ANTICIPATION

anticipation | car museum | pettydesign | James Petty

Undergraduate Work
10-weeks
Autumn 2006
Prof: Tom Diehl
University of Houston

 

“the racing driver’s mind has to have the ability to have amazing anticipation with the speed the car goes.”

– emerson fittipaldi

 

Anticipation becomes a primary factor in the build up before any race. Anticipation of performance, anticipation of competition, anticipation of placement. Those uncertainties help thrust the desire to continue racing.

anticipation | car museum | pettydesign | James Petty

program: create a space to store + display 1950’s American racecars. Space will be open to public only one day per year.

anticipation | car museum | pettydesign | James Petty

anticipation | car museum | pettydesign | James Petty

Exploiting the concept of anticipation, the user is always given a series of glimpses leading up to a single point where the user can view all the cars at once. This play of views occurs for both user groups: those viewing from exterior 364 days per year, and those within reach of the cars one day per year.

anticipation | car museum | pettydesign | James Petty

anticipation | car museum | pettydesign | James Petty

anticipation | car museum | pettydesign | James Petty

anticipation | car museum | pettydesign | James Petty

anticipation | car museum | pettydesign | James Petty

anticipation | car museum | pettydesign | James Petty

anticipation | car museum | pettydesign | James Petty

anticipation | car museum | pettydesign | James Petty

anticipation | car museum | pettydesign | James Petty

anticipation | car museum | pettydesign | James Petty

About pettydesign

James Petty is an American architect experiencing and contributing to the Yale School of Architecture.