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Fulton Street Transit Center Core I Studio: Fall 2004 GreenPoint Ecology Center Core II Studio: Spring 2005 Hope VI Housing Core III Studio: Fall 2005 Morningside Subway Stations Advanced Studio IV: Spring 2006 GreenPoint Ferry Terminal Advanced Studio V: Fall 2006 Dubai Techno Park Tower Advanced Studio VI: Spring 2007 Porous Cellular Respiration Digital Detailing & Assemblage: Spring 2007

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4HE DESIGN FOR THE &ULTON 3TREET 4RANSIT CENTER FORMALLY SYNTHESIZES THE PROGRES SIVE MENTAL EVALUATION AND REEVALUATION OF THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT WITH THE TECHNICAL FORMS AND FUNCTIONS OF A CENTRAL TRANSIT HUB 4HE IMAGE STUDIES TO THE RIGHT DRAW A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE HUMAN INTERPRETATION OF THE URBAN CONTEXT AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF FACES ON A RUBIX CUBE 7HILE TRAVELING THROUGH THE CITY ON THE SUBWAY RIDING WALKING EMERGING AND SUBMERGING THE HUMAN PSYCHE IS CONSTANTLY ABSORBING URBAN IMAGERY COLLECTING THESE EXPERIENCES AND THEN DISCARDING THEM AS NEW IMAGES EMERGE 4HE MENTAL PROCESS OF IMAGE ABSORBTION AND MANIPULATION IS SIMILAR TO COLLECTING THE EXPERIENCES ON THE FACES OF A RUBIX CUBE AND THEN MANIPULATING THE CUBE SO THAT SOME ARE LOST AS THE FACES TURN AND MANY UNEXPECTED ADJACENCIES EMERGE %XPERIENCES COLLIDE AND TRANSFORM AS ONE PERCIEVES THE CITY THROUGH EYE OF A SUBWAY TRAVELER WHO IS CONSTANTLY IN FLUX SUBMERGING AND EMERGING FROM A

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ILLUSTRATED ABOVE AND THE PROPOSED PATH STATION NEAR 'ROUND :ERO !NOTHER PRIMARY COMPONENT INCLUDES A TRANSIT MUSEUM AND PERFORMANCE SPACE FOR SUBWAY MUSICIANS %ACH PLATFORM PROVIDES ACCOUSTICALLY SENSITIVE DESIGN SCHEMES TO CAPTURE THE RHYTHM OF SUBWAY PERFORMERS AND DISTRIBUTE IT THROUGHOUT THE STATION 4HE TRANSIT MUSEUM SERVES AS AN ANCHOR FOR ARTS AND CULTURE WITHIIN THE NEW REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE 7ORLD 4RADE #ENTER 3ITE

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CELLUAR TUNNELS REPLACE AND ELONGATE THE THRESHOLD OF THE TURNSTYLE !DDITIONAL ENTRY TO THE SUBWAY INCLUDES A PROCESSIONAL STAIR AT THE CORNER OF "ROADWAY AND &ULTON 3TREET 4HE 4RANSIT -USEUM IS APPROACHED EITHER THROUGH THE %NTRY 0LAZA ABOVE THE TURNSTYLE GALLERIES OR THROUGH THE THRESHOLD ADJACENT TO THE #ORBIN "UILDING WHICH SLIPS UNDERNEATHE THE #AFE AND DOWN TO THE -AIN ,OBBY ONE LEVEL BELOW THE 3TREET )N ADDITION THE TRAIN LIFTS ON THE NORTHERN FACADE SERVE TWO FUNCTIONAL PURPOSES AS PRIMARY VERTICAL CIRCULATION WITHIN THE FACILITY AND TO LIFT ANTIQUE TRAIN CARS FROM THE SUBWAY TO ACCESSABLE LEVELS WITHIN THE 4RANSIT -USEUM THUS PLACING THESE EXHIBITS WITHIN PUBLIC VIEW FROM BOTH INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR 4HE DESIGN FOR THE TRANSIT CENTER CONSTANTLY WORKS TO ELONGATE THRESHOLDS AND BLUR THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN EXHIBIT THE FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUBWAY TRAVEL AND THE SPACE OF PERFORMANCE WITHIN THE FABRIC OF URBAN TRANSIT

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RECONFIGURATION OF THIS RUBIX CUBE DRIVEN DESIGN WHICH PRODUCES UNEXPECTED ADJACENCIES 7ITHIN THE SECTIONS TO THE RIGHT AND THE PERSPECTIVE BELOW THE PEDESTRIAN THRESHOLDS OF SLIPPAGE LINKING "ROAD WAY AND &ULTON 3TREET WITH THE SUBWAY SYSTEM BELOW ARE VISIBLE 0RIMARY ACCESS TO THE 4RANSIT MUSEUM OCCURS FROM BELOW THE CANTILEVERED MASS OF THE CAFE AND THEATER 4HE 0UBLIC %NTRY 0LAZA STRADDLES ABOVE THE ENTRY POINTS FROM "ROADWAY AND &ULTON 3TREET AND ILLUSTRATES THE LAYERED SYSTEM OF CIRCULATION WHICH GOVERNS THE &ULTON 3TREET 4RANSIT #ENTER

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!NOTHER PRIMARY COMPONENT OF THIS TRANSIT HUB IS THE TRAIN LIFT AND ANTIQUE TRAIN CAR GALLERIES "Y LIFTING ANTIQUE TRAIN CARS ABOVE THE STREET FROM THE SUBWAY BELOW THE 4RANSIT -USEUM IS ABLE TO VISUALLY MARKET .9# TRANSIT HISTORY FROM THE EXTERIOR AND REVEAL TRAINS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY CONCEALED BELOW THE STREET 4HE LIFTS TAKE THE FORM OF CRANES LIFTING THESE CARS ABOVE THE STREET LEVEL AND TRANSVERSING THE BOUNDARIES THAT ONCE KEPT THE SUBWAY HIDDEN FROM VIEW 4HUS THE URBAN FABRIC IS TEMPORARILY TURNED INSIDE OUT 0LACING THESE CARS THREE LEVELS ABOVE THE STREET PRESUMABLY WHERE THEY DO NOT BELONG IS ANOTHER CONCEPTUAL

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CAFE AS BOTH TOGETHER FORM A CONTINUOUS MASS THAT IS CANTILEVERED OUT TOWARDS "ROADWAY )N THIS MANNER THE GLAZED THEATER AND CAFE ARE ABLE TO USE THE CITYSCAPE OF "ROADWAY AS A BACKDROP FOR VIEWS WITHOUT MAINTAINING A PHYSICAL CONNECTION WITH THE STREET 4HE THEATER IS ACCESSED THROUGH ,EVELS AND OF THE EXHIBITION ATRIUM "Y PROVIDING FOR A DIRECT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE MUSEUM LOBBY AND ATRIUM AND THE SUBTERRA NEAN TRANSIT SYSTEM THE &ULTON 3TREET 4RANSIT #ENTER -USEUM BECOMES A HOUR FACILITY

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4HE 'REEN 0OINT %COLOGY #ENTER IS STRATEGICALLY POSITIONED ALONG THE "ROOKLYN WATERFRONT WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF THE 'REEN 0OINT 7ILLIAMSBURG 2EDEVELOPMENT 0LAN !S A CENTRAL PUBLIC INSTITUTION THE ECOLOGY CENTER LIES WITHIN A WATERFRONT PARK AT THE FUTURE SITE OF THE PRIMARY COMMUTER TERMINAL FOR THE %AST 2IVER 7ATER 4AXI 4HE CENTER CONTAINS A LABORATORY FOR MARINE EXPERIMENTS PUBLIC GALLERIES FOR AQUATIC EXHIBITS A FRESH WATER AQUARIUM PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE MARINE LIBRARY AND OUTDOOR PAVILIONS ALL SHELTERED BY A FABRIC OF CELLULAR MODULES DESIGNED TO FILTER WATER FROM THE %AST 2IVER 4HE DESIGN PROCESS EMPLOYED THE USE OF CELLULAR PATTERNS INSPIRED BY DEEP SEA CORAL AGGREGATION AND THE UTILIZATION OF SCRIPTING TECHNOLOGY IN -AYA AS A TOOL OF FORM GENERATION

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TEMPLATE ON MYLAR AND FOAM 4HE CUT SHEET WAS TENSIONED ALONG THE AXIS OF CELLULAR REFLECTION AND NEW SPACES EMERGED OUT OF THE TWO DIMENSIONAL SURFACE 4HE RESULTANT MEMBRANE SUGGESTS STRUCTURAL RIGIDITY OF THE hSPACE BETWEENv 4HIS SPACE CAN BE ACHIEVED THROUGH THE BIFURCATION OF THE CELLULAR NETWORK INTO TWO INTERCONNECTED PANELS AND THEN LOFTING SURFACES BETWEEN CORRESPONDING POINTS ALONG THESE TWO BIFURCATED SECTIONS

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0RIMARY ENTRY INTO THE COMPLEX OCCUR ALONG THE SOUTH FACADE AT THE GROUND LEVEL 2ESIDENTS ARE DIRECTED TO PASS UNDER THE PUBLIC PLAZA ABOVE AND ENTER INTO VERTICAL CIRCULATION LOBBIES !S SHOWN IN THE DIAGRAM TO THE LEFT THESE LOBBIES CONNECT TO THE COURTYARDS TO THE INTERIOR AS WELL AS THE APARTMENTS ABOVE %ACH LOBBY SERVES TWO CLUSTERS OF HOUSING UNITS !DDITIONAL ENTRY CAN BE OBTAINED THROUGH THE EXISTING TOWERS SHOWN AT THE NORTHERN EXTENT OF THE SITE 4HE MARKET RATE AND 3ECTION UNITS FROM A CONTINUOUS WOVEN CHAIN ON BOTH THE NORTH AND SOUTH BOUDARIES 4HE PUBLIC PLAZA AT THE CENTER MAINTAINS THE GRADE LEVEL OF THE NORTHERN EDGE AND PROVIDES FOR A PODIUM AT THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY WITH STOREFRONT ACCESS TO THE (/0% 6) PROGRAM SPACES

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4HE RESIDENTIAL CLUSTER CONTAINING SEVEN UNITS OF HOUSING IS ILLUSTRATED BELOW 4HIS CLUSTER DOUBLE STACKED FORMS A REPETITIVE MODULE WHICH IS PROPAGATED THROUGHOUT THE SITE 7ITHIN EACH APARTMENT THE COMMUNAL LIVING COMPONENTS LIVING ROOM AND KITCHEN ARE COMBINED WITHIN DOUBLE HIGH SPACES 4HESE LOFT SPACES EITHER OVERLOOK OTHER APARTMENTS BELOW OR CONTAIN OVERLOOKS FROM NEIGHBORING APARTMENTS ABOVE SO THAT TWO UNITS ARE ABLE TO SHARE THE SAME VIEWS THROUGH A LARGE VERTICAL CURTAIN WALL )NTERIORS FOR THE FRONT UNIT BORDERING THE LARGE CURTAIN WALL SHOWN IN THE IN THE LOWER CLUSTER RENDERING ARE PICTURED TO THE LEFT 4HE UPPER LEVEL KITCHEN IN hAAv AND hBBv OVERLOOK BOTH THE LIVING ROOM AS WELL AS THE BEDROOM LEVEL OF THE APARTMENT BELOW ! WOVEN METAL SCREEN OBSCURES THE VIEW INTO THE APARTMENT BELOW BUT ALLOWS SUNLIGHT AND VIEWS TO PENETRATE INTO THE UPPER APARTMENT UNIT 4HE LIVING ROOM TO THE UPPER UNIT IS ILLUSTRATED IN hCCv (ERE THE LIVING SPACE BECOMES DOUBLE HIGH CONNECTING TO THE KITCHEN THROUGH A METAL AND GLASS STAIRWAY

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4HE PRIVATE INTERNAL STAIR CORE CONTAINED WITHIN EACH CLUSTER IS SHOWN TO THE LEFT 7ITHIN THIS COMMUNAL SPACE THE STAIRS CONNECTING LIVING LEVELS WITH BEDROOM LEVELS OF EACH APARTMENT CROSS OVER AND THROUGH EACH OTHER 4HIS CREATES A TRANSPARENT CIRCULATION SYSTEM PUTTING THE OCCUPANTS ON DISPLAY AS THEY TRAVEL THROUGH TO THE BEDROOM LEVEL )N ADDITION THE BALCONY LEVELS OF EACH APARTMENT WRAP INTO THE UPPER PORTION OF THE STAIR CORE IN TWO CORNERS !S SHOWN IN THE RENDERINGS THIS SPATIAL CORE TIES THE INTERIOR SPACES OF CIRCULATION TOGETHER WITH THE EXTERIOR SPACES OF LEISURE 4HE CONFIGURATION OF THE PRIVATE STAIR CORE WORKS TO ERADICATE THE NEGATIVE STIGMA OF VERTICAL STAIRWELLS WITHIN PUBLIC HOUSING 3PACES THAT WERE ONCE CONSIDERED TO BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR DANGEROUS PHYSICAL ENCOUNTERS ARE TRANSFORMED INTO PLACES FOR VISUAL AND SOCIAL INTERACTION 4HE OCCUPANT FALLS INTO THE REALM OF THE LIMENAL AS HE OR SHE IS ALL AT ONCE ON DISPLAY AND TRAVERSING LEVELS BUT STILL WITHIN THE SAFETY OF THE APARTMENT UNIT

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4HE DESIGN PROGRAM FOR THE -ORNING SIDE 3UBWAY 4ERMINALS IS A COMPREHENSIVE URBAN INTERVENTION STRATEGY WHICH INCLUDES THE DEMOLITION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF TWO SUBWAY STATIONS IN -ORNINGSIDE (EIGHTS TH 3TREET AND TH STREET ALONG THE "ROADWAY CORRIDOR !S SHOWN TO THE LEFT THE TH 3TREET STATION WAS RECONFIGURED TO HAVE A POWERFUL AND DYNAMIC ABOVE GROUND PRESENCE WHILE THE TH 3TREET STATION IS MEANT TO SPRING FROM BELOW THE URBAN LANDSCAPE AND CREATE A VISUAL AND FUNCTIONAL POROSITY BETWEEN THE STREET AND THE SUBWAY BELOW %ACH STATION IS DESIGNED TO BRING THE LANDSCAPE OF INTERACTION INTO THE REALM OF TRANSIT AND PROVIDE FOR A NEW MEANS OF PUBLIC CIRCULATION 4HE PROPOSED SYSTEM PROVIDES CIRCULATION ABOVE AND BELOW THE TRACKS FOR PASSEN GERS WHO WISH TO TRANSFER TO A PLATFORM WHICH SERVICES A TRAIN TRAVELING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION

3PRING !DVANCED )6 4HE GENERATIVE DESIGN PROCESS FOR THIS TRANSIT PROPOSAL ALLOWS THE TRADITIONAL SUBWAY STATION TO ASSUME THE ROLE OF AN INNER SKIN OR URBAN EPIDERMIS 4HE RAIL LINES ARE THE CAPILLARIES FLOWING THROUGH AND SUPPORTING THIS CELLULAR SYSTEM 4HEREFORE THE DESIGN PROCESS ENTAILED USING THE CELL SHOWN ABOVE AND TO THE LEFT AS A STARTING POINT FOR CONSTRUCTING THE INNER WALL OF THE EPIDERMIS %ACH CELL CONTAINS A SOLID INNER CORE CARTILAGE AND A THINNER OUTER LAYER OF FLESH WHICH PROVIDES A METHOD OF ATTACHMENT TO ADJACENT CELLS 4HE CELLS ARE MANIPULATED AS SHOWN TO THE LEFT SO THAT THE MICRO BEHAVIORS OF THE OUTER TENTACLES WRAP AROUND THE INNER CORE AND FORM A SECOND LAYER OF STRUCTURE 4HIS ALLOWS FOR A MULTILAYERED EPIDERMAL SYSTEM AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL 4HREE CELLS ARE CONNECTED TO FORM THE hORGANv WHICH WILL BECOME THE PRIMARY UNIT OF PROPAGATION 4HE ORGAN PICTURED TO THE LOWER RIGHT UNDERGOES A SERIES OF STRETCH DEFORMING TRANSFORMA TIONS TO ELONGATE THE FLESH AND CARTILAGE SYSTEM AND ALLOW IT TO BECOME A POROUS SKIN 4HROUGH THE PROCESS OF ELONGATING AND PROPAGATING THE ORGANS THE STATION BEGINS TO TAKE FORM WITH THE APPEARANCE OF RAMPS PLATFORMS AND SUPPORTING STRUCTURES FOR THE TRANSIT SYSTEM

4HE FORMAL RESULT OF ORGAN PROPAGA TION IS SHOWN ABOVE IN THE DESIGN FOR THE ELEVATED TRANSIT CENTER AT TH 3TREET AND "ROADWAY 4HE RAIL LINE SLIPS THROUGH A FLESHY SYSTEM OF LAYERED CARTILAGE 4HE SOLID CORES OF THE ORGAN PICTURED TO THE LEFT FORM THE RAMPS WHICH TOUCH THE STREET AS WELL AS THE LAYERED CIRCULATION SYSTEM THAT COMPLETELY ENCIRCLES THE SUBWAY TRACKS ALLOWING FOR CROSS PLATFORM TRANSFER )N THIS WAY THE PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION FORMS ANOTHER TYPE OF CAPILLARY SUPPLYING THE EPIDERMIS OF THIS URBAN MUSCLE WITH THE LIFEBLOOD OF THE CITY

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4HE TH 3TREET 3TATION SHOWN BELOW STRADDLES TH 3TREET AT "ROADWAY FORMING A DYNAMIC VISUAL CONNECTION BETWEEN -ORNINGSIDE (EIGHTS AND GREATER (ARLEM 4HROUGH THE RAMPING SYSTEM UNIQUE VIEWS OF THE TRAIN ARE AFFORDED FROM BOTH THE INTERIOR AND THE EXTERIOR OF THE STATION PLATFORMS !S SHOWN IN THE PLANS TO THE LEFT THE STATION CONTAINS STREET LEVEL PEDESTRIAN ACCESS RAMPS AT THE NORTHEASTERN SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH EASTERN CORNERS )N ADDITION AN ELEVATED SKYWALK CONNECTS THE PLATFORM LEVEL WITH THE PREVIOUSLY ISOLATED 'RANT (OUSING

3PRING !DVANCED )6 #ORE ))) 4HE INTERIOR RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT PLATFORM LEVELS AT THE TH STREET STATION IS ILLUSTRATED IN THE ABOVE PERSPECTIVE &ROM THE UPPER PLATFORM LEVEL THE PEDESTRIAN CAN OBSERVE THE MAIN PLATFORM AND ASSESS THE TIME UNTIL THE NEXT TRAIN WILL ARRIVE 4HIS RELATIONSHIP CREATES A DIRECT VISUAL LINK BETWEEN THE TRAVELER AND THE TRAIN WHICH IS NOT COMMONLY PRESENT WITHIN THE .EW 9ORK #ITY 3UBWAY 3YSTEM 4HE VIEW TO THE UPPER RIGHT IS TAKEN FROM THE NORTHBOUND PLATFORM LOOKING NORTHWARD TOWARDS THE RAMP LINKING THE SOUTH BOUND PLATFORM WITH THE CONCOURSE ABOVE !S PART OF THE

ORIGINAL ORGAN THIS RAMP SEAMLESSLY RISES OUT OF THE PLATFORM AND CONNECTS WITH THE UPPER LEVELS AT THE JUNCTION SHOWN IN THE PERSPECTIVE TO THE LOWER RIGHT 4HE VIEW IN THE CENTER IS TAKEN AT THE NORTHBOUND PLATFORM LOOKING SOUTH TOWARD THE SECOND RAMP CONNECTING THE UPPER AND MAIN PLATFORM LEVELS 4HE ABOVE VIEW SHOWS THE ELEVATED BRIDGE OVER THE RAIL LINES CONNECTING THIS UPPER CONCOURSE TO THE PLATFORM BELOW 4HROUGH THE EMPLOYMENT OF THESE RAMPS THIS STATION BECOMES !$! ACCESSIBLE WITHOUT THE USE OF ADDED MECHANIZED TRANSPORT LIKE AN ELEVATOR OR LIFT )N THIS WAY THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF CIRCULATION IS SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATED INTO THE FORM OF THE BUILDING ENVELOP AND DEFINES THE URBAN EPIDERMIS AS A HOMOGENOUS SYSTEM

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4RANSVERSE THE LONGITUDINAL SECTIONS THROUGH THE TRANSIT STATION ARE SHOWN HERE 4HE LONGITUDINAL SECTION ILLUSTRATES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TRAIN AND THE PEDESTRIAN LEVELS BOTH ABOVE AND BELOW 4HE TRANSVERSE SECTION ILLUSTRATES THE VISUAL CONNECTION THAT THE TRAVELER IS ABLE TO ESTABLISH WITH THE TRAIN AS HE OR SHE CIRCULATES ABOVE BELOW AND ADJACENT TO THE RAIL LINES )N ADDITION THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF THE CELLS AND ORGANS IS VISIBLE AS THEY EXTEND TO CREATE SURFACES OF FLOOR WALL RAMP AND STRUCTURE

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UNDERNEATH AND FORM A DIRECT VISUAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ACTIVITIES BELOW AND ABOVE STREET LEVEL /NCE AGAIN THE CIRCULATION SYSTEM AROUND THE MAIN PLATFORM ALLOWS FOR CROSS PLATFORM TRANSFER WITHOUT THE NEED FOR EXTRA FARE "OTH THE STRUCTURAL AND CIRCULATORY SYSTEMS RISE ABOVE THE STREET AND ENCLOSE THE LANES OF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC ON "ROADWAY AS WELL AS THE PLATFORM AND RAIL LINES OF THE SUBWAY )N THIS WAY THE URBAN EPIDERMIS IS NOW FED BY THREE PRIMARY CAPILLARIES PEDESTRIAN RAIL AND VEHICULAR TRANSPORTATION

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4HE TH 3TREET 3UBWAY 4ERMINAL LIES JUST NORTH OF THE TH 3TREET TERMINAL ON "ROADWAY ,OCATED BENEATH THE SURFACE THIS STATION SERVES GREATER (ARLEM AND .EW 9ORK #ITY #OLLEGE 4HE NEW DESIGN PROPOSAL ATTEMPTS TO SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATE THE FUNCTIONAL PLATFORMS AND CIRCULATION FOR THE SUBTERRANEAN STATION WITH THE URBAN LANDSCAPE ABOVE !S SHOWN IN THE PLANS THE STATION IS ACCESSIBLE FROM STREET LEVEL PUBLIC PLAZAS AT BOTH THE NORTH AND SOUTH 4HESE ENTRY PLAZAS CUT AWAY THE GROUND PLANE TO REVEAL THE TRANSIT SYSTEM

3PRING !DVANCED )6 #ORE ))) 4HE MULTI LAYERED CHARACTER OF THE TH TRANSIT STATION IS ILLUSTRATED ABOVE IN THE PERSPECTIVE TAKEN FROM STREET LEVEL !S SHOWN IN THIS VIEW THE NORTH AND SOUTHBOUND LANES OF "ROADWAY ARE ABSORBED BY THE STATION S BUILDING ENVELOP AND JOINED WITH THE RAIL LINES BELOW 0EDESTRIANS AND MOTORISTS ARE ABLE TO VISUALLY CONNECT WITH THE SUBWAY IN A MANNER NEVER BEFORE POSSIBLE WITHIN SUBTERRA NEAN STATIONS 3IMILAR THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT OCCUR AT THE TH 3TREET STATION THE TRAVELER IS ABLE TO ASSESS THE TIME UNTIL THE NEXT TRAIN ARRIVES AT THE STATION LONG BEFORE HE OR SHE EVER

ENTERS THE BELOW GROUND PLATFORM 4HE VIEWS TO THE RIGHT ILLUSTRATE THE INTERIOR QUALITY OF THIS STATION FROM THE MAIN PLATFORM LEVEL 4HE CONTINUOUS SURFACE OF THE STATION EXPANDS TO INCLUDE STRUCTURE RAMP WALL AND BUILDING ENVELOP IN A HOMOGENOUS SYSTEM !S SHOWN IN THE PERSPECTIVE TO THE LOWER RIGHT SEMI SECLUDED WALKWAYS EMERGE FROM WITHIN WHICH ARE STILL VISIBLE FROM THE PRIMARY LEVELS 4HE PUBLIC PLAZA IS DRAWN INTO THE GROUND TO UNITE THE PREVIOUSLY ISOLATED TRANSIT STATION WITH THE CITYSCAPE ABOVE )N THIS MANNER THE DESIGN BECOMES A COMPREHENSIVE URBAN INTERVENTION REFORMING THE GROUND PLANE AND BLURRING THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN INTERIOR EXTERIOR TRANSIT PLATFORMS SIDEWALKS AND VEHICULAR THOROUGHFARES

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4HE TRANSVERSE SECTIONS TO THE RIGHT ILLUSTRATE THE INTERIOR QUALITY OF THE BUILDING ENVELOP AS WELL AS THE VISUAL CONNECTIONS IT AFFORDS BETWEEN TRAVELER AND THE MECHANISMS OF PUBLIC TRANSIT 4HE UPPER SECTION IS TAKEN THROUGH THE STREET LEVEL PLAZA ON THE RIGHT WHICH FUNNELS PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC INTO THE SUBWAY VIA A RAMP LINKING THE SIDEWALK WITH THE PLATFORM #ONCOURSES BOTH ABOVE AND BELOW THE RAIL LINE ARE ALSO VISIBLE 4HE LOWER SECTION SHOWS THE PROXIMITY AND VISUAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE SUBWAY TRAIN AND VEHICLES ABOVE 4HE ALL ENCOMPASSING FORM OF THE STATION APPEARS TO ENVELOP THE PEDESTRIAN AS WELL AS THE MOTORIST AND FORCIBLE MAKE HIM OR HER PART OF THE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE BELOW

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aluminum struts and spider clips which were also designed digitally and cut out of flat aluminum stock. As shown in the diagram to the lower left, the curtain wall modules were held to each other at a central ring connection which was used to attach the modules to a larger structural suspension system. This project set forth an agenda to prove the viability of fabrication in producing a full scale building module which could be produced through a process of exporting digital design data to the CNC and Water Jet equipment. As shown below, the wall was designed, rendered, and extracted from Maya into the physical wall unit. The final fabricated module, shown to the right, spans three feet in length and six feet in height and represents a full scale component. All the properties of bending and material thickness were simulated in Maya while remaining true to their physical nature and aesthetic quality.

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The curtain wall module system is held together through a lattice work of structural ribs as shown above. Each rib contains five layers of 1/8” sintra laminated onto a 3 foot by 18” elliptical sheet of clear acrylic. The laminated rib is tensioned into an arch by a system of aluminum connectors and struts shown above. This metallic system contains hardware for rib to rib connection as well as for the suspension of a larger acrylic enclosure panel. The center panel is secured to the central rib at the widest part of the ellipse allowing it to more effectively resist wind load. The enclosure panel is secured to the rib with a system of aluminum struts and spider clips shown to the left. These spider clips are cut from

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from flat aluminum stock, bent and slotted into place to obtain structural stability. In addition, each structural rib module contains a secondary acrylic panel secured perpendicular to the face of the elliptical section to gain protective surface area within each curtain wall section. This relationship is shown in the diagram to the left. The photographs document the physical execution of this detail study. All hardware, laminated panels, and physical material properties were calculated digitally and cut out of flat sheet stock. The primary emphasis of this project was to obtain structural stability through a method of folding and laminating layers of 1/8â&#x20AC;? sintra, acrylic and thin sheets of aluminum. Through this process, I was able to transform a light grade plastic system into an industrial grade building assembly.

Fall 2006 Advanced VI Core III An assembly of the curtain wall modules produces an interior condition like the one shown above. This system is suspended off of a larger concrete rib structure, allowing it to remain relatively light weight. The superstructure is anchored into the river bed and contains cables connecting it to the central rings that hold the curtain wall modules together. Combined with the pre-cast concrete docking panels, the entire ferry terminal is designed to act as a climactic intermediary between the island of Manhattan and the Brooklyn Waterfront Redevelopment.

The gestural form announces the presence of the commuter water taxi and allows it to become a beacon of public transit on the new waterfront promenade. The transparent nature of this structure allows commuters to have an unobstructed 360 degree view of both Brooklyn and the arriving ferry. As shown in the renderings, the docking panels provide for seating as well as walking surface among the crevices and grassy areas. The voronoi geometry creates a waterfront park whose surface area is constantly disappearing and reappearing with the ebb and flow of the tide.

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Assemblage

The wedge plates is used for holding folds together into a flat plate during cooling. The wedge is kept as a part of the assembly.

The 4â&#x20AC;&#x2122; linear heating element was cantilevered off of the work surface to reach edges of the complex pyramidal shapes. Each of the eighteen cells was bent into the pyramid shape using the jig shown to the lower left. Joint lines were heated to the point of mobility and formed around the pentagonal jig surface representing the top face of each cell. The cells were then assembled into the complex fabric shown below using 1â&#x20AC;? bolts and plastic gusset plates. A propane torch was used on site to reheat and rebend joints and surfaces which required realignment to fit within the larger matrix. As shown to the right, a circular cut was made at each location within the cell where three or more edges meet. This allowed flexibility in the acrylic to obtain a more precise bend without the material intersecting itself.

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Variable Jig: MDF mounted to an adjustable triangle used for bending angles.

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The diagram below illustrates the connective strategy between the various cells within the matrix. Although each cell is unique, this folded connective geometry remains universal. The cell to cell connector tabs are a continuation of the pyramidal form of the cell in its flat condition. The two halves of the tab are bent up into a pocket and locked together by the gusset plate shown below. The gusset plate fuses the two halves of the connector tab together and becomes an intermediary between two cells within the assembly. As shown in the diagram and photographs aa, bb, and cc, the connective geometry forms a porous opening within the cellular fabric once all tabs are joined with those of the adjacent cell. In this manner there is a contrast between the solidity of the cellular pyramid containing a flat face and the holes formed by connecting one pyramid to two or three others. The final aggregation, shown to the right, measures 10 feet long by 6 feet high and takes the form of an â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sâ&#x20AC;? in plan to maintain structural stability.

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The Double Layer System is a continued study of our Pentagonal Bubble Wall. We mirrored the cellular surface along its pentagonal face to create a more structurally rigid component system. The pentagonal face now becomes a gusset plate that is used to fasted two pyramidal cells together at the strongest connection point with the cells sharing more connective surface area. In this way, the Pentagonal Bubble Wall effectively exists as a hybridized mesh, acting as both skin and structure simultaneously.