andrew bonesz
COMMUNITY CENTER
BACKGROUND INFO I designed this community center as an entry for the 2010 ACSA steel design student competition. The competition brief requested that the entries give people a chance to step back and become reconnected to themselves, others, and nature. The site is in near downtown Chicago, within walking distance of the lake. The most prominent feature of the site is an elevated train line which runs diagonally throughout. The project was required to be of steel construction with no consideration of budget. An emphasis was placed on sustainability--specifically the building’s successfull integration of natural elements within the overall scheme.
1. CONCEPT MODEL The initial idea was to design a series of spaces for plants, animals, and people to interact. These spaces give depth and beauty to an otherwise simple system...
2. SPATIAL DIAGRAM ...In the context of an actual building, these spaces are carved from a simple mass, but they create similar results of interaction, depth, and beauty.
hill garden lily pond
oďŹƒce garden
active garden
social garden
sunlight garden
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3. PROCESS DIAGRAM The building began as a mass from which a series of spaces were removed. A slice was made through the building, following the path of the elevated train line which runs through the site. Changes in elevation were then applied to suit the programmatic needs of the spaces. The last step was to allow plants, animals, and people to create interactions within, bringing the building to life..
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4. FLOOR PLANS AND MODEL The rooms are arranged around the garden spaces and seperated according to their unique programmatic needs (privacy, light, sound). The main entrances are located near the center of the site and along the central divide to encourage people to interact with the building and natural spaces. main entrance rendering
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5. STRUCTURAL DIAGRAMS As a steel design competition, the primary structure is made of rectangular steel tubes. The cladding is a system of cor-ten panels, and the foundation is cast in place concrete. In areas where light should enter the building, the panels are perforated and glazing sits behind.
6. PARTIAL WALL STUDY
In the context of an actual building, these spaces are carved from a simple mass, but they create similar results of interaction, depth, and beauty.
MANUFACTURED HOME
TITLE GOES HERE LOL This piece of work is very nice exmaple of the fun you can have with adobe indesign. The windows frame expansive views of the countryside and help the viewer determine what is going on in the picture.
MANUFACTURED HOME This design is for a single family manufactured home in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago. The rooms are designed in modular pieces so that as the family grows the home can grow as well.
SMALL (1-2 PEOPLE) The smallest unit is composed of a basic living module with kitchen, dining, laundry, and bathrooms, with a bedroom module on the second floor.
MEDIUM (3-4 PEOPLE) The medium sized unit is for a growing family. It adds to the small unit a master bed and bathroom module, a children’s rooms module, and a living room module.
LARGE (5-6 PEOPLE) The largest unit is for big families with several children. Picking up where the medium unit left off, it adds yet another children’s rooms module, and an extra module for an office or playroom.
WRITER’S STUDIO
1/8” SCALE HOUSE MODEL
This physical model of a writer’s studio is constructed of stained basswood, acrylic, and cork board. The dimensions of the overall model ended up being around 3ft by 2ft.
MONTESSORI SCHOOL
MONTESSORI SCHOOL RENDERINGS
These are some of the renderings for a montessori school house located in Chicago. The simple box form uses distinct material choices to indicate the seperate program areas within. The public spaces on the first floor are very open, while the learning areas on the second use a metal screen to provide privacy while allowing natural light. Greenwall areas house the art classrooms and encourage students to observe nature.
MOBILE LIVING UNIT
1. WATERBUG AUTONOMOUS LIVING UNIT
The goal for this project was to design a 100 square foot or less, autonomous, mobile living unit. The Waterbug is a lightweight adaptable home for one or two people that is also capable of gathering sunlight and water from the environment. Ideally to be used as a temporary home while travelling, the Waterbug includes a kitchen, bathroom (with shower), a convertible bed/table, and a patio. The resultant form of this house was inspired by concept automobile and aircraft designs.
2. GREEN COMMUNITY LIVING
Part of the vision for this project was that the house could inspire its own alternative living culture, where several people could set up near one another, forming a more modern and environmentally responsive community.
GRAPHIC DESIGN
BOG NIGHT
FREE FOOD & LIVE MUSIC
SATURDAY, MAY 2ND
FROM 8:00PM - 1:00AM EVENT WILL BE LOCATED IN THE BOG OPEN TO EVERYONE, NO FEE TO ENTER
COME FOR FREE FOOD & LIVE MUSIC, DANCING, GAMES, BILLIARDS, DARTS, AND MORE! SEE YOU THERE...
THE FLIER FOR A CAMPUS SOCIAL EVENT
The campus hangout at my school is known as ‘the BOG’ and so with this flier I decided to have some fun with that.
HOSTED BY
SIGEPS AND SKULLS
Home
CHICAGO (HOME) GRAPHIC
I made this in my free time. I tried to express the things I love about Chicago--its monumental skyline and the organizational grid which sometimes gets a little crazy within.
VIDEO WORK
BRAINWASH CHICAGO (SHORT FILM)
These are some frames from a video I made about Chicago. The idea behind the video is that everywhere you go in the city, the landscape is filled with an enormous amount of signage directing you where to go, how to act, and what to buy. We have grown so accustomed to this bombardment that we sometimes forget their influence upon us. In the video, I focus on these signs as a way of pointing out the degree to which our actions are controlled by them.
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