Thesis Project: Beneath the Surface
Woodbury School of Architecture
Instructor: Jordana Maisie Goot
Arch 431 | Spring 2023
Site location: Lower Arroyo Park & Desidero Park; Beneath the Colorado Street Bridge
(also known as “Suicide Bridge”)
Due to the highly networked, global, real-time infiltration of digital media, today, our society is both hyper-connected and deeply isolated. This condition is taking its toll on teens most directly: with suicide and depression on the rise, we look to architecture as a site of re-embodiment; supporting an environment of presence, safety and awareness.By expanding on the Memorial Typology, this project creates a space of acceptance, knowledge building and support services, harnessing the evocative and experiential capacity of architecture to build empathy.
Pathways Experience Collage Study
Site Plan (Scale @ 1'-0" = 1/36")
3rd Level (Scale @ 1'-0" = 1/36")
2nd Level (Scale @ 1'-0" = 1/36")
Ground Level (Scale @ 1'-0" = 1/36")
Enlargement 2A - Recreational Picnic Space (Scale @ 1'-0" = 1/8")
Enlargement 2B - Cultural Informational Gallery (Scale @ 1'-0" = 1/12")
Enlargement 3A - Adolescence / Cafe (Scale @ 1'-0" = 1/12")
Enlargement 4A - Attempt Scale @ 1'-0" = 1/16")
Enlargement 4B - Counseling Office Spaces (Scale @ 1'-0" = 1/12")
Enlargement 4C - Outdoor Courtyard Garden (Scale @ 1'-0" = 1/8")
Enlargement 4D - Wishing Tree (Scale @ 1'-0" = 1/8")
Section A (Scale @ 1'-0" = 1/8")
Section B (Scale @ 1'-0" = 1/8")


