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Butterfly Theater Profile

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Urban massing model for a series of landscape bars cut into the landscape by student Amberley Johnson

Urban massing model for a series of landscape bars cut into the landscape by student Amberley Johnson

Urban massing model for a series of landscape bars cut into the landscape by student Amberley Johnson

Urban massing model for a series of landscape bars cut into the landscape by student Amberley Johnson

Nighttime perspective showing the density and visual connections between UI study/housing towers with each other

Nighttime perspective showing the density and visual connections between UI study/housing towers with each other

Nighttime perspective showing the density and visual connections between UI study/housing towers with each other

Nighttime perspective showing the density and visual connections between UI study/housing towers with each other

Exploded program diagram of the various programs and modules set within the mountain landscape by student Brandon Powell

Exploded program diagram of the various programs and modules set within the mountain landscape by student Brandon Powell

Exploded program diagram of the various programs and modules set within the mountain landscape by student Brandon Powell

Exploded program diagram of the various programs and modules set within the mountain landscape by student Brandon Powell

Perspective of the CISL Back Bay showing the rising water levels that will isolate the new hub as an archipelago

Perspective of the CISL Back Bay showing the rising water levels that will isolate the new hub as an archipelago

Perspective of the CISL Back Bay showing the rising water levels that will isolate the new hub as an archipelago

Perspective of the CISL Back Bay showing the rising water levels that will isolate the new hub as an archipelago

Perspective of an aggregation of modular pyramidal massings set into the Phoenix mountains by student Lamarra Carter

Perspective of an aggregation of modular pyramidal massings set into the Phoenix mountains by student Lamarra Carter

Perspective of an aggregation of modular pyramidal massings set into the Phoenix mountains by student Lamarra Carter

Perspective of an aggregation of modular pyramidal massings set into the Phoenix mountains by student Lamarra Carter

Model showing a collection of linear units open to the elements and landscape microclimate beyond by student Kyron Hardy

Model showing a collection of linear units open to the elements and landscape microclimate beyond by student Kyron Hardy

Model showing a collection of linear units open to the elements and landscape microclimate beyond by student Kyron Hardy

Model showing a collection of linear units open to the elements and landscape microclimate beyond by student Kyron Hardy

Series of exterior perspectives of housing and communal program blended into the desert landscape by student Amberley Johnson

Series of exterior perspectives of housing and communal program blended into the desert landscape by student Amberley Johnson

Series of exterior perspectives of housing and communal program blended into the desert landscape by student Amberley Johnson

Series of exterior perspectives of housing and communal program blended into the desert landscape by student Amberley Johnson

Axonometric diagram illustrating the variety and organization of a tower with shared farming terraces by student Zihao Li

Axonometric diagram illustrating the variety and organization of a tower with shared farming terraces by student Zihao Li

Axonometric diagram illustrating the variety and organization of a tower with shared farming terraces by student Zihao Li

Axonometric diagram illustrating the variety and organization of a tower with shared farming terraces by student Zihao Li

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

Perspective of the desert wash landscape with visitor trail in front of the glowing RACA gallery extension at night

Perspective of the desert wash landscape with visitor trail in front of the glowing RACA gallery extension at night

Perspective of the desert wash landscape with visitor trail in front of the glowing RACA gallery extension at night

Perspective of the desert wash landscape with visitor trail in front of the glowing RACA gallery extension at night

Perspective and diagram of a mountain housing unit utilizing the natural properties of the earth by student Brandon Powell

Perspective and diagram of a mountain housing unit utilizing the natural properties of the earth by student Brandon Powell

Perspective and diagram of a mountain housing unit utilizing the natural properties of the earth by student Brandon Powell

Perspective and diagram of a mountain housing unit utilizing the natural properties of the earth by student Brandon Powell

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

Site plan of the Butterfly Theater in Flamingo Park on Miami Beach showing the canopy and the columns

Site plan of the Butterfly Theater in Flamingo Park on Miami Beach showing the canopy and the columns

Site plan of the Butterfly Theater in Flamingo Park on Miami Beach showing the canopy and the columns

Site plan of the Butterfly Theater in Flamingo Park on Miami Beach showing the canopy and the columns

Concept collage studying earthen masses that merge with Phoenix's South Mountain preserve by student Brandon Powell

Concept collage studying earthen masses that merge with Phoenix's South Mountain preserve by student Brandon Powell

Concept collage studying earthen masses that merge with Phoenix's South Mountain preserve by student Brandon Powell

Concept collage studying earthen masses that merge with Phoenix's South Mountain preserve by student Brandon Powell

Aerial perspective showing the possibility to multiply autonomous housing forms across Phoenix by student Zihao Li

Aerial perspective showing the possibility to multiply autonomous housing forms across Phoenix by student Zihao Li

Aerial perspective showing the possibility to multiply autonomous housing forms across Phoenix by student Zihao Li

Aerial perspective showing the possibility to multiply autonomous housing forms across Phoenix by student Zihao Li

Concept diagram by student Michael Felix illustrating the ambition to blend city with desert through fragmentation

Concept diagram by student Michael Felix illustrating the ambition to blend city with desert through fragmentation

Concept diagram by student Michael Felix illustrating the ambition to blend city with desert through fragmentation

Concept diagram by student Michael Felix illustrating the ambition to blend city with desert through fragmentation

In progress study section for a new lifted urban infrastructure that hovers lightly above Phoenix by student Amy Dicker

In progress study section for a new lifted urban infrastructure that hovers lightly above Phoenix by student Amy Dicker

In progress study section for a new lifted urban infrastructure that hovers lightly above Phoenix by student Amy Dicker

In progress study section for a new lifted urban infrastructure that hovers lightly above Phoenix by student Amy Dicker

Section perspective revealing housing units embedded into the landscape of South Mountain by student Brandon Powell

Section perspective revealing housing units embedded into the landscape of South Mountain by student Brandon Powell

Section perspective revealing housing units embedded into the landscape of South Mountain by student Brandon Powell

Section perspective revealing housing units embedded into the landscape of South Mountain by student Brandon Powell

Urban section of a linear massing that moves between the existing suburbs of Phoenix by student Rikkie Pedregon

Urban section of a linear massing that moves between the existing suburbs of Phoenix by student Rikkie Pedregon

Urban section of a linear massing that moves between the existing suburbs of Phoenix by student Rikkie Pedregon

Urban section of a linear massing that moves between the existing suburbs of Phoenix by student Rikkie Pedregon

Exterior perspective of the Flamingo Park Butterfly Theater pavilion

Exterior perspective of the Flamingo Park Butterfly Theater pavilion

Exterior perspective of the Flamingo Park Butterfly Theater pavilion

Exterior perspective of the Flamingo Park Butterfly Theater pavilion

Urban plan for an infill system of branches housing that increases suburban density and adds parks by student Rikkie Pedregon

Urban plan for an infill system of branches housing that increases suburban density and adds parks by student Rikkie Pedregon

Urban plan for an infill system of branches housing that increases suburban density and adds parks by student Rikkie Pedregon

Urban plan for an infill system of branches housing that increases suburban density and adds parks by student Rikkie Pedregon

Perspective of the open public space converted from existing golf holes between housing by student Adrisda Maulsi

Perspective of the open public space converted from existing golf holes between housing by student Adrisda Maulsi

Perspective of the open public space converted from existing golf holes between housing by student Adrisda Maulsi

Perspective of the open public space converted from existing golf holes between housing by student Adrisda Maulsi

Series of sketch studies of the extended RACA gallery spaces spreading into the landscape from the central wash

Series of sketch studies of the extended RACA gallery spaces spreading into the landscape from the central wash

Series of sketch studies of the extended RACA gallery spaces spreading into the landscape from the central wash

Series of sketch studies of the extended RACA gallery spaces spreading into the landscape from the central wash

Model photograph of the architectural model for the proposed HEL intervention viewed from the urban endpoint of the bars

Model photograph of the architectural model for the proposed HEL intervention viewed from the urban endpoint of the bars

Model photograph of the architectural model for the proposed HEL intervention viewed from the urban endpoint of the bars

Model photograph of the architectural model for the proposed HEL intervention viewed from the urban endpoint of the bars

Interior perspective of visitors observing the butterfly habitats within the Butterfly Theater in Flamingo Park

Interior perspective of visitors observing the butterfly habitats within the Butterfly Theater in Flamingo Park

Interior perspective of visitors observing the butterfly habitats within the Butterfly Theater in Flamingo Park

Interior perspective of visitors observing the butterfly habitats within the Butterfly Theater in Flamingo Park

Collage perspective studying the possibility of a hybrid housing and farming typology around Phoenix by student Zihao Li

Collage perspective studying the possibility of a hybrid housing and farming typology around Phoenix by student Zihao Li

Collage perspective studying the possibility of a hybrid housing and farming typology around Phoenix by student Zihao Li

Collage perspective studying the possibility of a hybrid housing and farming typology around Phoenix by student Zihao Li

Urban plan drawing of interconnected towers and shade platforms within an existing dry riverbed by student Brayan Munoz

Urban plan drawing of interconnected towers and shade platforms within an existing dry riverbed by student Brayan Munoz

Urban plan drawing of interconnected towers and shade platforms within an existing dry riverbed by student Brayan Munoz

Urban plan drawing of interconnected towers and shade platforms within an existing dry riverbed by student Brayan Munoz

Collage perspective representing a summer morning seeing the UI Poveglia Island across the Venetian lagoon

Collage perspective representing a summer morning seeing the UI Poveglia Island across the Venetian lagoon

Collage perspective representing a summer morning seeing the UI Poveglia Island across the Venetian lagoon

Collage perspective representing a summer morning seeing the UI Poveglia Island across the Venetian lagoon

Concept drawing of an idea for a lifted and additive urban lattice on the city, the suburbs, and farms by student Amy Dicker

Concept drawing of an idea for a lifted and additive urban lattice on the city, the suburbs, and farms by student Amy Dicker

Concept drawing of an idea for a lifted and additive urban lattice on the city, the suburbs, and farms by student Amy Dicker

Concept drawing of an idea for a lifted and additive urban lattice on the city, the suburbs, and farms by student Amy Dicker

Plan of the greater NYC region locating CISL in relation to other coastal landforms

Plan of the greater NYC region locating CISL in relation to other coastal landforms

Plan of the greater NYC region locating CISL in relation to other coastal landforms

Plan of the greater NYC region locating CISL in relation to other coastal landforms

Site plan showing the strategies for finishing the bowl of the mountain to facilitates a microclimate by student Kyron Hardy

Site plan showing the strategies for finishing the bowl of the mountain to facilitates a microclimate by student Kyron Hardy

Site plan showing the strategies for finishing the bowl of the mountain to facilitates a microclimate by student Kyron Hardy

Site plan showing the strategies for finishing the bowl of the mountain to facilitates a microclimate by student Kyron Hardy

Section showing the relationship of the landscape of the Salt River with the infrastructure of housing by student Kali Nelson

Section showing the relationship of the landscape of the Salt River with the infrastructure of housing by student Kali Nelson

Section showing the relationship of the landscape of the Salt River with the infrastructure of housing by student Kali Nelson

Section showing the relationship of the landscape of the Salt River with the infrastructure of housing by student Kali Nelson

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