This document contains summaries of two projects by Christa Stoneham: 1) "Hexangular Haiti" examines using a hexagonal cellular structure for constructing housing clusters in Haiti to withstand natural disasters. Self-sufficiency elements like farming and water harvesting would be incorporated. 2) "Eye of the Campus" created a nondenominational church at the border of a university campus and city to bring both communities together. Outdoor meditation spaces and vegetation stimulate the mind, while the "Eye of the Campus" is the focal point.

1. CHRISTA STONEHAM, B. ARCH., M. ARCH
CHRISTASTONEHAM@SBCGLOBAL.NET
925-202-6267
“HEXANGULAR HAITI”
THIS PROJECT EXAMINES THE CELLULAR
DIVISION OF A HEXAGON AND ITS ORGANIC
STRUCTURE. CELLS ARE APPARENT IN ALL
LIVING ORGANISMS AND HAVE A NATURAL SPATIAL
ORGANIZATION.THEREFORE,CELLULAR
CONSTRUCTION REPRESENTS THE MOST
EFFICIENT AND ECONOMICAL USE OF
MATERIAL IN STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS. SINCE THE
ANATOMY OF A HEXAGON IS DERIVED FROM SIX
TESSELLATED EQUILATERAL TRIANGLES, THE
HEXANGULAR STRUCTURE LOGICALLY BECOMES A
UNIT OF SPACE WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY
LEAVING ROOM FOR GROWTH. THE SITE IS
LOCATED ON MOUNT MORNE, APPROXIMATELY 200
MILES OUTSIDE OF PORT AU PRINCE. SINCE THIS
AREA IS PRONE TO NATURAL DISASTERS SUCH AS
EARTHQUAKES AND HURRICANES, THE
HEXANGULAR APPROACH WOULD BE MOST
APPROPRIATE FOR FORMING HOUSING CLUSTERS,
WHICH IN TURN FORM WHOLE STRUCTURAL AND
SOCIAL SYSTEMS FOR THE COMMUNITY. GIVEN
THAT HAITI IS ONE OF THE POOREST COUNTRIES IN
THE WORLD, SELF SUFFICIENCY IS A KEY
COMPONENT OF SURVIVAL. CONSEQUENTLY,
AGROFARMING, WATER HARVESTING, AND COM-
POSTING ARE SOME ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS
INCORPORATED INTO THIS PROJECT CALLED,
“ HEXANGULAR HAITI”.

2. CHRISTA STONEHAM, B. ARCH., M. ARCH
CHRISTASTONEHAM@SBCGLOBAL.NET
925-202-6267
“EYE OF THE CAMPUS”
THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT WAS CREATE A
NONDENOMINATIONAL CHURCH ON THE CAMPUS
OF PRAIRIE VIEW A &M UNIVERSITY FOR THE
STUDENTS, FACULTY AND THE CITY OF PRAIRIE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED AT THE BORDER OF THE
CAMPUS AND THE CITY OF PRAIRIE VIEW, WHICH IS
AN IDEAL TO BRING TOGETHER THE COMMUNITY
OF THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL. THE GOALS OF MY
DESIGN WAS TO CREATE A HIERARCHY OF SHAPES
UNDEFINED BY RELIGION AND TO USE NATURAL
ELEMENTS SUCH AS SUN AND WATER TO CREATE
A PEACEFUL MOOD. THE INDOOR AND OUTDOOR
MEDITATIONAL SPACES PROVIDES A PLACE OF
REFUGE AND RELAXATION WHILE THE VEGETATION
STIMULATES THE MIND. THE FOCAL POINT OF THE
DESIGN IS “THE EYE OF THE CAMPUS” AND THE
REST OF THE PROGRAM REVOLVES AROUND IT.