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L. Michael Lu, Arizona State Univerity

MArch | MUrban Design Candidate

3D Site Model in process for Nodulo 003. A Skills Learning Center adjacent to stairs, Markets for both fixed and mobile transactions, a fog harvesting pavillion repeats vocabulary of water towers. Combinations of 3: market, plaza, cancha de futbol; escaleras, colegio, pavillon; 3 terrazas. San Juan de Miraflores, Lima, Peru

CANOPY IS THE DIAGRAM OF CONTOUR STRATEGY. PROGRAMS BRANCH.

A must see lecture by A. Brillembourg + H. Klumpner. Gracias Prof. Vekstein.

Click Link:  http://www.multimedia.ethz.ch/speakers/lecture/?doi=10.3930/ETHZ/AV-66a8a7c1-518f-40dc-b8e2-0c19ab713a6e&autostart=true

2 SOLIDS, 1 VOID

Architecturally, I propose gabion wall foundations which serve as stable platforms for architecture to grow (LINE). Urbanistically, I propose a series of covered civic spaces to foster identity among the Peruvian urban poor (PLANE). Landscape architecture stems from the proposition of harvesting and remediating greywater from public baths and laundries which feed bamboo farms intended for construction use (VOLUME). 3 disciplines are represented in a triad of homeopathic interventions on the impoverished hillsides of Lima. The first move was simple and elegant: add stairways for the people and recreation spaces for event. The next logical step is to weave the stairways with the programatic suture, guided by the architect and manifested by the citizen.

Today was studio. The Community Center form is too normative and needs to reflect a more “bold” approach. Thank you Claudio. I present the concept of “HINGED PROGRAMS”. A language is developing in which programs (STAIR + COMMUNITY CENTER  or PLAZA + SOCCER FIELD or RESTOOM MEN + RESTROOM FEMALE) are fractured into two volumes hinged at the center. This cascades at “nested scales”. Street infrastructures (BENCH + PAVILLION are hinged upon a LIGHTPOST.

3 Infrastructures -ESCALERAS; CANCHA DE FUTBOL; TANQUE DE AGUA- are complemented by 3 Programs -LEARNING CENTER; MARKET; PLAZA.