Site.Bound Comprehensive Studio Collaborator: Sam Merecicky Instructor: Georgina Huljich 吀栀is retro昀椀t project proposes a university-a昀케liated material research lab built on the site of an existing concrete plant. Bearing in mind that no site is a blank slate, my partner and I considered the site as the fundamental driver for this project by designing the project around aesthetics of earthen materials like ceramics, concrete, and rammed earth. In construction these materials are often comprised of aggregate and binder, so we imag- ined the facility as an array of monolithic aggregated volumes uni昀椀ed by a lightweight canopy above, the binder of the project. 吀栀ese two contrasted elements are linked by the angle of the existing warehouse roof, which is carried through the project on all sides, and the sense of compliment between the lightness of the roof and the heaviness of the volumes emerges as the motif of the project. We continued to draw the site into the project by designing a facade system based on a ceramic tile module which we suggest slip-casting on the soil of the site itself. 吀栀is tile system also underscored our dialectic of lightness/heaviness: since the tile is perforated, it contributes to a heavy earthen look for the building volumes in daytime lighting, but at night it appears as a light rainscreen, with interior light spilling out. 16 17