from the Bauhaus to our house symbolism

The stock is the trans- The ring (or shackle) is

verse bar atop the the part of the anchor
shank the provides where the chain or
stability and allows cable is attached.
the flukes to dig into
the sea bed. The connecting point
for students and
The faculty represents
community to find
the stock, supporting
out about classes and
the students in the
events.
studios.

The shaft connects The flukes digs into

the stock to the flukes the ground securing
and creates a center the ship to the sea
of gravity easing the floor.
anchor the bottom of
the sea. The art studios are
like the flukes because
The stock is how
it’s where students
students and faculty
dig into their work.
Students at the Bauhaus spent a year At the Art Institute most foundation travel from one area
to the next. Or how
exploring 2D and 3D design before they classes are taught in basic classroom, in- learning art and
ever set foot in their chosen field. The adequate for painting and drawing. Most design relate and sup-
port each other.
foundation department was a place for rooms have poor quality of lighting, inap-
students to learn techniques and work propriate furniture, and no storage. This
with material in new unthought of ways. is not an ideal situation for the subjects Anchor
A true innovation in the way art and de- being studied. A designated drawing and An anchor is a device, usually of metal, attached to a ship or boat by a cable or chain and lowered to the seabed to hold
the vessel in a particular place by means of a fluke or pointed projection that digs into the sea bottom. Ancient anchors
sign were taught. Every art and design painting studio is needed.
consisted of large stones, basketfuls of stones, sacks filled with sand, or logs of wood loaded with lead; these held the
school has since adopted this approach to vessel merely by their weight and by friction along the bottom.
teaching art.

concept sketches

the art
studio
proposed site plan
proposed
site location

AIS currant
campus

site forces Victor Steinbrueck Park

2001 Western Ave.
Seattle, WA 98121

N
the site
N 1st floor
plan
N 2nd floor
plan
 north
elevation
 east
elevation
 south
elevation
 west
elevation
section
view
lobby
view
3D design
studio
2D design
studio