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University Island
Tower Relationship

University Island

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

The building program is a catalogue of simple scattered pavilions and towers that frame the landscape and emphasize the wandering nature of the island circulation. The composition evokes the complexity of a city yet is unobtrusive in the way it integrates with the landscape. An architecture of brick arcades, support structures, and brick towers is used throughout.

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

Perspectives

Competitions

Landscape

Institutional

Housing

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Combined drawing of all of the various UI tower floor plans and section showing the variety of discoverable study spacesCombined drawing of all of the various UI tower floor plans and section showing the variety of discoverable study spacesCombined drawing of all of the various UI tower floor plans and section showing the variety of discoverable study spacesCombined drawing of all of the various UI tower floor plans and section showing the variety of discoverable study spaces
Perspective collage looking through the porous shelter of the UI library building through to the Venetian lagoonPerspective collage looking through the porous shelter of the UI library building through to the Venetian lagoonPerspective collage looking through the porous shelter of the UI library building through to the Venetian lagoonPerspective collage looking through the porous shelter of the UI library building through to the Venetian lagoon
Animated set of plan drawings of the various levels, programs, and residential and study units of the UI housing towersAnimated set of plan drawings of the various levels, programs, and residential and study units of the UI housing towersAnimated set of plan drawings of the various levels, programs, and residential and study units of the UI housing towersAnimated set of plan drawings of the various levels, programs, and residential and study units of the UI housing towers
Perspective through the dense vegetation of UI of one of the nine housing and study towers embedded in the landscapePerspective through the dense vegetation of UI of one of the nine housing and study towers embedded in the landscapePerspective through the dense vegetation of UI of one of the nine housing and study towers embedded in the landscapePerspective through the dense vegetation of UI of one of the nine housing and study towers embedded in the landscape
Plan drawing of the swirling university paths wrapping the fragments of university buildings and housing around UIPlan drawing of the swirling university paths wrapping the fragments of university buildings and housing around UIPlan drawing of the swirling university paths wrapping the fragments of university buildings and housing around UIPlan drawing of the swirling university paths wrapping the fragments of university buildings and housing around UI
Drawing showing the fragmented and isolated relationships of the UI buildings to each other requiring island wanderingDrawing showing the fragmented and isolated relationships of the UI buildings to each other requiring island wanderingDrawing showing the fragmented and isolated relationships of the UI buildings to each other requiring island wanderingDrawing showing the fragmented and isolated relationships of the UI buildings to each other requiring island wandering
Collage perspective representing a summer morning seeing the UI Poveglia Island across the Venetian lagoonCollage perspective representing a summer morning seeing the UI Poveglia Island across the Venetian lagoonCollage perspective representing a summer morning seeing the UI Poveglia Island across the Venetian lagoonCollage perspective representing a summer morning seeing the UI Poveglia Island across the Venetian lagoon
Collage concept from one of the possible art studio spaces observing the landscape of UI and the urban quality of the towersCollage concept from one of the possible art studio spaces observing the landscape of UI and the urban quality of the towersCollage concept from one of the possible art studio spaces observing the landscape of UI and the urban quality of the towersCollage concept from one of the possible art studio spaces observing the landscape of UI and the urban quality of the towers

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