BRE ROUSE
Architecture + Design Work Samples
University of Florida, B. Arch 2012-2017
NYU 2031
Partner: Ignacio Bruni Critic: Mark McGlothlin Context: Greenwich Village, New York City
The community of Greenwich Village has been partitioned into two opposing sectors: New York University and the families who have inhabited the district for decades. The dividing factor? The development of New York University’s superblocks. While both the NYU committee and the residents of the Village agree that the area is unsuccessful in creating public space, the two groups have had difficulty coming to an agreement. In order to address both sectors in the debate, the NYU 2031 proposal incorporates a physical porosity to the site: the ground pulls apart, creating an inhabitable layered system between ground and built environment (Figure 5). The circular nodes protrude through ground level, creating inhabitable light wells into the spaces beneath. These nodes provide natural light toward the classroom spaces below, as well as create large circulatory paths. In turn, the central areas of the nodes create dwelling spaces that serve both the community and the NYU student body. The NYU 2031 project blends both programatic ele-
ments to create shared communal spaces of dwelling and circulation: green spaces, coffee shops, and recreational facilities serve both parties. Thus, there is no need to divide program. The two sectors are synthesized through integration of an architectural porosity. As a synthesis of both programs, the building acts as a physical mediator between the two sectors. Physically, the building tangles commercial, public, and institutional space while conceptually, it patches the gap within the urban fabric between community and university. Inclusively, an informal circulation system is integrated within a ground in order to disassemble the rigidity of the New York City grid.
Pre-existing residential buildings
Red paths explore layered ground work Large ‘tornado’ icons propose cores of circulation and layered ground Red point system explores potential sites for light
Green system presents potential green space
I.M. Pei’s pre-existing towers
Entry + Public Green Space
Subterranean Space Layered ground condition Unconditioned Space Conditioned Space
Ground Floor
Sub-level 1 (Underground)
Sub-level 2 (Underground)
Detailed Floor Plans: Entry and Circulation
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6 7 5 1 1. North Block Sub-Level -1 (Underground) Detailed 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Offices Restrooms Lecture Halls Classrooms Storage Commercial Spaces Core
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ACQUA ALTA Partner: Alison Zuccharo Critic: Tom Smith Context: Venezia, Italia
The construct embodies the same porosity of the city of Venezia, a man-made intervention in the Adriatic Sea. Made up of millions of piles driven into the ground, the city of Venezia is penetrated by two key elements: light and water. These elements are constantly shifting and have a great effect on the way the city functions. The density of the buildings and the varied way in which they are positioned affects the penetration of light and impacts the ability of light to enter spaces, making it an important building consideration. As for water, Venezia is highly susceptible to flooding during high tides and periods of heavy rainfall, creating the need for buildings to have an adaptive response to water infiltration. By accommodating and protecting buildings from inevitable flooding, Venezia can remain a city distinctive in its construction and unique in the way in which it functions, working with the invading elements rather than retreating.
1. Venetian campo negative space studies
1. A spatial study of the ways in which three different venetian campos can influence factors such as circulation and dwelling. 2. Seeing as the base of the campo is located in a flood zone and in an effort to have a positive impact on the campo and the surrounding buildings, this construct proposes to implement a water drainage system that will remove excess water from the public space. This maintains occupation of the campo during periods of high tide and heavy rainfall. 2. Site Map/Flood map
Elevations:
Penetrable, floating Facades
A. Northwest Elevation
B. Northeast Elevation
C. Southwest Elevation
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Ground-level Plan Gallery, sculpture garden
Floor 2
Gallery, Offices, Large conference room
Floor 3
Offices, Storage
Floor 4
Offices, Library
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1. Exploration of Light + Water 2. Southeast Section 3. Northwest Section
The sculpture garden incorporates water at ground level as the city of Venezia does at ‘acqua alta’.
Porouristy to Light: Methods of light penetration
Large transparent glass window Exterior ‘slot’ filters light as the narrow Venetian Calles Skylights filter light through stairwell and three floors Channel glass facade with copper beams is translucent
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LARVA Lamp Critic: Tom Smith Environmental Technology II
The luminere design is made to increase the spatial versatility of an art event space/gallery. A series of these low hanging, transparent lamps can be hung sequentially creating “light walls.” These “light walls” utilize light as material, creating dividers that are able to separate spaces within the venue. The ability to arrange these lamps in multiple different sequences incresases the versatility of the gallery/event space. The lamp, approximately 4 feet tall, is made of a series of plexi glass plates bolted by metal hardware, giving it a physical transparency. Ambient dim lighting is created by covering the plexi glass and 25 Watt incandescent bulb with a series of nylon slips. Thus, if the lamps are switched off, the lamp itself becomes transparent and opens up the room. Overall, the quality of the light is to dimly illuminate and create versatility within a modern event space/gallery.
plexi plates
incandescent bulb
1/4” metal nut 1/4” metal washer 1/4” Metal Rod
recycled nylon tights
MRC + Ground Critic: Bradley Walters Architectural Design 5
The project begins in the vast landscape of Fernandina Beach, Florida. A site set on a peninsula sitting on swampy waters, the construct begins to explore the carving of ground and its relationship to the surrounding water. The construct, gripping the land, carves down into the ground, engaging the land, while stretching out to the water. The program includes a marine research facility that houses a library, laboratory, storage, and housing. The construct itself follows the curve of the terrian while digging in and forming manmade constructions and emergy from the land. The project seeks to engage and expand the landscape as the facility explores and preserves the local flora and fauna.
Northeast Section Entry frames and engages views of the water and reveal weathered stone walls from the breeze.
Ground study models explore the carving of ground and how the construct touches water.
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Architrave Senior Creative Editor/Junior Creative Editor
ARCHITRAVE #22 Role: Senior Creative Editor
As Creative Co-Editor, I was responsiblde for developing the creative concept for Architrave #22, branding the book, designing the layout, and overseeing all visual aspects of the 200 page book. In this year’s issue, we chose to showcase student projects not as isolated subjects, but as an interconnected web with in a ‘point cloud’ system. Concepts in architecture were surveyed amogst hundreds of our university’s students and documented using GIS mapping. These visual GIS maps were used as conceptual organizers for images, interviews, and models in the book.
ARCHITRAVE #21 Role: Junior Creative Editor
As Junior Creative Editor, I was responsible for helping design layouts, posters, and curating the release party for the book for Architrave #21. Architrave #21 sought to celebrate design through details. We believed that by zooming in, we would be able to ‘know more from less.’ The book projected full bleed images of one detail of the project, while the rest of the project could be accessed through Aurasma, an appliation that took the reader to more online content.
Provoking questions were projected onto a secquences of screens, from multiple projectors, creating an interactiving exhibit that guests could move through
A bench was designed using the CNC mill that provided seating, dim lighting, and also contained ‘slots’ that could hold the book at any angle.
Sketch Study Abroad 2015
The following images are a series of sketches I completed during my final semester aborad living in Vicenza, Italy. The main purpose of this exercise was to develop a deeper understanding of architectural elements and their intentions. I sketched on-site in plan, section, axonometric and perspective to develop relationships beween architectural elements. Through these drawings I was able to discover rhythms, patterns, and details that were unseen at first glance. In turn, I was able to draw similarities through the works of Meier, Scarpa, Palladio, and many others who have contributed to the history of architecture.