MILWAUKEE, WI

Speculations for the Harbor District of Milwaukee - This project speculates on an area of Milwaukee that has recently seen somewhat expected urban development proposals with residential and retail uses. Opposed to the expected, an unconventional approach is taken here as a means to discover visionary stimulants for the district and City of Milwaukee. While entirely speculative, the architectonic and programmatic statement critiques current development and reaches for the frontier of design; a substation of a larger network for living, working, playing, and generating. With this hybridized architectural proposal, the communicative technique is also hybridized; layering the fast and exact digital with the paced and tactile manual. The grit of graphite, ink, and paper offer texture to the often cold and slick digital 3D modeling work. To further blend these extremes, a pressure sensitive tablet provides augmentation.

The last plate in this image series received an Award of Excellence from the ‘Architecture In Perspective 33 Competition’ administered by the American Society of Architectural Illustrators.