During my time with SHoP Architects, I was able to work on diverse and exciting projects that shaped the built environment of New York as well as important and symbolic structures internationally. Working from concept design through construction administration, I was able to focus on maintaining the integrity and beauty of our designs through the building process.
During my time with SHoP Architects, I was able to work on diverse and exciting projects that shaped the built environment of New York as well as important and symbolic structures internationally. Working from concept design through construction administration, I was able to focus on maintaining the integrity and beauty of our designs through the building process.
During my time with SHoP Architects, I was able to work on diverse and exciting projects that shaped the built environment of New York as well as important and symbolic structures internationally. Working from concept design through construction administration, I was able to focus on maintaining the integrity and beauty of our designs through the building process.
KELLY BECKMAN
HOUSTON CITY HALL | Obscurity
ARCH 401 // FALL 2013 // GRANT ALFORD
The idea of obscurity was sparked by the function of the building, a “redacted” government program, as well as a legibility study of pixelation, a technique used to edit an image by displaying part or all of it at a lower resolution. Through obscurity of certain elements, other moments become more legible or crisp. The contrast of these conditions, heightens legibility of the crisp moments further.
This manifests itself in the massing and materiality- a “warehouse” like structure representing the generic, is punctured with 5 “crisp” moments. Each crisp moment indicates a certain zone, creating a highly legible public moment for each part of the building. The building also professes a landscape-like continuation, by creating a bending plaza that turns the roof of the building into a public area. The building becomes a hybrid that promotes participation from the public. Additionally, the public plaza touches each of the crisp moments, to emphasize their public nature.
