PRIMARY INSTRUCTOR DEVIN DOBROWOLSKI

GRADUATE PROGRAM | YEAR THREE

The proposed project emerged in contrast, creating a dialogue with the architecture situated at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes in 1959. Barnes’ orthogonal and regimented design is juxtaposed with the organic, polyhedron structures at the proposed addition, though elements of materiality, surrounding views, and overall connections to the natural environment refer back to the existing project.

This dialogue continues with the proposed fermentation program; rather than focus on artistic crafts, the experimental nature of creating is re-interpreted to consumable products that originate from natural micro-organisms. Students and faculty reside within the small forest community to learn and experiment with craft brewing, kombucha making, pickeling, and sourdough bread baking, depending on the duration of stay.

The CLT structure for each form is considered a separate element, doubling walls and removing faces to combine and create openings. This individuality of structure allows for the growth and reconfiguration of buildings as the program adapts over time, ultimately generating an architecture that is able to be re-imagined by generations to come.