Between the Folds
The project builds on understanding architecture through tectonic systems and their ability to operate across multiple scales of inhabitation. Beginning with simple foam sheets, the form was first explored through folding, bending, and shaping—an intuitive, hands-on process that emphasized the relationship between material behavior and spatial possibility.
This initial study then advanced into a second fabrication phase involving 3D printing, CNC Milling, and vacuum forming. These techniques introduced new constraints and opportunities, allowing the form to evolve through the inherent limitations, material responses, and manipulations of physical fabrication. Each iteration—whether folded foam or digitally produced components—served as a way to test how tectonic decisions directly shape architectural expression.
The final proposal investigates the typology of a marketplace, examining the thresholds between indoors and outdoors and the experience of moving through a collection of modules unified beneath a single roof. Through this sequence of material experiments and tectonic refinement, the project explores how construction logic, spatial hierarchy, and environmental boundaries come together to define an architecture of shared public activity.
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Foam Sheet Model
3D Printed Model
CNC and Vaccum Formed Model
3D Printed Model Elevations
3D Printed Model Plans and Sections
CNC Model Elevations
CNC Model Plans and Sections