Center for Poetry
NJIT M.Arch 3rd Year Studio
Building as clothesline: Use the overlapping principles between architecture and poetry of units, proportion, rhythm, harmony, mood and function to design a Center for Poetry in the context of Manhattan's Greenwich Village and within that New York University campus that meets multiple, complex program requirements regarding public/private and indoor/outdoor space. Consider NYU goals, cultural context, sustainable design strategies, and historical precedent. The clothesline is an inspiration that embodies poetry on a number of levels: it is representative of the urban experience, the working class experience, and the immigrant experience from which so much beautiful poetry originates; it is also the public display of private things. It alters light in dramatic ways and can frame spatial experience. It can be roof, ceiling, wall, screen, facade and decoration. The challenge is to design a building that embodies these feelings and experiences.