Architecture Portfolio

BROOKE NICHOLAS 2016-2021Undergrad_Portfolio e: brookeni@buffalo.edu

FOLLIAPARCO

Developed from analyses of the Villa, Follies are fragmented across the site based on programmatic features designed to allow both the public and the artists to experience and generate art in unique ways. There are 3 pathways for public and private circulation around the site initially accessible via the Brenta river. A combination of outdoor exhibition and studio spaces allow the public to view and engage with the production process of the art, while private artists homes are tucked between trees.

Site: Villa Foscari | Mira, Italy Parco Follia utilizes the historical context of the Villa Foscari, a Palladian villa located in Mira, Italy, as a means of hybridizing landscape, architecture and art to create an artist residency.

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PROPORTION GRID ANGLE A SHAPE A ANGLE B SHAPE B ANGLE C SHAPE C ALIGN CORNERS ALIGN CORNERSMIRROR SHAPEANGLEMIRRORBA SHAPEANGLEMIRRORCB SHAPEANGLEMIRRORAC FOSCARI FIELD ANAYLSIS

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Follies located within and along the embedded pathway are public exhibition spaces.

Follies along the at-grade pathway are hybrids of both public exhibition spaces and private studio spaces.

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Private artist residencies are hidden within the trees and can be accessed using the elevated pathway.

X X SECTION A FLOOR SECTIONONEA WATER CLOSETDINING KITCHEN LIBRARY FLOOR ONE FLOOR TWO SECTION A SECTION B A WATER CLOSETDINING KITCHEN LIBRARY LIVING UNIT OPEN TO BELOW FLOOR SECTIONONEA WATER CLOSETDINING LIBRARY X ARTIST RESIDENCY_9LOFT TRANSLATION

SECTION B SITE CONTEXT ABB LIVING UNIT BELOW

A A A B B EXHIBITION FOLLY A A A A B B EXHIBITION FOLLY UNROLLED ENTRY SECTION _11

EXHIBITION FOLLY BASE FLOOR BB -10’ C C D D FIRST FLOOR DD 4’ RIVER ENTRANCE FOLLY EXHIBITION FOLLY BASE FLOOR BB -10’ TOP FLOOR AA 14’ C C D D FIRST FLOOR DD 4’ SECOND FLOOR CC 14’ RIVER ENTRANCE FOLLY RIVER ENTRANCE FOLLY

EXHIBITION MANIPULATION JAMES EXHIBITIONTURRELLRENDERS_13

EXHIBITION SPACE UBERORGAN, TIM HAWKINSON

A A B C A A B C AT GRADE SECTION_15

B C GROUND FLOOR AA 4’ GROUND FLOOR BB 4’ EXHIBITION FOLLY EXHIBITION FOLLY B C GROUND FLOOR AA 4’ GROUND FLOOR BB 4’ EXHIBITION FOLLY EXHIBITION FOLLY

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DRAFTING

RAISED FLOOR SYSTEM W/ 24” DEEP ACCESS LEVELSPECIFICOUTLINEATIONS3 FOUNDATION REINFORCED SITE CAST CONCRETE STRIP FOOTING W/ #5 REBAR 16” O.C RETAINING WALL 16“ STRIPS DRAINAGE MAT PROTECTION BOARD MEMBRANE WATERPROOFING 10” THICK C.I.P. CONCRETE WALL GROUND FLOOR 4 IN MIN CRUSHED ROCK 4 IN MIN SAND AND GRAVEL VAPOR BARRIER 4 IN MIN WIRE MESH REINFORCED CONCRETE SLAB , INTERIOR PARTITION SILL SLOPED CONCRETE SILL ALUMINUM STOREFRONT SYSTEM SILL PAN FLASHING WITH END DAMS CONCRETE WALL SET IN SEALANT 1X WINDOW SILL, CLR FINISH LEVEL 4 FLOOR 2-1/2” STEEL STUD STEM WALL CONT. PLENUM DIVIDER 2.5” THICK CONCRETE TOPPING SLAB 1’-0” EXPOSED CAST IN PLACE CONCRETE ACOUSTIC TILE CEILING TOP CLIPS WITH MECHANICAL FASTENER 100 POUND CAPACITY HANGER CLIP CROSS TEE 12 GAUGE VERTICAL HANGER WIRE CONNECTED TO MAIN TEE 24” x 24” ACOUSTIC TILE CEILING EDGE TRIM EXTERNAL ENVELOPES ALUMINUM STOREFRONT SYSTEM LAM. SAFETY GLASS (ALL SKYLIGHT TYP.) (DBL LOW-E CLEAR) U-VALUE: 0.45 TYP ALL GLAZING TYPE-2 IN STOREFRONT TYPE-2 PRE-FINISHEDFRAME ALUMINUM TRIM TO MATCH STOREFRONT/ CURTAIN WALL SYSTEM IN FINISH ROOF COPINGS AND ROOF PARAPET SHEET METAL COPING AT PARAPET PRE-FINISHED SHEET METAL FLASHING GALVANIZED FASTENER IN WATERTIGHT HOLE W/ WATERTIGHT WASHER ROOF STRUCTURE 8” THICK HOLLOW CORE CONCRETE PLANKS WATERPROOF MEMBRANE BATT SHEEPROTECTIONINSULATIONBOARDTMETALROOTBARRIER W/ FILTER FABRIC TERMINATION BAR @ GRADE 24” PERIMETER INSULATION (R-10) ALUMINUM STOREFRONT SYSTEM SILL PAN CONTINOUSFLASHINGALUMINUM GRILLE CONTINOUS FIN TUBE RADIATOR 6” METAL STUDS GWB DRYWALL A B C

A B C

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“Biodiversity is seen as one of the most important indicators of worldwide ecological health. The loss of biodiversity leads to a less robust and more susceptible collection of ecosystems. And while biodiversity is something you can protect, it is a nonrenewable resource, for once a species is lost, it is lost forever.” - Sean Bio-AggregateBurkholderforms a protective, spongelike enclosure around fora endemic to the tropical moist forests of Hawai’i. Within this framework, visitors endemic to Buffalo, NY are able to experience the Forest’s bio-diversity as naturally as Buffalo’s climate allows. Inspired by the parametric framework if sea sponges and coral Bio-Aggregate utilizes natural voids to deposit materials necessary for the survival of Hawaii’s endemic plants.

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Site: Delaware Park | Buffalo NY

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Endemic Species: Hawaiian Moist Forest

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CASE FOR PLACE RUMSEY WOODS

EXPLORING MEDIUMS_29 SPECIES: PLEUROZIUM SHREBERI (MOSS)CLAY STAMP, ACRYLIC PAINT GRAPHITE, PEN DNA SEQUENCE OIL PAINT, PEN TAPE, ACRYLIC, PEN, ACRYLIC PAINT (NEGATIVE) STAMP GUIDE GRAPHITE, INK TECHNICAL DRAWING

CASE FOR PLACE RUMSEY WOODS

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Silo City | Buffalo, NY Oculus uses wooden joinery to create a semi-enclosed pavilion located near Buffalo, NY’s historic grain silos. The structure nestles onto the existing infrastructure; providing a space that encapsulates fragmented views of the site.

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OCULUS_33 EXPLODED FACADE CONCEPT COLLAGE VIDEO DOCUMENTATION PREMIERE PRO CONCEPT COLLAGE

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Project EXO was designed with the intention of re-imagining the classic idea of a boat by inverting the ideas of frame and skin into a system much more reminiscent of an insect’s exoskeleton. Taking inspiration from the sculptural work of Maureen Kellman, an artist that produced pieces composed of interdependent and suspended frames and skin, infuenced Project EXO to keep the skin and frame separate, such that the two parts never came into contact with one another, but still gave each one a defned role in the overall system present within the boat. Tension members were used to achieve this, and because of this disconnect, the experience within the boat brings about feelings of weightlessness, not unlike the ethereal feeling of occupying a mother’s womb. The system was neither skin-frst or framefrst, but evolved into a hybridization of the symbiotic parts, creating a cohesive

Burlap, Beeswax, Turpentine, Linseed Oil Exoskeleton: Poplar, Jute

Membrane:whole.

PORTUGUESE MAN O’ WAR |PHYSALIA PHYSALIS SIPHONOPHORE (SAIL)CREST (GASPNEUMATOPHOREFILLEDFLOAT) (DIGESTION)GASTROZOOIDS&(REPRODUCTION)GONOZOOIDSDACTILOZOOIDS(PREYCATCHING(GASPNEUMADENAPOLYPS)GLAND) GASTRODERMECTODERMMESOGLEA “FLOP” MAINTAINTOMOISTURE CARBON MONOXIDE 15% P=1.14 12” 5” V=226.5 in ARGONAUT|ARGONAUTA ARGONAUTIDE SURFACEARGONAUT AIR SEALED USING FLANGED TENTICLES 3 m 5 m FbV=188.5GAS NITROGEN3 65% OXYGEN 19.35% ARGON 0.65% TENTICLES SPRAWL DURING STORMS TO MAINTAIN STABILITY TRAPPED PREY +0.001kg

ARGONAUTA ARGO ARGONAUT JETS AGAINST SURFACE TO FILL SHELL WITHp=2.710.8mmSHELLAIR g/cc(WATERFUNNEL EXPULSION) EXCESS AIR RELEASED NEUTRALATTAINEDBUOYANCY GAS = Fb MASS ISLA RHIZOLITH|CMEX CONCRETE & APTUM ARCHITECTS V=188.5 cm 3 CMEX p=0.4CONCRETELIGHTWEIGHT V=26.64’ft3 5’ MANGROVE GROWTH PORES (DISSIPATES Fwater DURING STORM SURGES, PREVENTING COASTAL EROSION) Vto p= 1.05 ft 3 Fb=298.87 N w=30.4 kg (ULTRAFIN CONCRETE)PERFORMANCEHIGH NITROGEN 80% OXYGENARGON19.35%0.65% ASSEMBLED ISLAND 1.5” BUOYANCY RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION_38 RESEARCH

NORTHERN PIKE SUSPENDED(TRANSPARENT)CARPVINYLWALKWAYUNDULATINGGRID TO FRAME FORMATION ACTIVESCALINGBEND MODEL PHOTOS AMPLITUDE WATER PAVILION_39

(ACTIVELYHYDRILLA(ACTIVELYPOPLARBENT)BASSHYDRILLABED(INVASIVE)MALLARDPOPLARBENT)TRANSITIONALWALKWAY

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RIPPLE

Ripple provides inhabitants with the opportunity to experience the water on a unique and unconventional level through structural and sensory approaches.

Challenging the relationship between skin and structure in EXO allowed for the deviation from conventional ideologies and led to an inverted relationship. This inversion of skin suspended from an actively bent exoskeleton became the driving experiential and tectonic factor.

Primary and secondary members provide buoyancy by using material density and displacement, while tertiary members provide support from one actively bent member to the next. The suspended inner membrane contains varying degrees of tension that allows the occupant to experience the water’s natural forces, which in turn amplifes any visual or auditory exhibit occurring within the space.

Primary, secondary and tertiary members developed earlier infuenced the method of buoyancy as well as the sensual experiences found within the fnal design.

TRANSITION REST STORE RECEPT ENTER EXHIBITTHESENSESTOUCH EXPLODED BUOYANCY CALCULATIONS SECONDARYBELOWPRIMARYDATUMSECONDARYABOVEHMAXSTRUCTUREOCCUPANCY0DISPLACEMENTTOTALDATUMMEMBERS+MEMBRANEMEMBERSDATUMMEMBERS+MEMBRANE V=14,000,000 in M=202,000# 3 V=4,000,000 in M=58,000# 3 FORCE BUOYANT UNITS: lb V=14,000,000 in M=202,000# 3 2FBUOYANT= 1,155,000# = 3,470 PEOPLE @200# = +694,000# M = 461,000# = 1,155,000# +500 PEOPLE @ 200# = +100,000# + 3,470 PEOPLE @200# = +694,000# 1,010,000# + =1,155,000#145,000# 1,155,000# 1,155,000# 1,155,000# +1,155,000# POPLAR DENSITY= 0.015 lb/in3115,000# +202,000# +462,000# +562,000# MAX OCCUPANCY

GROW REST GATHER WORK PRIVATEREST STORE ENTER EAT COLLABORATE WORKGROW MEMBRANED=25lb/ftPOPLAR3 BUOYANCY CALCULATIONS_44

OPAQUEFILTRATIONDRIPHYDRO-WALLIRRIGATIONSYSTEMDOUBLESKIN ‘EAT’ SECTION_45

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