New Year’s Pagoda

NEW YEAR’S PAGODA Kansas Children’s Discovery Center - Topeka, Ks Fall 2021 Design Build with Professor Keith Van de Riet

Photoshop Detailing performed by me, Britney Martinez, Lower left Diagram provided by Ashlyn Reece, Photo courtesy of Teresa Alani, Pagoda Process Modeling by Jonathan Johnson and Joe Kelly

Concrete Texture Application from the Left - Cardinal Directions, Cherry Blossom, Bamboo, Rock Garden Inspired, Yen and Yang, Nature Connection, Rock Garden 2, Organic Leather Print

I performed many concrete texture applications to have options for our center detailing. The team ultimately chose to do limestone carvings. After assisting with the center layout design, my team and I cut the limestone into keystones, where they proceeded to carve animals of the lunar calender into the stones.

Finial Ornament

Finial Cap

Finial Troubleshooting and Redesign My fabrication group and I were tasked with the fabrication of the finial. Not having been the original designers provided complications with interpretation and construction practicality of the design. Nonetheless, my team and I were motivated to see the design through. After many attempts we were able to cold roll steal plates to create the finial cap were Sam Phillips and myself shared the welding of the steal. We desired another step up on the ridge where I altered the previously modeled finial cap. I was able to recreate a difficult geometry in Rhino that was desired by the team and Professor Keith Van de Riet.

Lastly, our client hadn’t approved the original finial ornament (pictured on the previous page). I took this opportunity to redesign the finial topper until the desired form was established. I provided the client coloring options for the finial where we gladly received feedback to progress to the golden finial.

Site

- Site analysis - Recorded and measured dimensions of previous site topography and gazebo - Photographed site qualities and surroundings - Demolished structure that misrepresented a Chinese Pagoda

Concrete - Research concrete textures and form work - Create concrete texture samples with various designs

Foundation - Path and way finding planning - Reposition of previous pagoda location - Calculated cubic feet needed for all concrete needs - Leveled and smoothed concrete foundation with steel trowel

Foundation Design - Limestone and Beach Pebble Application - Assisted in limestone design and geometry for center of pagoda foundation - Cut limestone with peers - Assisted in yen yang pebble mosaic layout

Furniture - Research of unique bench designs for precedents

KCDC Children Interaction - Site analysis for on-site interactive qualities for the pagoda - Research sound technology and sensory inclusion at recreation spaces

Dougong and columns- Angle grinding welds on columns and welded many dougong brackets to columns

Finial

- Redesign, model and provide color options through digital modeling - Complex Design Problem Solving - Fabrication - Cold Rolled steel with peers - Weld, Angle Grind, and Prep steel for galvanizing

Acoustic Dragon - Form Design - Model out of PVC pipe for acoustic performance analysis - Material outsourcing and contact to manufacturers - Fabrication - Led and instructed fabrication team of - Attempted to hydraulically rolled pipes for dragon body - Cold Rolled steel cones with peers - Welded, angle grinding, and prepped steel for galvanizing (Sam and I performed welds)

Materials and Supplies - Perform calculations and material needs of Concrete Beach Stone Pebble Application,Limestone, and

steel

- Purchase, Pickup and Delivery of Materials

Roofing Tile - Research metal roof applications and patterns - Installation and custom terracotta tile cutting for corner installation

- Recorded and measured dimensions of previous site topography and gazebo - Photographed site qualities and surroundings - Demolished structure that misrepresented a Chinese Pagoda

- Research concrete textures and form work - Create concrete texture samples with various designs

- Path and way finding planning - Reposition of previous pagoda location - Calculated cubic feet needed for all concrete needs - Leveled and smoothed concrete foundation with steel trowel

Foundation Design - Limestone and Beach Pebble Application - Assisted in limestone design and geometry for center of pagoda foundation

- Assisted in yen yang pebble mosaic layout

- Research of unique bench designs for precedents

- Site analysis for on-site interactive qualities for the pagoda - Research sound technology and sensory inclusion at recreation spaces

- Angle grinding welds on columns and welded many dougong brackets to columns

- Redesign, model and provide color options through digital modeling - Complex Design Problem Solving

- Cold Rolled steel with peers - Weld, Angle Grind, and Prep steel for galvanizing

- Model out of PVC pipe for acoustic performance analysis - Material outsourcing and contact to manufacturers

- Led and instructed fabrication team of Ashlyn R., Sam P, and Karolyn D. - Attempted to hydraulically rolled pipes for dragon body - Cold Rolled steel cones with peers - Welded, angle grinding, and prepped steel for galvanizing (Sam and I performed welds)

- Perform calculations and material needs of Concrete Beach Stone Pebble Application,Limestone, and

- Purchase, Pickup and Delivery of Materials

- Research metal roof applications and patterns - Installation and custom terracotta tile cutting for corner installation