Amanda M. Morgan project list . march 2011
329 S 42nd St Apt D10 . Philadelphia, PA . 19104 208.521.5201 . ammorgan@design.upenn.edu
DIGITAL ART ANNEX
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FLUX BOX
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COGNITIVE MODULATION
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CONSTRUCTED VIEWS
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living/learning artist community
a network of transient art spaces
avery fisher hall lobby redesign
reappropriating dome lids
an installation
GRADIATED DENSITIES
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INTERCHANGE & MOTION
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GEOMORPHOLOGY
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architecture pin-up pavilion
housing for young professionals
nyc institute of geology
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3 . digital art annex
projector 2: overlaid image of external data
video camera
projector 1: mirrored image of current footage
white finish on wall
section showing equipment installation
interactions across time and space
art deployment strategy: filling urban voids with an interactive, digital art installation
DIGITAL ART ANNEX AS
living/learning artist community studio 502 julie beckman spring 2010 - 16 weeks
A HAVEN FOR KNOWLEDGE , CULTURE AND SOCIAL LIFE , THIS ART COMPLEX FOCUSES
ON COMPLETE IMMERSION INTO THE DIGITAL REALM .
S CREENING
TECHNIQUES WITHIN AND
BETWEEN THE EXHIBITION / PERFORMANCE OF THE WORK AND THE INTERACTIONS THAT ENGAGE THEM CREATE OVERLAP BETWEEN ART , ARTIST AND PUBLIC AND ALLOW FEEDBACK BETWEEN EXHIBITION SPACE AND VIEWER RESPONSE .
ORGANIZED
THROUGH A NETWORK OF CONTEXTUAL NODES , THE COMPLEX CURATES A
SEQUENCE OF EXPERIENCE THAT WEAVES THROUGH ZONES OF ART DISPLAY : CREATION , EXHIBITION , PERFORMANCE , INTERACTION .
AS
THESE ELEMENTS COLLIDE AND RESPOND , THE
INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THEM ARE CONTROLLED THROUGH SURFACE AND VOLUME PROPERTIES INCLUDING TEXTURE , TRANSPARENCY AND DEPTH .
4 . digital art annex
nodes: urban voids / entry points / overlap across site number of occupants circulation path velocity fast
slow
site strategy: controlling circulation and velocity based on nodes across the site
study models: exploring exansion and compression of space to control movement
section perspective through galleries during the day
5 . digital art annex
interior double height galleries
section perspective through galleries at night
6 . digital art annex
perforated screens on the facade and landscaping elements provide areas for digital art projection and display
level 00
level 01
7 . digital art annex
artist studios and display within courtyard
facade projections at night
level 02
level 03
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Jefferson St.
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site plan: sample deployment
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section through art box
installed art box
5’ fully contracted condition
10’
5’
10’ inbetween spaces on site inbetween spaces off site
network of flux box locations:
hydrolic system: acts in compression against existing buildings to suspend the flux box at any height
sites from 5’ - 20’ wide located between existing buildings
FLUX BOX FLUX
a network of transient art spaces schenck-woodman competition spring 2010 - 1 week
fully extended condition
BOX ADDRESSES THE ISSUE OF PUBLIC ART IN
P HILADELPHIA
BY INJECTING ITSELF
INTO THE VERY SMALL , LEFTOVER SPACES BETWEEN EXISTING BUILDINGS CREATING A NETWORK OF INDIVIDUAL MOMENTS .
DEVIATING
FROM THE FORMAL OCCUPATION OF ART
IN THIS AND MANY OTHER LOCAL NEIGHBORHOODS , THERE IS A FOCUS ON THE TRANSIENT NATURE OF THE CREATION OF MURAL ARTS .
M ADE
OF LIGHT - WEIGHT MATERIALS AND FULLY
REDEPLOYABLE PARTS , THE FLUX BOX MAKES ART OF THE ACT OF CREATING BY PROVIDING SITE SPECIFIC , CONTROLLED VIEWS TO THOSE PASSING BY .
T HIS
IS DONE USING A VARIATION IN
TRANSPARENCIES , PERFORATIONS AND HINGED CONNECTIONS IN ALL WALL PANELS ALLOWING THE STRUCTURE TO OPEN UP TO THE SITE .
flux box
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Master St.
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11 . cognitive modulation
cognitive maps of linooln center for 10 protagonists
proximities and densities by program
programmatic intersections
COGNITIVE MODULATION PUBLIC avery fisher hall lobby studio 601 phu hoang fall 2009 - 6 weeks
OWNED .
SPACE IS THE VOID , THE CHASM , THE NOTHING BETWEEN ALL THAT IS PRIVATELY
BY
MAPPING THE VISITORS ’ CURRENT COGNITIVE PATH THROUGH
L INCOLN CENTER ,
THE OVERLAPPING AND INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN THEM CAN BE MANIPULATED TO FORM A NEW CONDITION APPROPRIATE TO EACH EVENT TAKING PLACE .
M OVEMENT
IS THEN CONTROLLED
BY RAMPING AS EACH EVENT IS DIRECTED BY VERTICALLY AND HORIZONTALLY DEFINED VOIDS .
12 . cognitive modulation
bar & outdoor lounge
circulation vip & circulation
bar & indoor lounge
dance floor restaurant seating
restaurant & kitchen
indoor concert hall
catwalk & dance floor outdoor concert
flux gallery
storage entrance & flux gallery
new lobby section and exploded axon showing program distribution and circulation
view to auditorium (lower) and dance floor (above)
entrance
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dance floor
private seating
bar
indoor performance open to below
cafe
level 02
view from plaza entrance
level 04
cognitive modulation
gallery kitchen
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section a-a
constructed views to gallery below: the interactions with the installation (below) and views (above)
15 . constructing views
installation in meyerson hall
manipulation procedure
detail
CONSTRUCTING VIEWS TRANSLUCENT reappropriating dome lids studio 501 phu hoang fall 2009 - 3 weeks
MATERIALS
INTRODUCE
THE
QUESTION
OF
VISIBILITY .
AS
AREAS
OF
TRANSPARENCY WERE CONTROLLED , PARTICULAR VIEWS WERE IMPAIRED AND A FEW CLEARINGS WERE LEFT FOR UNOBSTRUCTED SIGHT .
O NE
HAS CONTROL OF HOW PUBLIC OR PRIVATE
THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH THE INSTALLATION BECOMES , AS THE LAYERED MODULES FILTER THE VIEWS AND IN TURN MASK THE IDENTITY OF THE VIEWER .
DENSITY WAS PROVIDED BY THE CLUSTERING OF CLEAR LIDS, WHICH WERE THEN COUPLED WITH T HE WHITE LINES OF THIS FORMATION PROVIDE VISIBLE ORIENTATION AND DIRECT ATTENTION TO VARIOUS MODES OF INTERACTION . A SINGLE OPAQUE LID .
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17 . gradiated densities
model detail: high density construction procedure
pavilion plan model detail: light/shadow
section
density collage
GRADIATED DENSITIES REVIEWS ARE architecture pin-up pavilion studio 501 phu hoang fall 2009 - 5 weeks
OFTEN THE ANTI - CLIMAX TO ANY PROJECT AS A SHORT , IMPERSONAL CRITIQUE
TAKES PLACE AND ULTIMATELY THE STUDENT ’ S FEELINGS OF SUCCESS HINGE ON THE COMMENTS OF A FEW JURORS .
MY
DESIGN AMBITION IS TO FOCUS THE TRADITIONAL REVIEW
BACK TO THE MOST IMPORTANT FUNCTION IT SERVES : PROVIDING A FORUM FOR INTERESTING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ARCHITECTURE , WHICH ARE SPARKED BY THE PROJECTS COVERING THE WALLS .
W ITHIN
THIS PAVILION , A GRADIENT OF PRIVACY PRESENTS A NARRATIVE FOCUSING
THE CRITICS AND STUDENTS INTO A MORE INTIMATE DISCUSSION BY BREAKING UP SPACE INTO SMALLER SECTIONS AND BRINGING STUDENT WORK TO THE CENTER .
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19 . interchange & motion
site plan showing integration with existing neighborhood and new bridges to university and schuylkill river trail
INTERCHANGE & MOTION AS YOUNG PROFESSIONALS living for young professionals studio 601 jules dingle fall 2010 - 16 weeks
SEARCH FOR HOUSING IN
P HILADELPHIA , BY
TO BALANCE THE SOCIAL AND PERSONAL LIFE IN THE RESIDENCE .
THERE IS A NEED PROVIDING STUDIO
DWELLINGS , BUT THEN GROUPING THEM AND INCORPORATING A COMMUNAL LIVING SPACE , THIS PROJECT IS ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT BALANCE .
PUBLIC
GALLERIES , A CAFE AND AN OUTDOOR PLAZA OCCUPY THE GROUND LEVELS AND
ACTIVATE THE NEW PATH THAT BRIDGES THE SURROUNDING , CURRENTLY DISCONNECTED NEIGHBORHOODS .
T HIS
MAIN PATH RUNS THROUGH THE BUILDING ’ S CENTRAL COURTYARDS ,
AND SECONDARY PATHS THEN FURTHER EXTEND THE MOBILITY TO UPPER , RESIDENTIAL LEVELS THROUGH A NETWORK OF RAMPS .
20 . interchange & motion
new bike paths through site existing bike paths site
existing and new bike paths
university of sciences
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residential neighborhood
new path reconnects three disparate existing neighborhoods
section perspective through both courtyards and public plaza
industrial land
21 . interchange & motion
site model
view from schuylkill river trail connection
view from paschall avenue connection
view from university of sciences connection
interchange & motion
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cluster 4 4 units
cluster 3 3 units
cluster 1 5 units
living + 18’
living living
+ 10’
+ 20’
living + 12’
cluster 5 5 units
+ 15’
living
cluster 2 5 units
unit clusters create small communities which share a communal living space
semi-public interior space private interior space
circulation & public space semi-public balconies
public vs private interior spaces
public vs semi-private exterior spaces
exterior spaces surround units
men’s restroom women’s restroom office
gym + recreation cafe / bar
gallery
outdoor public plaza
bicycle storage
lobby
bicycle shop
level B1
level 00
23 . interchange & motion
open courtyard provides interaction with exterior weather conditions
transparencies and voids allow interchange between units and views back to the city of philadelphia
living living + 28’
living
roof garden
living
living
living + 22’
+ 15’
living
+ 25’
+ 12’
living
living
level 01
level 01
level 02
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25 . geomorphology
1 reconnecting to manhattan
4 primary building
3 viewing plazas 5 reshaped shore
site strategy
+ ‘beach’
8 varying topography
6 new landscaping
2 new pier conditions
7 integrated stream network
site plan
GEOMORPHOLOGY USING A TIME BASED, GENERATIVE PROCESS, LINES OF FORCE WERE DRAWN TO PROVIDE AN nyc institute of geology studio 602 ferda kolatan spring 2011 - 16 weeks
OVERALL SITE STRATEGY FROM WHICH THE INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY EMERGES .
THAT OCCURS WHEN THESE FORCES COLLIDE PROVIDES A DYNAMIC EXPERIENCE .
T HE VORTEX E XHIBITION
5 INDIVIDUAL TRAJECTORIES BASED ON THE BRANCH T HE CURATION OF THESE BRANCHES IS ORGANIZED BY SCALE AND TIME ( DURATION OF FORMATION ), WHICH IS REINFORCED THROUGH A GRADIENT FROM DARK SUBGRADE SPACES TO LIGHT OPEN GALLERIES . A LINEAR , STRIATED LANDSCAPE ALSO DISPLAYS THE PASSING OF TIME THROUGH THE AND RESEARCH SPACES ARE DIVIDED INTO OF GEOLOGY EACH IS ASSOCIATED WITH .
MOVEMENT OF ITS SURFACE AND THE INTERACTION OF THE NEW ISLAND EDGE WITH THE RISE
*team: amanda morgan, mark nicol,uhn choi
AND FLOW OF THE RIVER .
26 . geomorphology
curatorial organization
section perspective through paleontology branch
27 . geomorphology
section looking west
section looking north
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entrance level plan
28 . geomorphology
1. polycarbonate plastic 2. fiber mesh 3. polystyrene foam tems 4. integrated building systems 5. cast-in-place concrete 6. integrated lighting 7. brushed aluminum case e 8. glass enclosure 9. leather cushion 10. aluminum reveal
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wall assembly diagram
index of curatorial options
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geomorphology
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