ALTERNATE TOPOGRAPHIES architecture and design by andrewHill
ALTERNATE TOPOGRAPHIES As architects we are asked to interpret existing contexts, sites, landscapes and uses and provide alternate routes across them. These alternate topographies are built to serve assigned programs but through the poetics of space and formal composition a new way of understanding and experiencing a place can also be found, albeit a pristine landscape or a dense metropolis. As designers, an understanding of this is what can see a work marry the pragmatic with the poetic, producing architecture of conviction, presence and longevity. These choreographed topographies present not only experiences for our feet but also provide new sensory landscapes for our eyes, nose, hands and ears. Through light, texture and sound; materials, form and void we have the ability to shape the subconscious and affect the mental state while moving through space. Much of the ‘poetics’ found in the sample work that follows doesn’t lie within the world of metaphorical inspiration but in the narrative sequencing of an experience across a ‘landscape’ in the form of architecture. How interior moments of desire are revealed in relation to a context beyond is something the work strives to carefully understand while also proposing thoughtful programmatic ideas about how a buildings use unfolds. This being the starting point for most of the work, exercises in form making were only entertained as wrappers for architectures core subject matter: space. Container vs. Contents?
CONTENTS peggy’s cove visitor center maritime pavilion public library boston ballet eni headquarters (with KPMB) kellogg school of management (with KPMB) destination project (with KPMB) office renovation (with KPMB) residential work (with studio AC)
2012 2008 2010 2009 2013 2014 2014 2015 2015
PEGGY’S COVE VISITOR CENTER PEGGY'S COVE, CANADA - ACADEMIC
Through a careful study of the landscape an idea about architecture presenting an alternate topography over and already established landscape was developed. As a result the proposed floor plan, ceiling plan, material composition and tectonic expression were all conceptually driven by findings during site analysis. The design was produced while completing a graduate thesis project at Dalhousie University in 2012. It found its conceptual base under broader thesis research that was attempting to find a design approach that would marry contemporary works with their contexts in an attempt to see them become better absorbed by the landscape, vernacular buildings and habitants. Realizing that it was a futile effort to try and compete with the spectacular Peggy’s Cove landscape by producing an architectural spectacle of its own, the building was conceived as an armature for experiencing it. Providing both internal and exterior moments where the architecture both frames and protects the viewer while disappearing so one can gaze unimpeded. Two directions were observed through the site analysis, the cultural axis leading from the village and the landscape axis one explores when they reach the rocks. Subsequently the buildings program responded by placing elements like an art gallery and gift gallery along the village axis, acknowledging where they are produced while a lobster gallery and restaurant dining room are located on the landscape axis celebrating the environment the food comes from.
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MARITIME MUSEUM PAVILION HALIFAX, CANADA - ACADEMIC
Located on the Halifax waterfront this pavilion was to be an annex exhibition space for the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. The programme consisted of an exhibition hall, boat building shed and a viewing platform for the Bluenose II. The intent was to play off the vernacular buildings of Nova Scotia both in terms of siting and construction while presenting a contemporary form to frame and enhance this important public space. A decision was made to find a balance between open pier and building as the harbor piers act primarily as open public space instead of industrial nodes as they once did. This resulted in an architecture that is nor of the land or the water but actually straddles the two accentuating the threshold between land and sea.
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PUBLIC LIBRARY KENTVILLE, CANADA - ACADEMIC with michael zabinski
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garden tower ducks unlimited interpretive tower
Located in a small town in rural Nova Scotia this proposal for a public library found its conceptual genesis in the same element as the town; the river. The design attempts to bridge between the urban qualities of the town and the natural qualities of the river. A number of programmatic additions we added to the brief after a careful study of the town revealed a lack of child care programs and a central urban green space, both uses that will only strengthen the daily live and excitment of a library in the 21st century. The design consisted of a ground floor containing all the social and public spaces needed in a contemporary library, both book stacks and digital media access included. The floor plate flows with the topography along the river while creating inlets for book stacks and moments of repose. On the remains of the current library a new learning resource center is to be established providing continuing education for all age groups. Located on a loft above the ground floor exits a daycare that has direct access to the ‘social blanket’, a green space which lays overtop of the internal public spaces, while creating an exterior one as well. Piercing through the social blanket are three reading towers that line the river’s edge. These contain spaces of repose and quite for groups, couples or single patrons to escape, study and read. The form is produced through a wrapping of the reading platforms that line the stairway landings. The towers also act as light wells pulling the sun into the public spaces below while also through the stack effect providing natural ventilation during the summer months.
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canoe tower
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BOSTON BALLET BOSTON, USA - ACADEMIC
The strict nature of the dance studios described in the project brief lead to a building that was about the dynamics between them. A spatially dynamic relationship was created between the studios within the building both sectionally and in plan. The program is then wrapped with a fabric skin, which creates a luminous beacon at night while also performing important environmental tasks such as, UV protection and wind mitigation. Some of the studios as well as the main performance hall reach outside the superstructure and press against the skin marking their importance on the facade. Thus it is the ‘performance’ of the buildings program that animates the architecture both spatially and formally. Beyond the building a small park was proposed that took on the same language as the building. It conceptually treated the ground plain as a piece of fabric that presented more defined areas through and act of pressing ghost masses from below agasinst the fabric creating flat rectilinear platforms in the undulating landscape.
ENI HEADQUARTERS MILAN, ITALY - COMPETITION WITH KPMB
This competition entry for a new headquarters for a large energy company in Milan, Italy was located in an industrial area outside the city so a scheme that attempted to create a serene oasis was pursued. The scheme comprised of three sculptural towers that housed office space for the various departments of the company. These towers sat in a pool of water that provided a reflective and cool space for ground level restaurants, galleries and park space to reside on. The scheme also saw value in the existing warehouse buildings and attempted to renovate a portion of these creating an arcade condition that surrounded the towers, bridging the gap between the contemporary future and historic past of the company. The design was done in conjunction with environmental engineers, Transsolar from Germany and thus had a variety of active and passive techniques incorporated into the architecture to help reduce energy costs and increate worker comfort. These elements were allowed to guide and shape the design producing a cohesive architecture marrying purpose and poetics.
TRANSFER AIR TO ATRIUM
ACTIVE SLAB FOR RADATIVE COOLING
PRISM GLAZING FADE OUT HIGH SUN ANGLES AND ENHANCES NATURAL ILLUMINATION
FACADE DESIGN PROVIDES EFFICIENT SHADING
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NATURAL VENTILATION MODE
HIGH-EFFICIENT ARTIFICIAL ILLUMINATION (DAYLIGHT AND PRESENCE CONTROL)
OPERABLE FACADE OPENINGS FOR FRESH AIR SUPPLY
DISPLACEMENT VENTILATION
NATURAL COOLING Ground duct wraps perimeter of parking levels to maximize contact to ground and facilitate distribution to existing building
PASSIVE VENTILATION During atrium ventilation mode atriums open to water and courtyard
EVAPORATIVE COOLING A shallow pool of water conditions immediate courtyard environment.
TRANSFER AIR TO ATRIUM
MECH. VENTILATION UNIT PER FLOOR CONDITIONS INTAKE AIR
HIGH-EFFICIENT ARTIFICIAL ILLUMINATION (DAYLIGHT AND PRESENCE CONTROL)
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FACADE DESIGN FAVORS PASSIVE SOLAR GAIN
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cool/fresh air heated air transfer air distribution
MECHANICAL VENTILATION MODE - WINTER
EXHAUST ATRIUM In non-heating mode air is vented naturally out the atriums clerestory glazing
NATURAL VENTILATION In natural ventilation node air is drawn in through outer facade
RADIANT HEATING Entry hall and taller ground level workspaces have radiant in-floor heating and cooling.
DISPLACEMENT VENTILATION
ACCESS FLOOR During heating and cooling modes, ventilation air is drawn in through floor based mechanical rooms, conditioned, then distributed through a rasied access floor plenum.
GROUND CONDITIONING Ventilation air for ground level spaces is drawn in through an iconic tower at the south end of site. This air is then run through ground ducts to moderate temperature.
PLENUM DISTRIBUTION IN OPEN PLAN OFFICES
OFFICE EXHAUST Typical office exhaust air is vented into central atrium
HEAT RECOVERY In winter heating mode air is drawn down into parking mechanical room to extract heat energy.
PARTLY DUCT DISTRIBUTION
UNDERFLOOR CONVECTORS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONTROL
RADIANT SLABS Cooling is delivered through radiant hydronic tubing imbedded into exposed concrete slabs
CANOPY Glazed canopy/roof below towers diffuses light and prevents solar heat gain.
EARTH TUBE Fresh air intake
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KELLOGG SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT CHICAGO, USA - UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITH KPMB
The new Kellogg School of Management building is to be a hub for the schools new global network. The concept consists of four autonomous academic lofts containing all formal program space which is then connected both internally and externally by curvilinear public space in the form of atriums, lounges and terrace spaces providing views to the Northwestern Campus, Lake Michigan and the Chicago skyline beyond. A dynamic layout of circulation supports an atmosphere of collaboration and interaction that will help support new creative models of business education through the 21st century. Flexibilty is also taken into consideration at a number of scales, with a flexible 300+ seat multi-purpose auditorium, dividible classrooms and open lounge spaces with loose seating allowing students to set up their own learning environments.
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SPRINKLER PIPE DROP TO BE PAINTED
1. Drawings are not to be scaled. C will verify all existing conditions dimensions required to perform and will report any discrepancie Contract Documents to the Arch before commencing work. 2. The Architectural Drawings are in conjunction with all other Co Documents including the Projec and the Structural, Mechanical Electrical Drawings. In cases of d between the Consultants' docum with respect to the quantity, siz scope of work, the greater shall 3. Positions of exposed or finished Mechanical or Electrical devices and fixtures are indicated on th Architectural Drawings. Locatio on the Architectural Drawings s over Mechanical and Electrical D Mechanical and Electrical items located will be located as direct Architect. 4. Dimensions indicated are taken the faces of finished surfaces un otherwise noted. 5. The architect has not been reta supervision of construction and no responsibility for means, me techniques of construction. 6. These documents are not to be construction unless specifically such purpose.
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RECESSED LOUD SPEAKER. TO BE MOUNTED ABOVE CEILING SURFACE (1/2" MAX) WITH ACOUSTICALLY TRANSPARENT FABRIC BELOW. FABRIC COLOR TO BE SELECTED TO MATCH PANEL FINISH ACOUSTICALLY TRANSPARENT FABRIC TO BE FLUSH MOUNTED IN METAL PANEL W/ CONCEALED FASTENERS
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A7.008 KPMB Architects 322 King Street West Toronto, Ontario M5V 1J2 Tel. (416) 977‐5104 Fax (416) 598‐9840
Northwestern University
New Kellogg School of Management
2211 Campus Drive, Evanston
SCALE PROJECT NO. ISSUE DATE
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SPRINKLER PIPE DROP TO BE PAINTED. VERIFY COLOR W/ ARCHITECT
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A7.008 KPMB Architects 322 King Street West Toronto, Ontario M5V 1J2 Tel. (416) 977‐5104 Fax (416) 598‐9840
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Northwestern University
New Kellogg School of Management
2211 Campus Drive, Evanston
SCALE PROJECT NO. ISSUE DATE
As indicated 1101 2014‐05‐22
Auditorium Details Detail
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Section ‐ Auditorium Ceiling ‐ Ceiling at Speaker REFERENCING SHEET: A7.003
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DESTINATION SCIENCE PROJECT ALBERTA, CANADA - 2019 COMPLETION WITH KPMB
Located in southern Alberta this new science and academic building is to house new space for a variety of faculties on the University of Lethbridge campus. The spectacular coulee landscape the campus is located on provides all the spectacle needed and the architecture is conceived as an armature to view and explore it from a variety of vantage points. Sited to act both as a destination and bridging element between the upper campus and Arthur Erickson’s masterpiece University Hall. As a result the internal circulation is as much about serving the permanent building habitants as it is to guide those traversing an internalized coulee landscape from building to building. The result will be a constant mixing of students, faculty and guests harnessing a true transdisciplinary environment. The architecture has an overarching horizontality accented by a rhythmic verticality inspired by the landscape, University Hall and the viaduct beyond. This horizontality set against the relief of the landscape accentuates the two; the undulations of the coulees are enhanced as they rise against the strong horizontals of the building. On both the east and west side large semi-covered terrace spaces provide architectural manifestations of the coulee landscape for users to rest, eat and learn while taking in the view beyond.
RESIDENTIAL WORK TORONTO, CANADA - WITH STUDIO AC
The following shows a variety of small-scale residential works currently in development and construction around the Toronto area. While with each project the aesthetics and configuratiosn change based on site conditions, clients needs and budgets; an attempt is made to provide clean, lightfilled serene enviroments that act as the back drop for every day life. A functional beauty is always the desire.
toilet
shower
closet
closet
vanity
tub
tub storage
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