Idea_
The art of understanding will lead to a profound prospective of self. By allowing and taking in what have been seen and learned to make one better. The connection unseen and excommunicated from one person to the other is much needed for a distinct and justification of life’s purpose and meaning, it will increase one’s nature. An object is just an object but once it is given meaning, it evolves and transform into something greater. The objects that lie before you, tell stories. These stories are connected and made whole. Understand to know the stories.

Slaves are human and are devalued and have lost hope.
Hope will be found by embracing the past.
The site is but a place with many promises.
Relive and re-establish your soul.
Here females stand; here they make their own.

Here is to be whole.

Site_
1 touch, 2 smells, 3 sights
Humanity is emotionless. The proximity and acoustics are equal to beauty. Function and wind are equal to complexity which needs simplifying. Plants are low to the ground. The broken ground leads to undefined walkways. Rocky features hold the smallest creatures. The lake is tarnished where dead crows are found. No correct path, the plains are untouched. Love ones who visit are find the site to be in disguise. It is hard to find, the sea is land and land is sea. Nature speaks solemnly where civilization is non existent here. It is a road to an asylum, a road of nothingness.  

Zenith_ the point at which everything is clear. In this case, spaces that justify all possible answer to life.

Sell apart of your past to keep your soul… 

Program Introduction_
People’s perception and ideals are dealt with to help them find a part of themselves. Desires and eroticism will come into play. A person will have the choice to do as they please and make decisions that they see fit. It is never ending. The past slaves will be targeted and put to the test. In order to endure and realize and see, you must experience something much greater than life itself.

Program_

It is a learning center for forced slavery.

10-20 survivors of forced slavery will find their souls.

Carrizo plains is a place of little inhabitance. Spirits walk the land, while faces are found in all aspects of Carrizo. The soul of Carrizo is the soul entity the students must find. Carrizo plains will not be a necropolis or a seismi-city but what lies in between these worlds, it is a city of the life before yet after death.

The past is over and the future remains, thus the survivors must see this and want more in life.  . The center's purpose is to increase their students’ mental state mind as well as increase their intellectuality. It is assumed that the survivors who are taken from this place are willing to learn to improve their mental state of being.

The center will provide courses to enhance education. Art courses are encouraged to gain individual expression.

The learning center will be a transitional step from one world to another; from a world that is not theirs to a world that is theirs. The students who come here are to choose their outcome. The center is only here to help but the individuals/ students who attend this space, must choose what they would like to do with their life, the center has no authority over their students. The center want their studentsto seek life, grasp and want air- in order to live the life their souls whish for them to lead.

The drawings which are shown on the side of this insignificant paper are drawings done at the site. These drawings had few meaning until I altered the drawing and made them explode outward. Now the drawings are expressions of how I see the site. An idea that comes to mind when I view these images are secrets, depth, hidden realities, and life as faces, faces of the soul. The Learning center is a space where secrets are revealed, realities are confronted and the interval of birth and death are united. 

Coming to this center, the females are feeling…
Quilty_Tim
Nothing_Katsu
Hopeless_Amy
Ashamed_Talah
Jealous_Naeiri
Used_Javier
Hurt_Cuc
Betrayed_Sergio
Anxious_Tony
Growing_David

I am designing a learning center for a slave who is guilty for sin, feels hopeless to society, she is ashamed of her body and jealous of the rich. Used for sexual pleasures and hurt. All she would like is a clear mind, but she is anxious about what lies in store for her..

She grows...

Needed for Program- Learning Center
10        Living quarters_ facilitator, teacher, nurse, therapist, 2 cafeteria staff & 10 students 
3          Offices_ facilitator, 3teachers, 1therapist
2          Classrooms
4          Circulation/ walkways_ restroom, classrooms, offices, seminar, lunch, outdoor
1          Cafeteria
1          Library_ study hall
1          Rotunda_ seminars
4          Restrooms
1          Health office
1          Lounge area

Needed for Antagonist- Restaurant & Night Club
1          Dance Floor
1          Bar
1          Dinning Area
1          Kitchen
2          Restroom
1          Outdoor Area
1          Office

A reservoir is found on the site.

A bus will stop every Sunday to drop off and pick up.

Further exploring the medium of architecture.