+ IDEA LAB +
COLLABORATIVE SPACE
Prompt: Construct an interdiscplinary space at the University of Miami Coral Gables campus using the lens of collaborative and innovative practices. Start by analyzing the University of Miami campus to get an understanding of the schools and departments that live within this ecosystem.
The idea lab is a
place of intersection among innovation, creation, and interdisciplinary
collaboration. The Richter Library is the one place on campus where students
from different disciplines come to and exchange ideas, share expertise and help
each other. I wanted to create a strong relationship between this old idea lab
where books flank the shelves, and new idea lab, which is filled with new
technologies and flexible spaces. The main hub for the idea lab would be on top
of the library because it further strengthens the connection because it
represents a mountain of knowledge. I envision the idea lab as a hypothetical
futuristic project similar to those of archigram and superstudio. The reasoning
behind my vision for the project is because we currently do not have the
technology to be able to build such complex structures. The idea lab focuses on
a multi-phased project, going from small capsules to a main hub. The main hub
will focus on this notion of circulation and idea that collaboration is mixed
with circulation, which is why its placed to go around the building. The
circulation plays a major part in creating these flexible spaces where it has
more than one purpose.
As you go higher up from the first floor to the fourth the program changes going from smaller individual spaces to collaborative open spaces.
![Axonometric drawing situating the Idea Lab within the campus]()
![Diagram showing program breakdown, how they connect to each other, and the circulation of the building]()
As you go higher up from the first floor to the fourth the program changes going from smaller individual spaces to collaborative open spaces.
