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BENJAMIN E THOMASGRADUATE WORK
Architecture is a pleasantly complex practice in which attention paid to the smallest details can result in the largest impacts. Details, however, must not be relegated simply to fastening hardware and material selections of the built environment. Progressive architectural intervention succeeds best when it is appreciative of the details of the built, contextual, and personal environments of human behavior. It is in this appreciation that I position my own work in order to afford the opportunity for best practices on physical and non-physical scales; to retain theoretical ingenuity within the scope of plausible reality.
Through my work experience I became actively engaged with the realities of scope, budget, bidding process, scheduling, board reviews, and team leadership. The critical thinking skills acquired through this exposure, when applied to design, posit the fact that all aspects of the design process are opportunities for successful work. Academically, this success is cataloged through the multiple projects archived as teaching tools, a publication in the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee architecture student magazine, Studio 2131, exhibited work at the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez as well as the University of Michigan, and an awarded installation at NOLA DesCours through the AIA, New Orleans chapter.
The work within is evidence of how progressive thinking coupled with realistic grounding allows the conversation of architectural intervention to be had at multiple scales. Moreover, it highlights the agency of architecture outside of the built environment as it aids in the narration of the everyday, aiding the individuals ability to move, interact, play in-, and contribute to the environments in which we exist.
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STARfIELD DESCOURS: AIA NEW ORLEANSfALL 2011
MEGA-TERMINAL OPTION STUDIO: fAITH MCLAIN CLUTTERfALL 2010
MOBILE AGGREGATIONCOMPREHENSIVE STUDIOMICHAEL KENNEDYfALL 2011
EL MUSEO DEL NORTECOMPREHENSIVE STUDIOMICHAEL KENNEDY fALL 2011
NSS HEADQUARTERS OPTION STUDIOjENNIfER HARMONWINTER 2011
EXPANDING INWARD THESIS STUDIO, ANCA TRANDAfIRESCUWINTER 2012
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STARfIELD DESCOURS: INSTALLATION, AIA NEW ORLEANS. 2011
Cut Sheet: Connection Plates
TEAM LEADER:Lecturer jennifer Harmon
CONCEPT AND PROPOSAL:joshua Kehl, Spencer Kroll, Benjamin Thomas, Grant Weaver
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT:Missy Ablin, joshua Kehl, Spencer Kroll, Will Martin, Catherine Pyenson, Benjamin Thomas
ASSEMBLY:Missy Ablin, Ashley Banks, joshua Kehl, Spencer Kroll, Michael Gelnboski, Will Martin, Catherine Pyenson, An-drew Stephens, Benjamin Thomas, Grant Weaver, Logan Wiedman, Wencan Xue
INSTALL:Missy Ablin, Spencer Kroll, Catherine Pyenson
CONSULTANTS:Peter von Blow, Maciej Kaczynski
ADDITIONAL CREDITS - Benjamin Thomas:
- Material Research and Project Budgeting- Project Scheduling- Proposal Renderings- Initial Connection Assembly Concept- Connector Plate Cut Sheets
LIGHT YEARS 100 200 300 400 500
GIAUSAR : 334 ly
ELTANIN : 148 ly
SHAOWEI : 498 ly
THUBAN : 309 ly
EDASICH : 102 ly SHANGZAI : 68 ly
ALDIBAIN : 88 ly
ALDHIBAH : 340 ly
DZIBAN : 289 ly
BANTENTABAN : 26 ly
DRA : 150 ly TYL : 146 ly
ALTAIS : 100 ly
KUMA : 99 ly
RASTABAN : 361 ly
GRUMIUM : 111 ly
Diagram: Extruding Draco
9Details: Connection SkirtThe connection to the existing structure will be applied by the use of a protective skirt that surrounds the vertical structural members of an ideal site. This protective skirt will provide the connection between the cables that suspend the starfield from the existing balcony.
NO. 02: SPECIFICATIONS
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3MM WIRE CABLE
ZINC CABLE SLEEVE
EXISTING DECK
EXISTING POSTAND RAILING
2-1/2 EXTERIOR WOOD SCREW - 3 O.C.NOTE: NO SCREWS TO PENETRATE EXISTING POST.
EXISTING POSTAND RAILING
EXISTING POSTAND RAILING
EXISTING DECKEXISTING DECK
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SECTION A
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Proposal Rendering
Detail: Hanging the Construct
Top Aluminum Plate
Hex Nuts
Rubber Disk
Rubber Washer
Aluminum Connector Plate
Acrylic Ring
Rubber Pad
Coin Battery
Acrylic Lens Plate
LED
Aluminum LED Housing Plate
5/8 4-40 Socket Screws
Clean and assemble with good sIde visible
Clean and Sand both sides. Check Orientation with Starfield Diagram.
Glue to Acrylic Lens Plate
To Be Installed On Site
LED wires thread into thru-holes.Plate is glued to underside of LED
Trim WIres, Paint w/Liquid Tape & DryShape wires
Clean and assemble with good sIde visible
Star Connector Assembly
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Assembly: Star Connector Assembly: Codifying the Structure
In-Situ
MEGA-TERMINAL OPTION STUDIO: fAITH, MCLAIN CLUTTER. fALL 2010
The goal of this studio was to develop a conceptual project concerning the evolution of the Megachurch in the exurban landscape. Various trips to such institutions as well as comparative studies with other building types such as large big box retail were the point of departure. Of primary effort in this studio was understanding the programmatic incorporation and distribution within the church as an example of interior urbanism. This work projects the incorporation of mass transit into the programmatic concerns of the church. Vehicular access into the interior begins to create a completed whole of the institution as a metropolis. Moreover, ideas of network distribution and iconographic imagery speak to the attitude of building as billboard, associating the programmed interior with a single exterior expression.
Site Discovery: Preliminary Mapping
Site Plan
Site Phasing User Routes by Transportation Type
MAINTENANCE
PERSONAL VEHICLE
FOOT
MASS TRANSIT
Partial Plan: Terminal Level
Strategy: Programmatic Stratification and Objectification
Objectified Metropolis
MOBILE AGGREGATIONCOMPREHENSIVE STUDIO, MICHAEL KENNEDY. fALL 2011
LA CARPA MOBILE MUSEUMIn conjunction with the University of Michigans Latino Studies department and El Museo del Norte public committee of Southwest Detroit, the project was to design a mobile museum to help tell the history of Latinos in the area. Each student was to develop a unique proposal that was showcased to the public for consideration. The proposal below called for the development of flexible nodes that could be easily transported and reconfigured to accommodate a variety of sites, audiences, and programmatic intents.
Axon: Constructing the Node
Handling and Distribution
Tourist-Limited knowledge of area or the history of the community. This audience would benet from program that incorporates a way to explore the neighborhood.
Educational Groups-May have sucient knowledge of the neighborhood as is relates to the larger Detroit area, but limited in the history of those who dene the community. This demographic can stand to gain from program that gives more depth to the exhibited pieces such as lectures and informed presentation.
Mexican Revolution
Agricultural Migration
Automotive Industry
Great Depression
Discrimination
Repatriation
Family Life
St. Annes
Diego Rivera
1/128 = 1
DEPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
AUDIENCE
SUBJECT TO PHYSICAL DEPLOYMENT
Transportation
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Curatorial Flexibility
Tourist-Limited knowledge of area or the history of the community. This audience would benet from program that incorporates a way to explore the neighborhood.
Educational Groups-May have sucient knowledge of the neighborhood as is relates to the larger Detroit area, but limited in the history of those who dene the community. This demographic can stand to gain from program that gives more depth to the exhibited pieces such as lectures and informed presentation.
Mexican Revolution
Agricultural Migration
Automotive Industry
Great Depression
Discrimination
Repatriation
Family Life
St. Annes
Diego Rivera
1/128 = 1
DEPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
AUDIENCE
SUBJECT TO PHYSICAL DEPLOYMENT
Transportation
Proportional Expansion
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Controlled Zone Decentralized
Curatorial Flexibility
Strategic Deployment
Community Engagement
Historical Superimposition
Partial Plan 3 = 1
TECTONICS
Axon 1/2 = 1
INDIVIDUAL TEACHING / GROUP EVENT / MULTIPLES
Manipulation: Programmatic Intent and Audience Size
Southwest Detroit Art Walk
On-Site Curation
Learning in the Park
EL MUSEO DEL NORTECOMPREHENSIVE STUDIO, MICHAEL KENNEDY. fALL 2011
To promote the efforts of the Southwest Detroit community, the studio was geared towards the development of a permanent museum to house performances and exhibits centered around the Latino culture in the area and the larger context of the city. One proposal per student.
This project makes use of an existing ironworks building from the 19th century as a contrasting agent to a proposed addition. Through their dialogue, the new and old relate to the historical sensitivity of the surrounding Latino community. Incorporated into the project is the knowledge that the visitor is at once patron and exhibit, living history. Therefore, the project is designed to fully expose the community to itself through active display and interactive activities such as the offering of the exterior to local artists and the bleeding of performance space from building to exterior neighborhood.
Building the Discussion: Past, Present, future
PROPOSAL ONE: OPEN SITE
ZONE 3: MOBILE HOUSING
The museum will serve as housing for its mobile component. When docked, the mobile museum will serve as major frontage of the museum along the street edge.
ZONE 1B: GROUND LEVEL
Lower-level of museum will house more dynamic programming and even space with exhibits constantly changing. It will have the ability to open to exterior to extend programmatic footprint.
ZONE 1A: ABOVE GROUND
This level will house a more perma-nent collection as well as administration
ZONE 2: EXTERIOR
Soft perimeter to act as extended program area to cater to large events and outdoor activities.
GENERAL PLAN A series of progressional spaces will vary in scale, denoting spatial use and depth of personal e
Large Congressional Space1:1 InteractionFormal Platform
General Exhibition
Extension to Exterior
Visual Accessibility
GENERAL SECTION Spatial operation will be denoted by compression and expan-sion of spaces through manipulation of the vertical and horizontal planes, emphasizing the nature of conduct relative to program.
NOTES-Exterior to maintain language expressed by mobile museum. Emphasis on verticality on exterior and horizontality on interior.
-The museum will house utility at core to open exterior to programmatic perimeter.
-Materiality TBD
GENERAL SITE PLAN
PROPOSAL TWO: SHARED SITE
ZONE 3: MOBILE HOUSING
Mobile museum serves as barrier from interior to exterior with points of visual and physical accessibilty
CONTEXTUAL CONSISTENCY
The museum will address the proportions of any new facade based on the rule set dened by adjacent structures. While the development in the vacant lot may have material dierence and, perhaps, a unique character, it must abide by the proportional system in place to not be perceived as a foreign body amongst well known establishments.
ZONE 1: BORROWED FRONTAGE Working with an existing shell, the museum adhere to the language consistent of the block in which it is located.
ZONE 2: VACANT SPACE
ideally, additional space will be found adjacent to the existing building shell. Preference given to sites with bordering commercial operations as to implant the museum as an active participant within the context of a main artery in the neighborhood.
GENERAL SECTION The interior structure of the existing building will be preserved and highlighted through renovation. The addition will take on a dierent character, making obvious its relationship with the building it uses to create the museum. Points of reection present themselves as cuts in the oor plane, allowing the museum-goer to re-address their past experiences from a dierent vantage point. The oor may become a more active participant in the transfer of informa-tion at this point of reection.
GENERAL SITE PLAN
Stanton Park
Porter St
Austin St
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El Mercado
Roberto Clemente Recreation Center
St Annes
Stanton Park
Freston School
Contextual Nodes
Site Plan -- 1/64 = 1
Major Development Type: Single Family Residential
Density: Around 50%
Historical Anchor: St. Annes Church
Nearby Institutions: Preston School, Roberto Clemente Recreation Center,Michigan Hispanic Chamber, Welcome Center
Transit: City Bus Lines 49 (1/8mi), 19 and 27 (1/4mi)
Smart Bus 125, 150 (1/4mi)
Site Area: 90 x 105 = 9,450 sf
Preliminary Data
Site Selection
Staying in the same vein as the mobile component, El Museo del Norte should be an active player within the community it serves. As a museum of history, it should locate itself near a historical anchor, which it refer-ences through its curated exhibits and physical proximity. Access to areas of public engagement such as recre-ational centers, parks, and/or schools allows the museum to lend itself as an extension of focused pro-gram. Within the site and its context there should be ample room for the museum to: 1) expand physical foot-print, 2) occupy multiple areas to increase range of vis-ibility and deploy/store portions of the mobile unit per its intent, 3) interact with the community at both large and small scales. Southwest Detroit is part of Detroits Em-powerment Zone initiative; therefore, the museum should site itself within a particular area of revitalization as a gesture to the communitys progressive nature and his-torical sensitivity. Moreover, it would be ideal to have a site housing a pre-existing building that the new museum can interact with, furthering this gesture.
Site Summary
Located on Porter Road between St. Annes Street and Stanton Park, the site houses a 3-storey, masonry build-ing measuring 40 x 80 and a slightly larger lot on the buildings East side. It is the location of 19th century T.X Rosseau Iron Workers Manufacturing Co. The building is surrounded by single-family residences, except for a slightly larger lot to the North. Other open lots avail-able nearby to relieve the need to house all necessities on one site such as parking or large events. Open lots also offer potential for mobile unit deployment, engaging publics that may not pass directly by site. St.Annes is visible to the South; Detroit skyline visible to the East. Historically, the neighborhood has always been small residential with commercial sites scattered throughout. The T.X. Iron Workers building is one ofthe few buildings still remaining from the 19th century development. It can be speculated that many of the areas residents worked at the nearby iron working building and other commercial developments to the north, alongBagley St. Using this site for the museum exposes the potential to reestablish a node that has provided for the community it inhabits. The building can serve its community in a similar fashion to the German Turnverein associations of the early 19th century. Their goal, through their halls, was to develop sound body and minds within the community. This was done by providing program that was physically and intellectually engaging, such as gymnasi-ums and tutoring services.
Contextual Nodes
Potential Lots of engagement
Engaging the Site: Early Strategy and Site Plan
Stanton Park
Porter St
Austin St
Wing Pl
Bagley St Bagley StBagley St
Cromwell St
Sampson St
W Lafayette Blvd W Lafayette Blvd
Howard St
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Mexicantown office
El Mercado
Roberto Clemente Recreation Center
St Annes
Stanton Park
Freston School
Contextual Nodes
Site Plan -- 1/64 = 1
Major Development Type: Single Family Residential
Density: Around 50%
Historical Anchor: St. Annes Church
Nearby Institutions: Preston School, Roberto Clemente Recreation Center,Michigan Hispanic Chamber, Welcome Center
Transit: City Bus Lines 49 (1/8mi), 19 and 27 (1/4mi)
Smart Bus 125, 150 (1/4mi)
Site Area: 90 x 105 = 9,450 sf
Preliminary Data
Site Selection
Staying in the same vein as the mobile component, El Museo del Norte should be an active player within the community it serves. As a museum of history, it should locate itself near a historical anchor, which it refer-ences through its curated exhibits and physical proximity. Access to areas of public engagement such as recre-ational centers, parks, and/or schools allows the museum to lend itself as an extension of focused pro-gram. Within the site and its context there should be ample room for the museum to: 1) expand physical foot-print, 2) occupy multiple areas to increase range of vis-ibility and deploy/store portions of the mobile unit per its intent, 3) interact with the community at both large and small scales. Southwest Detroit is part of Detroits Em-powerment Zone initiative; therefore, the museum should site itself within a particular area of revitalization as a gesture to the communitys progressive nature and his-torical sensitivity. Moreover, it would be ideal to have a site housing a pre-existing building that the new museum can interact with, furthering this gesture.
Site Summary
Located on Porter Road between St. Annes Street and Stanton Park, the site houses a 3-storey, masonry build-ing measuring 40 x 80 and a slightly larger lot on the buildings East side. It is the location of 19th century T.X Rosseau Iron Workers Manufacturing Co. The building is surrounded by single-family residences, except for a slightly larger lot to the North. Other open lots avail-able nearby to relieve the need to house all necessities on one site such as parking or large events. Open lots also offer potential for mobile unit deployment, engaging publics that may not pass directly by site. St.Annes is visible to the South; Detroit skyline visible to the East. Historically, the neighborhood has always been small residential with commercial sites scattered throughout. The T.X. Iron Workers building is one ofthe few buildings still remaining from the 19th century development. It can be speculated that many of the areas residents worked at the nearby iron working building and other commercial developments to the north, alongBagley St. Using this site for the museum exposes the potential to reestablish a node that has provided for the community it inhabits. The building can serve its community in a similar fashion to the German Turnverein associations of the early 19th century. Their goal, through their halls, was to develop sound body and minds within the community. This was done by providing program that was physically and intellectually engaging, such as gymnasi-ums and tutoring services.
Contextual Nodes
Potential Lots of engagement
Lower Level 1/16 = 1
Ground Floor -- 1/8 = 1
Primary Gallery
Library
Aux Gallery A
Aux Gallery B
Formal entry
wc wc util
wc wc
LockerLocker
Weights
utility
wc wc util
Office
Office
Kitchen
Conference
Flex WorkArea
Exterior Mezzanine
SECOND FLOOR
FIRST FLOORGROUND FLOOR
Exterior Mezzanine
Exhibition10
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3in Form Decking
6in I-Beam (5ft O.C)
16 in I-Beam Girder
Double Pane Insulated Glass
Insulating barrier at enclosure
1-1/2 Concrete Panel
Expansion Joint
steel L Cap
18k8 Open Web Joist
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Section a -- 1/16 = 1
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Exterior Mezzanine
Exhibition10
Peformance 12-14
3in Form Decking
6in I-Beam (5ft O.C)
16 in I-Beam Girder
Double Pane Insulated Glass
Insulating barrier at enclosure
1-1/2 Concrete Panel
Expansion Joint
steel L Cap
18k8 Open Web Joist
Mechanical run
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drainage basin15
Frost line
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Section a -- 1/16 = 1
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Elevation: Community Character
Interior: Cultural History
Interior: Community Expression
Lobby / Vertical Training
NSS HEADQUARTERSOPTION STUDIO, jENNIfER HARMON. WINTER 2011
The studio was charged with the task of designing a headquarters for the National Speleological Society. After collective research aimed at defining the needs of the society was published, each student was to propose a building design.
This project employs the play between interior and exterior, above and below ground, to create moments of tension and intrigue that work to heighten the experience of the whole. The three publics of the building (caver, administrator, public) are purposefully given moments of overlap to extend their programs to one another, creating hybrid environments for education and interaction. The architecture actively presents key features of program to each other, increasing the legibility of space and the components that define the NSS as a society. The transfer of information from caving society to touring public will increase, further solidifying the NSS as a serious, conservation-minded institution whose efforts are on multiple fronts: research, training, education
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Site Discovery: Centers of Activity
Caver
Local
Tourist Site Discovery: Overlapping Publics
Survey -Stations established and act as markers to create whole.
Difining Moments-Areas of greater recognition are cataloged through sensory awareness of the human body.
Three-Dimensional space is characterized by individual as reference tool
Sensory Influence from Adjacent Program/Moments
Sensory Influence of Moment
Physical Accessibility and Utility
Major Programmatic Features
Secondary Program Adjacencies
Kentucky Geological Shifts
formal Geological Shifts
Cave Experience v Programmatic Experience
formal Discovery: Tracking of Shifts Over Time
Exterior Court
Section: Exterior - Interior Interplay
Sub- Level Plan
LOBBY/VERTICAL TRAINING
ADMINISTRATIVE WING
MUSEUM
BARRACKS
RESEARCH LIBRARY
ARCHIVES
LOADING DOCK/BOOK DISTRIBUTION
EXPANDING INWARDTHESIS STUDIO, ANCA TRANDAfIRESCU. WINTER 2012
Prompted by the proposal for compaction initiated by the city of Chicago, Illinois, this thesis investigates the latent potential of physically constrained sites. Engaging the exposed interstate rail platforms of the Blue Line, the projects curiosity comes from the negotiations between the 15 foot width of the platform, the commuter culture of the rail, and the programmatic aspirations of the project. Using the YMCA Headquarters as the pressurizing agent, careful physical considerations are coupled with programmatic overlays that not only accommodate the constraints of the site, but offers a plausible dynamic of integration.
Methods include exploration through isometric drawing, vignette, and conceptual section to draw out the plausibility of action through exactness of execution.
Sectional Elevation
POPULATION INCREASE
CHICAGO, IL.
Changing Rooms
Physical Wellness
Education / Youth
Social Responsibility
Admin / General
Utility / Service
Dance
Yoga
Daycare ShelterHousing
Martial Arts Weights BasketballRaquetball Scuba Running Track SwimRope Vertical Training
Print / Copy
Lockers
Computers Tutoring Center
Gardens
Music Room
YMCA Oces
Food
Urban Explorers Lecture Classroom
Restroom
Job Training Support Group
Housing Admin
Labs
Youth Dev
Primary Program
Secondary Program
To Downtown
To Airport
NETWORK
TIES AND TAILS
DOJO GARDENS
URBAN EXPLORERS / SCUBA SCHOOL
STAYS AND STACKS
YMCA UNIVERSITY
PHASE I OF RAIL RENOVATOIN
City Compaction:Population Increase 1960 - 2010 Strategy: Phase I Distribution
LECTURE
WORKSHOP
RAIL ACCESS
PROGRAMMATIC BORROWING
TRANSITIONAL COMPROMISE DIVIDING THE HORIZONTAL
NEW PROGRAM ALLOWANCE
ACCOMMODATION
FORMAL NECESSITY
CONSTRICTION
ACTIVATING THE STRUCTURE
STRUCTURAL SEPARATION
LAYERING
ACCESSIBILITY
RAIL ACCESS
STRUCTURE
PUBLIC PROGRAMMING
VERTICAL CIRCULATION
PRIVATE PROGRAMMING
MOVEMENT A
MOVEMENT B
PROGRAM REQUIRMENT
SPLIT / VOID
INSERTION / CAP REINTRODUCTION
PROGRAMMATIC EXTENSION
ZONE A-
ZONE A-
ZONE B
STRUCTURAL INFILL
VERTICAL MOVEMENT
EMBEDMENT
VERTICAL CONNECT
VISUAL REGISTRATION
LECTURE
WORKSHOP
RAIL ACCESS
PROGRAMMATIC BORROWING
TRANSITIONAL COMPROMISE DIVIDING THE HORIZONTAL
NEW PROGRAM ALLOWANCE
ACCOMMODATION
FORMAL NECESSITY
CONSTRICTION
ACTIVATING THE STRUCTURE
STRUCTURAL SEPARATION
LAYERING
ACCESSIBILITY
RAIL ACCESS
STRUCTURE
PUBLIC PROGRAMMING
VERTICAL CIRCULATION
PRIVATE PROGRAMMING
MOVEMENT A
MOVEMENT B
PROGRAM REQUIRMENT
SPLIT / VOID
INSERTION / CAP REINTRODUCTION
PROGRAMMATIC EXTENSION
ZONE A-
ZONE A-
ZONE B
STRUCTURAL INFILL
VERTICAL MOVEMENT
EMBEDMENT
VERTICAL CONNECT
VISUAL REGISTRATION
LECTURE
WORKSHOP
RAIL ACCESS
PROGRAMMATIC BORROWING
TRANSITIONAL COMPROMISE DIVIDING THE HORIZONTAL
NEW PROGRAM ALLOWANCE
ACCOMMODATION
FORMAL NECESSITY
CONSTRICTION
ACTIVATING THE STRUCTURE
STRUCTURAL SEPARATION
LAYERING
ACCESSIBILITY
RAIL ACCESS
STRUCTURE
PUBLIC PROGRAMMING
VERTICAL CIRCULATION
PRIVATE PROGRAMMING
MOVEMENT A
MOVEMENT B
PROGRAM REQUIRMENT
SPLIT / VOID
INSERTION / CAP REINTRODUCTION
PROGRAMMATIC EXTENSION
ZONE A-
ZONE A-
ZONE B
STRUCTURAL INFILL
VERTICAL MOVEMENT
EMBEDMENT
VERTICAL CONNECT
VISUAL REGISTRATION
Strategy: Negotiating the Constraint
PROGRAMMATIC BORROWING ACTIVATING THE STRUCTURE TRANSITIONAL COMPROMISE
DIVIDING THE HORIZONTAL
platform
maint terrace
to courts
sauna
brainstorming workshop
SECTION: ACCOMODATION/ =
platform
main terrace
to courts
brainstorming workshop
SECTION: FLEXIBILITY/ =
platform
outdoor court
brainstorming workshop
SECTION: OPPORTUNITY/ =
platform
overlook
intermission
SECTION: BRIDGING/ =
platform
outdoor court
lockers
SECTION: MOVEMENT/ =
ballroom
adopt-a-puppy
snackatorium
outdoor play
platformplatform
sauna
main terrace
makers gallery
intermission balcony
obedience training
street entry
brainstorming workshop
rail entry
teach and talkmakers workshop
brainstorming workshop
brainstorming workshop
interior waitingkennel
outdoor court
first aidrentalinformationintermissionlockers
overlook
overlook
entry
outdoor court
outdoor court
transition
ballroom
adopt-a-puppy
snackatorium
outdoor play
platformplatform
sauna
main terrace
makers gallery
intermission balcony
obedience training
street entry
brainstorming workshop
rail entry
teach and talkmakers workshop
brainstorming workshop
brainstorming workshop
interior waitingkennel
outdoor court
first aidrentalinformationintermissionlockers
overlook
overlook
entry
outdoor court
outdoor court
transition
platform
congretional play
brainstorming workshop
makers workshop
SECTION: STRATEGY/ =
rail entry
main terrace
workshop access
teach and talk
SECTION: EDUCATION/ =
interior waiting
obedience training
intermission
makers gallery/gates
SECTION: DEVELOPMENT/ =
adopt-a-puppy
outdoor play
snackatorium
ballroom
SECTION: ACTION/ =
kennel
outdoor play
balcony
entry
SECTION: EXPOSURE/ =
Cross Section Series
Section: Programmatic Cohesion
Interior: Makers Workshop / Teach and Talk
Exterior: Rail Access / Outdoor Play
Benjamin E Thomas414.333.2799 I [email protected]