KAIROS
New grows out of the old- we can’t have new things until we take the time to learn from the past. This Institute for Environmental Justice, situated near the Ohio River, aims to connect the community, foster education and research, enforce food sovereignty, and educate people about healthy and respectful hydrology.
The form rises from the ground, moving linearly across space and time. The program is informed by the progression of time, left to right, and the circulation, which carves through the form to break up the linear nature. The current site was imprinted using the historical program to help lay out the program outside.
Greenhouse Plan - encased in a canopy structure that bleeds over the edges of the envelope and extends through the other levels of the floor.
Longitudinal Section
Second Floor Plan
Lobby Rendering
Research Floor Plan
View of main vertical circulation
Ground Floor Plan
Schematic Wall Section
Detail of canopy construction. Using spider mullions to host repurposed panes of glass over the interlocking slices of wood.
The layout of the plan and form is informed by a grid, where the x axis is new to old, and the y axis is public to private.
