Portfolio Andrew Ko
Contents ACADEMIC 1.
Hutong High Rise
5 - 19
2.
Keep it Open, Keep it Wild
20 - 43
3.
[Bird’s] Eye View
44 - 55
PROFESSIONAL 4.
Pearl District U-Storage Facility
56 - 67
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Cinder Dispensary
68 - 75
6.
Do & Co LAX
76 - 83
INSTALLATIONS 7.
Greetings from Gibraltar
84 - 89
8.
Second Shift ‘We’ve All Pin There’
90 - 97
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Arc Arm
98 - 101
1. Hutong High Rise Arch 562 ‘Systems’ Studio, 2014 faculty: Lee + MacGillivray software: revit, autocad, illustrator, photoshop Hutong High Rise is a mixed-use residential complex organizing office, retail, and residential units around a series of courtyards based on a contemporary interpretation of a hutong. ‘Hutongs’ are narrow alleys formed by rows of traditional courtyard houses [siheyuan] that date back to 500 BC in dynastic China. Modular units, streets, and courtyards organize along an internal grid that break for fit, variation, and privacy. This analysis directly informing the design that takes on elements of a mat building typology. A majority of hutongs have been demolished since China’s industrial boom in the 1950’s. The hutongs that remain, within government sanctioned preservation zones, have since been subdivided into multifamily homes to accommodate for the developing country and increasing population. However, antiquated infrastructure and lack of space make it necessary to address work-life and public-private dichotomies in a modernizing urban fabric. The proposal seeks imagine a space to balance a social public realm with necessary space for privacy.
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Hutong HutongAnalysis Analysis
Beijing, Beijing, China China
hutong hutong neighborhood neighborhood sitesite new new development development
Forbidden City Forbidden City hutong preservation zone hutong preservation zone sitesite new new development development
Urban Urban Hierarchy Hierarchy
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hutong block block selection selection f.3f.3 f.2f.2 f.1f.1hutong
hutong hutong block block nolli nolli map map
Typical Typical Hutong Hutong Section Section
natural natural cross cross ventilation ventilation
hutong hutong alley alley
central central water water
Hutong Hutong Block Block
residential residential commercial commercial office office buildings buildings work work livelive gathering gathering points points new new construction construction community community baths baths
hutong hutongalley alley major major road road
f.2f.2hutong hutong block block selection selection courtyard courtyard house house clusters clusters [siheyuan] [siheyuan]
‘courtyard’ ‘courtyard’ circulation circulation
‘courtyard’ ‘courtyard’ communal communal space space
hutong hutong diagram diagram
Traditional Traditional Courtyard Courtyard House House [siheyuan] [siheyuan]
cluster cluster layout layout f.3f.3siheyuan siheyuan typical typical courtyard courtyard house house
cluster cluster circulation circulation
‘courtyard’ ‘courtyard’ circulation circulation [langs] [langs]
‘courtyard’ ‘courtyard’ communal communal space space
hutong hutong diagram diagram
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Mat Building Typology Conceptual Design
typical hutong
new grid
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circulation
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courtyard spaces
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unit layout plan 2F
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mat urban fabric of contemporary hutong blocks
Study Models
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Mat Building Typology plan 2F
plan 4F plan GF
Schematic Design
typical hutong
new grid
circulation
circulation as courtyard
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courtyard spaces
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Unit Design
bedroom dining bath
kitchen
living
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private courtyard
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Schematic Design
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CLOSED CONDITION CLOSED CONDITION closed connection
CLOSED CONDITION CLOSED CONDITION
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unit layout plan 2F
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Interior Courtyards
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Facade The facade uses traditional Chinese bricks that are resistant to Beijing’s harsh sandstorms. The wearability of glass during these sandstorms calls for minimized exterior windows. Window panels are scaled to align with the brickwork to follow the grid of the facade. The curved entries note major entry ways from the exterior streets.
Exterior - Interior Facades exterior facade
interior facade
Wall Section and Construction
Roof Membrane metal cap flashing vapor barrier flashing and joint 2” min compound brick tie
Wall Construction interior wood board cmu or concrete wall weather barrier mineral fiber insulation brick
Window Construction through wall flashing 1/4” drip sealant cor-ten steel header and sill frame wood sill flashing and joining 2” min compound straightflash vapor barrier
Curtain Wall Construction glazed aluminum curtain walls cor-ten steel header glazing 2”
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Section Perspective
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2. Keep it Open, Keep it Wild! Arch 672 ‘Propositions’ Studio, 2014 faculty: Sirota software: rhino, autocad, illustrator, photoshop ‘Keep it Open, Keep it Wild’ proposes a series of deployable urban markers capable of transforming the failed industrial landscape into sites of shared collective experience in the contemporary city. Here, architecture performs in response to the “donut problem” of the post-industrial city, an urban condition created when industry collapses and leaves behind residual space without a central system of economic viability. These empty urban centers are like donuts without their jelly and their vacated interiors present opportunities for re-imagining the structure of social exchange, productivity and restoration in the city. When typical market expectations call for normative strategies to restore commercial interests or consumer-driven economics to activate abandoned civic spaces, ‘Keep it Open’ suggests an alternative possibility. Situated in Roubaix, ‘Keep it Open’ goes to work on the distributed “donut problem” discovered throughout Le Pile. Perceived among the worst neighborhoods in all of France, Le Pile survives as a territory of vacated textile industry relics and fragmented landscapes. For decades, nineteenth century yarn production structured life in the city and produced urban blocks where small scale industrial buildings and their residential periphery, la courée, existed in service of efficient commercial production. Little priority was given to broader ideas of civic identity or social space since factories were the drivers of urban form and the centers of productivity in the city. Today, in Le Pile’s post-industrial era, these landscapes are slumped, and the surrounding housing is left without an economic system that delivers value or opportunity to the people of the city. So we ask “what can be done about the empty spaces?” What if these empty urban centers could be assets toward a new collective possibility? What if these centers remained empty and the luxury of space supported the city’s transforming needs over time? Keep it Open! proposes just that by dispersing architectural objects to transform the urban interior into collective spaces shared between the city and its residents. As architectural Beasties are deployed into the industrial friche interior they operate as playful objects that make the landscape legible, convivial, and socially engaging. Five mobile units move it to start the transformation: a bat observatory, a seeding machine, a bee house, wetlands cavern, and prairie land marker. Both industrious and frisky, the units perform as urban markers revealing the importance of emergent ecosystems while restoring the friche as a cultural co-op model of new urban possibilities and economic viability. When assembled in the city, Beasties start a party of quotidian, serial, and annual events for urban collectivity. 21
ROUBAIX, FRANCE Aftermaths of Deindustrialization Roubaix is one of many small, non-descript, industrial towns baring the quintessential marks of many post-industrial cities: vacancy, architectural deterioration and uncoiffed landscapes. Industrial decline is coupled with France’s troubled immigration narrative. The more recent influx of North African immigrants met with Roubaix’s sharp economic and industrial decline, stranding a large immigrant population. Multigenerational unemployment leaves local populations economically stagnant.
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LILLE METROPOLE
NORD PAS DE CALAIS
ROUBAIX
Nord Pas De Calais Roubaix
Lille Metropole
Lille
Le Pile
14 km
DEMOGRAPHICS Population: 98,000
Age: < 30 [ 24% 20-29 years ]
Unemployment Age: 15-64 years
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Unemployment Women Age: 25-60 years
Unemployment Age: 15-25 years
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Immigration Narrative
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1850 becomes 2nd largest textile region in the world
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immgration mainly from Flanders, Portugal, Spain, Italy
immgration mainly from North Africa [ Maghreb, Algeria ]
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One strategy to help revitalize the area has been investing millions in Bilbao style effects to rebrand the areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sense of place, identity, and optimism. A tax incentive zone and large scale architectural interventions from cultural institutions to contemporary housing have been designed to attract skilled middle class work force along with new businesses for the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economic productivity. While the list only represents a fraction of total investments made, there is little to no evidence that these interventions, materially or conceptually, benefit the local population.
Le Pile is one of Roubaixâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s better known neighborhoods both for its industrial past and its resulting postindustrial fallout. Le Pile is considered one of the most troubled neighborhoods stained with deterioration and neglect. Sensationalized media coverage further alienate a local population battered by unemployment, racial tension, gang violence, and drug problems. The resulting urban environments, unkempt vegetation and perceived menacing mix of residents, has drawn significant attention from the French government and the European community â&#x20AC;&#x201C; making Le Pile an area of top concern and a prototype for experiments in strategic revitalization
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Critics of these top down urban procedures, recognize the lack of impact for the marginalized local population and have turned to acupunctural methods for collective urban regeneration rendering friche landscapes productive again through techniques like urban farming. Transforming friche to 2nd landscapes is a popular strategy. The hope is that preindustrial land stewardship can galvanize local communities around a shared goal at a small economic scale. If the landscape is judged solely by its economic capacity, there are easy ways to quantify its productivity. While there is nothing intrinsically wrong with getting your hands dirty or growing organic tomatoes, a quick cost benefit analysis to make small scale farming a reality in the area show clear limitations that in many ways reinforce the status quo. Rearing farm animals or farming vegetables is almost out of the question if considering leisure as a critical element for social mobility and political advancement. Local farming initiatives in many ways contribute to the cultivation of local food sources, a sense of food justice, maybe even cultivating a more intimate relationship between man and nature. But the activity in and of itself through an economic capacity, is insufficient to respond to the plethora of problems effecting neighborhoods such as Le Pile.
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The proposal seeks to demonstrate an alternative lens through which we can interpret Friche landscapes. One person whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s theorized this very well is Gille Clement, where he reframes abandoned terrain through its projective value, he questions what we might consider economic productivity as generative or operative in deindustrialized scenarios. This allows us to reevaluate Friche as 3rd landscapes, which in essence is fundamental to the productivity of 2nd landscapes through bio diversification, cross pollination, and natural fertilization that go far beyond the immediacy of human scale. Manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s role then is to maintain a persuasive partnership with a landscape that is free to grow and evolve on its own. This does not mean uncontrolled vegetative sprawl. The prairie is a perfect example where man has to negotiate with the landscape because, over time, an unmitigated prairie will turn into a forest. While periodically implementing controlled burns prevent forestry take over, it improves existing wildlife habitats, boosts pasture productivity, enhances native plant communities and maintains equilibrium to keep the prairie alive. Allowing man to curate the planetary garden, our approach begins to challenge the perceived image of abandonment in service of a more emergent, malleable and collective urban scenario.
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The friche is an obvious opportunity for re-imagination, to bring a sense of place, identity, and optimism that are socially and culturally engaging, indiscriminate of economic standings. We must learn from the past, yet move beyond the residual myths of industrial productivity. It is not enough to assess the urban garden based solely on dollars and euros. The proposal begins to frame the concept of productivity by explicitly rendering the symbiotic relationship between humanity and their â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;gardenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.
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BEASTIES
Public Eco-Scenography
The proposal takes the form of reconfigurable mobile pavilions that interact with a fragmented network of mini public eco scenography, to demonstrate the cultivation and appreciation for urban biodiversity in the 3rd landscape. 1
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WETLANDS CAVERN 35
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PRAIRIELAND MARKER
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Study Models 37
textile factory
work - live urbanism
deindustrialization
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deployable architecture [ Beasties ]
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buccal cavity
trachea esophagus
lungs heart crop kidney gizzard
ureter cloaca
rectum intestine
proventriculus liver
duodenum pancreas
3. [Bird’s] Eye View Thesis, 2014-2015 faculty: Borum + Thun software: rhino, autocad, illustrator, photoshop This work begins with an examination of the historic models of production surrounding the production of foie gras – ranging from those of ancient Egypt to the ‘ethical or natural’ practices of Eduardo Suosa in Spain. The proposal aims to engage a contemporary pastoral – weaving together the perspectives of multiple actors surrounding the conflicting cultural forces symbolized by a plate of foie gras. A decommissioned USS Nimitz is repurposed as a nomadic landscape conflating in its construction, the image of agrarian habitat, a machine for hyper efficient production, and a space of consumption engaging luxury agri-tourism. Here resides temporary a sanctuary for geese, a resource extraction facility for goose-related products, and a picturesque vacation getaway for passengers fleeing both reality and conscience. Through perspectival manipulation, this landscape conceals and camouflages multiple agents from one another, facilitating and drawing into confluence their multiple agendas. This aquatically – mobile landscape machine tracks the Atlantic geese migration corridor across Iceland, the UK and the Mediterranean with the aim of intercepting an ecologically appropriate amount of geese. Geese will gorge on food produced and supplied by this constructed ecology before their long migration south, naturally enlarging their liver during the winter months. While migrating agricultural destruction in the Northern UK is often attributed to the flock, the intercepted birds will be a source of natural foie gras served seasonally on-board to growing population of international agri-gourmands in search of ever-more exotic pleasures. While a modern food industry has coopted the pastoral through the iconic image of a farm as a means to support ethically-based claims, this thesis questions the exploitation of sensorial triggers embedded in cultural readings of landscape as a means to examine architecture’s role in this expanding frontier and its consumption.
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Consumption The crop in the digestive tract allows geese to gorge on copious amounts of food, naturally allowing much needed creation and storage of fat in their livers in preparation for long migrations year round. The natural gorging is artificially replicated with gavage, a technique of force feeding geese dating back to ancient Egypt which has since been modernized by the food industry. In 2014 alone, 25000 tons of foie gras was produced in the EU. More recently, foie gras has become a topic of contention due to the popularity of sensationalized videos released by PETA. However, change in consumption is unlikely due to long gastronomic traditions surrounding a plate of foie gras.
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Foie Gras (Goose Liver) Standard Goose Liver ~ 75 g
Medium Harvest Goose Liver ~ 125 g
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Learning through generations of farming, the Suosa’s have established an ethical and ecosystemic practice, maintaining a balance between the land and its yield. Unlike industrialized production, Eduardo Suosa does not use gavage, making his foie gras a seasonal, but more importantly ethical, commodity. Conveniently located along the bird’s Northern European migratory path, geese will frequently land and self-domesticate on the 500 hectare estate attracted by the area’s wetland habitat, its mild climate, and rich food resources. Domesticated geese breed with their wild counterparts renewing the gene pool and maintaining the natural instinct to gorge. Eduardo Suosa became renowned for his foie gras by placing first in the Coup de Coeur, a coveted French gastronomic prize. Corn fed foie gras is bright yellow, while natural foie gras has a brown coloration. In order to contend, he focused his attention on the land and planted yellow lupins around his farm. He discovered geese’s natural affinity to the seeds of this plant naturally turning their liver bright yellow. While he can see more profits from his crop, but nearly half of it goes to the geese that decide reside in his estate. The attention to detail in caring for his beloved geese can help us understand what it means to truly appreciate and be thankful for the food we eat.
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grows wildly in dry and sunny areas
prefers seasonally dry climates, snow and short frost
prefers hot and sunny weather
prefers mild, sandy, volcanic soils in mining belts
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46.8k-93.6k figs
840k-3,000k acorns
5.3k-18k olives
712-890 lbs seeds
First food used in the gavage technique dating back to 2500 BC. Egyptian hieroglyphs show slaves manually force feeding geese.
Acorns - Rich in good cholesterol, and makes its fat full of oleic acid which is full of monosaturated fatty acid that has been shown to lower LDL cholesterol and raise HDL cholesterol. This is part of a typical diet of Extremadura Iberico Pigs.
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Traditional foie gras through gavage techniques produce a yellow hue due to the corn feed. Foie gras without gavage turns out to be a grayish brown color. Sousa began to introduce the wild lupin plant in his farm where the consumption of its seeds produce a natural bright yellow hue.
The man made lake, provides hydration and a more natural habitat for domesticated and incoming wild geese.
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Landscape Oblique The thesis transforms the contentious imagability of foie gras through a playful interpretation of a contemporary pastoral. The symbolic imagery diagrams partnering of not just the idealic farm, but the broader territories with its respective agents to culminate in a plate of foie gras. The drawing is abstracted to challenge the role of representation in the architectural discipline. It builds a narrative through symbolic imagery, while becoming a blueprint for the architectural design component. The thesis attempts to use representation as a tool for abstract or literal interpretation to inform the design. It is necessary to understand the importance to accommodate multiple agents in order to thrive in balance.
Architectural Intervention By repurposing a decommissioned aircraft carrier, the thesis aims to take advantage of the Atlantic migration path that bridges Iceland and the UK. The nomadic landscape doubles as luxury agri-tourism while facilitating large scale production of foie gras while utilizing the multitude of components that can be harvested from geese. The concept of ha-ha’s date back to the late 1600’s where landscape design elements are recessed to create a vertical barrier while preserving the horizon of a landscape. With similar tactics the project curates perspective towards specific agents. The drawing is shows the bird’s eye view and approach that conceals the ha-ha’s giving the illusion of a continuous landscape. The recessed corridors are designed to trap geese when it is time to harvest. Form becomes critical to the industrial production of foie gras.
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Charting Course This aquatically - mobile landscape machine tracks Geese along the Atlantic migration corridor between Iceland and the UK. The aim is to intercept wild geese with auditory geese calls, with the enticing palette of the landscape and hunting decoys. In order to maintain a healthy agricultural landscape, the ship must spend most of its time in the lower climate zones when the ship is not intercepting geese. The ship can pick up passengers from major harbors or facilitate a drop off with a helicopter. While being both a sanctuary for geese, luxury agri-tourism liner, the proposal provides a service for the UK by limiting the number of wintering geese that cause major damage to the northern agricultural landscape.
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4. Pearl District U-Storage Facility MCA Architects The Pearl District U-Storage Facility is a six story mixedused building on the Northwest corner of the Pearl District in Downtown Portland consisting of retail, office, and storage spaces. The proposal is situated adjacent to the Freemont Bridge and the Portland Railroad Company Railways. The concrete and metal building materials allude to these iconic landmarks and serve as a buffer to the mostly brick retail and residential buildings to the south. The intersection of 13th Ave and Savier Street was of particular importance because the streets terminate as they approach the Willamette River. This became a unique design opportunity to enhance the existing â&#x20AC;&#x153;character streetâ&#x20AC;? with a small public plaza. A metal rose sculptural element within the plaza and the Fremont Bridge beyond become the two focal points as you approach this intersection, providing Portland character and visual interest at this termination.
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Site Analysis Existing Overview
N N.T.S. Site site Residential residential Office, Retail office, Commercial, commercial, retail SITE
Industrial industrial
R 1/4 MI
R 1/2 MI
Parks parks
River District River District NorthPearl PearlSubarea Subarea North
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Residentia
Office, Co Industrial Parks
HOTEL
River Distr
North Pea
CONTEXT : EXISTING OVERVIEW
Planning and Zoning
U STORES | 14TH & SAVIER | APRIL 10, 2017
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SITE
R 1/4 MI
FAR 5:1, 100’ FAR 5:1, 100’Height heightZone zone FAR 4:1, 100’ FAR 4:1, 100’Height heightZone zone FAR 2:1, 100’ FAR 2:1, 100’Height heightZone zone 75’ 75’Height heightZone zone 225’ 225’Height heightZone zone N N.T.S. Site
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HOYT Master Plan
U STORES | 14TH & SAVIER | APRIL 10, 2017
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Character character Street street 13th 13thAvenue AvenueLoading loadingDocks docks
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CONTEXT : HOYT MASTER PLAN
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LONG TERM BIKE (4) PARKING 8310 SF STORM WATER PLANTER 685 SF LOADING AND PARKING ACCESS
TOTAL PRIVATE OPEN SPACE / PLAZA SF = 8540 SF
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ADA ACCESSIBLE U-STORE ENTRY
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LANDSCAPE SF = 4880 SF PRIVATE OPEN SPACE / PLAZA = 3660 SF TREES = 9
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SITE PLAN U STORES | 14TH & SAVIER | APRIL 10, 2017
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Floor Plans The proposed project is a 142,050 SF 6-story building. The selfservice storage facility will occupy approximately 60% of the ground floor and 100% of the 2nd to 6th floors. Retail/office spaces will occupy approximately 40% of the ground floor and are located along NW Savier Street (south facade) and NW 14th Street (west facade). To enhance the pedestrian experience, retail and office spaces are prominent along Savier and 14th while the U-Storage operations are tucked to the north to provide privacy and security. The project also features mezzanine spaces that provide additional retail and office space.
ground floor plan [GF]
retail / office self service storage office self service storage egress circulation mechanical
mezzanine [M]
2nd - 6th floor plan [2F-6F]
lumenfacade - stand alone project - typ. - see cut sheet
reflected ceiling lighting upper floor 61
Design Studies VIEW AVE LOOKING NORTHWEST 1. 13TH SOUTHEAST CORNER
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initial structural design concept
00 - RENDER : 2017.07.17 PART 1/2 THIN COLUMNS - 8 1/3 FEET PANEL U-STORE | PORTLAND, OR | EA 16-264801 PC
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00 - RENDER : 2017.08.01 - HEAVIER BASE U-STORE | PORTLAND, OR | EA 16-264801 PC
00 - RENDER : 2017.08.01 - HEAVIER BASE U-STORE | PORTLAND, OR | EA 16-264801 PC
storage efficiency layout
01 - RENDER : DAR 2 - FINS U-STORE | PORTLAND, OR | EA 16-264801 PC
02 - RENDER : POST DAR 2 - LINEAR FINS U-STORE | PORTLAND, OR | EA 16-264801 PC
conceptual details
design iterations
09 - RENDER : 2017.12.20 - CASEY CANOPY REQUEST UPPER OFFSET W, U-STORE | PORTLAND, OR | EA 16-264801 PC
Typical Details and Wall Sections
metal panel inside corner
metal panel inside corner at window panel
metal panel at channel
metal panel and window panel at channel
typical wall section at window panel
typical wall section at metal panel 63
Elevations
+ 97’-0” T.O. PARAPET + 94’-0” T.O. ROOF
METAL PANEL 1 METAL PANEL 2 + 79’-0” SIXTH FLOOR
WINDOWS + 64’-0” FIFTH FLOOR
METAL COLUMNS
+ 49’-0” FOURTH FLOOR
STOREFRONT WINDOWS SLIDING GLASS DOORS + 34’-0” THIRD FLOOR
CONCRETE + 19’-0” SECOND FLOOR
+ 0’-0” FIRST FLOOR
east elevation ELEVATION - WEST
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SIGN A 1/8’ = 1’-0” + 97’-0” T.O. PARAPET + 94’-0” T.O. ROOF
SIGN A METAL PANEL 1 METAL PANEL 2
+ 79’-0” SIXTH FLOOR
WINDOWS + 64’-0” FIFTH FLOOR
METAL COLUMNS
+ 49’-0” FOURTH FLOOR
+ 34’-0” THIRD FLOOR
STOREFRONT WINDOWS
+ 19’-0” SECOND FLOOR
+ 0’-0” FIRST FLOOR - 2’-0” FIRST FLOOR
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SIGN A 1/8’ = 1’-0” + 97’-0” T.O. PARAPET + 94’-0” T.O. ROOF
METAL PANEL 1 METAL PANEL 2
+ 79’-0” SIXTH FLOOR
WINDOWS + 64’-0” FIFTH FLOOR
METAL COLUMNS
+ 49’-0” FOURTH FLOOR
SIGN A + 34’-0” THIRD FLOOR
+ 19’-0” SECOND FLOOR
STOREFRONT WINDOWS
+ 0’-0” FIRST FLOOR - 2’-0”
west elevation ELEVATION - WEST
0’
8’
16’
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+ 97’-0” T.O. PARAPET + 94’-0” T.O. ROOF
METAL PANEL 1 METAL PANEL 2
+ 79’-0” SIXTH FLOOR
WINDOWS + 64’-0” FIFTH FLOOR
METAL COLUMNS
+ 49’-0” FOURTH FLOOR
+ 34’-0” THIRD FLOOR
STOREFRONT WINDOWS METAL PANEL 1 + 19’-0” SECOND FLOOR
+ 0’-0” FIRST FLOOR + 0’-0” PARKING
0’
north elevation ELEVATION - WEST U STORE | PORTLAND, OR | EA 16-264801 PC
8’
16’
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Renderings
southeast corner
southeast corner close up
northwest corner
southwest corner night
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5. Cinder Dispensary MCA Architects Cinder Dispensary is a two phase tenant improvement project located in Spokane, Washington. The first phase is an interior remodel of a 2230 SF existing abandoned warehouse which includes mercantile, business, office, and storage occupancies. The second phase consists of site development and layering a metal panel facade over the existing brick exterior. Phase 1: The north, south, and west interior walls are integrated with lit casework specifically designed to showcase retail merchandise and to frame monitors. The merchandise presented in the casework can vary from 6â&#x20AC;? to 3.5â&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Smaller merchandise is exhibited in custom welded steel tables. Phase 2: The original rough brickwork became the inspiration for the layered metal panel facade treatment. Steel channels are introduced to provide a sense of order and reflect the raw material pallet of Phase I.
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Phase 1: Demolition Demolition Floor Plans
upper floor plan [2F]
ground floor plan [GF]
Demolition Elevation
south elevation
Phase 1: Rennovation
ground floor plan
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Phase 1: Section Elevations North Section Elevation
South Section Elevation
West Section Elevation
Phase 1: Wall Types and Details Wall Types
Details
display casework section
display casework plan
doorway head with frame extension
doorway jamb with frame extension
door head with frame extension
door jamb with frame extension
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Phase 1: Interior Renderings and Photos Interior Renderings
southwest corner
northwest corner
west interior wall
west interior wall close up
southwest corner
northwest corner
Photos
Phase 2: Facade Studies Site Plan 60 degree parking layout
Exterior Renderings
view north through driveway
southwest exterior corner
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6. Do & Co LAX MCA Architects Do & Co LAX is a 69,500 SF catering kitchen tenant improvement project within an existing 305,800 SF airline warehouse in Los Angeles, California. The project provides necessary services and distribution logistics for airline food and beverage catering on domestic and international flights. The kitchen is systematically designed to balance the flow of receiving, cleaning, re-stocking, and organizing â&#x20AC;&#x153;dirtiedâ&#x20AC;? food carts and dishware for outbound flights from LAX International Airport. The project also includes administrative offices and employee break and locker rooms.
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Plan Diagrams Kitchen Flow Plan
incoming freight / unprepared food prepared food processed / final set clean dishes loaded carts ready for transport dirty dishes / dirty carts refuse ground floor plan
Temperature Zone Plan
-10 degree 38 degree 52 degree 70 degree ground floor plan
Egress Plan
ground floor plan
Occupancy Plan
2nd floor plan
ground floor plan
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Floor Plans Demolition
ground floor plan
Floor Plans
ground floor plan
2nd loor plan 81
Reflected Ceiling Plan
ground floor plan
2nd loor plan
Typical Interior Glazing Details
stainless steel head at glazing (stepped ceiling)
stainless steel head at butt (flush ceiling)
stainless steel sill at glazing (w/o wainscot)
stainless steel at glazing (above wainscot)
stainless steel base at full height glazing
stainless steel at full height glazing
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7. Greetings From Gibraltar Travel Exhibition North Quad Exhibition Space Ann Arbor, Mi faculty: Ghosn + Jazairy Greetings from Gibraltar foregrounds the Strait of Gibraltar through existing programs of commerce, leisure, and national interests in order to spatialize the geographical unit that both separates and links existing agencies. The exhibition draws on the ‘geographic’ as a design paradigm in which designers are compelled to address and transform larger context, and address issues, which had previously been dominated by the domains of engineering, ecology, or regional planning. The need to address the ‘geographic’ has prompted designers to re-examine tools of representation as well as forms of the architectural object. The exhibition features a 16’x5’ mural made of 544 individually composed postcards which construct a map of the Strait along with a series of architectural interventions proposed in the geography. It also depicts the space and time of the travel from Madrid through Granada, Seville, Cadiz, Gibraltar/La Linea, Algeciras, Ceuta, Tangier, and Fez allowing narratives at multiple scales. The publication also includes analytic and cartographic investigations of port cities highlighting relational geographies, flows and exchanges across the Strait.
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Greetings from Gibraltar publication research, proposals
Exhibition To Go gift box 10 postcards, landscape foldout
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greetings from
GIBRALTAR GRANADA
REVENUE BEFORE AIR/PORTS Ceuta
Gibraltar
REVENUE AFTER AIR/PORTS
Ceuta
Ceuta
Andalucia
Tetuan
Melloussa
Tangier
future infrastructural + urban development plan
1956
1970
1985 1988 1980
2000 2013
megaport speculation
present conditions
future infrastructural + urban development plan
2014
time
water logistics site transshipment center primary logistics zone secondary logistics zone transport infrastructure logistics network (company specific) congestion level high
megaport network
low
logistic port infrastructure evolution
SEVILLE
initial situation
new terminal development in existing ports
new terminal along the wider coastline
new terminal/ports
Gibraltar
CEUTA AIR/PORT
FES
GIBRALTAR AIR/PORT
UK
SPAIN SPAIN
l zone
neutra
INTERNATIONAL WATERS
MOROCCO
INTERNATIONAL WATERS
TRAFFIC BEFORE AIR/PORTS
UK WATERS
CEUTA
TRAFFIC AFTER AIR/PORTS
UK WATERS SPAIN
UK
SPANISH WATERS
SPAIN
UK
MOROCCO
SPANISH WATERS
SPAIN
MOROCCO
SPAIN MOROCCAN WATERS
MOROCCAN WATERS
GIBRALTAR
ALGECIRAS
TANGER-MED
0 m/s
1 m/s
ATUN
100 m
ATUN
ATUN
West
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-0.4 m/s East
0m Day 4
Year 1
Day 3
uneaten food and feces 300 m
FLOATATION PONTOON MECHANICAL CHUTE
400 m PROPELLER
Day 1
2. Cages are engaged into the Alboran gyre and begin the feeding 2. Cages are engaged into the Alboran gyre and begin the feeding
4. Cages enter into ATUN for harvest. And the cages are transported to the launch site to restart the cycle. 4. Cages enter into ATUN for harvest. And the cages are transported to the launch site to restart the cycle.
ATUN
ATUN
ATUN
ATUN
Year 2
cycle cycle
200 m
SOLAR PANEL COVERING
Day 2
1. Cages released from launch station at the Strait 1. Cages released from launch station at the Strait
3. Tuna growth is monitored, and when they are ready for harvest, the cages are recalled to the ATUN for unloading 3. Tuna growth is monitored, and when they are ready for harvest, the cages are recalled to the ATUN for unloading
satellite aquafarm (SAF) ATUN entrance
satellite aquafarm
drifting pool
satellite aquafarm
satellite aquafarm
cafe restaurant
spa ATUN entrance observation deck service gym casino hotel
solar panels
TANGIER Y7
MARBELLA Y6 CEUTA GIBRALTAR
Y5
CRUISESHIP - PROGRAMS
TARIFA
4.7k m
ALGECIRAS Y4
TANGIER Y3
CADIZ
Y2 X1
CADIZ
YI
X7
X2
X6 X3
X4
CITY- LANDMARKS
X5
Y7
A B C
Y7
B A C
Y6
N
Y6 Y5
Y7
Y4 Y6
Y3
Y2 X1
X7 YI
X6
X2 X3
X4
X5
A B C
A B C
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Y5
Y4
Y3
Y2 X1
Y5
X7 YI X2
Y4
X6 X3
X5
X4
Y3
Y2 X1
X7 YI X2
X6 X3
X5
X4
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regional scale Y6
0
2
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8 km
0 city scale
regional scale
5
10
20 km
N
Y5
Y4
Y3
Y2 X1
0
5
10
20 km
X7 YI X2
X6 X3
X5
X4
city scale
0
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regional scale
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10
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10 boxes per contaner
1 pin
100 pins per box
= 1000 pins
15 containers per shipment
=15,000 pins
8. Second Shift ‘We’ve All Pin There’ Arch 422, ‘Situation Studio’, 2013 faculty: Perry Kulper A situation can be conceived as the specific manner in which objects are disposed in a particular location and time. With a $100 budget, the project sought to create a situation or event through the dislocation of everyday objects, namely the push pin. Individually these objects are innocuous, unrecognized, sometimes uncared for, often trash, but actually represent an important currency in studio culture ideation, the exchange of ideas, of involvement, and energy. When assembled in mass, systematically ordered, and when people are asked to act upon them either by taking, rearranging, or relocating them as they please, the mundane is activated and the stage set for a situational entropy. Beyond the micro-event of the entropic processes of disassembly and dissemination the project is just as much about the creative production process or macro event beginning with the installation of the event itself.
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CMYK: 148’-0”xCMYK: 9’-6” 148’-0” x 9’-6”
what for $100? $100? what can can we we buy buy for
CMYK: 148’-0”x 9’-6”
15 containers per shipment
=15,000 pins 150 boxes of push-pins : $81
chipboard: $5
chipboard: chipboard : $5 $5
red paint: $14 red red paint: paint : $14 $14
C
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8”
18”
highest density
120”
12” x 12”:C 2,307 pins M
C
M
Y
Y
K
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On The Wall: 6.5 square feet
full wall
C
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C
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racing stripe Y
K
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12” x 12”: 9.5
12” x 12”: 35.5
On The Wall: 1,406 square feet
On The Wall: 444 square feet
thin red line
mama bear -maintain full horiz. coverage -maximize depth (height) -maximize density
12” x 12”: 101.5
12” x 12”: 70 pins
On The Wall: 37 square feet
On The Wall: 222 square feet
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15,000 push pins (clear) 142 ft length wall space 9 people 1 laser level 1 chip board 1 hammer 1 measuring tabe
second shift
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WEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;VE ALL PIN THERE
media relations
SULTS
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9. Arc Arm Arch 571 Digital Fabrication 2014 The study focuses on the development of an extendable arm with 3D fabrication techniques as a strategy for mechanizing and mobilizing architecture.
full assembly
arm elevations
base + arm x1
winch
threaded rods THREADED RODS
stopper
STOPPER PIECE
ribbed section RIBBED SECTIONS
closed condition
open condition
DESIGN threading
prelim sketches
threading
winch 99
Sketch Model
retracted
Arm
extended
retracted
Assembly
extended
Final
Details
rods and ribbons
winch and thread
profile 101