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Aikido Masterplan

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Housing

Aerial perspective of two paired undulating housing bars tucked into Camelback Mountain by student Donglei Cao

Aerial perspective of two paired undulating housing bars tucked into Camelback Mountain by student Donglei Cao

Aerial perspective of two paired undulating housing bars tucked into Camelback Mountain by student Donglei Cao

Aerial perspective of two paired undulating housing bars tucked into Camelback Mountain by student Donglei Cao

Perspective of mountain dwellings merging into Camelback Mountain as a new form of living by student Lindsey Griffith

Perspective of mountain dwellings merging into Camelback Mountain as a new form of living by student Lindsey Griffith

Perspective of mountain dwellings merging into Camelback Mountain as a new form of living by student Lindsey Griffith

Perspective of mountain dwellings merging into Camelback Mountain as a new form of living by student Lindsey Griffith

Section perspective between two paired housing bars set within the microclimate of Camelback Mountain by student Donglei Cao

Section perspective between two paired housing bars set within the microclimate of Camelback Mountain by student Donglei Cao

Section perspective between two paired housing bars set within the microclimate of Camelback Mountain by student Donglei Cao

Section perspective between two paired housing bars set within the microclimate of Camelback Mountain by student Donglei Cao

Section of student Brayan Munoz's proposal for a neighborhood forms that self shade through organice future perimeter forms

Section of student Brayan Munoz's proposal for a neighborhood forms that self shade through organice future perimeter forms

Section of student Brayan Munoz's proposal for a neighborhood forms that self shade through organice future perimeter forms

Section of student Brayan Munoz's proposal for a neighborhood forms that self shade through organice future perimeter forms

Model showing the spread of secondary backyard units throughout the suburbs of Phoenix by student Christopher Fernandez

Model showing the spread of secondary backyard units throughout the suburbs of Phoenix by student Christopher Fernandez

Model showing the spread of secondary backyard units throughout the suburbs of Phoenix by student Christopher Fernandez

Model showing the spread of secondary backyard units throughout the suburbs of Phoenix by student Christopher Fernandez

Site plan locating a community of housing and infrastructure into the contours of South Mountain by student Brandon Powell

Site plan locating a community of housing and infrastructure into the contours of South Mountain by student Brandon Powell

Site plan locating a community of housing and infrastructure into the contours of South Mountain by student Brandon Powell

Site plan locating a community of housing and infrastructure into the contours of South Mountain by student Brandon Powell

Perspective from inside a unit showing the potential programming of communal spaces as events by student Ian Birl

Perspective from inside a unit showing the potential programming of communal spaces as events by student Ian Birl

Perspective from inside a unit showing the potential programming of communal spaces as events by student Ian Birl

Perspective from inside a unit showing the potential programming of communal spaces as events by student Ian Birl

Perspective image proposing housing infrastructure above the highway interchanges of Phoenix by student Genevieve Miller

Perspective image proposing housing infrastructure above the highway interchanges of Phoenix by student Genevieve Miller

Perspective image proposing housing infrastructure above the highway interchanges of Phoenix by student Genevieve Miller

Perspective image proposing housing infrastructure above the highway interchanges of Phoenix by student Genevieve Miller

Extended urban section drawing conceptually cutting the various sizes of housing funnels proposed by student Brandon Shieh

Extended urban section drawing conceptually cutting the various sizes of housing funnels proposed by student Brandon Shieh

Extended urban section drawing conceptually cutting the various sizes of housing funnels proposed by student Brandon Shieh

Extended urban section drawing conceptually cutting the various sizes of housing funnels proposed by student Brandon Shieh

Early massing study looking at an organic layered community within a Phoenix wash by student Brayan Munoz

Early massing study looking at an organic layered community within a Phoenix wash by student Brayan Munoz

Early massing study looking at an organic layered community within a Phoenix wash by student Brayan Munoz

Early massing study looking at an organic layered community within a Phoenix wash by student Brayan Munoz

Animation of a proposed 50 year growth of a neighborhood around the scale of existing buildings by student Melissa Quinones

Animation of a proposed 50 year growth of a neighborhood around the scale of existing buildings by student Melissa Quinones

Animation of a proposed 50 year growth of a neighborhood around the scale of existing buildings by student Melissa Quinones

Animation of a proposed 50 year growth of a neighborhood around the scale of existing buildings by student Melissa Quinones

Elevation rendering of a modular system of housing based on an indoor/outdoor 'H' shaped unit by student Weicheng Wang

Elevation rendering of a modular system of housing based on an indoor/outdoor 'H' shaped unit by student Weicheng Wang

Elevation rendering of a modular system of housing based on an indoor/outdoor 'H' shaped unit by student Weicheng Wang

Elevation rendering of a modular system of housing based on an indoor/outdoor 'H' shaped unit by student Weicheng Wang

Section axonometric drawing of a corner mass showing the internal canyon space and outer housing by student Marcia Ibarra

Section axonometric drawing of a corner mass showing the internal canyon space and outer housing by student Marcia Ibarra

Section axonometric drawing of a corner mass showing the internal canyon space and outer housing by student Marcia Ibarra

Section axonometric drawing of a corner mass showing the internal canyon space and outer housing by student Marcia Ibarra

Building plan showing the communal ground floor of an independent circular housing block in Phoenix by student Huyen Pham

Building plan showing the communal ground floor of an independent circular housing block in Phoenix by student Huyen Pham

Building plan showing the communal ground floor of an independent circular housing block in Phoenix by student Huyen Pham

Building plan showing the communal ground floor of an independent circular housing block in Phoenix by student Huyen Pham

Plan animation showing the various levels and interactions between various spaces and CART's moving room extension space

Plan animation showing the various levels and interactions between various spaces and CART's moving room extension space

Plan animation showing the various levels and interactions between various spaces and CART's moving room extension space

Plan animation showing the various levels and interactions between various spaces and CART's moving room extension space

Collection of study models looking at hybridized massing and program interactions for the new CISL housing typology

Collection of study models looking at hybridized massing and program interactions for the new CISL housing typology

Collection of study models looking at hybridized massing and program interactions for the new CISL housing typology

Collection of study models looking at hybridized massing and program interactions for the new CISL housing typology

Concept diagram for cutting and peeling up the desert landscape for housing by student Amberley Johnson

Concept diagram for cutting and peeling up the desert landscape for housing by student Amberley Johnson

Concept diagram for cutting and peeling up the desert landscape for housing by student Amberley Johnson

Concept diagram for cutting and peeling up the desert landscape for housing by student Amberley Johnson

Concept animation for channeling the forms of the desert into a new community by student Claire Hinchman

Concept animation for channeling the forms of the desert into a new community by student Claire Hinchman

Concept animation for channeling the forms of the desert into a new community by student Claire Hinchman

Concept animation for channeling the forms of the desert into a new community by student Claire Hinchman

Section drawing of a modular city system that infills the horizontal and vertical spaces of Phoenix by student Andrew Synacek

Section drawing of a modular city system that infills the horizontal and vertical spaces of Phoenix by student Andrew Synacek

Section drawing of a modular city system that infills the horizontal and vertical spaces of Phoenix by student Andrew Synacek

Section drawing of a modular city system that infills the horizontal and vertical spaces of Phoenix by student Andrew Synacek

Combination of plan drawings of linear housing that steps over Camelback Mountain by student Lindsey Griffith

Combination of plan drawings of linear housing that steps over Camelback Mountain by student Lindsey Griffith

Combination of plan drawings of linear housing that steps over Camelback Mountain by student Lindsey Griffith

Combination of plan drawings of linear housing that steps over Camelback Mountain by student Lindsey Griffith

Stepping housing section showing the units, gradens and circulation of the funnel-shaped forms by student Brandon Shieh

Stepping housing section showing the units, gradens and circulation of the funnel-shaped forms by student Brandon Shieh

Stepping housing section showing the units, gradens and circulation of the funnel-shaped forms by student Brandon Shieh

Stepping housing section showing the units, gradens and circulation of the funnel-shaped forms by student Brandon Shieh

Massing perspective of a proposal for a self-sustaining community set in the desert landscape by student Monique Paulis

Massing perspective of a proposal for a self-sustaining community set in the desert landscape by student Monique Paulis

Massing perspective of a proposal for a self-sustaining community set in the desert landscape by student Monique Paulis

Massing perspective of a proposal for a self-sustaining community set in the desert landscape by student Monique Paulis

Unit plan drawing of multi-functional furniture elements that constitute housing units by student Brittany Cleveland

Unit plan drawing of multi-functional furniture elements that constitute housing units by student Brittany Cleveland

Unit plan drawing of multi-functional furniture elements that constitute housing units by student Brittany Cleveland

Unit plan drawing of multi-functional furniture elements that constitute housing units by student Brittany Cleveland

Concept image depicting past, present and future shifts in the density of a downtown neighborhood by student Melissa Quinones

Concept image depicting past, present and future shifts in the density of a downtown neighborhood by student Melissa Quinones

Concept image depicting past, present and future shifts in the density of a downtown neighborhood by student Melissa Quinones

Concept image depicting past, present and future shifts in the density of a downtown neighborhood by student Melissa Quinones

Urban section proposing a stepping mass that embeds itself into and on top of the warehouse district by student Israel Lozoya

Urban section proposing a stepping mass that embeds itself into and on top of the warehouse district by student Israel Lozoya

Urban section proposing a stepping mass that embeds itself into and on top of the warehouse district by student Israel Lozoya

Urban section proposing a stepping mass that embeds itself into and on top of the warehouse district by student Israel Lozoya

Model of serpentine housing bars made up of stacked units along the contours of Camelback Mountain by student Donglei Cao

Model of serpentine housing bars made up of stacked units along the contours of Camelback Mountain by student Donglei Cao

Model of serpentine housing bars made up of stacked units along the contours of Camelback Mountain by student Donglei Cao

Model of serpentine housing bars made up of stacked units along the contours of Camelback Mountain by student Donglei Cao

Concept elevation revealing student Michael Felix's strategy to create a series of simple bars that frame existing landscapes

Concept elevation revealing student Michael Felix's strategy to create a series of simple bars that frame existing landscapes

Concept elevation revealing student Michael Felix's strategy to create a series of simple bars that frame existing landscapes

Concept elevation revealing student Michael Felix's strategy to create a series of simple bars that frame existing landscapes

Concept image illustrating a timeline from known urban form to a merged mountain/housing city by student Salvador Benitez

Concept image illustrating a timeline from known urban form to a merged mountain/housing city by student Salvador Benitez

Concept image illustrating a timeline from known urban form to a merged mountain/housing city by student Salvador Benitez

Concept image illustrating a timeline from known urban form to a merged mountain/housing city by student Salvador Benitez

Section showing the compressed nature of the CTST infill housing units within a void as entered from below

Section showing the compressed nature of the CTST infill housing units within a void as entered from below

Section showing the compressed nature of the CTST infill housing units within a void as entered from below

Section showing the compressed nature of the CTST infill housing units within a void as entered from below

Diagram showing the amount of housing units that would be possible by infilling the Park Avenue median with ININ housing

Diagram showing the amount of housing units that would be possible by infilling the Park Avenue median with ININ housing

Diagram showing the amount of housing units that would be possible by infilling the Park Avenue median with ININ housing

Diagram showing the amount of housing units that would be possible by infilling the Park Avenue median with ININ housing

Perspective showing the CISL housing lifted above a regularly changing natural layer of public space and uses

Perspective showing the CISL housing lifted above a regularly changing natural layer of public space and uses

Perspective showing the CISL housing lifted above a regularly changing natural layer of public space and uses

Perspective showing the CISL housing lifted above a regularly changing natural layer of public space and uses

View from the bottom of the terraced housing community covering Camelback Mountain by student Miguel Ceniseros Nunez

View from the bottom of the terraced housing community covering Camelback Mountain by student Miguel Ceniseros Nunez

View from the bottom of the terraced housing community covering Camelback Mountain by student Miguel Ceniseros Nunez

View from the bottom of the terraced housing community covering Camelback Mountain by student Miguel Ceniseros Nunez

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