I like to think that this one was heavily influenced by Raphael but it doesn’t really make for a good narrative… Apart from that I guess it should be noted that triangles make for super inefficient plans but they sure look cool!

Lester S. Yu B. Arch ‘09

Spring 2007, Third Year Design Studio

Critic: Vincent Mulcahy

A predatory insertion and new entryway into the Capitoline museums of Rome. Contra posta is heavily employed to introduce a new addition -part building, part landscape into one of the historically most densely layered sites in Rome, Italy.

Lester S. Yu B. Arch ‘09

Spring 2008, Fourth Year Rome Design Studio

Critics: Francesco Garofalo & Lily Chi