Spring 2015
Individual
Incorporating campus grid and city grid, this building extends the scaffolding structure of Wexner Center both from plan and section. The planar gird volume in the new building is the shared lobby of multiple functions. Because the Art and Design building contains programs that supports the programs of department of art, it is now on the site of Hughes Hall. Three public courtyards at West end make an exception to the extruded plinth, in the aim of expanding the programs of art district.
Art District is at the area where campus grid direction is contrasted with the city grid. As the center of OSU,the oval is the most public area where people interact with the existing landscape plinth of Wexner Center is in grid. Wexner Center of Art is an important landmark that brings more people to the art district.
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