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BENJAMIN IRINAGAWORK SAMPLES
+ 1 415 517 [email protected]
640 DAVIS STREET #32 SAN FRANCISCO
CALIFORNIA94111
SMOG TOWER SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS RAND CAMPUS ITALY STUDIES
YEAR: FALL 2012 YEAR: SPRING 2011 YEAR: FALL 2011 YEAR: SPRING 2012DURATION: 15 WEEKS DURATION: 14 WEEKS DURATION: 15 WEEKS DURATION: 16 WEEKSPROFESSOR: R. WAHLROOS-RITTER PROFESSOR: J. DUTTON PROFESSOR: P. DANNA
PROFESSOR: J. PALACIOSPROFESSOR: C. TICKTIN
PROFESSOR: K. COLEMANPROFESSOR: M. CIGOLLEPROFESSOR: D. GHIRARDO
LOCATION: LOS ANGELES LOCATION: LOS ANGELES LOCATION: SAN JOSE LOCATION: ITALYPROGRAM: FARMING, OFFICE PROGRAM: INSTITUTION PROGRAM: CORPORATE CAMPUS PROGRAM: HAND DRAWING
SMOGTOWER
LOS ANGELES IS NOTORIOUS FOR ITS SMOGGY SKIES, BROUGHT ON BY ITS BASIN GEOGRAPHY, LARGE POPULA-TION, AND PERSISTENTSEA BREEZES. THE SMOG CULTIVATION TOWER IS A PROPOSAL FOR AN ARCHITECTURAL SOLUTION WHICH ASSISTS IN THE CLEANING OF SMOG. USING A PROVEN TECHNOLOGY, SMOG IS CATALYTICALLY CONVERTED INTO NITRATE: A BASIC AND COMMONLY USED FERTILIZER. THE NITRATE GENERATED IS EASILY HARVEST-ED BY WATER AND THEN USED AS FERTILIZER. THE FERTILIZER IS RECYCLED WITHIN THE BUILDING TO GROW PRODUCE AND OTHER TYPES OF PLANT LIFE WITHIN THE BUILDING’S VERTICAL FARM PROGRAM. THE TOWER IS SPLIT BETWEEN OFFICE AND FARM SPACES AND IN MANY INSTANCES THE PROGRAMS SHARE SPACE VERTICALLY VIA ATRIUMS. THE BUILDING IS FORMED FROM A RECTANGULAR MASS ORIENTED TO WORK EFFICIENTLY WITH THE PREVAILING WIND. THE MASS IS THEN SPLIT ALONG TWO CURVILINEAR PATHS TO CREATE A LUNG LIKE SPACE THAT MAXIMIZES THE SURFACE AREA OF THE INTERIOR SEPERATION. THIS SPACE IS CLAD IN ALUMINUM PANELS THAT ARE COATED IN THE SMOG-CONVERTING MATERIAL. THE LARGE SURFACE AREA OF THIS SMOG EATING FACADE ALLOWS FOR MORE SMOG TO BE SCRUBBED OUT OF THE AIR AND FOR MORE NITRATE TO BE CREATED. THE PREVAILING WIND WORKS AS AN ENGINE TO PROVIDE A CONSTANT SUPPLY OF SMOG TO THE INTERIOR FACADES FOR CONVERSION. THE SPLIT MASS OF THE BUILDING IS BRIDGED ON EACH FLOOR TO REUNITE THE TWO SIDES FOR EGRESS EFFICENCY, TO PROVIDE COLLABORATIVE SPACES BETWEEN THE TWO TOWERS, AND A SMOG-CATCHING WEB TO FURTHER INCREASE CLEANING CAPACITY.
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5. NITRATE BUILD UP
NITRATE IS FORMED VIA FREE RADICALSREACTING WITH SMOG. TiO2 MOLECULESEVENTUALLY RETURN TO AN UNEXCITED STATE. COATING NEVER DEGRADES
NO3-Ti02
PANEL LAYERS
WIND ORIENTATIONSMOG CAPTURE
ALCOA REYNOBOND ALUMINUM PANELPRESS AND CUT TO SPECIFIC PROFILES
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ALCOA REYNOBOND ALUMINUMPAINT COATING AVAILABLEIN NUMEROUS FINISHES
ALCOA ECOCLEAN TITANIUM DIOXIDE COATING IS SUPER-HYDROPHILIC AND SMOG NEUTRALIZING. GLOSSINESSIS INCREASED SLIGHTLY
WIND PROVIDES SMOG TO SCRUBBING FACADE.NITRATE IS FORMED VIA PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTION
WATER RINSES SURFACE.SUPERHYDROPHILIC COATINGCAUSES WATER TO SHEETDOWN FACADE TO COLLECTNITRATE
NITRATE RICH WATER ISPROCESSED AND DISTILLEDTO CREATE A BALANCEDFERTILIZERFERTILIZER IS SUPPLIED
TO VERTICAL FARMS IN THE TOWER
WEST L.A. WIND ROSE
2. IONIZATION 3. FREE RADICALS
4. SMOG SUPPLY 6. COMPLETE COVERAGE
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SUNLIGHT EXCITES ELECTRONS IN TiO2 ELECTRONS TRANSFER TO WATER ANDOXYGEN MOLECULES IN THE AIR
NITRATE IS PRODUCED AT 5.5 MILLIGRAMS PER SQUARE METER A DAY.
WATER SPLITS INTO OH AND H+AND OXYGEN IONIZES
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1. ELECTRON EXCITEMENT
SMOG PASSES OVER PANEL VIA WIND
SMOG NITRATE PROCESS
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MORPHOLOGY
START WITH MASSING BLOCK ORGANIC CUT #1 TO SPLIT MASS ORGANIC CUT #2 TO MAKE SPLIT DYNAMIC
CREATE SPACE FOR AIR PASSAGE SHEAR HORIZONTALLY FOR SUN EXPOSURE SHEAR VERTICALLY FOR STREET POROSITY
SUBTRACT ATRIUMS FOR SECTIONAL LINKING STEEL AND CONCRETE STRUCTURE BRIDGES TO UNIFY TOWERS
PERSPECTIVE SECTION
1 W6 SUBSTRUCTURE2 CUSTOM DRAINAGE TUBING 3 MOUNTED SPRAY NOZZLE WITH FLEXIBLE SUPPLY HOSE 4 STRUCTURAL STEEL FIN 5 STNL STL FLOOR VENT 6 FLOATING FLOOR & AIR PLENUM7 CONCRETE AND STEEL DECKING FLOORSLAB8 CHILLED AND HEATED WATER LOOPS9 CONCRETE COMPOSITE PANEL10 W18 STRUCTURAL BEAM11 2 PLY GBX FIREPROOFING12 STEEL TRUSS
14 CUSTUM STNL STL GUTTER15 STL C CHANNEL16 1/2” METAL GRATING
18 FLUORESCENT LIGHT NETWORK19 DOUBLE PANE GLAZING
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INTERIOR FACADE WALL SECTION
ECHO PARKSCHOOL OFPERFORMINGARTS
THE ECHO PARK SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS IS AN AFTERSCHOOL FACILITY THAT TEACHES CHILDREN VARIOUS VISUAL AND VOCAL ARTS AND HOUSES A 300-PERSON PERFORMANCE VENUE. THE PROJECT IS AN EXERCISE IN UNITING INFLUENCES FROM THE URBAN CONTEXT WITH A UNIQUE PROGRAM ORGANIZATION TO CREATE AN EFFICIENT AND INHERENT CULTURAL ADDITION TO THE ECHO PARK NEIGHBORHOOD. THE SITE IS LOCATED ONE LOT NORTH OF THE JUNCTION OF SUNSET BLVD AND GLENDALE BLVD IN LOS ANGELES. THE UNIQUE CONDITION OF THE SITE LIES IN THE 26’ GRADE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE TWO STREETS, AS SUNSET BRIDGES OVER GLENDALE WITH NO DIRECT CONNECTION. INSTEAD OF A PHYSICAL CONNECTION VIA INFRASTRUCTURE, THE SCHOOL IS DESIGNED TO ARCHITECTURALLY CONNECT THE TWO STREETS BY REPLICATING THE MORPHOLOGY OF SUNSET IN THE HOPE OF INFLUENCING FUTURE SIMILARLY SCALED DEVELOPMENT ON GLENDALE. THE SCALE OF THE BUILDING MASS CREATED BY THIS CONTEXTUAL MOVE WORKS SYNONYMOUSLY WITH THE PROGRAMMATIC CONCEPT OF CREATING A LIVE “BILLBOARD” FOR THE SCHOOL BY ARRANGING THE REHEARSAL SPACES ON THE STREET FRONT. THIS “BILLBOARD” ORGANI-ZATION PLAYS TO THE HIGH-COMMUTER VOLUME THAT TRAVELS ON GLENDALE BLVD AND CREATES A NEW MODEL FOR HOW ARCHITECTURE, PERFORMANCE, AND EDUCATION CAN INTERFACE WITH THE CITY.
SUNSET BLVDGLENDALE BLVD
FIGURE GROUND SITE PLAN
ORIGINAL SITE
EMBED THEATER
EXTEND THEATER ROOF PLANE
EXTRUDE PRACTICE PROGRAM “BILLBOARD”
EQUAL HEIGHT TO CORNER BUILDING
SITE CONTEXT BUILDING CONTEXT
URBAN CONTEXT MODEL PHOTO FROM GLENDALE BLVD
20FTPRIMARY SECTION
15FTSITE PLAN
20FTFOURTH FLOOR PLAN
10thELEVATION
THEATER SEQUENCE AND REAR FACADE (1/4”)
RANDCAMPUS
LOCATED NEAR THE SAN JOSE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, THIS NEW CAMPUS PROPOSAL FOR THE RENOWNED THINK TANK, THE RAND CORPO-RATION, IS AN EXERCISE IN PROGRAMMING, SCALE, MASTER PLANNING AND PRODUCTIVITY. THE GOAL IS TO CREATE A 1,500,000 SQFT CAMPUS TO HOUSE 3,000 EMPLOYEES WITH A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS THAT WILL SUPPORT AN INNOVATIVE AND COLLABORATIVE ATMOSPHERE. UNIQUE PROGRAMMATIC FEATURES INCLUDE INCUBATOR WORKSPACES AND VARIOUS SCALES OF EVENT SPACES MEANT TO BRING NEW, DIFFERENT, AND CREATIVE PEOPLE ONTO THE CAMPUS TO LIVE AND WORK SYMBIOTICALLY WITH RAND. THE DIVERSITY OF PROGRAM THEN INFLUENCES THE ARCHITECTURE, AS THE CAMPUS IS A LANDSCAPE OF SMALL STRUCTURES ARRANGED INTO VILLAGES THAT CONTAIN THEIR OWN GATHERING SPACES, INTIMATE SPACES, PARKING ACCESS, AND SLEW OF PROGRAMS. THESE SMALL STRUCTURES ALSO ALLOW FOR MORE PRIVATE WORKSPACES, ALLOWING FOR ENHANCED PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFICIENCY. DUE TO A NEED FOR LARGER CENTRAL PROGRAMS AND A HIERARCHICAL CENTER, TWO LARGE BUILDINGS ARE PROPOSED TO ACT AS THE HEART OF THE SITE. ON THE INSIDE, THESE LARGE PROGRAM ENVELOPES BORROW THE VILLAGE IDEA BUT ORGANIZE THE FIELD OF STRUCTURES IN SECTION INSTEAD OF IN PLAN. OVERALL, AT EVERY DIFFERENT SCALE OF THE PROJECT, THE VILLAGE CONCEPT ACTS AS A GUIDING ARCHITECTURAL STRATEGY AND PROVIDES THE CAMPUS WITH A UNIQUE SENSE OF HETEROGENEITY, YET COMMUNITY.
SINGULARITY VS. AGGREGATION
PROGRAM ORGANIZATION
PROCESS IDEAS
RAND AND NON-RAND RELATIONSHIP
RAND
CONTINUOUS CAMPUSMODERNIST, RADIAL ORGANIZATION
VERSUS
INFINITE LOOP CIRCULATIONCROSS ACCESS TO EXTERIOR
AGGREGATE CAMPUSURBAN DIVERSITY ORGANIZATION
MEANDERING ORGANIZATIONHIERARCHY CREATED BY SPACE
DIVERSE OPEN SPACELARGE TO INTIMATE SPACES
ARRAY OF WORKSPACESHYPERFLEXIBLE, PRODUCTIVESOCIAL SPACE IS THE FABRIC
FOR WORKSPACE
EMPLOYEES MOVETHROUGH PUBLIC INCUBATOR
SPACES FOR TO GET TO AMMENITIESAND THE MAJOR SPACES, FORCING
SOCIAL INTERACTION
PROGRAM IS SHUFFLED OVER THESITE TO CREATE “VILLAGES” AND
DECENTRALIZE THE CAMPUS
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PUBLIC
RANDWORK
WORK
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WORK
REST
REST
MEET
MEET
MEET
EAT
EAT
PLAY
PLAY
LEARN
LEARN
TEACH
TEACH
TWO OPEN SPACESMASSIVE, UNSCALED
SINGLE WORKPLACEINFLEXIBLE, DISTRACTING
SOCIAL SPACE = WORKSPACE
FLUID CANOPY MAT CARVING HIERARCHY CENTRAL BUILDINGS
100ft
CUT PLA
N NEXT P
AGE
SITE PLAN
25ft
INCUBATOR LIVE/WORK SPACE RESEARCH AND OFFICE SPACE
LOBBY AND SUPPORT SPACECUT PLAN
RESEARCH SPACE
PRESENTATION SPACE
PERSPECTIVE SECTION
INTERIOR RENDERING
VILLA D’ESTE
ITALYSTUDIES
FROM JANUARY TO MAY 2012, I STUDIED ABROAD WITH 21 OF MY PEERS IN MANY ITALIAN CITIES INCLUDING ROME, MILAN, FLORENCE, COMO, FERRARA, VENICE, AND VICENZA. TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE ARCHITECTURE AND URBANITY OF THESE ANCIENT PLACES, MUCH OF MY TIME WAS SPENT DRAWING AND DIAGRAMING TO DISSECT ALL THE SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY THAT I OBSERVED. I BELIEVE DRAWING IS AN AMAZING TOOL ARCHITECTS NEED FOR BOTH UNDERSTANDING AND COMMUNI-CATING EVERYTHING FROM THE CONCEP-TUAL TO THE MINUTIAE OF THE BUILT AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. I USED PLAN, SECTION, ELEVATION, AND PERSPECTIVAL DRAWINGS TO STUDY A DIVERSITY OF ELEMENTS I FOUND INTERESTING OR IMPORTANT. MY TIME SPENT ABROAD WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE AND THESE DRAWINGS WILL ALWAYS REMIND ME OF SOME OF THE REMARKABLE PLACES I SAW.
VILLA ADRIANA
BASILICA DI SANTA CROCE TORRE VELASCA