Keywords

Landhuggers studio; Visual computation; Typology; Variation; Shape grammars

A building that hovers over the site, with minimal connection to the ground expresses the need for imagination and ideas to be able to grow and become a reality. Through the use of one simple spatial relationship, a light, delicate, complex, highly expressive, highly aesthetic, and highly performative structure grows. The spatial relationship is approached in three different ways, as the building mass, as a skin system, and as both\ the structure and circulation of the building. The GT Nest will highlight academic, entrepreneurial, and performance spaces. This expressive building will reflect the aspirations and knowledge growth of the students who inhabit the space, designing the next innovative technology. The performance space will enable students to showcase their work, which the community can come, witness, and be a part of the evolution of the designs. There will also be temporary housing for guests, such as visiting professors. In order to create privacy, the housing units cannot be reached by the main circulation, but by its own separate entrance.