Herbert F. Johnson Museum: Exploring how the negative space of the facade blends in with its environment.

As part of the first exercise for first-year drawing class of the M.Arch. I at Cornell’s Architecture School, my classmates and I were asked to go around the campus and free-hand draw three structures. The assignment was completely open, as we could draw anything we wanted to portray. The purpose of the exercise  was to begin thinking about how we “see” buildings and how we can represent those ideas about them. I centered on the Herbert F. Johnson Museum, the Sage Chappel, and Uris Library. I wish to share part of my outcome…

Herbert F. Johnson Museum: Floor plan of one of the galleries.

Herbert F. Johnson Museum: Interiors.

Herbert F. Johnson Museum: Concrete detail and Axonometric.

Sage Chapel: The Environment overpowers the building.

Sage Chapel: Floor Plan.

Sage Chapel: Details (middle column reinterpreted).

Uris Library: An entrance.

Uris Library: The old with the contemporary.

Uris Library: Main area floor plan.

Uris Library: A.D. White Library... freeing up constricted space.