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An airport acts as a larger representa-tion of the idea of a non-place. There is no doubt that an airport is an actual place. However, because this space lies between two defined spaces (where you are and the location you want to be), it is perceived as a place that is “weak or heterogeneous… in between stronger and more homogeneous” areas. How the homogenous zones interact with one another creates the in-between space.4

This examination is not only about offer-ing my design point of view on a standard typology but to ask if the way this typol-ogy has been done over and over again is it working in the sense of thoughtful series of transient space?

InvestIgatIng the non-place:a regIonal aIrport In Boulder, colorado

advisor: Tricia Stuthyear: Fifth year, Fall + Springtime: 1 yearsize: 45,000 square feetlocation: Boulder, Colorado

A piece of architecture can be thought of as poly-territorial place. There are major zones of programs that are linked together by connecting spaces, the interstitial zones1. They often become left-over spaces.”2

This is the “in-between space”. A place full of interrelations” where the zone acts as a threshold between major spatial programs. The in-between space belongs to both, and therefore, it is part of both.3

The importance of these non-places stems from allowing one to appropriate and associate to a territory in their own way, that in turn, forms their identity of the space4.

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Existing GreenwaysProposed RunWayPedestrian Bridge

Observation Deck

Airport connectionPublic Corridor

3 miles

Boulder

Denver

Denver Itnl Airport

30 miles37 minutes

42 miles~42 minutes

28 miles36 minutes

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The process of making the final boards was an incredibly enjoyable, yet nerve-racking experience. The term “happy-mistake” comes to mind dur-ing the final two weeks of production as watercolor is all-revealing. Any “mistake” made is unerasable, there is no CTRL-Z button, and certainly no photoshopping to enhance the image.

By the end of the process, there were five boards that created a dance between plan, section, and elevation to make an over-all understandable composition.

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