Lost in Translation: Auburn/Arkansas/Philladelphia Workshop Project!

Finally for my pictures back from the last workshop we were involved in with UArk, and Philly. We were split up into 14 different teams with about 5 people per team. My team consisted of 5 guys, so you know it has to yield an amazing outcome right?

Myself - Auburn
Allen Harris - Auburn
Matt Hoffman - Arkansas
Doug Brewer - Arkansas
Dave Criemer - Philadelphia

Our Project was to design a system of connecting a major transit hub, Piazza Venezia and the new plans for the subway line D that is being currently dug in the area, to the currently unavailable area of Trajan's forum (near Trajan's column) that has been an archaeological dig site for some time. Many groups took a broader approach to the project trying to really open up the site into a piazza almost, and make it a very public space.

Our approach was to attempt to make a minimal move addressing everything required in the program in a single "swath" as we have been calling it. We have aligned the exit of the subway, access to the forum level and also a civic use of being able to cross over the large area as a bridging element, and also make a new direct connection to the current museum of Trajan's Market nearby.

We wanted to use subtle movement through the intervention to facilitate a set of controlled views inside of the forum and also key elements in the area, Trajan's column and Trajan's Market. The place of our intervention was also set along the long axis of the side aisles for the Basilica Ulpia, keeping a clear understanding of movement in that axis, and also bringing up structure for our ramps matching the existing columns and hinting at the scale of the basilica that was once there.