benjie morillo M. of Architecture B.F.A. Architecture A.A. Art A.A.S. Web Design
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theatr e-audience movement new york, ny
This is a skyscraper for actors, performers, or just theatre loving people. The tower has a skin that functions as a space frame, commonly seen in performance and concert stages. This will allow the building to have a show of its own and may even have billboards similar to street feel of time square. There is also an LED outdoor theatre for movie screening. The form of the building is from a series of sketches and digital models with the concept of the theatre (the skin) which moves the audience (the floors and site).
site
program
concept, plans, and sections
aerial
skin, structure, and program
section box of theatre
site sections
night lights
community through ver tical far ming charleston, sc
This is an Urban Design team project. The goal was to design a neighborhood in Charleston, SC isolated because of the edge of two highways. The solution we came up with to reconnect the site with Charleston is to bring clean industry such as vertical farming and creating an urban farming community. The urban plan included a community market under the overpass, civic buildings, farmer housing, urban farming school, research facility, and the vertical farms.
site
neighborhood plan
local infrastructure
farming disctrict
night light
farming district plaza
physical model
re-port-au-prince Port-au-Prince, Haiti
This project is a response to the earthquake in Haiti. The building is formed to resist strong winds and earthquakes. Other features also include bamboo curtain walls and gabion walls. The main function is to teach disaster affected children on basic fundamental knowledge and how to rebuild Haiti and how they can teach other students in need for education. It also functions as a meeting place for the community and for public lectures and classes. There is also a dormitory for students without homes. The facility takes advantage of passive systems to keep the building cool and collects rain water for clean water.
satellite site analysis
satellite site analysis
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depending on the curriculum, the classroom can transform into whatever the need is.
dormitory kitchen lounge student center garden
volunteer professors non-profit funding
re-build: demolished homes business hospitals schools parks roads
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re-build re-define re-construct re-teach re-new re-do re-imagine
unemployed and gover nment
ear thquakes port-au-prince is located between two fault lines and poor building structures h a v e p r o v e d d e a d l y.
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hurricanes hurricanes form near port-au-prince and can cause major disaster problems.
school will start taking leadership role to educate the surrounding community and rebuild homes and infrastructure. students will learn in this process.
re-invent architecture
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doctors government leaders architects engineers teachers scientists
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designing the school at the given site and taking in the students who are homeless and affected and start their education and training. rebuilding the roads and r e c o n n e c t s t h e c i t y.
class top selected students affected by earthquake
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education education is poor and very little funds is recieved from the government. there is a great need for schools a f t e r t h e d i s a s t e r.
school will branch out further into the city byond the neighborhood and help those who are still struggling to rebuild.
re-grow environment economy city
haiti phase
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deforestation dominican republic b o r d e r. d e f o r e s t a t i o n i n haiti is causing major landslides and economic depression.
by this time, a handfull of students will graduate and they will be the instruments to go to further schools to teach and continue the re-project.
re-building the design of this building not only will act as a school but also act as a shelter in case of a hurricane or earthquake event.
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community center
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kitchen
pr oviding food for the students.
dorm rooms
10 rooms. 4 bedrooms 4 desks and chairs and a cabinet per room
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classrooms 4 classrooms. 30 desks teachers station 3 chalkboards per room
office
pr ovide of fice space for pr ofessors
bathroom
8 showers 4 compost toilets 2 ada
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exit
site and floor plan
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cor rogated steel roof steel truss support node support stump support plate grout holding down bolt in pvc anchor plate
reinforced concrete frame
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exterior wall steel frame retractable hurricane steel panels
air circulation
bamboo screen wall
reinforcing bars concrete floor slab
looseley compacted granular fill soil footing
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daylighting
community meeting space
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main entrance
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garden school park
existing school entrance
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detail, passive systems, and site plan
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medieval archaeological research museum Lacoste, France
A Medieval Archaeological Research Museum, located inside an old stone quarry in Lacoste. The limestone that was in the quarry was used to build the historic medieval city of Lacoste, thus making it an appropriate site for a museum and research. The windows protruding out of the building is oriented for ideal views around the quarry. The walls of the quarry act as a natural structure that holds the floors up from the ground of the site
massing and programming
plans and elevations
Building One
B u i l d i n g Tw o a n d T h r e e
physical model
farming district plaza
south hill Savannah, GA
This is a residential skyscraper that lies at the edge of historic downtown Savannah. The form is from a series of sketches of how the site will help define the skyscraper’s structure. The south facade of the skyscraper mostly open and has screen structure for vegetative walls that blocks the summer sun reducing heat gain. The idea is inspired from terracing and the abundance of vegetation crawling in the walls of historic Savannah.
site and gesture
site sections
structural analysis
site plan
south
sky park
atrium
section and plans
street view
farming district plaza
art
everywhere Collection of Drawings, Paintings, and Photographs
pencil and watercolor
pencil and colored pencil
conte and acrylic
digital and film