ARCH 432 - FALL 2025
STUDENT
Paige Osterkamp
PROFESSOR
Nitzan Farfel
Choosing to design where the new homes meet the original rowhouses, my goal for this project was for the building to be a place of collision of the past, current, and future identity of the neighborhood. My design focuses around the design principle of 3+1; meaning three volumes joined by one volume colliding through those spaces. I call this form “the link”. The link serves as a converging point of the programs within the community center, providing peekaboos into spaces while concealing others. It’s a space of versatility from study spaces to windows into studios. We also incorporated photogrammetery models from archival photos of Cabrini to produce space-making assemblies. The exterior form of the building aims to shelter these programs and signify its protection over the neighborhood.