(Site model, sketch mod­els, and tec­tonic sec­tion model)

Loca­tion: Berke­ley, CA

Recycled/renovated exist­ing struc­tures and pub­lic park.

Day­light­ing and restora­tion of local creek.

Neigh­bor­hood focus groups were cru­cial in design devel­op­ment and implementation.

The design focuses on uti­liz­ing ‘process spec­trums’ as the pri­mary user expe­ri­ence.  Processes such as:  Weather -(rain, draught, fog, light, wind and sound), the cre­ative process of art-making, the demolition/restoration process,  as well as nat­ural processes includ­ing food growth, prepa­ra­tion and con­sump­tion.  This dis­til­la­tion and explo­ration of each ‘process spec­trum’ per­tain­ing to build­ing, site and its users becomes the dynamic edu­ca­tional, envi­ron­men­tal back­drop for this pro­gres­sive art school.