SUCCESSION: STUDY CARREL

This project adds study spaces to an existing site on a university campus. The two spaces echo one another, creating a successive experience as a person enters the slanted space through the stairway. 

The space is situated on a cantilevered outlook of a steel-and-glass building that has a view of a main city street. The study carrels were designed to give a maximum amount of privacy and comfort to its users while still adding value to the public side of the space. 

Users may choose to collaborate with their neighboring carrel by rotating and unfolding the wall separating the units, turning it into a desk. Vertical blinds provide customizability in lighting. In designing this space, I also took inspiration from Chinese and Japanese traditional architecture; folding screens and folded, space-conserving, sliding walls allow for the user to choose their privacy. A raised floor (like a Japanese genkan) invites the user to leave their shoes at the threshold and be at ease while studying in the carrel. At the same time, the change in elevation indicates a separation from the public space. 

Benches line the folding screens, giving the public user a space to sit while preserving the privacy of the studier.

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