Andrew Brookes
Northeastern University Design Portfolio
“There aren't that many things left that haven't already been done. I'm interested in ideas that can shake us all up.�
-Jack White
Andrew Brookes
Education
5th year of studying for B.S. in Architecture Northeastern University
Experience Intern
Handel Architects New York, New York
Store Designer Bose Corporation Westborough, MA
Other Experience Designer
Assistant
EnergyBits Boston, MA Hoachlander Davis Photography Washington. D.C.
Skills
Illustrator AutoCad Photoshop Revit Rhino Sketchup
Housing And Aggregration
Architecture, Infrastructure, and the City
Berlin Block Studio
Professional Work: Handel Architects
Fall 2015 Alyson Tanguay Roxbury, MA
Spring 2014 Bruno Roveor Berlin, GE
Fall 2014 Kobi Ruthenburg East Boston, MA
Fall 2015 New York, New York
Housing And Aggregration Fall 2015 Alyson Tanguay Roxbury, MA
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The urban design maximizes space in multiple courtyards which are used to seperate public and private outdoor space. Winter
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The mimimally used public courtyards can be used for snow storage when needed while the elevated courtyards allow for residents to still have expansive outdoor space.
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Normal pancake floor plates allows for uninterrupted space, however gives unnecessary volume to respective spaces
Breaking every other floor plate gives each program a respective volume, removing unnecessary hieght from undesirable rooms.
The breakage drives the aggregation of the units, aligning each floor dependant on the elevation of the adjacent floor
The break still accounts for handicap access as every other floor is still flat and yet the volumes still change respectively
The aggregation is then the driver for the facade, creating a dynamic, yet readable facade.
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18,000 sq Ft per Floor 96 Units 154,000 sq Ft Total
Architecture, Infrastructure, and the City Fall 2014 Kobi Ruthenburg East Boston, MA
The topic of the class was the study of Urbanism. The task was a large 500,000 Sq Ft in East Boston. In order to urbanize this old mill factory site, it had to be designed to attract attention to the site and the surrounding area in order to gentrify the rest of the neighborhood for future construction.
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Accessable Waterfront: 7,000 FT
Downtown, Northend, Beacon Hill, and South Boston Population: 74,000
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Accessable Waterfront: 36,000 FT
Water Front Access and Population
Site Framework Index
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The proposed plan is to bring the water to the interior of East Boston to spread out the water resistance and create accessible water front
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The existing site condition uses the highway as a berm to create an uninhabitable water resistance along the edge of east boston
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Chelsea Creek
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Mavericks Mills Community Center
Building Layout
Commercial, Retail, Residential
Site Landscape
Linear Parks and Paving
Marsh, Building Connection Boardwalk and paths
Linear Parks And Program Division The size of the site allowed for a large array of different program to use the site. Linear parks are used to seperate these programs as well as mix them at certain points. The parks are occupied with small hills to visually seperate the programs and ad versatility to the parks.
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The waterfront of East Boston is riddled with abandoned factories and industrial buildings from the past. These structures could be demolished with minimum effect on the community.
Maximize Ecological
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The abandoned areas to be demolished will be replaced with ecology that is native to Eastern Massachusetts. The ecology would be allowed to grow beyond the designed site to allow for natural expansion of the marsh
50 year water level Present day water level
Be Adaptable Due to the minumum programing of the marsh, the wetland can adapt to any necessary changes through natural cycles of plant growth. The design also allows for future programming if necessary.
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The rolling mounds in the wetlands are designed to mitigate future storm surges and sea level rise. The marsh will also help clean Chelsea Creek which is infamously known for being exceptionally dirty.
Accessable Waterfront East Boston and the Maverick Mills community will now have access to around 20 Acres of accessable waterfront
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First Floor 6000 Sq Ft multi-use auditorium space Restaurant Farmers Market Private rentals Lectures
Maverick Mills Community Center
New Wetlands
East Boston
Berlin Block Studio
Spring 2014 Bruno Roveor Berlin, GE
Berlin Block
A study of how a city block in Berlin differs from a city block in the United States. The site is placed in Wedding, Berlin which is mostly residential and small businesses. The site has vehicle traffic on both sides with tall firewalls on the other sides.
Wooden opening allows for manual ventilation control Shared spaces have flush windows Open roof deck lets light into the courtyard and gives all building inhabitants access to the roof Shared entertaining space for larger groups that will not fit comfortably in apartments Childrens space allows for a private area for children for safety Shared Computer space for all inhabitants of building
First Floor Computer Lab 2 Studios 1 Three Bedroom 1 Two Bedroom 2 One Bedroom
Second Floor Childrens Area 1 Three Bedroom 1 Two Bedroom 2 One Bedroom
Third Floor Shared Kitchen 1 Three Bedroom 3 One Bedroom
Fourth Floor Roof Garden 2 Studios 1 Three Bedroom 2 One Bedroom
Professional Work: Handel Architects Fall 2015 New York, New York
AYKON HOTEL & SERVICED RESIDENCES AYKON CITY Andrew Brookes in Collaboration with TYPICAL FLOOR PLANS Handel Architects
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Dubai Canal view
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Dubai Canal view
Dubai Canal view
Dubai Canal view
Safa Park & Arabian Gulf view
Dubai Canal view
Safa Park & Arabian Gulf view
DAMAC MAISON HOTEL & HOTEL APARTMENTS
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Images are indicative of the general mood and are shown for illustrative purposes only.
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Dubai Canal view
Goldolphin Stables
Dubai Canal view
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Goldolphin Stables
Dubai Canal view
AYKONPlaza
AYKONPlaza
The End Thank You
Andrew Brookes brookes.a@husky.neu.edu