The Joint: A Structure for Music and Movement is a cultural venue composed of floating volumes suspended above a pavilion of lights and steel beams that invites the public to navigate and experience the structure from unexpected perspectives—revealing spatial conditions that are typically concealed in architectural systems. This expressive framework resists symmetry and conventionality in favor of tension, improvisation, and open-endedness—an architecture that embraces spatial uncertainty as a generative force.
On top, each mass houses a distinct music-focused program—including what could be a theater, nightclub, concert hall, or recording studio for emerging artists—joined together both spatially and socially. Rather than striving for permanence, the structure captures the fleeting intensity of music, performance, and human connection. Its modular nature allows for future reconfiguration, enabling each volume to evolve in shape or function as cultural needs shift.
Positioned atop an existing public building with full public access, the project aims to democratize cultural experience in a city increasingly shaped by privatization and exclusivity—reclaiming space for artistic expression within the urban fabric.
