Design Team: Annabelle Sablan, Sonali Mistry, Isabella Klug, Katherine Edwards
The title of our project is X-Crew, where the X stands for exploration and the crew refers to a traditional rowing team. The project is centered around the theme of water exploration through rowing. The axial form of the camp allows for the programs to be spread along a permanent boardwalk and nested among the existing site. The boardwalk is designed to act as an urban surface guiding campers' journey. The form of the boardwalk consists of geometric shapes that hold different programs. The geometric shapes, defined by the curves and cutouts, help to frame views as campers move along their journey, protect existing vegetation, and allow for implied elevated training platforms to create private spaces along the boardwalk.
The camper lodging spaces are placed in the “free,” natural landscape of the site to provide campers with a private, playful experience. The cabins are not only temporary but reconfigurable as they can be reformatted to form a bigger group of campers and can be more open or closed off depending on the time of day. Along the boardwalk, the classrooms and training platforms are further defined by shading devices during the on-season which can be collapsed during the off-season.
