Mulberry Grove Visitor's Center, 2003. SCAD studio project done w/ John Dumsick.
This was our scholarship winning design for a small visitor center located on the marshy Georgia coast. The four galleries had unique structures running down their centers. These structures represented the content of each gallery.
The Plantation Gallery mimicked the cotton gin (which was invented on this site), the Commerce Gallery took the shape of ship's sails (given the close proximity of the Savannah port), the Urban Development Gallery was inspired by the Savannah squares (delineated parks laid out around the town), and the Ecology Gallery drew upon the look of a native bird.
The real lynch pin (and what ultimately won us the competition) was the look-out post by which you would orient yourself to all the historic sites the place had to offer. By looking down along the center of the galleries it would point to where pertinent events occurred on the site.
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