Shepherd School of Music Courtyards
LOCATION
Houston, Texas
CLIENT
Rice University
CLIENT
Rice University
YEAR
2011
YEAR
2011
OVERVIEW
The Shepherd School is housed in a 1991 Neoclassical Ricardo Bofill building punctured by two 60’x60’ courtyards. In this project, the two courts are taken as a pair of contrasting environments: one is outdoors and casual, and the other is interior, flexible, and suitable for quiet entertainment and festive planning. The interior courtyard is enclosed by a glass canopy that diffuses light during the day, and opens up to the night sky. A gently sloped ground can be filled with water to adjust the space to the event, and a field of orange trees organizes seating and gives the sense of an urban garden.
(With SCHAUM/SHIEH)
The Shepherd School is housed in a 1991 Neoclassical Ricardo Bofill building punctured by two 60’x60’ courtyards. In this project, the two courts are taken as a pair of contrasting environments: one is outdoors and casual, and the other is interior, flexible, and suitable for quiet entertainment and festive planning. The interior courtyard is enclosed by a glass canopy that diffuses light during the day, and opens up to the night sky. A gently sloped ground can be filled with water to adjust the space to the event, and a field of orange trees organizes seating and gives the sense of an urban garden.
(With SCHAUM/SHIEH)
The Shepherd School is housed in a 1991 Neoclassical Ricardo Bofill building punctured by two 60’x60’ courtyards. In this project, the two courts are taken as a pair of contrasting environments: one is outdoors and casual, and the other is interior, flexible, and suitable for quiet entertainment and festive planning. The interior courtyard is enclosed by a glass canopy that diffuses light during the day, and opens up to the night sky. A gently sloped ground can be filled with water to adjust the space to the event, and a field of orange trees organizes seating and gives the sense of an urban garden.
(With SCHAUM/SHIEH)
The Shepherd School is housed in a 1991 Neoclassical Ricardo Bofill building punctured by two 60’x60’ courtyards. In this project, the two courts are taken as a pair of contrasting environments: one is outdoors and casual, and the other is interior, flexible, and suitable for quiet entertainment and festive planning. The interior courtyard is enclosed by a glass canopy that diffuses light during the day, and opens up to the night sky. A gently sloped ground can be filled with water to adjust the space to the event, and a field of orange trees organizes seating and gives the sense of an urban garden.
(With SCHAUM/SHIEH)
Project Team
Troy Schaum
Rosalyne Shieh
Sean Kizy
Brian Lee
Jason Pierce
Alex Yuen
Project Team
Troy Schaum
Rosalyne Shieh
Sean Kizy
Brian Lee
Jason Pierce
Alex Yuen
Project Team
Troy Schaum
Rosalyne Shieh
Sean Kizy
Brian Lee
Jason Pierce
Alex Yuen
