Academic Portfolio Excerpt 2011- 2013
HOUSING STUDIO: The Chicago Bungalow Instructor: Xavier Vendrell 23’
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FLOORPLAN ANALYSIS: Graz-StraĂ&#x;gang (Riegler Riewe) Each unit has a central zone of bathroom, kitchen, hall and circulation that provides access to each room. The central zone acts as an expanded hallway, gathering various activities of the apartment whilst allowing multiple connections to the outer rooms.
Types of Units
2.5 room apartment, 480 sq ft
4.5 room apartment, 820 sq ft
4.5 room apartment, 1030 sq ft
Programs Kitchen/Bathroom
Flexible Walls Sliding/ Folding
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AGGREGATION ANALYSIS: KĂślner Brett (B&K)
LIFESTYLE ANALYSIS: THE WEEKEND HOUSE (NISHIZAWA)
The building volume consists of twelve identical spatial modules which are partially on two levels and have an average usable surface area of 140 m2 per unit. The functionally neutral modules, providing a spatial indeterminacy that typically only exists in industrial or commercial buildings, are personalised through the use put to them by their inhabitants, who are handed over the raw shell of their space.
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The house was intended to be used on the weekendsand as an exhibition gallery for the architect’s daughter. It is located in a forest, two hours away from the Tokyo metro. These scenarios show the seperation of zones that occurs when the house is used as an exhibition gallery, but the private activities spill over into this public zones when the house gets used for relaxation
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8 am - client wakes up
Plan
Two volumes form an enclosed rectangle
Cross Section
Weekend House
11 am - gallery opens
7 pm - dinner time
DIGITAL FABRICATION TECHNIQUE ANALYSIS: Gantenbein Winery (ETH)
FABRICATION TECHNIQUE ANALYSIS: Thrust Order (Ciro Najle)
Robotic production method was used to lay each one of the 20,000 bricks divided into 72 single segments. Each brick is rotated by a different value and thus creating a plasticity of the façade, which when seen from afar creates an image of an oversized basket filled with grapes. Approached from a close range the figurative image, which appears soft and almost textile, dissolves in favour of the hard materiality of the brick.
“Thrust Order” sets up parametric possibilites and variations, which are at the core of its capabilites as a designed object. It is composed of a triparte structure: the basement, shaft, and capital. Each of these variables can be manipulated in the x and y direction, pushed, pulled and reshaped. Variations also occur in plan, appearing as differences in geometrical divisions. Combining of these myriad variables results in a matrix of unique orders.
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_shaft
_basement
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[tying system]
detail, 5”=1’ _calculated versus built version
ORDER : 024816 Shaft: 55555555 Entasis: 55555555 Capital: 08
[elevation]
1”=1’
ORDER : 024816 Shaft: 86422468 Entasis: 987654321 Capital: 08
ORDER : 024816 Shaft: 55555555 Entasis: 987654321 Capital: 08
[elevation]
1”=1’
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_RESOLUTION VARIATIONS
FUTURA, studio spring 2012 instructor: Andrew Zago Exploration of the a perfectly geometric font type for its architectural potential. was the goal of this studio. Through three dimensional modeling commands such as ‘boolean’ this type converted into a design exercise. sculpture garden
workshop
auditorium
staging & loading
study
large exhibition
study
sculpture garden large exhibition
staging
medium exhibition
sculpture garden
auditorium
study sculpture garden
large exhibition
medium exhibition
auditorium
cafe
study
FABRICATION TECHNIQUE: Heavy Rotation Exploration of the architectural potential of a rhino command
NO PLACE FOR SOFTNESS studio fall 2012 instructor: Marina Nicollier, Alexander Eisenschmidt The monotony of the urban environment propels the idea of preserving a space solely meant to fulfill man’s desire for understanding. This convention center follows it’s traditional role of being a gathering space for people with similar avocations but furthers this idea by becoming a pensieve for soft moments. It is an assortment of atmospheres that allow for an empathetic experience within the uncompromising city.
Competition: Building Trust International The site chosen for this playscape was once destined to become a new icon for chicago, designed by the famed architect Santiago Calatrava. After a series of economic failures all that is left is a void in the urban fabric. Utilizing this void as a basis of a productive design, we aim to celebrate this gaping hole by placing a trampoline over its heart. Our proposal is that of an adaptive reuse, rather than wasting more resources to hide the void, we designed a playscape that embraces it. A spiral ramp, a typology reminiscent of Calatrava’s spire, is placed atop the structure, allowing views into the city and over the river. Through this type of design the playscape is an attempt to bring chicago back to the Daniel Burnham’s 1909 plan for Chicago. Rather that using architecture as a means of exclusion, this type of architecture allows for enjoyment and participation. It allows for the users to stand over the river, and once again claim it as their own.
Running Track
Skate Ramp
Bicycle Track
Fresh Air Area
Activity Amphitheatre
Central Trampoline
From Spire Foundation
THE ACTIVITY AMPHITHEATER SHOWING THE CENTRAL TRAMPOLINE OVER EXISTING HOLE
EXPLODED PROGRAM DIAGRAM
Competition: Building Trust International
SECTION LOOKING NORTH
Competition: Building Trust International “THE LAKEFRONT BY RIGHT BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE. NOT A FOOT OF ITS SHORES SHOULD BE APPROPRIATED TO THE EXCLUSION OF THE PEOPLE.” DANIEL BURNHAM, 1909 PLAN FOR CHICAGO
Aerial View of Pavilion