Peace Arch Border Crossing

Peace Arch Border Crossing is driven by the ultimate perception of function and efficiency. Its concept, “Edge of a City”, defines how this port of entry is not only intended to monitor the comings and goings of people transitioning between Canada and the US, but to provide a symbolic change to a new horizon. Allowing users to experience moments that give recognition to what is being left behind while transitioning to what is waiting further ahead. The objective of design was to anticipate structural challenges and sustainable design strategies responding to its site while working with a complex program and spatial flow to increase efficiency.

Floodgate

These net positive structures, aptly named Floodgate, use adaptive response mechanics, harnessing tidal energy to create an impenetrable wall barrier during hurricanes. The low profile of the walls affects only detrimental hurricane waves and allow existing ocean ecology to move uninhibited in the depths below.

2018, SkyscraperStephany KnizeJanuary 22, 2018Miami Coastline, Florida, USAeVolo, competition, skyscraper, miami, florida

Uber Elevate

The industry is entering the age of the mass-manufactured building. Prefabrication is growing up, reaching a new level of maturity that is now going to change the industry and define new categories of building. SCAD collaborated with Uber to assist in the research and development of a cabin interior and vertiports.