New Jersey School of Architecture CONCEPTUAL + INTEGRATION
Austin Crowley r c h i t e c t
st dent po tfolio e
undergraduate
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Branch Library
Newark, NewJersey
2_I n t e r g e n e r a t i o n a l
Education Center Gujurat, India
3_N e w a r k
Graduate Housing Newark, New Jersey
4_R e g e n e r a b l e
Architecture
Jersey City, New Jersey
5_[ S U B ] P o o l
Promenade
Porto,Portugal
6_C o l o n n a d e
Facade Proposal Newark, New Jersey
re-designing the study environment
The Newark Ironbound district is one of the most culturally diverse regions in the US, merging hundreds of cultures in a single district. As a community, residents seek for areas in which peace and tranquility can be found in this bustling city. Why not incorporate these needs into the community library? This proposed design utilizes several interior and exterior green spaces to maximize intimacy within the building. Users will ultimately find peace and quiet, as their study habits can gain a much deeper focus.
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Branch Library
Newark, NewJersey
2_I n t e r g e n e r a t i o n a l
Education Center Gujurat, India
Located on a sloped site in Western India, this school complex is designed to capture and use the site’s large amount of excess flood water as a factor of evaporative passive cooling and a contribution to the water supply. A large bioswale acts as the main courtyard to collect the water, while the vegetation drains it and purifies it to eventually make it drinkable. Each building also uses its own way of cooling, either being from evaporative passive cooling or by means of thermal mass.
Bamboo Reinforced Concrete Allows for possible cantilever strength and height for walls
Bamboo Screen Wall
Provides shading and ventilation for each building on site
Window Sill Planters
Provides food for school as well as extra shading for apertures
The current population residing ding in Newark, New Jersey consists sts mainly of college students and commuting muting workers. With this design proposal, interaction between these two wo knowledgeable groups can be increased from work presentation ntation and displays on the transparent gr gground ound nd level nd of the building. New plaza areas will ill draw students off their well defined campuses and cause them to interact with the ‘real’ urban fabric of Newark. This will provide more liveliness of the town as well as friendliness towards different cultures and backgrounds.
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Graduate Housing Newark, NewJersey
‘Green’ Panels clamped to Enclosure system
Panelized Zinc Cladding System
Australia
China/Japan
Middle East
Africa
Europe
South uth Americ America ca
(amount (amou unt of wetland areas)
North rth Americ America ca
Glass Handrail
Regions egions Co Containing ontaining Vital etland Ecosystems Wetland
Site Poured concrete wall
Concrete Circulation Pathway Pre-Cast Perforated Concrete Panels Pile Shaft for Joint Flexibility Cilculation Pathway Pile
[2015]
Experiencing Today
[2020]
Identifying Tomorrow
[2080]
Planning for Tomorrow
Circulation Pathway Footing
4_R e g e n e r a b l e
Architecture
Jersey City, New Jersey Current day buildings are designed for a single use and function, and over time become obsolete to their site and environment. In this conceptual studio, we were asked to question architecture, and how it could be changed to allow for envrionmental interaction. In this design, the architecture is designed to protect the on-site freshwater wetlands, as well as function for different uses over time as sea levels rise and climae changes occur.
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01. MASSING. Three modular masses are placed along the cliff edge, giving means to programmatic elements as well as activating the river front. 02. SUBMERGE. By lowering these modules into the water, they take on the “bucket” effect by trapping internal air pressure and creating new interior spaces below the water level.
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03. URBAN POOLS. Carving these modules then creates spaces occupiable from both above and below, with the natural water level creating pools both above and below the modules. 04. CIRCULATION. A pathway interconnects these modules from above the water line, providing access to both levels of program. 05. PLAZA. The central plaza gives way to all destination points, including the below grade pools.
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Promenade Competition
Porto,Portugal SUB re-activates the Douro riverfront back with it’s surrounding city of Porto by inviting the public to slip beneath the tides and experience the river in new ways. Inspired by the effects of positive air pressure sunk below the surface, the design strategy utilizes this phenomenon to create unique submerged spaces. The “buckets” or “pods” formed are sunk partially below the existing water line with positive air pressure within them; creating a reconstituted water surface level.
[ MERGE ] [ LEVEL ] [ SURFACE ]
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2 New Vent / Attachment Structure The new double-skin facade system is bolted to the existing steel channels on the facade, where the vent system can anchor to the structure and support the rest of the system.
Existing Facade Conditions The enclosure system uses single glazed glass panels along with a ventilation system in the spandrels to allow for fresh air intake.
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Operable Blind System This mesh-fabric designed blind system will operable according to the user, in which they can control the amount of daylight and solar gain entering their spaces.
Double-Glass Skin This second enclosure allows for a higher total R-Value for the wall, as well as create an air space in between which can control airflow in the building, as well as release hot/used air.
Outer Glazing Inner Air Space
Hot / Dry / Reused Air Fresh Air Intake / Ventilation Daylighting / Solar Gain
Inner Glazing
Proposed Facade Section Reacts to air quality and daylighting by use of a double-skin system, generating subsequent airflow through the system along with operable means of controlling sunlight.
11”
Flashing Outer Cover
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Facade Proposal Newark, New Jersey
This assignment for Construction III was to re-design a facade system for the Mies Van Der Rohe Colonnade building. The short facades generate high amounts of unwanted solar gain due to their solar orientation, and this porposal for ventilated fabric blinds helps the user personally control the solar gain and light entering their room, creating an abstract view of the building from elsewhere in the city.
Vent Extension Space Vent Fins / Louvres Framing Clamp / Bolts
71% Operable Blind System
Solar Heat Gain Transmittance SHGC = .71
26%
Solar Heat Gain Transmittance SHGC = .26
Detail 1 - Wall/Floor/Column Section Scale : 1-1/2” = 1’-0”
Existing Facade Section Shows Minimal Thinking for daylighting control systems and facade sunlight studies