benjamin schulte work samples
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FEATURED WORKS
Quarry Art Center | Barre, VT
Holocaust Memorial | Atlantic City, NJ
Wynwood Mediatheque | Miami, FL
Seaplane Terminal | Miami, FL
Piazza San Silvestro | Rome, Italy
QUARRY ART CENTER
Barre, VT | Design 10 | Competition | 2012Lyceum Fellowship Competition
“Connective Separation”
Since its beginnings, Vermont’s natural surroundings have been at the center of its growth. The degradation of its resources due to logging and quarrying has left broken moments throughout an illustrious piece of land. The addition of ART can bring life back to the disjointed landscape and heal the wound left behind on the LAND. The Wells-Lamson Quarry can become a blank canvas in which art can be inscribed upon its landscape to bring light to its history. Through ARCHITECTURE, a connection is made between the healing powers of ART and the celebration of its NATURAL context. Through permeability, the program creates a link from individual moments to form visual CONNECTIONS.
CENTER: Natural Granite Piece CONNECTION: Sculpture Park BOOK ENDS: Architecture DIVISION: Natural Granite Piece
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Art CenterBarre, VT
CONNECTIONS
Vertical
Horizontal
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SEPARATION
NATURE
1 | Granite Piece
ART
2 | Sculpture Park3 | Granite Art Display4 | Stage
ARCHITECTURE
5 | Visitor Center6 | Art Studio7 | Quarry Memorial8 | Artist Cabin9 | Caretaker Cabin10| Parking
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Separate UnitsRotate for Connected Spaces +
Connected Site Views Project to Topographical Conditions Separate ProgramsOpen Circulation for Connective Spaces
INTERACTION SECLUSION
Quarry Site Plan
Literary Artist Studios | Performance Studios
Visual Art Studios
Visual Artist Studios | Landscape Painter Studios
Visitor Center | Cafe | Bookstore | Visual Artist StudiosFLOOR 1 FLOOR 0
FLOOR 0 FLOOR -2 FLOOR -3FLOOR -1
Art CenterBarre, VT
BEDROOM 1
BEDROOM 2 *
BATH
BATH
Connected Divided
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KITCHEN/DINING
LIVING
TOP FLOOR: COMMUNAL
Enter on Top Floor: Embedded in Topography
BOTTOM FLOOR: INDIVIDUAL
* Office in 2 Caretaker Units
Separation Wall Twist Separation for Floor Connection
Twist Exterior for Interior Spaces
Creating Axial Views Stacked Timber Constructionto Fit Vermont Context
“Quarry Edge” Memorial
Visitor Center Artist Resident Cabins
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL
Atlantic City, NJ | Competition | 2010Atlantic City Boardwalk Holocaust Memorial
“Living Vigil”
“Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the Spirit returns to god who gave it” – Ecclesiastes 12:7. In Hebrew, Ecclesiastes is rooted in the feminine participle “to gather.” A focus is given to the assemblance of personal experiences to form a group experience—one of a vigil. As a symbol of the spirit, light is emitted through transparent acrylic tubes to represent the connection between earth and god. Each spirit glows brighter as it is approached. This is achieved with a grid of weight sensors beneath the concrete flooring. Concrete stools penetrate through the flooring, facilitating unique individual experiences. As human presence increases, the vigil glows brighter. Delivering a universal message, each tube is inscribed with scripture in various languages. The memorial is a permanent vigil against genocide that will serve all humanity.
CLEAR View due to Transparent Acrylic Tubes
OBSTRUCTED View due to WallsSTOOL = Personal Experience due to 360° Views BENCH = Manipulated Experience due to Axial View
Memorial
Individual Experience | Day Floor PlanVigil Experience | Night Floor Plan
Boardwalk View
Atlantic City, NJ
WYNWOOD MEDIATHEQUE
Miami, FL | Design 7 | 2010Sundance Film Institute
Successful films are attributed to a fluid combination of clips. In an effort to spatially inhabit this concept, redefining program in the theater was essential. Sequencing individual clips in a space allows for the inhabitant to become uniquely connected with the film shown. The ‘Motion Theater’ also interacts with its user both mentally and physically, different from traditional theaters. The main circulation of the Mediatheque inhabits the ‘Motion Theater’ creating a continuous floor which branches into each auxiliary floor.
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1entrance immersive
environmenttraditional
screensamphitheatre
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1 2 2 3 2 3 3 4traditional
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Floor 2 1: Viewing Area2: Video Library
Floor 3 3: Instruction Area4: Archives
Mediatheque
Viewing Area
Instruction Floor
Miami, FL
SEAPLANE TERMINAL
Miami, FL | Design 6 | Competition | 2010Chalk’s Ocean Airways
“Transitions”
Change in axis creates a MOMENT.
Due to the seaplane’s unique means of transportation, the transition between land, water + air became the key element for the seaplane terminal. The essential move was to create a change in axis in order to provide a moment for the passengers to view the city of Miami and the transition between the three elements. The perspectival structure and the glass floor accentuate this moment. Watson Island provides unique views of not only the city’s skyline but also the bright, glowing causeways at night. Since the terminal is bridging the gap between land, water and air, the terminal is lit at night to complete the lights around Biscayne Bay.
typical terminal + hangar connection between to create a viewing area push + pull to accentuate the views + programglass floor to see transition from sea to land
CHANGE IN AXIS to create a moment of interactionpinch to accentuate the perspective
Seaplane TerminalMiami, FL
Departures | Floor 1
Arrivals | Floor 2
PIAZZA SAN SILVERSTRO
Rome, Italy | Design 9 | 2011Roma Capitale
“Piazza Quadrata”
Rome the city of Piazzas; ones of all shapes, sizes, and historical significance. Yet, they are only defined by their context buildings. Piazza San Silvestro’s existing design lacks a definitive edge. Thus, the design introduces a perfect square, which inverts the existing slope of the piazza to create a physical boundary. Entrance is then defined on each edge boundary. Roman piazzas also lack structure to create a programmatic use; which was a key issue in the design approach. Creating seating and definition in each section of the piazza allows for each to transform into other functions.
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Reverse the existing slope to define the edge of the piazza Cut axes through the piazza to connect major entrances.Main axis (Decumanus) connects the Church of San Silvestro in Capite with the Church of San Cladio.
Secondary axis (Cardo) connects the auxiliary building entrances.
The 4 quadrants resemble the Roman Quadrata, which is thought to be the original settlement of Rome.
Each quadrant differs: a fountain, an open space, a park, and auditorium.
Inscribe Piazza San Silvestro with a perfect square to bring order to the irregular building conditions surrounding the existing piazza
Piazza QuadrataRome, Italy
Site Plan
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Piazza QuadrataRome, Italy
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Bench Detail
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