Undergraduate Portfolio, University of Michigan by Andrew Zyrowski

WORKS WORKS DESIGN

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CONTENTS hoUSE project

01 (04-12)

recombinant ecologies

02 (12-51)

urban energy interventions integrated ecologies anemoi pier ECOWEEK workshop

rock/paper/nature

03 (52-73)

ypsilanti recreation complex (YRC)

04 (74-81)

GLREA

05 (82-89)

furniture design

06 (90-109)

product design

07 (110-111)

rendering studies

08 (112-114)

contact info

09 (115)

hoUSE project (in progress)

The hoUSE project is a recent ongoing project exploring residential design as an outlet for designing more personable spaces. It is so named to exemplify the importance of daily use â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;customâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; designed to the individual resident. The house is a modernist design of glass, steel, concrete, and vinyl paneling. Extensive use of glass is used to provide panorama views from the living room space, master bedroom, and dining room. Balconies from the master bedroom and library provide for further vistas, and the study overlooks the woods to the south. The house is virtually siteless, but maintains an orientation and general site plan. The second floor is similar to a mezzanine in that each programmatic room is separated by the interior balcony overlooking the first floor. The two floors are connected visually and rooms are distinctly separate from each other.

The plans are not fully detailed yet, but display the open-air qualities of the house. The use of the interior catwalk sacrifices a degree of acoustic segregation to keep the larger whole of the residence open to itself, but directly and indirectly connects all of the program spaces. Each room was given careful thought to its level of use, required size, orientation, lighting, and furnishing for comfort. The courtyard and Zen garden become important exterior spaces, and the balcony levels further allow multiple access points to the exterior for fresh air, views of nature, and an abundance of daylight.

2 Bedroom, 2.5 bath Approx 5,800 square feet

The library and study are connected to form a corner of privacy, as is the master bed and bathroom. The study is distinct from the rest of the house as it is cast in place concrete whereas the majority of the house is cladded with vinyl panels. The study would be poured in the formwork on the ground and hoisted into place. The study steps up four feet to create a diversity in floor planes and elevate the thinking space. The library itself, on the left, is lined with bookshelves and is a place to read and relax. It is both filled with daylight and well lit with direct and diffuse light to provide optimal reading lighting levels throughout the day.

The entry foyer links most of the first floor together, and is adjacent to the main starway. The stairs are cantilevered from the wall; the handrail is built into the wall for minimal obtrusiveness. Open tread risers further give the appearance of floating stairs. The fireplace, which is double sided, can be enjoyed from the foyer hallway or the dining room seen in the background. A partial wall is clad with bronze panels for an elegant and distinctive change in wall material.

The NW corner of the house is an observation room that is essentially a glass box which serves as the bar and entertainment space. The concrete contrasts the white vinyl paneling. The Zen garden is a peaceful respite from everyday life, constructed with a raised decking platform of old pine boards. Material tactility, open air, and an abundance of day lighting further define the space as a tranquil meditation spot. A large window from the master bedroom, hidden from all but the back of the house, overlooks the zen garden.

Recombinant Ecologies Resilient Interventions in Athens, Greece

Instructor: Nataly Gattegno

Athens Studio, in collaboration with the 2009 ECOWEEK International Architecture Conference in Athens, Greece, seeks to implement new ideas of ecological building, radical new energy systems, and sustainable design onto the former airport site Ellinikon (1,000 acres) located south of the Acropolis.

Designing for residents of the metropolitan city, students are asked to design a new metropolitan ‘park’ of zero waste, focusing on ecology, locality, community and sustainability. This new metropolitan ‘eco-park’ would be highly interconnected and interdependent, able to sustain programmatic, urban, and infrastructural systems. It will be fully integrated into the Athens urban fabric as a new and foreign presence, re-combining the city to the natural, ecological connections that it has long forgotten in its aggressive, duplicative development. This studio applies to all work done in the Urban Energy Interventions project, the Anemoi Pier project, and the Ecoweek workshop.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Athens is continuous. The immense layer of equal depth of the built indifferently covers the natural topography creating a new continuous, homogeneous and expanding synthetic landscape, a new reality.â&#x20AC;? [Simeoforidis + Aesopos]

Preliminary studio work engaged a strip cutout taken from the Athens urban fabric, to develop a model sectioning the image into planes. These process models were meant to focus on issues of transparency, porosity, and density, in relation to dense urban infrastructure. Drawings here analyzed the swath in intersections of pathways, which were then articulated into the z-plane to diagrammatically map flows and intensities of movement through multiple study models. Emphasis was given to alternating between computer models and physical models to fabricate in one what the other could not wholly produce.

The third iteration model has an explicit armature with tertiary section planes holding in place the interweaving flows/ intensities of the nodes of intersection (fishing line). The critical paths of movement are defined by the green thread. This model, in conjunction with the computer model, seeks to experiment with deliberate warping and contortion of the diagrammatic flow. This process of modeling creates armature which slowly begins its transformation into a hierarchal structure.

COMPOSITION

TOP

Structural Skin Secondary Structure Tubes Tertiary Structure Plates (Efficient) Primary Structure Tube ELEVATION

AERIAL PERSPECTIVE

The final iteration of the physical model was required to have a skin or surface typology to provide shading from direct light, knowing directional North. This model creates an implied skin with varying degree of enclosure through a series of translucent diffusers which undulate with the acrylic planes. Here the planes have been made efficient through subtraction of unnecessary mass, for a lighter structure.

02-01

Integrated Ecologies

Integrated Ecologies marks where the studio formed teams of three to collect information on the airport site and propose a design for the ECOWEEK Conference in Athens at the workshops. The team project lasted several weeks, and beagan with research of the site to gather data for interventions. Integrated Ecologies focuses on renewable energy as a catalyst of design over periods of time, using the same aggressive development system of the polykatoikia to generate a time-based ecology. Symbiotic relationships between energy, program, and landscape are governed in intensity by facilitated energy systems growth. A voronoi point field was utilized to create land parcels of developable land, evenly distributed as commerce, housing, park, energy, offices, and education. The structure consists of a tectonic use of topography which folds, curves, and bends to house program and facilitate specific needs of the different parcels. Partners: Jim Staddon Amanda Winn

Urban topography model constructed with Jim Staddon and Amanda Winn

SITE (OPEN TO SUN)--> 13,277,114 m2

SOLAR (ηλιακo)

(43,560,000 ft2)

2005 GREECE ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION: 53.5 terrawatt-hrs

2005 US ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION: AVERAGE CONSUMPTION BY GREEK HOUSEHOLD (2005):

LATITUDE: 37’N LONGITUDE: 23’W

3,717 terrawatt-hrs

4,642 Kwh/hh

ASSUME--> 1 POLYKATOIKIA = 5 HOUSEHOLDS ASSUME-->

20 POLYKATOIKIA

IN ONE BLOCK

=1,000 Polykatoikia

1/3

(453,750 Panels)

= (20,619 Polykatoikia)

1/3 OF SITE COVERED: 4,425,704 M2 (14,520,000 ft2)

SITE (OPEN TO SUN)--> 13,277,114 m2

453,750 panels

SOLAR (ηλιακo) LATITUDE:with 37’N = 478,581,232 Kwhr/yr 20%LONGITUDE: eff./panel 23’W = 20,619 Polykatoikia 3,717 terrawatt-hrs =1030 City Blocks Solar Powered Annually (43,560,000 ft2)

2005 GREECE ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION: 53.5 terrawatt-hrs

2005 US ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION: AVERAGE CONSUMPTION BY GREEK HOUSEHOLD (2005):

4,642 Kwh/hh

ASSUME--> 1 POLYKATOIKIA = 5 HOUSEHOLDS=€ 61,258,397 Generated ASSUME-->

20 POLYKATOIKIA

IN ONE BLOCK Sources: NASA Enerdata Weather Underground CIA World Factbook

Initial Cost: €10,320/Kw= €1,238/panel= €561,742,500 (10:1) =1,000 Polykatoikia

1/2

(680,625 Panels)

The groups of three actively took on roles in researching and gathering necessary information of the site - solar analysis, urban topography, wind analysis, solar energy generation, etc. Hypothetical interventions were developed with energy generation as the primary catalyst. By playing out extreme scenarios, such as blanketing the site in solar panels, the approximate amount of energy generation can be calculated. This research supplies info on how many polykatoikia homes can be powered through renewable energy sources, based on annual electrical consumption reports for households in Athens.

= (30,929 Polykatoikia)

1/2 OF SITE COVERED:

6,638,557 M2 (21,780,000 ft2)

680,625 panels

SITE (OPEN TO SUN)--> 13,277,114 m2

2005 GREECE ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION: 53.5 terrawatt-hrs

2005 US ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION: AVERAGE CONSUMPTION BY GREEK HOUSEHOLD (2005):

4,642 Kwh/hh

717,871,849

(43,560,000 ft2)

30,929

3,717 terrawatt-hrs =1546 City Blocks =€

ASSUME--> 1 POLYKATOIKIA = 5 HOUSEHOLDS ASSUME-->

(ηλιακo) Kwhr/yrSOLAR with 20% eff./panel

Polykatoikia

LATITUDE: 37’N LONGITUDE: 23’W

Solar Powered Annually

91,887,596 Generated

20 POLYKATOIKIA

IN ONE BLOCK Sources: NASA Enerdata Weather Underground CIA World Factbook

Initial Cost: €10,320/Kw= €1,238/panel= €842,613,750

1/1

(1,361,250 Panels)

= June Over Hellenikon

1/1 OF SITE COVERED: 1,361,250

March/September

with 20% eff./panel

61,858 Polykatoikia

=3092 City Blocks Solar Powered Annually =€

Initial Cost: €10,320/Kw= €1,238/panel= €1,685,227,500

panels

1,435,743,698 Kwhr/yr =

(61,858 Polykatoikia)

13,277,114 M2 (40,560,000 ft2)

183,775,193

SUN ORIENTATION

=1,000 Polykatoikia

Generated

Sources: NASA Enerdata Weather Underground CIA World Factbook

December

Initial Concepts/Early Work Photovoltaic Array -Facing SE, 30 deg. tilt -4â&#x20AC;&#x2122;x8â&#x20AC;&#x2122; panels, 20% eff. -25 yr life span

Pavilion Roof -Column supported -Voids subtracted for vegetation sunlight access

Eco-Park -Indigenous vegetation where sunlight available -Tree growth through voids

A Solar Pavilion is an extreme scenario played out to visualize the entire airport space as a solar-scape, plugging into the city as a generator of renewable energy. Sunlight penetrates through openings to allow vegetation growth in certain areas. The quick scenario aimed to demonstrate an initial integration of natural environment with a foreign, synthetic system. The combination of renewable energy systems, landscape, and infrastructure helped to establish a base point for the next phase of the project, where a swath of the airport is designed as a programmatic strand.

Initial Competition Board (concept design)

POWERING TIMESCAPES

energy farm + path + housing + wind field + classrooms + marina + geothermal +pier + recreation + algae farm + offices + solar + tram stop

Site Development Progression 1:7500 Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4 Phase 5

Program Section 1:15000

Urban Density

Phase 1

Program Plan 1:15000

+ Ecology

+ Energy

Phase 2

Phase 3 Powering Timescapes uses the existing development system of the Polykatoikia to generate a time-based ecology. Similar to the contractor owner relationship currently dominating Athens urbanism, Timescapes establishes symbiotic connections between energy, program and landscape. With a goal to develop similar to an organism, this proposal sets up a system to facilitate â&#x20AC;&#x153;cellâ&#x20AC;? growth with a governing hand on direction. Land parcels based on topography, developable land, and path strips set up structure for the programmatic cells to grow. The site is seeded at both ends and an initial tram line provides a central spine for development of the parcel clusters into programmatic components over time: housing + offices + commercial + energy + education. Each parcel contains landscape as armature, program and an energy quantity to provide power. The structure consists of a tectonic use of topography which folds, curves, and bends to house program and facilitates specific needs of parcels. Constructed landscape systems provide open surface conditions while integrating building and infrastructure into the folds to produce a highly interdependent, self-sustaining organism. Our board displays one example of how this growth can play out. The ecological system creates an active network on the entire site, allowing for simultaneous production and multiple outcomes of interaction.

Phase 4

Energy Commerce Residential Recreation Education Office Tram Marina

Phase 5

WIND TURBINE

MINI TURBINE

HOUSING OFFICE WIND RECREATION TRAM STOP TRAM RAIL

Detailed Section

TRAM STOP

GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMP

UTILITIES

The first conceptual rendering of the Eco-park shows a complex system of synthetic landscape, infrastructure, and built program integrated into a framework for dense interaction. What is landscape and what is building is blurred as plates fold, tuck, and shift to hold program. As new energy systems are added, more program and landscape can be built as it is sustained. The developed scenario attempts to mutually integrate concentrated programs.

Synthetic Landscape System melds ecology and infrastructure through assertive integration of renewable energy systems. The topography consists of tectonic plates which fold and curve to house programmatic needs. Energy systems determine the rate of expansion over time.

Landscape plates supported by voronoi structure generated as the progressive development method of growth for the entire strand.

Final Scheme

Programmatic Framework

Landscape + Infrastructure

The voronoi diagram becomes the framework for the progressive development of the energy systems and then the myriad of programs. It seeps into the city fabric and tethers the city to the Sea.

Integrated Ecologies

On-Site Energy Production

Phasing

Ratio 1 Energy: 1 Landscape: 3 Built

Program Phasing Energy Commerce Residential Recreation Education Office

Ratio 1 Energy: 1 Landscape: 3 Built

Program Phasing Energy Commerce Residential Recreation Education Office

02 - 03

ECOWEEK Workshop Empowering Youth: Ecology+Leadership+Architecture

March 31-April 6 The Ecoweek International Conference and workshop spanned six days and was attended by young architects, engineers, students, and lecturers in Athens, Greece. Fifteen students including myself from the University of Michigan school of architecture attended. The conference is summarized as follows: â&#x20AC;&#x153;ECOWEEK 2009 is about education and the transfer of ideas. Young people form a vision and design for the future in the ECOWEEK 2009 conference and workshops in Athens. For the first time in Greece, young architects, students, and professionals learn side by side with famous architects and engineers from Greece and around the world, the principles of ecological building and sustainable design. The interdisciplinary workshops will suggest sustainable solutions for the former site of the international airport of Athens in Hellenikon, an important site for the city of Athens.â&#x20AC;?

As participants of the conference our studio sat in on lectures from keynote speakers including Shigeru Ban, Julie Bargmann, Alexandros Tombazis, Ivan Harbour, Michael Fotiadis, Byron Stigge, and Nataly Gattegno. Over the entire ten day trip the studio visited the former airport, a recycling plant, the new Acropolis museum by Bernard Tchumi, an energy autonomous building, and a windfarm.

Top left: participants wait for Shigeru Ban lecture Top right: students listen to a summary of work by Alexandros Tombazis Bottom left: lecture in bookstore Bottom right: Shigeru Ban and his assistant, Elias Messinas, president of ECOWEEK

Top left: team presents work at culmination of workshop Top right: my workshop team, Jim staddon, Eleni Katrini, and Andreas Ventourakis Bottom: pictures of workshop, presentations Right: site visit of wind farm at Hellas

02 - 04

Anemoi Pier

Anemoi Pier is my final individual project presented for the undergraduate 4 studio, done in the last 3 weeks of school. The project is a culmination of research, direct observation, and applications of energy systems, ecology, social interaction, public infrastructure, and many other complimentary sub programs. The Athenian mentality towards park space is indifferent at best. Parks are seldom used for their green space - prompting the need for an urban scale intervention and starting with the resources Ellinikon has to offer: WIND + WATER. Anemoi Pier is named after the four Greek Gods of wind: Notus, Eurus, Zephyrus, and Boreas. It constantly harnesses the turbulent wind conditions of the site, fully utilizing the Meneltemi winds. Massive vertical aerogenerators process raw energy, and are spatialized within the architecture for people to interact with. Wind is the catalyst for change within Ellinikon and the surrounding fabric of Athens - through the progressive development of energy systems literally powering public space. This pier system plugs into its surroundings to foster temporal community programs and generate public recreation space as the initial seed of change Athens requires to alter the views of public park space. Through natural energy and the cultural views of mythology, use of public space can be redefined.

Boreas: North wind and bringer of cold winter air, Meltemi winds. Ecological Growth

Eurus: East wind but not associated with seasons

Reintroduction of public gr

Notus: South wind and bringer of the storms of late summer

Zephyrus: West wind and bringer of spring and summer breezes

Night Club

Cafes/ Market

Summer Program

Public program w

Public Beach

Reconnection to the sea

Programmatic energy

Wave Buoys

Public Program Pow

Generation of energy through wave movement

Main Rotor Shaft PV Solar Canopy

Voronoi Structural Framework

12-Bladed Vertical Fins Wind Vane Facade

Elevated Landscape

Structural Steel Columns

Glass Safety Barrier

Vertical Axis Aerogenerator

Voronoi Tertiary Structure

N Energy Generating Structure

Exploded Components

Ecological Growth

Reintroduction of public green space

Night Club

Summer Program

Solar Structure

Sun energy generation

Cafes/ Market Square

Public program which creates neccesity

Outdoor Theatre

Electric Moped Station Eco-friendly moped use

Highway Buried

Powered H

Programmatic energy of the pier coursing through the site

Public Program Powered by the Pier

To the left is the tram station which has a photovoltaic roof system to supplement the wind energy generated by the pier. The tram station is the main access for the pier and boardwalk area, and is linked to one of the existing tram lines in Athens. Other renewable energy systems include the wave buoys, which generate energy from the cyclic motion of the waves and convert it to mechanical energy via pneumatic pistons. In the section is shown the diverse possibilities of programs that the pier could offer to the public.

Rendered vignettes are early studies on the functions of the pier. At night in the summer it becomes an outdoor dance club, where panels generate energy from impact. A large boardwalk for strolling Greeks to take in the beauty of the sea. Water sports are made possible through organized docks. An interior movie theater acts as public space and has free admission to locals, because it is powered by the wind.

Vertical-axis Aerogenerator (Savonius-type VAWT)

Rotational Axel Core -Core structure for rotation and torque energy -Rests in vibration dampening ports to resist cyclic stress and pulsating torque -Directly connected to electrical generator

Turbine Fins -Angled blade scoops to collect wind gusts and maintain perpetual motion -Helixical secondary structure adds rotational stability

Structural Columns -Precautionary overdesign to compensate for potential turbine failure -Radially arranged to support raised pier structure -Protection for rotating blades.

Safety Glass Barrier -Protection of column and turbine base; safety barrier for pedestrians

The wind vane facade consists of hundreds of individual rotating vanes with curved fins, transforming the kinetic energy of the wind into mechanical energy. Each is linked to a generator and gearbox. Because the vertical vanes are mounted on the roof of the pier and essentially act as separate turbines, the amount of wind directed over the roof could potentially double the wind speed passing through the vanes. This study model of acrylic and basswood demonstrates the rotational movement of the facade as a dynamically fluid, ever-changing surface.

Raoul Wallenberg Competition & Exhibition Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning The University of Michigan The Rauol Wallenberg Competition exhibits the finest work of the undergraduate senior (UG4) studios, and includes three projects from each of eight studios (24 projects total). Anemoi Pier was a project featured in the Spring 2009 Exhibition, but did not place. The semester-long competition challenges students to develop proposals that define architecture as a humane and social art, translated into a physical project. The studios are conceived around a common theme to be explored collectively and individually, through the diverse methods, agendas, and interests of the faculty team. The studios are coordinated as a competition to be juried at the completion of the term by a panel of invited guest jurors. The competition is held in memory of Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat and alumnus of the University of Michigan Architecture School in 1935. Wallenberg was a humanitarian who, during the course of World War I, saved the lives of tens of thousands Jews from the Holocaust by issuing protective passports.

Potential

Rock/Paper/Nature Monastery Eco-Resort

Instructor: Karl Daubmann

The objective of Rock/Paper/Nature was to design a 100,000 ft2 Monastery Eco-Resort Biotechnology Complex set within an abandoned brownfield quarry located on Kelleys Island, Ohio. In this hypothetical program, tourists travel to the resort for vacation and education regarding ecologically friendly lifestyles, where monks living permanently at the facility are â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;scientistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; furthering research in the field of biomimicry. Presently monasteries have become popular destinations for respite, and this scenario capitalizes on the trend to exemplify ecological living. The architectural design takes the typical monastery model which has prevailed for hundreds of years and redefines it through manipulation of the cloister arcade and the courtyard. This integrates modern materials and construction techniques with a very definitive and important Gothic vocabulary. Upon visiting Kelleys Island, it is immediately apparent that the quarry is an amazing site in that it is a very brutal and harsh landscape which is almost haunting. The aftereffects of long-term mining have stripped the landscape to bare rock, scarring acres of land which have slowly began to regrow for sixty years.

The first excercise of the Rock/Paper/Nature project tasked students to design a wall system from a prototypical unit. Thought was given to openings, rotation of units, and surface conditions related to program typology. This way of thinking at the cellular scale would then be applied later on to the building on the macro scale. The brick unit was designed to create a homogenous surface mimicking the cut quarry wall. This wall design utilized an explicit rule system for orientation and rotation of individual units, so that depending on which direction the wall was approached from, a person would interpret a different view - either hole openings or a homogenous surface.

Course # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Course # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Course #

Monastery Wall

Transitional Space

Eco-Resort Wall

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Course #

Enclosed/Private

Porous/Public

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Degree of Rotation from Central Axis -20 -10 0 10 20 20 10

-25 -20 -15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15 20 25 20 15

-20 -25 -20 -15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15 20 25 20

Overlap=1/3 of brick -15 -20 -25 -20 -15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15 20 25

Degree of Rotation from Central Axis -20 -20 -10 0 10 20 20

-15 -20 -25 -20 -15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15 20 25

-10 -15 -20 -25 -20 -15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15 20

10 0 -10 -20 -20 -10

25 20 15 10 5 0 -5 -10 -15 -20 -25 -20 -15

20 25 20 15 10 5 0 -5 -10 -15 -20 -25 -20

-5 -10 -15 -20 -25 -20 -15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15

15 25 15 5 -5 -15

10 15 20 25 20 15 10 5 0 -5 -10 -15 -20

15 20 25 20 15 10 5 0 -5 -10 -15 -20 -25

0 -5 -10 -15 -20 -25 -20 -15 -10 -5 0 5 10

5 0 -5 -10 -15 -20 -25 -20 -15 -10 -5 0 5

Overlap=1/3 of brick 15 20 25 20 15 10 5 0 -5 -10 -15 -20 -25

Degree of Rotation from Central Axis 5

-5 -10 -15 -20 -25 -20 -15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15

Overlap=1/3 of brick

Degree of Rotation from Central Axis 20

-10 -15 -20 -25 -20 -15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15 20

10 15 20 25 20 15 10 5 0 -5 -10 -15 -20

5 10 15 20 25 20 15 10 5 0 -5 -10 -15

Overlap=1/3 of brick 20 25 20 15 10 5 0 -5 -10 -15 -20 -25 -20

25 20 15 10 5 0 -5 -10 -15 -20 -25 -20 -15

20 15 10 5 0 -5 -10 -15 -20 -25 -20 -15 -10

(Equally rotated) -5 -15 -25 -15 -5 5 (More negative facing) 5 -5 -15 -25 -15 -5 0 (More positive facing) 5 15 25 15 5 -5 (Opposite diagonal) 10 0 -10 -20 -20 -10

Iteration 1

Iteration 2

Iteration 3

Iteration 4

Sketches and diagrams explore the organization of the program as a series of strands curving into one another, forming courtyard spaces where the harsh landscape is captured visually. The biggest challenge was accommodating large programs into the cellular format of the strands, as each strand is essentially a wing of either Eco-Resort rooms or Monastery cells.

By utilizing the programmatic strands to enclose the landscape, the building begins to incorporate the harsh quarry into the commonly inhabited spaces. The facade condition for the Monastery plays on the visual boundaries between internal and external space, and runs only around the two courtyards at the outside surface of circulation spaces. This condition lends the perimeter of the courtyards a strange feel, and heightens the experiential quality of the courtyards on the ground level.

Floor 3

Floor 2

Floor 1

The final plans, shown right, show the proposed building in three stories. The landscape is partially enclosed by two main courtyards, the interior walls of which have the punched-out pattern of the study model above and the render on the following page. The plans carry remnants of the program strip planning.

Section Northwest

Section West Sections show in the first courtyard the secondary entrance to the second floor, a large stone stair that is portrayed as an archaic yet grand staircase reminiscent of early century Monasteries. It separates the two courtyards form each other, except where three large vaults are carved into the solid stair.

The wall system cladding the circulation hallways around the courtyards on the upper floor consists of a limestone infill panel. The stone masonry is supported by a steel frame which allows the span in openings for the wall. Columns support the roof and second floor loads, so that the limestone wall is essentially a clip-on facade. The glass panes provide the thermal and moisture barrier to the outside. The library spans a distance of over 100 ft, requiring the use of a wall truss between two massive load bearing walls. The truss was expressed as a design element exposed to view but covered by a finish. A strip skylight allows natural light into the reading room, which is separate from the stacks. A 2nd floor hallway on the upper left illustrates how the courtyard is viewed from the interior.

The chapel is an expressive gesture of light and surface. In a study model the space is lighted above by a curvelinear skylight running the length of the nave (140â&#x20AC;&#x2122;), ending with a cant to hold light wells which funnel daylight into the cross shaped opening at the altar. The skylight is supported by a vierendeel truss. The nave itself is open so that direct sunlight is not cast on the pews, but on a walk space. The nave is also bare quarry floor surface, to bring into the spiritual architectural space a very tactile presence in contrast with the finishes of the interior. The skylight section is 12ft in height, spanned by a parallel chord truss. The interior is 24ft high, making the entire chapel a three-story structure sitting at the end of one of the strands.

The central nave is exposed to the limestone ground and integrates the interior with the phenomenological aspects of the scarred landscape. The nave space is mirrored from the skylight curvature, creating an irregular path to the altar. Sharp contrasting of materials emphasizes the tactility of the rough limestone. The central aisle is the dominating presence of the chapel and exemplifies the spiritual atmosphere in a humble method.

Occupancy

6 DWN

DWN

8 4

Designation

Description

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Total Occupiable Space (2nd floor) : 50023 sq. ft Total Maximum Occupancy : 1013 people

Atrium Mechanical Room Eco-Resort Suites Auditorium Cafeteria Biotechnology Labs 1 Biotechnology Labs 2 Lab Storage Lounge Library

Area (sq. ft.)

Occupancy Type

1715 497 12000 (30) 6468 3254 14601 3392 2369 1872 2715 Stacks 1140 Reading

100

Maximum Allowable Occupancy

B U R-1 A-1 A-2 B

17 people 1 person 60 people 263 people 216 people 146 people 33 people 7 people 221 people 27 people 22 people

B S-1 A-1 A-3 A-3

Student: Andrew Zyrowski Unique Name: atzyro Original Date: Jan 11 09 Date Revised: Jan 17 09 LAB Instructor: Michael Ezban

(by seating) 15 net sq. ft per person 100 gross sq. ft per person 100 gross sq. ft per person 200 gross sq. ft per person 200 gross sq. ft per person 300 gross sq. ft per person 300 gross sq. ft per person 300 gross sq. ft per person

3 UP

3 10

2 1

Total Occupiable Space (1st floor) : 48587 sq. ft Total Maximum Occupancy : 1748 people

Designation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Description Atrium Entrance Coat Room Mechanical Room Conference/Banquet Restaurant Kitchen Exterior Deck Eating Area Eco-Resort Suites Chapel Auditorium

Area (sq. ft.) 1715 518 2508 6720 6612 707 2403 9600 (24) 11336 6468

Occupancy Type B B U A-2 A-2 A-2 A-2 R-1 A-3 A-1

Maximum Allowable Occupancy 17 people 5 people 8 people 448 people 440 people 47 people 160 people 48 people 312 people 263 people

100

Monastery and Biology Lab Eco-Resort - Occupancy Load Plan 1/ Scale: 1’ = 1/48”

01.01

6 4

DWN

7 0

Designation

Total Occupiable Space (3rd floor) : 35603 sq. ft

01.02

Occupancy Type A-1 A-2 A-3 B R-1 R-2 S-2 U S-1

DWN

A-1 A-2 A-3 B R-1 R-2 S-2 U S-1

Student: Andrew Zyrowski Unique Name: atzyro Original Date: Jan 11 09 Date Revised: Jan 17 09 LAB Instructor: Michael Ezban

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Description Atrium Mechanical Room Eco-Resort Suites P.I. Offices Monk Living Cells Lounge Storage

Area (sq. ft.) 1715 353 10800 (27) 9298 8400 (42) 1645 3392

Occupancy Type B U R-1 B R-2 A-1 S-2

100

Maximum Allowable Occupancy 17 people 1 person 54 people 92 people 42 people 218 people 11 people

Monastery and Biology Lab Eco-Resort - Occupancy Load Plan 3/ Scale: 1’ = 1/48”

Student: Andrew Zyrowski Unique Name: atzyro Original Date: Jan 11 09 Date Revised: Jan 17 09 LAB Instructor: Michael Ezban

Monastery and Biology Lab Eco-Resort - Occupancy Load Plan 2 / Scale: 1’ = 1/48”

A-1 A-2 A-3 B R-1 R-2 S-2 U S-1

Occupancy Type

DWN

Occupancy Type

Total Maximum Occupancy : 435 people

01.03

After the project was completed, students were required to document their projects for a construction class to gain a better understanding of construction documentation. These diagrams briefly iterate a general understanding of construction methods and techniques, integration of HVAC, MEP, and details of the main facade. The building had to be slightly redesigned to accommodate the 2006 International Building Code. Occupancy, egress, paths of travel, fire hour ratings in walls, structural configuration, plumbing, and HVAC systems were all taken into consideration and are diagrammed here. For clarity the title and text blocks of each drawing have been removed.

1st

Air Flow

12:0

c. 2 1 st 1 2:0 0P M Double Pane low-E Glass Operable glass louvres

Radiant Heat

Student: Andrew Zyrowski Unique Name: atzyro Original Date: April 013 09 Date Revised: XXX LAB Instructor: Michael Ezban

Brick surface absorbs heat

Monastery and Biology Lab Eco-Resort - Enclosure Performance Diagrams - Scale: 1/4” = 1’

July

Facade acts as Modified Trombe Wall for passive heating of circulation space

Student: Andrew Zyrowski Unique Name: atzyro Original Date: April 09 09 Date Revised: XXX LAB Instructor: Michael Ezban

Passive Solar Shading

Monastery and Biology Lab Eco-Resort - Enclosure Detail Arcade Section - Scale: 1/4” = 1’

Courtyard Facade Detail and Section

Ventilated air is heated through wall cavity

07.05

07.01

Detailed Section (Structure)

Floor Section Detail 1) Beam 2) Girder 3) Steel Corrugated Decking 4) Concrete Slab 5) Limestone Brick Infill 6) Insulation 7) Lighting Fixture 8) Duct Opening within beam

Student: Andrew Zyrowski Unique Name: atzyro Original Date: Feb 02 09 Date Revised: Feb 08 09 LAB Instructor: Michael Ezban

Structural Plan, Bathroom detail, Egress and Axonometric Plumbing Diagram Load Bearing Wall UP

Steel W-Beam Steel Girder Steel Column (Hollow tube)

100

Structure: Steel Frame with Columns/Bearing Walls (2nd/3rdFloor Load + Roof Load) -Columns: Steel Hollow Tube Columns 1.5’d, 10.5’ tall -Girders: Steel W28-178 28” depth 28-40’ span (varies), Spaced 30‘ OC -Beams: Steel W21-47 21” depth 30’ span (varies), Spaced 10-15’ OC

Monastery and Biology Lab Eco-Resort - Framing Plan Plan 1/ Scale: 1’ = 1/48”

04.01

7.88

5.17 2.23

2.67

2.25

5.17

1.00

3.00

3.88

5.00

PLUMBING WALL

3.05

2.25

0.83

Occupancy A R S-1 B S-2 U

w/out sprinklers (ft) 200 ft 200 ft 200 ft 200 ft 300 ft 300 ft

w/sprinklers (ft) 250 ft 250 ft 250 ft 300 ft 400 ft 400 ft

Egress width per occupant served (stairs) Occupancy (All)

w/out sprinklers 0.3 in. per occupant

w/sprinklers 0.2 in. per occupant

Student: Andrew Zyrowski Unique Name: atzyro Original Date: Jan 20 09 Date Revised: XXX LAB Instructor: Michael Ezban

PLUMBING WALL

Student: Andrew Zyrowski Unique Name: atzyro Original Date: Mar 14 09 Date Revised: April 08 09 LAB Instructor: Michael Ezban

Exit access travel distance limitations 6.04

5.00

2.50 3.00

Occupancy Type

Required Water Closets Men

Public Restroom - Men (right) Women (left)

A-1 A-2 A-3 B R-1 R-2 S-1

1.75

Actual # of Water Closets: 35 men (15 urinals =42%) 28 women 186 unisex

Lavatories

Occupancy

1 per 200 1 per 75 1 per 200 1 per 100 1 per 100 1 per 100 1 per 1000

663 total 1,264 total 361 total 293 total 162 total 42 total 26 total

# of Water Closets

Women

1 per 125 1 per 65 1 per 40 1 per 40 1 per 125 1 per 65 1 per 25 1 per 40 1 per room 1 per 10 1 per 100 1 per 100

3 men, 5 women (1 fountain) 15 men, 15 women (2 fountain) 2 men, 3 women (1 fountain) 6 men, 4 women 162 unisex 5 unisex 0

Total # of Required Water Closets: 26 men, 27 women, 167 unisex

Monastery and Biology Lab Eco-Resort - Plumbing Bathroom Detail - Scale: 1/4” = 1’

4.92

Monastery and Biology Lab Eco-Resort - Vertical Egress Axonometric/ Scale: 1’ = 1/48”

Unisex bathrooms - Eco Suites

05.02

100

02.04

Detailed Section (HVAC) VAV Supply Ductwork to Eco-Suites

CAV Supply Ductwork to Library

Hallway

VAV Return Ductwork

Eco-Suites

Hallway

Library

Cafeteria

Hallway

CAV Supply Ductwork to Cafeteria

CAV Return Ductwork

Ypsilanti Recreation Complex Instructor: Alex Neyman

The Ypsilanti Recreation Complex is a proposed design for a new community-based center within the historic district of Ypsilanti, MI. The township currently has only one community center, in need of repair and cut off by highways from residents of the west side of town. Because the chosen site is directly adjacent to the Huron river, a running track, soccer field, and outdoor amphitheater, it is the perfect opportunity to impose an architecture which puts these to use. The New Community Center would provide many opportunities in education, active recreation, and leisure. Programs targeted to all ages would increase the diverse atmosphere of activities while providing necessary community development, as well as establish a stronger connection between the City of Ypsilanti and the Township. The building would host a diverse range of recreational classes, and offer an indoor running track, gymnasium, rockclimbing wall, dance room, racquetball courts, and more. Circulation space of the site is transposed into the building to create a seamless transition from exterior to interior, and shape the program of the facility.

New Community Center 15 E. Cross St. Ypsilanti, MI 48198 The New Community Center will provide many opportunities in education, active recreation, and leisure. Programs targeted to all ages will increase the diverse atmosphere of activities while providing necessary community development through interaction, as well as establish a stronger connection between the City of Ypsilanti and the Township. To benefit from the unique site location composed of parks and natural landscape, the building will incorporate all of these elements programmatically while benefiting Twp residents further West.

Ypsilanti Senior Citizens Center 1015 N. Congress St. Ypsilanti, MI 48198 The Senior Center is well used by residents like all the existing facilities, and in demographic expansion of the 65+ age group the center will need to expand its facility space and programs. A cooperative effort should be made to create a new community center which offers programs to retirement age residents and provides a facility which is easily accessible.

Parkridge Community Center 591 Armstrong Ypsilanti, MI 48198 Parkridge is a free recreational programming center for Ypsilanti youth under 18 years of age. The center is designed to actively involve youth in safe, positive, structured activities after school. Parkridge strives to provide activities that focus on health, education, active living choices, self-development, leadership and empowerment, social development, recreation, culture and educational programming. However, the limiting age restriction and small size makes Parkridge an unsuccessful candidate for future senior citizen use, and will be needed to offer programs for the growing amount of teens. The large shift in senior citizen population growth (65+) will require more programs in educational and recreational services geared towards that group.

Target Area for new Community Center for residents of Western side of Township

The existing Twp Community Center offers programs to the following age groups: Children Dance Summer Camp Spring Break Camp Kids Corner Karate Cartooning Boater Safety Special Events Gymboree Soccer Baseball Softball Track/Field Tennis Basketball Flag Football Golf Floor Hockey

Teens Dance Teen Drop-in Job Skill Training Girls Day Outings Water Park Trips Camping Trips Zoo Visits Boater Safety Track/Field Flag Football Softball Karate Aerobics Yoga Floor Hockey Soccer Basketball Tourn.

Adults Massage Therapy Meditation Cooking Class Basket Weaving Piano Boater Safety Scrap Booking Special Events Karate Aerobics Yoga Tennis Lessons Softball Volleyball Racquetball Soccer Basketball

All Ages Walleyball Golf Seniors Table Games Computers Health Education Exercise Programs Daily Meals Bingo Cards

Fireworks Display Holiday Parties Movies in the Park Youth Dance Recital Mother/Son Bowling Daddy/Daughter Dance Mother/Son Dance Amusement Park Ticket Sales

Twp Community Center 2025 East Clark Road Ypsilanti, Michigan 48198 The current community center is Township owned, a converted elementary school from the 1960s. Since the conversion, there have been two major renovations. The majority of recreation programming is offered here and the facility is highly utilized by residents of the area. The size and layout of the building provides adequate meeting room space but provides insufficient space for active recreation. The gymnasium is not large enough and forces the Twp to rely on school district facilities, working around the school schedule. The small rooms result in popular classes filling up quickly, hampering the expansion of certain programs. This issue will continue to escalate with the growing population.

The Extension of Programmatic Space/ The absorption of Community Building Outside In, Literally. Frog Island Park The park acts as extension of active physical recreational programs and activities ranging from track, soccer, volleyball, theater, yoga, meetings, flag football, festivals, fundraisers, competitions, etc. It is the closest and most precious source of outdoor activity in adjacency to the facility. Therefore it becomes the most integral part of exterior space absorbed by the structure. The park allows for education and recreation outside of the building and frees up gymnasium and classroom space in warmer months.

Parking The Parking lot constitutes a minor element of exterior program outside of meeting transportation needs. Though emphasis will be given to non-motorized pathways, the parking lot serves as fundamental backbone for residents to come to the facility and attend programs, in particular residents of the township and not the city. It could also function as a space for drivers education or other activities involving the automobile.

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The Amphitheatre The amphitheatre, linked by the tridge and natural part of Frog Island Park landscape, provides ample space for drama theater, improv, meetings, comedy acts, live music, and social discussion. It becomes a social utility in warm weather ideal for programs which are normally found indoors. Caboose Park The adjacent triangular paved square features a stationary caboose but is essentially dead space with the exception of purposes pertaining to the Farmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Market. The park is small but would benefit from the inclusion of greenery in landscaping, providing a natural outdoor area that is human controlled. This space could be a leisure area for contemplation incorporating fountains to drown out the sounds of the city. The Tridge/Huron River The Tridge and Huron River play an integral part of the natural landscape and as receptors for recreational activities. The Tridge acts as physical and social connector, linking Frog Island Park to River Park, and consequently forming the circulatory system which integrates the new facility to its exterior spaces. Therefore the Tridge should become an external continuation of indoor circulation spaces. The Huron River provides fishing areas and possibly water sport activities depending on conditions. The river is a central natural element contributing to the life of Ypsilanti. New Community Center The new facility constructed to administer recreational and educational programs will promote a diverse range of activities using the surrounding features to apply to residents of all ages. The unique vantage point of the site allows for the extension of program outside of the enclosed building to absorb the existing elements of the community and create a broad atmosphere for interaction socially, recreationally, and politically. Aside from providing high demand programs in recreation and education, the new community center will mark a joint venture between the City of Ypsilanti and Ypsilanti Township, bringing the residents together and strengthening the relationship between the two political entities. By engaging a large area of the site through absorption into program, the new center by extension will establish new relationships in the city to create an active atmosphere encouraging education, recreation, health, and sociability. Furthermore, the overlapping of extended program areas provides for new types of hybridized activities.

Riverside Park Riverside Park, the furthest recreational area (in the immediate area) from the actual building site, is linked by a non-motorized bridge of its own, connecting it directly. The largest immediate park at only 100ft away, Riverside provides many pathways for walking and running, as well as dock space for fishing, a restroom facility, and wide grassy space for picnics and festivals. It becomes an alternative to the track at Frog Island and provides more open area for activities to take place outdoors from yoga to volleyball and other sports. It also, along with Frog Island, presents an area ideal for natural features education of the ecosystem and dog training, just two of outdoor programs which have been desired from the community and are currently not offered.

Outcome The Result is a Community Center which becomes more than a building to house program, it becomes a projector of program onto the community and uses its immediate context to its advantage. This atmosphere will alleviate the current dependency of the existing township facility on the school districts, and allow for the expansion of existing programs and ones which are not offered to the community. The Community Center draws in residents of the city and the township in a diversely engaging site to activate people and their surroundings, offer desired education and recreation, and act as symbolic essence of the community. By offering itself to all ages of residents of the area, it will hopefully encourage more communal activity on the periphery embodying joint action for the benefit of all.

Three Conditions for Organization: The way in which program blocks and circulation spaces are arranged is according to a set of conditions which are prevalent to various objectives based upon specific programs. These strategies for organization establish relationships between circulation space and program space primarily visually, but also socially and symbolically. The seeping of circulation space over program blocks

By overlapping circulatory volumes over program blocks, a larger space is created which allows for clerestory lighting or skylights, to bring in and diffuse natural daylight. The space may also be used for mechanical purposes.

The carving of program blocks by circulation spaces

By carving program blocks via circulation space and having circulation space at the same time intrude upon other programs and circulation spaces, an atmosphere is created which promotes visibility and interaction with oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s surroundings where desired.

The seeping of program space around circulation space

After initial research into the needs of the facility and the needs of residents of all ages, the building was planned using the existing paths of transportation on the site, diagrammed above. The building was designed to extend these pedestrian paths into the structure and integrate the motor-pathways into the parking lot. Using the existing pathways as a shaping tool helped to create a seamless transition between the building entrances and the site. It also played an active role in shaping the rooms of the facility, to optimize the relation of circulation space to occupied space.

Classrooms

Cafe

Gift Shop

Rock Wall A

Classrooms Gymnasium Media Center

Track

Dance Studio Arcade/Game Room Yoga

First Floor 0

Racquetball Fitness Room

SCALE: 1/16”-1’0”

Second Floor 0

SCALE: 1/16”-1’0”

The store front facade of the front of the facility honors the historical surroundings of Depot Town and provides an open view into the cafe and gift shop, making it easy for residents to come in for any type of activity. The rock-climbing wall can be seen from the street and is a fun invitation into the building.

GLREA Building Instructor: Joel Schmidt

This project focused on a 30’x130’ plot situated on State St. in downtown Ann Arbor. The 3900ft2 site is currently occupied by a Sprint store, which would be removed for a new structure between a small restaurant and the State Theatre. The GLREA (Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association) is a real non-profit organization dedicated to the mainstream use of renewable energy technologies and sustainable energy practices. Currently located in Dimondale, Michigan, this project’s objective was to design a new headquarters for the organization to accommodate expansion and educate local residents on sustainable practices.The program calls for a facility geared towards promoting, educating, and demonstrating renewable energy practices in three seminar rooms and an auditorium. Offices as well as a gallery space and workshop are also blended into the program. Sustainable factors such as low-emission windows, thick exterior walls, green roofs, etc. were to be incorporated into the final building design. The design of the final building plays with the transposition of floor plates, to abolish the stagnancy of flat plates and play with the circulation of the building in section.

The ground floor begins with a showroom in the front entrance for sustainable products to be displayed. A ramp circulates the outside, leading downward to the second entrance of the gallery space, where exhibitions are presented on freestanding wall panels. The gallery space is the largest volume and is the central hub of the building. It becomes a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;chargedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; space in that the volume of the second floor auditorium intrudes upon the first floor from the ceiling. The above auditorium is tiered, revealing its true shape, and contains a glass opening for people walking underneath to glance through.

The second floor contains the auditorium, which is essentially the â&#x20AC;&#x153;bellyâ&#x20AC;? of the building. It sits between two seminar rooms, linked by a glazed corridor which physically separates itself from the building and then reattaches. The purpose of this gesture was to isolate the auditorium as the heart of the building, where the most important ideals of the company would be expressed to the public. The corridor becomes a transitory space almost completely disconnected from the architecture, to provide a distinct experience of moving from one part of the building to another.

Some preliminary sketches of how the auditorium could â&#x20AC;&#x153;looselyâ&#x20AC;? fit within the building as its own assertive entity. Here it was originally considered to be placed centrally in the building to allow circulation around both sides, and it would elevate to the second floor rather than sit sectionally between them. Below is shown how the gallery space was imagined to be.

furniture design

Furniture design requires the same aptitude and concise understanding of built components as architecture does. The material realization, configuration of structure, form, and overall composition are all aspects very similar to the mind set required of architectural design. However, furniture design lends a certain degree of personable quintessence that is a specific embodiment of each designerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own style. The smaller scale of furniture allows for more deliberacy in design and production, and is a valuable outlet for understanding the postures of the human body. These studies are ongoing projects which combine personal style and attitude into various compositions of materials.

06-01

quicksilver chair

The Quicksilver Chair is a futurist design focusing on sleek modernity, fluidity, graceful curves, low mass, and striking elegance. The unencumbered design sports rear legs which become armrests and backrest, with the front legs connecting to form the seat support. The chair is molded of titanium alloy, hollowed in the seat and backrest. This material selection lends durability, molded comfort, and a sleek glossy finish to the chair. The composition combines various shapes of tubing with attached molded parts such as the seat and backrest. The discontinuity balances the chair through contrast.

06-02

bokeh sofa

The Bokeh Sofa is a conceptualization for an image of a sofa which is transparent, light, and established with minimum materiality. The sofa is a sleek modern design with steel tubing as the primary structure. The subtraction of the back cushions plays with notions of transparency while maintaining ergonomic comfort. The choice of extending the cushions to the floor was to hide the steel frame from the rear view. Matching Foot stools can be stored under the sofa.

The inside steel tubing supports the seat base and cushions, as the outside steel tube forms the armrest and actual support leg.

06-03

wave table

CNC routed plywood templates are glu-lamed together to form an interdependent structure. The table attempts to display limits of wood structural stability by appearing frail at crucial points where the table bends 90o. The table layers become increasingly thicker at the two points where the wood bends, to stiffen the table along its cross axis and decrease the cantilever moment. Because the table seems heavy at the cantilevered end, the interior is subtracted to decrease weight but maintain the appearance of solid planes. The movement of the legs and top create a gradient surface condition to illustrate dynamic movement within a static object.

06-04

camber sofa

This sofa is a robust combination of wood veneer and stainless steel frame, composing an arced-shaped sofa sectional that is both modern and versatile. The sectionals can be aligned together for a general loveseat configuration or moved to create several other organizations of seating in a living room space. This diversity lends living spaces an opportunity for new arrangements of seating styles while maintaining the same furniture pieces.

06-05

night stand

This night stand was constructed from birch plywood scrap pieces. The design itself is rudimentary and very simple, yet the form conveys a contemporary message and attempts to utilize plywood as a material suitable for fine furniture. The sliding drawer stores small possessions and the mitred legs give the appearance of square legs from profile and front view, but at second glance reveal their L-shaped design.

06-06

plexi - chair

The plexi-chair was a collaborative effort with a student partner, to design a chair focusing on aesthetics, form, and ergonomic comfort. Students were tasked to construct the chair out of only one material or two similar materials. The plexichair plays with the concept image of an inflatable pool chair, but utilizes more stable, permanent materials. The chair is held together entirely from epoxy glue and is constructed of .125â&#x20AC;? acrylic prefab sandwich panels reinforced by 91 cut and painted PVC pipe sections. It successfully holds the weight of an adult. Design Partner: Cameron Stewart

06-07

end table

This table is an extremely simple end table design comprised of 1” dia. hollow steel tubing and .25” tempered glass, which is bolted to the frame through rubber spacers. The table was designed to complement specifically the Marcel Breuer ‘Wassily chair’ and adhere to the modernist principle “Less is more.” It is designed to blend in with some of the most recognizable furniture pieces by architects and designers of the 20th century: Marcel Breuer, Le Corbusier, and Mies van der Rohe.

product design

This very short section portrays my interest in digital fabrication as a means for producing small objects used everyday, to replace the usually mundane with the unique and eccentric. These two projects were created using a laser cutter - the business cards out of PEG plastic and the pencil cup out of a .25â&#x20AC;? acrylic sheet. These projects, like many of mine, were fabricated from scrap pieces that were discarded by other students.

07-01

business card

07-02

pencil cup

rendering studies Vray for Rhinoceros 4.0

These rendered images were fully modeled in Rhinoceros 4.0, and rendered using Vray. These studies experiment with created materials and advanced characteristics of lighting, studio environments, transparency, reflection, refraction, diffuse color, texture mapping, illumination, and emissive qualities. Renders portrayed here are primarily through the Irradiance map engine and QuasiMonte-Carlo engine for light calculation. These studies help to understand the fundamentals of NURBS surface modeling as well as studies of light behavior. Further study is given to depth of field, camera aperture settings, exposure, and focal distance. The purpose of these studies is to concentrate various level of photorealistic quality into designed objects and products, with the understanding of lighting effects being applied to architectural space as well.

Notebook, Ipod Touch, desk lamp, glass of water

Depth of field study with physical camera

contact

andrew zyrowski architecture + design + furniture 2552 Belle River Rd East China, MI 48054 andrew.zyro@gmail.com (tel) 810.278.3923