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Fa09 weave
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Sp07 thesis
Sp10 parametric
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
HARVARD UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN
HARVARD UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Section 1: ACADEMIC
Sp10 hillside
The Chinese city of Chongqing is known for both its foggy weather and hilly terrain. The studio set out to explore pos-sibilities beyond the typical smooth gradient of the para-metric. The project, a 400,000 square foot educational complex sited a hillside, is divided by structural voids that allow for the retention of the slope as an important pas-sageway in the city.
[This project was chosen to represent the GSD on Studio-plex.org website and featured in Platform publication and exhibit of student work.]
Steep Parametric: The Chongqing Urban Hillside
Harvard GSD / 2nd semesterSpring 2010Prof. Preston Scott Cohen
This is a parametric project that does not succumb to the typical parametric aesthetic.
Where parametric is often synonymous with smooth, this is awkward and discontinuous. While the parametric often embodies a continuous gradient condition, this project makes use of sets and types.
LENGTH
45mLENGTH
27mLENGTH
20m
WIDTH
7m
WIDTH
10m
WIDTH
5m
SPACING
22mSPACING
25mSPACING
20m
SPINE WIDTH
16m
DEPTH
40mDISTRIBUTION
50% / 50%SPINE WIDTH
10m
SPINE WIDTH
6m
DEPTH
50mDISTRIBUTION
10% / 90%
DEPTH
28mDISTRIBUTION
30% / 70%
This project explores the idea of thresholds. Currently, the Chongqing planning department does not allow building on sites with greater than a 25% slope. Instead of using the slope as an on/off switch, I was interested in creating a system in which the slope determines the module type to be inserted.
These modules correspond to different programmatic groups, relating to needs of continuity and discontinuity inherent in each program type.
HOUSING PERFORMANCE EDUCATION
thresholds
void module types
Sp10 hillside
This is not meant to create a 1:1 relationship between program and form, but instead to create a loose fi t, a range of spaces for each program that will accommodate the variety of spaces within each program group.
The ordering system of the project is a series of structural voids that cut through, leaving urban corridors through the complex. These voids change size, shape, and spacing depending on the needs of the program type.
ZONE 1: STREET EDGE
ZONE 2: STEEP INTERIOR SLOPE
ZONE 3: HILLTOP
The project explores the typical Chongqing hillside condition. In this hilly city, the slopes serve as important passageways through the city. Incorporating voids perpendicular to the spine of the building preserves the function of the hillside as passageway.
This hillside site is currently divided into three zones: Alarge public park at the top of the hill, small-scale residential on the steep slope, and tall highrises on the urban street edge.
the typical chongqing hillside
Existing stairways and circulation on site
Sp10 hillside
This parametric system can be deployed on various lines drawn on the site, creating the central spine of the building. Not every line works. There are characteristics of lines that work and dont work.
Different instantiations are analyzed based on the square footage of program types they create as well as their urban impact on the site.
instantiations
07 11 18 19
Sp10 hillside
20 21 22 23
While adjacent boxes are offset on the exterior, in some areas of the complex, such as the area containing classrooms, there needs to be continuity between ad-jacent programs. Therefore, in these areas, the interior volume is dropped a half level, allowing continuity and creating an exterior circulation space surrounded by a low parapet wall.
In section, the building alternates between sections that are buried in the earth and sections that are suspendedin the air.
sectional offset
Sp10 hillside
Chongqing is a city known for its dense fog. It is impossible to get an overall sense of the city, rendering the totality completely inaccessible. This absence of background gives the foreground a heightened importance.
While in other cities, view corridors might be important elements of the city, here nearness is the operative con-dition. In addition to, this lack of background, the city is defi ned by its interiority. There are moments when the city opens up to you, but only ever from the inside, un-folding slowly, piece by piece, but never as a whole.
interiority
The tapering fl oor plates hold discrete rectangular volumes, creating a condition of a thickened skin.This creates a condition of layered nearness, the establishment of an immediate foreground within the inward-looking building.
Sp10 hillside
WALLS ARE COINCIDENT
LESS THAN 1M BETWEEN WALLS
MORE THAN 1M BETWEEN WALLS
The idea of thresholds is carried into the facade where the distance between the outer envelope and the inner volume determines the type of panel inserted.
If the distance between the inner and outer envelopes is less than 1m, the skin reaches back to the inner surface, creating a thick facade. If the planes are coincident, the facade is bumped outward. If the distance is greater than 1m, this is characterized as semi-enclosed occupiable circulation space and the facade is expressed as a screen wall.
facade panel types
corridor
classroom
walls are coincident
less than 1m between walls
greater than 1m between walls
thickened facade
Sp10 hillside
Fa09 weave
New tools have allowed for the creation of fl owing forms that have become increasingly detached from material realities and construction processes. This studio proposed an alternate model, starting with the material itself: wood. The fi rst part of the semester consisted of an in-depth anal-ysis of material properties and behavioral characteristics.
This project looked at weaving as a parametric system, an-alyzing factors such as warp, weft, grain direction, scale, etc. The semester culminated in the fabrication and con-struction of a 1:1 prototype of the system.
Material Systems: Weave
Harvard GSD / 1st semesterFall 2009Prof. Achim Menges
WEFT LENGTHS - SIDE A
A-1: 89A-2: 95A-3: 101A-4: 105A-5: 108A-6: 112A-7: 112A-8: 112A-9: 113A-10: 110A-11: 105A-12: 95A-13: 81
CONTROL CURVE 2
DISTANCE FROM START: 36.00BASE HEIGHT: 0.00BASE WIDTH: 46.77CURVATURE HEIGHT: 18.00CURVATURE WIDTH: 37.67WIDE POINT: 46.72HEIGHT: 80.00TOP WIDTH: 16.00
CONTROL CURVE 1
DISTANCE FROM START: 0.00BASE WIDTH: 18.20BASE HEIGHT: 0.00CURVATURE HEIGHT: 19.56CURVATURE WIDTH: 17.13WIDE POINT: 26.45HEIGHT: 62.00TOP WIDTH: 12.63
CONTROL CURVE 3
DISTANCE FROM START: 76.93BASE WIDTH: 0.00BASE WIDTH: 20.25CURVATURE HEIGHT: 19.27CURVATURE WIDTH: 38.58WIDE POINT: 56.00HEIGHT: 83.85TOP WIDTH: 13.63
CONTROL CURVE 4
DISTANCE FROM START: 109.9BASE HEIGHT: 40.65BASE WIDTH: 10.82CURVATURE HEIGHT: 8.83CURVATURE WIDTH: 23.70WIDE POINT: 23.70HEIGHT: 32.68TOP WIDTH: 4.96
EVENT MAGNITUDE
INITIAL: 0.50FALLOFF 1: 40%FALLOFF 2: 20%
WEFT LENGTHS - SIDE B
B-1: 78B-2: 84B-3: 88B-4: 91B-5: 93B-6: 94B-7: 95B-8: 96B-9: 97B-10: 99B-11: 98B-12: 91B-13: 83
# OF WARP DIVISIONS
12.00
FRAME WIDTH
2.00
AVG. WEFT SPACING
9.35
WEFT WIDTH
2.00
SLOT DEPTH
0.75
SECONDARY WIDTH
2.00
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0301 02 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12
MAX. WARP WIDTH
22.99
MIN. WARP WIDTH
9.20
MAX. WARP LENGTH
146.47
BASE
TEM
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FRA
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B
C
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C1 DISTRIBUTION
0.0000.0240.0670.1210.2130.3530.5310.688
0.8000.9300.9691.000
ATTRACTOR POINT
(67.49, 27.12, 46.69)
C3 DISTRIBUTION
0.0000.0280.0690.1260.2010.2970.4170.555
0.7010.8320.9291.000
C4 DISTRIBUTION
0.0000.0240.0670.1210.2130.3530.5310.688
0.8000.9300.9691.000
C2 DISTRIBUTION
0.0000.0170.0670.1460.7500.3710.5000.629
0.7500.8540.9330.9831.000
INPUTS
OUTPUTS
PROTOTYPE
By exploiting the tensile capacity and bending ability of wood, a system can be created that uses double cur-vature to create a thin yet rigid structure. The materialproperties can be combined with the logic of the weav-ing in a computational model that can calculate the in-formation needed for the fabrication and assembly pro-cess. These surfaces can be assembled from computed fl at elements which create the desired form from the dif-ferences in the shapes of adjacent elements, creating curved surfaces from fl at elements without the need for formwork.
Fa09 weave
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WARP/WEFTDIFFERENTIATED
WAYS TO CREATE FORM WITHIN A WOVEN SYSTEM
VARIABLE SPACING (TRADITIONAL)
VARYING WARP
GRAINDIRECTION
PARALLELPERPENDICULAR
WARP/WEFTSIMILAR
WARP/WEFTSIMILAR
WARP/WEFTDIFFERENTIATED
WARP/WEFT SIMILAR
NUMBER OF WARP DIVISIONSDISTRIBUTION OF WARP DIVISIONS
WEFT DIVISIONS
WARP DIVISIONSPRIMARY FORM
PRIMARYORIENTATIONOF CURVATURE
HORIZONTALVERTICAL
OVERALL HEIGHTSTART HEIGHT
LENGTHBASE LENGTH
BASE WIDTHWIDEST POINT
NUMBER OF WEFT PIECESSEGMENTATION ASSEMBLY METHOD
TABS BRANCHINGINTER-WEAVING
SEAM
TOP SPACING
LOCATION OF SPLIT
BOTTOM SPACING
PATH CALCULATION
SECTION NORMAL GEODESICS
WARP/WEFTDIFFERENTIATED
A1 B1 A2 A2.1 B2
A1
B1
A2
A2.1
B2
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12
01
02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 1201
02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12
WEFT DIVISIONS WARP DIVISIONS
EVENT ALTERS SPACING
EVENT(LOCAL CONDITION)
WARPRESPONDS TO EVENT
WARP SHIFTS TO RESPONDWITHIN WARP
SECONDARYSCALE
BEHAVIORPOROSITY
EVENT REGION
EDGECONNECTION
NOTC HOLE
LENGTH SPACING ANGLE METHOD WIDTH
WEFT WIDTH
NOTCH WIDTHNOTCH DEPTHNOTCH EDGE
BENDING
WEFT MATERIAL
TAB CURVE
WEFT
NOTCH LOCATION NOTCH ANGLE
LENGTHS
WARP
MATERIALCONSTRAINTS
GRAINORIENTATION
WARP MATERIAL
LENGTH(IN DIRECTION OFCURVATURE)
BENDINGDIRECTION(GRAIN)
ALIGNEDWITH CENTER OFCURVATURE
PARALLEL TO GROUND
SEAM LOCATION
CONNECTION METHODS
LAMINATION DISCONTINUITY
INTER-WEAVING
NOTCHES
FABRICATION CONSTRAINTS
01 03 02
10
04
04 03
02
05
01
06 07
0809
05
10
11
0611
12
1209
07
08
The process for this project looked at woven systems as a series of parameters such as weave differentiation, spacing, size, as well as materials properties of wood such as bending behavior and grain direction. These determined parameters were then input into a Grass-hopper model that calculated fabrication information and templates using the specifi ed properties of a given surface. A woven system is defi ned as much by the pro-cess as by the fi nished product, therefore both fabrica-tion and assembly constraints were an important part of this model.
Fa09 weaveSECONDARYSCALE
BEHAVIORPOROSITY
The fabrication process began in the digital model. For example, the mono-directional bending of the larger warp panels was taken into account by rotating each panel slightly in relation to the grain direction so that the specifi c curvature could be achieved. The assembly process consisted of stacking each warp panel on top of the previous one, increasing the tension in the weft until it was pulled fl at against the surface. The actual woven structure was assembled by two people in three days, starting with both sides and meeting at the seam piece at the top.
Fa09 weave
fabrication
Fa06 aerocity
Megacities around the world have developed their own ways of coping with issues of density, overcrowding, and population growth. As Los Angeles struggles to adapt to increasing population and density, there is much to gain by transplanting methods of living developed elsewhere. These strategies were ripped from their original cultures, adapted to Los Angeles, and applied to a housing project in Hollywood.
[This project was selected to represent USC at the 2007 2x8: Vert Student Exhibition at the Pacifi c Design Center.]
a e r o c i t y
University of Southern California / 5th yearFall 2006
One of the main characteristics of Tehran is the extreme separation between public and private. This can be seen in the contrast between the intensely private inward-looking traditional courtyard house and the very public bazaar. In this project, the private block of housing is lifted away from the public ground plane.
The courtyard houses of Tehran are also designed to very efficiently deal with the climate through their organization and use of wind. This project seeks to exploit the climate-controlling characteristics of wind by using the form of the building itself to increase the wind speeds across the building.
As the population of Tehran has risen, the density hasdecreased, contributing to sprawl. This is caused by the increased amount of square footage per person. As LosAngeles deals with the same effects of increasing sprawl, this project attempts to use as a model the density of Tehran before it began to drop (1891) without compromising theamount of living space per person.
The project then becomes a set of 3 horizontal planes that fold to conform to various factors.
1. The top plane folds to funnel the wind and increase the wind speeds across the building.2. The bottom plane folds up in order to let light onto the ground plane below.3. The ground plane folds to accommodate both enclosed shops and sur faces for
informal commercial activity.
t e h r a n :
Fa06 aerocity
Ground plane folds to accommodate shops and offices
Bottom Plane folds to allow light underneath
Private block lifts away from public ground plane
34,000 People/km Density112,800 Square Feet340 People525 Square Feet Per Person
Top plane folds to increase wind speeds across the building
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The walls between the units are structural The walls carry the vertical load The concrete skin provides lateral support The floorplates span between the walls The walls rest directly on the groundfew places to provide lateral suppor
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Public Circulation to commercial areas
Circulation Walls Private circulation from parking to stair walls
Private circulation from street to stair walls
Vertical Circulation to Units: Stairs inside Walls
Vertical Circulation to Units: ElevatorsVeVV rtical Circulation toUnits:: Elevators
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residences enclosed shops commercial planes for open market
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walls folded top plane with perforated courtyards
opaque glass sidesfolded bottom planefolded commercial ground plane
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Alternating walls contain technical modules and building systems
Utilities are distributed within the walls
The building is segmented by walls that divide the units and provide structure for the building. Alternating walls provide circulation on one side of the unit and contain technical modules on the other. Circulation occurs in a similar way to Tehran, where a person can move from the public bazaar into the private courtyard house by walking down a narrow alley. These alleys become tall, narrow stairwell spaces that lead directly to units. The units are entered through their courtyards.
Fa06 a
residences
folded commercial ground plane
folded bottom plane walls
enclosed shops commercial planes for open market
folded top plane with perforated courtyards
opaque glass sides
the walls between the units are structural
public circulation to commercial areas
circulation walls private circulation from parking to stair walls
private circulation from street to stair walls
the walls carry the vertical load the concrete skin provides lateral support
the floorplates span between the walls
the walls rest directlyfew places to provid
vertical circulation to units: stairs inside walls
vertical circulation to units: elevators
alternating walls contain technical modules and building systems
utilities are distributed within the walls
the walls rest directly on the ground in a few places to provide lateral support
Fa06 aerocity
i n f o r m a l c o m m e r c i a l a c t i v i t i e s o c c u r b e l o w
s t a i r s e c t i o n1/8=1s t a i rs e c t i o n
Fa06 aerocity
3 34 4
4th and 5th floor plans
Unit Model
Unit Perspective
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inhabited wall
technical wall
circulation wall
modules
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The units themselves also utilize the flexible, changeable idea of space in Iranian courtyard houses. This is applicable to L.A. because of shifting schedules. For example, if a person that lives in L.A. and commutes to work during the week shares a unit with a person who only stays in L.A. during the weekends, they will not be using the space at the same time. Therefore, there arepersonal modules such as workstations and sleeping stations that plug into the technical wall when not in use. When these modules are needed, they can then be taken out and moved around the unit to best utilize thechanging conditions of climate and occupation.
Typical Unit PlanMovable Personal Modules
Partial Cross-SectionAlternating Hollow Circulation and Service Walls
circulation wall
technical wall
inhabited wall
modules
Fa06 aerocity
p l a n s
l o n g i t u d i n a l s e c t i o n s
4.25.1
s e c t i o n t o w a r d w a l l 31/8=1
s e c t i o ntoward wall 3
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Fa06 aerocity
Los Angeles Traffi c Management Center is located deep under City Hall, carefully monitoring and controlling the streets and highways. The status of the fl ows is then dis-seminated to the public. This project proposes bringing the center above ground and giving it a public presence in the city. The site for the project is the unused dead-end portion of the I-110 freeway as well as the land along the edge of the freeway.
[This earned USCs 2007 Raymond S. Kennedy Award for the top thesis project.]
Between the Freeway and the Park-ing Structure
University of Southern California / ThesisSpring 2007
Sp07 thesis
program
Los Angeles Traffic Management Center
Infrastructure Research Labs
ParkingIntelligent Infrastructure Research Center
This project proposes bringing the Traffic Management Center, currently buried four stories under City Hall, above ground and giving it a public presence in the city. This would give a physical, iconic face to a piece of the virtual infrastructure.
The project is located on an unused, dead-end portion of the I-110. By placing a building on this part of the freeway, the project makes a statement that what we need at this point in time is not more freeways, but smarter, more efficient infrastructure. p r o g r a m
Longitudinal Section/ElevationLongitudinal Section/Elevation
program
Los Angeles Traffic Management Center
Infrastructure Research Labs
ParkingIntelligent Infrastructure Research Center
This project proposes bringing the Traffic Management Center, currently buried four stories under City Hall, above ground and giving it a public presence in the city. This would give a physical, iconic face to a piece of the virtual infrastructure.
The project is located on an unused, dead-end portion of the I-110. By placing a building on this part of the freeway, the project makes a statement that what we need at this point in time is not more freeways, but smarter, more efficient infrastructure. p r o g r a mprogram
s i t e p l a n
Sp07 thesis
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28th Street Elevation3/32=1
air quality: poor
10 min. n. to to the I-1 the I-10
uv factor:actor: 4uv faactor: 4 35 min to thhhe 40535 min. to tthhe 4050
accident at expositionontemperature = 81 dedegreesegrees
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Cross-Section3/32=1
28th Street Elevation
Cross-Section
overlapping linear elements independence from the surface folded planes structure sectional separations replication: merge/split
b e t w e e n t h e f r e e w a y a n d t h e p a r k i n g s t r u c t u r e . . . s p a t i a l l a n g u a g e
overlappinglinear elements the surface
independencefrom
folded planessectional
separationsreplication:merge/splitfolded planes structure
Methodology: The site is located between the freeway and a parking structure. The project seeks to use the spatial experiences and methods inherent in these typologies such as striation and folded planes. The project also explores the edge condition of the site by turning the freeway wall into an occupied wall.
Sp07 thesis
1cross-pathway
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cross-pathway A1 A2A A4 A5A3
division + organization
freeway
structure
concrete sloping planes
enclosure
metal bridges cross through site perpendicular to grain
lightweight metal structure on top of freeway
d i v i s i o n + o r g a n i z a t i o n
lightweight metal structure on top of
freeway
metal bridges cross through site perpendicular to
grain
enclosure
concrete sloping planes
structure
freeway
I N F R A S T R U C T U R E Ss h i f t i n gs h i f t i n gs h i f t i n gI N F R A S T R U C T U R E SI N F R A S T R U C T U R E S
digitalP H Y S I C A L
The freeway system in Los Angeles is a part of what is known as the intelligent infrastructure. Digital technology is becoming increasingly important in the management and control of the infrastructure of cities. The project also proposes a campus in which these new technologies can be studied. This campus has facilities for research into both the physical and the digital components of these systems.
air quality: bad
visibility: 10 miles20 min to airport
UV index: 4
C1 C2
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public lab entry C
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C4 C5
air quality: bad
40 min to the 405visibility: 10 miles
temperature: 57 degrees
20 min to airport
UV index: 4
C3
public lab entry B B1 B2
B3 B5B4
Sp07 thesis
structure
structure
slab M fab. Moment frames
Combined Structure
Structural Plan
Concentrated Loads on Top of Existing Freeway Supports
Column and Beam StructureBeside Freeway
The concrete post-and-beam structure of the buildings echo the construction of the freeways, contrasting with the lightweight steel pieces set on top of the freeway that focus their load over the existing freeway supports. Another element of the project is the creation of an occupied freeway wall, creating an active edge condition.
s t r u c t u r estructure
Detail Section1/2=1
D3 D4
1245 3
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circulation bridge E E1 E2 E5 E6E4E3
Detailed Section
l o w e rl e v e l o ff r e e w a y
b r i d g e
o c c u p i e df r e e w a y w a l l
p a r k i n g
p a r k i n g
p a r k i n gl a b s m e e t i n g
e x h i b i t s
s o c i a ls p a c e
b r i d g e
o f f i c e s o nf r e e w a y
r e s e a r c h b u i l d i n g
d i g i t a ll a b s
v e n t h i l a t i o n
d r i v i n g
Sp07 thesis
G4 G5 G6 G7
I-110 North Elevated Exit G
1 2 34 5 6 7
1G 2G 3GDI-110 North Elevated Exit Lane D2 D3 D1
D5 D7D4
D1
D6
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Sp07 thesis
Level 03/32=18 feet below street level
Level 08 feet below street level
Longitudinal Section3/32=1
labs
exterior space
offices
research library
occupied freeway wall
vehicle technology lab
computer lab
Longitudinal Section
freeway below
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Sp07 thesis
07-08 border
07-09 chapel
10 hotelPRESTON SCOTT COHEN, INC
HODGETTS + FUNG DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE
HODGETTS + FUNG DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE
10-11 museumsPRESTON SCOTT COHEN, INC
Section 2: PROFESSIONAL
10-11 hotelPRESTON SCOTT COHEN, INC
The competition brief for the Longgang district of Shenzen called for four separate buildings: a childrens center, a sci-ence museum, an art museum, and a bookstore. The site is a linear strip of land sandwiched between a large park and an area of the city that will soon be redeveloped.
This series of buildings must act as a mediator, fi ltering pe-destrians through from the city to the park. The divisions between the buildings create pedestrian streets. The forms of the buildings bend and twist to direct views of the park and of the city.
Longgang District Museums
Shenzen, ChinaPreston Scott Cohen, Inc.Competition, 2010-2011
10 hotel10-11 museums
facadeThe facade is the main method of connecting the four buildings, creating an overall fi gure. These facades are composed of planar elements that form doubly-curved surfaces. The scale of the pattern is in constant motion. Sometimes the pattern contracts or expands while oth-er times the turn of a corner corresponds to an abrupt jump in scale.
1 defi ne isocurve pattern circles at intersections for spacing
2 tangent lines in pinwheel pattern 3 intersect tangent lines 4 generate curvature for fi rst pinwheel set of planes
5 work outward to consecutive sets 6 construct planes perpendicular to normal
7 construct isocurves 8 construct network surface from isocurves
10 hotel10-11 museums
10 hotel10-11 hotel
On this hilly site, surrounding a valley, the Yuzhou hotel wants to expand their facilities, building a brand new 5-star hotel as well as a conference center and sports complex.
The site is a lush plateau in the middle of the city. For security reasons, the project brief contained strict constraints in terms of height limits and views in certain directions. The design was a negotiation between the experience of garden villas and the effi ciency and connectedness of a large-scale modern hotel.
Chongqing Yuzhou Hotel
Chongqing, ChinaPreston Scott Cohen, Inc.Competition, 2010-2011
The competition brief specifi ed that this was to be a gar-den hotel. This was translated into an idea for low, villa-like buildings set in a garden but connected through circulation into a cohesive whole. The fi nal design used system of branching courtyards that were split open and angled.
The site had a strict height limit because of security con-cerns with sight lines to an existing villa used to accom-modate visiting governmental offi cials. This was dealt with by carefully orienting and angling wings away from forbidden views and towards desirable views.
garden hotelORIGINAL: Branching Courtyards DISTORTED: Split open
Hotel Typology Studies
10 hotel10-11 hotel
10 hotel10-11 hotel
The hotel contains 400 rooms and 40 suites. There are three levels of rooms and a fourth penthouse level of suites. The top level steps back to create a wide terrace around the perimeter of the building. The rooms are screened by a wood grill that is inspired by traditional Chinese garden screens but which uses parametric patterning to narrow as it approaches an opening.
The transition hallways ramp to allow the building to step up or down with the landscape. The passageways surround garden courtyards and leave the rooms free to look out onto the site.
rooms/suites
Levels 1-3: Standard Rooms
North Wing: 5 Ro
1:1200
Level 4: Suites
HOTEL
CONFERENCECENTER
SPORTSCENTER
10 hotel10-11 hotel
07-08 border
As part of the GSAs Design Excellence Program, Hodgetts + Fung was asked to design a new border station on the U.S. Mexican Border. The border station is meant to be a Port of the Future, an effort to generate new ideas as a model for future stations. The main element of the project is a long canopy that shades the inspection area, com-posed of modules that can be prefabricated and joined on site.
[This project was awarded the 2008 On the Boards Award by the GSA.]
Donna Rio-Bravo Port of Entry
Donna, TexasHodgetts + Fung Design and Architecture2007-2008
Because of the isolated nature of many border stations, the team investigated systems in which prefabricated modules could be assembled on site. The final solution consisted of a series of rigid composite polygons with translucent fabric stretched between to provide even, diffuse daylighting for the border agents while providing protection from direct sunlight.
I was involved with this project from conceptual design through schematic design. I worked with a principal on the design and built the presentation model. I built Rhino models of the canopy module system and created diagrams and presentation drawings as well as working with two other designers and a project manager on the schematic design drawing set.
SECONDARY STRUCTURE
PRIMARY STRUCTURE
GALVANIZED CORRUGATED STEEL DECKING
LIGHT FIXTURE ON TRACK FOR EASE OF MAINTENANCE
OPENING IN STEEL DECKING TO ALLOW FOR MAINTENANCE ACCESS
TEDLAR COATED TRANSLUCENT FIBERGLASS CLOTH
EXTRUDED ALUMINUM ATTACHMENT
PREFABRICATED CANOPY MODULE B
PREFABRICATED BOX BEAM
PREFABRICATED CANOPY MODULE A
GALVANIZED STEEL CLADDING
CATWALK FOR MAINTENANCE
BALLISTIC GLAZING
BOOTH DIFFUSER (PRESSURIZING BOOTH)
STEEL BARRIER
AUTOMOBILE EXHAUST INTAKE
ROOFTOP AIR EXHAUST TURBINE
INTAKE REGISTER (FROM CANOPY PLENUM)
GALVANIZED STEEL CLADDING
AUTOMOBILE EXHAUST EXTRACTION SYSTEM
TRAFFIC SIGNAL
MAINTENANCE CATWALK
STEEL BARRIER
BALLISTIC GLAZING
BOOTH EYEBROW
SUPPLY AIR DIFFUSER
VEH. EXHAUST INTAKE
HIGH VEHICLE BARRIER
ROOFTOP AIR TURBINE
VEHICLE EXHAUSTEXTRACTION SYSTEM
INTAKE REGISTER FROM CANOPY PLENUM
GALVANIZED CORR.STEEL DECKING
07-08 border
The project was initiated by a campus master plan, lay-ing out a phased plan for the growth of Jesuit High School onto recently-purchased adjacent lands. The centerpiece of the fi rst part of this expansion is a 13,000 square foot, 400-seat chapel for the campus.
The chapel will present a new face for the campus, serv-ing both as a worship space for the student body and the larger community. The project was heavily guided by the values and beliefs of the Jesuit order as well as the needs of the school.
Jesuit High School Chapel of the North American Martyrs
Carmichael, CaliforniaHodgetts + Fung Design and Architecture2007-2009 07-09 chapel
FAIR OAKS BOULEVARD
FAIR OAKS BLVD.
AMERICAN RIVER DRIVE
JAC
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LA
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LANTERN CT.GO
RD
ON
LA
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LEGEND:
ROADS/PARKING LOT
PLANTED AREA
SIDEWALK
WATER
SPECIAL PAVING
TREE
LANTERN COU
EXISTING PARKING LOT:250 SPACES
NEW PARKING LOT B: 46 SPACES
NEW PARKING LOT A: 49 SPACES
DROP-OFF AREA
FIRE LANE
NEW ROAD
PROPOSED 8' CMU WALL
WATERPLAZA ACCESSIBLERAMP
RAISED PLANTEDAREA
RETAINING WALL
CONC. STEPS
BENCH AROUNDPLANTER
EXISTING 8' CMU WALL
NEW ROAD
EXISTING GYM
EXISTING SLIFE CENTE
PROPERTY LINE
BERM
BRIDGE OVERWATER
EXISTING ENTRY ROAD
PROPOSED CHAPEL
CHAPEL ENTRANCE
CHAPEL ENTRANCE
WALKWAY
TEMPORARY LOT
SWALE
PROPOSED SCHOOL SIGNAGE
I was the main person responsible for this project under the project manager. My involvement spanned master planning, conceptual design, schematic design, and into design development. I worked directly with the prin-cipals on the design of the building, creating countless sketch models and digital studies and producing draw-ings and renderings for multiple presentations. This was the fi rms fi rst project in Revit and I led the Revit model-ing in the offi ce, creating standards and protocols to be used in future projects.
07-09 chapel
F.F.E.76.20'
F.F.E.76.20'
T.O. WALL99.20'
VESTIBULE/GATHERING
101
ELECTRICALROOM
104
EXPOSED WIDEFLANGE FASCIA
A C
CLERESTORY ABOVE CURVED WALL
WOOD ENTRY DOORS
LOWEREDCEILING ATENTRY
WIDE FLANGE LATERALSYSTEM WITH GLAZINGSYSTEM BEYOND
95.20'
19' -
0"
4' -
0"
113.92'
111.41'
35' -
3"
2' -
6"
B.O. CEILING
T.O. STEEL
B.O. STEEL
Floor Plan
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07-09 chapel