The design focuses around a cental exterior atrium space that runs through the center of the building and act as a path between parking and street scape. Within this space, "pods" break through the facade and act as privacy cubes for the students (see above images). The gradient facade between solid and transparent shows how the building works its down from private individual studios to public gallery spaces and a cafe.

Here are the latest set of floor plan I have been working on for the new NuVu Design Studios. The dotted lines indicate an operable wall that is push able and pull able in order to create a playful type of environment all while allowing flexible spaces to be created at the same time. On each floor there are a few types of these push able and pull able walls along with bi fold walls to create the ultimate amount of flexible space for the convenience of the studios. On the first floor the office space, exhibition space, stage, and dining area utilizes an operable wall to make the create more flexible space when needed. On the second floor the wood shop, sound and recording space, and portions of the façade utilize operable walls to create more space. Finally the third floor utilizes multiple forms of operable walls to create a floor that utilizes the most amount of flexible space it can in order to fit many different requirements and types of learners. The pictures of the model how these operable walls would work. 

The double façade is what I am currently focusing on right now. The double façade would involve a glass and mullion façade with an operable brick like façade behind it utilizing the NuVu colors. In between this space would be a series of stairs and landings that allow the public and students and faculty to move up into the other spaces. The landings would then become another flexible space depending on how the operable pieces of the façade are pushed or pulled into the interior studio space or the in between space of the double façade. The pictures of the models show this idea of the push able and pull able wall and double façade.

My question to you guys would be what do you think of these push able and pull able walls that add a playful element all while creating more flexible space where it is needed? Also what do you guys think of the general layout? Any feedback is helpful, as this space would be hypothetically serving you guys.

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This project takes advantage of the floor, creating a terrain for robots to traverse.  Inhabitable space is also carved out of the floor so students can comfortably work on this surface. The building is assembled using a module and varying it to fit the needs of program. These modules come together to form intermediate spaces to populate, for example, pods in the structure provide quiet for individual workers, while still being involved in the activities of the space.  

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The interior has formed from the modular assembly, but I would like to add graphics and color as well.

What are color schemes / patterns / images that NuVu would like? 

The facade is glass printed with a graphic.

What should be on the grahic for the facade? What are some design ideas for this imagery?

As a tactile, hands-on learning approach to education, NuVu needs a design that can transform with flexible learning environments. For my NuVu Project, I am proposal a sculptural landscape design that works as a green learning tool that can be used within the studios. This landscape sculpture can be used as an environmental tool to teach elements of physical education, science, technology, social studies, fine arts, math, health, performing arts, and language arts. This means that not only is the interior structural design flexible but the green space can but transformed into a new studio focus. 

What kind of green learning environments do you think would be helpful for NuVu studios?

Are there particular green spaces that you like more than others?

What would you like to see in these spaces? 

If you guys have any feedback that would be AWESOME ! Thank you so much and good luck with the rest of your final projects !

For NuVu I'm proposing a new color scheme and well as a new approach to materiality within the space. With a mix of natural and industrial materials, the space will inspire creativity, but also stay practical for everyday use.

• What do you guys think about incorporating more greenery and light into NuVu? Do you think an atrium space, filled with plants, would be something you'd like to escape to?

I'm also proposing an addition to the current NuVu color scheme adding a blue to the already present pink, yellow, and green.

• How do you guys feel about the current color scheme? And how would you feel about my new color scheme proposal? 

I'm open to any suggestions, so feel free to comment below on colors and materials you think would work/not work within NuVu! Thanks! 

This project is organized around two ramp systems, which spiral in opposite directions up the sides of the building. The wide ramp (shown in orange) acts as a major highway through the school, granting access to all of the large central studios and workshops. It levels out at certain points to form small nooks for informal group work, turning the steep ramp into a sort of climbable multi-story jungle gym. The ramp begins outside at street level and continues all the way to the roof, allowing the public to tour the school without disturbing students.

The thinner ramp (shown in blue) is a handicap-accessible path that grants access to all of the smaller support spaces, such as the recording studio and dark room. By taking either the "blue" or "orange" ramp, people can walk through every space in the entire school, from the bottom floor to the top floor, without using any stairs.

Large studios and workshops are located in center of the building (open to each other at different floor heights for shared sunlight and visual connections), while smaller support spaces hang from underneath the "orange" ramp.

I'll appreciate any feedback that you guys can give me. I know that the 3D diagrams are a little confusing for now: I'm trying to make them clearer. A few spots along the ramps need to be cleaned up in terms of meeting at the correct floor heights. Also, I'd like to get your opinions on possible material choices: the ramps won't actually be orange and blue. Specifically, I'm trying to figure out what the outside face of the building should look like. Thanks a lot.

In order to move away from the typical square classroom setting, the curved walls in this design create a sculptural mass that evokes creativity and lets occupants define their own spatial boundaries based on the room they need in order to work on their current projects. People aren’t restricted to gridded spaces and the program and circulation can start to overlap and flow together.

This project strives to add flexibility to the layout of NuVu through operable walls that slide into different positions. The walls highlighted in blue on the first floor slide back and forth on tracks to divide the floor into separate rooms or let spaces connect to create a large open area. The lighter blue region around them shows the range of motion that these moving walls are limited to. The thicker blue walls are full of cabinets, which offer additional storage and help with acoustics in those small pocket areas. Temporary tables also fold out of the cabinet walls so those nooks can be used for a quiet independent or small group workspace. The back wall breaks away from the façade and slides into a green space, which allows the studio in that area to work outside on nice, warm days while ventilating the rest of the building. The walls highlighted in purple open up as well, but instead of moving to a new position that divides the room, they fold up out of the way. The purple wall in the front connects the gallery space to the sidewalk when it is open, which is nice for public events or letting people casually check out the projects on display. The walls highlighted in green operate like pocket doors. The one near the end of the hall blocks off the studio in the back from the theater on the left and the culinary studio on the right. The other pocket wall emerges from one of the sliding blue walls. When that particular blue wall is all the way to the left and the green pocket wall is pulled out, it encloses the orange bleachers that can be pulled out and a screen pivots out of the wall in front of them to create a small presentation area within the larger theater. The orange stage across from this area folds out of the wall like a draw bridge so the room can be used for other things when the stage isn’t needed. This diagram shows one of three floors.

There are a lot of moving elements that allow the building inhabitants to manipulate the space to best suit their needs because the projects are constantly changing. What do you think? Recommendations for additional flexible elements would be helpful or advice about a color scheme. The floor material for the main hallway will be a different color from the rest of the floor so that the main circulation can still be determined when the walls are in various positions. 

My design for NuVu is based around an atrium space that houses the robotics and fashion studios. The first image shows this space in context with the rest of the building geometry. The atrium serves as a rapid production space where students can shift between planning and fabrication in order to speed up the prototyping process. A unique feature of this space is the retractable floor beneath the music studio that extends over the atrium to accommodate a small auditorium. You can see this floor plate emerging in photos 3 and 4. This feature adds to the usable floor space on the third floor and provides space for seating during a performance. An interior view is shown in photo 5. Since this flexible area is located next to the music rehearsal space, the students can rehearse and perform in the same space. This will eliminate the movement of musical instruments and audio equipment.

My project revolves around the idea of a fishbowl.  This fishbowl is not only  a display that is looked into but also a way of viewing out, creating a relationship between spaces.  A number of volumes are stacked and woven together to create studios spaces of different disciplines such as fashion, music, robotic, culinary etc. Although each studio has a designated volume there are connections between each one, there might be a visual connection and/or a physical one where there are paths or stairs that link the studios together. A large atrium also becomes a mutual gathering space for all studios to share.