Anatomy of a Living Building is a project that reframes the traditional approach of building systems to a designer. This project argues that buildings benefit greatly from treating their systems as design opportunities.
The project is currently in progress. If you would like to hear more about the project or think you might be able to help, please reach out. You can download in progress booklet for this project below.
Sample of precedent analysis from project miro board
The first step in this process was to do an extensive literature review while defining our scope for this project. This started with a review of the structural expressionist movement.
The decision was then made to focus on adaptive reuse projects specifically, as a way to realistically isolate building systems. This decision lead into an analysis of Jeanne Gang's "Art of Architectural Grafting".
Finally, I had to catch myself up on modern systems design and planning (which mostly involved reading engineering textbooks).
Step 2 - Analyzing Precedent
Sample spread from precedent analysis
After the foundation was built, the next step in this process is to identify different ways in which buildings already utilize their systems as design elements.
To start, I outlined bad methods of addressing building systems that are extremely common.
After this I did a precedent analysis of nearly a hundred different buildings that were then narrowed down to 16 different projects which showed key methods of system utilization.
Attatched here is the first part of the project. This is a piece of process work not a part of the final product.
Mappoing of accessibility issues in SBRC
Mappoing of accessibility issues in SBRC
This step in the project seeks to understand how buildings can change or prevent change. To achieve this I analyse the marked for death South Boulder Recreation Center.
Attatched here is the second part of the project. This is a piece of process work not a part of the final product.