Program, Context, Tectonics

PROGRAM CONTEXT TECTONICS

arc 207 design portfolio

aparajita rao

this portfolio contains the work of aparajita rao syracuse university school of architecture arc 207 fall 2019 | prof. ryan doyle

sendai mediatheque toyo ito, sendai, 2001 fragment analysis of assembly systems

vpa pavillion syracuse, ny, usa given program: exhibition context:

syracuse university campus tectonics:

three systems derived

from sendai media

theque: floor slab,

skin, and tube.

land uses single-family homes

commercial

manufacturing

duplexes/denser housing

park

large-scale manufacturing

multi-family housing

water

single-family housing

downtown revitalization fulton, ny, usa the downtown revitalization project is a response to fulton’s downtown revitalization initiative, which seeks to make good use of a $10 million grant from the state of new york. a priority of the project is to bring revenue to fulton, an industrial city, in the wake of nationwide deindustrialization.

growth

given program: research context:

oswego riverfont in fulton tectonics: ???

circulation routes

progress sketches, a 1:50 scale sectional model, and a collaged partial section developed in early stages of the project, detailing earlier iterations of design.

THE ”FUN FACTORY” FULTON BIOMATERIALS DEVELOPENT AND TESTING LABORATORY

SECRET 2400 SF

RESTRICTED ACCESS LABORATORY AND MEETING SPACE

PRVATE

8400 SF OFFICES, MEETING SPACE, DEVELOPMENT LABS

PUBLIC 1020 SF AUDITORIUM, CAFE, INFORMATION DESK, MATERIALS EXHIBITION SPACE, DEMO CENTER

PARKING 7200 SF

N

PROJECT PROGRAM

the fun factory fulton, ny, usa the number one employer in fulton is huhtamäki oyj, which manufactures food packaging. biomaterials research and testing is already of great interest to the company, and a space to do that which combines the secrecy of a commercial laboratory with the invitational quality of a tourist attraction could bring fulton the revenue and identity it needs.

given

MATERIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND PROGRAMMATIC STRATEGIES WORK TOGETHER TO DEFINE THREE TYPES OF SPACES USING THREE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS OF PROCESSING LIGHT. TRANSLUCENT MATERIALS ENCLOSE PUBLIC SPACES, WHICH ARE REVEALED. REFLECTIVE AND DECORATIVE MATERIALS ENCLOSE PRIVATE SPACES, WHICH ARE MASKED. OPAQUE MATERIALS ENCLOSE SECRET SPACES, WHICH ARE HIDDEN.

program:

biomaterials research

context:

oswego riverfont

in fulton tectonics:

solid/reflective/

translucent

material strategy the public/private/secret program strategy is reinforced by materials. public programs have mostly transparent enclosuures, private programs have reflective enclosures, and secret programs have opaque enclosures.

PROJECT PLAN 1:100

N

public private

E D C

secret B A N

KEY PLAN 1:500

PROJECT SECTIONS 1:200

ENTRY SEQUENCE

PERSPECTIVE VIEWS