Bodies move through space. A person’s definite movement and decided motion en route creates a path. However, paths are not only defined by human movement, but also architectural moments. The composition and sequencing of these moments influence the decision in where one goes next in their journey toward a certain location. 

The architecture is a static, built form that confines and effects human movement. The human is a fluid being who creates new paths. How can architecture acknowledge and celebrate the constantly changing movement of humans, through built form, while still allowing for the freedom of other possibilities? These moments are spaces of play, intersection, pause, decision making, reflection, guidance, and change. The moments encountered along the path build up anticipation to the arrival at the destination. 

The thesis explores such ideas through the creation of a series of moments along three different paths, suggesting the possibility of many routes. The placement and structure of each moment is greatly influenced by its surroundings. These new interventions into the city provide opportunities for new paths to be created while complimenting the existing paths and intersections of the city fabric. Each path has its own beginning point and leads to activities within the program of an urban recreation center near Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C. 

Link to full thesis book.