Our proposal projected 200 years into the future and propounded a time where massive over population resulted in radical changes to the way that the city is comprised. Our design revolved around the question - what role does an architecture and design school play in a futuristic world?
In the 200 years since CCA bought the lot behind their original SF campus, radical changes have affected the urban fabric as well as the way we interact with it. What is the role of an art and design school within this new context? How does the school retain a relevant dialogue with the surrounding city? And what role does extreme technology play in the life of a design student?
The previous 200 years have seen extreme urban density take over as the dominant urban condition. The city has become a vertically motivated environment. Class and affluence patterns no longer radiate outwards from the center, but become stratified in a vertical hierarchy where proximity to the top layers corresponds to social position. A complex network of tubular transportation arteries (TTA) now conveys large numbers of people around the Bay Area Metropolis (BAM) quickly and efficiently in comfort and privacy.
The designer must engage with the full spectrum of society and so CCA reflects this need through spanning the total height of the city and enacting physical connections through TTA’s.
New forms of technology facilitate new forms of expression. Dream Photography, Holographic Mind Modeling, Neural Sculpture and Particle Fashion are just some of the tools that the current day designer learns at CCA.
