Areas
X - Commons
Proposing a rebranding strategy for The Sunshine Theater, X- Commons seeks to catalyze equity and inclusion for all generations while embracing skating, a subculture that is often marginalized from the mainstream society. The design intent is to use skating as a tool to engage and foster individual and social creativity, promote physical athleticism, and increase community engagement.
Aiming for a blend of existing site conditions of brick, graffiti, and metal, the new structure reflects the neighborhood rationality, while generating creative chaos. As the new form evolves vertically, material density starts to break the linear rational qualities of brick materials creating moments of extended three-dimensional brick forms from which evolves a new way of living on the lower east side.