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museum of memory

senior year, 2019

boulder, colorado

individual design

The Museum of Memory is a futuristic project with the goal of allowing visitors to circulate throughout the building and have the opportunity to download, upload, and view memories. The project was located North of the City of Boulder by the Mesa Reservoir, a view I made a goal to keep central to the location of the building on site.

The building features five theater spaces of differentiating sizes plugged into a centralized axis that contained the lobby and cafe. Each theater space is separated from the lobby axis by privatized viewing cubicles where one can go alone to view memories more personal to them. The site itself is zoned as open space; something to not build on. From that, I made it another goal to try and integrate greenspace into the design that is seen on the top floor of the Museum of Memory. Visitors may go upstairs to the enclosed, relaxation room or exit to the South for a green roof with views to Mesa Reservoir, or to the North where I have designed a semi-enclosed outdoor space protected from rain and wind with more integrated greenspace on either side.

Light is important in the design as the public theaters and private viewing rooms do not contain any lights. For this, I designed the exterior walls of the museum to be 12' tall while the private areas separating the theaters from the lobby are only 10' tall, allowing for natural light infiltration.

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provide public and private theater spaces for memory visualization

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circulate visitors smoothly and efficiently 

achieve views to the reservoir and out towards the plains

provide outdoor venues for play and relaxation

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take advantage of views

create clear circulation and axis

preserve programing

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axis and circulation nodes

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exterior circulation

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program breakdown

facilities

theaters

outdoor play

relaxation

lobby

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public

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private

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lobby breakdown

outdoor play breakdown

lobby

connected cafe

indoor

outdoor

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first floor

second floor

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section AA

section BB

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