Caroline Lukins. Columbia University 2013. Architecture.
RAINCLOUD
Raincloud 8
Blink 32
Inhabitable Wall 38
ABOUT ME / Caroline Lukins, but I go by many names. Cacsi, Carrot, Ollie, Lukins, Cukins,Cabl, Caro. I am many things Designer, Dreamer, Swimmer, Painter, Part-Time Omelette Maker. I am one thing, A Designer-Dreamer-SwimmerPainter-Part-time-omelette-maker.
Community Core 46
Blur 60
UnDo 66
There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man’s fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination.� Rod Serling, The Twilight Zone
RAINCLOUD//
Studio: Design III Fall 2012; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Critic: Karen Fairbanks Partner: Shivina Harjani
Raincloud is a temporary pavilion installation that aims to educate the occupants about water as a natural, sustainable resource in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The intervention brings to the community an interactive public space that hopes to inspire a new consciousness around Rio’s historically tenuous relationship with water. The space both engages users in leisurely activity ad uses water to unveil a series of ironies in Carioca’s water access. Water levels at the site directly respond to the population of users, bringing about a sensitivity to control over one’s own access to and influence over the community’s water.
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Canopy-Occupant Relationship: A pump and pully mechanism connects the pavilions topography to the canopy, causing an increase in weight to pull the canopy shut, therefore expelling less water.
cable pulls down canopy contracts
more people=less water STRUCTURAL FRAME WATER PUMP
weight pressure cable pulls down
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pump & pulley mechanisms
Topography: Using the same geometric language as the canopy, the topography of the site is instrumental in creating different conditions of water flow and social interaction along the sight.
Folding Diagram: On the folding surface, specific panels are perforated, allowing the canopy to expel water when open and to hold water when closed.
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Unrolled Elevation
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RAINCLOUD 2//
Studio: Design III Fall 2012; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Critic: Karen Fairbanks Partner: Shivina Harjani
Raincloud2 adopts an abandoned site West of V Tiradentes to develop as a Flood Research Center/ Emergency Evacuation Shelter that uses the same technologies developed in Raincloud1 to build a reactive facade that opens and closes in response to monthly rainfall. In the event of a flood emergency, the facade and floor plates expand fully, allowing the Research Building’s programs to transform and accommodate the immediate neighborhood’s evacuees. At times of evacuation, the floor plates expand to 160% of the original square footage to accommodate the influx of residence in the building and the additional programs that are associated with evacuation necessities.
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emergency warning
building expansion sliding floor plates pop up roof program remapping
evacuees in
provisions
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sleep space storage food+distribution medical triage lounge space recreation
withdrawn
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10% evacuees remain
building contraction
partial building contraction
Water catalog
city ladeira dos tabajaras
lagoa beach copacabana
public water access people
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8,000 - 15,500 P/M2 4,000 - 8,000 P/M2 500 -4,000 P/M2
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15,500 - 38,500 P/M2
50 - 500 P/M2
Above: Population map of Rio de Janeiro State Top: Catalog of relationships between water access and the different area typologies that exist within Rio de Janeiro Left: Average Rainfall in Inches that Rio de Janeiro receives yearly
Building Scale Both the interior and the exterior react to Emergency Flooding Evacuation needs; the facade and roof expand to allow the building to grow both horizontally and vertically (shown right) while the floor plates expand to fill space above the sidewalk and to the interior voids, creating maximum sq. footage within the building.
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Research
Emergency
Program
researchresearch research evacuation evacuation evacuation research
evacuation research research evacuationevacuation kitchen
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6000 6000
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recreation space
recreation spacerecreation space
circulation
bathrooms
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administration administration
residence
+ + 200 + 4170 + 700 +
bathrooms
administration
residence
420
+ + 200 + 4170 + 700 +
circulation
bathrooms
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kitchen
420
+ + 200 + 4170 + 700 +
bathrooms
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administration
recreation space
residence
residence
circulation
circulation
6000
total square footage total square footage total square footage
Transferred Program
evacuation
kitchen
kitchen
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research
total square footage
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11830 11830evacuation research research research evacuation evacuation
research
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classroom classroom classroom classroom
staff quarters
staffstaff quarters staff quarters quarters
700700 700 + +medical + medical triage medical triage triage 700700 700 + +sleep + sleep individual research individual individual research research units sleep units units 650650650 + + medical + medical conference space conference conference spacespace supplies medical supplies supplies 420420420 + +arrival + arrival public space publicpublic space space &arrival Check-in & Check-in & Check-in 4170 4170 4170 + +water + water exhibition space exhibition exhibition spacespace collection water collection collection 4170 4170 4170
700 + 700 + 650 + 420 + 4170 + 4170
collaborative research
collaborative research collaborative collaborative research research
Transformed Program
individual research
conference space
public space
exhibition space
medical triage
sleep units
medical supplies
arrival & Check-in
water collection
total square footage totaltotal square total square footage square footage footage
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10810 10810 10810 research research evacuationevacuation research storage
4700 4700
+ 1200 + 1000 + 1200 + 500 + 4500 +
distribution
seating
recreation
+ 1200 + 1000 + 1200 + 500 + 4500 +
distribution
seating
recreation
communication exchange communication exchange
additional sleep units additional sleep units
lounge
Expanded Program
evacuation
storage
lounge
500 500 total square footage total square footage 13600 13600
storage
4700
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distribution
1200 seating
recreation
communication exchange
additional sleep units
lounge
500 total square footage 13600
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(11830+10810)
(11830+10810+13600) 22640 36240
square feet
third floor
medical triage+ storage
lounge
distribution
roof
fourth floor
sleep units
recreation
sleep units
sixth floor
second floor kitchen
cafe
admin+ communication 30�
storage
storage
fifth floor
first floor arrival+check-in
residence+ kitchen+ bathroom seating
recreation
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Interior Scale: Oversized Circulation Oversized circulation is central to the design of Raincloud2; the floor plates’ shapes react to an extra-wide staircase that runs through the core of the building. The oversized stairs allow for both accessibility and for adaptable programmatic space (i.e. seating) during times of emergency.
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Human Scale To accommodate the substantial influx of building residences during time of evacuation, interior transformations are designed within the structure of the building. The diagrams to the left shows the transformation between desk space and food storage during Research to sleeping cubicles and personal storage during times of Emergency Evacuation.
DREAMER//
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Pencil on Paper 2013
Charcoal on Paper 2013
Dreamer Charcoal on Paper 2013
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Nightmares Chalk on Paper 2013
LOSING TOUCH//
Studio: Perceptions Spring, 2010 Critic: Madeline Shwartzman
Our five senses rule our lives, perceptions and experiences. We are so constantly bombarded with feelings, tastes, sights,and smells that we are forced to ignore the constant stream of sensations that present themselves to us. The Blink project is driven by the question of how we can tune back into these senses-How can we sense ourselves sensing? Losing Touch answers this question by insisting that, through applying the dominating properties of one sense to another, we will understand our senses in a different way and, therefore, become more aware of them. This contraption connects the sense of sight and the sense of feeling by transferring the eye’s blink to the skin, producing a momentary numbness.
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Connections The model physically connects the action of “blinking” to the sense of feeling on one’s face. When the eye shuts, the feelers are activated and come into contact with one’s cheek. The over stimulation simulates the feeling of a tingling numbness.
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“Feelers”
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Sensation Sensation
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Inhabitable Perceptions// Lerner Hall is a complex space, which is transformed from morning to night. The large glass facade allows the space to be molded in part by the concentration and location of the light sources that act upon it. As the light source shifts from exterior (during daylight) to the interior (night), the intensity of the reflections and the clarity of the glass facade changes as well. Inhabitable Perceptions is an installation design meant to be sited on the Northern ramps of Lerner Hall, along the glass facade. The installation reflects the conditions that arise from the shift in light source throughout the day, with the underlying notion that one’s perception of the density of the facade is dependent on the intensity of the reflections or the transparency of the glass.
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Studio: Perceptions Spring, 2010 Critic: Madeline Shwartzman
Light Source Collage
Light Source Interior Light Source Collage
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Construction of the Unit
Construction Of The Unit
Exterior Light Source
Light Source Physical Study
Light Light Source Source Physical Physical StudyStudy Combining Interior and Exterior Light sources
Lerner Hall Light Collage
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Light Process Diagram Shows the analysis and unfolding of light diagram that was used to construct the form of the final model. The “Day” portion of the model extends towards the outside while the night pushes the space further inside; mimicking the perceived effects of Lerner’s Facade.
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SWIMMER// Scale
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Efficiency
Analysis of strength and efficiency Studio: 2D Representation Summer 2010 CAL Berkeley, CA
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COMMUNITY CORE// Community Core imagines a new business model for Fresh Direct (an online grocer), located near Harlem’s central La Marqueta, that would transform the automotive market into “Direct Fresh”, a market which grows its own produce and distributes it to the local population. Community Core draws from the immediate community of East Harlem, reaching into the surrounding public spaces to both support community programs and also to allow the local population to easily access and obtain knowledge about a healthy diet and lifestyle.
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Studio: Design I Fall, 2011 Critic: Nicole Robertson
Community
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Building Connections To Community Programs
PARK
VISUAL CONNECTIONS Visual Connections
Physical Connections PHYSICAL CONNEC-
Park
Public Housing School School
HYDROPONIC FARMS:
FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHAT YOU EAT
Fresh
Environmental Consciousness
Hydroponic Urban Farmer’s Market
Local Farm
Local Restaurant
Supermarket
Commercial Farm Local Food Market
Restaurant Soil/water/air Pollution
Processing Factory
Yeilds Square Footage Waste Energy Usage
Packaging
Fast Food
Proximity to Consumer
Above: Correlation between proximity of food source and healthiness Right: Map of Hydroponic Farms and their radius of service in NYC
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The Science Barge
Ps 333 Educational Garden
Bell Book&castle Restaurant
80% Restaurant Food Supplied By Garden
Ps 89 Educational Garden
Gotham Greens
Below: View of West Bleachers to Baseball Fields and green roof Classrooms.
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Below: Market visual and physical (bleachers + bridge) connections to neighboring school
Part-Time OMELETTE MAKER//
Butter-Happy Studio: 2D Representation Summer 2011 CAL Berkeley, CA
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Let the Hands do the Walking//
Studio: Abstractions Fall, 2010 Critic: Madeline Shwartzman
What is the human touch? Is it gentle? Harsh? Manipulative? This study of the human hand’s interaction with the Yellow Pages analyzes their physical relationship. The model represents the hand’s journey through the book, frozen in time and space. Flat pages morph into folds and bends as the hand turns pages; the spine is unbound and finger dig into crevices to find hidden information.
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Left Spine Analysis Binding Effects Inversion of Spine and Edge
BLUR//
Studio: Design II Spring 2011 Critic: Kadambari Baxi
The Blur Project is a programmatic detail which strives to transform a determined, static program into one that is both integrated and dynamic-- A space that materially engages the body in space and time. The Blur project began with the analysis of Verto’s “Man with the Movie Camera” and his use of the camera focus to amplify specific images (above; focusing on the concept that, through a camera lens, one is able to reveal and conceal certain aspects of an image). The Blur Project translates this idea into three dimensions. As one navigates through the space, the proximity and angle at which they stand provokes different perceptions of the assemblage of the structure as it dances between fragments, webs, clouds, and a whole.
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Left: Plan Diagram of Blur Programmatic Detail showing the clarity and blurring of the structure at different perspectives around the site.
Front Elevation: Program Planning
Visibilty (From Outside) Hidden
UNIONDOCS//
Studio: Design II Spring 2011 Critic: Kadambari Baxi
The Undo Building is a center for documentary film and education located in the Lower East Side, Manhattan. The building strives to create a space that both reflects the city and is reflected by the city. The arrangement of the 3 building cores encloses a safe community forum space that promotes education about documentary and film.
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Mahayana Buddhist Temple
Columbus Park Mahayana Buddhist Temple
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Manhattan street names
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Day Reflections: During the day, the building’s reflective facades frame culturally significant areas throughout Manhattan’s China.
Bridge
BY NIGHT EDUCATION
THEATRES
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GALLERY BOX OFFICE
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Night Screenings At night, the building’s surfaces are transformed into screens to display educational and cultural documentary films and the sunken courtyard becomes an outdoor theatre.
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Above Unrolled Elevation of 3 building cores Right Exploded Axo showing Program divisions and Screen Placement
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PAINTER//
Acrylic on Canvas 5’ x 3’ 2011 74
Acrylic on Canvas 2013
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Peanuts Oil and Pastel on Vellum 2011
Thank You!
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