Small Box Studio

3/4 REVIEW

For this review I progressed on my design for Bentley, KS and tried to distill the acoustic and visibility systems in the Bryant Park Station. 

New site in Portland. My focus in Portland will be an accessible bike ramp to accommodate the bike culture of Portland. I have finished an interior image of my Manhatten Walgreens and finished my Manhatten site plan as well.

Olive Garden Test Kitchen:

This approach was taken in response to the restaurant's dwindling sales. Currently, Olive Garden already creates new menu items in attempt to get new customers in the door. The idea here is the new plates would appear in the traveling pavilion before they are offered in actual restaurants. One iconic tree column holds up a polished mirror canopy that appears infinitely thin and also reflects its surroundings as a form of responding to context since it doesn't have its own true site. The glass walls slide on a track to open up to have only one back wall of layered glass. Alternatively, glass could be left on one other side to block gusts of wind if necessary.

This week I was finalizing my medium and small store design strategies.  The small store is developed as a four part pop-up store module set that can fit in a variety of different urban location ranging from a parking space and sidewalk to a plaza or market.  Both attempt to address issues of contemporary shopping.  The medium store addressing issues of shopping and media and the small store boosting brand loyalty by creating temporary event spaces for activities as the major focus rather than the selling of merchandise directly.