Cooper Union Architecture Archive : Student Project : Inhabitation: Twilight Crater House [ARCH_111_CondakChristina_1989-90S]

Sections, measuring component spaces of the house.

Zodiac projection: drawing out initial spaces in plan and section.

Plans, second void with passage to first void, lung of the crater.

Model, impact plan position south of the crater.

Model, initial roof places with surface of the earth.

Site model.

Site model.

Site model, detail.

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Abstract

The intervention of the house mimics the event of the meteoric crater into the mid-western American mesa; it's first
structural act is to subtract the land, carve-out a second void, and drop below the horizon.

Title

Inhabitation: Twilight Crater House

Author

Condak, Christina

Course

Academic Year

1989–90

Semester

Spring

Faculty

Mori, Toshiko

Problem Type

N/A

Program Types

Architectural Elements

N/A

Photographer

Condak, Christina
Pro-Lab

Subjects

Meteoroids
Horizon
Human body
Meteorite craters
negative space

Author Text

Author text, Christina Condak, ARCH 111 Architectonics, 1989-90, spring.
Portfolio pages, Christina Condak, ARCH 111 Architectonics, 1989-90, spring.

Faculty Text

1989–90, Spring | Architectonics

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