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Beltline Monument ....................................... 3-6

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Proctor Creek Linear Park at Bankhead.........9-10

Fayetteville Mosque.......................................11-14

Emory-Oxford Student Commons..................15-16

Piedmont Park Cultural Center ......................17-18

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Monument on the Atlanta BeltlineLibero AndrottiSpring 2014

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In an eff ort fi ll the economic void of free labor, the post-slavery South frequently imprisioned innocent black men to force them back into work; a kind of slavery which historicallyis seldom recognized. This memorial to unjust convict labor begins in a lonely thicket on the Beltline, overgrown and neglected with time. The site is visibly scarred by the railroad which existed there and the convict labor utilized to concieve it. A giant slab left on the site becomes a symbol of this marking. It is striking as a juxtaposition between this silentforgotten past and the new life of the Beltline. In this way the slab comes to represent a mass grave; a silent reminder of the dead amoung the living. On the approach to this fl oatingmass one enters a large ravine ananolgous to the moral scar upon the land. As one descends through the slit of the slab, a fi eld of light emerges. These oval depressions representthose shallow graves of the victims, each with a light to commemorate the life. The wildness surrounding the monument is a sign of neglect but also a symbol of rebirth. The earth continues to thrive despite the devastation of development and the African American people continue to thrive despite the devastation of oppression. The interior of the mass is the counterpoint to the commeration of the dead by providing a light and fl exible space for organizing; an urban outdoor room.

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unmonumentATLburnaway Magazine Fall 2014

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“Though I am unsure of exactly what this factorywas in its previous life, the building became a blank caanvnvas for those who stumbled upon it and then transformed into a unique backdrop for a handful of lucky photographers.”-Anonymous, Westside

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“ Founded in 19005, this building stood tall, aalolong with the plethorara of oth-er black businessses s that made up the famous Sweet Auburn, thee ririchchese tblack street in thhe world. This condemned building also displays the dete-ririororatation of this hih storic location due to abandonment, widespread crimem ,and homelessneess.”

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Reclaimed Factory

Neighborhood Watch

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Proctor Creek is located in Bankhead, one of Atlanta’s poorest and most under-utilized neighborhoods.The infrastructure surrounding this creek is underfunded and overburdened which has resulted in chronic fl ooding; a factor that has contributed to the abandonment of homes, crime, and blight in the community. The creek has dumping ground for industrial use for over 100 years and was identifi ed by the EPA as a high priority site for it’s dangerous levels of pollutants. This project combines the natural resource of the creek with the existing amenities of the Bankhead MARTA station and Beltline trail to create a Transit Oriented Development that in hopes of revitalizing both creek and community. In reimagining the connective fabric of Proctor as a linear park, the space both as an amenitiy to the community as well as and engineered sponge to reduce fl ooding and a preservation area to eventually restore the stream and surrounding ecologies. The proposed TOD acts the connective fabric for the pedestrain/bike trail network of the Beltline and the Proctor Creek linear parks, a fabric designed to become the catalyst to attract investors to the area.

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Proctor Creek Linear Parks at Bankhead MARTAHerman HowardFall 2013

Poverty Concentration

Area of Proctor Creek Flood PlainZone 1Zone 2Zone 3 Stream Bottom Green SpaceGreen Space/Rec

Zone 1: Undisturbed Vegetation

Zone 2: Managed Landscape

Zone 3: Runoff Control

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Fayetteville MosqueSabir KhanSpring 2013

This cross-cultural studio challenged students to create a place of worship for a diasporic Islamic community located in Fayetteville, Georgia. The proposal is driven by problematizing arcuated systems. The arch is one of the most iconic formal elements in history. Discovered by the Romans as a structural innovation, the arch soon transcended this role to become an archetypal symbol of threshold and victory. It is a frame for landscape as well as the body and has the unique ability to manipulate perspective when used in series. By isolating and analyzing this classical element, the arch is explored in its potential to create experience and adapt to a modern context.

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Emory-Oxford Student CommonsRobin LackeyFall 2012

Sited in the classic American campus of Emory University at Oxford, Georgia, this project explores classical dicotomy of nature and artifi ce. The proposal sits between the campus quad and a nature preserve, presenting a gradient of architectural conditions. The project responds to these conditions by opening itself to nature preserve beyond while presenting a structured but respectful facade to the campus. The emergent building is low and fl at on the approach in response to the small scale of the surrounding structures. The central transparent block acts as a frame for the trees beyond as well as a frame for the people using the space for gallery exhibits. The visual passivity of this block creates a pourous barrier between campus and the nature in an interplay representative of the site: frame to fi ll, solid to void, formal to informal, organic to inorganic.

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Piedmont Park Cultural CenterAlice VialardFall 2011

In this initial exploration of architectural form, a random aggregate was chosen from which a set of parameters was derived to establish a structural system. In the case of cracking mud, a heirarchy of T-shaped nodes emerged from visual analysis to become the fl exible framework from which the program of the building could populate and fi ll. Analogous to the complex behavior of soil in the natural environment, the building adjusts to the fl uctuating systems of life which inhabit it by expanding and contracting through its structure. The emerging form repeats its intent by becoming a series of structural and fi ll elements which are used to create enclosure and become a larger frame for human activity.

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Frame Fill Program

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