[space + justice]

The adventures of a UNCC architecture studio exploring the contemporary American courthouse.

Tag: Anna

Slipping

by Anna Raines

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My ideation models continue to explore the threshold concept begun in my site analysis, investigating the relationship between threshold and the court set. The expression of threshold at this stage has taken the form of “slipping” horizontal/vertical planes and light as the primary means of defining  the space of the courtroom and court set.

Procession + Threshold

by Anna Raines

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The forms of (and relationships between) physical and/or psychological thresholds and processions within any courthouse experience led me to explore the physical thresholds encountered during a procession through our site. My original site section in pencil and gauche on clayboard (Freedom Drive to Wilkinson Blvd looking East) was transformed through the layering of images collected traversing the site and the separation of the site section into segments creating a physical space corresponding existing thresholds on the site (ie: Stewart Creek, W.Morehead Street, wooded areas, parking lots, etc.).

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