Sebastiaan Wessels
student
Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), Department of Architecture, Pretoria
South Africa
Architecture
The project idea started with having a centralized point inside the campus that connects the various engineering departments, with vegetated spaces that… more
Yangyang Lu
advisor
https://www.arch.columbia.edu/
Chinese
Darian Lu is a practicing architect in New York. She earned her Bachelor of Architecture from Iowa… more
Sebastiaan's approach to the innovation center project is very comprehensive. Radial spatial organizations are convincing through careful site analysis of surrounding building sites. Development of pre-fab building system also contributes to the success of the project. The innovation center is created to have permeability through articulations of building solid vs voids, and facade treatments. My suggestion to Sebastiaan is to break down the building structure further: Creating relations with surrounding buildings through landscapes and/or physical building connections. instead of organizing the building into a radial form, thinking of drawing activities from the edges of the site to the center of the courtyard.