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CITY COLLEGE: ARTS/HUMANITIES & BUSINESS/TECHNOLOGY BUILDINGS
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WEST ELEVATION SOUTH ELEVATION
NORTH ELEVATIONEAST ELEVATION
CLIENT: SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT // FIRM: RNT ARCHITECTS // POSITION: PROJECT DESIGNER
CITY COLLEGE: ARTS/HUMANITIES & BUSINESS/TECHNOLOGY BUILDINGSCLIENT: SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT // FIRM: RNT ARCHITECTS // POSITION: PROJECT DESIGNER
CONSTRUCTION SITE WEEK 62/INTERIOR DETAILS OF PRECAST CONCRETE T’S AND FORMWORK/
ARTS & HUMANITIES BUILDING BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGIES BUILDING
AiCamp / EnStudio: C Street Development
EnSTUDIO PARTNERED UP WITH ANOTHER LOCAL SAN DIEGO ARCHITECT/DEVELOPER AiCAMP IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT A 7 UNIT MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT IN THE HEART OF GOLDEN HILL, A VIBRANT RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD JUST OUTSIDE DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO.
DESIGN STRATEGICALLY USES CREATIVE RE-INTERPRETATIONS OF THE LOCAL BUILDING CODE, ZONING, AND FAR TO ALLOW HIGHER OCCUPANCY AND DENSIFY THE SITE.
ARCHITECT BUILDERS ENVISION AND MAKE THE PROJECTS NORMAL DEVELOPERS WILL NOT TOUCH. ARCHITECTS COME FROM A PARTICULAR DISCIPLINE WITH INTERESTS AUGMENTED BY PLANNING OBJECTIVES AND A LOVE OF BUILDINGS. ARCHITECTS ARE TRAINED TO INNOVATE, BUT INNOVATION MAKES PROJECTS MORE DIFFICULT TO ACCOMPLISH. INNOVATION, DENSIFICATION, AND ARCHITECTURE WITH A CAPITAL "A" ADD TO THE URBAN FABRIC. AND, ALTHOUGH THEY WILL ONLY EXIST OUTSIDE THE DEVELOPMENT MAIN STREAM, THESE PROJECTS ELEVATE LIVES AND MAKE EXTRAORDINARY PLACES. -WOODBURY UNIVERSITY SAN DIEGO
MATERIALS AND FINISHES:
+ COLORED CMU BLOCK+ CEMENT BOARD LAP AND PANAL SIDING+ ACX PLYWOOD+ ROUGH-SAWN REDWOOD
+ RECLAIMED AND RE-PURPOSED SOLID OAK PIPE CRIBBAGE (RETAINING WALLS).+ RECLAIMED AND RE-PURPOSED FIR PIPE CRIBBAGE (EXTERIOR PAVERS).
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SOUTH FACADE
WEST FACADE
DETROIT: TIGERS STADIUM RETROFIT: THRESHOLDS TO ECO-TRAJECTORIES
01. Stadium/Adjusting to the insertion of agricultural rows the physical compartments of the stadium act as a container holding and intertwining cultural heritage with community service.
02. Conditions/Exposed to the natural elements - the agricultural rows start to densify and cluster, peeling itself away from the ground plane based on natural conditions like light, water and air movement.
03. Historic Relevance/Culturally significant sections of the stadiumare marked and preserved for its continued use by the local community.
04. Organization/Markers like the infield and agricultural strips start to delineate multiple zones along the core and peripheries of the stadium, allowing programs to densify into well defined locations.
05. Placement/As organized zones become realized, utilitarian programs get inserted among dense pockets within the agricultural strips, sustaining its current active and passive programs.
06. Performance/In order to maximize ground area for crops, other programs start to infiltrate the vestibules of the stadium, creating overlapand collision of the stadiums existing performa-tive characteristics.
07. Adjustment/Gaining maximum solar energy, garden programs within the stadium appropri-ate into greenhouses which align themselves to the ground plane, in vertical stacks, along the upper tiers of the stadium - forming Clusters (1) & (2).
IN 2008 DETROIT’S TIGERS STADIUM HAD BEEN ABANDONED FOR 8 YEARS.
ADAPTING TO CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC NEEDS THE STADIUM SHELL IS RE-STRUCTURED TO FUNCTION AS A :
+ COMMUNITY CENTER/+ URBAN FARM/ + DISTRIBUTION HUB.
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A. upper greehouse platformB. modular greenhouse podsC. internal ribbon program 1. market/ kitchen 2. office space 3. theator 4. germination labs 5. modular docking portsD. large production greenhouseE. existing beam and truss structural systemF. modified structural systemG. existing stadium seatingH. roof greenhouseI. existing roofJ. vertical circulation coreK. light/ ventilation tubesL. landscape ground plane
MT. WHITNEYelevation: 14,494 ft. (tallest peak in contiguous U.S.)
L.A. AQUEDUCTTOTAL DISTANCE: 419 miPROVIDED WATER: 400,000 acre-ft./yr.ORIGINATINGPOINT SOURCE: sierra snowpack mono lake
C 1907-Los Angeles finalizes rights to purchase 98% of the Owens Valley 200 miles north of downtown - and in doing so contradicts the very nature of its natural water resource. All water in watershed HUC4-1809 is unique in the fact that its water never reaches the open ocean. Instead it drains to endorheic lakes where the water either evaporates back into the atmosphere or seeps into the ground creating a secondary loop in the natural hydrological cycle.
1913- November 5th, at the aqueduct’s dedication ceremony William Mulholland declares: “There it is, take it!” It is at this moment, for the first time in human history, the water from region HUC4-1809 begins its unnatural voyage via conduits and channels through Los Angeles faucets and garden hoses into sewers and finally out into the Pacific ocean.
Water is a dynamic resource. It operates within finite capacities at a macro-scale seeming closed and continuos. This smoothness becomes granulated at the micro-scale where each region adapts uniquely to its own hydrologic pressures. Water never varies in quantity only in form. It collects as a negotiation between atmosphere and topography - climate and human consumption. To understand water as a true natural resource is to question the very nature of what we consider infrastructure. Within the cycle of water: a cloud is infrastructure: a stream is infrastructure: a mountain is infrastructure: a lake is infrastructure.
The alternative infrastructural proposal becomes a direct link into the natural ebbs and cycles of water as a “regional resource”. As the Sierra snowpack diminishes due to contracted slow melt cycles - the Los Angeles Aqueduct system must readjust to a more fractured and irregular water source. Methods for adaptation:
(1) All snow melt is directed back to Owen Lake via its natural channels (2) Reacting to periods of intense and heavy rain in the coastal region the direction of water flow is reversed using L.A. aqueduct #2 to transfer water from MWD to Owens Lake (3) Owens Lake is used to store and filter the water as it seeps into its underground aquifer (4) When needed (in times of drought) the water can be re-distributed back to L.A via aqueduct #1.
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01_ Mississippi River Basin hydrologic model ca. 1943.04_ Lenticular event over Sierra Nevada Mountains west of Owens Valley.07_ Deadman Siphon - L..A. Aqueduct ca. 1910.
02_ Detail: Owens Lake playa soil and aquifer filtration and storage study.05_ Shasta Dam California ca. 1942.
08_ Detail: Hydrogen Weather Balloon.
03_ Owens Lake - altered landscape.
06_ Detail: Transpiration and energy collection rod.09_ Infrastructure as human machine interface.
A SIERRA NEVADA SNOWPACKB OWENS VALLEY #HUC8-18090103C LOS ANGELESD EASTERN WATERSHED/ DEATH VALLEY
CRITICAL WATER REGIONS
40 miles
HUMAN NATURES: DRYLANDS
HUMAN NATURES: DRYLANDSOWENS LAKE - OWENS VALLEY WATERSHED #HUC8-18090103
0.003A// INFRASTRUCTURAL CAPACITIES 0.004// DEEP VOLUME
0.003B// INFRASTRUCTURAL OPERATIONS
LOS ANGELES 200 MILES
MONO LAKE 130 MILES
THE ENTIRE VOLUME OF ATMOSPHERIC VAPOR IS REPLACED EVERY 8 DAYS.
THE EQUIVALENT OF ALL THE OCEANS WATER PASSES THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE EVERY 3,100 YEARS.
Infrastructure must use these “Capacities” in an operative manner.
A. Transpiration: 16% of all water released into the atmosphere is through transpiration. Responsible for creating large storm systems - and creating heavy precipitation.
B. Filtration: As water seeps into the soil the earth naturally filters and fortifies it to pristine levels.
C. Seepage: Standing water in lakes filter through the soil eventually being contained in natural underground aquifers. Once underground all water is preserved and evaporation is completely eliminated.
D. Condensation: Once the air condenses it creates water vapor. Water vapor is responsible for the creation of clouds and enables precipitation.
ATMOSPHERE + WEATHER BALLOONS
SURFACE + TRANSPIRATION RODS
SUB-GROUND + RESEVIOR - LIQUID ACCUMULATION
+ equipped with atmospheric sensors for tracking and recording detailed regional weather patterns along the lake.
+ create shade minimizing evaporation of lake water below due to direct sun exposure.
+ absorb solar energy to be stored and used for surface activities.
+ creates an interstitial vapor zone between lake and lower atmosphere allowing small amounts of water to condensate.
+ temporary resting/nesting place for seasonal migratory birds.
+ made of flexible porous material which absorbs and breathes moisture into the air - condensing and creating a low layer of fog along the surface of the lake. During hot days this fog keeps the water below from evaporating out into the upper atmosphere. + the breathable nature of the rods draws the hydraulic cycle into a closer loop - recycling the water moisture and keeping it stable and confined to a defined space - eliminating rapid water loss to evaporation and allowing the ground water time to seep.
+ flexible nature allows the rods to fluctuate and readjust to alternating wind patterns.
+ reduce and block dust-storm events by conditioning the air and dramatically improving overall air quality.
+ loose silty soils created overtime by lake bed settlement become the perfect natural filter for seeping the lake water into its underground aquifer for storage.
+ minimized evaporation by 100%
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FABRICATIONS: SAINT MARIE DE LA TAURETTE
ARCHITECTS: Le Corbusier Iannis XenakisLOCATION: Éveux, Rhône-Alpes 45° 49′ 10″ N, 4° 37′ 21″ ECOMPLETED: 1960OCCUPANTS: Dominican Monks of LyonCELL COUNT: 100 MATERIALS: Concrete/ Glass
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ARCHITECTS: Le Corbusier Iannis XenakisLOCATION: Éveux, Rhône-Alpes 45° 49′ 10″ N, 4° 37′ 21″ ECOMPLETED: 1960OCCUPANTS: Dominican Monks of LyonCELL COUNT: 100 MATERIALS: Concrete/ Glass
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B. Steller Lobe
C. Medial Morane Band
D. Bagely Ice Field
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HUMAN NATURES: TRANSFORMATIVE MATERIALITY
0.01// SURFACE TO SURFACE
The Bering Glacier is located on the south central Alaskan coast line bordering the Gulf of Alaska. The Glacial system is a total of 190km long making it the longest temperate surging glacier in the world. The glacier has had 6 major surges in the last 100 years with the 1993-95 surge totaling about 10km from the advancement to final retreat location with the initial and most aggressive part of the surge displacing the ice at nearly 100m per day. The Bering Glacier system is also located within an extremely active environmental zone comprising a major subductive fault line and the Chucukula and St.Elias mountain ranges, which elevate from sea level to 5,000 plus feet.
The study of the Bering Glacier was part of an investigative research into the properties of material transformations formed under the shifting weight and pres-sures of a continually reforming landscape. Duration, time, and scale become critically important in understanding the complex systems of interaction regulating and reforming the site as a dialectic between natural and human forces, negotiating “pure material” shifts.
Shifts between ice and water can also be described between the tensions of surface and subsurface movements through the deformations of ice undergoing both plastic and elastic transformations. The fluidity of the ice at deeper sections alters the surface conditions where it breaks and splits forming deep crevasses collecting and distributing water along and through the glacial system until it reaches the terminus.
Critical activation points occur along the “ablation line” at 200 meters and rising to 1000 meters forming the “ablation zone”. This ablation zone is where the material shift becomes its most expressive yet stabilized enough for scientific study. The deflection of flowing ice, caused by sub-surface topography, toward the surface of the glacier coupled by the plastic to elastic divergence creates site transformations of high indexical integrity, displacing 1.3 gigatons of fresh water into the gulf of alaska every year. As the melt rate increases along with the upper limits of the ablation line, this number will also only continue to increase.
This is an instantaneously deployable infrastructure capable of fluctuating and transforming as the site transforms. Single individual “energy collectors” would be placed along the ablation line of the glacier in groups so as the ice surged, or melted into water, the collectors would move with the natural shifts of the material. At each point of transformation “energy” is released from the material into the collectors for storage.
The collectors are free to move as the glacier moves, allowing themselves to congregate into areas of highest potential energy within the glacial system, becoming part of the natural process and not a transcribed solution to fix or falsely alter its state. Collector fluctuation transcribes and projects the evolution of the landscape remapping the territory for future events and purposes - only reacting to internal and atmospheric pressures.
As the ice expand and contracts, it produces a mechani-cal workload upon the anchored section of the collector. Once the ice melts the collector would be free to move down the glacier absorbing all energy along its path. In this way the collector becomes a marker, an artifact that can both measure and inflect change into its surrounding environment. As the glacier retreats the collectors become part of the archeology of the site again marking and forming the new terrain.
0.03// SURFACE TO ATMOSPHERE 0.04x1// BERING GLACIER 0.05x2// SURFACE FRACTURE
