A School of Agritecture
This is an investigation of the relation of form and knowledge. The motif “Form as Knowledge” entrusts a building, in this case - an academic institution with specific pedagogical needs, to not only host but also represent its content.
Deploying the typology of a greenhouse with operations of scaling and aggregation, this Harvard school complex manifests itself as a mediation between two distinct forms of knowledges: architecture and agriculture. The design leverages opportunities created by an economic juxtaposition of two construction systems: lightweight steel trusses that prop up a huge continuously glazed roof with wooden volumes supported by post-and-lintel timber structures underneath.
As the inner architectural artifacts rid themselves of the burdens of waterproofing or insulation under the protection of a continuous roof, a marvelous interplay between the two disciplines emerges through mischievous forms, materials, and interstitial spaces.
Harvard GSD 2020, Option Studio
Advised by Eric Lapierre
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