MASQUERADE. Independent of each other, Philadelphia University and Thomas Jefferson University have manufactured their own brands. Composed of significant history and culture each institution manifests its own unique identity. When two separate identities merge it becomes a masquerade. This is a project about concealing ones identity to bring the user to a new unfamiliar place and to celebrate the joining of two identities by masking one within the other.
With the use of reflective glass the exterior becomes one with its surroundings –camouflaged within the campus it exists in. The interior rectangle is oriented toward the other campus linking them together through form and space. The circulation path becomes this twirling funnel that switches your orientation creating a playful disorientation. The view-ports penetrate the interstitial space opening a form of communication through the interior space and exterior surrounding. The two different orientations create a fun dialogue from Philadelphia University’s campus and that of Thomas Jefferson University.
The structure is lifted to invite individuals of the wonderment behind the glass curtain. The exterior reflected glass creates a fun and surreal mirror of its surroundings but the image becomes interrupted with the motion of shuffling feet and legs.
**THE 2017 ARCHITECTURAL GLASS STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION | Finalist
ABOVE | day render: Philadelphia University campus placement
BELOW | night render: Thomas Jefferson University campus placement
