Cal Poly Portfolio | Selected works 2018-2019

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AL AN MA E D O CALIFORNIA POLY TECHNIC STATE UNIVERSIT Y, SAN LUIS OBISPO SELECTED WORKS | JANUARY 2018 - JUNE 2019

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RENDEZVOUS

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ARRIVAL

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COLLISION

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S AN LUIS OB IS P O | HOT E L M E G A- STRU C TU R E + C OM M E RC I A L C E N TE R | W I N TE R + SPR I NG 2 0 1 9

S AN LUIS OB S IP O M US E UM OF A RT [ SLOM A ] | SPR I NG 2 0 1 8

CARRIZO PL AIN | E COT H E R AY R ETR E AT | W I N TE R 2 0 1 8

[01] [RENDEZVOU S ] HOTEL MEGA-ST RUCT URE + COM M E RCIAL CEN TE R + C I N E M A C OM PLE X MAD ONNA, SAN LUIS OB IS P O, CAL IF ORNIA WI NTER + SPR ING 2019

CALI FORNI A P OLY T E CH NIC STAT E UNIVE RS IT Y, SA N LU I S OBI SPO PROF. JOHN L A NG E ARCHI TECTUR AL DE S IG N 3.2 - ARCHIT E CT UR A L DE SIG N 3 . 3 JANUARY 2019 - J UNE 2019 AWARDS: THI RD-YEAR L AUNCHPAD AWARD OF COM M EN DATION [ FE BRUA RY 2 0 1 9 ] THI RD-YEAR B E ST OF S HOW RUNNE R-UP [J UN E 2 0 1 9 ]

WHAT IS A RENDEZVOUS?

RENDEZVOUS _ ARCHITECTURE DESIGN 3.2 - 3.3 _ PROF LANGE _ JAN - JUN 2019

You have reached your RENDEZVOUS!!! But, what is this monstrosity? In order to fully understand how this STAR WARS-looking spaceship has landed in the middle of the small town of San Luis Obispo, where the tallest buildings usually only reach about five stories, a little bit of analyzing needs to be taken place. First, we must define what RENDEZVOUS is: GOOGLE ren·dez·vous /’rändə.voo, ’rändā.voo/ noun 1. a meeting at an agreed time and place, typically between two people.

ALAN LE MAEDO

verb 1. meet at an agreed time and place.

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URBAN DICTIONARY ron-day-voo 1. a meeting planned at a certain time and place, can also be a secret meeting between lovers.

2. a secret hookup between two people.

THE BIG “FOUND OBJECT” MODEL SIZE: 80” [2 METERS] LONG X 36” [0.9 METERS] WIDE X 48” [1.2 METERS] TALL (BUILT ON DOOR!!!)

MEDIUM: FOUND OBJECTS

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RENDEZVOUS _ ARCHITECTURE DESIGN 3.2 - 3.3 _ PROF LANGE _ JAN - JUN 2019 6

SITE PLAN: HIGHWAY 101 & MADONNA ROAD INTERCHANGE Madonna Mountain Madonna Inn + Spa + Parking THE RENDEZVOUS

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Madonna Road Highway 101 Madonna Plaza Shopping Center

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[1] MEGASTRUCTURE FACADE [2] OVERPASS ENTRANCE MEDIUM: FOUND OBJECTS

RENDEZVOUS _ ARCHITECTURE DESIGN 3.2 - 3.3 _ PROF LANGE _ JAN - JUN 2019

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HOW CAN SLO BE A RENDEZVOUS?

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RENDEZVOUS _ ARCHITECTURE DESIGN 3.2 - 3.3 _ PROF LANGE _ JAN - JUN 2019

One of the more interesting observation about San Luis Obipso is how culturally centered it is between what is defined as “Northern California” and “Southern California”. San Luis Obispo can be demographically described, for the most part, as a hybrid between The Bay Area and the LA-San Diego Area.

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We are tasked to create a megastructure and commercial complex that at the very least will be ten stories tall. And it will be located right across from the famous Madonna Inn and Madonna Mountain.

With the creation of something that will probably be an icon due to the shear scope of the project, how can we take advantage of SLO’s Central Location?

How can SLO be a transition point between Northern and Southern California? How can we use architecture to enhance SLO as a rendezvous point for the people passing by everything from northern to southern CA, and vice versa?

SLO - RENDEZVOUS HYPOTHESIS The site of the hotel mega-structure is located at the interchange between Madonna Road and highway 101. The hotel serves as a southern entrance for San Luis Obispo, indicating to motorists traveling from southern to northern California that they are entering the central coast. The main tower of the hotel mega-structure rises on the south side of the Madonna road, and a bridge complex extends out of the tower and spans over the road to the north side of the road.

The bridge complex serves as an elevated public walkway, offering green-spaces, small shops, and small food amenities.

The hotel provides vast, elevated views of San Luis Obispo with rooms facing Madonna Mountain. The facade folds, warps, and breaks as it wraps around the tower and fans out around the bridge.

Overpass + Cinema Center The “Crystal Atrium” White Lightning Cantilever Modular Megastructure The Twin Protuberances The Cinema Research Shell Automated Drone Delivery

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[1] MEGASTRUCTURE [2] CANTILEVER [3] UNDERSIDE OF OVERPASS MEDIUM: FOUND OBJECTS

RENDEZVOUS _ ARCHITECTURE DESIGN 3.2 - 3.3 _ PROF LANGE _ JAN - JUN 2019

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RENDEZVOUS _ ARCHITECTURE DESIGN 3.2 - 3.3 _ PROF LANGE _ JAN - JUN 2019

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CINEMA CENTER

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One of the most prominent aspects of the OVERPASS is its cinema center. The cinema center contains a “CINEMA CLOUD” that suspends eight cinema movie theaters. The circulation of the theater is organized as one, elongated corridor that serves as a mezzanine for the floor below it. Cross-Bridges serve to connect the staircase over the “open-to-below” area, and into the theaters.

Levitating Theatre Cinemas Protruding Cinema Atrium Two IMAX Cinemas

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RENDEZVOUS _ ARCHITECTURE DESIGN 3.2 - 3.3 _ PROF LANGE _ JAN - JUN 2019

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[1] OVERPASS TERRACE [2] INTERIOR OF OVERPASS [3] UNDERSIDE OF OVERPASS [4] FACADE OF MEGASTRUCTURE MEDIUM: FOUND OBJECTS [3]

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RENDEZVOUS _ ARCHITECTURE DESIGN 3.2 - 3.3 _ PROF LANGE _ JAN - JUN 2019

[ELEVATION]

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[PLAN]

[SECTION]

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RENDEZVOUS _ ARCHITECTURE DESIGN 3.2 - 3.3 _ PROF LANGE _ JAN - JUN 2019

[1, 2 & 3]: DETAIL STUDY MODEL OF OVERPASS MEDIUM: CHIPBOARD, PLA, ACRYLIC, FOUND OBJECTS

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[A]

RENDEZVOUS _ ARCHITECTURE DESIGN 3.2 - 3.3 _ PROF LANGE _ JAN - JUN 2019

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THE PODS ROOF + CEILING ASSEMBLY

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|R1| FINISHED ROOF |R2| WATER BARRIER |R3| INSULATION ON STEEL DECK |R4| STEEL BEAM-GIRDER SYSTEM |R5| FAN COIL CONNECTED TO 4-PIPE SYSTEM |R6| FINISHED DROP CEILING

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DETAIL AXONOMETRICS WALL ASSEMBLY

|W1| 2.5” X 7.5” MULLIONS WITH GLASS |W2| HSS FACADE SUBSTRUCTURE |W3| 2” X 6” HSS OUTRIGGER |W4| 2.5” X 7.5” MULLIONS WITH GLASS |W5| CABLE TIE-BACK SYSTEM

Pre-cast Concrete Wall Assembly Patch Detail Section Axonometric

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FLOOR ASSEMBLY

|F1| FINISHED FLOOR |F2| WATER BARRIER |F3| INSULATION |F4| CONCRETE SLAB |F5| STEEL BEAM-GIRDER SYSTEM

[1] THEATRE CINEMA WITH UNUSUAL DIALOGUE [2] VIEW OF ATRIUM & GRAND STAIRCASE [3] INTERIOR VIEW OF STRUCTURAL BRACING MEDIUM: CHIPBOARD, PLA, ACRYLIC, FOUND OBJECTS

RENDEZVOUS _ ARCHITECTURE DESIGN 3.2 - 3.3 _ PROF LANGE _ JAN - JUN 2019

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[02] [A RR IVAL] SAN LUI S OBI S P O M US E UM OF ART [ S LOM A] THE CREEK, S AN LUIS OB IS P O, CAL IF ORNIA SPRI NG 2018

RENDEZVOUS _ ARCHITECTURE DESIGN 3.2 - 3.3 _ PROF LANGE _ JAN - JUN 2019

CALI FORNI A P OLY T E CH NIC STAT E UNIVE RS IT Y, SA N LU I S OBI SPO PROF. CASEY BE NITO ARCHI TECTUR AL DE S IG N 2.3 APRI L 2018 - JUNE 2018

THE ART MUSEUM The art museum in an urban context presents an inherent conflict. It increasingly plays the role of cultural icon within the city but simultaneously is obliged to neutrality on behalf of its collections. In other words the museum is required to be both foreground within its urban context and background for the objects it houses. The project explores this internal/external opposition. Externally, the focus of the museum is on building posture and its role in civic identity and engagement. Internally, the focus of museum is on the art, how it is viewed, archived, transferred and received.

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The project explores how a museum can act as a catalyst for urban life, an object that cultivates cultural and civic connectedness. The project investigates the role of a museum’s form in civic identity. The project looks at various positions on what makes a building- especially a museum- culturally significant.

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A SEMI-EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC + SOME INSIGHT INTO POSTURE The proposal for the SLOMA utilizes a horizontal language as its primary envelope system. This horizontal language creates a dynamic environment that reinforces the constant circulation throughout a museum. A plaza is raised from the street level while the main lobby is sunken below. These elevation changes create unique micro-environments, ones that blur the distinction between exterior and interior spaces. And through this, the site becomes an energized space that links the museum with the civic core.

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ARRIVAL _ ARCHITECTURE DESIGN 2.3 _ PROF BENITO _ APR - JUN 2018

The New SLOMA sits CONFIDENTLY within its property line. Using a mass-base system, the main public mass of the museum is contained within a tower that rests upon a podium. The people circulate up the tower through the gallery spaces. Within this circulation pattern, a celebrated staircase and observation deck provide views to the surrounding environment, including the nearby creek, Mission Plaza, and Mission San Luis Obispo itself.

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Postural Metal Skin Facade Art Gallery Spaces Egress Core Elevator Cores Terraces overlooking Mission of SLO Sky-walking Staircases Concourse Base [has Administration stuff] Outdoor Amphitheater Main Creek Entrance Subterranean Level [Mostly Archive]

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Central Core with Sky-Walking Staircase Floating Central Staircase

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[1 & 2] WIDGET + POSTURE STUDIES MEDIUM: WOOD WITH METALLIC GOLD SPRAY PAINT [1 ]

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ARRIVAL _ ARCHITECTURE DESIGN 3.2 - 3.3 _ PROF LANGE _ JAN - JUN 2019

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ARRIVAL _ ARCHITECTURE DESIGN 2.3 _ PROF BENITO _ APR - JUN 2018

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[ - 01 ]

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ARRIVAL _ ARCHITECTURE DESIGN 3.2 - 3.3 _ PROF LANGE _ JAN - JUN 2019

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ARRIVAL _ ARCHITECTURE DESIGN 2.3 _ PROF BENITO _ APR - JUN 2018

SECTION PERSPECTIVE

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Archives Curator’s Office Gallery Shop Storage Lobby Cafe Loading Zone Administration Offices Conference Room Director’s Office Classroom Event Space Amphitheater Sculpture Garden Observation Platform

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[NE ELEVATION]

[SE ELEVATION]

[1] SLOMA FINAL MODEL- TOP VIEW [2] OVERALL VIEW [3] FOURTH GALLERY FLOOR + CORE MEDIUM: CHIPBOARD, FOAM BOARD, BASSWOOD, ACETATE

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ARRIVAL _ ARCHITECTURE DESIGN 3.2 - 3.3 _ PROF LANGE _ JAN - JUN 2019

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[03] [CO LLI S I ON ] ECOTHER APY RET RE AT CARRI ZO PL AIN, S ANTA M ARG ARITA, CAL IF OR N I A WI NTER 2018

OBSERVATONS + QUESTIONS ECOTHERAPY is defined as “healing and growth nurtured by health interaction with the earth.” ECOTHERAPY is meant to be an escape from the man-made urban environment and reconnect with the natural world. Carrizo is a beautiful, isolated site that provides breath-taking views and vast landscape to engage in, making it an appropriate place to undertake an ECOTHERAPY RETREAT. However, it also seems contradictory to create a built structure if the goal of ECOTHERAPY is to escape the built environment. As a result, a conflict immediate rises between the purity of Carrizo and the impurity of a built proposal on the site.

If a built structure is, in essence, unnecessary, then what role does the ECOTHERAPY RETREAT play into the goal of ECOTHERAPY? How does the ECOTHERAPY RETREAT resolve the conflict between man and nature? And, if the goal of ECOTHERAPY is to heal through nature, how does architecture heal someone through nature?

ALAN LE MAEDO

RENDEZVOUS _ ARCHITECTURE DESIGN 3.2 - 3.3 _ PROF LANGE _ JAN - JUN 2019

CALI FORNI A P OLY T E CH NIC STAT E UNIVE RS IT Y, SA N LU I S OBI SPO PROF. JEREMY M AG NE R ARCHI TECTUR AL DE S IG N 2.2 JANUARY 2018 - M ARCH 2018

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[FORM GENERATION] [ 2 ] [ R E F E R E N C E TO B OX ] The cluster is then placed into a cubical box, referencing back to a pure form.

[3][DIFFERENCE] The cluster is then boolean differenced from the box.

[4][UNION] Next, the cluster is union by rectangular dowels, pierced through at various angles.

[5][GENERATOR] The result is a generator that utilizes angular forms and verticality as its main formal language. In the program diagram, the generator is combined with programs.

[PROGRAM GENERATION] ALAN LE MAEDO

COLLISION _ ARCHITECTURE DESIGN 2.2 _ PROF MAGNER _ JAN -MAR 2018

[1][CLUSTER] Primitive shapes, such as cubes and rectangular prisms, are union together, creating an impure cluster from pure objects.

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[1][COMMON] Most of the activity and social interaction occurs in the common area. The dining area and seating area make up the public space while the kitchen and administration make up the service space.

[2][INSTITUTION] The main entrance to the complex. A submerged walkway connects the parking to the reception area.

[3][PRIVATE] Six double rooms make up the private spaces. Each room has its own sleeping area, sitting area, bathroom, and views to the surrounding plains.

[4][GENERATOR] At the intersections of the programs and generator, the “therapeutic” space is created. A central amphitheater and rockclimbing wall form the central hub of the complex.

role, emphasized by its height and linearity. The spires, in tandem with wood paneling design, create a vertical dynamic composition that lends itself to an uplifting, spiritual experience. In addition, the wood paneling starts to dissolve from top to bottom, softening the embedment of the built structure into the natural terrain. These are the main elements that help the users’ transition from the built environment into the natural world of Carrizo.

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BOOLEAN TECHNIQUE MODELS MEDIUM: ROCKITE, BASSWOOD

his or her day, like a lodge. At the very least, though, the ECOTHERAPY RETREAT should provide experiential qualities that take advantage of the Carrizo plain and soften the transition between the built environments to the natural environment. In my proposal, these predictions are implemented through mainly repetition, rhythm, and linearity, hybridizing both pure and impure forms. The timber spires take on the major hierarchical

COLLISION _ ARCHITECTURE DESIGN 3.2 - 3.3 _ PROF LANGE _ JAN - JUN 2019

PREDICTION The role of the ECOTHERAPY RETREAT is to serves as a facilitator between MAN and NATURE. The proposal itself does not need to do the “ECOTHERAPY” because the ECOTHERAPY is taken care by experiencing and traveling through the Carrizo Plain. If the proposal itself starts to take on more of the therapeutic role, then the site starts to diminish in purpose. The ECOTHERAPY RETREAT proposal is a place where one starts and ends

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AL AN MAE D O CALIFORNIA POLY TECHNIC STATE UNIVERSIT Y, SAN LUIS OBISPO SELECTED WORKS | JANUARY 2018 - JUNE 2019