Angelic Williams Design Portfolio
Fall 2010 - Office Studio Instructors: Andre Caradec California College of the Arts (CCA) OFFICE was an advanced architecture studio designed and fabricated an exterior grade structure with an envelope of roughly 8’x10’x7’ using ALPOLIC as the primary material. Alpolic is conventionally used as a at sheet cladding material that relies on a structural substrate or armature for support. Mitsubishi Plastics Composites America, INC, has partnered with CCA through a significant donation of their ALPOLIC material to this studio. Given this arrangement, it was understood that we would be looking to find material/construction strategies to implement the material as much as possible. This partnership created a professional working environment that is atypical to the academic experience, and gave insight to the methods of digital fabrication and decision making outside the academic envelope. Final fabrication took place at the shop of Studio Under Manufacture where we were be able to digitally fabricate and test options real-time
Fall 2011 - The Anomaly at UC Davis Instructors: Lisa Findley, Bryan Shiles, Adam Woltag The program/function of the project is an experimental campus building type that we are calling The Mixer. The goal of The Mixer is to sponsor conversations, spark informal and unexpected collaborations, and support shared creative impulses. These educational environments draw together students and faculty from wide-ranging disciplines to interact in a variety of loosely programmed space. These include a place to perform (a black box theater), a place of exhibition/review/display (a gallery), places for making (shops and laboratories), a place for socializing (cafĂŠ/lounge/commons), places of interaction (classrooms), places of work/one-on-one student/faculty conversation (offices) and additional program specific to UC Davis. The basic parti was to split the building based on program and to allow the visbile connection from the mall to the arboretum. The program was distributed based on its privacy levels with the offices enclosed by larger and more open program spaces. The bike kitchen acts as the main attractor in the south building with the laboratory spaces stacking on top. Based on our reaction to the architecture in Davis we wanted to give the buidling a dynamic facade by showcasing the circulation.
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Performance Space Cafe Ca C afe af a fe
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FIXED LOUVERS
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Lobby L obby
DOUBLE LOW-E GLAZING
FIRE STOP RADIANT HEATING/COOLING
INTEGRATED LOUVER + MULLIONS INSULATION
POST-TENSION CONCRETE HUNG CEILING
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Bike Kitchen n Repair
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EBRO RIVER (WATER PARK)
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Zaragoza, Spain
METRICS WATERSHED AREA 80,093 km2 RIVER LENGTH 910km
Conventional Detention Ponds
PROJECT LENGTH 2.5 km
POPULATION DENSITY 659.8/km2 PROJECT COST 55,413,449 Euros PROJECT TIMEFRAME 2000 - 2010
OBJECTIVES
WATER QUALITY IMPAIRED
The Ebro is the most important river in Spain, 928 km in length and with a drainage basin of 85,550 km². The Ebro Delta is one of the largest wetland areas (320 km²) in the western Mediterranean region. Today the delta is a heavy agricultrual resource to cultivate rice, fruit, and vegetables. In addition, the delta also has numerousbeaches, marshes, and salt pans that provide habitat for over 300 species of birds. Consolidated Stormwater Management
PROJECT DESCRIPTION Expo 2008 was an international exposition held from June to September 2008 in Zaragoza, Spain, with a theme of “Water and Sustainable Development” and positioned in a meander of the Ebro river. The expo held many thematic events and pavillions such as: The Bridge Pavilion, which was designed by Zaha Hadid and hosted the exposition Water. The expositons goal was to portay water as a universal human right as well as to act as an informational tool to explain water management procedures and encourage citizen participation. Another landmark was the Water Tower which held a 23-metrehigh sculpture called Splash, which represents a splash of water, “the arrival of life on our planet”. It also hosted the exposition Water for life where “audiovisual media and lighting play a key role in the way the contents are communicated”. The Aquarium, which is still in operation after the expo, is the largest freshwater aquarium in Europe, hosting over 300 species of fauna from rivers around the world in 60 tanks or terrariums. Rivers represented are: -The Nile: containing species of the great African lakes, croco diles and an exhibition on theMediterranean and the Red Sea. -The Mekong: here are species of the Himalayas, gardens from the river’s lower course, the Pacific Ocean and coral reefs. -The Amazon: This section is divided into three different areas. First, the Amazon jungle higlighting its coconut trees and man groves. Second is the Amazon forest and the third is the man grove swamp with an exhibition on the Atlantic Ocean. -The Murray-Darling river: This showcases the full spectrum from the flooded regions through the desert areas. -The Ebro: It is also represented in two areas. The first area is a mountain cave and the second is the course of the river. -The “World River”: It represents the past, when “all the continents were united as a single island surrounded by ocean”.
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The city of Zaragoza, greatly benefited from the expo. It was estimated to have receieved 7.5 million visitors over its span. It also now has a permanent feature which was built for the Expo which is the pump-powered artificial whitewater course “El Canal de Aguas Bravas.” Along with being a part of the high speed rail route Zaragosa has solidified itself as a communication hub.
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View of the overall project connecting to the Ebro River corridor.
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A bridge crossing over a small channel of the river.
A shaded pathway crossing over a channel of the river. Pedestrian pathway lining the river with a series of aquatic gardens in the background.
A pedestrian and bike pathway zig-zagging along the water’s edge.
PROJECT CREDITS DESIGNER/PLANNER
Alday Jover Arquitectura
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DIJLE RIVER
50 m
Mechelen, Belgium
METRICS WATERSHED AREA 700km2 RIVER LENGTH 86 km
Conventional Detention Ponds
PROJECT LENGTH 0.25 km
POPULATION DENSITY 1200/km2 PROJECT COST
3,800,000 euros
PROJECT TIMEFRAME
2005-2007
OBJECTIVES
WATER QUALITY GOOD
The Dijle is a small confluence that meanders through the countryside. Although it is not a major water body it has acted as major life force for the community. It runs through many small towns including Mechelen which is often called “Dijlestad” or Dyle City. The river used to be navigable for small ships. However, today commercial and pleasure navigation is limited only to Mechelen. Consolidated Stormwater Management
PROJECT DESCRIPTION The Melaan is a tributary of the Dijle River. The project is the first of a series of daylighting projects. It has been excavated and newly landscaped in the old city center of Mechelen. It is reflects the increasingly popular notion of the importance that water plays in the relationship with old city centers. It is also trying to be a possible solution for good water management in many North-West European cities. It became a popular notion that a well layed-out center in Mechelen could enhance the quality of life for the residents. First the Lamot Brewery was transformed into a heritage and cultural center on the banks of the river Dijle. Following that was the plan to call the waters of Mechelen back into being. Around the same time, the municipality decided a public car park. Because of that it appeared more convenient to build underground car parks through the public private cooperation construction. The Melaan is not just a daylighting project that had had no affect on its surroundings. In fact it had a great impact. The importance of the project is reflected by the town’s rise in a ‘quality of life list’ in Belgium. Before 2000, Mechelen was at the bottom of the list of 13 municipalities, by 2004 the city was at the top. It has also become a major attraction in the heart of Mechelen. The Melaan provides an attractive atmosphere that invites one to linger and quietly enjoy. It attracts more people from the wider city and the region than it previously did. It has become a tangible element within the network of historic public spaces in the city center. The reconstruction of the Melaan does not only mean the opening up of a stream in the centre of the city, but also the creation of a new location with meaning. It is a new quayside in the heart of the city: a quay along which people will live, work, where small boats will have their moorings, where people will take a stroll. It is also a quay that offers opportunities for long-term transformation, both in the buildings and in the public space.
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The difference in level has been used to create a continuous bench that intermittently opens up into steps that join the two levels. A line of trees separates pedestrians from cars.
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Pedestrians walking the central promenade. The central promenade is set at a slightly lower level than the street.
PROJECT CREDITS DESIGNER/PLANNER
ARA, Atelier Ruimtelijk Advies, OKRA, Landschapsarchitecten
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One Story Building
Fourty Story Building
Different Programs -- Different Goals / Interests
Potential Factors in Transformation
Smooth Surface (Landscape)
Program A wants to push surface down to create social space
Program B wants to push surface up to create storage space
Flat Surface (Floor Plates) Transition
Step Condition
BUILDING AS LANDSCAPE STRATEGIES Walkable Surface / Exterior informs Interior
Scala Tower by BIG
TEK by BIG
Stepped Floorplates
Cutouts
Morph with Surroundings
Faste Batteri by BIG W57 St by BIG
Lego Towers by BIG
Cooper Union by Morphosis
Trysil Ski Resort by BIG
Boscolo Hotel Nice by BIG
Spring 2011 - Hong Kong Tower Instructors: Andrew Kudless The primary focus of this project was to take a set of parameters from an existing building, understand them, manipulate and adapt them to fit within a new urban fabric. My particular precedent was the Maritime Youth House by Bjarke Ingels Group. The essence of BIG’s final design lies in the two programs that occupy it and their conflicting desires resulting in a landscape that can accommodate both. Moving from a one-story project to a forty-story project proved to be a bit more of a challenge. An investigation of building as landscape showed various strategies such as: the walk able surface, the stepped building, the cutout and the morphing out of its landscapes. Having this in mind provided me with a unique approach the site located in the Central District of Hong Kong Island. The tower is located next to the newly relocated Star Ferry Terminal. Previously, the terminal was located near City Hall, convenient to commuters and locals alike. Though with its relocation to an unfinished development and the much faster subway, the terminal has lost millions of dollars since the move. Hong Kong is known for its shopping, high-rise residential towers and a wide array of offices and hotels. What it is lacking is an amount of open space for locals and tourists alike. The resultant strategy was derived from the metaball function found in Grasshopper. Through varying levels of intensity one can achieve a façade of louvers, a stair condition as well as the floor plates for the programs to occupy. The program transitions from a public market and mall, to a grand lobby directing traffic to the hotel, offices and residential floors. In between are multipurpose spaces such as gyms, lounges and ballrooms. The residential tower reaches an altitude of five hundred feet where the occupants can enjoy panoramic views of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon across the harbor. The ultimate goal was to bring all of Hong Kong’s culture into one building, as if it were a mini city itself.
ECOLOGICAL NICHE Since the Central Star Ferry Pier has been moved from its old pier next to City Hall to the new location outside International Finance Centre, the number of people using the Star Ferry to cross the harbour has fallen drastically, nowadays only tourists and only a few commuters use the system. This has meant the Star Ferry company has lost billions of dollars since the relocation. Therefore it is planning to stop operating the pla Hung g Hum ferry pier and the services to and d from it.
Distance between old pier and new pier: Over 300 meters. Pros of old pier: Close to City Hall, multiple hotels, banks, popular venues, malls etc.
SOLUTION: Stitch multiple ascpects of Hong Kong culture to breathe new life back into the area and create more traffic for the ferry.
Cons of new pier: Not easily accessible, not many activities around the area, located close to controversial Final Reclimation area (currently not completed)
Hotels
Offices
Shopping
Markets