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Andrew J Mack
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How &What to Build PROJECT
From the University of Michigan
U. MICH
Thesis for a Master’s in Architecture from the University of Michigan. The premise is an alignment of tectonics and form through ubiquitous building systems. HOW & WHAT TO BUILD is designed like an old construction manual. Each chapter contains illustrations of construction details for a “model” tract house. Each element of the house is explored in an eccentric capacity so that its ultimate capability may be illustrated. At the limits of these details, the essential “house-ness” of the system is achieved. As the finished house is as ubiquitous as the one under construction, it is the goal if this thesis to enshrine the formal and tectonic applications that a low density single family environment offers. Thesis Semester Prof. Keith Mitnick
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HOW & WHAT TO BUILD
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The suburban tract house is impervious to the rationalizations of urbanists everywhere. The stud frame is remarkable for its accommodation to any design and yet remains remarkable homogeneous. A series of formal maneuvers provide a shortcut to preserving the iconic form of a house while working on it. Meanwhile, a Semperian breakdown of a stud frame illustrates the moments at which the tectonics of frame construction may be operated on.
Punnett and Semper come together to form a matrix on which the different points of the model house are operated on. Combined, each formal maneuver operates on the other and spirals the construction typology to logical and illogical ends.
R - Reorientation S - Subtraction D - Dislocation I - Interruption
G-Fo - Ground to Foundation Fo-Fr - Foundation to Frame Fr-R - Frame to Roof R-S - Roof to Sky
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Directions for How & What to Build
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Sunnyside City PROJECT
U. MICH
Queens was conscripted into the service of Manhattan upon the completion of tunnels and bridges across the East River in the Mid-Twentieth Century. Factories and rail yards transformed the sleepy rural hamlet, into the largest borough in New York. One of these projects was Sunnyside Yards. Sunnyside Yards is the terminus of the Long Island Rail Road, although it has no major station of its own. The yards are a massive pen, used to store and redirect trains. Its impressive length cleaves Queens in two. Stretching east and west, Sunnyside Yards is crossed by 4 large bridges that connect the southern warehouse district to the northern bedroom communities.
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Development on the site of Sunnyside Yards has been suggested since its construction. The developments at Hudson Yards and Ground Zero have renewed interest in a project wedding transit and construction. However, the similarities between these sites remain are purely cosmetic. As Queens has grown up around the Yards so have the complications of joining its disparate neighborhoods. Urban Design Studio Prof. Roy Strickland
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SUNNYSIDE CITY
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Bridge 3
1.500.000 sft New Residential 600.000 Mixed Use Residential
MoMA PS1
Bridge 2 225.000 sft Arena CIRCLE
Bridge 1
INDUSTRY CITY 2 YARD LOFTS EXPO CITY 13.500.000 sft Business Center
4.500.300 sft Mixed Use Residential
Site: 222 Acres .35 Square Miles .9 Square Kilometers
This is a typology driven development. A gradient of use, from small scale residential in the east - to monolithic industry in the west - informs the scale of the various neighborhoods on the site. Each neighborhood is bound to a bridge which defines access to, and across, the site.
Bridge 1:
The far western portion of the site keys into the neighborhood via a circus that becomes the gateway to the site. Bordered on three sides by MoMA PS1, a new stadium, and business district.
Bridge 2:
At the narrowest point in the site, north and south converge at the apron of the podium that supports a new residential zone. This neighborhood is accesses by bicycle lanes to the south-west and a bridge facing plaza in the east.
6.500.000 sft Light Industry
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FALL ‘15
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Bridge 5 THE GARDENS 1.000.000 sft Residential
MED. CENTER 3.000.000 sft Medical Campus
6.000.000 sft Mixed Use Residential
PARKVIEW 1.500.000 sft Residential
Bridge 3:
The center of the site picks up the grid from the city. The adjacent typologies of large single-use warehouses informs the design of loft buildings for light industry.
Bridge 4:
Podium developments and a medical center reflect the density of the neighboring buildings. The area surrounding the fourth bridge opens onto a park that mitigates the sectional difference between the north and south sides.
Bridge 5:
A modernist tower-on-park development compliments the residential neighborhood next door. This loose assemblage of buildings creates the gateway to the site through the porosity of the towers.
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Rendezvous PROJECT
Rendezvous is a small pavilion designed for the forks in Winnipeg Canada. It is a charred timber stack that houses a fire to warm yourself after a day on the ice. Slowly, ash from the fire, and the structure itself, blackens the snow as people interact with it. This tiny point on the horizon grows with the mirth of the winter season. Independent competition with Michal Ojrzanowski
INDEPENDENT
SUMMER ‘15
Mitered lap joint
14 ft. - 0 in.
Countersunk 8 in. bolts at corners
21 ft. - 0 in.
Charred railroad tie 9 in. x 7 in. x 96 in. Typical
7 ft. - 0 in.
Artist designed architrave
1/2 in. fire pit ring Railtie benches Charred fire pit
A 7 ft. - 4 in.
AA
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3 ft. - 8 in.
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Cross laid timber foundation
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Tortilla Terrace PROJECT
U. MICH
SPRING ‘15
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Tortilla Terrace is situated in the sleepy east side of Austin, Texas. This neighborhood is in the throes of redevelopment, spurred along by the establishment of a light-rail train that connects to the downtown. Such a connection should be a lifeline to the existing working class population of East Austin; instead, as these things go, higher rents are driving out the original residents. Rows of cheaply constructed housing stock is popping up in the wake of the neighborhood turnover to capitalize on this new market. The objective of Tortilla Terrace is to provide housing that supports alternative rent models to the newer high priced housing. This is accomplished through a mix of unit configurations that support shared rent, live/ work, and multi-generational arrangements. Each unit is crafted to meet the demands of public and private life and the seamless sharing of amenities. Through a marriage of masonry and timber construction Tortilla Terrace is a handsome fit to the sensibilities of the Austin climate. Passive systems of heating and cooling are essential to the ethos of providing a low cost environment and create the backbone of signature architectural chimneys of the project. Tortilla Terrace is a community development over nearly 5 acres. 10 rows of housing provide a total of 145 units for the young and old. 1 bedroom. (860 sf.) 2 bedroom. (120 sf.) 4 bedroom. (1720 sf.)
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96 units 23 units 26 units
Multiple scales of access insure that the development is both well connected to the new transportation corridor and feels like home. Design Studio with Michal Ojrzanowski Prof. Mick Kennedy
C UNIT 2 bedroom. 1720 sf.
S UNIT 1 bedroom. 860 sf
Z UNIT 4 bedroom. 1720 sf.
S UNIT x 6 C UNIT x 3 Z UNIT x 2 S UNIT x 6 C UNIT x 2 Z UNIT x 3
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S - UNIT PLAN
C - UNIT PLAN
The studio unit plan is built around a duel lifestyle arrangement for the single user. One side, the private, is built in masonry and consolidates all the essential functions of life; eating, sleeping, bathing. The other side, public, is frame built to accentuate its openness and provide space for small business or hosting.
The C-Unit plan provides 4 bedrooms in an over-under configuration that suits the growing family, or, like the S-Unit distinguishes between work and life. The most private bedroom on the ground floor provides total discretion in a sublet configuration or for extended family living.
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Chimney
Bath
Passive chimney Brick wrapped block interior Stucco wrapped exterior
Back Balcony
Wet wall cavity
Seating build out
Z - UNIT PLAN 2 independent living arrangements, with their own stair and bath form the Z shaped unit. Built for assisted living arrangements, both quarters are separate but share a kitchen. The tighter and more discrete quarters within the masonry shell provides the caretaker with their own space but adequate proximity to their charge.
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TORTILLA TERRACE
Each masonry stack contains all mechanical and environmental systems. Chillers are located at the roof level and force air down to the associated units, sharing a respective meter. Hot water pump and furnace also located in the mechanical stack and ventilated directly to the exterior. Passive systems are in place to draw fresh air from ground level and up through a central chimney. Warmed air from the mechanical will augment the chimney effect to increase the passive cooling of the units. The added height of the chimney tower will increase the thermal mass and also contribute to a low pressure plane over Tortilla Terrace, maximizing the potential for natural cooling.
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60’ - 0”
46’ - 3”
41’ - 3”
30’ - 8”
20’ - 8”
10’ - 8”
Stack Side Section
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TORTILLA TERRACE
Ground Floor - Typical
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View from the Bar
Public Courtyard
Semi-Private Entrance
Live/Work Units
Public Stair
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TORTILLA TERRACE
Second Floor - Typical
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Public Rooftop
Private Rooftop
Back Balcony
Front Door
Masonry Living
Stick Build Living
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Connected City PROJECT
OMA
FALL ‘13
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Development in Dallas, Texas is hemmed in by infrastructure that is threatens to choke the city. Between downtown Dallas and the Trinity River Corridor lies a gaggle of highways and underdeveloped land. This zone forms a virtual moat around Dallas severing connections between the city and the waterfront. By resurrecting existing watersheds and culverts along the Old Trinity River, a new ecological and urban spine is created. Professional Competition Project Architect Lawrence Siu Contributions: model, graphics, and concept design
Revealing the Old Trinity River
An archipelago of program.
Over and under existing infrastructure.
RESIDENTIAL
HOTEL
RECREATION
ENTERTAINMENT / RETAIL
OFFICE
CAMPUS / EDUCATION
CULTURAL AMENITIES
CIVIC AMENITIES
DALLAS CONNECTED CITY
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Trinity Loop
Valley
GFA 13,735,000 sf Land Area 6,450,000 sf Avg. FAR 2.12 Max Building Height 180’
GFA 18,000,000 sf Land Area 2,686,000 sf Avg. FAR 6.68 Max Building Height 700’
GFA 1,530,000 sf Land Area 6,962,000 sf Avg. FAR 0.04 Max Building Height 75’
Dallas Loop
Basin
GFA 17,000,000 sf Land Area 3,000,000 sf Avg. FAR 5.7 Max Building Height 700’
GFA 12,810,000 sf Land Area 3,840,000 sf Avg. FAR 3.34 Max Building Height 220’
The levees that surround the Trinity River Corridor are misconstrued as simply necessities of infrastructures. However, the top of the levees are the same elevation as downtown Dallas. New urban zones extend this shared “upper datum” (pink) while the “lower datum” (gold) of Riverfront Boulevard is developed as a revitalized river corridor with civic content.
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FALL ‘13
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Residential
Tech Campus
Main St. Gateway
Dealy Plaza
Dallas CC Trinity Lookout Biofiltration Gardens
MixMaster Bridge to DART Trinity Lake Club Entertainment District Residential
Maritime Museum
Residential
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DePaul Stadium PROJECT
OMA
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Chicago is a sports town with many storied2. Synthesis venues. DePaul University basketball is being brought back into the thick of it. A 10,000 seat arena that keys into the McCormick Place Convention Center will be the new home to the Blue Demons. OPEN ARENA
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The stadium will serve as a convention hall and performance venue between games, and a community center year round. A 500 room hotel will serve McCormick Place and bring an iconic presence to the design. McCormick
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McCormick Place West
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McCormick Place Event Center
McCormick Place West
Convention Center Rotating the arena opens-up the corners for hotel, retail and amenities strategically placed to respond to the neighborhood.
Seemingly in opposition, the site’s various uses— arena, hotel, convention center and retail— Community McCormick Place Event Center when strategically combined, allow for synergy between the building and the city.
McCormick Place West
Rotating the arena opens-up the corners for hotel, retail and amenities strategically placed to respond to the neighborhood.
Seemingly in opposition, the site’s various uses— arena, hotel, convention center and retail— when strategically combined, allow for synergy between the building and the city.
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The proposed configuration allows for a permeable arena that adapts to its surroundings both programmatically and spatially. C
Blocks of retail, arena and hotel program are arranged in an arc arcoss the site, framing a plaza at the South West and a new multi-functional community space at the North East.
The proposed configuration allows for a permeable arena that adapts to its surroundings both programmatically and spatially.
Blocks of retail, arena and hotel program are arranged in an arc arcoss the site, framing a plaza at the South West and a new multi-functional community space at the North East.
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Bridge to Convention Center
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DePAUL STADIUM
Event Level
Entry Level
Box Level
Concessions Level
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SUMMER ‘13
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Entry Level
Stadium Section
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MBCC
PROJECT
OMA
SPRING ‘13
The Miami Beach Convention Center is an island within an island. This concrete atoll has expanded twice since its initial construction in the 1950’s, crowding out future development. The goal of the MBCC master plan is to reurbanize the convention center district, provide new hotel and retail space, and enhance the history of South Beach. The existing convention center itself will be partially demolished and completely renovated. New ballrooms and an 800 room hotel will be perched on top of the MBCC. By moving upward, not outward, the MBCC achieves a new iconic status in South Beach. Professional Competition Project Architect Jason Long Contributions: convention center concept design and model
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MIAMI BEACH CONVENTION CENTER
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The original convention center will remain mostly intact, with a new hall added to the West. To the East the residential neighborhoods is extended.
1935 - Golf Course
1987 - Expansion II
To the south, new cultural and retail buildings activate the space and create a new civic band between the convention center and 17th Street.
1957 - Built
2013 - South Beach ACE
1968 - expansion I
South Beach Arts Culture Entertainment (ACE) is a team comprised of Tishman Development, OMA, and Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates.
OMA
SPRING ‘13
The hotel is perched atop the convention center. However each remains autonomous in terms of program; both posses their own ballrooms and service space.
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Solar Roof Hotel Terrace and Pools
800 Room Hotel
Ballroom 40,000 sqf. MBCC Ballroom 15,000 sqf. Hotel
Ballroom 60,000 sqf. MBCC
Ballroom 10,000 sqf. Hotel Parking Deck 220 parking spaces
Meeting Room 57,500 sqf. MBCC
Hall A 172,500 sqf. Hall B 179,700 sqf. Hall C 148,700 sqf.
MBCC Lobby Hotel Lobby Axon
Starting with its role as the original Miami Beach Mu NORTH PARK nicipal history MIAMI BEACH CONVENTION CENTER 34 Golf Course, the site has an important as an open space within Miami Beach. Our masterplan reestablishes the area around the Convention Center as a new public amenity for the city, with 28 acres of public open space. Planting: Paths: Total :
WEST PARK
Planting: Paths: Total :
88,710sf 28,800sf 117,510sf
215,500sf 141,000sf 356,500sf
CC DRIVE
Streetscape : 17,000sf
WASHINGTON
Streetscape: 16,122sf
PLAZA
68,450sf
18th Street (E) Planting: Paths: Total:
13,950sf 32,000sf 46,000sf
CITY HALL
The master plan reestablishes the area around the Convention Center as a new public amenity for the city, with 28 acres of public open space. To the West and South of the Convention Center, hard-scaped plaza areas provide new civic areas that can also be used as temporary exhibition and spill out or tented spaces for events like Art Basel and the Miami Boat Expo.
Planting: Paths: Total:
44,450sf 35,670sf 80,120sf
GLEASON
Planting: Paths: Total :
MEDIAN 17th Streetscape
Streetscape 11,250sf
Planting: Paths: Total:
67,650sf 42,900sf 110,550sf
21,280sf 14,906sf 35,615sf
Public 17.2 acres 748,550sf
Flexible Outdoor Space NORTH PARK
To the West and South of the Convention Center, hardscaped plaza areas provide new civic areas that can also be used as temporary exhibition and spill out or tented spaces for events like Art Basel and the Boat Show. Planting: Paths: Total :
215,500sf 141,000sf 356,500sf
PARK DRIVE Convention CenterWESTDrive hasCCbeen reconfigured as a shared surface road and the traffic strategy con WASHINGTON figured to allow it to be closed, creating 60,000 sf of space for events or public programing. In addition to 18th Street (E) PLAZA this hardscaped space, a 65,000 sf lawn area pro vides additional space for functions and events. Planting: Paths: Total :
88,710sf 28,800sf 117,510sf
Streetscape : 17,000sf
Streetscape: 16,122sf
68,450sf
Planting: Paths: Total:
13,950sf 32,000sf 46,000sf
CITY HALL
At the Convention Center entry to the south, the GLEASON MBCC plaza provides 70,000 sf of dedicated space free from obstructions that can house tentsMEDIAN for large exhibits or other smaller installations for community 17th Streetscape events. In addition, 45,000 sf in front of the Jackie Gleason Theater can also be used for events. Planting: Paths: Total:
44,450sf 35,670sf 80,120sf
Planting: Paths: Total :
Planting: Paths: Total:
Streetscape 11,250sf
Public 17.2 acres 748,550sf
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South Beach ACE
67,650sf 42,900sf 110,550sf
21,280sf 14,906sf 35,615sf
Public Space
Flex Space
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=Convention center =Residential =Civic Amenities =Entertainment =Dining/shopping =Hotel
1 . Convention Center (existing) 2 . Convention Center (new build) 3 . Hotel with Office Space 4 . Residential 5 . City Hall (existing) 6 . Jackie Gleason (renovation) 7 . Gourmet Dining 8 . Museum of Modern Art 9 . Transit Terminal 10 . Parking and Shopping 11 . New World Symphony (existing)
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Colpatria Tower PROJECT
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FALL ‘12
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Colpatria Tower is designed as a super highend residence in Bogota, Columbia. The site is surrounded by two urban datums: 5 to 6 story buildings along tree-lined streets, and a sprinkling of taller towers that pierce through the tree line. The building’s mass takes advantage of these two conditions by splitting the building in two main masses. The top volume hovers above the trees’ foliage, taking advantage of unobstructed views towards the city and the mountains. At the bottom volume, the building’s footprint is sheared, creating two longitudinal gardens that flank its north and south. Professional Competition Project Architect Rami Abou-Khalil Contributions: concept design and model
Lower Volume
Concept
Upper Volume
Concept Models
COLPATRIA TOWER Upper Volume
Lower Volume 3BR
2BR
Upper Volume
4BR
Lower Volume
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Ground Floor Lobby
Unit Breakdown
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FALL ‘12
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Each unit revolves around a shaft that brings fresh air into the building and facilitates service to each apartment. An amenity floor occupies the space between the split volumes and provides dinning and recreational space, amongst other programs.
Floor 3 Plan Lower Volume
Section
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The Monuseum PROJECT
UIUC
SPRING 2012
Going to school in the middle of the Middle West gives you time to think. Architecture is over the 3 point curve, Corbusier’s 5 rules, and the 9 square house. It is the age of architecture without architects, and it was invented here on the great plains. We gave the world silos, stockyards, and highways; now its time for a redux. In our age of digitization and mass-customization, everyone is shaping their world. In the most generic pursuit “the quest for individuality”, people are becoming more like themselves (unique like everyone else). In our ever crowded world, we can’t seem share anything. Community, likewise, is being customized. The chat room and fanzine moving people ever and ever into communities of their own design. Is it a bad thing to be ever more pigeonholed? Perhaps not, but when do the modifiers run out on “Caucasian Over-40 SCUBA Enthusiasts for the Continued Use of Print Publishing, LGBT”. This issue extends from man to his environment. Rem Koolhaas in his essay “Generic City” describes a case of this
modern schizoid tendency. Koolhaas’ cities have an identity crisis, competing with themselves to be both individual/cutting edge and regional/historic. But if his intent is to just let buildings be, better to let people alone too. GIVE UP! The collective cannot compete with itself in the pursuit for collectivity. In the pursuit of regionalism, the million dollar museum will never compete with the converted one-room-school-house. THINK BIG! As repository for emotions and memories the monument is the answer to unifying the populace. Via experience, rather than content, a monuseum can bring people together. The Monuseum: familiar and strange, wild and calculated, impressive and mundane, historic and non-contextual. Constructed in the heart of the Midwest, a land most schizoid in its typography. The Monuseum defines collectivity through experience. Design Studio with Caitlin Hubbs Prof. Stuart Hicks
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MONUSEUM
The Monuseum is understood by everyone. The dizzying repetition of forms challenges one’s perception but perhaps recalls a familiar place or one seen in National Geographic.
Above: Oblique Ink, charcoal, wash on cotton board
UIUC
SPRING 2012
This project is a result of a studio focusing on the legitimacy of museums today. Especially as they pertain to an increasingly diversified landscapes, here the Midwest.
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Clockwise from Top Left: Section Ink, charcoal, wash on cotton board Massing Model Plaster and acrylic Plan, Entirety of Monuseum Ink, charcoal, wash on cotton board Plan, Entry Level Ink. charcoal, wash on cotton board
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BMW George V
CARBONDALE ARCH.
SUMMER ‘11
Construction documents for BMW flagship store, ave. George V., Paris. Produced within Carbondale Arch. Summer 2011
These documents present one of many options for modifying the normalizing wall-screen which wraps the store’s interior.
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SUPPLEMENTS
Photo from the OMA Model Shop
OMA MBCC Final Model Resin
OMA ChAD Concept Model Rubber and Acrylic
OMA Colpatria Tower Final Model Acrylic with Wood
OMA MBCC Final Model Resin
OMA MBCC Final Model Acrylic with Natural Materials
SUPER MODELS
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OMA Project for Brasil Concept Model Resin
OMA DePaul Stadium Concept Model Resin
OMA DePaul Stadium Final Model Acrylic
OMA Facade Detail, 1/2 Scale Plaster
OMA Project for Brasil Concept Model Wood and Resin
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SUPPLEMENTS
OMA Depaul Stadium Concept Model Foam, Wood and Resin
University of Michigan Sunnyside City Final Model Cedar Wood and Acrylic
University of Michigan Love Child Concept Model Foam and Urethane Resin
University of Michigan Tortilla Terrace Final Model Foam
University of Michigan Thesis - How & What to Build Final Model Foam
SUPER MODELS
University of Illinois Monuseum Final Model Cork Wood and Gesso
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OMA Bay Grove Miami Final Model Acrylic
University of Michigan Model City, Tortilla Terrace
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PROJECT