Harmony Hub

The objective of this project was to redesign an existing bank into an art center that creates a sense of community and responds to site analysis through the use of primitive designs and a global decision. After researching and discovering Reno’s popular art culture, the Harmony Hub is designed as a music based art center that promotes connection and community through the celebration of music’s past, present and future. The program of the building includes retail, music education, gallery walk, and a restaurant and bar, allowing local families and tourists to intermix. The user experience is guided by a design language of curvature forms, inspired by the continuous flow between music notes and the form of sound waves. This design language serves as guidance for circulation within each level of the building and creates an experience for visitors where they can be educated on music, appreciate the town’s music history, and celebrate with live music at the restaurant and bar. The global decision’s objective is to visually represent the concept as a connecting element within each floor of the building. The main staircase reveals how continuous geometry forms can connect different spaces through the inspiration of soundwaves.