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An undergraduate architecture studio in the Fall of 2017 taught by Professor Kelley Murphy
SITE: Old Chain of Rocks Bridge, Saint Louis, MO
PROGRAM: Hostel + Observatory
final model
Final Model
The program for this project is a four-room hostel in the middle of the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge, joining Illinois and Missouri over the Mississippi River.
final model
final model
final model
plans and sections board showing circulation and program
site map and analysis
This project’s focus is on the array of beautiful views one receives from the bend at the middle of the Chain of Rocks Bridge. This site map diagrams those views using positive (grayscale) and negative (red) space.
study model
study model
early study model - 300 square-foot dwelling
dwelling-to-bridge organizational transition board
water-form analysis board
This project started with an examination into water. As assigned, I designed a devise that created a visual effect with water, and this board shows the resulting forms, which I took into the dwelling and later into the Hostel.
water device detail photo