ann mulgrew
selected works
carnegie mellon university b.arch candidate
Dorchester Library
Spring 2022 || 48305 Praxis Studio II (third-year) under the guidance of Gerard Damiani, Erica Cochran, and Joshua Lee
Analyzing the site, in comparison to the rest of Boston, the Dorchester neighborhood has a significantly higher percentage of African Americans in the community (sitting at around 40%). Because of this significant number, I wanted my library to engage and celebrate the community by becoming a place of cultural significance. The library uses important cultural elements as the director of the building. These elements fuel the structure, program, view positioning, and interaction with and within the building thus creating a cyclic relationship between view, structure, and simulation but also a tribute to and a celebration of African culture.
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Interior Walls Daylighting System Study Models
Site Analysis: Demographics
In comparison to the rest of Boston, the Dorchester neighborhood has a significantly higher percentage of African Americans in the community (sitting at around 40%). Because of this significant number, I wanted my library to engage and celebrate the community by becoming a place of cultural significance.
Cultural Significance
To understand how the library becomes a tribute to the community’s culture and history, one must first learn about specific patterns and colors and their significance to the continent of Africa. Looking at the fabric map, the overall strategy was to choose fabric types from various regions. I was drawn to the Bogolan fabrics and kente cloth for their strong, rhythmic and geometric properties and Tutsi basket joinery with its interlocking system of palm and shadow. I was intrigued by the strategy of Frafra Homes where patterns on the façade is used as a non-structural, decorative element with the primary purpose to draw visitors in. This research is then implemented into my building through structure, function, and program to generate greater meaning.
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pedestrians: library & housing pedestrians: graveyard automobiles
Massing: Generating Form & Site Response
The notion of view is then explored through an orientation of floors in relation to its program and structure. For example, the toddlers’ floor faces the residential area for a sense of comfort and safety. Whereas the teens’ floor faces the commercial and Boston downtown area.
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VIEW
Sequence: Exterior Approach
A visitor may begins on Columbia Road and Dudley Street or through the cementery.
Sequence: Interior
Once inside the library, the visitor is slowed by the exploration of in between, transparent spaces. The elongated stairs lead the visitor to the next floor.
Sequence: Interior
The user turns and approaches the window where the view is framed.
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reflection”
Ground Floor
Visitors enter the library through the north side of the building. This celebrates the corner and encourages dialogue between the housing and the library by both using the shared courtyard space to enter. The ground floors hosts the most public programmatic elements (including the café, book display, help desk, community room, theater, private conference rooms, and event space. The event space is deliberately placed on the southern façade with operable garage doors to encourage interaction between events and the comfort kitchen restaurant next door).
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3 N 1/16” = 1’-0” FLOOR 1 1. cafe 2. new book display 3. help desk 4. Friends of Library sale shelves 5. utility closet 6. checkout + holding shelves 7. CPU help center 8. community room / theater 9. conference room PROGRAM KEY 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Second Floors
The second floors host the tweens’, adult’s, children’s and makerspace.
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space (ages 7-12)
employees rest room
adult space
children/toddler space (ages 1-6)
makerspace
Third Floors
The third floors host the teen center and the second adult space.
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teens space (ages 13-18)
video/music room
adult space
Simulation: Daylighting
The first change from the initial massing was a stepping technique to let more light in. Bottom floors did not receive much sunlight, therefore the horizontal transparencies were introduced further generating rhythm in the overall building form referring back to the fabric properties. Next, a fiberglass wall is used to introduce more light to the bottom floors through reflection. Next to reduce glare in the upper floors, a non-structural diagrid system is introduced on the west and east facades with vertical louvres on the south façade.
11 1. Initial form 2. Stepping Let more light in 3. Transparencies Let more light into the bottom floors & near the middle. 4. Fiberglass Divisions Bounce light to the bottom 5. Shading Less glare around the sides of the upper floors. Add vertical louvres to the south facade to reduce glare. Fiberglass Wall Final Forms Solar Radiance In-Between Spaces
1. Initial form 2. Stepping Let more light in 3. Transparencies Let more light into the bottom floors & near 4. Fiberglass Divisions Bounce light to the bottom 5. Shading Less glare around the sides of the upper floors. Add vertical louvres to the south facade to reduce glare. Fiberglass Wall Final Forms 3/16” 1’-0” SECTION summer sun winter sun Section
Structure
The structural system is heavily influenced by bogolan and kente cloth patterns with its geometry and repetition. This framing system has slight varying angels that are parallel to the view. The interlocking technique used on the envelope reflects the shadow and palm strategy as described in the tutsi basket joinery.
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TIMBER AXON
1/2” = 1’-0” 1/4” = 1’-0”
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Physical Model
Flexible Fabrics
Spring 2022 || 05435 Applied Fabrication for HCI under the guidance of Alexandra Ion
The goal of this assignment is to design, 3D model, and fabricate an interesting functional or decorative object which contains flexible components implemented by embedding fabric inside 3D prints. Your resulting object should have flexibility and/or curvature that is not provided only by the printed components.
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Concept
See https://youtu.be/i-COSy9NleM for the video demonstration. I decided to create a bag made out of three primary components (two sides of the bag and the bottom attachment print). The sides of this bag are left empty to hold larger, but lighter objects, such as papers or plots. There are also three main materials used to fabricate this bag: mesh, PLA, and string.
Other Explorations
I wanted to explore the idea of 3D printing as fabric versus 3D printing onto fabric. So, I developed my own design modification based on a design I saw online on how to develop a 3D printed form that can become foldable like fabric. The below images are my attempt at this. These were meant to act as the handles of the bag that would be printed flat, but then once removed they would bend into a curved form. However, they were not as flexible as I intended and seemed a little chunky in comparison to the bag design and scale.
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E.I. Living
Fall 2021 || 48300 Praxis Studio I (third-year) under the guidance of Dana Cupkova, Matt Huber, and Phyllis Kim
The main concepts of our eco-machine are water control (flow and flooding) and vegetation (green roofs, green walls, daylighting). On a global scale, the building form is generated by the existing hydrology lines to create four main “neighborhood” boundaries. Each of these boundaries has three to seven units depending on its size. On the unit scale, the flow lines are translated to the concrete and wood material system to control and maintain water flow and directionality. This tectonic concrete system connects to our vegetation concept with its curvilinear forms that creates pocketing and opportunities for plant growth. Particular plants (hedera, aubrieta, clematis) were intentionally chosen to act as shading devices during the summer and spring before dying out in the fall and winter to optimize sunlight. In the cases where the water is not collected within these curvilinear moments, it will flow down into the bioswale in the ground floor before being directed back into the river.
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Water Analysis
created in collaboration with Sharon Fung
The water analysis studies various water systems and conditions (flooding, sewage, pollution).
Sunlight Analysis
created in collaboration with Sharon Fung
The sunlight analysis studies the daylight conditions through solar shadows at various seasons and wind direction
Solar Analysis Sun Shadow Spring EquinoxSummer Solstice 03/20 Autumn Equinox Winter Solstice 06/21 09/22 12/21 Rotation: Seasonal Wind Direction Spring SW/W Summer SW/W Autumn N/S Winter W
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Site Plan
The site plan begins to show the difference between private and public spaces - the private spaces being the units themselves and the public spaces around the units. There are three main public space conditions: the bridge, the gathering space by the water, and the community public garden.
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Sun Shadow Analysis
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FALL EQUINOX
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3pm SPRING EQUINOX 9am
The sun shadow analysis zooms into the site, showing the shadow conditions generated at three different times of the day (9am, 12pm, 3pm) in two different seasons (fall and spring).
SPRING EQUINOX
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wood & glass system concrete structural system hedera aubrieta clematis Two Bedroom Switchback Unit Render Unit Eco-Machine Animation click here to view the animation
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Isometric Section created in collaboration with Sharon Fung
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WRaP Hostel
Spring 2021 || 48205 Elaboration II (second-year) under the guidance of Jeremy Ficca and Kyriaki (Kiki) Goti
Wander, Rest ,and Play Hostel
In the small neighborhood of Spring Garden, Pittsburgh, PA, the WRaP Hostel sits on 9000SF of land, with 4800SF sitting within a pre-existing masonry shell. This hostel is designed to accommodate 30 people with a main design concept to act as a place of interaction for visitors as well as the neighboring community This is achieved through a focus on the courtyard experience and blending of interior and exterior spaces.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6iA1O2BuBo
Exterior View
Exterior Isometric View
land, interaction community. rotated degree enclosed by 12.5ft direction semi-prisit This experience on the relationship to circulation creates two courtyard conditions that follow the levels of privacy. One the shell without a restrictive border (essentially, the “courtyard” becomes a part of the out to the street corner, creating an inviting and public gesture).
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Hostel
without a restrictive border (essentially, the “courtyard” becomes a part of the street corner, creating an inviting and public gesture).
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rotated existing new Existing vs. Rotated. vs. New Wall 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Concept and Geometric Formation
click here to view the animation
Material Sketch
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The basic geometry of the hostel is generated by a slice and 45 degree rotation of the existing masonry shell in relation to a grid of the urban context. The overarching idea is that the wall will be demolished, then rebuilt as an altered continuation of the existing shell that starts to wrap around the whole structure. 26
rotated new
Existing vs. Rotated. vs. New Wall
Siting Diagram: Circulation - Automobile and Pedestrian
Siting Diagram: Circulation - Automobile and Pedestrian
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Concept Model
In the bird’s eye view of my concept model, the chipboard wraps around the hostel structure, depicting the reuse and rebuilding of the masonry wall. The bottom three images show varying levels of privacy for entrances.
Entrance
The most public of the three entrances sits in front of the cafe, bordering Spring Garden Avenue.
Semi-Private Entrance
The semi-private entrance is between Welser Way and Vinial Street and is behind the cafe.
Private Entrance
The most private of these entrances sits on Welser Way with an overhead condition generated by the program on the second floor.
Concept Model Siting Diagram: Siting Diagram: Public Entrance Semi-Private Entrance Private Entrance Concept Model Siting Siting Public Entrance Semi-Private Entrance Private Entrance Concept Model Siting Siting Public Entrance Semi-Private Entrance Private Entrance Concept Model Siting Siting
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Public Exterior: Main Entrance
The main entrance of the hostel is designed to create an inviting environment with a front door to the reception and an entrance to the more private areas of the hostel. The bending of the wall with the transition from the brick to the sun screen further this idea.
Public Exterior: Main Entrance
Public “Courtyard”: Open Interior Courtyard - Sleeping Pods Sleeping
Floor 1
The first floor hosts the cafe, reception area, meeting and office space, kitchen, bike rental, storage, housekeeping, two private bedrooms and private bathrooms. One of the private bedrooms accommodates two people and the other four people. These rooms are made ADA accessible and border Spring Garden Avenue (rather than Vinial Street or Welser Way) to allow for easy movement from the flatter topographic condition.
Floor 2
The second floor is primarily made up of bedrooms laundry, and a rooftop terrace.
Section A
Section A cuts through two public spaces.
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VINIAL STREET Floor 2 Floor 1 Roof B A SPRING
sleeping washing cleaning/storing
4 occupants per pod (x4) sinks (x5) sleeping pod (x1) gathering staircase (x1) sits 2 occupants (x2) vending/laundry (x1), library (x1)
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WELSER WAY
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GARDEN AVENUE Floor 2
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cleaning/storing sleeping washing gathering private semi-private public Solstice
Winter Solstice Section A Section Public Exterior: Main Entrance
Public “Courtyard”: Open Interior Courtyard - Sleeping
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GARDEN AVENUE
VINIAL STREET
WELSER WAY
VINIAL STREET Floor 2 storing bike rental (x1), storage space (x1) washing toilets (x4), sinks (x3) gathering reception desk (x1), cafe (x1), exterior seating space (x1) gathering kitchen (x1), game room (x1) cleaning/storing sleeping washing gathering circulation private semi-private public
VINIAL STREET B A WELSER WAY VINIAL STREET SPRING
Roof
Section B Courtyard - Sleeping Pods Sleeping Pod Interior Section B Courtyard - Sleeping Pods Sleeping Pod Interior Section B Interior Courtyard - Sleeping Pods Sleeping Pod Interior Section B Interior Courtyard - Sleeping Pods Sleeping Pod Interior (defined as sleeping pods), a washing area, a library, Roof The shadow conditions in the roof plan are of the shadows at noon in the summer, showing that there is plenty of sunlight within the courtyard where visitors can play and gather outdoors.
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Section B Section B cuts at the entrance of a private space and the entrance of a public space.
Private Courtyard: Wrapping Sun Screen
The blending of interior and exterior spaces in relationship to circulation creates two main courtyard conditions. The first one is a courtyard that is defined by the massings and the shell, making it more enclosed and private from the neighboring community
Public Entrance
Semi-Private Entrance Private Entrance Concept Model
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Private Courtyard: Wrapping Sun Screen Circulation
Public “Courtyard”: Open
The second courtyard condition near the cafe remains outside of the shell without a defined border. This lack of boundary lets the courtyard stretch out to the street corner, encouraging interaction with the public community.
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Public Exterior: Main Entrance
Public “Courtyard”: Open
Materials & Asssembly
Fall 2020 || 48215 Materials & Assembly under the guidance of Gerard Damiani
This series of assignments explore in-depth the construction and materials of various types of structures. The first assignment is of a concrete system. In the second assignment, I take one of my studio projects (Die Nussbaum Maschine) and create a construction diagram specifing various structural elements. This construction document is of the threshold/entrance sequence. This small massing chunk is developed into a physical model.
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DRAWING KEY: DRAWING SCALE: 3/32” = 1’-0” 1 26” X 26” CONCRETE BEAM
DRAWING KEY:
DRAWING SCALE: 3/32” = 1’-0” 1 26” X 26” CONCRETE BEAM 2 4” FLOOR SLAB
4” FLOOR SLAB 3 CONCRETE DISTRIBUTION RIB AT JOIST CENTERS 4 12” X 12” CONCRETE COLUMN 5 8” CONCRETE JOIST TAPERED AT BEAMS 6 6” X 6” WIRE MESH REINFORCEMENT FOR SHRINKAGE AND TEMPERATURE REPLACEMENT IN SLAB
3 CONCRETE DISTRIBUTION RIB AT JOIST CENTERS 4 12” X 12” CONCRETE COLUMN 5 8” CONCRETE JOIST TAPERED AT BEAMS 6 6” X 6” WIRE MESH REINFORCEMENT FOR SHRINKAGE AND TEMPERATURE REPLACEMENT IN SLAB
DRAWING KEY:
7 REINFORCING STEEL FOR DISTRIBUTION RIBS
8 REINFORCING STEEL FOR CONCRETE BEAMS
9 REINFORCING STEEL FOR CONRETE JOISTS 10 REINFORCING STEEL FOR CONCRETE COLUMNS
11 BENT REINFORCING STEEL AT COLUMN AND BEAM CONNECTION 12 REINFORCING STEEL FOR LOWER COLUMNS INSERTS INTO COLUMN ABOVE
7 REINFORCING STEEL FOR DISTRIBUTION RIBS 8 REINFORCING STEEL FOR CONCRETE BEAMS 9 REINFORCING STEEL FOR CONRETE JOISTS 10 REINFORCING STEEL FOR CONCRETE COLUMNS 11 BENT REINFORCING STEEL AT COLUMN AND BEAM CONNECTION 12 REINFORCING STEEL FOR LOWER COLUMNS INSERTS INTO COLUMN ABOVE
ASSIGNMENT 4: CONCRETE
MATERIALS & ASSEMBLY FALL 2020 ANN MULGREW AMULGREW@ANDREW.CMU.EDU
DRAWING SCALE: 3/32” = 1’-0” 1 26” X 26” CONCRETE BEAM 2 4” FLOOR SLAB 3 CONCRETE DISTRIBUTION RIB JOIST CENTERS 4 12” X 12” CONCRETE COLUMN 5 8” CONCRETE JOIST TAPERED BEAMS 6 6” X 6” WIRE MESH REINFORCEMENT FOR SHRINKAGE AND TEMPERATURE REPLACEMENT IN SLAB 7 REINFORCING STEEL FOR DISTRIBUTION RIBS 8 REINFORCING STEEL FOR CONCRETE BEAMS 9 REINFORCING STEEL FOR CONRETE JOISTS 10 REINFORCING STEEL FOR CONCRETE COLUMNS 11 BENT REINFORCING STEEL COLUMN AND BEAM CONNECTION 12 REINFORCING STEEL FOR LOWER COLUMNS INSERTS INTO COLUMN ABOVE
ASSIGNMENT 4: CONCRETE
MATERIALS & ASSEMBLY FALL 2020
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Community Courtyard
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1 1/32” METAL ROOF
2 1/8“ ROOF SHEATHING
3 1.5” EPS RIGID FOAM INSULATION
4 5/8“ ROOF SHEATHING
5 5” INSULATION
6 1/2” PAINTED GYPSUM
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7 TOP WOOD CHORD 8 5” CAVITY INSULATION 9 3/8” BASE COAT
10 1/8” PLASTER FINISH COAT 11 2X10 WOOD STUDS
12 CONCRETE SLAB 13 1/2” FLOOR BOARDS
14 1/4” PLYWOOD SUB-FLOORING 15 1/2” PAINTED GYPSUM
16 CELLULOSE INSULATION
17 2X4 WOOD JOISTS
18 3/8” EXTERIOR PLYWOOD SHEATHING
19 1/2” PAINTED PANEL CLADDING
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Scale: 3/8” = 1’-0” Material
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DRAWING KEY: 1 1/32” METAL ROOF 2 1/8“ ROOF SHEATHING 3 1.5” EPS RIGID FOAM INSULATION 4 5/8“ ROOF SHEATHING 5 5” INSULATION 6 1/2” PAINTED GYPSUM 7 TOP WOOD CHORD 8 5” CAVITY INSULATION 9 3/8” BASE COAT 10 1/8” PLASTER FINISH COAT 11 2X10 WOOD STUDS 12 CONCRETE SLAB 13 1/2” FLOOR BOARDS 14 1/4” PLYWOOD SUB-FLOORING 15 1/2” PAINTED GYPSUM 16 CELLULOSE INSULATION 17 2X4 WOOD JOISTS 18 3/8” EXTERIOR PLYWOOD SHEATHING 19 1/2” PAINTED PANEL CLADDING 20 KING STUDS 21 HEADER 22 JACK STUDS 36
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Model Close Up
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