Concepts & More!

A little over a month has passed since we started studying the reservoir and  we have some updates!

For the past couple of weeks we have been working hard towards our very first upcoming project review. As we continue pushing our research and our findings, we have also started incorporating a couple of potential concepts for both the reservoir and the direct site around it. While the concepts are still in their preliminary stages, we are excited to present them to different professionals from around the area and get their feedback on how to move forward. Before this however, we have been critiquing ourselves as a studio to make sure we present our work in its best quality. 

A lot of the concepts that we have developed revolve around the ‘rooms’ that directly surround the reservoir. As seen in the diagram below, these outdoor rooms are defined by the designed existing streets, topographical conditions, and the foliage that surrounds them. These rooms also define the different activities that are ongoing in the reservoir, like disc golf. We have identified these rooms as being the root of our proposals, since we can begin to identify potential paths that unite them, as well as potential concepts that are driven by the lack of connection between these rooms and the reservoir. 

A few other concepts focus on the reservoir’s historical symmetry and present asymmetry. As we studied the reservoir’s geometry and proportions from historical plans to present conditions, we identified the two basins of the reservoir to be originally designed as a symmetrical pair, but the nature of its morphology to the present has created an asymmetrical environment due to the cracks and decay in the materials. This shift in condition throughout history is an important aspect of the reservoir, which is why our concepts aim to highlight through a contrasting axis. 

We continue to work hard to further develop these preliminary concepts and hope to gain applicable feedback from our peers, colleagues and, most importantly, the community!