THIRD SPACE - Texas A&M SoA 2023
Third Space is an adaptive reuse and new construction campus that starts from an abandoned half-completed strip mall in Austin, Texas. This project aims to foster a community for students to build their own bridge between high school and higher education to help direct a student's choice of major or trade. The material choice continues what was found in the abandoned building, with brick filling in the walls cut to divide the form. The metal structure was kept for the existing building but continued as timber for the three additions. The facade is a system of hanging fabric attached to a metal structure on the roof. This provides shading for the skate park and pickleball court and acts as a poetic element to make the campus aesthetically complete. Vertical fabric sheets hang over brick walls between buildings to visually pull students into the center green space.
