Alex Nelson selected works 2014-16
Northwest Boulevard Station Submitted for the Texas Central Station Competition, the station formally creates a new gateway into the city of Houston. situated just outside the 610 loop. The boulevard, which bisects the site, creates a natural passageway for not only passangers, but pedestrians as well.
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Richter Gallery This gallery, located south of downtown Dallas, is designed as a testament to he main motifs of Gerhard Richter’s work, balancing a response to context and displaying the artist’s work. Seen through a promenade, the gallery is meant to interract with the user through the lense of Richter and his method of work.
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The car, people, and architecture are the love triangle that never was. For the past century, the automobile has infested Houston and transformed the city fabric, drastically impacting the daily lives of citizens. This proposal rejects the automobile, allowing for total humanized interaction between all levels of architecture.
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2700 sq ftsq ft Computer: Computer: 2700 Lab: 6400 6400 sq ftsq ft Lab: Printing: 3000 4658 sq ftsq ft Auditorium: Library 6400 sq ftsq ft Roof Garden: 1279 Classrooms: 2380 sq ft 10000 sq ft Terrace: Roof Garden: 1279 sq ft Administration 10000 sq ft Terrace: sq sq ft ft Office space: 10000 10000
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Symmetry established in plan Symmetry established in plan Asymmetry established in elevation
Asymmetry established in elevation
Reduce building footprint, introduce Reduce building foot print, introduce public square public square
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Inspired by the likes of Yona Friedman for his construct on social housing, this city takes on the form of the minimalistic “Japanese Ma” concept, focusing on the movement within the complex, rather than the city itself. This approach redefines social housing with a style relative to how the user can interact with others and the building itself.
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Four Bedroom 2548 SF Two Bedroom 2319 SF
One Bedroom 570 SF
Hi-Low Def Megastructure The megastructure is explored using hi ďŹ delity scripting techniques, creating a balance of scalelessness and resolution. The object-orietned technology used to script allowed for a structured manipulation of data and networks, constructing modular units that together create the megastructure. The objective, though documented as a complete structure, was to speculate the fragment of realism with the human interaction of algorithm, materiality, lo def manipulation of the unit, and the lost sense of building technology.
Alex Nelson alex.nelsontamu@hotmail.com 469.396.7073