Horizontal Programming

Activation of the non-existence

Gainesville, FL

University of Florida, 2009

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Located on the campus of the University of Florida, the site contains two disjointed programs. One being a parking garage, the other a sports field. The objective is to occupy the non-existence of the joint, and creating a multi-purpose program where there once was just one. By creating a connection between the garage and field in the horizontal dimension the joint is formed.

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To activate the Norman parking garage, the program of educational devices are grafted onto the structure. These devices are visually connected through line of sight to the systematic activation of the field. The activated space of the field becomes circulation, public and event space for the grafted program. The garage and field becomes an extention of the teaching space of the university, while keeping the old program of the car park.

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The field is activated by the shifting and excavation of the ground forming zones of public space linked together by axises of circulation. Through these axies visitors can enter the intervention.