Brian Kerr Architectural Designer LEED AP BD+C 2021 Portfolio
PROFESSIONAL WORK 01.
WashU East End Transformation
02.
Scaife Hall
20-25
03.
The Tidelands
26-29
4-19
KieranTimberlake
KieranTimberlake
KieranTimberlake
PERSONAL WORK 04.
Cell to City // Urban Acupuncture
32-39
05.
Prefabrication and Community
40-45
06.
Geodesic Sphere
46-47
07.
Galoppatoio Eventarium
48-53
Undergraduate Thesis Process
SCCLT Affordable Housing
Fabrication Study
Event Plaza and Garage Adaptive Reuse
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Photograph by James Ewing
MCKELVEY HALL SITE
JUBEL HALL
BELOW-GRADE PARKING FACILITY
TISCH PARK
KEMPER EXPANSION
SUMERS WELCOME CENTER
SCHNUCK PAVILION
WEIL HALL
EAST CAMPUS | WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS
12 FEBRUARY 2020 | © KIERANTIMBERLAKE
01. WASHU EAST END TRANSFORMATION Client | Washington University in St. Louis Firm | KieranTimberlake Location | St. Louis, MO Duration Weil Hall | Summer 2016 - Spring 2017 (DD - Bid) & Winter 2017 - Summer 2019 (CA) Kemper Art Museum Addition | Spring 2018 - Summer 2019 (CA) Full LEED Coordination | Sprint 2018 - Summer 2019 (CA) Continuous Site Representation | Fall 2018 - Summer 2019 (CA) The transformation of WashU’s East End includes four projects under KieranTimberlake - Weil Hall, Sumers Welcome Center, Schnuck Pavilion, and the Kemper Art Museum Expansion. My role started with the design of the interior of Weil Hall, but slowly expanded through construction to include the Kemper Art Museum Addition, general LEED coordination for all projects, and finally culminated in my temporary relocation to St. Louis. During this eight month period I acted as a first point of contact for the contractors to either coordinate issues where I was knowledgable or evaluate the specific conditions and share information with teammates offsite. The following pages include snapshots of my work on Weil Hall and the Kemper Expansion during design and construction.
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Photograph by Peter Aaron
Level 1 Commons
Weil Hall expands the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts with new graduate studios for Art, Architecture, and Graphic Design students. My specific role on this project started with the design of the interior public spaces, Level 1 program spaces, and vertical connections, which includes both staircases and elements of the central, collaborative Light Court. The building offers simple, clean, loft-like spaces with rigorously coordinated exposed systems. During construction, I continued to coordinate and review submittals for key elements in addition to my expanding role across all projects. The following pages include a glimpse into my full process through design, documentation, and construction coordination of the Monumental Staircase and Light Court.
Dean’s Suite Commons
Comm. Design Studio
Photograph by Peter Aaron
Level 1 Critique Spaces
Fabrication Studio Critique Spaces
Plan - Ground Floor
Photograph by James Ewing
Level 1 Central Passage, Fabrication Studio, & Monumental Stair
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Photograph by Peter Aaron
Level 2 Light Court
LIGHT COURT
Glass Skylight & Stretched Fabric Ceiling
ARCH STUDIOS
ART STUDIOS
FABRICATION STUDIO
Living Wall Structural Glass Walls
Glass Floor to Fabrication Studio Below
Perforated Metal Corridor Ceiling
LIGHT COURT ARCH STUDIOS
ART STUDIOS
Monumental Stair Fabrication Studio
FABRICATION STUDIO
Concept Diagrams
Light Court & Monumental Stair Co-Development
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Monumental Stair Iterations + Process
Monumental Stair + Light Court Design Development WashU East End Transformation Brian Kerr
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4.3C
05 40 00 CFMF 05 31 00 STL DECK, SEE S-SERIES DWGS
ROOF 550' - 6"
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05 73 00 SST HNDRL 05 12 00 STRUCT, SEE S-SERIES DWGS 08 42 26 DEFLECTION BRACKET TAB WELDED TO BACK OF STL ANGLE AT QTR POINTS OF GLZ CONT SST ANGLE SILICONE JT & BACKER ROD SLOTTED HOLE TO ACCOMMODATE SLAB DEFLECTIONS
GL-48 05 73 00 SST CABLE
ALIGN
05 73 00 STL BAR 06 40 00 WD T 05 73 00 STL PL
RECESSED LTG, SEE E-SERIES DWGS
05 73 00 TAPERED HSS, SEE S-SERIES DWGS
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SECTION DETAIL - ATRIUM GLAZING - LEVEL 3 - STAIR WALL 1 1/2" = 1'-0"
08 88 72 GL FLR 09 6429 CORK FILLER 09 64 00 WD FLR 03 30 00 CONC TOPPING W/ RADIANT HTG 07 21 00 RIGID INS BD 05 12 00 STRUC, SEE SSERIES DWGS 05 31 00 STL DECK, SEE SSERIES DWGS 05 12 00 STRUC, SEE SSERIES DWGS
4.3C
08 42 26 ALUM GLZ SHOE
LEVEL 02 522' - 6" 05 70 00 STL PL
05 12 00 STRUC, SEE SSERIES DWGS
08 42 26 ALUM GLZ SHOE 08 80 10 GLZ
09 10 00 ISO SUSP SYS
09 29 00 CONT SOUND ATT BLANKET 09 29 00 ALUM RVL 09 29 00 ACS SLNT
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SECTION DETAIL - ATRIUM GLASS FLOOR 1 1/2" = 1'-0"
Abridged Monumental Stair & Light Court CD Details Some Information removed for clarity
Stair, Guardrail, & Structure Mock-Up
Light Court Glazing Mock-Up at Midspan Support
Revised Guardrail Mock-Up WashU East End Transformation Brian Kerr
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Level 2 Corridor // December 2018
Level 2 Seminar Room // April 2019
Level 1 Fabrication Studio // May 2019
Level 2 Light Court // May 2019
Level 2 Corridor // June 2019
Level 2 Seminar Room // June 2019
Photograph by Peter Aaron
Level 2 Seminar Room, Substantially Complete WashU East End Transformation Brian Kerr
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Photograph by Joshua White
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum Expansion Original Architect // Fumihiko Maki Constructed 2006 The expansion and partial rehabilitation of the Kemper Art Museum at WashU redefines the building’s Northern edge and creates a stronger dialogue with the new East End Landscape. My work on this project began in early
Demolition of Original Lobby
2018 as the contract administration phase was just beginning. While I did not play a role in the initial design phases, the project offered numerous opportunities to play a more active role in shaping the building through CA due to lastminute client requests, unexpected field conditions, and coordination with delegated design contractors on highly aspirational facade details (see following page). The final expansion presents a serene, modern gallery setting which hides the three-dimensional complexity of the grafted structure.
Intersection of New and Existing Structure
View from New Lobby into New Gallery
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Stainless Steel Panel Installation
Nov 07 // 51°F
Nov 12 // 31°F
Final Support Plan Shop Drawings
Mar 05 // 16°F Mar 13 // 63°F Apr 08 // 74°F Mock-Up Journal - Tracking Distortion Relative to Temperature and Panel Structure
Photograph by James Ewing
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02. SCAIFE HALL Client | Carnegie Mellon University Firm | KieranTimberlake Location | Pittsburgh, PA Duration | Fall 2019 - Winter 2020 | Programming - Bidding The New Scaife Hall, consisting of research labs, offices, and classrooms, provides a central hub for the Mechanical Engineering program at Carnegie Mellon. The massing is split into three volumes to manage a significantly sloped topography and establish a new engineering quad called the Maker Court while respecting the building’s unique location at the campus corner. In the early stages of this project, my role included massing refinements, extensive iterations on the programmatic layout to stitch distinct massing elements together into a highly rational plan, and conceptual development for key public spaces. As the project progressed my role focused on the development and documentation of the enclosed classrooms, lecture hall, offices, labs, and collaboration spaces.
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Maker Court
Plan - Level 3
Fire Lane
Campus Entry Portal
Service Yard
Plan - Level 1
Collaboration Classroom Office Labs Services Plan - Level 2
Plan - Basement Level A (Level B sim)
Conceptual Rendering - Level 2 Classroom Corridor
Final Rendering - Level 2 Classroom Corridor
Final Rendering - Level 3 MechE Suite
Conceptual Rendering - Level 1 Commons
Rendering by Alex Olevitch
Final Rendering - Level 1 Commons
Final Rendering - Level 2 Graduate Student Lounge CMU Scaife Hall Brian Kerr
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Learning Hall - View from Lecture Podium
RAMP
DN
DN RAMP
Section - Pleated Ceiling Lighting Integration LTG FIXTURE SEE E-SERIES LTG FIXTURE SEE E-SERIES
2"
ETAIL - LEARNING HALL DIFFUSER
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ETAIL - LEARNING HALL DIFFUSER
SEE M-SERIES SEE DWGS M-SERIES 09 22 16 DWGS MTL -01 FR 09 22 16 FOR AS REQ'D MTL FR -01 BACKSPAN AS REQ'D FOR BACKSPAN
09 22 16 SUSP -02 SYSTEM 09 22 16 SUSP -02 SYSTEM
09 29 00 GYPBD -01 09 29 00 GYPBD -01
WAP, SEE ICT-SERIES DWGS SMOKE DETECTOR, SMOKE DETECTOR, SEE SEE FA-SERIES DWGS FA-SERIES DWGS 09 00 09 29 29 00 GYPBD -01 GYPBD -01 TRACK LTG, SEE E-SERIES DWGS
09 29 00 GYPBD -01 09 29 00 GYPBD -01 09 23 15 CORNER BEAD 09 23 15 CORNER BEAD
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CIVIL ENGINEER
LANGAN
Section - Pleated Ceiling Acoustic Integration
SECTION DETAIL - LEARNING HALL CEILING EDGE - ACS PLASTER 3" = 1'-0" SECTION DETAIL - LEARNING HALL CEILING EDGE - ACS PLASTER 3" = 1'-0"
CIVIL ENGINEER 2400 ANSYS DRIVE, SUITE 403 LANGAN CANONSBURG, PA 15317 2400 ANSYS DRIVE, SUITE 403 V 724-514-5100 CANONSBURG, F 724-514-5101 PA 15317 V 724-514-5100 F 724-514-5101
Enlarged Seating Plan
GEOTECH ENGINEER
SCI-TEK CONSULTANTS GEOTECH ENGINEER 655 RODI ROAD, SUITE 303
SEE M-SERIES SEE DWGS M-SERIES 09 22 16 DWGS MTL FR -01 09 22 16 FOR AS REQ'D MTL FR -01 BACKSPAN AS REQ'D FOR BACKSPAN
WAP, SEE ICTSERIES DWGS
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09 51 13 ACS PNL CLG -01 09 51 13 ACS PNL CLG -01 09 29 00 GYPBD -01 09 29 00 PNT-02 GYPBD -01 PNT-02
09 22 16 SUSP SYSTEM -02 09 22 16 SUSP SYSTEM -02
1' - 0" 5"
7"
LTG, SEE E-SERIES DWGS
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1' - 0" 1' - 0"
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STRUCTURAL / MEP / FP / ITRA / L ENGINEER
OLIN SLOPE VARIES, SLOPE SEE RCP VARIES, SEE RCP
09 00 09 29 22 16 GYPBD -01 MTL FR -01 09 22 16 MTL FR -01
24 A8.12 24 A8.12
RAMP DN
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
09 23 15 ACS PLAS -01 09 23 15 09 29 00 ACS PLAS -01 GYPBD -01
SECTION DETAIL - LEARNING HALL CEILING EDGE - GYP 3" = 1'-0" SECTION DETAIL - LEARNING HALL CEILING EDGE - GYP 3" = 1'-0"
ARCHITECT 841 NORTH AMERICAN STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA 19123 841215-922-6600 NORTH AMERICAN STREET V PHILADELPHIA, F 215-922-4680 PA 19123 V 215-922-6600 kierantimberlake.com F 215-922-4680 kierantimberlake.com
8 1/8"8 1/8"
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09 22 16 MTL FR -01 09 22 16 MTL -01 09 29FR 00 GYPBD -01 09 29 00 GYPBD -01 09 29 00 GYPBD -01 09 29 00 GYPBD -01
W/ MUD EE MW/ GSMUD EE MGS
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ARCHITECT
SECTION DETAIL - LEARNING HALL CEILING - TYPICAL PLEAT - ACS PLASTER 1 1/2" = 1'-0" SECTION DETAIL - LEARNING HALL CEILING - TYPICAL PLEAT - ACS PLASTER 1 1/2" = 1'-0"
9 00 PBD 9 00 P LTG, SEE E-SERIES DWGS PBD
09 29 00 GYPBD PNT-01 -01 09 29 00 GYPBD PNT-01 -01
P LTG, SEE E-SERIES DWGS
SUSP LTG, SEE E-SERIES DWGS SUSP LTG, SEE E-SERIES DWGS
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09 23 15 ACS PLAS -01 09 23 15 ACS PLAS -01
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SECTION DETAIL - LEARNING HALL - EAST PLEAT EDGE 1 1/2" = 1'-0" SECTION DETAIL - LEARNING HALL - EAST PLEAT EDGE 1 1/2" = 1'-0"
Ceiling Pleat CD Details 10" 10" 10" 10"
09 29 00 GYPBD PNT-02 -01 09 29 00 09 29 00
SCI-TEK CONSULTANTS PA 15235 The design PITTSBURGH, of412-371-4460 the 180-seat Learning Hall offered a 655 RODI ROAD, SUITE 303 V PITTSBURGH, PA 15235 V 412-371-4460 unique and valuable experience working with highly LABORATORY PLANNER RESEARCH FACILITIES DESIGN complex, multifaceted, and often-contradictory spatial LABORATORY PLANNER 3965 FIFTH AVENUE SUITE 400 RESEARCH FACILITIES DESIGN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92103-3192 3965 FIFTH AVENUE SUITE 400 a wide variety of sources. V 619-297-0159 constraints stemming from SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92103-3192 F 619-294-4901 V 619-297-0159 F 619-294-4901 For example, the design of the ramped aisles, which FURNITURE / FIXTURES / EQUIPMENT DESIGN cricket to transition SPACESMITHto stepped seat rows, balance FURNITURE / FIXTURES EQUIPMENT ONE NEW YORK PLAZA, /SUITE 4200 DESIGN SPACESMITH NEW YORK, NY 10004 code and accessibility against client ONE NEW YORK PLAZA,requirements SUITE 4200 V 212-620-5583 NEW YORK, NY 10004 V 212-620-5583 goals to maximize the seat count. Additionally, the ceiling pleat and alcove details shown here balance competing lighting, acoustical, mechanical, and audiovisual requirements to unify, conceal, or integrate a wide range of devices in a single architectural move.
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Photograph by Bruce Damonte
03. THE TIDELANDS Client | University of California San Francisco Firm | KieranTimberlake Location | Dogpatch, San Francisco Duration | Spring 2017 - Winter 2017 | Early DD - Bidding The Tidelands at UCSF includes two dense apartment buildings, intended to offer affordable housing for medical students in San Francisco’s Dogpatch neighborhood. My role in this project focused on the design of the apartment-level facade, coordinating with the client’s pre-selected facade subcontractor (ClarkPacific’s prefabricated GFRC panels) in an IPD-lite relationship. The design process sought to balance clear restrictions on panel size, depth, and variation from the trade partner with a desire for movement, variation, and performance in the facade. The result was unique shading “billows”, which establish a woven effect through three unique panel types. The design of the double-curved billow geometry grew out of a careful study of the way they interact with light - both the light that strikes them to reveal their geometry and the light that they prevent from entering the interior.
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TH FAÇANDOERTH FAÇADE NCIDENT 37%SOLAR INCIDENT REDUCTION SOLAR REDUCTION
SOUTH FAÇASD OEUTH FAÇADE 39% INCIDENT 39%SOLAR INCIDENT REDUCTION SOLAR REDUCTION
North Facade Annual Incident Solar Reduction
TH FAÇANDOERTH FAÇADE NCIDENT 37%SOLAR INCIDENT REDUCTION SOLAR REDUCTION
South Facade Annual Incident Solar Reduction
SOUTH FAÇASD OEUTH FAÇADE 39% INCIDENT 39%SOLAR INCIDENT REDUCTION SOLAR REDUCTION
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East Facade Annual Incident Solar Reduction
FAÇADEEAST FAÇADE NCIDENT 28%SOLAR INCIDENT REDUCTION SOLAR REDUCTION
CRFID A ATTDSIE O RFAADÇIA BASELINETOCOMPARED FLAT FACADE TO FLAT FACADE ADEÇNIA EOANLSATRBASELINE ATDIOENCOMPARED
NCIDENT 28%SOLAR INCIDENT REDUCTION SOLAR REDUCTION
83.5°F 80.5°F
TOTAL INCIDENT RADIATION
West Facade Annual Incident Solar Reduction
WEST FAÇAD WEEST FAÇADE 21% INCIDENT 21%SOLAR INCIDENT REDUCTION SOLAR REDUCTION
WEST FAÇADWEEST FAÇADE 21% INCIDENT 21%SOLAR INCIDENT REDUCTION SOLAR REDUCTION
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THROUGHOUT THE YEAR SCHEME MAINTAINS TkWh EM INCI CONSISTENTLY 2-4TOTAL °F CRADIA O O FAÇADE.
DURING A HEAT WAVE, T PREVENTS DISCOMFORT F DAY.
Thermal comfort analysis performed by Kit Ellesworth
South Facade // Indoor Thermal Comfort Analysis
WHEN OCCUPANTS OPEN RESPONSIBLY, INDOOR C MAINTAINED, ANNUALLY
THE BILLOW SCHEME RED HOURS OVER 80°FF AND 8 61%, RESPECTIVELY.
Photograph by Bruce Damonte
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PROFESSIONAL WORK 01.
WashU East End Transformation
02.
Scaife Hall
20-25
03.
The Tidelands
26-29
4-19
KieranTimberlake
KieranTimberlake
KieranTimberlake
PERSONAL WORK 04.
Cell to City // Urban Acupuncture
32-39
05.
Prefabrication and Community
40-45
06.
Geodesic Sphere
46-47
07.
Galoppatoio Eventarium
48-53
Undergraduate Thesis Process
SCCLT Affordable Housing
Fabrication Study
Event Plaza and Garage Adaptive Reuse
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10:09
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05. CELL TO CITY // URBAN ACUPUNCTURE Undergraduate Thesis Location | Detroit, MI Duration | Fall 2015 - Spring 2016 | 5th Year Cities represent a massive investment, both in the physical infrastructure and the memories of its inhabitants. As they rise and fall, every city undergoes crises, times when they are forced to redefine themselves. The key to resiliency in the face of these crises – anything from global migration to the failure of industry – lies in a multiplex identity, with diverse community anchors balancing each other. Understanding the complexity of rapidly changing cities requires new methodologies for urban analysis and intervention. This thesis focuses on the city of Detroit as a clear example of a city which grew in an imbalanced manor. By weaving together a historical study of the growth and decay of Detroit and other similar rust belt cities with the potential of big data and the Internet of Things in urban planning to map the invisible pulse of a city across it’s many layers, the proposal sought to establish a strategy of urban acupuncture, where small-scale, surgical interventions can create widespread change in the city as a whole.
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Detroit founded as fur trading outpost
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Failure of single industry, Detroit burns
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Reconstruction with balanced institutional anchors
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Big 3 create first industrial edge cities
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Auto-dependant linear expansion between edge cities
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Sprawl and new edge cities as city grows
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Fall of the Big 3, sprawl continues towards distant edge cities
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Widespread blight, central anchors unable to cope
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Quicken Loans attempting to establish central industrial anchor The Growth and Fall of Detroit
#Detroit Twitter Activity // Social
Empty Lots // Physical
Blight - Enlarged
Building Permits // Infrastructural Big Data - Urban Mapping Potentials
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Social Network
Physical Network
Infrastructure Network Past City
Current City
Future City
Social Network
Acupuncture Points
Physical Network
Infrastructure Network
Mexicantown Borough Proposal Cell to City // Urban Acupuncture Brian Kerr
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Networked Acupuncture Interventions
Triage Step 1 The Band-Aid
Triage Step 2 The Composers
Triage Step 3 The Community Generators
Prevent the Spread of Blight & Fire
Define New Community Institutions
Establish Micro-Grids to Replace Failing Centralized Infrastructure Cell to City // Urban Acupuncture Brian Kerr
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07. PREFABRICATION AND COMMUNITY State College Community Land Trust Green Build Location | State College, PA Duration | Fall 2014 | 4th Year Collaborators: Sam Davison, Chris Cardelli The State College Community Land Trust (SCCLT) studio project was intended to generate provocative ideas for the organization’s first affordable duplex housing project. This proposal was centered around a single question - how can we balance the efficiencies of repetitive construction with contextual design? While the two units are constructed of prefabricated modules and panels, the project seeks to add richness by integrating into both the site and community. The shifted massing engages the site, the terraces and community garden engage the surrounding State College South Neighborhood, and the Cedar Screen, proposed as a design-build course for Penn State Architecture students, engages the broader community.
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The design deals with community engagement in several ways and at several scales. Community interaction at the scale of the city occurs in the community garden and meeting space on the south of the site, developed through analysis of the State College South Neighborhood, study of the neighborhood’s self-assessment, and discussions with members of the community. At the scale of the duplex, this contact occurs through the shared porch and yard to the north. Within the building, interaction with the student community generates “value-adding” elements such as the multifunctional cedar screen. 20'
20'
B
18'
Shared Yard 16'
Rain Garden
18'
14'
A
12'
A University Drive
16' 10'
Terrace
Royal Road
14'
8'
Terrace
18'
16' 3" 14' 6" 12' 9" 11' 0" 9' 3" 7' 6"
9' 3"
Rain Barrell
Rain Garden
6'
Meeting Space
4'
12'
Community Garden 10'
Sectional Model // 1” : 4’
8'
B
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4'
2'
Bus Stop
2'
Site Plan
Section A-A through both Units Looking North
Section B-B through West Unit Looking East
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South Elevation
East Elevation
Contractor Prefabricated Components and Panels
Wraps staircase to act as guardrail, create storage, and focus views Individual slats fold out for bike storage Folds with a double layer to become entrance canopy Double layer hides acoustic insulation for street noise Wraps inside to become coat closet Retaining wall slats extend to become bench and hide gutter Overhang becomes light shelves inside Screen defines outdoor storage and covers mini split condenser Slats rotate to reflect light into east and west windows Screen acts as solar overhangs on south Slats become finish on student-built retaining walls
Student-Built Screen
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07. GEODESIC SPHERE Material Study Duration | Fall 2012 | 2nd Year Collaborators | David Sellers, Galym Dyussembayev, Sam Davison The geodesic sphere is one of several projects that explores different methods of bending wood, in this case a lamination process for structure and accuracy. Built in stages, the final sphere represents a series of carefully planned yet spontaneous and reflexive design moves. The unplanned twisting of the ribs was highlighted with simple sails that act as a counterpoint both to the shifted geometry and the gentle curves. The overlaid geometry systems, although simple, create complex patterns of light and shadow.
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08. GALOPPATOIO EVENTARIUM Masterplan and Garage Adaptive Reuse Location | Villa Borghese, Rome, Italy Spring 2015 | 4th Year Collaborators (Masterplan Only): Sam Davison, Nick Henderson The Galoppotoio Eventarium is intended to revitalize an abandoned and isolated section of the Villa Borghese caught in between sections of Rome’s Aurelian Walls. On the surface, Baroque paths connect the new Piazza back to the Villa, creating wedges of space around a central event space. The design also extends below ground to influence the underground parking garage and (now largely abandoned) shopping center designed by Luigi Moretti. The redesign of the failed shopping center intensifies Moretti’s original concept of the garage as an extension of the urban fabric by adding an additional story and opening up the garage towards the Porta Pinciana with a grand descending staircase.
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A Connection to Piazza
B
B Food Court
55.19m
55.19m
Kitchen
Kitchen
Storage
Kitchen
Storage
Storage
Retail
Kitchen
Storage
Storage 55.19m
A
B-0 Plan
The redesign of the failed shopping center in the underground parking garage intensifies Luigi Moretti’s original concept of the garage as an extension of the urban fabric. By opening up the garage towards the Porta Pinciana with a grand descending staircase, the urban fabric literally flows underneath the Galoppatoio to bring frontage to the new shopping center. The original structural domes are reused as landforms and fountains in the park above, and timber fascia offers a datum to highlight the complex concrete structure
A Garage 49.78m
51.07m
Mechanical
Storage
Storage Retail
Retail
Janitor’s Closet
Storage
Retail 49.78m
Retail
Storage
Cafe 48.61m
Tunnel Under Porta Pinciana
51.07m
B
Ticket Booth
B
Info Desk Retail
Retail
Retail Storage
Storage
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Storage 51.07m
51.07m
51.27m
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B-1 Plan
Existing B-1 Full Garage Plan
Section A-A
Section B-B
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Section Perspective through Garage
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