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arogers92@gatech.edu

Candidate for Master of Architecture. Former research professional with a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology. Skilled in Rhino 3D, Revit, Enscape, Grasshopper parametric modeling, HoloLens+Fologram, Adobe Suite, neuroscience, data analysis, and scientific writing.

EDUCATION

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA

4.0 GPA, Anticipated graduation May 2023

Emory University

Bachelor of Science, Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology

Neuroscience Study Abroad Program in Paris, France, Summer 2012

EXPERIENCE

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Georgia Institute of Technology

ARCH 3016/3017 – Design Studio (Keith Kaseman)

• “Urbanism: The City as a Site for Architecture”

Graduate Research Assistant, Georgia Institute o f Technology

College of Design – SimTigrate Design Lab (Craig Zimring)

• Project 1: Exploration of cognition, sleep, and the built environment - Literature review and compilation of existing data to develop aims and protocols for sleep study in homes of individuals with mild cognitive impairment

• Project 2: Mental Health Receiving Center for the Huntsman Mental Health Institute

- Case study review and analysis of evidence-based design research pertaining to mental health care

• Project 3: Translational Research Building for the Huntsman Mental Health Institute

- Case study review and analysis of evidence-based design research pertaining to environments in which different disciplines engage in collaborative research

Lead Research Specialist, Emory University

Department of Neurosurgery – Behavioral Neuromodulation Lab (Jon Willie)

• Project 1: Exploration of deep brain stimulation targets and parameters for the treatment of narcolepsy

- Stereotactic microsurgery, electrophysiological recording and analysis, direct electrical brain stimulation in mice

- Mouse husbandry, genotyping, perfusions, tissue harvesting, and immunohistochemistry

- Development and execution of research procedures for data collection, analysis, and presentation (See publications)

• Project 2: Exploration of memory and mood enhancement via direct electrical brain stimulation in patients with intractable epilepsy

- Subject recruitment, delivery of memory testing, data collection

Laboratory Assistant, Emory University

Department of Neuroscience – Manns Memory Lab (Joseph Manns)

• Exploration of memory enhancement via electrical stimulation of the amygdala in rats

Aug 2020 – Present

Aug 2008 – May 2013

May 2022 – Jun 2022

Jan 2021 – Oct 2021

Sep 2014 – Aug 2020

Jan 2014 – Aug 2014

HONORS/AWARDS

Architecture Portfolio Competition Winner

• Best portfolio, D+R studio (John Peponis)

Architecture Foundation of Georgia Scholarship

• Student excellence in academic performance, design portfolio, and educational goals

• Student exhibits leadership and community service involvement promoting the architecture profession in a positive manner

Academic Work Selected for School of Architecture Archive

• Advanced Design Studio

• Foundations of Architectural Theory

EXTRACURRICULAR LEADERSHIP ROLES

Georgia Tech Planning and Design Commission

• Selected as a student representative to participate in decision-making for commissioned architectural projects on Georgia Tech’s campus

Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee

• Selected as a student member to serve on a committee working with the School of Architecture administration to monitor progress of the action plan for meeting goals and objectives based on the mission of the school. The committee reviews, revises, and expands plan as needed.

College of Design Dean Search, Small Group Discussions

• Selected as the Master of Architecture student representative to participate in small group discussions with the finalist candidates for the new Dean of the College

Graduate Student Advisory Council, Georgia Tech School of Architecture

• Selected as a representative for the first year student cohort to serve as a liaison between students and school leadership to discuss new initiatives and improvements for the School of Architecture

PUBLICATIONS

April 2021 - Present

Nov 2021 – May 2022

Sept 2021

Aug 2020 - May 2021

• Rogers, A. A., Aiani, L. M., Blanpain, L. T., Willie, J. T. (2020). Deep brain stimulation of Hypothalamus for Narcolepsy-Cataplexy in Mice. Brain Stimulation, 13(5).

• Exarchos, I., Rogers, A. A., Aiani, L. M., Gross, R. E., Clifford, G. D., Pedersen, N. P., Willie, J. T. (2020). Supervised and Unsupervised Machine Learning for Automated Scoring of Sleep-Wake and Cataplexy in a Mouse Model of Narcolepsy. Sleep, 43(5).

• Rogers, A. A., Willie, J. T., Stern, M. A., Gross, R. E., Fasano, R. E., Pedersen, N. P., Loring, D. W., Drane, D. L. (Manuscript in preparation). Memory outcomes of selective laser amygdalohippocampotomy patients who failed the intracarotid sodium amytal (Wada) test.

• Rogers, A. A., Aiani, L. M., Pedersen, N. P., Willie, J. T. (2018). Brief hypersynchronous paroxysmal theta bursts during wake precede subsequent sleep and cataplexy in mouse narcolepsy type 1 [Abstract 0157]. Sleep. 2018;41(suppl):A61.

• Rogers, A. A., Aiani, L. M., Pedersen, N. P., Willie, J. T. (2017). Direct electrical stimulation of the lateral hypothalamus consolidates wake and ameliorates cataplexy in a mouse model of narcolepsy type 1 [Abstract 0155]. Sleep. 2017;41(suppl):A60.

• Rogers, A. A., Willie, J. T., Stern, M. A., Gross, R. E., Fasano, R. E., Pedersen, N. P., Loring, D. W., Drane, D. L. (2017). Memory outcomes of selective laser amygdalohippocampotomy patients who failed the intracarotid sodium amytal (Wada) test [Abstract 3.353]. American Epilepsy Society (www.aesnet.org).

• Vaughan, C. H., Keating, G. L., Guillot, T. S., Rogers, A. A., Garcia, P. S., Miller, G. W., Rye, D. B., & Willie, J. T. (2015). Preliminary characterization of sleep-wake behavior and locomotor activity in the VMAT2 deficient mouse model of Parkinson’s disease [Abstract 0103]. Sleep. 2015;38(suppl):A38.

FALL 2022

design + research studio i : syntaxes of pleasure ..................................................................... 6

- horti-tourism: bringing the outside in theory elective : left hand of darkness 18 - charcoal drawings integrated building systems iii 28 - integrated design + construction documents

SPRING 2022

advanced studio ii : adaptation in the yazoo mississippi delta ................................................. 50

- connecting flows professional elective : advanced productions 70 - interactive narratives - frameworks integrated building systems ii ................................................................................................... 76 - reconstruction

FALL 2021

advanced studio i : ferry terminals.......................................................................................... 92

- on cubicity - wait and wonder media + modeling iii 110 - spatial mechanisms - flexible pavilion - spatial interactivity integrated building systems i 124 - braced frame tower test

SUMMER 2021

core iii studio

............................................................................................................................ 130

- a new precedent

- folding on the beltline practice elective: design business start-up culture .................................................................. 142

- conversation with an evidence-based design expert environmental systems 150

- residential analysis

SPRING 2021

core ii studio

............................................................................................................................. 152

- FoLIAGE + FAbRIcAtIoN

- qUARtER MILE twISt - spatial amendments professional elective: material diversions ................................................................................ 166

- RUINS to RENEwAL media + modeling ii 184

- FoRMAL ANALySIS: PRoStho MUSEUM

- PARAMEtRIc ExPLoRAtIoNS

FALL 2020

core i studio 190

- corner park

- the cubist landscape - a house for a musician - in line construction technology 206 - concrete pavilion

- ga tech bus stop media + modeling i 210

- the basics

SYNTAXES OF PLEASURE

This is a proposal for a native horticultural farm complete with a native flower farm, native fruit tree farm, educational facility, restaurant, and lodging retreat.

At the beginning of the semester we read Pliny’s Villas and were asked to identify key conditions and syntactic relationships that are important to the experience of inhabitation as described by Pliny and create collages depicting those relationships. The two primary themes that stood out to me were that of path and garden as depicted here on the left and that of window and prospect, illustrated on the right. These two relationships became guiding principles in both my landscape and architectural design.

Apart from the native flower farm and fruit tree farm, the programmatic elements are distributed in alcoves along the tree line of the property and situated along their east-west axes to respond to both the climate and views of landscape. Vehicles travel along a relatively direct path through the farm to the lodging. The road traverses through the property instead of around the pond to maintain a sense of seclusion and serenity around the pond. Pedestrians enjoy a different progression through mature trees and the cultivated native farms. Extending from this main path are other pedestrian-only paths that lead to contemplative spaces within the landscape.

FALL 2022 | D+R STUDIO I | PROF. JOHN PEPONIS

WINDOW - PROSPECT PATH - GARDEN

CENTER FOR HORTICULTURAL EDUCATION

The educational facility is located near the front of the property in order to reduce vehicular and pedestrian traffic in the core of the site and is intended for four simultaneous classes of 10-15 students each. My primary goal with this design was to create unique indoor-outdoor relationships and provide the opportunity for classrooms to extend into the landscape. The surrounding landscape consists of three distinct gardens (full sun, part sun, and shade) that are directly accessible from classrooms for courses to be directly related to the local environment, which also serves as a laboratory. Other indoor-outdoor relationships exist throughout the facility to accommodate informal discussions and visits. The lodging units are organized so that guests can enjoy expansive views of the flower farm, fruit tree farm, and pond.

DWELLING PLACE

The lodging is located on the south-west side of the side to privilege expansive views of the farm. Each lodge was designed to have a unique view and access to semi-private garden patios. These lodges were designed to be spaces of contemplative refuge. Views of the farm are to the North, and a wall enveloped in flowering vines is to the south and visible from the restroom. From the bed and bath, visitors can gaze into the sky from a skylight.

LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS

This course addressed the phenomenon of the shadow. Through a series of readings and collection of drawings, we discussed how the shadow is essential to vision and is part of a set of metaphors that structure our values and organize our understanding of the world. We explored the visual phenomena of how light, shadows, reflections, and textures exist in our everyday lives through charcoal drawings.

FALL 2022 | THEORY II | PROF. MARK COTTLE

Portrait of a Curator, Kerry James Marshall Monstera Leaf Sleeves, Amoaco Boafo

ANNA ROGERS | M.ARCH PORTFOLIO

ANNA ROGERS | M.ARCH PORTFOLIO

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ANNA ROGERS | M.ARCH PORTFOLIO

INTEGRATED DESIGN

SPRING 2022 | IBS III | PROF. MICHAEL GAMBLE + RUSSELL GENTRY

This course challenged us to design a 3-story office building. We were given a theoretical site with specific constraints in specific location. The following project is a combination of architectural, structural, and mechanical/electrical/plumbing designs and drawings.

Co-instructors: Howard Wertheimer, Todd Mowinski

Group members: Shaun Enwright, Ian Morey, Shyam Samani, Harshika Seth

Level 2 - Reflected Ceiling PlanA105 Means of Egress A106

Transverse Section A107

Longitudinal Section A108

Elevations A109

Elevations A110

Typical Junction Details A111

South Facade - Trombe wall detailA112 Cover Sheet C100

Environmental Assessment and Geotechnical data C101

ACCESSIBILITY CODE COMPLIANCE DIAGRAMS C102

Passive Design Strategies C103

General Notes G101

General Notes 2 G102

Column Loads Calculations G103 MEP Notes M100 MEP Notes 2 M101

Mechanical Zoning Plan M102 HVAC Plans M103

HVAC Riser Diagram M104

Receptacle Plans M105

Radiant Panel Plans M106

Lighting Plans M107

Electrical Riser Diagram M108

Mechanical Roof Plan M109

Primary and Secondary Roof Drainage Plan M110

Structural Framing Plan - Foundation Plan & At Grade Plan S101

Structual Framing Plan - Level 1 & Level 2 S102

Structural Framing Plan - Level 3 & Level Roof S103

Structural Building Section - TransverseS104

Structural Building Section - LongitudinalS105

Structural Behaviour Diagram S106 Floor to Wall Details S107

Typical Details - 1 S108

Typical Details - 2 S109

Typical Details - 3 S110

Structural Framing 3d Model S111

Structural Framing 3d Model S112

Owner

Environmental Assessment and Geotechnical data

Date

By

Project Number 15-12-2022 07:08:46 C101

Scale

Owner

PHOENIX OFFICE BUILDING

ACCESSIBILITY CODE COMPLIANCE DIAGRAMS

C102

PHOENIX OFFICE BUILDING Group 9 15TH DEC, 2022 2022.01 Scale

OFFICE

South FacadeTrombe wall detail

1'-0" 15-12-2022 07:08:41 A112

OFFICE

9 15TH DEC, 2022 2022.01 44

Notes Owner PHOENIX OFFICE BUILDING

15-12-2022 07:09:01 M100

Owner PHOENIX OFFICE BUILDING 1. 2. Vistacool (2) Azuria + Solarban 70 (3) Chosen for skylights Solarban 70 (2) Atlantica + Clear - Chosen for Curtainwalls PROF. GAMBLE + GENTRY | FALL 2022 | IBS III

Owner PHOENIX OFFICE BUILDING

Mechanical Roof Plan

1'-0" 15-12-2022 07:09:18 M109

Owner PHOENIX OFFICE BUILDING

Primary and Secondary Roof Drainage Plan

07:09:19 M110

FEB - MAY Delta region became inland lake. Approximately 12.5 million acres inundated.

ADAPTATION IN THE DELTA

SPRING 2022 | ADV STUDIO I | PROF. DANIEL BAERLECKEN

This proposal consists of multiple typologies for a community in Mayersville, Mississippi. The structures and comprehensive community plan respond to environmental, social, and economic challenges facing the Delta region, an area challenged by rising sea levels and other climactic events.

The structures are designed to respond to conditions of periodic flooding and irregular weather events. Mass timber and/or additive manufactured concrete were required as building technologies. The buildings support regular transportation and mobility, integrate with economic activity of the area, and is designed to provide resilient, supportive, and community cohesion.

Greenville Vicksburg Baton Rouge

JAN - MAY Most destructive flood in history. Approximately 17.3 million acres inundated.

Mayersville

Bonnet Carre Spillway

Morganza Spillway

1973

MARCH - MAY

Largest volume of water to flow down the Mississippi River since 1927. Approximately 17 million acres inundated.

A HISTORY OF FLOODING SINCE 1874

MARCH - JUNE Heavy rain and snow in the Upper Mississippi Valley led to the largest recorded flood in history.

*

1954

DEC ‘18 - Aug ‘19 At over 235 days above flood stage, this is the longest flood of our time.

A survey of flood data in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley region between 1874 and 2020. Plotted values represent historic crest levels from Greenville, MS, Vicksburg, MS, and Baton Rouge, LA. * Record high crest level for each location.

REGIONAL COMMUNITY PLAN

Mayersville, MS is located in an area with reduced flood risk due to the levee. According to FEMA’s national flood database, it has a 0.2% annual change of flood hazard. Surrounding farmland, however, is subject to a 1% annual chance from backwater overflow.

An often unknown quality of the Mississippi Delta region is that is the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley Forest was once the second largest forest in the world—just behind the Amazon rainforest—prior to massive deforestation efforts that began in the early 1900s for agricultural production. These efforts led to an approximately 75% reduction of forested land, from 25 million to 5.5 million acres, with more than half of the deforestation occurring between 1930 and 1980. Even before the colonization of Mississippi and Louisiana, indigenous people in the region had utilized the nutrient-rich delta soil for agricultural purposes, signalling a further human-initiated deforestation of the valley that has gone on for potentially thousands of years.

Today, images of the delta have almost no resemblance to a forest. Tree canopies help mitigate flooding by intercepting rain from reaching the ground, while root systems help to absorb excess water, stabilize soil to prevent erosion, and create channels within soil for increased permeability. With the long-term removal of trees and their replacement with looselypacked, frequently-tilled soil, these natural flood mitigation strategies are also removed, creating conditions that are ripe for inundation.

At a regional level, this proposal restores commercial farmland to wetland forests to combat the destruction of the regions natural habitat. By removing commercial farmland, the land would be given back to the community and offer an economic opportunity for residents to obtain jobs as park rangers and forest maintenance workers. Reforestation also allows wetland regions (dotted hatch) to be reconnected, which would direct water movement away from Mayserville.

This proposal also includes relocation of the courthouse from the center of the community to be adjacent to the jail. This allows a central plot of government land to be re-purposed into a community zone for the residents of Mayersville. Finally, this proposal incorporates the construction of a boardwalk through the forested edge of the Mississippi River to afford community access from the river.

CONSTRUCTION OF BOARDWALK FOR EDUCATIONAL TOURS, EXERCISE, AND ACCESS TO COMMUNITY FROM RIVER

SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE

LOTS ARE DIVIDED AND SOLD OR LEASED BY LANDOWNER FOR INCOME

FLEX HOUSE

COMMUNITY CENTER

COMMUNITY GARDENS

INTERCONNECTED BIO-SWALE SYSTEM DIVERTS STORMWATER TO RESTORED WETLANDS

ELEVATED BOARDWALK AFFORDS MAINTAINED COMMUNITY CONNECTION DURING PERIODS OF SEASONAL HIGH GROUNDWATER LEVELS

LOCAL COMMUNITY PLAN

The town of Mayersville suffers from a poor economy and lack of strong community engagement. At a local scale, this proposal incorporates changes to improve economic stability and increase community engagement. To encourage community growth through densification, plots of land can be divided and sold or leased for the construction of the two new proposed houses. Other plots of land can be re-purposed into community gardens to generate produce for the local grocery in the proposed community center. For community resilience from seasonally high groundwater tables, existing swales are bio-diversified and extended as an interconnected network of swales throughout the community. These swales are designed to divert water away from the community to the reforested wetland. Elevated boardwalks are constructed above these swales and provide a means of navigating during wet seasons when the ground becomes over saturated with water. The boardwalks connect to new and existing house in addition to the community center so that, during extreme weather events, the community can remain connected and accessible.

ANNA ROGERS | M.ARCH PORTFOLIO

PROF. BAERLECKEN | SPRING 2022 | ADV

HOUSING PROTOTYPES

The Flex House is a 2BD, 2BA, 990SF house designed for a single person or couple looking to generate income by renting a bedroom to tourists. The Single Family House is a 3BD, 2BA, 1500SF house designed for a family of 4.

Both houses are composed of cross-laminated timber and 3D printed concrete, and are clad in shou sugi ban wood to combat high humidity levels. Front porches a hallmark of houses in the south — were a driving design factor to enhance community connection and encourage connection to the outdoors. To combat flooding, both houses are elevated 4 feet above grade on stilts and connected to an elevated boardwalk.

GREATER QUANITITY OF ROOT SYSTEMS FOR WATER UPTAKE

ANNA ROGERS | M.ARCH PORTFOLIO

PROF. BAERLECKEN | SPRING 2022 |

ANNA ROGERS | M.ARCH PORTFOLIO

PROF. BAERLECKEN | SPRING 2022 | ADV STUDIO

FRAMEWORKS

Given seats, rebar, welding equipment, and a HoloLens, this project challenged us to create a seating framework using mixed-reality. This was made possible through a parametric Grasshopper script that recognized various hand gestures for drawing in real space. The Grasshopper script was deployed in a HoloLens headset using an application called Fologram, which connects hand-held devices to Rhino3D to facilitate mixed-reality modes of working. Our group drew the desired rebar shapes as a virtual reality projection onto physical armatures (foam blocks). The final shape of the rebar pieces were then projected onto a rebar-bending machine. Another Grasshopper script gathered information such as length and bend angle of our virtual rebar pieces to help facilitate physical bending. For our physical seating frame, we developed a module, created 3 copies, and rotated them multiple ways to create our final frame. Scan the QR code to view our video documentation:

Group members: Shaun Enwright, Justin Lui, Mackenzie Shinnick, John Wilson

SPRING 2022 | ADV PRODUCTIONS | PROF. KEITH KASEMAN

INTERACTIVE NARRATIVES

In an exercise to imagine a mixed-reality interactive design operation, we were asked to develop a program and a narrative for an imaginative production. Some of the questions we were posed included: what types of immersive scenarios, architectural actions, and results can be imagined, developed, and articulated with mixed-reality? How many people would be involved to explore, configure, and fix a scenario for potential assembly? How might this scenario be fabricated, assembled, constructed and activated?

We developed two modular components that can be projected into real space using Fologram. One component is a fixed module that serves as a connection piece for the second component, which is a rectilinear tube. The idea is to have these prefabricated modules on site and deployed using Fologram as a real-time, on-site design tool. The rectilinear tube can be modified to a desired length in Fologram and be cut to size on site before assembly. The drawing on the next page illustrates one of many possible configurations that these two simple components can produce. The proposed program is an semi-enclosed pavilion for a market.

Group member: Mackenzie Shinnick

SPRING 2022 | ADV PRO | PROF. KEITH KASEMAN

RECONSTRUCTION

SPRING 2022 | IBS II | PROF. LENA KLEIN

Analysis and reconstruction of 2D construction documents into 3D digital drawings.

Co-instructors: Charles Rudolph, Scott Marble, Jim Case

1” THICK BASE PL 3/4” A325 BOLTS 1 1/2” THICK (A36) OR 1 1/4” THICK (A572 GR 50) CAP PL.

WF COLUMN

WF BEAM

IBS 2, PHASE 2 MELISSA HOLGADO ANNA ROGERS ENA STRIKOVIC EMILY WERNER

TRUSS

DETAIL

W14 COLUMN PLATE W/ ERECTION BOLTS WF BEAM

3/8” SHEAR TAB W/ 3/4” A325-X BOLTS FITTED STIFFENER PLATE TO MATCH COLUMN FLANGE W14 BRACE

PARAPETT/STEEL73’-11.5”

LEVEL05T/STEEL56’8.5”

LEVEL04T/STEEL42’-8.5”

LEVEL03T/STEEL28’-8.5”

LEVEL02T/STEEL14’-8.5”

IBS 2, PHASES 3 + 4 DRAWINGS BY: ANNA ROGERS

RGA HEADQUARTERS

RGA HEADQUARTERS

KEY PLAN

IBS 2, PHASES 3 + DRAWINGS BY: ANNA KEY PLAN

GENSLER, PROJECT ARCHITECT B

LEGEND

A

SE CORNER

LEGEND

STEEL FRAME CONSTRUCTION WITH STRUCTURAL SILICONE GLAZED ALUMINUM UNITIZED CURTAIN WALL SYSTEM ATOP CONCRETE FOUNDATION

SE CORNER

STEEL FRAME CONSTRUCTION WITH STRUCTURAL SILICONE GLAZED ALUMINUM CURTAIN WALL SYSTEM CONCRETE FOUNDATION

GENSLER, PROJECT ARCHITECT A SE.100

ON CUBICITY

Through a series of exercises, this study explored the definition of a platonic solid and the idea of boundaries. What is a legible shape or space? What does it mean to “read” a shape or space? How can a void be a “solid”? How can you define a solid if its boundary is only partially present? How can a cube disappear as a form? How can it appear as the epitome of cubicity?

FALL 2021 | ADV STUDIO II | PROF. BRIAN BELL

WAIT AND WONDER

FALL 2021 | ADV STUDIO II | PROF. BRIAN BELL

This project is a proposal for a new ferry terminal in the city of Miyajimaguchi, Japan. The proposal incorporates an important urban outdoor public space that has a significant relationship to the station and its auxiliary structures. The ferry terminal is a significant threshold between Japan’s mainland and the island god, Miyajima, home to the Itsukushima Shrine. Approximately 26,000 people pass through the terminal every day.

This building is unlike any building ever before experienced. It has a strong presence when seen from the outside, and contrasts greatly with its surrounding context. It plays a role of “forgetting” in forming a new experience by capturing attention and compelling the occupant to be fully present in the space and thus “forgetting” their immediate past.

This project was conceived by exploring various architectonic phrases and ordering systems. As described by Valerio Olgiati, the architectonic idea is not a description of a building – it contains many possible buildings. Furthermore, an architectonic idea must be “form generative” and “sense making.” The following architectonic phrase was used as a guide for the design of this project: an underground tunnel that leads to voids within a solid.

SPATIAL MECHANISMS

Derived from a single point, this parametric spatial mechanism utilizes a cube and three spheres to create a variety of geometric constructs. The Grasshopper definition incorporates numerous modes of input, various relational hierarchies, and data flow logics- such as if-then conditions- to produce unique spatial domains. The cube acts as a boundary condition and the intersection of a sphere with any face of the cube triggers a unique output on the face of the cube. When the spheres do not intersect with the cube, points along the surface of each sphere create a network of nodes from which lines originate to create volumetric cells between the spheres and the cube. When the spheres intersect with cube, these cells disappear and a network of lines is constructed from the same surface points using a Delaunay triangulation computation. As the spheres move in space, the distance between these points change and, thus, change the network of lines.

FALL 2021 | M+M III | PROF. KEITH KASEMAN

ANNA ROGERS | M. ARCH PORTFOLIO

B

A

volumetric voronoi diagram changes with relationship to sphere size and location

B C

intersection with west and/or south borders triggers planar voronoi diagram scaled in relationship to distance from center point of sphere_03

C PROF. KASEMAN

| FALL 2021 | M+M III

A FLEXIBLE PAVILION

FALL 2021 | M+M III | PROF. KEITH KASEMAN

Designed to fit within the Hinman Courtyard at Georgia Tech, this pavilion was created using interactive parametric systems within Grasshopper. Aside from providing shade and cover from rain, this design incorporates configurable spaces that facilitate enjoyably tuned modes of working and relaxing outside in all seasons. The columns on this simple frame are designed with track sliders on which various fabric types can be attached to and arranged in a multitude of ways to support the desired mode of the occupant. This system also includes pneumatic ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (EFTE) panels that can be affixed directly to the frame and inflated as needed.

Group members: Shaun Enwright, Ian Morey

SPATIAL INTERACTIVITY

Fologram is an application that connects hand-held devices to Rhino3D to facilitate mixed-reality modes of working. In this exercise, groups were tasked with developing an interactive spatial system. We designed a free-floating architectural space frame where geometries, volumes, and parametric relationships became modifiable curvebased systems. Collaborative operability was made possible through Grasshopper and Fologram, as parameters were synced to phones and device-tracking was utilized as a means to modify the space frame in real space and time.

Group members: Shyam Samani, Kevin Miller

FALL 2021 | M+M III | PROF. KEITH KASEMAN

TAP 1

to draw, the user taps their phone screen to generate a circle from which a hidden cyclinder is generated and populated with a hidden collection of points connected by 1-degree curves

device-tracking registers as sphere on grid that moves with the user when user is inside a circle, a series of concentric circles respond to audio input to notify user that they are unable to draw again within this space

the 1-degree curves generate a space frame within and between cylinders that can be modified in height and degree of connectivity directly from the users phone

ANNA ROGERS | M.ARCH PORTFOLIO

This parametric system begins with a blank grid. Upon syncing devices, the grid appears in real space on the users phone. To begin drawing, the user taps their phone screen to activate a point on the grid. Around this grid point, a circle is generated that, in turn, generates a hidden cylinder populated with a collection of points that are automatically connected by 1-degree curves to create a space frame. The space frame can be modified in height and degree of connectivity directly from the users phone. As the user moves through space, their location is tracked by their phone and a sphere appears to help the user visualize where they are in relation to the grid. Each time the user taps their phone, a new point is created and a line is automatically drawn to connect the points. When the user steps inside of a circle, the space frame disappears and concentric circles that respond to audio input appear around the user. This notifies the user that they have already utilized this portion of the grid for drawing. As individual space frames are generated, another level of connectivity is generated between space frames as curves. These “betweenframes” can also be controlled by modifying the degree of connectivity of each circle.

PROF. KASEMAN | SPRING 2022 | M+M III

THE TOWER TEST

SPRING 2022 | IBS I | PROF. NOEL FLORES

Design and construction of a braced frame tower for load testing.

Co-instructor: Russell Gentry

CROSS BRACE INVERTED BRACE SINGLE DIAGONAL BRACE INVERTED ECCENTRIC BRACE

60” 10”

Braced Frame : A structural system designed to resist wind and earthquake forces. Members in a braced frame are not allowed to sway laterally, which can be done using shear wall or a diagonal steel sections, similar to a truss.

Our tower was comprised of chords, diagonal braces, and floor plates.

connection chord floor plate 126

Strength: 69 lbs

Strength to Weight Ratio: 17.25

Cause of Failure: When diagonal members are pinned in opposite directions, one side is in compression (front) and the other side is in tension (back), which causes torsional rotation. This torsional rotation was observed during testing.

Original Design

Original Design

Virginia Pine Ft = 380 psi ⊥ Fc = 910 psi ⊥ = 6,710 psi ||

Virginia Pine Ft = 380 psi ⊥ Fc = 910 psi ⊥ = 6,710 psi ||

Axial Stress σ = P/A σ = 100 lbs/0.25 in σ = 400 psi

Axial Stress σ = P/A σ = 100 lbs/0.25 in σ = 400 psi

Built Design

(errors made with respect to member directionality during construction and material was changed)

Built Design

(errors made with respect to member directionality during construction and material was changed)

Fiberglass Ft = 9,000 psi Fc = 15,000 psi

Fiberglass Ft = 9,000 psi Fc = 15,000 psi

Axial Stress

σ = P/A σ = 100 lbs/0.125 in σ = 800 psi

Axial Stress σ = P/A σ = 100 lbs/0.125 in σ = 800 psi

0.0125 K 0.0125 K 0.0125 K 0.0125 K

0.065 K (T) 0.024 K (T) 0.0058 K (T)

pinned connections

Note when diagonal members are pinned in opposite directions, one side is in compression (front) and the other side is in tension (back), which causes torsional rotation. This torsional rotation was observed during testing. In the original design, all the diagonal members are in tension, which would prevent torsional rotation during load application.

Note when diagonal members are pinned in opposite directions, one side is in compression (front) and the other side is in tension (back), which causes torsional rotation. This torsional rotation was observed during testing. In the original design, all the diagonal members are in tension, which would prevent torsional rotation during load application.

0.00075 K (C) 0.0010 K (C) 0.0023 K (C) 0.0045 K (C) 0.0053 K (C) 0.023 K (C) 0.058 K (C)

0.0125 K 0.0125 K 0.0125 K 0.0125 K

0.065 K (T) 0.024 K (T) 0.058 K (T)

0.0075 K (C) 0.0010 K (C) 0.0023 K (C) 0.00075 K (C)

0.065 K (C) 0.024 K (C) 0.058 K (C)

A NEW PRECEDENT

In this course, every student was assigned a building to analyze in section and plan. Each building was a precedent for the following design modes: folding, stacking, suspending, aggregating, eroding, layering, wrinkling, packing, and aggregating. Villa VPRO by MVRDV (top right) was assigned as my precedent, and folding is its primary design mode. All students shared their plan and section drawings in order for each student to create a composite drawing that repeated elements from other precedents but maintained the primary design mode from our original precedent. The patterns I chose to repeat were extracted from three precedents in section, including Villa VPRO, Phillips Exeter Library, and Karlowicz Philharmonic. These elements, highlighted on the next page in pink, were scaled, rotated, mirrored, and repeated to create a new “folding” precedent in section, which is illustrated on the following page.

SUMMER 2021 | CORE STUDIO III | PROF. DANIEL BAERLECKEN

Villa VPRO

Scale: 1/16”= 1’-0”

Villa VPRO MVRDV (drawing by Anna Rogers)

Phillips Exeter Library Louis Khan (drawing by Suzanne Shorrosh)

Karłowicz Philharmonic Barozzi Veiga (drawing by Ian Matthew Morey)

FOLDING ON THE BELTLINE

SUMMER 2021 | CORE STUDIO III | PROF. DANIEL BAERLECKEN

Elements from the aforementioned composite drawing were extracted, reconfigured, and extrudedto create a building to support several disparate programs, all of which have different spatial requirements for functioning. Situated on the Beltline in Atlanta, Ga, this building invites people to explore the various programs on foot or wheels by way of various public terracesandbikeramps.

ANNA ROGERS | M.ARCH PORTFOLIO

PROF. BAERLECKEN | SUMMER 2021 | CORE STUDIO

CONVERSATION

A conversation about evidence-based design with Camilla Moretti, Principal Architect at HKS, and Michael Gamble, Director of the Master of Architecture Program at Georgia Institute of Technology.

SUMMER 2021 | PRACTICE ELECTIVE | PROF. MICHAEL GAMBLE

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Anna Rogers

Thank you so much for taking time out of your Friday afternoon to talk to us! I'd like to kick it off by allowing you to introduce yourself and then we'll jump into the questions.

Camilla Moretti

Thank you for having me! My name is Camilla Moretti. I am an architect and healthcare planner for HKS. I am the health studio leader for the Detroit office and work with a lot of different offices nationally within our HKS world. I’ve been with HKS for 14 years now. I joined right after grad school and have been lucky enough to work with the best in the market. Our Detroit office is one of the research hubs for HKS and I am privileged to work with Dr. Upali Nanda, who you probably know from the health-design world. She’s fantastic and I’ve had many, many opportunities to work with her on applied research projects. So, looking at some of your questions, I’m like– this is fantastic. I’m very interested in combining operations and lean thinking into design and applying research– either evidence that exists or, when it doesn’t exist, trying to find what we know and do the applied research as part of our project. So, within our design continuum, we talk a lot about trying to insert and integrate research at every step of the way.

A.R. Wonderful, thank you. Can you tell us a little bit about what evidence-based design means to you?

C.M. To me the thing that we look at is all of the data that's out there. You can't do all the research yourself, so we like to leverage the types of research and information that peers are doing and things that are available in peer reviewed journals. It's really looking at what is hearsay, what is anecdotal information, and what really has data to support it. A lot of times it’s not just evidence-based design, it’s evidence-influenced design. There are certain things that are solutions to each problem that our clients might have that are not exactly prescribed by the evidence, but you can connect back to evidence. Does that answer your question?

A.R. Absolutely, yes, and it leads me into the next one about working with clients. I was wondering if there is any resistance from clients to engage in applying the evidence?

C.M. Well, when you work with health systems, they are very empirical in their own way of working. A lot of times when we talk about different aesthetics and things that are a little more subjective – that is harder for them to grasp. Data is the language they speak. I found that using data to help support a design is a lot more successful than anything. And they appreciate knowing that there are things that are supportive of a design strategy and things that are not supportive of the design strategy. You know, what are certain things that are proven by data and some of the things that are good anecdotal data, but not quite yet a study that they might be up for participating in as part of a deeper dive study. We actually had that with ProMedica, the system up here in Ohio, and they were on board with doing an applied research project for predesign to help guide the design of their new in-patient tower.

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And through that we were able to gather a lot of really good data, and use that data to help define the design of the new units. And we were able to test some parametric tools in real time that HKS had developed. We’re finally going back on site to do our functional performance evaluation, our POE. So, we are now closing the loop – the informational loop – on that project. And they were just such fantastic partners. Very interested in the evidence and, where there wasn’t evidence, how can we get that information based on a deep dive study.

Michael Gamble [Director, M.Arch Program]

I had one follow up question- well, it was really more of an observation. Architects, I think, were complicit in magical thinking about evidence related to energy consumption. Architects, for the longest time, drew these magic arrows that suggested air flow that never really went anywhere. But now, if anything, it's given architects more purpose to say that applied research and evidence actually matters. And that we can learn through post occupancy evaluation and evidence-based research. So, my question would be related to those, what's next in the area of evidence-based design? I know Anna may have that question, but I couldn't help following up anecdotally related to magical thinking.

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C.M. One thing that always comes back – and I think it's kind of the missing loop: is how can we attach any of the evidence to a bottom line? For example, we know that there’s a lot of evidence and different strategies that supports point-of-care supplies, but to make the case to a client that they need to do this because it’s going to save X amount of money or X amount of hours…that’s kind of the missing piece. It’s showing the ROI [return of investment], and I feel like that’s where we could really connect the whole spectrum of evidence and design and the operations. Putting that all together and understanding, what is the return on investment making this decision? We talk about, well, there’s more nurse time at bedside. Well, how much more? What does that mean? How does that translate? Does that truly translate in higher HCAB [healthcare access barriers] scores? For example, do I have a lower incidence of falls because nurses are closer to patients? Those are some of the things that go from the overall database and having some of that more applied to projects where we can get actual percentages; that hard data to share with our clients would be very important.

A.R. Great, that’s wonderful. My next question is related to billing. Do evidence-based design services cost more? How does your firm bill for research versus design services?

C.M. Well, I think that good design is evidence-based design. Good design is based on best practices and what we know of. That is baseline services, so that doesn't cost anymore. Something that would be an additional service or a service that we provide to our clients is that additional deep dive research that's applied to that project. So, if there is a question or something that would require X amount of hours from our team to do a deep dive shadowing

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or observation or surveys – those kinds of things that are more on the applied research side – that would be considered an additional service or a service that we can provide our clients. But just to be able to apply evidence-based design strategies to a project – that should be every project. Every project should start with that baseline.

A.R. I'm really happy to hear that.

MG: Me too, I mean, we’re coming to you from Georgia Tech – you know we like evidence.

C.M. I mean the whole point is, there is data out there if you're, you know, not keeping up with it and understanding different systems… you can't work with everyone right? So, if there are lessons learned or good things to learn from other systems, other researchers, other studies… that would just not be smart not do it, you know? So, why make the mistake? If we know something doesn't work, why would we want to do that to our project?

A.R. So how do you keep up? Are literature reviews or journal clubs part of normal practice at your firm or do you keep up with it on your own?

C.M. All of the above. A lot of times when we start a project, we do have lit review. What do we know? What's out there? And then we do have a lot of internal knowledge sharing opportunities. I personally run a monthly session of planning –early on pre-design and planning information – that's a national call. Every month presents something different and we have a library of everything that you could think of. So, it goes from full on formatted to a little more prescriptive presentations to just conversations on, ‘what did you learn this week?’ Or you know anything that the teams want to share on – the good, the bad, and the ugly. The internal knowledge sharing that we have is pretty robust and our research team internal to HKS is really

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good at sharing, even if it's small little bites of different articles, different things. They actually are very good at synthesizing a paper into – you know, for those of us that are not researchers – [something we] understand and kind of just get to the point. Like, the executive summary of that enormous paper, this is what we need to focus on. They're really good at doing that so we can keep up with that information that's available.

A.R. Excellent. That's really encouraging to hear. So, changing gears a little bit, I want to talk about post-occupancy analyses. I’m curious- what percentage of projects does your firm perform a post-occupancy evaluation on?

C.M. Sometimes, as part of the project on the get go we’ll do a functional performance evaluation and at the end a year, usually a year after. I personally have done four or five big projects that we had identified early on. There were things that we had applied during design that we, as a firm, wanted to verify how it worked, what worked, what didn’t. It’s always a great way to close that information loop.

A.R. And what do the post-occupancy evaluations usually look like?

C.M. We do a survey, we do interviews with key stakeholders, and we go and shadow. So there’s observational data as well as different key performance indicators that we identify early in the design and want to measure after the fact. So we take those key data points and document those as well. It’s a multi-faceted approach. We want to make sure that we are walking the walk, that we are there with them and doing the shadowing. One thing that we learned earlier on is that, if you’re just doing interviews, the human brain has a way of smoothing through hiccups. We had this very interesting process where we were doing current state mapping with nurses. They were describing their process and it was so very linear and beautiful. At the same time along side of [the interviews] we were doing the observations and we were like, “Well we noticed that you had to go to the nourishment room four times for that one medication event, they’re like, oh, I never thought of that.” So it’s really going and seeing– the lean terminology, going to Gemba– where the work is being done and learning from that is key. I gotta tell you, clinicians are fantastic at making things work. You know we joke around– it’s the good, the bad, and the work around because they’re going to provide care, the architecture supporting it or not, so they will make it work, and they’re fantastic at it. So, our job as architects is to really look at their process and see how we can make that better, make it easier for them. And, ultimately, it improves patient experience.

A.R. What types of buildings or settings present the biggest challenges in applying evidence to?

C.M. I think every project has its own set of challenges. I mean you have those very complex renovations that a lot of times is having to deal with existing structure, existing MEP, things that you just can’t go around. But there’s nothing that prevents you from applying the concept of evidence-based design. It’s all about framing and getting that rapport with the client that you know they understand. It’s always an education process, right? They don’t do [design] every day. They live in it; they live the space. They’re the experts on how that space functions. But we design spaces every day. So, we work together with our clients to establish what’s relevant of the evidence that we have available. How can we apply it to improve the processes

that happen within the space? And how is that going to improve their operations? How is that going to make their lives easier? Really, that’s the whole point. Why would somebody who spend millions of dollars to do a renovation or an addition or a brand-new greenfield hospital if we’re not trying to make their lives and their patients’ lives and their staffs lives easier and make them more efficient? So, I think every project has its challenges is just identifying [the problems]. I think that’s really the beauty of our job – is understanding the challenge and rising to that challenge; to deliver a beautiful project that works really well.

M.G. Have you participated in interviews with patients who believe that their experience in one of your newer evidence-based hospital or healthcare environments contributed to faster healing, better state of mind, etc?

C.M. So, the interesting thing with a lot of the research that we do is that anytime that you are dealing with clients, you have the IRB (institutional review board). So, a lot of times what we do is focus on the PI, the performance improvement area. We get the relationship of where the HCAB scores were before and where the HCAB scores were after. When we do have access to patient-family information, absolutely, that is such a wonderful connection to have. We don’t get that in every project, unfortunately.

M.G. You know, I’m the kid who didn’t like blood growing up. I just wasn’t interested in medicine. We have a number of doctors in the family and they’re big believers in [biophilia]. They’re also, increasingly, bigger believers in homoeopathic treatment and just exercise, you know, just commonsense stuff that people feel like they need a prescription, or they need to see a doctor for, and it really just has to do with the simple things. And I can imagine the same applying to hospitals. You go through all of the filters of reason, as healthcare was emerging as a major discipline in the industrial period, but then common sense falls out of the equation. And then it finds its way back in. Part of my feeling about evidence-based design – or evidenceinfluenced design, which I really like, very clever – I like the fact that common sense finds its way back into the room.

C.M. You know, and it’s so funny because, to me, the best designs are simple. There’s something just so beautiful that you can walk into a space and intuitively know where you’re going. That’s one of the biggest issues with healthcare. It’s usually a very large building and you’re catching people at their worst. Can we make it so that it’s simple? That common sense, as you’re saying, can be the guide. Providing our patients and our staff what they need

...just to be able to apply evidence based design strategies to a project –that should be every project. ”

when they need it. It’s just so simple, right? Providing them with what they need, when they need it. It’s a simple concept, but something that is so very important, and I think that is one of the big things you know when I look at a plan and I’m working with the with the team, the thing I want is for them to think is, “Wow this is very simple.” Because simple is hard to do. That’s the point is, you know, trying to bring simplicity in and something that’s intuitive, too. Provide that connection back to the outside so they can reorient themselves. We have museum syndrome in a lot of our hospitals where you don’t know what’s North, South, East, West, anymore because you don’t see a window and you can’t tell.

A.R. This has been great and was incredibly informative. We are about at time, so I don’t want to hold you any longer. Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to chat with us.

C.M. My pleasure.

A.R. I hope you have a wonderful rest of your Friday afternoon and a great weekend.

C.M. Thanks, you too. See you guys!

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RESIDENCE ANALYSIS

This thermal comfort analysis was performed on a residential home designed for Core Studio 1. It is located in Tahoe, California and the climate is mostly cool and cold. The summers are dry and the winters are humid. There is a high dirurnal temperature range but temperatures are cold for most of the year, which makes heating the primary design challenge to acheive thermal comfort indoors. Temperatures can reach 95F during the middle of the day in the summer. Solar radiation and sunlight hours in the summer are highest on the roof and low on the south facade, which makes indoor comfort easily acheivable by natural ventilation. Because the wind comes predominately from the southwest in the summer, operable windows on the south face of the house is a good passive cooling strategy. To reduce day-to-night temperature swings in the summer, the house should be constructed using a massive material such as concrete, brick, or stone. In the winter, the primary climactic design priorities are to let the winter sun in and keep in the heat. The solar radiation on the house is low but the sunlight hours are plentiful, reaching up to 9 hours on a winter day. Orienting the house to the north and placing an abundance of windows on the south facade will allow sunlight to be trapped by greenhouse effect. The use of a massive material for the floors permits absorption of sunlight/heat that can be stored and released at night when the temperatures are colder.

SUMMER 2021 | ENV. SYSTEMS | PROF. MOHAMED ETMAN

SOLAR IRRADIANCE

FOLIAGE & FABRICATION

Welcome to Foliage and Fabrication, where greenspace meets makerspace! This programmatic agenda melds plants of all varieties, a motorcycle restoration and fabrication shop, and large- and small-scale ceramics studio spaces. Greenery is the unifying element throughout all programmatic spaces, so bright and airy atmospheres is found around almost every corner. Each program has varying densities of plants. Transitions between spaces involve a gradient from dense to sparse plant life. Other atmospheric conditions that define this agenda are various mezzanine levels, open and uncluttered spaces, well-organized storage units, and ceilings that vary greatly in height. Some spaces require double- or triple-height ceilings for mezzanines and/or large 3D ceramic printers.

SPRING 2021 | CORE STUDIO II | PROF. KEITH KASEMAN

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Various combinations of spatial configurations integrating three different programmatic spaces: motorcycle fabrication, ceramic makerspace, and plant shops.

ANNA ROGERS | M.ARCH PORTFOLIO

PROF. KASEMAN | SPRING 2021 | CORE

The form of the building was modified from rectilinear shapes to trapezoidal shapes to fit within a specific site and to incorporate a pedestrian bridge as a continuation of the Beltine. This provides a safe and seamless way for pedestrians to navigate this intersection. As pedestrians navigate along the path, they have visual access to the motorcycle fabrication space (blue), greenhouse space (green), and ceramic maker-space (yellow). Physical access to all spaces is from the ground level and loading docks are accessed from Kanuga and Virginia Ave.

QUARTER MILE TWIST

SPRING 2021 | CORE STUDIO II | PROF. KEITH KASEMAN

This project is a proposal for a spatial construct with various programmatic and situational strategies derived from a twisted quarter mile loop.

PROF. KASEMAN | SPRING 2021

SPATIAL AMENDMENTS

SPRING 2021 | CORE STUDIO II | PROF. KEITH KASEMAN

RUBBLE TO RENEWAL

SPRING 2021 | MATERIAL DIVERSIONS | PROF. DEBORA MESA

A transformation of post-disaster debris to building material.

THE ISSUE

70% of post disaster debris is Construction and Demolition material.

I would like to focus my intentions in this class on the waste and debris that accumulates post disaster and re-imagining them into building materials. Debris can take months to years to be collected after a disaster, so if non profits could actively use the debris immediately, this would aid in clean up and response time.

From my research, 70% of debris is construction related including the following top categories - wood, asphalt, concrete, furniture, glass, bricks. I would like to focus on materials that would not mold, so in this case concrete, asphalt and bricks.

Puerto Rico post 2019 Earthquake

Punta Santiago post 2017 Hurricane

Broken Asphalt post Earthquake

Asphalt before and after hurricane

001_POST-DISASTER RESEARCH

The Clean Up Process

1) Prepare: Clean up spill/hazardous materials. Make a list of materials for pick up. mapping of recycling centers, companies with the resources to pick up, where to store materials,

2) Sort: Initial sort is recyclables, hazardous, compostable and landfill. Asbestos: careful for older houses. Tree and yard waste will go for drying to mulch/wood chips or fuel.

3) Separate: Recyclables: appliances, batteries, electronics, lights, metal roofing and siding, tires

Landfill: flooring, asphalt roof tiles, brick, concrete, broken pavement, rock and stone

4) Dispose: Contact recyclers and landfills for licensed haulers

Who takes on Disaster Debris?

EPA:

*They have the resources for local governments to follow in the case of a natural disaster. *They help with mapping and locating recycling centers in your area *Have studied different case studies in 2008worth reading closely

FEMA: Debris Monitoring Guide: https://www.fema. gov/sites/default/files/2020-07/fema_PA-debris-monitoring-guide-for-public-comment_interim_august-2020.pdf

* very bureaucratic: have specific contracts wiVh removal companies to remove specific debris. Can cost around $50/hr to have debris removed. See below.

Clean Up Trends:

*Can take up to 2 years for all debris to be cleaned up in remote areas.

*Wet materials need to dry first, making them stay longer

* Roads need to be cleared first, therefore potential for concrete/asphalt pavement to be the first choice of material to use

Banco BASA. 2017. Gabinete de Arquitectura

Faculty of Architecture, Design, and Art (FADA). 2018. Gabinete de Arquitectura (Gloria Cabral).

Simbiosi, Permanent installation. 2019. Edoardo Tresoldi. Quincho Tía Coral. 2015. Gabinete de Arquitectura.

PROF. MESA | SPRING 2021 | MATERIAL

002_SITE VISITS

Lifecycle Building CenterMetro Green Recycling

1/30/21

We visited the Lifecycle Building Center to search for commonly recycled and re purposed building materials. At the front entrance there were piles of brick, concrete and paver debris that we collected from to experiment with.

2/26/21

We visited Metro Green and were given a tour of the facility and educated about the recycling process, including types of machinery, cost and return of investment for various debris types.

003_MATERIAL STUDIES

The main materials of focus for this project were centered around concrete and fallen tree debris. Both of these material types have different properties - one being entirely natural and the other entirely solid and man made. Concrete is significantly heavier than the tree debris and harder to apply to new settings. Most tree debris is mulched post-disaster, but we hope to give this material a new life. Other C&D materials were studied in the hopes that the final design could accommodate any type of debris.

Concrete

Concrete debris can be the result of many different aspects of construction, such as driveways, foundations, walls, precast structures and more. From our acquisition, we collected a mixture of concrete types, some containing rebar or metal reinforcement and of all different aggregate sizes. The size of the concrete debris could be a challenge in the case of a disaster, because some might be too large to move without machinery. Hopefully, the concrete could be cleared sooner if used for new construction in the area. Many of the larger pieces were broken manually, using gravity or a sledgehammer, to obtain more workable pieces.

Small Stones

Small stones, ranging in size from 0.5-1.5in, were studied in order to understand how the smallest of concrete debris could possibly have a building applciaiton. In the industry, these stones are called “57 Stones”, but in a post-disaster situation, this size debris could come from many different types of stone and concrete. The main focus on this part of the study was what could be done with this particular size of debris.

Tree Branches

Tree branch debris was collected along the side of the road around Atlanta, where it was evident that a heavy story took down the branches.

In this case, we experimented with the larger, mature branches (with diameters between 2-4in) and the smaller branches off of those (0.5-1.5in diameter).

The mature branches were cut to 3.5 inches in length, and the smaller branches were cut in equal length to their diameter. The mature branches vary slightly in diameter.

Other C&D Potentials

Asphalt Shingles

Metrogreen Recycling obtains 700-800lbs of asphalt shingles every week.

Various Wood

C&D demolition can have a grouping of various types of wood, from plywood to OSB

004_MATERIAL MODEL EXPERIMENTS

Small Stones

Using left over #57 stone from a construction project and galvanized steel wire, form and structure were explored.

Hardware Cloth

Containment was explored using hardware cloth fencing and various sized bricks. The hardware cloth was wrapped around the bricks to form a mold for infill.

• Smallest unit is too small to scale up with ease

• Brick-sized unit was the easiest to make but using something bigger would make scaling up easier

• CMU-sized unit was difficult to make because the concrete block was cumbersome and hard to work with

Tree Branches

FIRST SYSTEM

The first system explored stacking the rounds in a typical masonry form.

SECOND

SYSTEM

This system utilizes the flat faces of the wood rounds to stack with more stability.

THIRD SYSTEM

The third system is made by rotating the rounds 90 degrees at every other piece and arranging them like a “running bond”. This method uses the vertical members to hold the horizontals.

Combo Design

Stands up but it’s a bit unstable. Need to reevaluate the connections and stability of the framework so that, as we add on, the rubble in the individual units don’t shift around. May also try the inverse since the stones are very heavy and the sticks may not be strong enough to hold them as we scale up.

PROF. MESA | SPRING 2021 | MATERIAL

005_DEBRIS WALL PROTOTYPES

Gabion Unit

Step 1:

Cutting 2x4 timber into 20in long members and then combined using steel brackets (premade). This created a very secure triangular unit.

Step 3:

A gabion-like wooden structure with loose rubble inside. The rubble can be of different sizes and types, as it is enclosed with the hardware cloth mesh. The steel joints were easy to use and could be replicated for a new design.

Step 2:

The triangle structure can then be loaded standing up or laying flat with any type of rubble.

Double Channel Unit

Step 1: Using 2 pieces of 1.5inx1.5in wood pieces, we cut the ends at an angle of 30 degrees in order to have a flat surface on the top and bottom to connect to.

Step 2: Along the top of the triangle and the bottom are continuous boards in order to make each layer able to stack on the next.

Final Output:

The channels allow for the concrete rubble to have a area to wedge into to keep them secure. Just as we did before, we places the concrete inside until the pressure of those around them helped to secure them all in place.

PROF. MESA | SPRING 2021

Option 2:

60 degree diamond with cap joints

PROF. MESA | SPRING 2021 | MATERIAL

006_DEBRIS WALL FINAL DESIGN

The final design is a frame system that can be infilled with rubble of all types. The frame is easy to construct, made from readily available 2x4 timber and L-brackets. One assembled, the a mesh is placed on the back to hold the mortar and material.

A FORMAL ANALYSIS

SPRING 2021 | M+M II | PROF. JAMES PARK

The most basic unit of Prostho Museum facade is three sticks in the form of a Japense toy, called Chidori. The joints of the sticks enable the unit to be held together without the use of glue or nails. The units are joined together using the Chidori sliding and twisting technique in 3m x 3m x 4m cubic modules. Then, the modules are joined together using a Zelkova key joint to form the building facade.

The most basic unit of Prostho Museum facade is three sticks in the form of a Japense toy, called Chidori. The joints of the sticks enable the unit to be held together without the nails. The units are joined the Chidori sliding and technique in 3m x 3m x 4m modules. Then, the modules are together using a Zelkova key joint building facade.

Component 1 (x2)

Component 2

75 cm 6 cm x 6 cm 6 cm x 6 cm 75 cm

1a 1b

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twist up to lock in

Assembly to create cubic form:

Module for building assembly:

complete this twice

twist up to lock in

twist up to lock in

Assembly to create star form: twist up to lock in

1a 2

1a 1b

Module for building assembly:

2 3 m

twist up to lock in twist up to lock in

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Zelkova key joint

PARAMETIRC EXPLORATION

SPRING 2021 | M+M II | PROF. JAMES PARK

Through various parametric equations, we explored attractor fields, mathematical surfaces, and morphed tessellations in Grasshopper.

Parametric Equations: x(u,v,s): u*cos(v)-u^(2*s-1)/(2*s-1)*cos((2*s-1)*v) y(u,v,s): -u*sin(v)-u^(2*s-1)/(2*s-1)*sin((2*s-1)*v) z(u,v,s): 2/s*u^s*cos(s*v) where s: 3

Parametric Equations: x(u,v,a): cos(a)*cos(u)*cosh(v)+sin(a)*sin(u)*sinh(v) y(u,v,a): -cos(a)*sin(u)*cosh(v)+sin(a)*cos(u)*sinh(v) z(u,v,a): cos(a)*v+sin(a)*u where a: π/2

Parametric Equations: x(u,v):sin(u)*(-2+v*sin(u/2)) y(u,v):cos(u)*(-2+v*sin(u/2)) z(u,v):v*cos(u/2)

Enneper Surface

Catenoid Helicoid Mobius Strip

Surface Curvature Analysis

A CORNER PARK

FALL 2020 | CORE STUDIO I | PROF. CHARLES RUDOLPH

Using a prescribed kit of rectilinear parts, this corner park was designed using right angles only in an urban setting. Surrounded by tall walls and a large central water feature (protruding square), the public is offered respite from busy city life.

THE CUBIST LANDSCPE

FALL 2020 | CORE STUDIO I | PROF. CHARLES RUDOLPH

The 1912 cubist painting “Fruit, Dish, and Glass” by Georges Braque was studied and translated into a new drawing. Components of this drawing were then translated into various iterations of an architectural landscape.

HOUSE FOR A MUSICIAN

This project combined components from two previous projects: “Cubist Landscape” and “Corner Park.” The Corner Park was rotated 90° and the base was translated into a wall, which provided protruding elements to convert into enclosed spaces. L-shaped and semicircular geometries from Georges Braque’s 1912 painting “Fruit Dish and Glass” were incorporated into the site as garden-level terraces and shading devices. The Corner Park shade structure was translated into layered light shelves on the garden-facing facade.

FALL 2020 | CORE STUDIO I | PROF. CHARLES RUDOLPH

IN LINE

FALL

2020 | CORE STUDIO I | PROF. CHARLES RUDOLPH

This project explored a category of abstraction (”line”) through photography, drawing, and relief modeling. Through iterative exercises, I first explored the category of “line through photography. Three photographs were chosen and translated to line drawings that became the foundation of a sculptural relief model in which components of the three line drawings were combined.

PROF. RUDOLPH

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A CONCRETE PAVILION

UPPER WALKWAY

partial plan [formwork]

LOWER WALKWAY

BENCHES

20’ 25’ 10’

ROOF/BALCONY SLAB FLOOR SLAB

horizontal steel reinforcement bar

diagonal bracing to ground slab

form ties

vertical steel reinforcement bars

PARTIAL PLAN : BALCONY RAILING FORMWORK

steel reinforcement bar

wood blocks bracing

balcony slab

PARTIAL SECTION : BALCONY BENCH FORMWORK

0.25’ woodconcrete 1/2” = 1’

GA TECH BUS STOP

FALL 2020 | CONSTRUCTION TECH | PROF. CHARLES RUDOLPH

THE BASICS

FALL 2020 | M+M I | PROF. HARRIS DIMITROPOULOS

Various exercises to learn basic skills in Rhino 3D and Illustrator.

VARIED MODES OF REPRESENTATION

Through a series of projects, we explored digital representation of architectural elements using Rhino 3D and Adobe Illustrator. Rhino projects provided opportunity to explore manuluation techniques of 3D objects using various functions within the software, while Adobe Illustrator projects provided opportunity

Isometric and perspective clipping planes

Tracing

PROF. DIMITROPOLOUS

of Louis Khan’s Fisher House