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
LINEAR DENSITIES | Paris, France
ARCH 620 // SPRING 2016 // NICHOLAS GILLILAND & JOHN J. CASBARIAN
Paris’ larger frame of historical context implies that infrastructure gets pushed further and further from the city center to be replaced by cultural and housing facilities that bring surrounding suburbs into the fabric of Paris. This project aims to set up a framework of development on the site, as well as an anchor for future development, through a system of linear density using natural amenities as a tool to revitalize and organize emerging neighborhoods, expanding the cross section of the site further from the canal and into new land on the precipice of change.
Projecting outward on the city-side facades, through a system of carving, I am able to turn linear bars of program into sectionally intricate and elevationally diverse architecture while maintaining their original horizontality - a reflection of the industrial landscape that once shaped the site. In the interior of the site, the inward facing facades open up with a colonnade, freeing up the facades and reflecting inwards, creating a more pedestrian level atmosphere.
