ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO BENJAMIN BAILEY
“Your best work is your expression of yourself. Now, you may not be the greatest at it, but when you do it, you're the only expert. “ Frank Gehry
Benjamin Bailey Georgia Intistute of Technology B.S. Architecture Email: benjamin.n.bailey@gmail.com Phone Number: 404-936-8639
CONTENTS Projects: Media Arts Center
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Farmers Market
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Rhichter Art Gallery
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Renderings: Barcelona Pavillion
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Rosa Parks Transit Center
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Hand Drawings: Drafting
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Charoal and Freehand
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‘JOINING FRAME’
Arts and Media Center Emory University, Oxford, GA Junior Studio | Fall 2013 Instuctor: Katie Johnson Project Length: 10 Weeks My site visist to the Emory University Campus revealed the love and joy they find in preserving the beauty of their campus with the life of nature surrounding their students. From the central campus quad filed with trees to the nature preserve forest behind the site, it was clear that Emory University has a strong love for nature. My site for the new Arts and Media Center was located right in between the beautiful quad and nature preserve. My main focus coming into the project was to try and bring those two elements together, instead of seperate them, with my design. My first task was the design of a machine for the site. I mapped out the tree grid of the campus quad and, with string, connected each tree to all the trees located in the nature preserve behind the site. This created a web of lines through the site, creating a spreading effect from each tree back to the forest. I maintained this spreading effect and the theme of moving from the quad to the forest in my design. The building widens as you progress closer to the forest and all circulation is in the direction of East or West. Large window bays are also located on the forest side to reinforce the connection of quad to forest as students circulate the building.
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My first machine was an experimentation of what could happen by connecting the few trees from the Emory quad to the trees in the forest behind. I took each individual tree from the quad and used string to form a connection to the forest behind the site. Once this test was accomplished, I made a second machine focused down to the site. I added clear frames to the web to create forms to the otherwise flat surface. These frames created planes out of the string above and below wherever they were inserted.
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Section A-A: 1/32” = 1’-0”
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Section B-B: 1/32” = 1’-0”
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1. Auditorium Lobby 2. Auditorium 3. Screening Room 4. Digital arts Studio 5. Analog Arts Studio 6. Lockers/Student lounge 7. Pin-up space 8. Service Area 9. Main Lobby 10. Reception Desk 11. Main Gallery 12. Student Gallery 13. Gallery Prep and Storage 14. Cafe 15. Indoor Seating 16. Outdoor Seating 17. Library 18. Librarian Desk 19. Classroom 20. Maintenance Closet 21. Breakout Space 22. Breakout Room 23. Men’s Restroom 24. Women’s Restroom 25. Administration Lobby 26. Office 27. Unisex Restroom 28. Kitchen A 29. Supply Room
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Basement Floor Plan: 1/32” = 1’-0”
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Ground Floor Plan: 1/32” = 1’-0”
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2nd Floor Plan: 1/32” = 1’-0”
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3rd Floor Plan: 1/32” = 1’-0”
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‘AGGREGATING MULTITUDE’ Farmers Market North Avenue, Atlanta, GA Sophomore Studio | Spring 2013 Instuctor: Lauren Hickman Project Length: 16 Weeks
The Spring semester of my second year was focused on the study of aggregation. Specifically for me this meant “herding.” I narrowed the study down to focus soley on the herding of sheep and their rules for aggreagation. The semester began with research of herds. Pictures of herds were studied and information obtained as to how they act in their group environments. The main instances found in the herds were convergence, divergence, and directional movement. I used these three factors, as well as other obtained information to greatly influence the design of my farmers market. The daylighting system is taken completely from these three factors, as well as the compactness of the inner herd and the spreading out of the outer heard. The daylight modules are more compacted the further away from the walls and more spread out close to the walls of the farmers market. Circulation inside the market is also taken from the behavior of the heard. the booths for the merchants are designed to be convergence points and a representation of the inner heard, while the circulation paths around the booths are considered divergent and directional behaviors and are mimicing the behavior of the outer herd.
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Leg Formation Secure Grazing
Convergence
Direction
Final Grazing Stage Beginning Grazing Stage
Unsecure Grazing
Divergence
CONVERGENCE: The animals all face the same point and come together, seeking the center of the group. This makes for a very compacted section of the herd.
LEG FORMATION: The animals begin to seperate at the edge of the herd, resulting in a break in the herd. This begins to split the herd.
DIVERGENCE: The animals are all facing away from eachother, heading into different center points. This leaves a gap in the middle of the herd formation.
DIRECTION: All the animals are facing the same direction, heading one way. They move as a compact unit and are guided by eachother. This is usually seen in herd movement.
SECURE GRAZING: The animals are all compacted together in a group, making for a much more secure grazing environment where the animals feel protected by their surrounding friends.
UNSECURE GRAZING: The animals are all spread out and not connected to eachother. They are prone to predator attack and not secured by their friends. They might as well be miles away from the herd.
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Convergence: In from all directions.
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Divergence: Out from all directions.
Direction: Toward one direction.
2. Connect Structural units to create a void in the center
1. Create a Structural Unit
Roof System (Herd)
Void (Obstacle)
Structural Unit
4. Connect the voided areas together with modules in a dome shape
3. Modules and their Connections 100%
110% (1)
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(1) Face-to-Face Connection (2) Corner-to-Face Connection (3) Half Face-to-Face Connection
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East Elevation: 1/32” = 1’-0”
West Elevation: 1/32” = 1’-0”
South Elevation: 1/32” = 1’-0”
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North Elevation: 1/32” = 1’-0”
Central Park Place NE
Nutting Street NE
North Avenue NE
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DELIVERY
ENTRY
DELIVERY/TEMPORARY FARMERS
CAFE
SPECIALTY ENTRY
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PARKING
Linden Avenue NE N
PLAN 1/64” = 1’-0”
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‘PIERCING LIGHT’
Gerhard Richter Gallery Atlanta, GA Junior Studio | Fall 2013 Instuctor: Katie Johnson Project Length: 6 Weeks The purpose of this project was to create a gallery for five of Gerhard Richter’s more famous works, that were currently being held on exhibit at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta Georgia. The works were two sculptures and 3 paintings. I began the process rather abstractly, I created ink drawings with a stick that had many branching twigs forming it. This created very interesting ink drawings that I then began to model and then focused on one of those to continue onto the design process with. My study models reacted very well to light interactions which lead to the idea of the creation of tubes of light percing through the Richter gallery. These tubes would allow me to decide where light left it to enter the building. They would be solid where I did not want light and allow light to glow through where light was needed. The first building model I made was completely made up of the tubes. Once this was built, I mapped the tubes and extended their faces to create the floor plan for the gallery. The gallery somewhat reveals its interior secret with three tubes supporting un upper garden and piercing the courtyard at the entrance of the gallery.
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3rd Floor Plan: 1/16” = 1’-0”
2nd Floor Plan: 1/16” = 1’-0”
Ground Floor Plan: 1/16” = 1’-0”
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RENDERINGS
Barcelona Pavilion
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RENDERINGS Rosa Parks Transit Center
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HAND DRAWINGS
Drafting
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HAND DRAWINGS
Charcoal and Freehand
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