MICHAEL HARA
DESIGN PORTFOLIO
SELECTED WORKS //
The World is a Library
Architectural Augmentations
Plug It In!
Long Island Cinema
Don't Fear the Reaper
Stairway to Heaven
Copyright 2011 Michael Hara
THE WORLD IS A LIBRARY AND IT'S INESCAPABLE
WINNER OF THE RICHARD MORRILL OUTSTANDING THESIS AWARD
This project explores hypertextuality, fiction, and narrative, utilizing architecture as a language to investigate these philosophies and phenomena. The proposal is a home for three fictional characters: a Victorian watchmaker, a Renaissance engraver, and a post-modern librarian. The three characters convene to re-create Giulio Camillo's memory theater, a mechanism designed to convey infinite knowledge and wisdom upon anyone who entered its construct. The project is written in both images and words; plans and poetry. It is a fiction and should be read as such.
| LOCATION NICOLLET ISLAND | YEAR 2010 |
