THE LONG HALL
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This project seeks to determine the corridor not as an ubiquitous volume, but as a collection of architectural elements, elements containing orientation, scale and functions, that can conform to any building typology. The Corridor, as a blank space and boundless passage, constitutes itself as a threshold between desired programed spaces. The corridor serves to bring people to and from destinations, serving not as a space in itself, but as one that is subservient to the other spaces in the building.
This thesis explores what happens when the corridor becomes the sole & primary building element rather than a precursor to space or in-between one. By colliding a set of corridors chosen to stand as platonic, and then by aggregating them into a unified, singular, loose fitting form the resulting space is an ambiguous one that reflects neither programmable space nor circulatory space--neither destination nor passage.
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CORRIDOR TYPES
HYBRIDS
The site itself is located in Berlin Germany, at the center of the kulturforum. At the peripheral of this center The Neue Nationalgalerie, Concert hall, St. Matthews church and the Social Science Center. The island effect seems to have taken over the kulturforum where each building’s site is carved by a dead end street or sidewalk. I proposed to close two minimal traffic streets and add a public space, a walkable space and by lifting the building, the museum itself becomes a central hub where people can gather and explore.
Specifically in addressing the competition entry for the museum of the 20th century in
Berlin Germany, a selection of corridor pieces are chosen, oriented, and arranged to fit
the multiple museum typologies necessary for accommodating its diverse programmatic
needs (from small scale print to large scale sculpture and installation). In doing so, the
project creates a type of museum that can negotiate a multitude of programmatic needs
within a single building while retaining its spatial ambiguity.
