STITCHING - MCLUNG WEARHOUSE

PART 1: CONCEPT DESIGN: CONCERNS + CAUSES

HISTORIC

2014

PRESENT

The former McClung Warehouse site on Jackson St. in downtown Knoxville was formerly home to 19th-century industrial architecture, embodying the means of production for the region constructed mainly of locally sourced red clay. Ironically the site was transformed through the intense application of heat the same way its main brick material was transformed for construction, burning first in 2007, where the buildings remained vacant then again burning in 2014 which led to its ultimate demolition which leaves the site vacant to this day. Being located adjacent to an expansive railyard viewshed and the cultural heart of Knoxville the site remains a contentious, conflicted contemporary topic for the city for its future purposes.

HISTORIC

PRESENT

SITE EXPERIENCE SWATCHES

PART 2 - SCHEMATIC DESIGN: MEASURING + MODELING

FIRST SITE MODEL ASSEMBLY

This structural roof model shown below involved experimentation using surfaces as structure.

The studio groups were divided into three layers: ABOVE + BETWEEN + BELOW, where the groups worked together to form kit of parts for each of the sections where then specific formations were arranged.

PART 3 - DESIGN DEVELOPMENT: MODELING SYSTEMS + PROGRAM SYNERGY

Beginning with material testing, using Clay - Wood - Aluminum to configure a facade envelope section that then was applied to the building design, where concepts in the final design can be traced back to this material model.