underover(in)
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a bakery, a barbershop, and a bandstage.
in Charleston, SC.
Architecture is both a scraping down and building up. It is a moment captured in time, both camouflaging the ground on which it stands, and being camouflaged by a network of social, environmental, and political intentions. Beneath is a tonal foundation of underpainting, through which forensic investigation reveals the unconscious of the public and the history of the site. Above is the unanticipated intervention of overpainting, by which formal mediations either suppress or celebrate the public.
a bakery, a barbershop, and a bandstage.
in Charleston, SC.
Architecture is both a scraping down and building up. It is a moment captured in time, both camouflaging the ground on which it stands, and being camouflaged by a network of social, environmental, and political intentions. Beneath is a tonal foundation of underpainting, through which forensic investigation reveals the unconscious of the public and the history of the site. Above is the unanticipated intervention of overpainting, by which formal mediations either suppress or celebrate the public.
Located on the grounds of the first public housing project in
Historic Charleston, South Carolina, this thesis seeks to find fault in a dark
history of camouflage by operating in the space of between; a third layer in
the buildup referred to as (in)painting. Most commonly used to describe the art
practice technique of repairing images, this project redefines (in)painting through
the raster based tools of designers. By both content-ing awareness and aware-ing
content, a new typology is produced that formally acts against the “historic
sign goes here" of early-colonial cities and programmatically repairs a
historically marginalized community.
Thesis. Advised by Jon Lott. 2022.
Thesis. Advised by Jon Lott. 2022.