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A Porous Poche

PrizeHonorable Mention in Architectural Design / Other Architecture
Project locationJamaica Bay, Queens, NY
University/SchoolPrinceton University
Lead ArchitectCatherine Ahn
Design TeamAdvisor: Paul Lewis, Contributors: Akira Ishikura, Jonathan Farbowitz, Piao Liu
Projecthttp://unbuildingbuilding.princeton.edu/catherine-ahn
Project Videohttps://player.vimeo.com/video/409033123

This thesis investigates forms of excess, heaviness, and porous thickness, made possible by the current surplus of low-quality concrete and brick rubble. Sited along the edge of a decommissioned landfill in Jamaica Bay, Queens, the project proposes an expansive field of pixelated rubble structures, which reclaim an abandoned waterfront for community activities and formalize the unconscious act of dumping for the creation of habitable spaces. The compressive and tensile elements are structurally integral but materially separate as an acknowledgement of potential future cycles of deconstruction.