Andrew Yu
Syracuse University
arc 108 Spring portfolio
architecture and design
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exercise 1 : Syracuse blocks and streets
exercise 2 : eeberswalde library
exercise 3 : A ruined wall
Diagrams by Yuting Hu
Syracuse blocks and Streets The blocks and streets of Syracuse formed perpendicular to the Oswego and Erie Canals. Exceptions only include historical streets and superimposing highways. This grid system, with its exceptions, yields unique spatial conditions that create typical and atypical blocks.
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Perpendicular Growth of City
Salt Leverage on CIty
Diagrams by Mason Malsenga
Development of the CIty Based on Streets
1810 - Genesee and Salina Turnpike created around natives
1830 - Erie + Oswego Canal define a new center
1850 - main railroad line on Washington Street
1950 - Erie Canal becomes Erie Blvd.
1985 - I-81 and I-690. are introduced
Present
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Map of Syracuse with Relationship of Function to Road WIdth
Syracuse blocks and Streets Syracuse’s roads are organized by road respective and road widths. There is a loose organization and distinguishable relationship between the function of the items on the road and the road width itself. One example of such correlation is the narrower roads next to the schools, likely to slow down traffic.
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“program” of syracuse
Parking
Housing
Parks
Bike Routes
Schools
Road Width
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Traffic Map
Diagrams by Diana Agapito
Syracuse blocks and Streets The streets of Syracuse follow a hierarchy. The traffic is dictated by popularity of streets as well as width of said streets.
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6 AM
10 AM
5 PM
9 PM
Lane Widths
1 Lane
2 Lane
3 Lane
4 Lane
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Facade Unification
Diagrams by Olivia Dellacava
Eberswalde library precedence The facade follows a layout organized roughly by the types of images displayed. The historical role of architecture has been to store informtaion. This primal drive in architecture is greatly seen in the Eberswalde Library. The architects take the historical context of the town and their stylistic focus on materiality as a medium for their communication of the idea of unification. They do this by relaying the old history of the town with contemporary materials.
Transparency of Facade
Said materials are concrete and glass. However, because they both project the same images, the materials are unified; the glass becomes a pseudo concrete.
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Solid vs Void
Image Hierarchy by Olivia Dellacava
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Image Hierarchy
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Organization of Images along the Facade
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Eberswalde library precedence As the sections suggest, the Eberswalde Library is based on the free facade. The columns allow for the exterior facade to take on its canvas appearance. The view of one sitting down from the interior is at the level of the punched windows.
Eberswalde Section
The outside walking man would, however, not see into the window at eye level. This keeps the illusion of unity.
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Eberswalde Section with Facade Overlay
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Movement Diagram by Olivia Dellacava
Eberswalde library precedence The exterior facade is similar to that of a film. When one walks across the exterior building, it mimics the movement of a film. There is an inverse relationship when viewing the library from the exterior as opposed to the interior. This not only affects the perception of the photographs from exterior and interior, but also affects the treatment of light.
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Movement Mimicking a Film
The Inverse Relationship of Windows
Light Dispersion Model
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Program diagram
Eberswalde library precedence The program is drastically different from what the facade suggests. This is because the owners of the project ran out of money. Therefore, the interior was organized with economy in mind. The circulation is designed with two cores that are stair cases.There are also four entrances; one of said entrances are corridors to another building.
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Circulation diagram
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a ruined wall site Our site is located on Watson Street across from the Syracuse creekwalk. There is an obvious disparity between the creekwalk and Watson Street. The creekwalk mimics nature. Meanwhile, Watson Street mimics an urban environment.
Site Plan
Thus, one of the main tasks of this exercise is to either distinguish or bring together these different edge conditions.
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Physical Site Model
Two separate site conditions
River Side
Urban Side
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a ruined wall Precedence The idea for my final design came originally from two ocncepts. One of the concepts was for the skin of my building to communicate the program and circulation of the design. The other concept was to create a material language that communicated the differences in program. Open, semi-permeable, and solid represent public, semi-public, and private spaces respectively.
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Facade Skin Communicates Interior Program/Circulation
Material Language Formulated; Open, Semi-permeable, and solid
Facade Sections
Study Model
Study Model
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a ruined wall
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PLAN AND ELEVATIOn My design is oriented around two major driving forces. These are the ideas of intersection and edge conditions. I established the intersection by creating a major translucent wall that is then perforated by the program of the building. This creates unique edge conditions as from a “side view”, it looks like a light mass being pierced by heavy objects but from the “frontal view”, it looks like a heavy mass exerting pressure into a light surface. Through such conditions, I create tubes and viewing portals that push past the threshold that is the wall. In pushing through this massive and translucent wall, it takes a remnant of the wall with it in an attempt to keep the view consistent in an elevation view. Thus, the wall is both ruined and a ruin of its former self.
floor 3
floor 2
floor 1
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1’
5’
10’
25’
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a ruined wall site The section diagrams were drawn spatially. The intent was to highlight specific spaces; the library, the reading room, the double heighted space, and the lecture hall. The wall has a special texture to distinguish itself from the rest of the drawing. Furthermore, by keeping its rectangular profile obvious, it is read as being pushed out of the wall.
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Section Cut A
Section Cut B
Section Cut C
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a ruined wall
Service Stairs Library
Program/Circulation
Restroom
Rare Maps
Conference / Lunch Room
The program is distributed in an hierarchical order from bottom to top; the bottom layer is the most public and as it goes up, the program becomes more private. Additionally, the service is pushed to the edge of the building that is shared with the adjacent building.
Storage Elevator
Lecture Hall
Rare Books Room
Reading Room
Service Stairs Storage
Classroom
Restroom
The circulation revolves around a central staircase that works through the whole building. There are elevators and service stairs, but they are intentionally pushed to the edge so that the central staircase is emphasized.
Computers Elevator Director’s office
Reception
Librarian’s office
Service Stairs
Key Collection Storage / Access Space Public Space
Storage
Restroom
Cafe
Exhibition
Elevator
Staff Space
Archive Shop Service Areas
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Lobby
Key Movement Path
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a ruined wall Rendering and model The primary focus of the model and rendering is to highlight the translucent wall that is being punctured by these tubes, some of which take the wall with them and others being completely solid depending on the program.
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