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DEGREE PROJECT Spring 2012
ARCHITECTURE FOR COLLECTION & RE_COLLECTION In order to share conceptual ideas, we manifest constructions that attempt to best represent the purest form of our original concept. But within this machine of construction, losses occur and hinder perfect translation for others. Even our own memories suer unavoidable losses, for every recollection / re-collection of a memory initiates a completely new construct of the past moment (and therefore a less pure construct), with the gaps filled by fictions we have acquired over our own continuing experiences. How then can architecture, as a construction, deal with loss; loss of memory, loss of concept, loss of life? Degree Project consists of three stages: 1. An introverted evaluation and output of personal experiences and memories, rendered without any sort of strict design parameters, which then is post-evaluated for typologies that can translate and bind the project moving forward. 2. Renderings of space within the realm of architectural rendering conventions, that begin to emote feelings of loss and memory through aesthetics, spacial precedents, scale and program. 3. Design of an architecture that can assist the conversation between the living, whose identities change with experience, and the dead, whose identities change through every recollection.
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DEGREE PROJECT Spring 2012
Sited in the Bonneville Salt flats, the conclusionary structure acts as place for exchanging memories between the living and the dead. The program contains shelving for the memory containers, individual rooms for contemplation and an underground archive for all past “tenants.�
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DEGREE PROJECT Spring 2012
SECTION - sketchup, vray, pen & pencil
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HOFFMAN ISLAND Fall 2011 Site Plan
Hoffman Island, located within Lower New York Harbor, was artificially created to house sick immigrants during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Some 500 immigrants, mostly children under ten years of age, died on the island during this time period. The unfortunate history, coupled with the island being a place of transition for so many families, makes the site a perfect place of remembering. The project is intended to help mediate the ritual of remembering the dead by giving the living a more interactive and personal experience versus a contemporary cemetery. The body is brought to Hoffman Island where it is cremated, with a portion of the cremated remains then cast into a small block. The block is then permanently placed into a container, the Book, which is placed into one of the Libraries, the main method of burial on the island.
Library Elevation
Hoffman Island
Library Section
Island Section
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HOFFMAN ISLAND Fall 2011
Island entry
Ash grove
Main path to Libraries
Southeast decking w/huts
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SOUTH ARM PASSIVE HOUSE Winter 2011-2012
This project stemmed from an interest in how Passive House systems work together, coupled with an extremely modest design footprint of 20 feet x 30 feet. The goal was to maximize gathering space in the home, while offering views of the nearby lake and providing plenty of south facing glazing to maximize thermal gains. Mechanical equipment was housed discretely behind the bathroom and utilizes the latest available technologies to help retain energy and decrease the energy footprint of the home.
Wall Detail Roof insulation Water protection membrane
Continuous ridge ventilation
Insulation wind baffle
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Continuous soffit vent
Rigid insulation
Wooden siding
Gypsum board
4.5” high density spray foam
Airtight drywall approach
1/2” air space
Substrate to support spray foam
PU Foam
Styrofoam sis sheating
NP1 sealant
Gypsum board
Li h frame f i Light construction
C ll l i l i Cellulose insulation
Metal flashing
Locus Map
Interior Render
Sealant Gasket Adhesive
Sealant 4.5” high density spray foam Closure board
Capillary break
Crawl space vent
Masonry
Masonry foundation wall
Continuous vapor retarder
Concrete foundation
Off f ddi i l insulation i l i Offset frame wallll & additional
Wooden siding & high-R windows
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FITCHBURG - REVISITED Spring 2011
Early design iteration
Fitchburg, Massachusetts is a town struggling with an identity. Once a mill town and home to a flourishing GE plant, the recent economic recession has hit Fitchburg especially hard. In an effort to seek advice about how to energize the growth of Fitchburg, their Mayor recruited RISD to help inform them of potential ideas to enable growth and give the town a greater community, centered literally and conceptually around Main Street. The studio worked together on this problem, with all students approaching design uniquely from the point of infrastructure, green space, playing fields, bike paths, facade renovations and vacant lots.
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FITCHBURG - REVISITED Spring 2011
A proposed sundial was an effort to give Fitchburg an identity through monument, in a form that would be interactive and unique to its place on the earth, located across from a the new town park, a project previously undertaken by the current Mayor. The building adjacent to the sundial would be turned into a permanent home for the local Fitchburg Farmer’s Market, whose wishes for the building included preservation, cooking, teaching, and selling of their produce.
Existing abandoned structure
Proposed Public Market
Sundial / outdoor market rendering
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FITCHBURG - REVISITED Spring 2011
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ECUADOR TRAVEL STUDIO Winter 2010 - 2011
The second core design studio was split into two projects- the first consisting of a design-build project for a community garden, with input and coordination amongst all students in the section. The built project focused heavily on the grain of the given material, with the program leading the gardeners along a twisting path which bounded individual parcels while also creating neighborly sight lines.
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ECUADOR TRAVEL STUDIO Winter 2010 - 2011
Drawings needed to be created for the project and I was chosen to draft the drawings that would remain in Ecudaor. Half of the design was built during our tenure there, with the remaining half to be completed at a later date.
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ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN Spring 2009
Aerial of site
The second core design studio was split into two projects- the first consisting of a design-build project for a community garden, with input and coordination amongst all students in the section. The built project focused heavily on the grain of the given material, with the program leading the gardeners along a twisting path which bounded individual parcels while also creating neighborly sight lines. Garden Rendering Brainstorming diagram
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ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN Spring 2009
COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER The second portion of the studio was the design and creation of spaces for practice, performance, observation and spectacle of community music. The design was oriented around the journey of both the student and teacher, intersecting at the space of performance and practice, then releasing the learned students to the outdoor arena for performance.
1st floor plan
2nd floor plan
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ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN Spring 2009
Section 1
Section 2
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ADDITIONAL CURRICULUM WORK To learn more about building details, full scale envelope drawings were drawn and evaluated around the varying circumstances of air, water, light and structure.
2009 - 2012
Precedent study of the Cranbrook Natatorium by Tod Williams & Billie Tsien
An exterior rendering for a gymnasium/auditorium located next to the RISD Architecture building in Providence, Rhode Island. The structure was designed to be powered completely with solar panels and be as naturally lit as possible to provide proper lighting standards for usage as a gymnasium or auditorium. Precedent study of James Turrell’s installation Roden Crater
An interior rendering for a project which consisted of hanging steel pods, each sized to house different program. The project was integrated with an Olympic ski-jumping infrastructure at the site of the 2012 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
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OTHER 2009 - 2012
Intro to Photo course final project 35mm B&W
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OTHER 2009 - 2012
Zissou Kings card Adobe Illustrator
Northern Parula wheel gouache on bristol board