Our main studio project while studying in Florence was the renovation of an old prison, Le Murate, into a library, organized through ritual. We made simple alterations to the existing building but we were largely focused on creating a new method for learning architecture through the ritual of collaboration. The ritual we designed is comprised by the separation of what we understand to be the 4 fundamental principles of architecture and pushing the scholars and students to study one subject through books and learn the others through discourse. The final discussion between all 4 categories occurs in the center of the public stair, for all to witness.

CREATED WITH DYLAN CREAN 2020