2012 Portfolio Sample by Christos Bolos

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In considering a new museum for Yale's campus to accompany Louis Kahn's Yale University Art Gallery and the Yale Center for British .\rt, the primary impetus was that contemporary art has necessitated such a museum be one for housing objects of radically different scaJes. Therefore, the moti,·ation became to pursue a language of containers for the building, read clearly from both outside and in. The focus of the museum is a tripartite gallery organization, served by a central staircase. Each large gallery ,·olume contains another, smaller volmne within, allO\\;ng art to be displayed either in a more open, day lit environment, or in a precisely controlled, hermetic gallery. The various scales of exhibit space also account for the ranging sizes and types of art, for instance accommodating field conditions such as Roxy Paine's cumaks as easily as larger single objects like Gabriel Orozco's Mobile Matrix. 'TI1e forma l language also incorporates a continuous dialog between interior and exterior by shifting the experience of the user occupying "solid" volumes, inte1·stitial space, and rooftop outdoor gallery space as he or she ascends.

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THE KNOWL EDGE DISTRICT PROVIDENCE, R.I. URBANI SM STUDIO

Spt·ing 20 I I, t·ban is m Desig n Studio Ct·itie: De bm·ah Ga ns Co llabo ration with Dani e lle Duryea Across the country, deftmct highway infrastructure is demolished as newer routes are built, leaving scars in the urban fabric of cities while wasting money and resources. Our proposal for the redeve lopment of the decommissioned I -195 corridor in Providence, RI asks, what e lse cou ld we do >vith these modern artifacts? .\ L once, this site posed two specific problems. First, the remo,·al of I- 195,

which originally separated Providence·s old Jewelry District from the downto\\-n, lea,·es the area without any traffic from the remaining exits off the city's freeways. Second, most commuters to Providence enter the city by automobile, flooding the downtown with potentially over 50,000 vehicles every day. As a consequence of this routine, the site is currently surrounded by numerous surface parking lots. This distancing between potential development and existing urban con text limits the density and UJ·ban e nergy which can be brought adjacent to our site to ensure its capacity to sustain vi bran t urban life.

Jmmediately, we sought to restore entry points from I -95 and I - 195 to ens ure access to the Jewelry District. In an e ffort to allow fo r redensification of its downtown, the city would relocate the adjacent surface lots tlu-ough incentives to their owners and consolidate all parking >vithin larger parking structures which serve as landmarks and icons for Providence.

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Also facilitated is a heightened public/private interaction between the city of Providence and the key institutions of Brown University, the Rhode Island School of Design, and Johnson & Wales University. Brown, in particular, is interested in immediately developing five laboratory buildings as a means of creating a "Knowledge District" extension of its campus. We sought to intensify this process. Through an investment of both public and private funds, the cost of tearing down the defunct highway would instead be used to install all the necessary infrastructures onto the existing highway, turning it into a continuous conduit which development can connect to. This provides the area with dedicated systems, also allowing adjoining buildings to be smaller and less expensive because key mechanical components would be located in the highway and collectively shared. Our proposal feeds on the existing public life on College Hill, bringing that energy to the Jewelry District, creates a potent storm water management system, and rethinks the laboratory building typology in a way which promotes constant urban activity.

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