DYLAN WILSON

This project is from my time I spent abroad in Bonn, Germany. My classmates and I were assigned to analyze a space in Cologne, Germany (larger city nearby) and come up with an appropriate design to fit it. My partner(Elliot Williams) and I came up with a unique design that utilized lines of sight and the timber industry. We used trees to create lines of sight and sharp lines throughout our design. The trees were also selected in a way that the project would only have trees commonly used for timber (Oak, Ash, and Beech). These trees grow at different speeds and would be chopped down on offsetting years to create different looks with the heights of the trees. From here we were told to do individual projects where each partner would select a part of the project to design in more detail. I selected the ramp we had going to the boardwalk. We created a ramp that would go under the existing road and connect to the existing boardwalk on the other side. Since this area was known to flood sometimes, I designed accordingly. I wanted my ramp design to work with the flooding heights to look different at each level the water got to. This was one of my favorite projects to work on during undergrad and I appreciate my German professors for pushing my ideas as much as possible (even if I didn’t fully appreciate it at the time).