Conceptual Artist Center//Scenography Store

Manhattan, New York City

2022 Fall. B.Arch Year3

Arch 3101: Design Studio V

Cityscapes have become an archive of cultural memory and a space for action. This project investigates creating a new typology for the art center tower. Through a series of graphic illustrations, the project explored how can a building transform into a scenography (a dynamic space that generates a narrative of performances) The project provides a free exhibition space for conventionally considered subversive artists (graffiti. street musicians, etc) The tower is suspending on top of the existing building on site, support by 3 main structures, also act as an elevator for vertical transport. supports the top plate. Different-shaped capsule spaces suspended from the plate are used as performing spaces and studios, turning each activity space into a unique stage set. A monorail weaving in between the capsules as a horizontal circulation also invites the visitors to become active voyeurs to explore this scenography.