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
USC SPRING 2015
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
USC SPRING 2015
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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