Alex Stitt: Portfolio of Work by Alex Stitt

VAPOR HOUSE

BARCODE HOUSE

DOW KAUST WATER LAB

WOLFE STREET CONDO

DAHOLNEGA RESIDENCE

WOODSIDE RESIDENCE

BUILT

David Jameson Architect HOK Morris-HZ

POST OAK POOL HOUSE

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MEGA INFORMAL: A MUNDANEUM

182

CORPORATE CAMPUS

112

EAST END ANNEX

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NEW METRO BUS SHELTERS

128

NEW KAI TAK: MASTER PLAN

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AL MARJAN

136

NEW KAI TAK: CITY ISLAND

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1111 PENNSYLVANIA AVE

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GRAPHIC WORK

234

BUFFALO BAYOU EAST

164

FURNITURE

246

PAPER IDEA Nemestudio HOK Morris-HZ

Rice School of Architecture Personal

all content created by Alex Stitt, unless otherwise noted

VAPOR HOUSE

David Jameson Architect Bethesda, Maryland Project Designer SD through CD/Permitting

Vapor house explores with the duality of water’s massiveness and it’s ethereal transparency. As a large body of water has weight and deep opacity, so too do the towering and bending forms which contain the more private spaces. Panels of rippled steel provide privacy by reflecting earth and sky randomly, obscuring the building’s scale and materiality. Between and above the bending forms are the more public spaces of the house which are rendered in clear glazing, invoking the layered transparency of a stream. These spaces ebb and flow around the pool, pulling and bending interior space into exterior space, and vice versa. Photographs by Paul Warchol

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I certify that these documents were prepared and/or approved by me, and that I am a duly licensed Architect under the laws of the State of Maryland, license number 10288, expiration date 3.17.2011

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CODE COMPLIANCE:

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All design and work shall be performed in strict compliance with IRC 2009. See General Notes section on Sheet T1.0, Line Item 4.

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PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION:

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CLOSET 1 CLOSET 2

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SITTING ROOM ELEVATOR

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BATHROOM 2

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TERRAZZO

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HALLWAY

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4' - 9"

MASTER CLOSET

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08 4' - 9"

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BEDROOM 3

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OPEN TO BELOW

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07.2110 PERMIT SET 10.09.09 SEDIMENT CONTROL RESUBMIT 04.20.09 SC PERMIT 03.09.09 DESIGN DEVELOPMENT

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GUEST BEDROOM

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David Jameson Architect Inc. 113 South Patrick Street

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Phone: 703.739.3840

SD MASTER BEDROOM

OPEN TO BATHROOM BELOW

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A l e x a n d r i a, V i r g i n i a 2 2 3 1 4

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OPEN TO EXTERIOR

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703.739.0555

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MASTER BATHROOM

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BT3 RESIDENCE

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6938 Blaisdell Road Bethesda, MD 20817

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1/4" = 1'-0"

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PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION:

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I certify that these documents were prepared and/or approved by me, and that I am a duly licensed Architect under the laws of the State of Maryland, license number 10288, expiration date 3.17.2011

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STONE 1

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DINNING ROOM

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PANTRY

KITCHEN

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ELEVATOR

GARAGE

GARAGE ELEV. -1' - 6"

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All design and work shall be performed in strict compliance with IRC 2009. See General Notes section on Sheet T1.0, Line Item 4.

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STONE 1

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FAMILY ROOM

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POWDER ROOM

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David Jameson Architect Inc.

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113 South Patrick Street

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Phone: 703.739.3840

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POOLHOUSE

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LIVING ROOM

BT3 RESIDENCE OUTDOOR SHOWER

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6938 Blaisdell Road Bethesda, MD 20817

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703.739.0555

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LIBRARY

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BARCODE HOUSE

David Jameson Architect Washington DC Project Designer Concept through CA

For this twelve foot by seventeen foot addition to a rowhouse in the DuPont circle neighborhood of Washington DC circulation, storage, and services are consolidated in a five foot wide, four story tall stucco mass bracketing the project to the interior side of the lot. This core then bends down at the alley level to create an L-shaped mass in elevation. The remaining twelve foot by twelve foot space is cradled as a jewel, exposing itself and the contained domestic programs (kitchen, sitting room, roof deck) to the urban environment. Countering the weight & opacity of the L-shaped mass, the cradled jewel exposes itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s superstructural elements as finished steel members and exposed metal decking. Horizontal struts are spaced regularly along the central vertical bays of structural steel to provide lateral bracing. These are broken up by irregularly spaced non-structural struts, creating a field of random banding. Photographs by Paul Warchol

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B.1

B.9

C.9

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ground level

F C

STUCCO 1

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GLASS 1

STUCCO 1

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east elevation

2nd level

C.9

GLASS 1

3rd level

STUCCO 1

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F BATH 1

1 1/2"

1 1/4"

HSS9X5X5/8

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RUBBER FLOOR 1 1"

L6X3-1/2X1/2 L6X3-1/2X1/2

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3/4"x3/4" SOLID STL @ 12" O.C., TYP.

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SITTING ROOM

STAIRWAY

HSS5X5X1/2

HSS6X2X3/8

STEEL TREADS 1

2 A4.1

SECOND FLOOR PLAN DETAIL

3" = 1'-0"

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DOW KAUST WATER LAB HOK KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia Project Designer DD through CD

From 2015-2016 I was involved with this project from DD through CD. I served as a project designer, along with 3 other designers, and my role was primarily the development of the exterior skin systems. As design elements changed, evolved, or were developed further, we were also tasked with communicating this to the team; including models I built and shown in the following pages. This project for a water lab on the threshold of the KAUST campus and the Red Sea is to act as the crown jewel and entry moment for the campus. A mostly opeque building, the challenge was to create a metal panel system that could be applied on a large scale , is economical, repetitive, easy to install, and yet allows enough variation across many different applications. 6 types of bent metal plate were used to create a water-like effect across otherwise â&#x20AC;&#x153;dead-zonesâ&#x20AC;? of facade. Photographs by others

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custom hangable aluminum plate and mounting bracket system

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WOLFE STREET CONDO Morris-HZ

Dallas TX Project Designer Concept through SD This project for the firm’s president is both a permanent home base for him and his wife, and space for showcasing their most beloved art. Working with MorrisHZ’s interior’s team I was primarily involved in laying out the sequences of spaces housing both artwork display and also private living areas. Varying ceiling heights and materiality, along with layers of casework and thresholds, work together to build drama and sequence in the space, while working around intimate areas meant for everyday living and entertaining. Photographs by Others

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DAHLONEGA RESIDENCE David Jameson Architect Bethesda Maryland Project Designer Concept through CD/Permitting

This project reused the foundations and perimeter walls of an existing two story mid century modern home on a slope, and removed the roof to create a new more open relationship to its surroundings. Bracketed by a wicket of weathering steel, the house is articulated as a portal to the landscape. An exterior living area is provided within the open space beneath the wicket as a counter-pressure to the steeply sloped site. The main level is veiled in stucco, acid etched glass, and transparent glass, providing layered tectonic contrast to the void space above. The upper level glass cube and burned wood volume further the juxtaposition of the heavy and light. Photographs by Bruce Damonte

A2.2 1

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16' - 10 1/2"

1' - 0 1/2"

D.1

A3.0

A3.2 3' - 9 1/2"

I certify that these documents were prepared and/or approved by me, and that I am a duly licensed Architect under the laws of the State of Maryland, license number 10288, expiration date 3.17.2011

A3.1 15' - 11"

4 A0.4

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15' - 4 1/2"

CODE COMPLIANCE:

4' - 1 1/2"

17' - 4"

2' - 3 1/2"

All design and work shall be performed in strict compliance with IRC 2009. See General Notes section on Sheet T0.0, Line Item 4.

1' - 0 1/2"

6 WOOD FLOORING 1 2 A0.4

6' - 1 1/2"

15' - 1 1/2"

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5 A8.5 3' - 1 1/2"

FIRESTONE ULTRAPLY TPO MEMBRANE

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DRYWALL KNEEWALL AT 36" AFF 13' - 0 1/2"

13' - 6 1/2"

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A8.5 2

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A8.6 2

open to living room below

1 A8.6

07.30.10 CONSTRUCTION SET 07.08.10 PERMIT SET 12.08.09 SCHEMATIC DESIGN 09.18.09 PRELIMINARY DESIGN

1 29' - 9"

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1' - 6"

GUEST BEDROOM/OFFICE

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EGRESS

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open to below

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A3.3

David Jameson Architect Inc. 113 South Patrick Street

0' - 9"

A l e x a n d r i a, V i r g i n i a 2 2 3 1 4 1 A2.3

8' - 8 1/2"

8' - 1 1/2"

TILE 1

Phone: 703.739.3840 Fax:

703.739.0555

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TILE 2 203

GUEST CLOSET

Binder Residence

GUEST BATHROOM OUTDOOR TERRACE

1' - 2 1/2"0' - 9 1/2"

1' - 9"

6415 Dahlonega Road Bethesda, MD 20816

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A0.3

METAL COPING 32' - 8" 2 A0.3

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SECOND FLOOR PLAN

FLOOR PLANS

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PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION: 1

A3.2

B 3' - 9 1/2"

A2.2

A3.1

15' - 11"

D.1

A3.0

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14' - 3"

I certify that these documents were prepared and/or approved by me, and that I am a duly licensed Architect under the laws of the State of Maryland, license number 10288, expiration date 3.17.2011

F 4' - 1 1/2"

CODE COMPLIANCE:

All design and work shall be performed in strict compliance with IRC 2009. See General Notes section on Sheet T0.0, Line Item 4.

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STEEL RAILING

MASTER BEDROOM

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DINING ROOM

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WOOD FLOORING 1

LIVING ROOM FINISH FIRST FLOOR 0' - 0"

11' - 1 1/2"

HORSE CUT BOX STAIR WITH 1/4x1/4 REVEAL 3/16" FOLDED STEEL PLATES

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ZERO CLEARANCE WOOD BURNING METAL FIREBOX

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KITCHEN

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David Jameson Architect Inc. 113 South Patrick Street

4 A8.0

A l e x a n d r i a, V i r g i n i a 2 2 3 1 4 Phone: 703.739.3840

POWDER

Fax:

MUDROOM

703.739.0555

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ENTRY HALL

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Binder Residence

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MASTER CLOSET

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TILE 1

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1/2" = 1'-0"

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WOODSIDE RESIDENCE

David Jameson Architect Washington DC Project Designer Concept through SD

The concept I came up with in 2010 for this residence was for a structure that could be built in two stages: first, a continuous concrete ribbon that independently creates public space and provides structure for the second stage of off-site prefabricated constructed capsules. These contain private programs, which are inserted into the concrete ribbon network. The built-up north-eastern side of the project includes the entry, dining room, kitchen and great room, which inhabit the space under the second level bedroom capsules and the interstitial ribbon space simultaneously. As the project moves to the more private south-western part of the site it becomes less dense and the ribbon begins to create interstitial space not only internally but also with itself on the exterior, creating a primary and numerous secondary courtyards. Photographs by Bruce Damonte

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MASTER BEDROOM

BREAKFAST ROOM GREAT ROOM

MASTER CLOSET

KITCHEN

PLAY AREA

GUEST SUITE

GUEST BEDROOM

BEDROOM 1

DINING ROOM

BEDROOM 2

GROUND LEVEL HALLWAY

MUDROOM

BEDROOM 3 BEDROOM 4

GARAGE

LEVEL 1

STUDY

PLAY AREA

GUEST BEDROOM GUEST SUITE

MUDROOM

MASTER BEDROOM

MASTER CLOSET

PLAY AREA STUDY

STUDY

GUEST BEDROOM

BEDROOM 1

BEDROOM 2

BEDROOM 3

BEDROOM 4

YOGA ROOM

GARAGE

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LEVEL 1

LEVEL 2

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POST OAK POOL HOUSE NEMEStudio

Houston TX UNBUILT Project Designer Concept through DD Designer for this 900 sf pool house addition to a highrise condominium building in Houston. Other than the roof (visible from the units above), the structure is entirely glass. The glass wall zigs and zags as a series of 3â&#x20AC;&#x2122;-6â&#x20AC;? panels that create 90 degree seating niches within the structure. 8 of these panels are on hinges and act as fenestration.

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34’-3”

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CORPORATE OFFICE CAMPUS HOK

Pittsburgh PA UNBUILT Project Designer SD through CD A member of a 3 person design team for the 500,000sf campus of a major energy company, I was involved with the project from initial SD, through DD, a second round of conceptual studies after DD, and then an additional round of SD with an updated amenities component, until the project was ultimately placed on hold due to a readjustment in corrporate projections. The project takes typical office block typologies and combines them into one single bar on the site that still retains its autonomy as three separate buildings through the bending and floating of the form. The podium that 2/3 of the bar sits on cascades down the 60’ topographic change to cradle the amenities tower and campus entry element. My primary contribution was directed towards the skin of the project. 4 materials are used throughout the campus: a heavy solid (5’x10’x2” high performance concrete panels), a gasket (highly reflective CW), a podium (CW with 9.5” vertically oriented fins spaced 30” apart), and the amenity skin (CW with custom frit). Many studies at various scales were used to determine the modulation, graphic and tectonic relationships all of these materials had across the many contexts of the suburban office campus.

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CORPORATE OFFICE CAMPUS MOON TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA

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My primary contribution was directed towards the skin of the project. 4 materials are used throughout the campus: a heavy solid (5’x10’x2” high performance concrete panels), a gasket (highly reflective CW), a podium (CW with 9.5” vertically oriented fins spaced 30” apart), and the amenity skin (CW with custom frit). Many studies at various scales were used to determine the modulation, graphic and tectonic relationships all of these materials had across the many contexts of the suburban office campus.

skin study models

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Many studies at various scales were used to determine the modulation, graphic and tectonic relationships all of these materials had across the many contexts of the suburban office campus.

5’

10’

5’

10’

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skin study models

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NEW METRO BUS SHELTER PROTOTYPES Morris-HZ

Houston TX UNBUILT Project Designer Concept through CD/Pricing One of three teams tasked with creating new prototypes for modular bus shelter systems that can be expanded from local routes to larger major intersection stops. My prototype took on the role of most versatile and flexible, and was conceived of being deployed in over 80% of the situations throughout the network. Additionally, as this was to be rolled out with the new bus network route and corporate branding, this module was designed to take on the graphic legibility and boldness of the existing Houston Metro logo, which was not to change in the new branding excise. Colored panels and white stripes in logo are made of polycarbonate, and in the case of the stripes act as LED lens caps. These are mounted on an anodized aluminum frame which and is all prefabricated off site. Depending on the size and needs of the local station various numbers of modules are bolted to in-situ foundations and bolted together. All materials and assemblies are graffiti resistant and joints are intentionally left open to allow for maintenance, water penetration, and to discourage refuse build up at the base and sides. We took these prototypes from initial concept through CD documentation and initial pricing.

4'-0"

1'-4" 5'-0"

2'-0"

5'-0"

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5'-5"

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4'-6"

4’-0” MODULE x2

8’

4’

2’

8’

4’

2’

1’

4'-0"

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1/2” = 1’-0”

4’-0” MODULE x3 1/2” = 1’-0”

5'-0"

5'-0" 2'-0"

5'-0"

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1’

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5'-0"

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8’-0” MODULE x3

8’

4’

2’

1’

1'-6"

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8'-0"

10'-0"

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3'-9"

5'-3"

4'-5"

1/2” = 1’-0”

5'-0"

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3'-9"

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8’-0” MODULE x5

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3'-10"

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2’

1’

aluminum channel for optional lighting/data wiring perforated metal trash bin bolted to concrete surround precast concrete trash surround with open base frosted lexan panel, LED backlit (SEE DETAILS) perforated metal bench on 3/4” dia frame welded to superstructure route map embedded on backside of alum pier cold-rolled rounded metal channel clear lexan panel with applied decals, hung from frame aluminum frame with aluminum panels aluminum panel with perforated METRO graphic aluminum panel

LIMITED SPACE: 4’-0” clear minimum and 5’-0” clear maximum inside shelter. LIMITED SEATING: 4 linear feet of seating per module. ASSEMBLY: Stackable module frame allows majority of unit to be assembled/stored offsite. SECURITY: Open/transparent design maximizes visibility, while concealed anchor bolts and hanging lexan panels minimizes vandalism.

MODULE COMPOSITION

pre-fabricated aluminum frames in storage

aluminum panel stand-off pins for glass panel attachments colored lexan panel frosted lexan panel, LED backlit (SEE DETAILS) aluminum panel

clear lexan panel with applied decal station cold-rolled rounded metal channel concealed and adjustable anchor bolts cast into foundation (SEE DETAILS)

6” spread concrete foundation

WEATHER: Full ROW-depth overhangs, side panels, and front panels where applicable provide for weather protection. TEMPRATURE: Open construction creates little to no temprature differential. AIR CIRCULATION: Open construction and 6” opening at top of frame allow air circulation throughout shelter. CLEANLINESS: Open joints in panels and 6” opening at base of frame allow for effeciency in pressure washer cleaning.

NEW METRO BUS SHELTER PROTOTYPE DESIGN: CONCEPT A

DECEMBER 07, 2015

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CONCEPT A

NEW METRO BUS SHELTER PROTOTYPE DESIGN: CONCEPT A

DECEMBER 07, 2015

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AL MARJAN Morris-HZ

AL MARJAN ISLAND UAE UNBUILT Project Designer Concept Sited roughly 90 kilometers north of Dubai on the man-made island of Al Marjan, in the Emirate Ras Al Khaimah, this resort hotel draws from the landform making culture of the UAE. The 5-sided site is extruded as a 35 meter tall block, eroded and carved in order to create a cohesive form that adapts to the varied program of a resort hotel. Smaller scaled carving at lower levels create entries & moments of public engagement with the beach, while large scale carving at upper levels create tower elements containing hotel rooms open to views and daylight. Middle levels remain large site-spanning plates for conferences and entertainment programs, while pool decks and spa programs occur above these nestled within the canyons of hotel towers above. The skin of the original extruded block form is articulated as a rough surface through the use of fritted glass and aluminum extrusions, while carved portions of the block are clear glass rendered shear through the minimal use of extrusions on the exterior side.

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1111 PENNSYLVANIA AVE MOB Morris-HZ

Ft Worth TX Project Designer Concept through CD/Pricing Since 2016 I have been the project designer for this 5 level, 120,000 GSF, half speculative, half built to suit, medical office building in Fort Worth Texas. The clientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s desire for a maximization of square footage, plus off street structured parking, the complex structural and mechancical requirements of helathcare, and the design guidelines for the neighborhood all came together to create a complex design problem. The building maximizes its footprint on levels 2 and 3 in order to allow for the parking garage to function to Texas standards, and on most of level 4 to maximize rentable square footage. On these levels the office level and garage levels are rendered as one with the continuation of vertical fins that span all 3 levels and help, along with infilled perforated metal panels, to obscure the garage from the ground level. The ground level, level 5 and a portion of level 4 are setback from this maximum envelope by 12â&#x20AC;&#x2122; in order to signify entry and more intimate office and clinic spaces.

A.2

FOLDABLE NANA WALL

BALCONY

FOLDABLE NANA WALL

1 CIRCULATION

Area (Gross Building) Level

CORE

2 MECH

PLUMB

TELECOM

LEVEL 02 LEVEL 03

RESTROOMS

LEVEL 04

HSKP

LEASE

PLUMB P

Area

LEVEL 01

ELEC

SERVICES/BOH

MECH

LEVEL 05 Total

19,525 SF 19,525 SF 26,269 SF 26,269 SF 26,269 SF 26,269 SF 25,038 SF 25,038 SF 23,937 SF 23,937 SF 121,037 SF

PARKING SCHEDULE Level

LEVEL 01 LEVEL 01 LEVEL 01: 4 LEVEL 02 LEVEL 02 LEVEL 02 LEVEL 02 LEVEL 02: 55 LEVEL 03 LEVEL 03 LEVEL 03 LEVEL 03 LEVEL 03: 56 Total: 115

FLOOR PLAN _ LEVEL 5

8'-0" 8'-6" 9'-0" HC 9'-0"

14 12 27 2

8'-0" 8'-6" 9'-0" HC 9'-0"

13 12 29 2

A.2

DECEMBER 01, 2016

9'-0"

8'-0" 8'-0" 8'-0"

9'-0"

8'-6"

8'-0" 8'-0"

8'-0"

9'-0"

PLUMB

9'-0"

MECH

9'-0"

PARKING

LEVEL 02

SERVICES/BOH

8'-6"

LEVEL 03 LEVEL 04

MECHELEC 8'-6"

Area

LEVEL 01

9'-0"

Area (Gross Building) Level

CORE

9'-0"

CIRCULATION

9'-0"

PLUMB

9'-0"

MECH

8'-0"

LEVEL 05 Total

19,525 SF 19,525 SF 26,269 SF 26,269 SF 26,269 SF 26,269 SF 25,038 SF 25,038 SF 23,937 SF 23,937 SF 121,037 SF

8'-6"

PARKING SCHEDULE

8'-6"

8'-6" 9'-0"

8'-6"

9'-0"

HC 9'-0"

9'-0"

HC 9'-0"

9'-0"

Level

8'-6"

8'-0" 8%

16%

12.7%

LEVEL 01 LEVEL 01 LEVEL 01: 4 LEVEL 02 LEVEL 02 LEVEL 02 LEVEL 02 LEVEL 02: 55 LEVEL 03 LEVEL 03 LEVEL 03 LEVEL 03 LEVEL 03: 56 Total: 115

8'-0"

FLOOR PLAN _ LEVEL 2

Type Mark

Count

9'-0" HC 11'-0"

3 1

8'-0" 8'-6" 9'-0" HC 9'-0"

14 12 27 2

8'-0" 8'-6" 9'-0" HC 9'-0"

13 12 29 2

1111 PENNSYLVANIA AVE MOB 3/64” = 1’-0”

A.2

DECEMBER 01, 2016

32' - 6"

30' - 0"

E 30' - 0"

F 32' - 6"

MAIN ENTRANCE

8' - 9"

5' - 0"

Count 3 1

1111 PENNSYLVANIA AVE MOB 3/64” = 1’-0”

8'-0" 8'-0" 8'-6"

MECH

Type Mark 9'-0" HC 11'-0"

RETAIL/MEDICAL OFFICE

32' - 6"

1 RETAIL/MEDICAL OFFICE

LOBBY

CIRCULATION

HSKP

30' - 0"

FIRE RISER /H20 VAULT

SERVICES/BOH

LEVEL 05 Total

MECH & PLUMBING FIRE RISER /H20 VAULT

PARKING SCHEDULE Level

29' - 1"

LOADING BERTH

DUMPSTER

HC 11'-0"

FLOOR PLAN _ LEVEL 1 _ OPTION 1

9'-0"

16.0%

PARKING ENTRANCE

LEVEL 01 LEVEL 01 LEVEL 01: 4 LEVEL 02 LEVEL 02 LEVEL 02 LEVEL 02 LEVEL 02: 55 LEVEL 03 LEVEL 03 LEVEL 03 LEVEL 03 LEVEL 03: 56 Total: 115

1111 PENNSYLVANIA AVE MOB 3/64” = 1’-0”

19,525 SF 19,525 SF 26,269 SF 26,269 SF 26,269 SF 26,269 SF 25,038 SF 25,038 SF 23,937 SF 23,937 SF 121,037 SF

45' - 0"

WATERMETER

LEVEL 03 LEVEL 04

MAIN ELEC

3' - 0" SETBACK

LEVEL 02

RESTROOMS

TELECOM

20'x18.5' SWITCHGEAR

Area

LEVEL 01

LEASE

15'x11.5' trans.

Area (Gross Building) Level

CORE

DECEMBER 01, 2016

Type Mark

Count

9'-0" HC 11'-0"

3 1

8'-0" 8'-6" 9'-0" HC 9'-0"

14 12 27 2

8'-0" 8'-6" 9'-0" HC 9'-0"

13 12 29 2

ROOF

66’-0” T.O. SLAB 64’-3” B.O. SLAB

LEVEL 05: OFFICE LEVEL

12’-3”

8’-3”

28’-0” T.O. SLAB 26’-3” B.O. SLAB

LEVEL 02: PARKING

LEVEL 04: OFFICE LEVEL

LEVEL 03: PARKING

8’-3”

LEVEL 02: PARKING 18’-0” T.O. SLAB

15’-10” B.O. SLAB

0’-0” T.O. SLAB

8’-3”

28’-0” T.O. SLAB 26’-3” B.O. SLAB

18’-0” T.O. SLAB

LEVEL 01: RETAIL/CLINIC

12’-3”

38’-0” T.O. SLAB 36’-3” B.O. SLAB

LEVEL 03: PARKING

12’-3”

52’-0” T.O. SLAB 50’-3” B.O. SLAB

LEVEL 04: OFFICE LEVEL

LEVEL 05: OFFICE LEVEL

15’-10”

LEVEL 01: RETAIL/CLINIC

8’-3”

15’-10”

0’-0” T.O. SLAB

penn ave 155

penn ave 157

A.2

CURTAIN WALL W/ GLASS ROOF 66' - 0"

LED STRIP LIGHTING GLASS RAIL CURTAIN WALL W/ VERTICAL FACECAP EXTENTION W/GLASS

LEVEL 05 52' - 0"

CURTAIN WALL W/ VERTICAL FACECAP EXTENTION W/ PERFORATED MTL PANEL

LEVEL 04 38' - 0" LEVEL 03 28' - 0"

TRESPA PANEL 01 3D LED SIGNAGE

LEVEL 02 18' - 0"

TRESPA PANEL 02 MTL COLUMN COVERS STOREFRONT

LEVEL 01 0"

A.2

32' - 6"

30' - 0"

8' - 9"

E 30' - 0"

F 32' - 6"

MAIN ENTRANCE

5' - 0"

32' - 6"

RETAIL/MEDICAL OFFICE

CIRCULATION

Area (Gross Building) Level

CORE

30' - 0"

LEASE

RESTROOMS

Area

LEVEL 01 LEVEL 02 LEVEL 03 LEVEL 04

SERVICES/BOH

TELECOM

LEVEL 05 Total

45' - 0"

MEP/BOH

MAIN ELEC

PARKING SCHEDULE

29' - 1"

AMBULANCE PARKING

3' - 0" SETBACK

NORTH ELEVATION

DUMPSTER

Level

15'x11.5' trans. 20'x18.5' SWITCHGEAR

19,077 SF 19,077 SF 26,105 SF 26,105 SF 26,105 SF 26,105 SF 24,996 SF 24,996 SF 23,871 SF 23,871 SF 120,154 SF

HC 11'-0"

9'-0"

16.0%

Type Mark

LEVEL 01 9'-0" LEVEL 01 HC 11'-0" LEVEL 01: 5 LEVEL 02 8'-0" LEVEL 02 8'-6" LEVEL 02 9'-0" LEVEL 02: 58 LEVEL 03 8'-0" LEVEL 03 8'-6" LEVEL 03 9'-0" LEVEL 03: 57 Total: 120

PARKING ENTRANCE

Count 3 2 16 12 30 13 12 32

1111 PENNSYLVANIA AVE MOB 1/16” = 1’-0”

DECEMBER 01, 2016

DRAINABLE EIFS 02: COLOR TO MATCH CMU

DRAINABLE EIFS 01 ROOF 66' - 0"

CURTAIN WALL W/ GLASS CURTAIN WALL W/ VERTICAL FACECAP EXTENTION W/GLASS

LEVEL 05 52' - 0"

CURTAIN WALL W/ VERTICAL FACECAP EXTENTION W/ PERFORATED MTL PANEL

LEVEL 04 38' - 0" LEVEL 03 28' - 0"

3D LED SIGNAGE TRESPA PANEL 01

LEVEL 02 18' - 0"

TRESPA PANEL 02 CMU STOREFRONT

LEVEL 01 0"

A.2

32' - 6"

30' - 0"

8' - 9"

E 30' - 0"

F 32' - 6"

MAIN ENTRANCE

5' - 0"

32' - 6"

RETAIL/MEDICAL OFFICE

CIRCULATION

Area (Gross Building) Level

CORE

30' - 0"

LEASE

RESTROOMS

Area

LEVEL 01 LEVEL 02 LEVEL 03 LEVEL 04

3 TELECOM

SERVICES/BOH

LEVEL 05 Total

45' - 0"

MEP/BOH

MAIN ELEC

PARKING SCHEDULE

1111 PENNSYLVANIA AVE MOB 1/16” = 1’-0”

DECEMBER 01, 2016

DUMPSTER

3' - 0" SETBACK

WEST ELEVATION

29' - 1"

AMBULANCE PARKING

Level

15'x11.5' trans. 20'x18.5' SWITCHGEAR

HC 11'-0"

19,077 SF 19,077 SF 26,105 SF 26,105 SF 26,105 SF 26,105 SF 24,996 SF 24,996 SF 23,871 SF 23,871 SF 120,154 SF

HC 11'-0"

9'-0"

16.0%

PARKING ENTRANCE

LEVEL 01 LEVEL 01 LEVEL 01: 5 LEVEL 02 LEVEL 02 LEVEL 02 LEVEL 02: 58 LEVEL 03 LEVEL 03 LEVEL 03 LEVEL 03: 57 Total: 120

Type Mark

Count

9'-0" HC 11'-0"

3 2

8'-0" 8'-6" 9'-0"

16 12 30

8'-0" 8'-6" 9'-0"

13 12 32

A.2

ROOF 66' - 0"

DRAINABLE EIFS 01 LEVEL 05 52' - 0"

DRAINABLE EIFS 02: COLOR TO MATCH CMU

LEVEL 04 38' - 0"

CABLE RAIL CRASH BARRIERS @ PERIMETER OF ENTIRE GARAGE

LEVEL 03 28' - 0" LEVEL 02 18' - 0"

CMU LEVEL 01 0"

A.2

32' - 6"

30' - 0"

8' - 9"

E 30' - 0"

F 32' - 6"

MAIN ENTRANCE

5' - 0"

32' - 6"

RETAIL/MEDICAL OFFICE

CIRCULATION

Area (Gross Building) Level

CORE

30' - 0"

LEASE

RESTROOMS

Area

LEVEL 01 LEVEL 02 LEVEL 03 LEVEL 04

SERVICES/BOH

TELECOM

LEVEL 05 Total

45' - 0"

MEP/BOH

MAIN ELEC

PARKING SCHEDULE

29' - 1"

AMBULANCE PARKING

3' - 0" SETBACK

SOUTH ELEVATION

DUMPSTER

Level

15'x11.5' trans. 20'x18.5' SWITCHGEAR

19,077 SF 19,077 SF 26,105 SF 26,105 SF 26,105 SF 26,105 SF 24,996 SF 24,996 SF 23,871 SF 23,871 SF 120,154 SF

HC 11'-0"

9'-0"

16.0%

Type Mark

LEVEL 01 9'-0" LEVEL 01 HC 11'-0" LEVEL 01: 5 LEVEL 02 8'-0" LEVEL 02 8'-6" LEVEL 02 9'-0" LEVEL 02: 58 LEVEL 03 8'-0" LEVEL 03 8'-6" LEVEL 03 9'-0" LEVEL 03: 57 Total: 120

PARKING ENTRANCE

Count 3 2 16 12 30 13 12 32

1111 PENNSYLVANIA AVE MOB 1/16” = 1’-0”

DECEMBER 01, 2016

DRAINABLE EIFS 01 ROOF 66' - 0"

CURTAIN WALL W/ GLASS GLASS RAIL CURTAIN WALL W/ VERTICAL FACECAP EXTENTION W/GLASS

LEVEL 05 52' - 0"

CURTAIN WALL W/ VERTICAL FACECAP EXTENTION W/ PERFORATED MTL PANEL

LEVEL 04 38' - 0" LEVEL 03 28' - 0"

TRESPA PANEL 01 TRESPA PANEL 02 3D LED SIGNAGE

LEVEL 02 18' - 0"

CMU MTL COLUMN COVERS STOREFRONT

LEVEL 01 0"

A.2

32' - 6"

30' - 0"

8' - 9"

E 30' - 0"

F 32' - 6"

MAIN ENTRANCE

5' - 0"

32' - 6"

RETAIL/MEDICAL OFFICE

CIRCULATION

Area (Gross Building) Level

CORE

30' - 0"

LEASE

RESTROOMS

Area

LEVEL 01 LEVEL 02 LEVEL 03 LEVEL 04

3 TELECOM

SERVICES/BOH

LEVEL 05 Total

MAIN ELEC

PARKING SCHEDULE

DUMPSTER

3' - 0" SETBACK

EAST ELEVATION

29' - 1"

AMBULANCE PARKING

Level

15'x11.5' trans. 20'x18.5' SWITCHGEAR

HC 11'-0"

9'-0"

16.0%

DECEMBER 01, 2016

PARKING ENTRANCE

1111 PENNSYLVANIA AVE MOB 1/16” = 1’-0”

19,077 SF 19,077 SF 26,105 SF 26,105 SF 26,105 SF 26,105 SF 24,996 SF 24,996 SF 23,871 SF 23,871 SF 120,154 SF

45' - 0"

MEP/BOH

penn ave 159

Type Mark

LEVEL 01 9'-0" LEVEL 01 HC 11'-0" LEVEL 01: 5 LEVEL 02 8'-0" LEVEL 02 8'-6" LEVEL 02 9'-0" LEVEL 02: 58 LEVEL 03 8'-0" LEVEL 03 8'-6" LEVEL 03 9'-0" LEVEL 03: 57 Total: 120

Count 3 2 16 12 30 13 12 32

penn ave 161

12 :

BUFFALO BAYOU

EAST

BBPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s East Sector Master Plan offers a long-term vision for the trails, open spaces, and neighborhoods along Buffalo Bayou East between I-69 and the Port Houston Turning Basin. Informed by significant community input, the plan envisions a network of new waterfront open spaces closely integrated with existing upland neighborhoods, and seeks to bring greater activity to the waterfront and stronger connections to the neighborhoods. As is outlined on the following pages, the plan is guided by four key principles: Authentic, Connected, Inclusive, and Resilient.

T H E B AYO U

BUFFALO BAYOU

VISION

EAST

: 13

BUFFALO BAYOU EAST MASTER PLAN

Morris-HZ (collaboration with Michael Van Vaulkenburgh Associates) Houston TX Project Designer/Urban Planner Master planning, community engagement Since 2017 I have worked with Morris/Huitt-Zollars’ Urban planning team as a designer and planner/consultant on a number of collaborative studies with landscape architecture firm Michael Van Vaulkenburgh Associates out of Brooklyn and Cambridge Mass. One such study was commissioned by the Buffalo Bayou Partnership of Houston. The BBP has garnered international attention for its’ creation of Houston’s Buffalo Bayou park which took an otherwise unsightly urban bayou and turned it into one of the best linear park systems in the world. That park spanned from Houston’s downtown, miles west into some of the most affluent neighborhoods in Houston. Buffalo Bayou East was a project commissioned by the BBP to imagine a similar linear park spanning from Downtown Houston for 5 miles to the east through some of Houston’s poorest, and most industrial neighborhoods. Our team won the project in part thanks to our deep understanding of what would make this project uniquely Houston. Rather than turn our back to the industrial character, we embraced it. How could we leverage existing park assets and work to connect neighborhoods previously separated from the waterfront by heavy active industry, to their natural assets? Working under the guidance planner Christof Spieler in our office, we came up with the thesis of the project in a series of “Industrial Wedge” diagrams that simply illustrated the issues and possible design solutions (pictured on next page). This ultimately won us the project, and our main role on the master planning team became connectivity across the system. The main product that came out of this was a series greenways that would connect neighborhoods to the park, and act as green fingers reaching out to bring the public in to the new park system. Colored Plans by MVVA

WEDGE

a void currently exists between the eastern sector of Buffalo Bayou & itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s surrounding neighborhoods

GREEN SPACE

addition of parks & trails remidies this by connecting the western & eastern ends

INDUSTRIAL

active long-term industrial uses will continue to isolate large swaths of surrounding neighborhoods

CONNECT

integrating neighborhood & open space development

buffalo bayou 167

White Oak Bayou

Warehouse District

McKee St Arts District Development

na me

Pro

Sports Courts

Event Lawn

I-69

Arts & Events

Clinton Dr

I-10

4/6

Japhet Creek

Recreation Lawns

unity

T17

Finnigan Park

T18

Picnic Lawn

Park Pavilion, Climbing Ticket Office Walls Ropes BMX Course Course

Bayou View Picnic Pavilion Botanical Display

T22

Pedestrian Bridge

02 Water Access

Marsh, Training Hill Mud Course

T20

Enhanced Habitat & Amenities

Sports Shed

T19

Providence St

Coke St

Nature Play

Dick St

Sports Fields

Bayou Promenade

Garden

Cafe Water Gardens

“Tripod” Pedestrian Bridge

Pedestrian & Bike Trail

Wetland Treatment

Event Space Community Events, Incubator Space

Turkey Bend

T23

T21

McReynolds Middle School

Kayak Waterways, Wetland Habitat

Clinton

Trail

Armour Dr

n & Bike

Pedestria

T30

Selena Quintanilla Perez Park

Bayou Lawn

Magnolia Park

T25

T27

T25

Overlook

T26 Pedestrian & Bike Trail

T26

Picnic Grove

Bayou Landing & Lawn

Nature Trails

Nature Center

Outdoor Classroom

Denver Harbor

T26

Picnic Grove, Wetland Habitat

Hidalgo Park

Nature Play

Yolanda Black Navarro Buffalo Bend Nature Park

T28

ion Blvd

Navigat

McC T26

St arty

Fifth Ward

T16 B4

Pedestrian Bridge

Nature Trail Tree House

Comm

Pedestrian Bridge

Kayak Waterways & Habitat Islands

Viewpoint

Enhanced Habitat

Event Lawn

Wetland Waterways

T15

Bayou Promenade

Event Lawn

T12

Play Landscape

Tony Marron Park

Parking

Water Play

Fiesta Plaza & Cafe

Enhanced Habitat

T10

Sports FIelds

T14

Park Entrance

Boat & Kayak Launch Park Pavilion/ Rice Crew Boat House

Parking

Swimming Pavilion

T13

Temporary Parking

Boating & Kayak Launch

T24

Lathrop St

Bayou View Lawn

T11 G2 Swimming Hole

Beach Parking

k St N. Yor

Press St

Enhanced Habitat

Pedestrian Bridge

Kayak & Boat Launch

Gregg St

Picnic Grove

Boat Launch Ampitheater

Stormwater Detention Basins

Skate Park

Sloped Bayou Lawn

Recreation Lawns, Bayou VIews

I-69

Neighborhood Plaza

Schweikhardt St

Greenway Connection

yo Ba

Nance St

Elysian St

Flood Protection, North Canal

Downtown Development Blocks

Guadalupe Plaza Park

Na vig atio n Bl vd

Canal

Dr od wo

James Bute Park

Navigation Esplanade

Settegast Park

Trail

ger

ch Hirs

Dr en

Pedestrian & Bike Trail

mm erce

Viewpoint

Ave

urg Bike

Minute Maid Park

Texa s

BVVA Compass Stadium

Harrisb

Fin

d Dr

Boa Allen’s t and Lan Kay ding , ak Lau nch

Downtown

Convention Center

rrisb urg Blvd

& itat

Exis Enh ting anc Wo ed ods Hab

woo

Lock

Ave I

Chavez Blvd Ceasar

Discovery Green

Milb y St

2nd Ward St ood Greenw

Gre

ck Lo

n St

ns Je

Rd na Dr en

St le rk

St Yo

s St

Nag on

St mps

artre

East Downtown Sa

Waysid

e Dr

rian Bridge

Pedest

Sports Fields

0’ 300’

900’

Port of Houston

Turning Basin

Port of Houston Viewpoint

T29

Sports Hall

300’

buffalo bayou 169

4/6

Fifth Ward

Sports Courts

Nance St

Sloped Bayou Lawn

Pr om

en ad

Lathrop St

u Ba yo

Denver Harbor

Press St

Flood Protection, North Canal

Coke St

Skate Park Arts District Development

McReynolds Middle School

Finnigan Park

Gregg St

Warehouse District

White Oak Bayou

Selena Quintanilla Perez Park

T18

Schweikhardt St

McKee St

Elysian St

T17

Providence St

I-10

arty

I-69

McC

Recreation Lawns, Bayou VIews

Stormwater Detention Basins

Nature Play

Sports Hall

Clinton Dr

James Bute Park

T16

Japhet Creek

Pedestrian Bridge

T27

Dick St

Nature Trail

Boa Allen’s t and Lan Kay ding, ak Lau nch

Clinton

St le

Viewpoint

Park Pavilion/ Rice Crew Boat House

G2 Swimming Hole

Swimming Pavilion

Sports FIelds

Enhanced Habitat & Amenities

Parking

Milb y St

rk St

unity

T14

Garde

T21

T29

Water Gardens

trian

Pedes

Bayou Lawn

G6 Pedestri

“Tripod” Pedestrian Bridge

an & Bike

T26

Trail

Pedestrian & Bike Trail

T26

T25

Kayak Waterways, Wetland Habitat

Pedestrian & Bike Trail

Picnic Grove, Wetland Habitat

T26

woo dD

Outdoor Classroom

r Chave

T23

Boating & Kayak Launch

risb

urg Blvd

Harris

burg

Bike Tra

il Canal

East Downtown

Yolanda Black Navarro Buffalo Bend Nature Park

T30

Hidalgo Park B6

St Yo rk

Greenw ood St

Port of Houston

Nature Play

T24

on mps

Turning Basin

Event Space Community Events, Incubator Space

Ave I

2nd Ward

Nature Trails

Ceasa

Temporary Parking

Har

z Blv d

T25

Waysi de

Settegast Park

Nature Center

Overlook

Turkey Bend

Ave

Texa s

BVVA Compass Stadium

Convention Center

Port of Houston Viewpoint

T21

Wetland Treatment

T22

T15

Discovery Green

Bridge

T26

T20

ger

Sports Fields

Armour Dr

Cafe

Botanical Display Water Access

Pedestrian Bridge

G4 Comm

T13

N. Yo

Picnic Lawn

Bayou View Picnic Pavilion

Dre

artr es

Marsh, Training Hill Mud Course

T9 Neighborhood Plaza

Park Pavilion, Climbing Ticket Office Walls Ropes BMX Course Course

Water Play

n Bl vd

woo

Play Landscape

Fiesta Plaza & Cafe

G3 T10

igat io

Sports Shed

Enhanced Habitat

Park Entrance

Parking

Beach Parking

Nav

Sports Fields

T12

Fin

Bayou Promenade

Pedestrian Bridge

Event Lawn

Tony Marron Park

Gr een

Navigation Esplanade

Event Lawn

Lock

T8 Wetland Waterways

Boat & Kayak Launch

T11

d Dr

Recreation Lawns

Kayak Waterways & Habitat Islands

Enhanced Habitat

T4 Viewpoint

Minute Maid Park

Hir sch

Bayou View Lawn

Guadalupe Plaza Park

Nag

mer ce

Com

Enhanced Habitat

Pedestrian Bridge

Arts & Events

Exi Enh sting anc Wo ed ods Ha bit & at

Boat Launch Ampitheater Picnic Grove

Bayou Promenade

Kayak & Boat Launch

I-69

Event Lawn

Downtown

T19

Tree House

Greenway Connection

Downtown Development Blocks

Pedestrian & Bike Trail

Bayou Landing & Lawn Picnic Grove

T28

Magnolia Park

Navig ation

Blvd

300’

0’ 300’

900’

buffalo bayou 171

4/6

Fifth Ward

Sports Courts

Nance St

Sloped Bayou Lawn

Pr om

en ad

Lathrop St

u Ba yo

Denver Harbor

Press St

Flood Protection, North Canal

Coke St

Skate Park Arts District Development

McReynolds Middle School

Finnigan Park

Gregg St

Warehouse District

White Oak Bayou

Selena Quintanilla Perez Park

T18

Schweikhardt St

McKee St

Elysian St

T17

Providence St

I-10

arty

I-69

McC

Recreation Lawns, Bayou VIews

Stormwater Detention Basins

Nature Play

Sports Hall

Clinton Dr

James Bute Park

T16

Japhet Creek

Pedestrian Bridge

T27

Dick St

Nature Trail

Boa Allen’s t and Lan Kay ding, ak Lau nch

Clinton

St le

Viewpoint

Park Pavilion/ Rice Crew Boat House

G2 Swimming Hole

Swimming Pavilion

Sports FIelds

Enhanced Habitat & Amenities

Parking

Milb y St

rk St

unity

T14

Garde

T21

T29

Water Gardens

trian

Pedes

Bayou Lawn

G6 Pedestri

“Tripod” Pedestrian Bridge

an & Bike

T26

Trail

Pedestrian & Bike Trail

T26

T25

Kayak Waterways, Wetland Habitat

Pedestrian & Bike Trail

Picnic Grove, Wetland Habitat

T26

woo dD

Outdoor Classroom

r Chave

T23

Boating & Kayak Launch

risb

urg Blvd

Harris

burg

Bike Tra

il Canal

East Downtown

Yolanda Black Navarro Buffalo Bend Nature Park

T30

Hidalgo Park B6

St Yo rk

Greenw ood St

Port of Houston

Nature Play

T24

on mps

Turning Basin

Event Space Community Events, Incubator Space

Ave I

2nd Ward

Nature Trails

Ceasa

Temporary Parking

Har

z Blv d

T25

Waysi de

Settegast Park

Nature Center

Overlook

Turkey Bend

Ave

Texa s

BVVA Compass Stadium

Convention Center

Port of Houston Viewpoint

T21

Wetland Treatment

T22

T15

Discovery Green

Bridge

T26

T20

ger

Sports Fields

Armour Dr

Cafe

Botanical Display Water Access

Pedestrian Bridge

G4 Comm

T13

N. Yo

Picnic Lawn

Bayou View Picnic Pavilion

Dre

artr es

Marsh, Training Hill Mud Course

T9 Neighborhood Plaza

Park Pavilion, Climbing Ticket Office Walls Ropes BMX Course Course

Water Play

n Bl vd

woo

Play Landscape

Fiesta Plaza & Cafe

G3 T10

igat io

Sports Shed

Enhanced Habitat

Park Entrance

Parking

Beach Parking

Nav

Sports Fields

T12

Fin

Bayou Promenade

Pedestrian Bridge

Event Lawn

Tony Marron Park

Gr een

Navigation Esplanade

Event Lawn

Lock

T8 Wetland Waterways

Boat & Kayak Launch

T11

d Dr

Recreation Lawns

Kayak Waterways & Habitat Islands

Enhanced Habitat

T4 Viewpoint

Minute Maid Park

Hir sch

Bayou View Lawn

Guadalupe Plaza Park

Nag

mer ce

Com

Enhanced Habitat

Pedestrian Bridge

Arts & Events

Exi Enh sting anc Wo ed ods Ha bit & at

Boat Launch Ampitheater Picnic Grove

Bayou Promenade

Kayak & Boat Launch

I-69

Event Lawn

Downtown

T19

Tree House

Greenway Connection

Downtown Development Blocks

Pedestrian & Bike Trail

Bayou Landing & Lawn Picnic Grove

T28

Magnolia Park

Navig ation

Blvd

300’

0’ 300’

900’

buffalo bayou 173

4/6

Fifth Ward

Sports Courts

Nance St

Sloped Bayou Lawn

Pr om

en ad

Lathrop St

u Ba yo

Denver Harbor

Press St

Flood Protection, North Canal

Coke St

Skate Park Arts District Development

McReynolds Middle School

Finnigan Park

Gregg St

Warehouse District

White Oak Bayou

Selena Quintanilla Perez Park

T18

Schweikhardt St

McKee St

Elysian St

T17

Providence St

I-10

arty

I-69

McC

Recreation Lawns, Bayou VIews

Stormwater Detention Basins

Nature Play

Sports Hall

Clinton Dr

James Bute Park

T16

Japhet Creek

Pedestrian Bridge

T27

Dick St

Nature Trail

Boa Allen’s t and Lan Kay ding, ak Lau nch

Clinton

St le

Viewpoint

Park Pavilion/ Rice Crew Boat House

G2 Swimming Hole

Swimming Pavilion

Sports FIelds

Enhanced Habitat & Amenities

Parking

Milb y St

rk St

unity

T14

Garde

T21

T29

Water Gardens

trian

Pedes

Bayou Lawn

G6 Pedestri

“Tripod” Pedestrian Bridge

an & Bike

T26

Trail

Pedestrian & Bike Trail

T26

T25

Kayak Waterways, Wetland Habitat

Pedestrian & Bike Trail

Picnic Grove, Wetland Habitat

T26

woo dD

Outdoor Classroom

r Chave

T23

Boating & Kayak Launch

risb

urg Blvd

Harris

burg

Bike Tra

il Canal

East Downtown

Yolanda Black Navarro Buffalo Bend Nature Park

T30

Hidalgo Park B6

St Yo rk

Greenw ood St

Port of Houston

Nature Play

T24

on mps

Turning Basin

Event Space Community Events, Incubator Space

Ave I

2nd Ward

Nature Trails

Ceasa

Temporary Parking

Har

z Blv d

T25

Waysi de

Settegast Park

Nature Center

Overlook

Turkey Bend

Ave

Texa s

BVVA Compass Stadium

Convention Center

Port of Houston Viewpoint

T21

Wetland Treatment

T22

T15

Discovery Green

Bridge

T26

T20

ger

Sports Fields

Armour Dr

Cafe

Botanical Display Water Access

Pedestrian Bridge

G4 Comm

T13

N. Yo

Picnic Lawn

Bayou View Picnic Pavilion

Dre

artr es

Marsh, Training Hill Mud Course

T9 Neighborhood Plaza

Park Pavilion, Climbing Ticket Office Walls Ropes BMX Course Course

Water Play

n Bl vd

woo

Play Landscape

Fiesta Plaza & Cafe

G3 T10

igat io

Sports Shed

Enhanced Habitat

Park Entrance

Parking

Beach Parking

Nav

Sports Fields

T12

Fin

Bayou Promenade

Pedestrian Bridge

Event Lawn

Tony Marron Park

Gr een

Navigation Esplanade

Event Lawn

Lock

T8 Wetland Waterways

Boat & Kayak Launch

T11

d Dr

Recreation Lawns

Kayak Waterways & Habitat Islands

Enhanced Habitat

T4 Viewpoint

Minute Maid Park

Hir sch

Bayou View Lawn

Guadalupe Plaza Park

Nag

mer ce

Com

Enhanced Habitat

Pedestrian Bridge

Arts & Events

Exi Enh sting anc Wo ed ods Ha bit & at

Boat Launch Ampitheater Picnic Grove

Bayou Promenade

Kayak & Boat Launch

I-69

Event Lawn

Downtown

T19

Tree House

Greenway Connection

Downtown Development Blocks

Pedestrian & Bike Trail

Bayou Landing & Lawn Picnic Grove

T28

Magnolia Park

Navig ation

Blvd

300’

0’ 300’

900’

buffalo bayou 175

White Oak Bayou

Warehouse District

McKee St Arts District Development

na me

Pro

Sports Courts

Event Lawn

I-69

Arts & Events

Clinton Dr

I-10

4/6

Japhet Creek

Recreation Lawns

unity

T17

Finnigan Park

T18

Picnic Lawn

Park Pavilion, Climbing Ticket Office Walls Ropes BMX Course Course

Bayou View Picnic Pavilion Botanical Display

T22

Pedestrian Bridge

02 Water Access

Marsh, Training Hill Mud Course

T20

Enhanced Habitat & Amenities

Sports Shed

T19

Providence St

Coke St

Nature Play

Dick St

Sports Fields

Bayou Promenade

Garden

Cafe Water Gardens

“Tripod” Pedestrian Bridge

Pedestrian & Bike Trail

Wetland Treatment

Event Space Community Events, Incubator Space

Turkey Bend

T23

T21

McReynolds Middle School

Kayak Waterways, Wetland Habitat

Clinton

Trail

Armour Dr

n & Bike

Pedestria

T30

Selena Quintanilla Perez Park

Bayou Lawn

Magnolia Park

T25

T27

T25

Overlook

T26 Pedestrian & Bike Trail

T26

Picnic Grove

Bayou Landing & Lawn

Nature Trails

Nature Center

Outdoor Classroom

Denver Harbor

T26

Picnic Grove, Wetland Habitat

Hidalgo Park

Nature Play

Yolanda Black Navarro Buffalo Bend Nature Park

T28

ion Blvd

Navigat

McC T26

St arty

Fifth Ward

T16 B4

Pedestrian Bridge

Nature Trail Tree House

Comm

Pedestrian Bridge

Kayak Waterways & Habitat Islands

Viewpoint

Enhanced Habitat

Event Lawn

Wetland Waterways

T15

Bayou Promenade

Event Lawn

T12

Play Landscape

Tony Marron Park

Parking

Water Play

Fiesta Plaza & Cafe

Enhanced Habitat

T10

Sports FIelds

T14

Park Entrance

Boat & Kayak Launch Park Pavilion/ Rice Crew Boat House

Parking

Swimming Pavilion

T13

Temporary Parking

Boating & Kayak Launch

T24

Lathrop St

Bayou View Lawn

T11 G2 Swimming Hole

Beach Parking

k St N. Yor

Press St

Enhanced Habitat

Pedestrian Bridge

Kayak & Boat Launch

Gregg St

Picnic Grove

Boat Launch Ampitheater

Stormwater Detention Basins

Skate Park

Sloped Bayou Lawn

Recreation Lawns, Bayou VIews

I-69

Neighborhood Plaza

Schweikhardt St

Greenway Connection

yo Ba

Nance St

Elysian St

Flood Protection, North Canal

Downtown Development Blocks

Guadalupe Plaza Park

Na vig atio n Bl vd

Canal

Dr od wo

James Bute Park

Navigation Esplanade

Settegast Park

Trail

ger

ch Hirs

Dr en

Pedestrian & Bike Trail

mm erce

Viewpoint

Ave

urg Bike

Minute Maid Park

Texa s

BVVA Compass Stadium

Harrisb

Fin

d Dr

Boa Allen’s t and Lan Kay ding , ak Lau nch

Downtown

Convention Center

rrisb urg Blvd

& itat

Exis Enh ting anc Wo ed ods Hab

woo

Lock

Ave I

Chavez Blvd Ceasar

Discovery Green

Milb y St

2nd Ward St ood Greenw

Gre

ck Lo

n St

ns Je

Rd na Dr en

St le rk

St Yo

s St

Nag on

St mps

artre

East Downtown Sa

Waysid

e Dr

rian Bridge

Pedest

Sports Fields

0’ 300’

900’

Port of Houston

Turning Basin

Port of Houston Viewpoint

T29

Sports Hall

300’

buffalo bayou 177

4/6

Fifth Ward

Sports Courts

Nance St

Sloped Bayou Lawn

Pr om

en ad

Lathrop St

u Ba yo

Denver Harbor

Press St

Flood Protection, North Canal

Coke St

Skate Park Arts District Development

McReynolds Middle School

Finnigan Park

Gregg St

Warehouse District

White Oak Bayou

Selena Quintanilla Perez Park

T18

Schweikhardt St

McKee St

Elysian St

T17

Providence St

I-10

arty

I-69

McC

Recreation Lawns, Bayou VIews

Stormwater Detention Basins

Nature Play

Sports Hall

Clinton Dr

James Bute Park

T16

Japhet Creek

Pedestrian Bridge

T27

Dick St

Nature Trail

Boa Allen’s t and Lan Kay ding, ak Lau nch

Clinton

St le

Viewpoint

Park Pavilion/ Rice Crew Boat House

G2 Swimming Hole

Swimming Pavilion

Sports FIelds

Enhanced Habitat & Amenities

Parking

Milb y St

rk St

unity

T14

Garde

T21

T29

Water Gardens

trian

Pedes

Bayou Lawn

G6 Pedestri

“Tripod” Pedestrian Bridge

an & Bike

T26

Trail

Pedestrian & Bike Trail

T26

T25

Kayak Waterways, Wetland Habitat

Pedestrian & Bike Trail

Picnic Grove, Wetland Habitat

T26

woo dD

Outdoor Classroom

r Chave

T23

Boating & Kayak Launch

risb

urg Blvd

Harris

burg

Bike Tra

il Canal

East Downtown

Yolanda Black Navarro Buffalo Bend Nature Park

T30

Hidalgo Park B6

St Yo rk

Greenw ood St

Port of Houston

Nature Play

T24

on mps

Turning Basin

Event Space Community Events, Incubator Space

Ave I

2nd Ward

Nature Trails

Ceasa

Temporary Parking

Har

z Blv d

T25

Waysi de

Settegast Park

Nature Center

Overlook

Turkey Bend

Ave

Texa s

BVVA Compass Stadium

Convention Center

Port of Houston Viewpoint

T21

Wetland Treatment

T22

T15

Discovery Green

Bridge

T26

T20

ger

Sports Fields

Armour Dr

Cafe

Botanical Display Water Access

Pedestrian Bridge

G4 Comm

T13

N. Yo

Picnic Lawn

Bayou View Picnic Pavilion

Dre

artr es

Marsh, Training Hill Mud Course

T9 Neighborhood Plaza

Park Pavilion, Climbing Ticket Office Walls Ropes BMX Course Course

Water Play

n Bl vd

woo

Play Landscape

Fiesta Plaza & Cafe

G3 T10

igat io

Sports Shed

Enhanced Habitat

Park Entrance

Parking

Beach Parking

Nav

Sports Fields

T12

Fin

Bayou Promenade

Pedestrian Bridge

Event Lawn

Tony Marron Park

Gr een

Navigation Esplanade

Event Lawn

Lock

T8 Wetland Waterways

Boat & Kayak Launch

T11

d Dr

Recreation Lawns

Kayak Waterways & Habitat Islands

Enhanced Habitat

T4 Viewpoint

Minute Maid Park

Hir sch

Bayou View Lawn

Guadalupe Plaza Park

Nag

mer ce

Com

Enhanced Habitat

Pedestrian Bridge

Arts & Events

Exi Enh sting anc Wo ed ods Ha bit & at

Boat Launch Ampitheater Picnic Grove

Bayou Promenade

Kayak & Boat Launch

I-69

Event Lawn

Downtown

T19

Tree House

Greenway Connection

Downtown Development Blocks

Pedestrian & Bike Trail

Bayou Landing & Lawn Picnic Grove

T28

Magnolia Park

Navig ation

Blvd

300’

0’ 300’

900’

buffalo bayou 179

4/6

Fifth Ward

Sports Courts

Nance St

Sloped Bayou Lawn

Pr om

en ad

Lathrop St

u Ba yo

Denver Harbor

Press St

Flood Protection, North Canal

Coke St

Skate Park Arts District Development

McReynolds Middle School

Finnigan Park

Gregg St

Warehouse District

White Oak Bayou

Selena Quintanilla Perez Park

T18

Schweikhardt St

McKee St

Elysian St

T17

Providence St

I-10

arty

I-69

McC

Recreation Lawns, Bayou VIews

Stormwater Detention Basins

Nature Play

Sports Hall

Clinton Dr

James Bute Park

T16

Japhet Creek

Pedestrian Bridge

T27

Dick St

Nature Trail

Boa Allen’s t and Lan Kay ding, ak Lau nch

Clinton

St le

Viewpoint

Park Pavilion/ Rice Crew Boat House

G2 Swimming Hole

Swimming Pavilion

Sports FIelds

Enhanced Habitat & Amenities

Parking

Milb y St

rk St

unity

T14

Garde

T21

T29

Water Gardens

trian

Pedes

Bayou Lawn

G6 Pedestri

“Tripod” Pedestrian Bridge

an & Bike

T26

Trail

Pedestrian & Bike Trail

T26

T25

Kayak Waterways, Wetland Habitat

Pedestrian & Bike Trail

Picnic Grove, Wetland Habitat

T26

woo dD

Outdoor Classroom

r Chave

T23

Boating & Kayak Launch

risb

urg Blvd

Harris

burg

Bike Tra

il Canal

East Downtown

Yolanda Black Navarro Buffalo Bend Nature Park

T30

Hidalgo Park B6

St Yo rk

Greenw ood St

Port of Houston

Nature Play

T24

on mps

Turning Basin

Event Space Community Events, Incubator Space

Ave I

2nd Ward

Nature Trails

Ceasa

Temporary Parking

Har

z Blv d

T25

Waysi de

Settegast Park

Nature Center

Overlook

Turkey Bend

Ave

Texa s

BVVA Compass Stadium

Convention Center

Port of Houston Viewpoint

T21

Wetland Treatment

T22

T15

Discovery Green

Bridge

T26

T20

ger

Sports Fields

Armour Dr

Cafe

Botanical Display Water Access

Pedestrian Bridge

G4 Comm

T13

N. Yo

Picnic Lawn

Bayou View Picnic Pavilion

Dre

artr es

Marsh, Training Hill Mud Course

T9 Neighborhood Plaza

Park Pavilion, Climbing Ticket Office Walls Ropes BMX Course Course

Water Play

n Bl vd

woo

Play Landscape

Fiesta Plaza & Cafe

G3 T10

igat io

Sports Shed

Enhanced Habitat

Park Entrance

Parking

Beach Parking

Nav

Sports Fields

T12

Fin

Bayou Promenade

Pedestrian Bridge

Event Lawn

Tony Marron Park

Gr een

Navigation Esplanade

Event Lawn

Lock

T8 Wetland Waterways

Boat & Kayak Launch

T11

d Dr

Recreation Lawns

Kayak Waterways & Habitat Islands

Enhanced Habitat

T4 Viewpoint

Minute Maid Park

Hir sch

Bayou View Lawn

Guadalupe Plaza Park

Nag

mer ce

Com

Enhanced Habitat

Pedestrian Bridge

Arts & Events

Exi Enh sting anc Wo ed ods Ha bit & at

Boat Launch Ampitheater Picnic Grove

Bayou Promenade

Kayak & Boat Launch

I-69

Event Lawn

Downtown

T19

Tree House

Greenway Connection

Downtown Development Blocks

Pedestrian & Bike Trail

Bayou Landing & Lawn Picnic Grove

T28

Magnolia Park

Navig ation

Blvd

300’

0’ 300’

900’

rendering by MVVA

buffalo bayou 181

MEGA INFORMAL: A MUNDANEUM Rice University Istanbul, Turkey ACADEMIC Professor Neyran Turan

This project for a Mundanuem (world knowledge museum & institute of knowledge) in Istanbul proposed a forest of irregularly spaced and sized circular nodes across the ground level of the site. They become light cores, program spaces (private inside, public outside), and structural members. Programmaticly, on the ground level the forest system becomes a series of follies containing amphitheaters, cafes, and foyers for the institute. Thin envelops are introduced to formalize these select moments, while the rest of the space is left exposed as a landscape connected to the fabric of Istanbul. One level up, the envelopes become a singular entity, spanning the entirety of the site, which gains action in its murmuration and undulation so as to produce a thinner form that bends in on itself much of the way. This produces a singular space that contains much of the institutesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; library and office program, and remains thin enough so that there is a strong dialogue between inside and outside. This is charged by the constant, smooth, undulation of the envelope which bends back on itself across the site to produce a blurring of programmatic and urban distinctions. The envelopeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relationship to the forestsystem appears to be one of indifference: there is equal chance that one occupies this field from the exterior or the interior, or from program to program. At certain moments trees in the forest become light shafts, private programs, or cuts down to the ground. On the next level the envelope spans only half the length of the site, yet becomes more robust and undulates less; creating the effect of a more autonomous span-object. A less public library and offices are found here, and the forest system is used in the same manner as below. One more level is added, which is a hybrid between the two levels below it in that its envelope produces both an object and an undulation, but this time the object and undulation respond more to its own context (the level below and the forest system) rather than the fabric of the immediate urban environment. The undulation creates a dialogue of voids and overhangs relative to the semi-private library below, that still has a visual connection to the public below, but begins to generate its own interiorized public. The mundaneum creates tools capable of producing an architectural urbanism of layered atmospheres.

PUBLIC GROUND

INSTITUTIONAL OBJECT

Dueling forces of the contextual PUBLIC GROUND plane and the autonomous INSTITUTIONAL OBJECT above (early study models) mundaneum 185

PUBLIC GROUND

INSTITUTIONAL OBJECT

mundaneum 187

envelope bends back on itself across the site, blurring programmatic and urban entities

model of the ground plan, with the mass of the institute above removed

mundaneum 189

BUILDING SECTION

mundaneum 191

-01

GROUND PLANS

1/32”=1’-0”

00:

parking exhibition spaces mediatheque storage locker rooms

mundaneum lobby resturant housing lobby auditoriums exhibition spaces

01: housing mundaneum lobby library media spaces

02:

03:

INSTitute offices lecture halls seminar rooms classrooms library media spaces

housing studio spaces seminar rooms classrooms library media spaces

INSTITUTE PLANS mundaneum 193

NOLLI PLAN OF SITE

mundaneum 195

MUNDANEUM LOBBY

mundaneum 197

MUNDANEUM LIBRARY

mundaneum 199

MUNDANEUM EXHIBIT SPACE

mundaneum 201

EAST END ANNEX Rice University Houston TX ACADEMIC Professor Dawn Finley

A series of conceptual studies contrasting localized structural moves against monumental form, were layered with the stresses of a diverse program, and emergent movement patterns, inherent in a municipal complex. The misalignment between form, trajectories, systems of control, and program, emerged as a generator of civic complexity; that is, the more program cut across and against the systems and forms, the more it invigorated the whole system. On the site, this concept is packaged into a thin, long, and tall vertical slab that separates itself from the immediate context of the East End neighborhood of Houston. The monumental form anchors a latent centrality in the fabric and framed two public plazas created by the proposed destruction and creation in the fabric. Internally, the system is anchored by four elevator cores that fall away as the tower moves up, ending, on the top floor, with only two cores at either end. Spanning between these cores a thirty foot wide space contains explicit program such as administrative offices, libraries, auditoriums, seminar rooms, and other municipal programs. A ten foot wide corridor, acting as a membrane, wraps this interior program network, and is used as circulation from one part of the network to the next, queing-up space for programs that require it, and eventually some programs that take over either one side or both sides of this membrane as they cannot be contained in the core thirty foot space. What emerges is a membrane that is highly differentiated depending the particular form of building (structured by various cuts through the slab), and the particular program in that zone, rendered semi-transparent through the towerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perforated metal mesh. The five main programmatic regions that were established were grouped in vertical zones in the slab and maintained their own logic to each other, independent of the interior system or the overall form of the building. The misalignment between these aspects, packaged into a clear, semi-transparent, form, allows the municipal annex to pulsate with differentiated intensities; sometimes related to the use of programs, use of the general flow of the system, or use of the form of the building.

external site relationships and internal program-network diagrams

east end annex 205

diagram mapping builing membraneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interior to exterior mega-graphic relationships (program VS urban context)

east end annex 207

east end annex 209

east end annex 211

membrane - interior core network - interior program relationship typologies

east end annex 213

0â&#x20AC;&#x2122; UP

children's space

reception

foyer

cloakroom loading area

storage

mech

entry/queue

tax office

back office foyer

entry/queue

service counters

foyer

inside the system

east end annex 215 outside the system

patio

DN UP

clerks' offices

outdoor reading room

stacks/reading

stacks

DN UP DN

mech

DN UP

mech

exhibition

lib. office reading

commishioner's office

offices

greenrooms

reference / lending

UP DN

reading wc

mech

DN cafe

UP courtroom support judge's office

records

stage storage

holding cell

constable's office

courtroom

UP DN

+30’

UP DN

+15’

internet

+45’

+60’

library special collection

lib. office

projection room

stacks

lib. office mediatheque

open to mediatheque below

mech

DN UP

periodicals

outdoor mp

classroom

projectspace

stage

outdoor reading room/roof garden/MP

DN UP

classroom

stage support/control rooms

DN UP

UP DN

+75’

+90’

+105’

east end annex 217 DN

DN UP

library special collection

outdoor reading room

mech

sky-cafe

terrace/MP

CHAPEL/MP

+120’

+135’

+150’

1:12500 topographical regional study model, designed, and completed, by myself and JD Musset

NEW KAI TAK: MASTER PLAN Rice University Hong Kong ACADEMIC Professor Albert Pope

Part of a 3 member master planning team exploring the redevelopment of the former site of Kai Tak Airport in East Kowloon, Hong Kong. The ethos of this project is to find legible urban form that celebrates Hong Kongâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s particular urbanism of packaged density. It rejects Hong Kongâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contemporary tendency towards timid, westernized and nostalgic development. As a member of the master-planning team, my contribution explored the binary relationships between voids (limiting development vs laissez-faire urban practices) and a heterotopia of pure Hong Kong urban form along the existing runway island.

Drawings done in collaboration

Independent master plan scheme. This scheme studies a juxtaposition between the phenomenal (contextual) and packaged (housing estates) forms of density; later developed into â&#x20AC;&#x153;New Kowloon Walled Cityâ&#x20AC;? part of master plan.

new kai tak master plan 221

NEW KAI TAK

KA KAI TAK VILLAGES

205600

CITY ISLAND

ISLAND LIN

HONG KONG STADIUM AREA: 108,000 M2 SEATING FOR 50,000

NEW KOWLOON WALLED CITY AREA: 2,300,000 M2 POP: 178,000 DENSITY: 1 PERSON / 13 M2

FRACTUR

AREA: 47 POP: 48 DENSITY: 1 P

AI TAK PARK

NODIUM

KAI TAK CENTRAL AREA: POP:

300,000 M2 91,530

NETWORKED PODIU

AREA: 965,000 M2 POP: 205,600 (148 TOWE DENSITY: 1 PERSON / 4.6 M

KAI TAK CANAL

CANAL BLOCKS AREA: POP:

130,000 M2 23,220

MONORAIL EXPRESS TRACK

65 KM/HR 6 CARS / UNIT (X3) UP TO 27,000 PEOPLE/HOUR 1800 PERSON CAPACITY (720 SEATED 1080 STANDING)

FINANCIAL TOWER

RED PODIUM

75,000 M2 8,000 (1,600 PER TOWER) PERSON / 8 M2

GROUND TRAM LOCAL

RADIAL ARRAY 2 CARS/UNIT (X6 LINES) UP TO 54,000 PEOPLE/HOUR 1200 PERSON CAPACITY (480 SEATED 720 STANDING)

MONORAIL LOCAL TRACK

35 KM/HR 2 CARS/UNIT (X9) UP TO 21,600 PEOPLE/HOUR 1800 PERSON CAPACITY (720 SEATED 1080 STANDING)

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NEW KAI TAK: CITY ISLAND Rice University Hong Kong ACADEMIC Professor Albert Pope

Additionally I was charged with designing the “City Island” part of the New Kai Tak scheme. As a strong counter part to the residential, packaged density of the other island, “New Kowloon Walled City”, “City Island” had the role of becoming a public destination within the scheme. This was charged by undulating planes that have a connection to the waterfront that is rare in Hong Kong, and the incorporation of an existing cruise ship terminal and stopping point on our proposed monorail system. It is charged with the only program type that is truly public in Hong Kong: retail, specifically high-end.

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Logo designed for Greater Houston Flood Mitigation Consortium, whom I worked with along with Huitt Zollars in a project managerial/design position

GRAPHIC WORK

Rice University/Personal

In addition to a number of websites and logos I have designed, including my last firmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website (Huitt-Zollars), I have also done a number of conceptual graphic projects through seminars at Rice School of Architecture. The schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s obsession with graphics, and these projects, drove my interest in graphic design as something beyond simply the packaging of visual content and information. It can become something more akin to architecture itself through the use of structure, pacing/curation, emotion, and figural relationships to elevate it to the level of art.

BAUEN in

15 pages

INDUSTRY

AFTER NOW/MATERIAL

EISEN EISENBETON

ARCHITECTURE

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At the beginning of Bauen in Frankreich, the ‘PRELIMINARY REMARK’, Gideon states that this book is designed for the h u r r i e d r e a d e r. He breaks down the hierarchy of the book by stating that the path of development is to follow the images. These images, specifically their composition and dialogs together, are the primary substance of Bauen. The next level of detail, are the captions accompanying the images, and seem to emerge directly from the organic composition of the images themselves. Finally, if the modern subject has the time or capacity to do so, they can enter the body text which further details the imagedriven argument. This structure is implied through the composition of each page, and sometimes is literally directed via arrows.

László Moholy-Nagy’s influence on the book can be seen in an absolute faith in sequential, fragmentary, images to reveal a relevant narrative to the modern subject. Gideon himself states in Bauen “only film can make the new architecture intelligible!”, and this plays itself out in not only the dominance of the image, but imagery that abstracts and dematerializes itself to promise new open material existences to an operative modernism.

Bauen in Frankreich, published in 1928 (the same year as Gideon’s role in founding CIAM) by Leipzig and in collaboration with László Moholy-Nagy, is a real-time, image-driven, narrative of the modern movement’s relationship to history; specifically the history of material influences, and a tailoring of that history as a projection for contemporary technique. Reyner Banham defines it as “the modern movement’s view of its own history”. Bauen operates in a manner relevant to the modern subject, what Gideon calls in the context of the book the “HURRIED READER”. As such, it was to be easily understood for those without the time, nor the intellect, for dense text-driven narrative. This simplicity follows in the structure of the book itself. The first section, Frankreich (France) is a 15 page narrative on the role of the architect-engineer (constructor), specifically in France, played in the shaping of a certain attitude that permeated through to Gideon’s modernism. This section sets up the next two, Eisen (Iron) and Eisenbeton (Ferroconcrete), which are image-driven narratives on the role industrial materials and their applications play on the shaping of the movement.

The collaboration with Moholy-Nagy is revealed in the book’s specific use of photography. Not only are images the main substance of the narrative of Bauen, but their specific articulation and deployment throughout augment an idea about a reducing architectural form to an abstraction of points and lines. The hurried reading of the images, their obscured relationships to foreground and background, the use of obscure lighting techniques and angles, all sought to make the book read more cinematic then as a structured text. Gideon and Moholy-Nagy undermine the conventional, static, conception of imagery, associated with frame and perspective, into an abstract form that they can simultaneously claim is an inevitable result of, and operator on, cultural forces of their day.

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The arrows direct the hurried reader at local moments where Gideon identifies a 19th century model of particular material-dematerialization having a direct impact on the operative modernism of his day. Terms such as “only now” and “after this” precede statements on modernism’s ethical dimension.

The seemingly simple and structured layout of spreads is countered by the hand-crafted layout of the book. An overlap of the entire Eisen section reveals that there is a constantly shifting, fragmented, body inside this frame, responding to local and semilocal narratives and compositions.

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24”x36” Poster diagraming graphic layout of Siegfriend Giedion’s Bauen in Frankreich, Bauen in Eisen, Bauen in Eisenbeton Produced for Reto Gieser’s the Architecture of Books seminar

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36”x24” Lawn sign advertizing the typeface DIDOT & Corb’s love for it Produced for Reto Gieser’s the Architecture of Books seminar

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24”x8” Raised-cover design for the fictional book the Last Wonders of Science

CONTEMPORARY PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS & FUTURE WONDERS!

COMMENTARY FROM TODAY’S LEADING SCIENTISTS!

F E A T U R I N G E L E K T R O F R O M T H E 1 9 3 9 W O R L D ’ S FA I R !

WOND O V E R A T H O U S A N D PA G E S I L L U S T R A T I N G T H E G O L D E N A G E O F S C I E N C E

Produced for Reto Gieser’s the Architecture of Books seminar

DERS

WONDER THE LAST

WONDERS SCIENCE OF

Hundreds of Color Illustrations

SIGFRIED GOLDSTIEN

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36”x16” Poster imagining Rice’s relationship to the contemporary production of art and the institution of image-creation Produced for Dawn Finley’s Between Information and Space seminar

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FURNITURE Personal

Lately I have been developing a series of furniture pieces inspired by ribbing techniques and Japanese joinery. The concept is a series of CNC machined flat pieces (birch plywood) that join together through slots and hold only through their own gravity; without the use of glue or mechanical fasteners. My first prototype was my sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crib. It is made of four walls, two cross bars that become the legs and lateral support, and adjustable height cross-rails for 3 different mattress configurations. It is finished with a food-grade, natural, shellac sealer. The crib not only supports his weight, but also that of a 200 pound adult male jumping up and down inside of it. It is light enough for one adult to move, and is able to be broken down and reassembled in less than 10 minutes. I am also developing a series of shelving units, chairs, tables, and childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s furniture.

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