Architecture

Parasite

This is a small project that was never completed, but I've included it because I found it interesting. It involved the surveying and stripping back of an existing building and then the design of a pure form intervention.

Examination of the unusual parabolic roof and precedents for it.

Examination of the geometry of the parabolic roof.

Examination of the structure of the rest of the building.

Examination of the structure of the rest of the building and precedents.

Examination of the geometry of the existing five buildings, and explanation of the use of geometry to inform the design of the pure form intervention.

Renders showing some outside and inside views.

Render showing the intervention in more detail from above.

Intervention in surrounding context.

Some initial technical details concerning the construction of the intervention.