Architecture 211 Portfolio

ANSH VAKIL SPRING 2015 ARCH 211 ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

PROJECT 1: STEEL PROJECT

4-9

PROJECT 2: LUMBER PROJECT

10 - 15

PROJECT 3: MASONRY PROJECT

16 - 21

PROJECT 4: CONCRETE PROJECT

22 - 27

TABLE OF CONTENT

CONCEPT

DESIGNS FOR THE ‘WOODSHOP’ WERE INSPIRED BY THE IDEA OF CREATING A STUDIO THAT NOT ONLY SERVED AS A WORKSPACE FOR STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONALS ALIKE, BUT ALSO, AN INTERESTING JUXTAPOSITION BETWEEN ICONIC DESIGN AND OPTIMUM EFFICIENCY IN IT’S UTILITY.

WOODSHOP STEEL PROJECT

USC SPRING 2015

Honeycomb Structure to Cable Beam Connection

Cable Structure

Honeycomb Structure to Aperture Connection

DESIGN

South Elevation B

A

A

OFFICE SPACE (FIRST FLOOR)

THE ‘WOODSHOP’; WITH IT’S PITCHED ROOF, ANGLED FACADE, CABLE SYSTEM AND SELECTIVE APETURES ATTEMPTS TO MERGE ICONIC DESIGN WITH OPTIMUM UTILIZATION OF SPACE. HAVING THE STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS LOCATED ON THE OUTER RIM OF THE DESIGN ALLOWS FOR A LONG, OPEN AND UNINTERUPTED WORKSPACE. CONTROLLED APETURES PROVIDE ESSENTIAL LIGHT TO THE WORKSPACE WHILE STILL MAINTAINING AN INSPIRING AND COMFORTING AMBIENCE. THE UNDULATING REAR WALL NOT ONLY SERVES AS A VISUAL APPEAL BUT ALSO UTILITARIAN BY PROVIDING SPACE FOR STORAGE THROUGH IT’S VARYING DEPTH.

B

Plan @ 12’6” B

Honeycomb Structure

Hexagonal Envelope BATHROOM (GROUND LEVEL) A

A

Aperture

B

Plan @ 8’6”

Aperture Detail

MATERIALS • • • • • Roof

Trusses

CABLES SHEET METAL METAL BOLTS ACRYLIC WOOD SKEWERS

CONTRIBUTION DESIGN OF THE ‘WOODSHOP’, CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROTOTYPE AND ILLUSTRATION.

West Elevation

12’-6”

Hexagonal Envelope

Section @ B

Cable Stayed Structure 12’-6”

Base

Section @ A

PROTOTYPE

CABLE STAYED SYSTEM

PITCHED ROOF

SKYLIGHT

CONNECTIONS

APERTURE SKIN SYSTEM

CROSS BRACING

WOODSHOP LUMBER PROJECT

USC SPRING 2015

DETAIL VIEW

JOINT TYPE: LAP JOINT 2” x 4” HORIZONTAL MEMBER 4” x 4” VERTICAL COLUMN 2” x 6” CONNECTOR

EXTRACTED FACADE

JOINT TYPE: MORTIS AND TENON

AXONOMETRIC - APERTURE

SPACING = 1’

PLATE THICKNESS = 3”

Building Components

Facade Detail

DESIGN

South Elevation

A

A

Section A

FACADE

ENTRANCE

THE ‘WOODSHOP’; WITH IT’S PITCHED ROOF, FLUID FACADE, TYPICAL WOOD FRAMING SYSTEM AND CONTROLLED APETURES FURTHER EMPHASIZES THE ATTEMPTS TO MERGE ICONIC DESIGN WITH OPTIMUM UTILIZATION OF SPACE. HAVING THE STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS LOCATED ON THE OUTER RIM OF THE DESIGN ALLOWS FOR A LONG, OPEN AND UNINTERUPTED WORKSPACE. CONTROLLED APETURES WORK WITH THE FLUID FACADE TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL LIGHT TO THE WORKSPACE WHILE STILL MAINTAINING AN INSPIRING AND COMFORTING AMBIENCE.

MATERIALS

50’

• • •

CONTRIBUTION

OPEN WORK AREA CO-ED BATHROOM

4’

100’

Plan @ 5’

2 x 4 FRAMING LUMBER BASSWOOD WOOD SKEWERS

DESIGN OF THE ‘WOODSHOP’, CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROTOTYPE AND SCALE MODEL.

West Elevation

B

B

24’

17’

Section B

Aperture

Structural Axonometric

PROTOTYPE

TRUSS ROOF SYSTEM

COLUMNS (@ 4’ O.C.)

PITCHED ROOF

CONNECTIONS

APERTURE

SKIN SYSTEM

WOODSHOP MASONRY PROJECT

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DETAIL VIEW 8”x8”x16” BOND BEAM 1/2” REBAR SEISMIC-NOTCH VENEER ANCHOR

EXTRACTED FACADE AXONOMETRIC - APERTURE

WEATHERPROOFING BARRIER 8”x2.25”x4” BLOCK

8”x2.25”x4” BLOCK CONCAVE WEATHER JOINT

1/2 OFFSET RUNNING PATTERN STRETCHER

Building Components

Facade Detail

DESIGN 25’

12’

South Elevation

A

A SECTION A (1/4” = 1’)

Section A

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

1

2

MATERIALS

50’

3

OPEN WORKSHOP AREA

4

BATHROOM

5

Q

THE ‘WOODSHOP’; WITH A COMPLEX VAULT SYSTEM WHERE A ROW OF OUTER VAULTS THAT MAKE UP THE ROOF STRUCTURE IS DELICATELY SUPPORTED BY A ROW OF INNER VAULTS. THIS DESIGN ALLOWS THE PROJECT TO STAY TRUE TO THE GOAL OF HAVING A DESIGN THAT IS MADE ALMOST ENTIRELY OUT OF MASONRY, WHILE STILL MAXIMIZING THE OPEN SPACE OF THE SHOP FACILITY. THE FACADE; A NONLOAD BEARING CURTAIN WALL THAT ENGULFS HALF THE STRUCTURAL LOAD BEARING CMU WALLS ACTS AS A BUFFER ZONE BETWEEN THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR, IN TURN, ASSISTING WITH STRUCTURAL INSULATION.

• • • •

CMU UNITS BRICK BASSWOOD SHEETS WOOD SKEWERS

CONTRIBUTION

6 N

ENTRANCE 100’

Plan @ 5’

FACADE

DESIGN OF THE ‘WOODSHOP’, AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROTOTYPE.

25’

12’

West Elevation

B

B

Section B

Aperture

Structural Axonometric

PROTOTYPE WORM’S EYE

APERTURE

CONNECTIONS INNER VAULTS

OUTER VAULTS

NON - LOAD BEARING BRICK WALL

LOAD BEARING CMU WALLS

WOODSHOP CONCRETE PROJECT

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Detail View

APERTURE 3” STEEL FRAME 1/4” GLASS APERTURE

CONCRETE STRUCTURE APERTURE 1/2” MULLION

STEEL REBAR

EXTRACTED FACADE

O.C

.

6” O.C

.

1’7”

Building Components

Facade Detail

South Elevation

DESIGN

5’ - 0”

Section A A

B

C

D

E

F

G

4

3

1

Plan @ 5’

I

J

K

MATERIALS

ENTRANCE

2

H

THE ‘WOODSHOP’; WITH A MORPHING RIB SYSTEM IS HELD TOGETHER BY STRUCTURAL BEAMS FROM THE INTERIOR. THIS DESIGN GOES BACK TO THE PRIMARY GOAL OF MAXIMIZING THE OPEN SPACE OF THE SHOP FACILITY WITHOUT COMPRIMISING ON AN ICONIC DESIGN. THE FACADE; ATTEMPTS TO PEAL BACK JUST ENOUGH TO REVEAL A GLIMPSE OF THE INTERIOR, IN TURN, BUILDING ON THE CURIOSITY OF THE VIEWER AND DEVELOPING AN INTRIGUING FORM WITH THE MATERIAL, WHICH IN THIS CASE IS ‘CONCRETE’.

OPEN WORKSHOP AREA

• • •

CONCRETE BASSWOOD SHEETS WOOD SKEWERS

CONTRIBUTION DESIGN OF THE ‘WOODSHOP’, CONSTRUCTION OF PROTOTYPE AND ILLUSTRATION.

West Elevation

5’ - 0”

Section B

Aperture

Structural Axonometric

APERTURE

PROTOTYPE

STRUCTURAL BEAMS

CONCRETE RIBS

MORPHOLOGY

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