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Hidden in Plain Sight:

Information:

Location:  Platte River, Lincoln NE 
Program:   Water Toxicology 
Class:     ARCH 613
Type:      Team 



Project Breif:

The research of water toxicology is important for its ability to understand what is in our water and what harm it might cause to people, wildlife, or plant life in the ecosystem. The University of Nebraska tests the Platte water significantly to understand our natural and urban water system's makeup and how it affects Nebraska's surrounding areas - resulting in a building alongside the Platte River to obtain samples for testing.
Precedent Study:

“The relation between the eye and the veil is a privileged one. While the originator of the gaze is usually the subject in a power position, the veil always interposes between the eye and the searched “object”, and thus generates both frustration and desire. It is interesting how the veil is defined negatively, always in relation but never in itself. What do I mean: the veil is never the object of the gaze, but the object that stops the gaze before it reaches its objective. And what is this privileged object of the gaze? The woman’s body? The body in itself, as the carrier of the (divine) truth – hence the narratives organized around the idea of liberation?”

               
                Alexandru Balasescu, Veil, Architecture, Secularism Etudes Francophones. Vol. 28, numbers 1 & 2 Spring & Fall 2015 p.50






Light & shadow created by skin create shadow and depth obscuritites.

Materials creating depth obscurities 

Precedent Study:

“The relation between the eye and the veil is a privileged one. While the originator of the gaze is usually the subject in a power position, the veil always interposes between the eye and the searched “object”, and thus generates both frustration and desire. It is interesting how the veil is defined negatively, always in relation but never in itself. What do I mean: the veil is never the object of the gaze, but the object that stops the gaze before it reaches its objective. And what is this privileged object of the gaze? The woman’s body? The body in itself, as the carrier of the (divine) truth – hence the narratives organized around the idea of liberation?”

               
                Alexandru Balasescu, Veil, Architecture, Secularism Etudes Francophones. Vol. 28, numbers 1 & 2 Spring & Fall 2015 p.50


Site Photos: 


The current building water is sampled from the Platte River. 

Looking West on the Platte River

 

Space Study



Facade Panel Strategy 


                         

Elevation Depth Perception  

Northeast Elevation 








 


Northeast Elevation



Southeast Elevation   

Southeast Elevation

Southwest Elevation       
Southwest Elevation

Northwest Elevation   
Northwest Elevation



 Entrance from ramp


    Users can utilize the stairs as seen to view the Platte River or enter the building as shown.

 
   

Balcony View


 This building provides several balconies for the avid bird watchers to come out and also enjoy the scenery. 

 Boardwalk View 


  View towards the Northwest Facade from the boardwalk. 







Chunk Model