Kraig Sims
This massing model was constructed to show our idea of a space for collective living through using given plots of land inspired by a real site in Detroit. Our work was inspired by John Hejduk's Victims project, as well as general research concerning humor, mental health, and clowns. As the project brief allowed us to use our given plots in any way, we decided to coalesce them together in order to form a clown sanctuary for recovering clowns. This sanctuary would be able to host rodeo shows, commercial shops, and events to generate revenue. Each member of our group focused upon generating different clown referential building types (ex., hobo clown, rodeo clown, character clown, mime, etc.) to sit on our own sections of the land. In the context of the site being a nondescript urban landscape (inspired by Detroit), a sanctuary that would be able to stay self-sufficient seemed to have many parallels to the struggles of small businesses in Detroit.
Additional model photo.
Additional model photo.