THE CENTER FOR THE RESEARCH OF LIGHT [metaphysical laboratory + observatory of body in light]

PROJECT DESCRIPTION SUMMARY: The Center for the Research of Light is a facility that focuses on the development and research for the innovation of light. I created a series of spaces (inspired from a section cut of trash) for a resident scientist to perform the following activities: research, experimentation, test, and showcase his or her findings to the public as well as space for innovation and community engagement. The project typology is a billboard in regards to frame [structure], screen + overall form to create a habitable structure that hovers over the flood plane as well as references the patina of Hollywood that has influenced Guadalupe over the past 92 some odd years.

PROJECT REFLECTION: I discovered my curiosity in the site, in the project, I developed my creative process, I found myself in my hands, in making. I saw myself fail in my fist design attempts and succeed in my final attempt by asking myself “why” whenever I made crucial design decision. I learned how to incorporate seemingly distant threads of interest into one cohesive and deliberate design.