BUILDING COMMUNITY Network within Grey Space

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1 BUILDING COMMUNITY Network within Grey Space 1

2 BUILDING COMMUNITY Network within Grey Space LINGFEI LIU Thesis Proposal Book MDes 2017, Interior Architecture Rhode Island School of Design

3 Building Community Network within Grey Space A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree Master of Design in Interior Studies ( Adaptive Reuse) in the Department of Interior Architecture of Rhode Island School of Design. By Lingfei Liu 2017 Approved by Master s Examination Committee: Wolfgang Max Rudorf Critic, Department of Interior Architecture, Thesis Chair Jonathan Bell Critic, Department of Interior Architecture, Thesis Advisor Heinrich Hermann Critic, Department of Interior Architecture, Thesis Advisor 4

4 CONTENTS Abstract Introduction ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Impermanence 11 Existing Problem of RISD Campus Theoretical Precedents Nicholas Heywood Adjunct Faculty, Department of Interior Architecture, Advisor, Writing and Thesis Book Ben Cornelius Critic, Department of Interior Architecture, Consultant, Structural Engineering Stephen Turner Critic, Department of Interior Architecture, Consultant, Energy, Systems and Sustainability Ernesto Aparicio Critic, Departmrnt of Graphic Design, Consultant, Graphic and Layout. Le Fresnoy, In-between Space 15 Basilica Palladiana, Grey Space Site Overview Why Market Square 21 Comparison Between Now and the Past 22 On Spot Condition Program Analysis of the Existing 25 Program Precedents 26 Program Hypothesis Framework for Intervention Preliminary Design Diagram 31 Existing Space Logic Analysis 32 Design Developing Process 34 Final Schem 35 Annotated Bibliography

5 Buildings constitute the city, but at the same time isolate people from the action of the city by delimiting the activities within. Considering the relationship between buildings and public urban areas, is there a missing characteristic which could blur the boundary and create a smooth transition, a grey space gradually mediating between the outside and the inside, exterior and interior? Perhaps a type of connection within the city which contains more flexibility and accessibility would reduce the isolation of people from the activities of their own cities. ABSTRACT Isolation of this type exists on the urban scale, but also affects institutions hidden within the urban landscape. One such institution is the Rhode Island School of Design. Although RISD buildings spread over most of the downtown area of Providence without a concrete division, there is no such grey space mediating between the private interior and streetscape, to the urban environment of Providence and activities of RISD. Beyond architectural divisions, student work habits intensify the effect of isolation and result in poor work-life balance. In order to break the negative effects of isolation created by RISD buildings both from their context in the city and from one another, it is necessary to build one solid connection between RISD and urban environment of Providence. Considering this, an additive, dependent network interlocking with the existing fabric is needed to encourage engagement between RISD students and citizens in Providence. A prototype of this network is placed at the center point of both the RISD campus and urban area of Providence. The network unites RISD buildings to define a community which contains multiple programs within grey space, providing opportunities for interaction between students and citizens of Providence. Through the unity of campus and city, isolation will be decreased and coherence between buildings and the overall fabric cityscape will be achieved. 8 9

6 INTRODUCTION 10 11

7 Existing Problem of RISD Campus At RISD: 12 13

8 01 THEORETICAL PRECEDENTS Image Credit: Bernard Tschumi Architects 14 15

9 Image Credit: Bernard Tschumi Architects Image Credit: Bernard Tschumi Architects 16 17

10 The result of Google Search Basilica Palladiana From the Basilica Palladiana presentation of 2015 fall RISD course History of Adaptive Reuse 18 19

11 Why Market Square 02 SITE OVERVIEW 20 21

12 Comparison Between Now and the Past On Spot Condition 22 23

13 03 PROGRAM 24 25

14 Image Credit: Archdaily.com Image Credit: Archdaily.com 26 27

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16 Preliminary Design Diagram 04 FRAMEWORK FOR INTERVENTION 30 31

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18 Transforming Process Axon 34 35

19 Basement Level Plan Basement Level Axon 36 37

20 Ground Level Plan Ground Level Axon 38 39

21 Annotated Bibliography Website The idea that buildings and cities should seem as natural as possible and that they should be in harmony with the rest of nature, since it is only temporarily there, helped create the tradition of making buildings and cities of temporary structure. Kisho Kurokawa. En.wikipedia.org. N.p., Web. 17 May Within the container-box are the boxes of the existing Fresnoy facilities, supplemented by newly-designed ones, including exhibition spaces, sound studios and assorted production facilities, a library, a cinema, a restaurant, and apartments for faculty and students all of them protected from inclement weather by the sheltering and all-encompassing umbrella of the new roof. Bernard Tschumi Architects. Tschumi.com. N.p., Web. 17 May Basilica Palladiana. En.wikipedia.org. N.p., Web. 17 May Market Square, Providence, Rhode Island. En.wikipedia.org. N.p., Web. 17 May Market Square And The Market House. Goprovidence.com. N.p., Web. 17 May Coleman Oval Skate Park Proposal / Holm Architecture Office + VM Studio. ArchDaily. N.p., Web. 17 May Books Yoos, Jennifer, Vincent James, and Andrew Blauvelt. Parallel Cities. 1st ed. Print. This book is the result of decades of research about cities, in particular the multilevel condition of skyways, the covered, elevated footbridges that crisscross the downtowns of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Aymonino, Aldo, and Valerio Paolo Mosco. Contemporary Public Space. 1st ed. Milano, Italy: Skira, Print. This book stems from a reflection on the interpretation of a number of architectural and spatial phenomena that are changing some of the fundamental and structural concepts of the discipline of architecture in a radical and pervasive way, a fact with which everyone by now is essentially in agreement

22 Lingfei Liu Rhode Island School of Design Interior Architecture Master of Design Regency Plaza, Providence, RI, llingfei@risd.edu