered a typical mansard roof. When tackling how to three-dimensionalize a roof pavilion, into a stack - I began by thickening and mirroring said roofs onto one another until they overlapped and almost touched.
This design begins with the landscape of the given site informing the overall form of the building; the site lines are quite literally cutting through a form that stems from a perfect square, within a square, creating this abrupt and unexpected cut in what may be considered a typical mansard roof. When tackling how to three-dimensionalize a roof pavilion, into a stack - I began by thickening and mirroring said roofs onto one another until they overlapped and almost touched.
