CASE STUDY

 

“I appreciated the artfulness of this piece and that the steel made both a surround and a statement. It has a kind of quietness which will only increase over time. And I love the sense of being both open and closed.”

— Billie Tsien, FAIA

CASE STUDY ON TRAIL RESTROOM

Project: Trail Restroom



Location: Austin, Texas

The aim was to provide a space that acts as an escape hole from the very busy and crowded place Austin. The structure to be designed should complement the trail and the landscape.

The structure consists of 49 ¾” thick vertical Corten steel plates. The panels are arranged along the spine throughout the trail leading to the restroom. And plates are staggered in plan to keep in control the views and to also allow the penetration of light.

This structure is created in a simple way that it requires minimal maintenance.

The plates act as free standing elements that are connected to the foundation and corten roof of the restroom

Flooring : Concrete (inside), Orange hued crushed  granite (exterior)

Steel plates of various heights give naturalistic appearance allowing light and air to pass between them.

CASE STUDY 2

Kunst Depot, Henze & Ketterer Art Gallery

Located in Wichtrach, Switzerland.

This design has a simple floor plan. And the basic intention was to create an art gallery.

But it acts as a storage unit for artwork, doubles as a showroom and also used for display of artwork giving three meaningful usages

It is designed such that there is a lesser risk of water entering into the building from climatic conditions causing damage to the artwork.

Irregular steel sheets are used.

The heavy concrete and masonry structural system is wrapped by 7"  of mineral wool insulation covered with a coloured fiberglass air and water barrier, under the perforated steel cladding. This creates a ventilated enclosure system to maintain the art collection inside the Depot in a controlled microclimate.


                GROUND FLOOR PLAN

Thank you.

Aafiyah Muskaan

 

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