Michael Lu's Blog

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.