FOCHE PARK -SEMESTER PROJECT

Initial Concept Sketch

Sketch of Building Changes

Urban Building Exploration

Final Computer Model Elevation

Floor Plan

Site Section

Perspective of Sidewalk Interface

Perspective on top of Park Structure

Ground Level, Perspective of Park Structure

Foch Park is situated within the city of Lille, off of a major 

commercial shopping street and stretches towards the city canal.  This design was inspired by the organic, fractured layout of the french street grid and plays off of it in plan and 

elevation.  

The park structure filters the 

canal water down the 

structure’s path which leads people towards the canal basin.  The surrounding 1960’s 

buildings were  reworked to fit with the city’s established 

historical building scale by 

having setbacks and articulated 

elevations and better building to pedestrian interfaces.

COLONGE

Cologne Cathedral Easter Mass

Jeremiah and myself, enjoying a new hybrid food: 'Curry Wurst' 

Solar Panel clad building

For Easter weekend, we had our last full class field trip, in the city of Cologne Germany.  It was surprising how much of the city was built in the 60's and 70's, but as our professor pointed out, this was because of the intense bombings during world war two.  Today Cologne Cathedral still stands tall, with some interesting scaffolding, and the 60's buildings are steadily being replaced with more substantial better designed buildings.

BARCELONA

Kevin, Me, Lisa, Josh, Ari
Usual Travel Companions 

After Valencia we took a 3 hour train north to the city of Barcelona.  This was our 'Spring Break', we had over a week from our professor, but since a few of us had joined the French studio we had a 5 day weekend.  This weekend was also my birthday on the 18th and Ari's the 17th (St. Patricks day).  We found a good Irish pub for the night, and the bunch of us had good time.
We saved the last full day to take in the sights of Sagrada Familia.  It is shocking to see how far along they are, the outside is getting ever higher, and the interior of the structure is complete!  Everyone cannot take their eyes off of the ceiling.  It is amazing how a building that was designed a century ago, can now be completed with 21st century technology.  The architect had called for construction techniques that hadn't been used before, like the complex, swirling, concrete ceiling.