off-us

Pressured by both the baseball field and track of the urban block, this K-12 school defines itself within a rigid bar. Unable to move beyond the inelastic condition of the boundary, the massing subdivides and pivots into itself. The resulting subdivision breeds a new language of aggregation, and the new smaller filleted rectangles shuffle, stack, and peel off one another, creating a more perforated mass. Agitated and craving for more light, the more vital rooms above consume the smaller ones below, creating a chasm of stacked rooms flooded in a waterfall of light. Then by recognizing the potential for collective spaces in these chasms, the individual rooms once again render their filleted corners to allow for a more continuous flow in and around the mass. As a result, this school and its various rooms divide up the bar and add to it, giving the project its angst.