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TIME MACHINE  

GSAPP Core I 
Critic: Tei Carpenter 
Fall 2016  




Analysis grid showing the juxtaposition of
the orthogonal and the curvilinear grids
New York City was laid out, from the very beginning, on an orthogonal grid. The construction of Stuyvesant Town, a large, post-War private residential development, however, distorted this grid to the north of the Fourteenth Street and Avenue A. This project researches into the intertwining relationship between city grid and building construction and results in an observation tower that links the past, present, and future, and is dedicated to the unobserved changes of the city.




urban grid is
a key determinant of
the morphing cityscape
in New York City

the analysis grid transforms
through roation and extrusion

Plan cuts at all six levels
- counterclockwise from the upper left -
when the building rotates around the hinge


Final model showing the 3d grids in motion

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