the following compilation of work is a documentation of my on going education in the development, understanding and implementation of design within the planning and construction of the built environment.

TABLE OF CONTENTSs e l e c t e d p r o j e c t s

international institute [REDUX] --DETROIT, MIspring 2009

kinder-cology think tank--CHICAGO, IL

fall 2009

mud_slide cruise terminal--ANCHORAGE, AK

spring 2010

ONEInternational Institute [REDUX] involved the redesign of a an exist-ing center for international arts and culture in Detroit, Michigan. Programmatic requirements included public and private spaces for performance, learning and recreation.

The project involved the development and design a building that would integrate with the surrounding urban fabric and accom-modate a variety of public and private programmatic activities through the manipulation of light, space and structure.

International Institute [REDUX]Prof.Michael Kennedy

ARCH 322Winter 2009

Formal building study

SITE

The densely populated nature ofthe surrounding urban fabric required the building to adjust both formally and spatially in orderto accomodate the building’s contextual fi t within the particular site. The design and layout of the building also sought to invite and engage the public, acknowledging the site’s proximity to both local public parks and the Detroit Institute of Art.

Building Site

College for Creative Studies

Detroit Institute of Art

commercial spaces

offi ces / classrooms / auditorium

student galleries

public courtyard

Chip board study model looking at both the potential formal, spatial and material natures of the building design.

Initial building perspectives

Detailed building model of a section of the design illustrates the nature of the articulated framing system. Frames open and close, allowing variable amounts of light to penetrate interior spaces. Additionally, parts of facade can be remov-able in order to allow additional amounts of natural light in, allowing for programmatic adaptability.

Basement Level1/16” = 1’ NGround Level1/16” = 1’ N Second Level1/16” = 1’ N

The building program facilitates the ease of fl ow between public spaces, allowing the public easy access to gallery and commercial spaces toward the entrance while private areas remained restricted access only to students and in-structors through the back.

The sections illustrate the spatial differences between public and private areas. Public spaces were designed as larger open spaces, whereas private and instructional spaces were more smaller and situated farthest from the busy gal-lergies and street.

A public courtyard allows for members of the public to view student and community gallergy work at all times of the day. Furthermore, retail and dining spaces draw the public into the building, providing additional incentive to view and discuss local art work from around the community.

Insertion of physical massing model into site. Formal building composition re-lates to surrounding massings of the city block. Operable framing systems on the southern side of the building allow for the adjustment of natural light coming into gallery and restaurant spaces.

kinder-cology is a Chicago-based, not-for-profi t coalition of edu-cators and concerned citizens who believe the contemporary approach to education is wrong-headed and only delays our responsibilities to the present. Rather than working from a dis-tance—that is, rather than investing now in a future that is alwaysdistant, with an attitude towards early education that assumes an yet-unconsummated future, with hopes that the children of today will someday benefi t the society of tomorrow—we must invest now in the present, or rather, we must not invest but, we must engage children in the present as fully active participants of society and turn their minds towards the problems of today. Soci-ety is not made up of children and adults. There is no such thing as a child, simply full members of society who have lived on this earth for fewer or greater years than others. Younger members may possess less knowledge of the world, but may also suffer less from the desensitization that comes with age. Members of soci-ety under the age of 10 represent the largest yet-untapped think tank in modern society.

kinder-cologyProf.Rosalyn Shieh

ARCH 432Fall 2009

Final massing model

TWO

SITE

Situated in a public park along the northern branch of the Chicago River, the site is surrounded by high rise condominiums in an affl uent area west of downtown Chicago. The other side of the river consists mostly of commer-cial and industrial low rise factories and warehouse facilities. kinder-cology presents younger members of society with the opportunity to engage the city at different levels of interaction.

Commercial / Industrial Low Rise

Downtown Chicago

Building Site

North Chicago

water

topography

grid

infrastructure

Working between physical to digital, study models were built in order to analyze potential building interaction with the site. kinder-cology would be the staging ground of a children’s think thank surrounding topics on urban ecology, landscapes, and synthetic + environmen-tal processes and relationships.

A study of the design’s potential engagement with site. Sunken courtyards and elevated running paths would allow children and the public alike to experience the city and sur-rounding area from different elevational perspectives. Water from the river would be drawn into the site rather than held against a clearly defi ned edge in order to illustrate the seemingly forgotten role and function of the natural environment in the development and function of urban networks and communities.

A section through a digital model reveals a central core that allows the elements to be drawn into the building. Opposed the traditional model of the hermetically sealed building, kinder-cology allows oc-cupants to observe and interact with cli-matic and atmospheric changes.

the building core allows for natural ventilation during the warm summer months and would work as an alternate means of bringing natural light into the building’s center.

an occupiable roof top greenscape provides additional park and rec-reational space over the building

piercing tubes serves as an additional way of bringing light into the building and providing several elevated recre-ational areas and view-ing decks

A detailed section through the core’s interior illustrates the manner in which air would be able to move up through the building in order to ventilate spaces sur-rounding the core.

LOWER RECEPTIONCAR GARAGE

LARGE EVENT SPACE II

CLASSROOMS

WIND TUNNEL

GREEN LABORATORY

STORAGE FACILITIES

AUDITORIUMLARGE EVENT SPACE I

ROOFTOP GARDEN

FOLDED GROUND PLANE

CLASSROOM LABORATORIES

OBSERVATION DECK I

WIND TUNNEL

FOLDED GREEN ROOF

CLASSROOMS + GREEN LABORATORY

AUDITORIUM

MAIN LOBBY

LOWER RECEPTION

M

INDOOR ACTIVITY SPACE

The building fl oor plans* illustrate the tube like nature of the building, extending out toward the northern branch of the Chicago River.

Buiding sections depict how the tube structures penetrate parts of the overlaying green roof structure. The building’s open core addition-ally illuminates the manner through which climatic elements are able to come in and exit the building.

*with room occupancies and cal-culations

Insertion of physical building model into digitally rendered environment illustrates building massing with respect to sur-rounding structures.

Topographic study model

Alaska, known for its extreme landscapes, climatic conditions and unique native cultures is threatened by the hegemonic and homogenizing forces of an expanding system of global trade and tourism. In particular, the city of Anchorage—Alaska’s most populated urban center—has centered and grown in tandem with its infrastructural facilities for import and export. As a result, the city has little connection with its coastal surroundings. MUDSLIDE is a proposal for a cruise terminal that addresses the city’s reputation as a tourist destination while mitigating its loss of connection with the coastline.

South of an industrial port, MUDSLIDE makes use of dredging operations to collect and clean glacial silt and coastal mud for use in a public bathing complex. Burying itself into the mud, the terminal is a point of interaction for tourists and Anchorage locals as well as a place of interaction with the coastline. A removal from the highly synthetic environment of the cruise ship, the complex becomes an unfamiliar yet intimate recreational experience for visitors and locals alike. The terminal creates an environment in which mud becomes the means to social interaction and passage through be-comes a choreographed introduction into the land and people of Anchor-age.

MUD_SLIDEProf. Anca Trandafi rescu

ARCH 442Winter 2010

THREE

Downtown Anchorage

Anchorage is a popular tourist destination in Alaska, known for the beauty of its surrounding landscape, extreme tidalfl uctuations (between 25 - 30 feet), and extensive coastalmud fl ats. However, tourists, visitors, and denizensare rarely able to interact and/or experience theseextreme features, due to inaccessibility and privateownership. The surrounding coastal region is gatedoff to the public and primarily used for industrialand transportation purposes. The guidingimpetus behind MUD_SLIDE is a cruise terminal that allows tourists and locals alike the opportunity to reconnect withAnchorage’s unique coastal boundary.

Port of Anchorage

Elmendorf Air Force Base

L: One of several initial site study models considering position and connection of terminal to the sur-rounding city and coastline.

R: Formal building study, illustrating potential interaction with the water and coast.

Detailed building plans show port as an fl oating island off of coast, keeping visitors suspended along the threshold between land and water.

Section shows building as an artifi cial island that buries into the mud, al-lowing mud and nutrient rich glacial sediments to continually push into the building and feed into the heated mud baths.

L: Building rendering from passen-gers view at bow of approaching cruise ship

R: Looking south east to docked cruise ship. Ship blocks passenger’s view to Anchorage, constructing a feeling of isolation and connection to natural landscape.

L: Mud pushes into building and heated baths, creating a public space for play and interaction along the coast.

R: As tidal waters recede, bathing pools are refi lled and heated, allowing for lo-cals and visitors to clean off or relax and socialize.

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