INNOVATION CENTER

Comprehensive Studio
Fall 2020
Location: UCLA Arts Courtyard
Prof. Mohamed Sharif

Pushing against questions of architecture as a machine for learning, this project focuses on the relationship between site, graphic indicators, and functional systems to produce a comprehensive proposal for an innovation hub at UCLA’s School of the Arts and Architecture.

Capitalizing on the existing two sided courtyard, the project creates a third wall that’s lifted off the ground to allow for a continuation of the existing site circulation strategies. The building’s posture is that of a “relieved lean”. The set back, leaning structure gives air to the courtyard and encourages occupation of the ground and the upper level exposed balconies. The facades are individually crafted to support a combination of programmatic concerns and are visualized to make the material of its construction what gives the project texture while having the potential to be articulated past visualization on a built facade.

INNOVATION CENTER

Morgan Jacobs