Université de Montréal 2024
This studio explored a theme that I have been researching for several years: how unruly industrial and other generic windowless buildings might play an important role in the development of a civic space in a dense urban environment. We explored the expressive potential of minimal architectural forms developed using parametric tools and AI, and the relationship between passive climate design and building form. We focused on the building's outdoor spaces that form its external microclimate. The overarching formal problem could be called ‘iconic infill’: How can a building that fills most of its site also project a powerful architectural image and assert its status as object?