Terraced Periscopes is a project inspired by landscape and program. These two issues are addressed through the same formal strategies. Three terraces are placed into the side of a hill, roughly mimicking the contours of the site. These three terraces also correspond to the three programmatic zones. The zones of athletic facilities, educational facilities, and residences for athletes proceed in this order up the hill, becoming more private as they get further away from main campus, and closer to existing dormitories. Towers rise from these three terraces, as periscopes that gaze back at the campus over the tree line, following the same programmatic zones as the terraces below. Between these towers, and on the terraces, there is a series of public spaces that act as extensions of the various functions around them, while forming an exterior path through the site. This simple, low resolution strategy of a subtle terraced landscape contrasted by a powerful series of directional towers creates a high-performance building.

Year 2019

Work started in 2019

Work finished in 2019

Status Unrealised proposals

Type Parks, Public Gardens / Public Squares / Government and institutional buildings / Office Buildings / Offices/studios / Colleges & Universities / Libraries / Conference Centres / Sports Centres / Stadiums / Sport halls / Fitness Centres / Sports Facilities / Bars/Cafés / Student Halls of residence / Media Libraries / Dance academies