Uptown Makers is a is a multi-disciplinary open studio with technological tools for any individual with a membership to use. The massing is shaped to promote maker culture by providing a series of view portals that highlight various activities. Each portal frames a fabrication space, opens up into the big assembly space then focuses in again into another fabrication room, presenting multi-layered views into the maker center.

Inside, the big open studio acts as a physical connection to all the fabrication spaces on the ground floor and maintains a visual connection to the classrooms on the second floor. This results in rich perspectival views of the activities happening when viewed from any point inside or outside. While all fabrication happens indoors, the assembly of large projects is encouraged to occur outdoors under a canopy comprised of controllable revolving panels. To make this dynamic canopy system viable and to test our speculations , a custom component was developed and its construction documents were drafted for a local fabricator to manufacture.

in collaboration
with Candace Ju

advisers
Prof. Jeff Davis
Prof. Steve Lee
Prof. Irving Oppenheim

studio
third year | structures studio