MAKESPACE, NORTH-SOUTH ATELIER [ON HOLD]
Project for a double headed Fab Lab
State College, PA
2018...


















Two skylights, one northeast, one southwest, provide twin bays with opposite orientations, two contrasting atmospheres also for didactic purposes. In facing each other, the twin bay layout enlivens an in-between terrace, a social space open to transverse gazes from the mother building. A muter perimeter explains the sunken, periscope-like nature of the architecture and aims to lessen the effects of a large contiguous parking lot. Copper roofs form the fifth and most visible façade, specially seen from the studios and offices of its resonating precedent.