Dynamic Axes
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A centrifugal and centripetal design strategy that transforms an existing high school into a dynamic campus of circulation, light, and structural continuity.
Concept
The design operates through a dialogue of centripetal and centrifugal forces — pulling circulation inward to form protected academic cores while projecting outward to open public thresholds. Retaining the school's original northern facade and truss system, the project proposes evolution through attachment, where the new structure grows like an extension of an existing organism rather than a separate intervention.
Spatial & System Strategy
Two linear bars are merged and bent into a continuous form, creating a rotational massing that frames courtyards and entry sequences. The roof line twists to generate varied light apertures and outdoor terraces, guiding movement along both secured student realms and controlled public access routes. Circulation becomes a choreography — filtering, looping, and expanding according to program intensity and visibility.
Structural Optimization & Assembly
Through truss reconfiguration and sectional transformation, the original structural rhythm is preserved but modified — existing joists are abstracted into longer spanning roof elements that double as light diffusers. I developed the roof assembly logic and section cuts, designing hidden structural joints and ventilated rainscreen surfaces that unify facade and roofing into one continuous envelope. Parametric massing models were refined to connect new rooflines with legacy structural anchor points.
Outcomes
The project demonstrates a strategy where addition becomes rearticulation rather than replacement, allowing educational institutions to transform without erasing their architectural memory. By using structural logic as a design generator rather than constraint, the intervention becomes both infrastructural and spatial — expanding possibilities for circulation, visibility, and community engagement through form.
