Landscales
Landscales from Daniel Eisinger
Landscales

Program: A landscape photography gallery and related facilities for creating and archiving photography as well as for housing an artist in residence.

Site: A 1,000+ foot long site along the White River Canal on the grounds of the Indianapolis Museum of Art.

Concept: In what ways can a building both create landscape and highlight the landscape around it?

My design generates a conversation regarding the definition of landscape. Can the floor be a landscape? In this building every space incorporates a level change of at least one foot. The roof? It exposes landscapes on top of and underneath the building, which is lifted off the ground at a point on the site that simultaneously provides views of the roofscape to passersby on the trail atop the levee.

Finally, the building highlights the features of the landscape around it. The projecting arms of the building are aimed at views of water, forest, bridge, formal gardens and historic house.

Basic rendering of underside view of building, as seen from the south.
View of building from the path atop the canal levee.
Location of building on IMA grounds (map graphics based on IMA map found at http://www.imamuseum.org/visit/100acres).
Floor plan with programmatic divisions color coded (preliminary version).
North-south longitudinal section and elevation (preliminary version).
Early concept/process model for circulation-oriented program.
Process model showing early design iteration and siting on topography. Treeline indicated conceptually.
3D printed, multi-part model on laser-cut topography. View from north.
3D printed model with top half set aside. Colors on floor indicate programmatic designation--yellow = public, blue = private, green = professional, orange = circulation.
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Landscales

Program: A landscape photography gallery and related facilities for creating and archiving photography as well as for housing an artist in residence.

Site: A 1,000+ foot long site along the White River Canal on the grounds of the Indianapolis Museum of Art.

Concept: In what ways can a building both create landscape and highlight the landscape around it?

My design generates a conversation regarding the definition of landscape. Can the floor be a landscape? In this building every space incorporates a level change of at least one foot. The roof? It exposes landscapes on top of and underneath the building, which is lifted off the ground at a point on the site that simultaneously provides views of the roofscape to passersby on the trail atop the levee.

Finally, the building highlights the features of the landscape around it. The projecting arms of the building are aimed at views of water, forest, bridge, formal gardens and historic house.

Daniel Eisinger
MArch Graduate Student at Ball State University Muncie, IN