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IGUALADA INTERVENTION:
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CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, NEW ORLEANS
UPTOWN, NEW ORLEANS
IGUALADA, SPAIN
Museum of the City: GARDEN DISTRICT, NEW ORLEANS
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Dance academy:
encapsulating rhythm and movement solid volume
Spring 2014 Comprehensive Studio Studio Instructor: Irene Keil
The dance academy, set in the Central Business District of New Orleans, acts as both an event center and educational facility. The program requires a dual understanding of the day and night qualities of activities.
The design began with research and analysis of dance, resulting in a building inspired by the carving effect of the force of the body. The resulting design is formed from a subtractive process creating pinwheeling volumes with adjacent outdoor spaces. 1. rendering of lobby and lightwell 2. section cut through stage, lobby, studios 3. diagram of subtractive process
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PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION
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represented in terms of light and dark, performance spaces requiring the most light, service spaces the least
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1. program diagram, exploded 2. dance research: analysis of form and movement in the petit alegro, using After Effects and Photoshop 3. rendered in context 4. front elevation 5. section cut through auditorium, upstairs lobby, studios 6. perspective view of entrance 7. perspective view of dance studio 8. plans 5
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Building arts institute: exploring material assembly Fall 2013 3rd-year Core Studio Studio Instructor: Kentaro Tsubaki
The Building Arts Institute of New Orleans program consists of an educational component, gallery, and artists’ residences. The process required analyzing and mediating the site between an existing historical power station and cemetery, while maintaining an understanding of code and zoning restrictions.
At a larger scale, wall assembly was investigated, looking at the connection between masonry and wood. Beam, column, and girder sizes were calculated in conjunction with a corresponding Structures course. 1. streetview rendering 2. “ideogram” sketch model 3. site analysis of Uptown neighborhood
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STRUCTURAL AXONOMETRIC
Kengo Kuma
Ashino, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
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igualada intervention: reinterpreting precedent Spring 2013 2rd-year Core Studio Studio Instructor: Tiffany Lin
The final design of a visitors’ center for the Igualada Cemetery began with an in-depth diagraming and analysis of Louis Kahn’s Fisher House as precedent. The resulting scheme utilized Kahn’s language of light and dark and his use of cabinetry to create human-scale spaces within a larger space.
One of the key moves of the Fisher House is the way the circulation space acts as a “lock” or hinge for the public and private boxes. In this scheme a stair with terraced seating was used to join the program of the public visitors’ center and the private prayer chapel. 1. watercolor siteplan 2. roofplan 3. circulation diagrams
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1. diagram showing stairs as connective tissue between two volumes 2. diagram of carved wall typologies 3. plan of prayer chapel 4. section cut through visitors center 5. section cut through prayer chapel 6. model photo with entourage 7. site section cutting through prayer chapel 6
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A Museum of the City: Examining Site and Context Fall 2012 2rd-year Core Studio Studio Instructor: Wendy Redfield Collaboration with: Lizzie Himmel and Casey Hill
The design of the Museum of the City started with an indepth analysis of the Lower Garden District, noting the ways in which the built context creates metered patterns that can be read from the street.
This design was influenced by the h istoric s torefronts and residential facades along Magazine Street, as well as the common building typologies of New Orleans, including porches, galleries, and courtyards. The Museum of the City e xplores spaces that mediate indoor and outdoor relationships. 1. streetview drafted perspective 2. watercolor regional map 3. mapped analysis of New Orleans
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1. model diagraming void vegetative spaces as masses 2. corresponding drawing, looking at vegetation in the Garden District vs. the Irish Channel
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3. street elevations 4. graphite rendering of view down surveying corridor 5. graphite rendering of camera obscura room
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