Arturo Uribe Portfolio
Professional & Academic Works 2021 art.uribe.jr@gmail.com
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Table of Contents Hydraulíca...
Princeton University | M.Arch Thesis | 2021 Advisor: Mónica Ponce de León
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Syphoning the Basin: Urban Air Filtering in Los Angeles...
Princeton University | Studio | Spring 2021 Instructor: Alejandro Zaera-Polo
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Solar-Well Multi-Family Housing...
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7th at Hill Street...
OKB Architecture + Construction | Fall 2016 - Summer 2018 Adaptive Reuse
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The Roosevelt Hotel...
Gulla Jónsdóttir Architecture + Design | Fall 2014 - Summer 2016 Interior Design
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The Butterfly Series...
Gulla Jónsdóttir Architecture + Design | Fall 2014 - Summer 2016 Furniture Design
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[Far left] Site plan of the proposed Hydraulíca complex: 1) Existing Wastewater Treatment Facility, Cerro de la Estrella. 2) Wholesale market. 3) Overflow reservoir. 4) Underground parking. 5) Galleries on the hydraulic history of CDMX. 6) Valley basin; public park and aquifer recharge zone. 7) Multi-family vendor housing [Upper right] Aerial view of the existing site. Constructed in 1968, the existing WWTF is the oldest and largest in the country. The facility primarily supplies treated water to replenish the floating gardens of Xochimilco. [Middle right] Aerial view of Iztapalapa. Iztapalapa is 1 of 16 alcaldías (municipalities) in Mexico City. It is the most populous borough in the state with a population of 1.8 million. [Lower right] Aerial view of Mexico City. Highlighted is the ancient lakebed of Lake Texcoco. The lake was drained through a series of large-scale infrastructural projects in the 18th and 20th centuries.
Hydraulíca Iztapalapa, Mexico City
Princeton University | M.Arch Thesis | 2021 Advisor: Mónica Ponce de León This thesis looks at reorienting the city center around new forms of collective wastewater management in Mexico City. The thesis does this by exploring the intersectional relationships developed around the use of water in 4 distinct social models: multi-family housing, the mercado, education and conservation. The project highlights gaps in the production of wastewater in each of these models through the development of a reimagined central complex where no water is wasted. The thesis is sited on a 1,075,000 sq ft vacant lot parallel to the existing Planta de Tratamiento de Aguas Residuales (Wastewater Treatment Facility,) Cerro de la Estrella, located in the San Juan Xalpa neighborhood in Iztapalapa, CDMX. Within the project, the existing WWTF serves as a historic marker to less efficient modes of harvesting and treating wastewater. The proposed complex is comprised of a fivestory vertical market, a gallery space dedicated to the history of water management in Mexico City, multi-family housing for market vendors, and a centralized basin carved into the earth, doubling as a public amenity space and a recharge zone for the region’s aquifer. The project sutures the market, gallery, housing, and basin to one another via a network of potable, grey, and rainwater pipes. All roofs on site are adapted for optimal rain harvesting and collection. Hydraulíca | Princeton University | 2021
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[Left] Plan diagram of the complex’s interconnected rain and wastewater treatment network at ground level.
In each structure, rainwater is moved through a network of pipes to ground level structural columns for storage. Rainwater is treated via chlorination and fed back into clean water tanks where it is then redistributed in each structure for potable use. Grey water is harvested and sent to a series of external filtration planters that release treated water into the central complex basin to replenish the aquifer. The market serves as the social and hydraulic hub of the complex. Residual water harvested from the market roof is fed into the network of pipes that then supply each of the 120 vendor homes with additional water allowing for complete independence from CDMX’s water infrastructure for the year. The project demonstrates alternative mechanisms to wastewater management with the aim of decentralizing hydraulic infrastructure in Mexico City. For residents, water independence means autonomy from a failing and irregular water network and an opportunity to reestablish a social collective around the capture, storage, and reuse of wastewater. The current hydraulic infrastructure for Mexico City relies on inefficient and energy intensive modes of extracting and transporting potable water. The city imports nearly 30% of its water from the Cutzamala-Lerma system, which pumps water from nearly 75 miles away and up an elevation of 3,600 feet to supply basin residents. While 70% of water is dredged from the basin’s local aquifers, it comes at a heavy cost. Over extraction has contributed substantially to rapid and unchecked urbanization, jeopardized critical aquifer recharge zones, and exacerbated soil subsidence that contributes to nearly 40% of water loss due to cracked pipes. The city extracts water from its aquifers at 297% over capacity and shows no sign of slowing down.
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[Left] Diagram of the current potable-towastewater treatment process. [Right] Diagram of the proposed closed loop network of potable-towastewater treatment complexes.
The project proposes a new city center model that would be replicated throughout the greater Mexico City basin. The aim of this model is to develop a closed loop water management system that establishes autonomy from failing system, while simultaneously replenishing drying aquifers.
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[Left] Ground floor plan at wholesale market 1) Rainwater column/tank 2) Loading dock and temporary storage at rear 3) Cacti/rock planters fixed between vertical structural members 4) Rainwater overflow storage tanks [Upper right] Interior view at market. 3rd floor park promenade. [Lower right] Interior view at market. Ground floor wholesale fruit and vegetable market.
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[Left] Long-section through the market. 1) Outdoor dining and viewing platform 2) Cacti/rock planters at façade 3) Dining gallery and food preparation 4) Fish market 5) Greywater treatment tanks 6) Beef and poultry market 7) Primary rainwater columns 8) Roof drain 9) Elevated public park with water features 10) Fruit and vegetable market 11) Rainwater treatment tanks 12) Greywater column 13) Spice and herb market 14) Flower market 15) Concrete slabs, typ. 16) Semi-opaque ETFE roof supported by cable frame system, fixed to perimeter structure 17) Excess rainwater reservoir 18) Overflow pond 19) Thin set concrete roof shell 20) Visitor parking
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[Left] Ground floor plan at gallery and basin: 1) Prefiltered greywater from housing, gallery and market is fed into secondary cacti/stone chambers in final stage of filtration. Water moves along ridge of basin through stepped planters 2) Treated water is introduced into basin pond 3) Theater seating overlooking basin 4) Viewing platforms atop of gallery rainwater drums overlook basin 5) Reflection pond 6) Entrance platform 7) Auction stage 8) Orange trees bisect site from the existing WWTF 9) Galleries 10) Classrooms and administrative spaces
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[Far left] Transverse section at basin: 1) Rainwater tanks at housing module 2) Rainwater supply pipe for residential complex 3) Cacti/stone filtration chambers for secondary greywater treatment 4) Recharge basin pond 5) Park at basin 6) Viewing platform above gallery rainwater tanks 7) Aluminum frames support excess rainwater pipes 8) History of water management gallery 9) Orange trees 10) Existing Cerro de la Estrella, WWTF [Upper right] Exterior view at basin. Vertical market in the background [Lower right] Interior view at the gallery. Orange trees beyond
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[Left] Long-section through housing complex: 1) Grey/brown water filtration causeway 2) Rainwater column tank at entrance of residential unit 3) Greywater column tank at dining 4) Rainwater inlet from market to residential units 5) Exterior live/work front [Right] Ground floor plan at multi-family housing complex: 1) Residential grey and brown water are channeled to rear exterior filtration causeway before being pumped into basin complex 2) Parking spot for residential unit 3) Rainwater column tank at entrance 4) Greywater column tank at dining 5) Treated rainwater is used for all domestic services 6) Greywater fed to preliminary rock garden at rear exterior
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[Left] Axonometric diagram of water systems at market: 1) Typ. primary rainwater drainage column 2) Overflow pipes 3) 25’ D. 50K gallon water tank column x5 4) 30’ D. 50K gallon water tank column X3 5) 42’ D. 100K gallon water tank column X2 6) 36’ D. 50K gallon tank column X2 7) 14’ d. 20k gallon water tank column 8) Treatment tank for potable use 9) Potable water outlet at market stalls 10) Potable water outlet at restrooms 11) Potable water to reservoir façade planters 12) Typ. water heater tank(s). 13) 8’ D. 6,500-gallon water tank column 14) Greywater outlet at market stalls 15) Greywater treatment tank 16) Planter irrigation plumbing chase and greywater outlet 17) 3,525-gallon septic tank (17’X8.5’X4.5’) at preliminary filtration chamber X4 per module 18) Street overflow to retention pond
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[Right] Axonometric diagram of water systems at a typical housing unit: 1) Typ. water heater tanks 2) Greywater column at dining 3) Greywater irrigation at exterior cacti/rock garden 4) Rainwater pumped up from tank into treatment tank (chlorine) 5) Inlet for rainwater harvested throughout complex 6) 10’ D. 15K gallon water tank column 7) Roof drain to rainwater tank column 8) Typ. potable inlet from treatment tanks 9) Septic tank at chambered filtration causeway.
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BRIDGE ST. ELEMENTARY Air filtering capacity when, “I” equals: 1.00 kW/m^2 = 6,597 ft^3/s 0.90 kW/m^2 = 6,372 ft^3/s 0.80 kW/m^2 = 6,129 ft^3/s 0.70 kW/m^2 = 5,864 ft^3/s 0.60 kW/m^2 = 5,572 ft^3/s 0.50 kW/m^2 = 5,244 ft^3/s 0.40 kW/m^2 = 4,867 ft^3/s 0.30 kW/m^2 = 4,419 ft^3/s 0.20 kW/m^2 = 3,854 ft^3/s 0.10 kW/m^2 = 3,046 ft^3/s
SECOND ST. ELEMENTARY Air filtering capacity when, “I” equals: 1.00 kW/m^2 = 6,769 ft^3/s 0.90 kW/m^2 = 6,543 ft^3/s 0.80 kW/m^2 = 6,285 ft^3/s 0.70 kW/m^2 = 6,027 ft^3/s 0.60 kW/m^2 = 5,728 ft^3/s 0.50 kW/m^2 = 5,392 ft^3/s 0.40 kW/m^2 = 4,540 ft^3/s 0.30 kW/m^2 = 3,046 ft^3/s 0.20 kW/m^2 = 3,951 ft^3/s 0.10 kW/m^2 = 3,104 ft^3/s
SOTO ST. ELEMENTARY Air filtering capacity when, “I” equals: 1.00 kW/m^2 = 5,662 ft^3/s 0.90 kW/m^2 = 5,470 ft^3/s 0.80 kW/m^2 = 5,263 ft^3/s 0.70 kW/m^2 = 5,036 ft^3/s 0.60 kW/m^2 = 4,786 ft^3/s 0.50 kW/m^2 = 4,504 ft^3/s 0.40 kW/m^2 = 4,180 ft^3/s 0.30 kW/m^2 = 3,794 ft^3/s 0.20 kW/m^2 = 3,306 ft^3/s 0.10 kW/m^2 = 2,723 ft^3/s
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[Left] Site plan diagram of air filtering capacity of designated prototype: at (3) case studies- Bridge Street, Second Street, and Soto Street Elementary when the solar radiation intensity is at 100% or (I=1.00kW/m^2) per ft^3/ second. [Upper right] Diagram of schools located within 500 feet of a major highway, and thus exposed to high levels of air pollution [Middle right] Graphic illustrating population density in relation to highway proximity. 1 dot = 10 people living within 1,000 feet of a highway in 2010. Source: LA Times [Lower right] Diagram showing the NATA Respiratory Hazard Index for Los Angeles (National Percentiles.) Source: EJScreen
Syphoning the Basin: Urban Air Filtering in Los Angeles Boyle Heights, Los Angeles
Princeton University | Integrated Design Studio | Spring 2021 Instructor: Alejandro Zaera-Polo This studio is situated in the near future and explores opportunities that exist for architecture through its engagement with emerging technologies centered around the ongoing climate crisis: food security, deforestation, heat islands and so on. The studio asks that each student investigate one emerging technology in depth and develop a prototype around it. The final output was to develop a report on the investigation and the prototype. While California is leading the charge in renewable energy, its geographic disposition and population make total sustainability unattainable. Los Angeles is uniquely situated in a wide basin that is continuously blasted by year-round sunshine. The steady baking of particulate matter from vehicular traffic and surrounding industries give birth to Los Angeles’ famous smog. Smog, or ground level Ozone, develops through thermal inversion which inhibits particulate matter from naturally dissipating over time. Syphoning the Basin | Princeton University | 2020
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[Left] Exterior view of prototype massing at Second Street, Elementary School [Right] Interior view at collector and chimney junction.
The project is situated over the play yard of Second Street Elementary School in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. The prototype proposes a new infrastructural model that safeguards the most at-risk communities in the neighborhood: children, the elderly and so on. The prototype is placed at the school due to the steady stream of pollutants it receives from the 101 and 10 highways. The prototype acts as a shed on site but can be readapted for horticultural and/or outdoor dining spaces. The model is constructed in 3 segments: the wall, the collector, and the chimney. The collector is constructed out of a system of steel trusses arrayed around the central chimney opening, joined by a diagrid network, and clad with a single-sheet layer of ETFE. The chimney is constructed out of 15’(h) prefabricated steel frames clad in ETFE, stacked atop of one another and reinforced by steel cables. The lower portion of the wall is constructed out of drywall infill between steel members, while the upper portion of the wall is capped by a ring of carbon and electrostatic filters. The project readapts Jörg Schlaich’s Solar Chimney prototype constructed in Manzanares, Spain in 1982. This project utilizes the same solar updraft properties exhibited in Schlaich’s tower. However, rather than draw heated air in to generate electricity, the proposed towers are readapted to draw in polluted air through a wall of commercial filters that then exhaust clean air back into the surrounding region. In the distant future, these prototypes will be replicated throughout the city, filling gaps in polluted air and creating domes of fresh air. The prototype is designed to be customizable and adaptable to the various constraints of a given site and programmatic need. Syphoning the Basin | Princeton University | 2020
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[Left] Long-section at Second Street Elementary School playground [Right] Ground floor plan at Second Street Elementary School playground
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[Left] Diagram of a typical air filtration tower and its performance. Key variables are represented where applicable. [Right] Sample of the customizable worksheet. Sheet developed, prepopulated with critical formulas, used to size prototype collectors (D1), chimneys (D3) and (H), and filters (h) per site parameters.
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- Carbon Filt odors; gaseo - Electrostati fine particula collector
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ter: Removes VOC; ous pollutants ic filter: removes ate using an ionizer
DIAGRID - Alum. diagrid clad atop of truss system. Frames connected at nodes by substructure frame
ETFE - Single-sheet layer of ETFE clad at collector & chimney exterior.
DOOR - Thin metal framed partition wall with combination sliding/swing doors.
[Left] Customized prototype for Second Street, Elementary School. Sample from Prototype Sizing Catalog showing a customized plan and elevation with performance assessment [Center] Sample from Prototype Sizing Catalog. Prefabricated circular prototypes and performance assessment for small (S), medium (M), and large (L) models [Right] Structural diagram. Typical prototype structural assembly
COLLECTOR - Base frame constructed out of truss system slinked around the central chimney
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[Left] Ground floor plan. Plan at North and South housing bars [Right] Site plan. Mazzorbo Island, Venice, Italy. Diagram by Patrick Yundong.
Solar-Well MultiFamily Housing Mazzorbo Island, Venice, Italy
Princeton University | Integrated Design Studio | Fall 2019 Instructors: Paul Lewis and Guy Nordenson This studio is situated within the present-day crisis tied to the instability of the housing sector brought on by climate change and sea-level-rise. The project is located on a 58,000 sq ft vacant lot on the island of Mazzorbo. The studio asks students placed in groups of 2 to develop a new design approach to housing that is viable within the lagoon and invent new means of adapting buildings to sea-level-rise. The project is an amphibious adaptation of 12 units (roughly 12,000 sq ft) situated along to West-East axis. The project consists of 2 housing bars (North and South) with 4 1-bedroom units, 2 3-bedroom units, and 6 2-bedroom units. Each bar is laid along an artificial canal carved out of the earth to provide a boat dock for each of the units. Soil extracted to make way for the canal is reused onsite to build up the ground and elevate the apartments for optimum lighting. The 1-bedroom apartments make up the southern bar, while the northern bar is comprised of the 2 and 3-bedroom units. Each housing module is separated by an entrance wedge providing occupants access to the housing unit and boat dock. At the heart of each module is a structural stair core from which stepped floor plates are tied back to. Each module is characterized by Solar-Well Multi-Family Housing | Princeton University | 2019
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[Left] Typ. North bar units, 2 and 3-bedroom apartments: 1) Typ. unit, ground floor plan 2) Typ. unit, 2nd floor plan 3) Typ. unit, 3rd floor plan Office space converted to additional bedroom for 3-bedroom apartment
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[Right] Typ. South bar unit 1-bedroom apartments: 1) Typ. unit, ground floor plan 2) Typ. unit, 2nd floor plan 3) Typ. unit, 3rd floor plan
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an L-shaped roof structure that overlays to the adjoining structure. Rooms are then hung from the roof’s overhang structure. The bars elevation and curvature and calibrated against solar intensity. The structure aims to use passive heating and cooling from the sun and adjacent canal. Credits: The project was designed and completed in collaboration with Patrick Yundong. All orthographic drawings were created by Arturo Uribe. All physical models were built and photographed by Patrick Yundong. Site plan diagram assembled by Patrick Yundong. Solar-Well Multi-Family Housing | Princeton University | 2019
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[Above] Long-section A-A at northern residential housing bar. 1) Curtain glass façade 2) Double height living room space beyond, typ. 3) Doors to rock garden/ platform overlooking boat dock 4) Stacked restrooms 5) Rainwater storage tanks
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[Left] Model view of project facing East. Physical model constructed out of museum board and foam core; unit structural module 3-D printed and inset into model. Model diagram of structural core modules on-site [Upper right] Detail model view. Roof structure module overlaps with adjacent unit [Lower right] Model view at northern bar rear boat dock access Credits: Physical model and model photographs by Patrick Yundong
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[Left] Transverse section B-B: at south and north bar. Typ. cooling effect at central stair core
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[Left] Transverse section C-C: at south and north bar. Summer and winter solstice denoted at varying times of day.
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7th at Hill Street | OKB Architecture + Construction | 2016 - 2018
7th at Hill Street Downtown Los Angeles, Los Angeles
OKB Architecture + Construction | Fall 2016 - Summer 2018 | 130,500 sq ft Adaptive Reuse: 5th flr. lounge and penthouse add.
[Left] 15th floor partition plan: Penthouse #1 addition at roof. [Right] Exterior render at roof penthouse #1 addition. Render by Thomas Freeman.
The Foreman and Clark building, built in 1928, is an approximately 130,500 sq ft adaptive reuse project, from a vacant commercial retail and former office building to an urban infill mixed-use retail and multi-family residential project in Downtown Los Angeles. The project contains first floor retail spaces, 125 residential units distributed throughout floors 2-17, two penthouses, and common amenity areas including a gym, yoga studio, and great room. While I was instrumental in the development of the DD, CD sets, and permitting process, two of the major features I directed were the 5th floor “Great Room” and two-story penthouse addition on the 15th and 16th floors. The 5th floor common area is A 1,555 sq ft space programmed with a communal kitchenette, restroom, lounge area w/ electric fireplace and game room. I originated wall, floor, and millwork finishes, and detailed lighting concepts at the historic corridor. The penthouse addition is a 1,650 sq ft space, with two stacking rectangular volumes fixed to the side of the existing façade. Both of the modules are truncated inward allowing for telescoping view of the surrounding city. I created critical design and material concepts for the addition’s façade, apertures, and interior spatial programming. 7th at Hill Street | OKB Architecture + Construction | 2016 - 2018
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Credits: Schematic design and as-built drawings by Phillip Mandery, Angelique Firmalino, and Shawn Bleet. Rendering in collaboration with Thomas Freeman. FF&E by Carmel Rodriquez. DD, CD, & permitting in collaboration with Robert Fabijaniak. [Left] Enlarged 16th floor plan at penthouse #1 addition. [Center] Enlarged 15th floor plan at penthouse #1 addition. [Right] Longitudinal section at penthouse #1
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[Left] 5th floor partition plan. Common area [Upper right] Interior elevation at 5th floor amenity. North interior elevation at historic corridor and fireplace [Lower right] Corridor lightbox detail: 1) Typ. historic wall corridor lightbox section detail @ existing historic wall 2) Typ. historic corridor lightbox plan detail @ existing historic wall 3) Typ. historic wall corridor lightbox section detail at demising wall 4) Typ. historic corridor lightbox plan detail at demising wall
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Roosevelt Hotel, Macau | Gulla Jónsdóttir Architecture + Design | 2014 - 2016
The Roosevelt Hotel Macau, China
Gulla Jónsdóttir Architecture + Design | Fall 2014 - Summer 2016 | 170,000 sq ft Interior Design: 3rd flr. ceiling and fireplace The Roosevelt Hotel, Macau is a 170,000 sq ft 5-star hotel built in 2017 in the heart of Macau, China. The hotel was built by Z3Architecture, while Gulla Jónsdóttir Architecture + Design acted as the leaded Design Coordinator for the project for all interiors and FF&E selection. The hotel stands at 13-stories with 370 rooms, a 3rd floor club house, restaurant, fitness center, and cigar lounge.
[Left] Enlarged 3rd floor furniture plan. Scope of interior design package [Upper right] Photograph of 3rd floor restaurant at bar and lounge. Photographer unknown [Lower right] Transverse section. 3rd floor restaurant at bar and lounge
I facilitated in the interior design package for all suites and penthouses, the 3rd floor amenity spaces, typical corridors, and elevator cabs. While I was instrumental in shaping designs throughout the project from suite door handles to partition millwork, two of the major features I customized were the 3rd floor undulating ceiling and fireplace. The ceiling is an undulation of 16 convex and concave curves constructed out of GFRC. The fireplace is designed to undulate along the restaurant ceiling is capped by a curbed plaster header, metal backing and white gravel surrounding the ventless fire feature. Credits: In collaboration with Gulla Jónsdóttir (Principal,) Erni Taslim (Design Director and project lead,) and Thu Ngo (Designer responsible for FF&E selection.)
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[Left] Enlarged 3rd floor furniture plan. Restaurant and bar [Upper right] Sketch detail: Fireplace plan at restaurant-lounge [Lower right] Front elevation. Fireplace at 3rd floor restaurant-lounge
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Butterfly Screen + Table | Gulla Jónsdóttir Architecture + Design | 2014 - 2016
The Butterfly Series Hollywood, Los Angeles
Gulla Jónsdóttir Architecture + Design | Fall 2014 - Summer 2016 | Furniture Design: Butterfly Screen and Side Table
[Left] Butterfly series cut-file template: 1) Butterfly side table. Unrolled elevations of table composite 2) Butterfly side table. Assembly diagram 3) Butterfly screen elevation. Phase 1 cut-files 4) Butterfly screen elevation. Phase 2 addition cut-files [Upper right] Photograph of Butterfly Screen. At 432 Park Ave, New York City. Photograph by Gulla Jónsdóttir for Interior Design Magazine. [Lower right] Photograph of Butterfly Side Table. At the West Edge Design Fair. Photograph by Jesús Bañuelos.
The Butterfly Screen was constructed in (2) phases - the first phase was designed for the Parachute Market “AD HOC” seasonal design fair in 2015. The screen was constructed out of (4) 4’x10’ laser-cut powder-coated steel screens and a composite of steel cut butterfly silhouettes. The second phase of the screen was designed for a unit at 432 Park Ave, in New York City. Phase 2 saw the addition of five coated panels to expand the screen to fit along a 16’x14’ wall in the living room. The Butterfly Side Table is a signature piece that follows the same geometric language used for the Butterfly Screen. The side table was constructed in 2015 for the West Hollywood Design District Suite at the West Edge Design Fair. The piece is constructed out of six laser-cut steel panels welded together to create a continuous, perforated cube at 20”x20” and wrapped by laser-cut steel butterfly silhouettes. I founded the design and drawings for milling, for both the screen and side table, and coordinated fabrication with metal worker, Scott Brown. Credits: Advised by Gulla Jónsdóttir and Erni Taslim, in collaboration with metal worker, Scott Brown.
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