Architecture 202(b) Portfolio

ANSH VAKIL SPRING 2015 ARCH 202 B ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

PROJECT 1: FOLLY

Pages: 4 - 7

PROJECT 2: LIBRARY

Pages: 8 - 15

TABLE OF CONTENT

SKIN

FOLLY PROJECT ONE

BONES

USC SPRING 2015

Site: 4800 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90027 Relationship Between Skin And Bones

Site Responding Elements: Hollyhock House

GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY

OCEAN VIEWS/SUNSET

MATERIALS Site Responding Elements: Views

• • •

22 GA. BRUSHED STAINLESS STEEL METAL NUTS AND BOLTS 14 GA. GALVANIZED STEEL WIRE

HOLLYWOOD BLVD.

Relationship Between Folly And Site

CONCEPT TO TAKE A SIMPLE CUBE AND MORPH IT INTO SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE IRRATIONAL. THE RULESET ESTABLISHED FOR THE MORPHING PROCESS ARE THE VIEWS YOU GET FROM THE SITE, I.E. EACH CUT OUT RESPONDS TO A SPECIFIC VIEW: 1) GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY, 2) HOLLYWOOD BLVD. AND 3) OCEAN VIEWS. THE SLICING OF THE SURFACES EMPHASIZES THE FRAMING OF WHAT THE VIEWER SEES AND THE SIZE OF THE APERTURES IS IN DIRECT RESPONSE TO THE SCALE OF THE EVENT IT IS FRAMING. FOR EXAMPLE, THE VIEWS FRAMING A SETTING SUN ARE THE LARGEST, WHILE THE VIEW TOWARDS HOLLWOOD BLVD. ARE MORE FOCUSED AND NARROWER.

A.2.

A.3.

2

A.1.

Cladding Connection A.4.

C.4.

B.1.

C.3. B.2.

2

C.1.

C.2.

D.1.

1

D.2.

CATEGORY

1 Structural Detail

A B C D

DESCRIPTION APERTURE FRAME 1 WALL ROOF APERTURE FRAME 2

Silver Lake Meadow

Silvertop, Lautner

LIBRARY PROJECT TWO

VDL House, Neutra

Silver Lake

USC SPRING 2015

Form Analysis 1.1 Silver Lake Meadow

Shalin House, Ain

Silver Lake Meadow Silvertop, Lautner

Primary Pathway

VDL House, Neutra

Shalin House, Ain

Secondary Pathway (Cut Through)

Silver Lake

VDL House, Neutra

Silvertop, Lautner

Form Analysis 1.2

Silver Lake

Silver Lake Meadow

Neutra Colony

Downtown Los Angeles

Vehicular Traffic

Silver Lake Blvd.

Site Analysis Perimeter Tree Line

Silver Lake Meadow ‘View Framing’ Tree Line

Glass ‘South Facing’ Facade

Potential ‘Reading’ Space

Potential ‘Archive’ Space

Ground Level

Below Ground

Silver Lake

High Volume Pedestrian Traffic Low Volume Pedestrian Traffic

Shalin House, Ain

CONCEPT CRADDLING THE GROUND AND MORPHING FROM THE SITE TO CALL OUT WHAT ALREADY EXISTS. BY THAT, I MEAN THE CURVED AXIS ESTABLISHED THROUGH THIS DESIGN DIRECTS THE VIEWER’S ATTENTION FROM THE VDL HOUSE TO SILVERTOP ACROSS THE HILL AND FROM SHALIN HOUSE TO SILVERLAKE AND DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES.

Silvertop, Lautner

VDL House, Neutra

Silver Lake

Downtown Los Angeles

Form Analysis 1.3 Silver Lake Meadow

Shalin House, Ain

‘View Framing’ Tree Line

Silvertop, Lautner VDL House, Neutra

SITE

Perimeter Tree Line

Landscape Analysis

1850 W Silver Lake Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90026

Silver Lake Meadow

Silver Lake

Downtown Los Angeles

Form Analysis 1.4

Wide

Narrow

Site Produced Design Space

Wide

Silver Lake

MATERIALS • • • •

Narrow

June 21 (Highest)

March 21, September 21 (Medium)

BRUSHED STAINLESS STEEL ACRYLIC 2 - PLY MUSEUM BOARD 1/4” MDF LUMBER

Form ‘Craddling’ the Ground

December 21 (Lowest)

Sunlight Analysis

Concept

To Glendale Blvd.

Shalin House, Ain

Silver Lake Meadow

Silvertop, Lautner VDL House, Neutra

Deane St.

Edgewater Terrace

Silver Lake Reservoir

Vehicular Circulation: lvd

.

Existing Circulation

Pedestrian Circulation: Existing Circulation

Silv

er

Lak

eB

Downtown Los Angeles

To Silver Lake

New Circulation

N

A

B

3.

Dn

2.

DESIGN

B

Open To Below

1.

Dn

A 1. Entrance 2. Pivotal Point 3. Reading Area

Plan @ 4’

A

B

1.

Dn

2.

Up

B

4.

3.

Open To Above

Up

A

Plan @ 5’6” - below ground

1. Restrooms 2. Archive 3. Outdoor Cafe 4. Cafe Service Space

THE INITIAL EXPERIENCE AS YOU WALK INTO THE PROJECT IS THAT OF GOING FROM A COMPRESSED TO AN OPEN SPACE WHICH IS IN RESPONSE TO BEING RELEASED TOWARDS THE VIEWS OF SILVERLAKE HILLS AND THE L.A. BASIN. THIS GESTURE WAS DEVELOPED SO AS TO ENGAGE THE VIEWER FROM THE VERY BEGINNING AS HE WALKED INTO THE PROJECT. AFTER YOU MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE CENTER OF THE PROJECT, WHICH IS TERMED THE PIVOTAL POINT AS ALL PROGRAMMATIC ELEMENTS CONVERGE AT THIS POINT, YOU HAVE A CHOICE OF CONTINUING AHEAD TO THE READING AREA, OR MAKE YOUR WAY OUTSIDE TO THE OUTDOOR CAFE OR GO DOWN THE STAIRCASE TO THE GROUND BELOEW THAT HOUSES THE RESTROOMS, THE ‘ARCHIVE’ AND PROVIDES AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE TO THE CAFE. THE LANGUAGE OF THE STAIRCASES INFLUENCES THE DESIGN WITH IT’S NOTION OF ‘PEALING’. THIS GESTURE OCCURS AT MOMENTS WHERE ITS EITHER REVEALING A VIEW, FRAMING A SPECIFIC MOMENT OR JUST ALLOWING YOU ACCESS FROM ONE SPACE TO ANOTHER. THIS GESTURE WAS DEVELOPED TO FURTHER EMPHASIZE THE IDEA OF ENGAGING THE VIEWER THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT AND ALSO TO DEVELOP A TECTONIC LANGUAGE THAT MIMICKS THE SURROUNDING LANDSCAPE OF HILLS AND MOUNTAINS,

Aperture

4’- 0”

0

5’- 6” - below ground

Surface Condition (Above Ground)

SECTION @ A

Surface Condition (Below Ground)

4’- 0” 0 Notion

5’- 6” - below ground

SECTION @ B Landscaping

Mounting Clip Clear Glass (Skylight) Blocking Brushed Stainless Steel Skin Connection Clamp Concealed Gutter

Typical C-Channel W12 x 40 I-Beam (@ 4’ O.C.) Typical Z-Clip

Steel Moment Frame (@ 10’ O.C.)

22 GA Metal Sheeting

Gypsum Board

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