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Lenore Roberts

Lenore Roberts

Walnut, CA, US

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Radiation Therapy: Phase 3

This is Phase 3 of Radiation Therapy.

In this phase, major shifts took place in how I considered the site.  Instead of having a separate public entity, I decided to make the whole space surrounding the research facility the public space.  This enables consideration as well as memorialization of the nuclear waste and the site as a whole (an idea presented by Thomsen and Kahn).

As I researched subduction more, I came across what is known as a Slab Window.  I used this to inform the structure of the research facility- in terms of the 2 wings as well as divergence/convergence with the landscape.

Because the whole site became the public zone, I again instituted use of the grid.  Outposts are placed on select grid points.

 
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Status: School Project
My Role: Designer