Ece Cetin

Building Ecologies


Individual Project
Critic: Jonathan Knowles
Site: Providence, RI

Spring 2019  / RISD


The design concept of nature lab expansion project is initially informed by biomimetric inspiration taken from tension and compression networks found in dragonfly wing that both provide strength and flexibility. The idea of responsive skin is carried out through the project as double skin space at the façade creating an in-between spatial condition between inside and outside, inhabiting both plants and people through programmatic expansion.

Organizational concept is driven by exhibition space as the circulation space, realizing exhibition not as a passive, isolated entity but an active program of constant observation and interaction; therefore traveling sectionally as well through the lab and work spaces.








 


Physical Model
1/2”=1’  Plywood, Paper



Physical Model
1/2”=1’  Plywood, Paper



                                         Double Skin Facade Study Model