Typology Mapping of Millvale - EXCHANGE

Based on the site, Millvale. We did an active typology mapping in the community scale to discover and suggest potentials of exchanges might happen. By defining a collection of gradient levels of properties conducive to exchanges, we place the existing Millvale situations into a broader context with the help of affinity diagrams.

(Diagram Credits to Dongtao Bi, Yiting Zhang and Qiushi Chen)

(Places of exchange credits to the whole ASOS studio members)

Conceptual Design

How do you investigate and apply social justice and exchange in your campus design?

Our Concept - Starting off from the idea of publicizing the mural for exchange in boarder communities over time and objects in the fields, we produced conceptual drawings that potentially captures the color palette and spatial qualities within the campus as well as the connections to the forest and the community on a DAILY BASIS. The project actively touches upon the idea of media as the message and how architectural forms could critically respond to it. The new church facade along with the boards becomes the canvas for artist with opinions to showcase their works and raise the awareness of protecting the Vanka mural and reflect upon the social issues the artist tried to address in his works.

Decentralize the Colossal Museum Experience

Museums that have its galleries and art centralized, it becomes too big and thus too difficult to use (a museum becomes an all-day work, frequency becomes low). To make art a part of the rituals of everyday life, we installed boards that act as an extension of the veil within Millvale and greater Pittsburgh region where the boards will project art for people to see while walking.

“Media as the Message”

The idea of dispersing the museum into the fields and having artists locate at the verge of the campus to align with the neighborhood is presented in the final campus organization. Church as the medium in the center, we envisioned activities happening around it and the modular screen material becomes the canvas for this dramatic ultra-public exhibition to happen. Where the Vanka painting, works done by artists in-house could be projected at certain time of the day. The projections could showcase the timelapse of repairing process of the Vanka painting, raising the awareness of lost arts that are happening every second in different parts of the world. It could also celebrate in-house artist's works that reflects the current issues of social justice up to date.

“Tension”

The campus design mainly surrounds 3 datums of physical and visual transparency that connects all the buildings within the campus. Within the design, there are moments of polarized references such as the void central courtyard vs church mass and the sculptural vertical egress of the gallery and the void vertical egress of the entrance building.

Spatial Experience and Sequence Enscape Renderings