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A L E X A N D R A O m e tt a / Pe r m e tt a
Through observing habits within a library, the fear of eye contact and privacy was identified as an issue that affects people’s behavior within the space. This issue was solved through an individual construct, which was then adapted to be a wall system. Full of color and moments of suprise, this teen library space provides a third space for teens to express themselves, become more confident, and pave a path to success.
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Re/ Gowanus is a job training sit located in a adaptive reuse warehouse. It is about extending one’s purpose, embracing history, and continuing an important and often very personal narrative. Light shafts, spread throughout the interior, bring natural light to areas of congregation. Smaller, uncontained areas promote free exchange between the public, staff, and people attending workshops at the center.
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Te m p o r a l E t e r n i t y
Vortex
A long glass corridor connecting the facade of the older classical architecture and the modern addition is home to an exhibition of Danish chairs. This space aims to display the chairs as pieces of art, raised above the sands of time on pedestals. Mirrors are suspended above, refracting natural light down from above, while carrying fractures and images of the chairs above, raising them to the realm of eternal memory.
A surrealist etching was analyized and the qualities were reflected in a design that fills a hallway and stairwell with dynamism and warmth through textiles, wood, and light, creating pockets of life within the spaces that are never lived in and often forgotten about. 17-22
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The Modern Nomad
Streamlined
A biomimetic tent system looking at techniques used by weaver ants to create a solution to sustainable and adaptable nomadic life -- adapting, growing, and living with the user. Panels can be added or subtracted to create a chair, hammock, and a full enclosure.
An airport is a place of the in-between, not a destination. A restaurant in an airport must be mindful of the users need for the process to be streamlined due to the users adhering to a strict schedule, while other’s schedules are unpredictable. It must provide a space for an expedited purchases, or a place to rest and find a moment of comfort.
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OMETTA / PERMETTA
a third space for teens creating a comfortable environment for teens to express themselves, gaining confidence as an individual and in a community
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Creating Visual Privacy Through observing habits within a library, the fear of eye contact and privacy was identified as an issue that affects people’s behavior within the space. To solve this issue, a headset was constructed to allow individuals to control their own visibility and privacy level. “I can’t see you -- you can’t see me”
Personal Privacy Construct
Shifting Space A wall system was created with the same principals as the personal device. Moving panels allows the space to be transformed, and the level of privacy to be changed. With so many moving parts, acoustic control was shifted to the ceiling plane with topographic baffles with a secondary purpose of way finding.
Third Space This space allows teens to control their comfort level, which can make them more confident within the space and increase their learning abilities. The programs are a mix of absorbing information and self expressive spaces, in the hopes to provide space for teens to truly gain a well-rounded education and have a third space to be able to find their
Concept Model
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E X P R E S S I O N
Media Area As libraries enter the 21st century, there is a shift towards being a center for media and technology. The panel system allows for these two classrooms to be completely closed off, or open to the rest of the space.
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The Stacks When first entering the space, the users are greated by the circulation desk and the stacks. New and popular novels are displayed on the tables upon entering, while other books are stacked on the on the wall system behind. The stacks also act as the walls for the small study rooms on the other side.
K N O W L E D G E
Reflecting Color One side of the baffles are painted with bright colors, while the other side remains white. When a user walks in to the space it appears white, however, upon walking farther in and turning around, the colors are revealed, creating a moment of surprise and wonder. On sunny days the color is reflected on to the white surfaces, creating an ephemeral glow throughout the space.
Light and Color Model
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TEMPORAL ETERNITY
danish chair exhibition celebrating six danish designers that have shaped the design world with their contributions throughout history wth the ideals of functionality and minimalism, while materialising the beauty of everyday life.
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Borge Mogensen Spanish Chair, 1950 Further modernization of form Poul Kjaerholm PK22, 1955 Shift to more industrial materials, using metal as the frame
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Exhibition Six Danish designers were selected to have their work displayed and celebrated at SMK National Gallery in Copenhagen for three months within the sculpture street. This space is a long glass corridor connecting the facade of the older classical architecture and the modern addition. Three traits were chosen to be highlighted about the chairs: history within context of time, forming technique, and the notoriety within the design community.
Concept Section
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Inside an Hour Glass This space aims to display the chairs as pieces of art, raised above the sands of time on pedestals. Mirrors are suspended above, refracting natural light down from above, while carrying fractures and images of the chairs above, raising them to the realm of eternal memory.
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Backwards through Time Arranged from youngest to oldest design, allows the visitor to experience the passage back in time, finally reaching a large wooden block at the end of the exhibit, on which sand is pouring down, carving and reshaping the block over the duration of the exhibition -- representing how time has shaped the ideas that created the chairs and is the oldest and truest forming technique.
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VORTEX
inhabitable threshold filling a hallway and stairwell with dynamism and warmth through textiles, wood, and light, creating pockets of life within the spaces that are never lived in.
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Analysis Diagrams
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Vortex| inhabitable threshold
Concept Model
Concept Model
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Stairwell Adaptation Stairwell Design
Hallway Adaptation Final Hallway Design
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Tr a n s c r i b i n g An analysis of a surrealsit print was translated into diagrams of relationships within space, lighting, and form. Once distilled down to simple shapes and lines, these ideas were transformed into an abstract three dimensional volume, which took the shape of a vortex.
A N C H O R I N G L I G H T
Habitation Using the same principles chosen to analyze in the print, the vortex concept was applied to the thresholds of the stairwell and the hallway by emphasizing the light sources, creating pockets of interactions, and creating a juxtoposition on the sites cold hard materials, with the use of textiles, drapped into organic forms.
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RE / GOWANUS
repair / reuse building a sustainable community through repurposing and and patching an industrial site in gowanus to be career development and education center
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Job Counseling Repair Workshops
Exhibition on Sustainability
Outside In
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Re/ Gowanus is a job training sit located in a adaptive reuse warehouse near the Smith and 9th St subway station and the canal. The site has been repurposed through the repair method of patching and a method of light leaks. This space is home to a job training and counseling service, repair workshops, a public exhibition on sustainability, and a courtyard that brings the outside in. It is about extending one’s purpose, embracing history, and continuing an important and often very personal narrative. Repair is an important methodology for the world to embrace, when consumerism and the shiny and new is working hard against the longevity of our only earth.
Patch a moment of surpise, a breath of fresh air, a space of release and exchange
Concept Collage
origin: repairing a ripped sleeve through patching the armpit with a contrasting fabric. When the arm is down, the repair is invisible, when raised, the patch is exposed and there is a moment of surprise.
Light Leak bringing people together through letting natural light leak in to the building, pulling people to points of congregation and learning origin: saxophones are repaired through using light to see if the valves are air tight, if light leaks out, the seal needs to be replaced. The use of light to repair sound.
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Plan & Section Light shafts, spread throughout the interior, bring natural light to areas of congregation. Smaller, uncontained areas promote free exchange between the public, staff, and people attending workshops at the center. The two enclosed areas are for programmed events, using the structure to contain sound and control visual privacy.
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Layering of Space The layering of the contained light shafts creates visual privacy even within the open space. This creates privacy and comfortabability within the space without closing it off. Users are able to move freely throughout the space and have a sense of exploration without contained circulation paths.
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Interior Rendering and Skylight Detail
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Sustainable Design The air shafts have multiple fuctions to promote sustainable design. Not only do they bring natural light into the space, but they filter the air and bring fresh air into the space when weather allows. When the windows cannot be open, water is collected for grey water use within the building. The larger courtyard space has a system of glass walls that can slide and completely open the space to the rest of the interior, bringing the outside--in, diagrammed on the left. Fully Closed
Natural Lighting
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Rain Water Collection
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RENDERING
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THE MODERN NOMAD
B i o m i m e t i c Te n t looking at techniques used by nature to create a solution to sustainable and adaptable nomadic life -- adapting, growing, and living with the user
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Weaver Ants Weaver ants construct single chamber nests by pulling leaves from surrounding branches inwards, forming a chain with their bodies to grab onto leaves far away. The leaves are secured in place with silk that the larvae produce. The leaves remain alive, still secured to the branches, creating a living breathing home for the ants.
Alexandra Ellerkamp | INT 481 | Spring 2018
One Panel | Two Cords
Two Panels | Two Cords
B i o m i m e t i c Te n t Using the forming technique found in the weaver ants, a sustainable tent system was developed for the modern nomad. It consists of a system of panels that are easily combined to form different variations of structures: chair, hammock, tent. It is an all in one package that is easy to carry and can adapt to many situations and needs. It grows and adapts with the user.
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In order to create a system which can be used in various climates, each zone must be considered in the design of the material and function of the tent like structure. As long as there are two to three pilars to secure the base on, the tent can be adapted to fit the environment that it is placed in. 11’
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MLINED STREAMLINED
STREAMLINED
airport restaurant passive barrier allowing for efficiency, privacy, and comfort
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STREAMLINED
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An airport is a place of the in-between, not a destination. A FLOOR PLAN CONCOURS restaurant in an airport must be mindful of the users need for the 3/16"=1'-0 process to be streamlined due to the users adhering to a strict schedule, while other’s schedules are unpredictable. It must provide a space for an expedited purchases, or a place to rest and find a moment of comfort. 56'-
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Passive Barrier
CONCEPT
The panelized concrete system allows for a controlled path of circulation that makes a fast meal a priority. The interior profile of the panels addresses the comfort of the users who decide to stay longer, enveloping them with a gentle curve that embedded with illumination.
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