Vertical Monastery

Central Business District
Austin, Texas

Spring 2022

Identifying La Tourette Monastery, designed by Le Corbusier, and gaining an understanding of the program and organization allowed for the reconstruction of that space into a vertical orientation. This, along with a study of traditional architectural archetypes, then motivated the following massing schemes. By identifying desireable organization of program, circulation needs, and ideal connections to the ground and sky, the project responds to the site and program by catering to these needs through orientation, organization, and variation. Creating a frontality to the form and an open connection on the ground floor allows for ideal urban activity.