CENTER FOR HEALTH AND CONNECTIVITY
In this studio, students were asked to not only design a physical building for the United States Post Office, but also the system and network that drives it and its architecture. I began by first analyzing how the United States Postal System works and functions and how it could potentially be improved. After analyzing many research models and visiting Post Offices and distribution centers, I developed a concept thesis that focused on ‘connectivity,’ an ideal that at the core of the Post Office has begun to fade. Using ArcGIS to then analyze specific sites and neighborhoods, I chose West Oakland, California as the site for my re-imagined post office.
This neighborhood just west of downtown, is one that is completely isolated by city infrastructure and under served. My re-imagined physical and systematic model of the Post Office is one that weaves together health care and the post in order to physically reconnect the isolated neighborhood through the use and expansion of the city’s existing networks. This is what the United States Postal Service could look like physically and how it could function systematically. Welcome to the Center for Health + Connectivity.
The United States Post Re-imagined, The Ohio State University, Undergraduate, Year 3
Prof. Karen Lewis | Rhino | V-Ray | Photoshop | Illustrator | ArcGIS
This neighborhood just west of downtown, is one that is completely isolated by city infrastructure and under served. My re-imagined physical and systematic model of the Post Office is one that weaves together health care and the post in order to physically reconnect the isolated neighborhood through the use and expansion of the city’s existing networks. This is what the United States Postal Service could look like physically and how it could function systematically. Welcome to the Center for Health + Connectivity.
The United States Post Re-imagined, The Ohio State University, Undergraduate, Year 3
Prof. Karen Lewis | Rhino | V-Ray | Photoshop | Illustrator | ArcGIS
