CO-LABORATORYSAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN • ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIO IV • PROFESSOR SCOTT DEITZ

BRENT DANIEL WHITE • BWHITE6386@EMAIL.VCCS.EDU • 703 675 1457

WHAT

[is]

[sky]

SCRAPER?To undersTand whaT it is,i musT firsT undersTand whaT it is noT.

LocaTed in chicago, iLLinois; The co-LaboraTory is a boLd LocaL, naTionaL, inTernaTionaL and poTenTiaLLy universaL sTaTemenT of synThesis. iT serves To sTreamLine producTion research and processes Through physcoLogicaL advancemenTs in The markeTing indusTry. pedesTrians, naTive and TransienT, become resources in supporTing The funcTion of The buiLding wiThin The Larger sociaL media neTwork. Their reacTions To cuTTing edge producTs are assessed and senT Live To manufacTurers, informing Them of consumer wanTs and needs. a synThesis of This modern worLds coLLaboraTion.

chicago is famous for scraping The sky. The ciTy has many Layers, eLevaTions and sky-high spaces.for some momenT in Time we’LL flip that script.

CO-LABORATORY

XYZ Marketing & research

Products

eXPosure

consuMer

refresh database

Manufacture

PROGRAM DESIGN:iT began wiTh XyZ, a markeTing research firm, and Their undersTanding of The need for innovaTive environmenTs for anaLyZing consumer needs. They wiLL eXpose visiTors To currenT Trends, daTa and producTs To eXecuTe reaL Time markeTing anaLysis. The beginning meThodoLogy for obTaining daTa wiLL be simpLe inTeracTive surveys; buT, inTeracTive and anaLyTicaL sysTems in cogniTive science wiLL be impLemenTed as advances in The fieLd arrive. The buiLding wiLL acT as a connecTor beTween chicago, wesT of Lake shore drive and easT of Lake shore drive. iT wiLL be comprised of a series of paThways which deveLop in a Linear form which wiLL provide a maXimum surface area for inTeracTive producTs and media To be sampLed by consumer.

01_PROGRAM DIAGRAM

03_VARIATION

02_VARIATION

02_PUBLIC INTERACTION FLOOR PLAN

This consTrucTive represenTaTion is in response To The issues reveaLed from a in-depTh anaLysis of The many componenTs wiThin The scope of This projecT. co-LaboraTory is meanT connecT various surrounding nodes [inTermediaTe desTinaTions] Through physicaL and TypoLogicaL rendering. This series of connecTions wiLL infLuence peopLe To navigaTe The buiLding and inTeracT wiTh The eXhibiTions, furTher conTribuTing To The program

02_EGRESS & FIRE SAFETY 05_EGRESS & FIRE SAFETY

GENERAL VICINITY EGRESS PLAN

05_MARKET RESEARCH FLOOR PLAN

PATHWAY FINDING

MASSING STUDY MASSING END STUDY

RIBBED SECTION RIBBED PLACEMENT DIAGRAM

STRUCTURAL TRANSFER DIAGRAM[LINEAR DISTRIBUTION]

STRUCTURAL FORCES DIAGRAM

BUILDING ENVELOPE DETAIL

02_INTERIOR PERSPECTIVE01_INTERIOR PERSPECTIVE

DYNAMIC FLOOR MOVEMENT 02_ELEVATED PATHWAY01_ELEVATED PATHWAY