Interior Design Portfolio

THE OLD CITY
openIDEO
S.T.E.M. ACADEMY
WORLD’S FAIR PARK
MARKET SQUARE
The cyclical patterns of an
openIDEO office would fluctuate
between full activity and
absolute dormancy over the
course of a day, month, or
year. These changes would
also be applied to different
programmatic areas within the
building at a single point in
time. In order to question the
ways people normally move
through an office space and
engage with their surroundings,
this project involves two
symbiotic systems. The first is a
rib system that is activated by
light to produce caustics. It
provides structure for the
second system. The second is
a network of folded metal
planes which alter the light
reactions of the ribs. The two
systems interact in response to
the speed of occupation
within different programmatic
areas--high, intermediate, and
low speeds of occupancy. It
uses light as a catalyst to
inform spatial definition.
The high speed spaces are the
entry and circulation areas
which are located mainly
around the openings in the
floor slabs and at the East and
West ends of each floor. These
are defined by their direct
adjacency to the rib system.
Intermediate speed spaces
are the lecture hall, bridging
between the basement and
street level, the conference
room on the street level, and
the touch down station areas
on the top and basement
floors. Low speed occupancy
areas would be defined by
their little to no exposure to
the rib system and close
interaction with the metal
panels. These areas are found
mainly on the top floor where
the break room, main office
benching systems, and private
offices are, as well as on the
basement level near the staff
access entry, where the
mechanical, IT, and storage
rooms are located. These
occupancy ranges accommodate
varying densities within
the office environment.
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