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Brian Hardy

Brian Hardy

Los Angeles, CA, US

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Exterior View of Project
Exterior View of Project
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SFAC_CERAMIC ART CENTRE

The vessel for the creation of ceramic art at the Santa Fe Art Colony

Ceramic art pieces are balanced art forms that illustrate the suspension of mass.  This project achieves this effect by utilizing a central void as a vessel for structure, ventilation, and light.  A series of programmatic spaces resting on top of one another twist towards their optimum solar orientation,  while being penetrated by the crystallized void.

 
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Status: School Project
Location: Vernon, CA, US

 
Transverse Section
Transverse Section
Project Elevation, Western and Southern
Project Elevation, Western and Southern
Project Plans
Project Plans
Exterior View of Project
Exterior View of Project
Longitudinal Section
Longitudinal Section
Views of the Vessel as visitors move through the building.
Views of the Vessel as visitors move through the building.
Expoloded Axonometric
Expoloded Axonometric
View of the Rooftop Garden
View of the Rooftop Garden
Natural Ventillation Diagram
Natural Ventillation Diagram
Detail Section
Detail Section
Short Section Detail Model
Short Section Detail Model
Roof Garden Detail
Roof Garden Detail
Window Detail
Window Detail