Panther Hollow’s location in the midst of cultural and educational institutions creates a space which doesn’t belong the urban condition of the neighborhood. The topographical rupture includes a small village, railroad, and quick connections between neighborhoods. Above, each institution stands tall above the topographical condition below.

Carnegie Mellon overlooks boiler plant

Overview of Panther Hollow Institutions

Homes overlooking lake

Homes follow the topographical shifts of the hollow

House on Diulus Way

The topography creates perceptions of stable buildings that on closer inspection are not as stable as perceived from above. This exurban condition within the city is considered an ‘other’ to the permanence of the city. This unstable condition is ripe for the locus of a transient inhabitant, who maps the city from within this space.

Various conglomerations accumulate around pedestrian connections

New pedestrian conditions are formed from the new light rail station. This city circulation becomes the infrastructure for a hotel and dormitory. The transience of the passerby engages the transient habitation of the architecture.

Structural Component Study

These components vary in their overlapping distances, creating a variation in spatial porosity. I think this system offers a more comprehensive structure that could be applied to and disturb the current system. It seems likely that as variations in scale and density occur, this would have an interesting perceptual exeprience.

Pittsburgh’s hollows

Possible site locations

Community typologies surrounding hollows

Circulation typologies in hollows

Panther hollow’s community divisions and circulatory connections