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Project Name : NOHO Memory Archive [NMA]
An Archive Center of Theater Performance in Lower Manhattan Project Name : NOHO Memory Archive [NMA]
An Archive Center of Theater Performance in Lower Manhattan
Student: Fangtu Gong Degree: MFA - Master in Interior Design School: Pratt Institute Instructor: Alison B Snyder Thesis Project Presented on Final Review
Statement: Considering the relative simultaneous time dimensions of past, present and future, I investigate how to make memory tangible in spatial form.
Key Words: Memory, Tangibility, Archive, Theater Performance, Time
Dialogue Between Memory and Present MEMORY
TIME
Explore “Archive” in the Notion of Memory
Spatially Tangibility instead of packing everything tightly, my task is to unfold it, open the archive and guide people to feel the memory. That means, not only by retrieving various documents and historical heritage, but also by stimulating people’s initiative through the design of the space To retrieve memory.
Relative Time Dimensions of Past, Present and Future ARCHIVE Considering the relative time dimensions of past, present and future, what we experience today will become memories of the future. I hope that the spatial form of the archive center also has the function of witnessing the generation of new memories. Encourage recording the present, pave the way for the future. Archive can always update its position on the ever-expanding timeline. 440 LAFAYETTE STREET Site Solar 8:00am Location: Lafayette Street between Astor Place and East 4th Street Year Built: 1871 Architect: Edward H. Kendall Building Size: 108,000 SF Floors: 6, 1 below-grade The building located at 440 Lafayette Street was designed by Edward H. Kendall and completed in 1871 as a carriage warehouse. The build- ing was later converted to industrial use where Alfred Benjamin & Co., manufacturers of high-end men's clothing, was established in 1879.
12:00am Located in the neighborhood of Noho, 440 Lafayette sits in between Lafayette St NYU and "The Public" Theater. The property is surrounded by many co ee shops, restaurants and bars that highlight the livelihood of NYC. Transportation to and from 440 Lafayette should come easy with access to R, W and 6 trains at ones doorstep or a short walk to Union Square transportation hub just moments away. Digital Site Model Subway Access
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Lafayette St Memory of Theater Performance in NOHO DNA
Dance Theater Anne Hebard School of Ballet Training centre Musical Lafayette St
School of New York Theatre Ballet Ballet school
Mary Anthony Dance Studio Dance School Musical Theatre Factory Dokoudovsky New York Conservatory of Dance Non-pro t organization Ballet school Astor Place Theatre O -Broadway theater & New York Landmark The Carl Fischer The Public Theater Music Publishers Since 1872 Performing arts theater center in historical dig
343 Labs Theater For the New City Music school O beat, nonpro t American playhouse
The Center for Ballet and the Arts Arts organization NYU Dance O ce Dance School Jack Crystal Theater Performing arts theater Fluxus in avant-garde movement La Mama Experimental Theatre Club New York Public Theater ‘The Je erson Theater, a landmark of vaudeville history, is in the nal stages Gene Frankel Theatre In uential O -Broadway theater company of demolition.” Performing arts theater Performance Space 122 Kraine Theater https://go-gale-com.ezproxy.pratt.edu/ps/i.do?p=AONE&u=nys- Duo Theatre Diverse o -Broadway productions in an intimate, Historic performing-arts venue hosting a variety old-school theater La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club l_me_pml&id=GALE%7CA149673409&v=2.1&it=r&sid=ebsco of theater, dance, lm & music productions. Rod Rodgers Dance Company & Studios Blue Man GroupClub Dance company PERFORMING ARTS >Theater > Theatre Ballet New York Theatre Workshop Yiddish theater The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture Avant garde arts center featuring works by Performing arts theater with religious theme emerging playwrights, musicians & more ......
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5 8 Thesis Statement: Considering the relative time dimensions of past, present and future, I explore the meaning of memory, archive and performance simultaneously to investigate how to make memory tangible.
Keywords: Memory Archive Tangible Time
Type: Archive Center
Who? User: Theater Performance Artist / School Faulty and Sudent / Public
Memory Past, Now, Future Open the Archive Record the Moment
Design Method Time cascading Interweave Analogy Reflection 440 LAFAYETTE STREET Site Solar 8:00am Location: Lafayette Street between Astor Place and East 4th Street Year Built: 1871 Architect: Edward H. Kendall Building Size: 108,000 SF Floors: 6, 1 below-grade
The building located at 440 Lafayette Street was440 LAFAYETTE designed STREET by Edward Site Solar Site 8:00am H. Kendall and completed in 1871 as a carriage warehouse. The build- Location: Lafayette Street between Astor Place and East 4th Street ing was later converted to industrial use where Alfred Benjamin & Co., Year Built: 1871 440 Lafayette Street, Manhattan, New York manufacturers of high-end men's clothing, was established in 1879. Architect: Edward H. Kendall Building Size: 108,000 SF Neighborhood: NOHO Floors: 6, 1 below-grade 12:00am Located in the neighborhood of Noho, 440 Lafayette sits in between The building located at 440 Lafayette Street was designed by Edward H. Kendall and completed in 1871 as a carriage warehouse. The build- Lafayette St NYU and "The Public" Theater. The property is surrounded by many ing was later converted to industrial use where Alfred Benjamin & Co., co ee shops, restaurants and bars that highlight the livelihood of NYC. manufacturers of high-end men's clothing, was established in 1879. 12:00am Located in the neighborhood of Noho, 440 Lafayette sits in between
Lafayette St Transportation to and from 440 Lafayette should come easy with NYU and "The Public" Theater. The property is surrounded by many access to R, W and 6 trains at ones doorstep or a short walk to Union co ee shops, restaurants and bars that highlight the livelihood of NYC. Transportation to and from 440 Lafayette should come easy with Square transportation hub just moments away. access to R, W and 6 trains at ones doorstep or a short walk to Union Square transportation hub just moments away. Digital Site Model Subway Access Digital Site Model Subway Access
5:00pm Lafayette Street Lafayette 5:00pm Lafayette Street Lafayette
Musical Theatre Factory Anne Hebard School of Ballet Non-pro t organization Training centre 8:00pm Dance Theater Musical Lafayette St
Musical Theatre Factory Anne Hebard School of Ballet Non-pro t organization Training centre 8:00pm Dance
Lafayette St Theater Private Musical School of New York Theatre Ballet
Lafayette St Ballet school
Mary Anthony Dance Studio Dance School
Dokoudovsky New York Conservatory of Dance Theater Ballet school Astor Place Theatre Dance The Carl Fischer O -Broadway theater & New York Landmark Music Publishers Since 1872 The Public Theater School Theater Performing arts theater center in historical dig
343 Labs Music school Theater For the New City O beat, nonpro t American playhouse NYU Dance O ce The Center for Ballet and the Arts Dance School Arts organization Jack Crystal Theater Performing arts theater Lafayette St
‘The Je erson Theater, a landmark of vaudeville history, is in the nal stages Kraine Theater of demolition.” Diverse o -Broadway productions in an intimate, https://go-gale-com.ezproxy.pratt.edu/ps/i.do?p=AONE&u=nys- old-school theater l_me_pml&id=GALE%7CA149673409&v=2.1&it=r&sid=ebsco Public Rod Rodgers Dance Company & Studios School of New York Theatre Ballet Dance company PERFORMING ARTS >Theater > Theatre Ballet Ballet school
Mary Anthony Dance Studio Gene Frankel Theatre La Mama Experimental Theatre Club Dance School Performing arts theater In uential O -Broadway theater company New York Theatre Workshop Avant garde arts center featuring works by emerging playwrights, musicians & more Dokoudovsky New York Conservatory of Dance Duo Theatre Ballet school Historic performing-arts venue hosting a variety of theater, dance, lm & music productions. The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture Astor Place Theatre The PerformingCarl Fischerarts theater with religious theme O -Broadway theater & New York Landmark Music Publishers Since 1872 The Public Theater Performing arts theater center in historical dig
343 Labs Music school Theater For the New City O beat, nonpro t American playhouse NYU Dance O ce The Center for Ballet and the Arts Dance School Arts organization Jack Crystal Theater Performing arts theater
‘The Je erson Theater, a landmark of vaudeville history, is in the nal stages Kraine Theater Private of demolition.” Diverse o -Broadway productions in an intimate, https://go-gale-com.ezproxy.pratt.edu/ps/i.do?p=AONE&u=nys- old-school theater l_me_pml&id=GALE%7CA149673409&v=2.1&it=r&sid=ebsco Musical Theater Factory Dance SchoolRod Rodgers Dance Company & Studios Theater Dance company PERFORMING ARTS >Theater > Theatre Ballet
Gene Frankel Theatre La Mama Experimental Theatre Club Performing arts theater In uential O -Broadway theater company
Public New York Theatre Workshop Avant garde arts center featuring works by 6 1 2 emerging playwrights, musicians & more Duo Theatre Historic performing-arts venue hosting a variety of theater, dance, lm & music productions. 5 The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture 6 2 Performing arts theater with religious theme 3 1 7 3 4 7 4
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5 8 Program and User analysis For who ? Basic functions of space ?
40% Archive + Research
Theater Performance Artist - Industry stakeholders 50% 10% Memorial themed exhibition
School Faculty and student - Building Qccupants 30% 30% Recording traces of contemporary performing artists
Public - Non-professional 20% ARCHIVE Lecture Room Memorial 20% Organize related seminars and activities exhibition Record stage Office Research community center Video Archive 1 Archive + Research 2 Recording traces of contemporary performing artists ex Compressed archive or Open archive? Recording images of contemporary New York theater performing hib ARC Open the box Not bury memory ition Audio Archive artists and travelling artists performing in New York, in order to promote the generation of memories, pave the way for the futher. ARCH Book Archive Record stage Office Reconstructing the memory scene The memorable scenes about the city theatre This recording process emphasizes the notion of witnessing. run through the entire storage, research and reading space The entire recording process is open to the public through a special
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Conclusion & Reflection
Through the study of thesis this year, through the discussion of memory and archive, I re-understood the relationship between interior and city from the perspective of time.
As an international student, wandering between several cities in the world, I know that not all cities can well protect the past in everyone’s memory, especially during the period of rapid development and change. From the perspective of urban inte- riors, I feel that my project had begun to break the boundaries between indoor and external cities Ideologically, especially through the perspective of witness and record. On the one hand It was born because of the change of the city outside the space, on the other hand it remained independent in the dimen- sion of time.
I think that in the following professional practice, I will still maintain my interest in urban interiors, and the discussion of the past, future, and memory will always enrich my design ideas. I am also looking forward to see that my understanding of memory and space at the age of 24 today, how it will change Outside View in a few decades when I get older. Fangtu Gong ASID, LEED Green Associate MFA - Pratt Institute Email: [email protected] Phone: 347 575 0815 LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/fangtu-gong NICE TO MEET YOU ! CONNECT ME