
Advisor. Seher Erdogan Ford
Context. Manayunk Venice Island
Project Type. Community Center
This building is defined by three “Guiding Edges”, along which spaces compress and expand to provide unique, identifiable experiences. The guiding edge thickens and thins according to programmatic needs (transforming into seating, shelving, and stairs), as well as to impact sensations of lightness and heaviness.


The 3 gestures are the spines of the building, from which guidelines were extracted to construct the body.




The curving roof expands and contracts to produce identifiable feelings of lightness and compression within each space.







