NICOLAUS CARLSON
This is a single-story building on West Stadium Boulevard in Ann Arbor and contains O’Reilly Auto Parts. The walls are a form of stucco with some brick pillars. There is a single entrance and exit of this building with glass windows and metal frames. The roof is a flat composite material.
The interior is divided by two joined walls that form a square main room and an “L” shaped outer room. The building is single heighted with a dropped veiling to cover many structural and mechanical inner workings of the building. The entryway is a separate enclosed area with a single entrance door and separated exit door.
This diagram shows the building as a kit-of-parts. Included are: Mechanical ducts and vents, Interior support Pillars, Exterior Pillars, Glass sheets, Metal frames, Ceiling tiles, HVAC unit, and lighting tubes with housings.
The Storage Stuff Map is focused on materials used to make items used for storing other items. The larger focus comes in lifecycle and of the materials and where they should go when un-useable or deemed not necessary. Plastic being a key player in most storage solutions, this map dives into the recycling of plastic. This map thusly, highlights the sustainability and earthly effects of plastic.
The Outdoor Stuff Map explores companies that produce outdoor gear. Main companies are highlighted in the center. Articles surround the companies linking sustainability practices with the company. Other articles link sustainability with the gear these companies produce. Many articles highlight a reuse policy. This map highlights sustainable outdoor gear companies pitted to companies that have no sustainable practice and links leaders who self-govern the products sold.
The middle highlights that both sets of stuff use the same materials and links various pieces of each together, including the need for outdoor gear to be stored.
My design includes Storage Stuff and Outdoor Stuff assembled through Scattered Stages. There are 7 stages that range in similarity. Storage bins completely fill the space to make paths to each stage. The stages utilize a few outdoor items to create a scene. Other stages create a statement with crushed plastic items and outdoor stuff.
Inside the main area is a golf stage, a camping stage, a passthrough stage, and two view paths to two different stages. The outer area contains the passthrough stage, the storage shelf stage, and a camping stage. The stages highlight activities, uses, and items that can be found in homes, businesses, and adventures. All the stages are entangled in a trail-like path as created by a jungle of storage bins.
This video shows a pathway along the south side of the building. A storage city stage is in the far corner of the building. There exists an encampment passthrough with the paths highlighted with Tiki Torches. An internal wall divides the pathway from two stages that can be viewed through glass viewports. Essential camping supplies for various forms of camping exist in each of the two sets of camping items. Bins lining the pathway and stages contain various outdoor items that can be pulled for use through a gantry arm.
The perspective images show a spatial experience marked by stages of varying size scattered throughout the building. They maintain interconnected through a path that is trail-like. The bins defining the path contains items that are commonly used in the outdoors for a variety of activities and tasks. Each area and pathway lined with storage bins containing items related to the scene it is close to.