Susana Chinchilla

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Dormitory:

Responding to a Relentless Social Gradient

Location: Dumbo, Brooklyn
Partner: Sabrina Tedino
Critics: Gonzalo Carbajo
Archived: Fall 2017

The 150 student dormitory in Dumbo, Brooklyn is the result of an experimental use of geometry as a tool for social expansion and contraction. The dormitory acknowledges, applies, and responds to the ideas of a changing degree of social interaction, through a geometric gradient guided by the largest pulls toward key viewpoints and provide the highest degree of social interaction through indoor gardens.



Early Studies: Gradient & Order









Ground and Fourth Floor Plan

Facade as Social Moderator