Corey Blaskie Portfolio Vol 1 by cblaskie

ACADEMIC PORTFOLIO

TAUBMAN COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN PLANNING

Corey Blaskie VOL 1 MAY 2017

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2026;Architecture + Design Portfolio

SELECTED WORKS forge detroit

Fall 2016 Detroit, Michigan Critic: Kit McCullough

palimpsestic territories Winter 2017 Various Critic: Perry Kulper

trump presidential library

Fall 2015 New York City, New York Critic: Ana Morcillo Pallares

essentials and excess

Winter 2016 University of Michigan Critic: Jonathan Rule

vacuform explorations Winter 2016 University of Michigan Critic: Glenn Wilcox

power prologue

Winter 2015 Detroit, Michigan Critic: Dan Kinkead

high efficiency townhome Winter 2017 Ann Arbor, Michigan Critic: Lars Junghans

practice session #4

Winter 2017 Los Angeles, California Critic: JohnstonMarklee

reflect_engage

Winter 2013 Ann Arbor, Michigan Critic: Glenn Wilcox

maker_forge

Fall 2013 Logan Square, Chicago, Illinois Critic: Malcolm McCullough

ephemeral bunker

Winter 2014 Unknown Critic: Leigha Dennis

FORGE DETROIT

Forge Detroit / Comprehensive Studio project description Building housing in Detroit is an opportunity to plant many seeds. Seeding a new neighborhood. Seeding new housing. Seeding new jobs. Seeding new skills. Seeding new traditions of craft and making. Seeding new avenues for cultural expression. Seeding an architecture for 21st century Detroit. This studio addressed a number of questions: What is a neighborhood? Specifically, what is a neighborhood in Detroit? How do new neighborhoods arise? What is architecture’s role in creating a neighborhood? Who will live in these neighborhoods? Who will be attracted to live here? Who will be able to afford to live here? Who will build these neighborhoods? Who will profit from the rebuilding? What is the role of design in determining affordability, financing and ownership? What makes it good for Detroit? Through prototypical architectural intervention and strategic use of “Pink Zoning”, Forge Detroit offers its users a place to work, a place to live, a place to relax, and an opportunity to take part in reshaping the community. The project positions the role of design and local small development in the revitalization of a community. The materiality of the architecture itself plays a significant role in seeding the neighborhood. The design strives to bring the craft brick trade to Detroit. Through the architecture and supported by it, an artisan craft is developed, providing the opportunity for members to be literally involved in the construction of their community and involved in its future success. fall 2016, kit mccullough, arch 672 partners: frankie gibase and adrian bonin university of michigan taubman college of architecture and urban planning

FORGE DETROIT

Site Layout Isometric

Neighborhood Phasing

Isometric view of the Detroit Site located on Livernois Ave. Shows distribution and typology of the neighborhood architecture.

Low and Slow entrepreneurial growth opportunity. Phased design of the neighborhood encourages small local developers to invest in the city.

FORGE DETROIT

Gateway Mixed-Use Building Mixed-Use building that functions as a gateway into the city of Detroit on Livernois Ave. The building is designed to integrate the two different communities in the area. College students and the elderly, by housing them in close proximity this building creates new learning opportunities for both communities.

Residential F loor Plans Floor plan layouts for residential unites in the mixed-use building. Units range from communal living with shared common areas, Studios, 1 and 2 bedroom lofts. The variety encourages a mix of occupants from the surrounding community. The project brings together the aging population of the area and the college students attending University of Detroit-Mercy.

FORGE DETROIT

South Elevation scale: 1/8” = 1’-0”

East Elevation scale: 1/8” = 1’-0”

Section-Elevation Relationship Illustration of the screened-balcony space and the detailing of the associated construction.

South and East Elevations FORGE

DETROIT

Elevations illustrating the relationship of interior-exterior of the mixed-use building and the iconic image of the south facade functioning as a gateway. Apartments + Retail Total Square Feet: 34,272 sf Studio: 5 1 BR: 8 2 BR: 5 3 BR: 3 Student Hubs: 3

Total Units: 24

At 4 lofted stories tall and 34,000 square feet, the residential + retail complex anchors the corner of Livernois Ave. and Puritan st. just south of UD Mercy. It’s construction highlights the craft brickwork that has been central to Detroit’s past architecture. The attention to brick is meant to not only connect to classic Detroit architecture, but also to reignite brick as a trade and craft. More intricate brick detail work is found throughout the project, and we see this as an opportunity to teach craft brickwork skills to local residents. In turn, they will have an opportunity to physically take part in reubuilding and reshaping their new community.The height of the building stands as an anomaly on our site. It’s south wall serves as a “billboard wall” that signals to visitors and drivers that new growth and new life is occuring here in the South University District

FORGE DETROIT

Section-Elevation Relationship The first floor retail space has full height windows to take advantage of the activity on the street and the commercial corridor that the neighborhood seeks to create. The second and third floor are residential spaces for young adults. There is an included ADA accessible unit on the first floor which allows the building to remain as 3 stories without requiring an elevator.

Walk-Up Retail Corridor Extending from the anchor building and to the other side of Livernois are Walk-Up retail units with dedicated retail space on the first floor and residential above. This type capitalizes on the activity of the street by creating a commercial corridor. The Walk-Up Retail condition encourages small locally owned retail and commercial spaces.

FORGE DETROIT

View from puritan down the row of Live-Work Townhomes

FORGE DETROIT

Section-Elevation Relationship The Live-Work Town is meant for complete flexibility and monetization for a small entrepreneur. The Carriage home and first floor can be rented out as separate units or as work spaces for entrepreneurial endeavors. The second floor balcony looks out onto Puritan and creates an active off-street presence.

Live-Work Townhome These Townhomes are versatile in that they allow for multiple living situations and possible incomes. The first floor could become a work space, or rented out, as could a possible assembly unit at the back of the lot. They also allow for multiple living and income opportunities. We imagine many of the first floors of these buildings can become workspaces and makerspaces that face what we are calling our green alley

FORGE DETROIT

View of Green Alley-way/Entrepreneurial Activities

FORGE DETROIT

Model Building Types

Neighborhood Proposal

Close up of prototypical Architectural intervention and strategic use of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pink Zoningâ&#x20AC;?, Forge Detroit offers its potential users a place to work, a place to live, a place to relax, and ultimately an opportunity to take part in reshaping a vital area of their Detroit Community.

By designing and zoning each of our lots for a certain building types, the project is able to influence the pattern of growth and keep it low and slow. This process encourages local entrepreneurs to invest in their neighborhood and community. The mix of types and occupancies gives the community life by supporting a variety of tenants.

PALIMPSESTIC TERRITORIES

Palimpsestic Territories/ Thesis Studio project description The impetus for the thesis is an interest in methods of working and how the remnants of work completed may reintegrate themselves as grist for continued methods of working. The curiosity of the work sites itself in ‘Left for Dead ’ territories, (un)conditioned remains excised to the periphery. The approach augments methods and techniques of environmental philosophy, specifically it proposes a (re)framing of ecology as a medium of thought, exchange, and representation, wherein it becomes to possible to speculate on possible futures of environmental design. The work, situates itself between an indexical taxonomy and a choreographed play. A series of speculatively designed devices set up new methods of working on ecology as a medium of production. Linked to schools of environmental philosophy as means of program, the apparatic devices develop production methods, dispositions, temporally allied itineraries, contingent responses, and preferences. When introduced to the siting logics of a pseudo-spatial mine in Chile, these devices develop a relational calculus to the conditions on site and to one another. Palimpsetous relationships become visible as layers of conditioned territories are developed and erased through device interactions. A series of taxonomic and notionally active drawings are produced as probatory techniques of device(ness), using techniques of autopsy, temporalism, and glitching to illustrate the methods in which these devices operate at the physical, ephemeral, narrative and representational levels. The site is illustrated as a temporally active drawing-model, which becomes surrogate for the playwright. It positions and repositions devices as a function of time over distance, conditionally adaptive the ‘playwright’ is responsive to data streams co-opted from site. The playwright is referentially active on pseudo-site through the work it does on representational site. winter 2017, perry kulper, arch 662 university of michigan taubman college of architecture and urban planning

PALIMPSESTIC TERRITORIES

16 Speculative Scenarios 16 scenarios for site intervention ranging from strict ecology to fantastical narrative based site reconditioning. Each scenario poses new questions about ecology as a medium to be speculated upon by the architect. Through these speculative scenarios it is possible to engage the site in new and unique ways as a technique of discovering new methods of working.

PALIMPSESTIC TERRITORIES

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Construct Details

Speculatively design devices set up new methods of working on ecology and linked to schools of environmental philosophy as programmatic grist. Imaged are scanning devices, programmatic calibrators and pigment-seeking parasitic drones.

Construct designed as an analogous device to the ecological conditions on a real site condition in a Chilean mine. The work re-imagines real world conditions through representational investigations. The construct re-orients these as conditioned sites to be worked on by the designed devices in the construct. These probe at the deeper questions in the thesis involving the methods of working.

PALIMPSESTIC TERRITORIES

Notational Render Site Scenario The construct pulls the devices from the drawings around it and orients them in an alternative way. Changing site into drawing to be worked on in a palimpsest way. The construct is a play-wright for the devices on the real Chilean site, the scanner, the calibrator, the slipping pixel shifter, the topographic tracer, all representations of translated real-world conditions.

PALIMPSESTIC TERRITORIES

Graphic Site Mapping

Spliced Landscape Painting

Graphic (mis)interpretation of the Chilean Site. The site is codified into overlapping conditioned territories influenced by the playwright through the movement and engagement of devices. The relational calculus is revealed through the overlapping of textures, patterns and imagery in the pastiche.

Through the re-interpretation of this Picturesque Landscape, the work is able to probe at deeper questions about ecology and sustainability embedded within the pigment. Painting as a medium is worked on by the devices in the construct, working in tandem with the designed devices of the Chilean site.

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Archimedean Stratification Shifter

Entified Surrogate Species

Nomadic Air Coagulator

Droned Galvanic Tick

Device that sifts through the stratified layers of earth seeking out the valuable minerals that remain after the mine is abandoned. The precious metal that remains is used to promote gender equality through targeted investment.

Device that takes on the role of a key-stone species in a particular ecosystem. Highly adaptable, ensures a healthy and functional ecosystem in areas ravaged by the destructive practices of humanity.

Device that slowly floats in herds absorbing the dust, debris, and airborne toxins released into the air. Through a process it coagulates them into solid material and deposits them back into the earth as a way of cleaning the air.

Device that floats through the air gliding on air currents. Upon crashing to earth it releases a steady charge into the earth and through a chemical process it begins electro-plating the earths surface with the precious metal found in the mine.

TRUMP PRESIDENTIAL FACTORY

Trump Presidential Factory/ Institutions Studio project description Exploring the overly opulent lifestyle and personality that is Donald Trump, the project is a speculative presidential library to be built after his tenure as President of the United States. The Trump library is designed to be a science-fiction representation of the man and his ideals. The bottom half of the tower is a semi-traditional presidential library that houses the alternative-artifacts of his term. Open to the public 7 days a week, and meant to educated those interested about his wins in the White House. Through screen selections, participants are invited into the upper echelon, and granted access to the top half of the tower where the Presidential Factory process begins. This science-fiction element plays on what Trump seems to be most enamored with, his own legacy. It is through this Presidential Factory that he is able to secure his legacy for generations, by turning willing participants into Trump replicants. Through a rigorous process of education, practice, and plastic surgery each member is transformed into exact copies of The Don. At the conclusion of the process, Donald Trump located in his penthouse suite shakes their hand and sends them out into the world to make deals and further his legacy. The project plays on the eccentricities of Trump as a method of postulating architectureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to respond to speculative programmatic peculiarities. fall 2015, ana morcillo pallares, arch 552 university of michigan taubman college of architecture and urban planning

TRUMP PRESIDENTIAL FACTORY

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Reveals the procession through the cross section of the Trump Factory, with the final emergence at the base of the tower and on to the streets of New York.

Autopsy of key moments in the factory as the general public is trained and transformed into highly skilled clones of the President.

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Factor y F loor Plans

Massing Model

Floor plans reveal the claustrophobic conditions of the factory and library. The organic nature of the architecture is reminiscent of science fiction movies.

Massing model built from the fragments developed in studio. Reveals the relationship between pedestal, tower and crown in the Trump Factory.

ESSENTIALS AND EXCESS

Essentials and Excess / Representation project description Through a series of exercises performed throughout the semester, with both a conscious sensitivity for representation techniques and ways of thinking. Working with narratives, analogous thinking, appropriated imagery, model making, and line-weight as well as other systems of working, drawings were crafted and discussed in relation to architectural discourse and the role of representation in the field. The Essentials and Excess section focused on that which is essential to an iconic piece of architecture and how representation may bring those essentials into the realm of excess. The semester long study situated itself within the work of Mies van der Rohe, who was a man of Essentials and Excess. His modernist work boiled architecture down to its tectonic skeleton through detailing excess. winter 2016, jonathan rule, arch 516 university of michigan taubman college of architecture and urban planning

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Excessively Mesian

Models that explore the essential elements of the Barcelona Pavilion, the column grid, the planar elements, and the solid vs reflective surfaces. Through material expression the models are able to represent further distilled concepts embedded within the original work.

Reexamination of the Barcelona Pavilion from a different vantage point, the investigation is conducted purely through line work. The image explores the interiority and materiality of Miesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; work. Through excessive detailing of the marble work juxtaposing the work from architectural masterpiece to its current condition as a tourist attraction. The image raises questions about

VACUFORM EXPLORATIONS

Vacuform Explorations / Advanced Fabrication project description Exploration into the process of vacu-forming and escher tessellations. The investigation uses vacuforming as a method of producing a tiling systems that is partially self-similar, through interlocking pieces. The initial study as a wall piece takes on an organic shape that is capable of infinite expansion outward. The frame is constructed out of CNC routed plywood with a grove cut into it, allowing the plastic pieces to slot into place. The goal was to create a secondary organizational system within the project through the addition of color which begins to define sub shapes within the overall system. The evolution of this method attempts to tackle the tessellation process in three-dimensions. The frame is also CNC routed, with a .25â&#x20AC;? channel that the tiles lock into. The four molds are laminated and CNC routed MDF used in the production of 86 tiles. The strange form is likened to an alien egg or a futuristic satellite of unknown origin. fall 2016, glenn wilcox, arch 571 university of michigan taubman college of architecture and urban planning

VACUFORM EXPLORATIONS

Tongue and Grove System

2D Repeating Tile System CMYK+G is a 2D Escher Tessellation, created through techniques of mirroring, rotating and mutual interactions in order to create a self-similar piece that is able to link together with itself to create a continuous surface. Pictured is the system used to mount and design the 3 components.

3D Repeating Tile System PATINA is an evolution of the 2D Escher Tessellation, exploring the process of navigating a corner condition not found in the original work. This systems uses a 4 component configuration. The structure is built out of CNCed plywood fashioned together into a lozenge shape.

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POWER PROLOGUE

Power Prologue / Propositions Studio project description This project embeds itself within the decommissioned Conner Creek Coal Power Plant on Detroitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s east side. The impetus being the re-utilization and re-conceptualization of the worlds aging power infrastructure to accommodate a range of prospective futures. In this inherently complex examination, futures should project morphological, functional, and typological characteristics to make a case for reuse. The case also demonstrates social, ecological, and economic benefits for local stakeholders, and outlines prototypical design opportunities for future plant closures and reuse across the Great Lakes region. Performance Plant acknowledges the unique existing spatial patterns and physical form of these early power plants and sets out to utilize the spatiality through the insertion of novel programs. The novelty of the programmatic interventions is the result of movement patterns in relation to site and individuals. Through the scalar and spatial qualities of the power plant, existing infrastructure is reimagined, coal sheds become impromptu vertical stages, the coal chute becomes the balcony in an interactive roaming version or Romeo and Juliet. It is through slowly phased design and community engagement that decommissioned industrial sites like Conner Creek can become culturally vibrant hubs of activity in rebuilding cities like Detroit. The Performance Plant embraces the potency of design and performance that has been neglected in the Motor City and seeks to push back on the preconceived roles and programs of industrial architecture. winter 2016, dan kinkead, arch 562 university of michigan taubman college of architecture and urban planning

POWER PROLOGUE

Phased Implementation The intervention roll-out occurs in phases to spread out the investment required from DTE. The project is meant as an initial step for reutilizing the site with the intention of a more permanent solution in the future. Overtime the plan is for the intervention to transform the potentially polluted site into a thriving ecosystem through community engagement.

POWER PROLOGUE

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Act 1

Act 1, Prologue: PROLOGUE Act 1, Scene 1: Verona. A public place. Act 1, Scene 2: A street. Act 1, Scene 3: A room in Capulet's house. Act 1, Scene 4: A street.

Act 4

Act 4, Scene 1: Friar Laurence's cell. Act 4, Scene 2: Hall in Capulet's house. Act 4, Scene 3: Juliet's chamber. Act 4, Scene 4: Hall in Capulet's house. Act 4, Scene 5: Juliet's chamber.

Act 3

Act 3, Scene 1: A public place. Act 3, Scene 2: Capulet's orchard. Act 3, Scene 3: Friar Laurence's cell. Act 3, Scene 4: A room in Capulet's house. Act 3, Scene 5: Capulet's orchard.

Act 2

Act 2, Prologue: PROLOGUE Act 2, Scene 1: A lane by the wall of Capulet's orchard. Act 2, Scene 2: Capulet's orchard. Act 2, Scene 3: Friar Laurence's cell. Act 2, Scene 4: A street. Act 2, Scene 5: Capulet's orchard. Act 2, Scene 6: Friar Laurence's cell.

Act 5

Act 5, Scene 1: Mantua. A street. Act 5, Scene 2: Friar Laurence's cell. Act 5, Scene 3: Tomb belonging to the Capulets.

Site Programing Examples of potential full-site responsive programs. Including a new hosting site for Movement Music Festival, a large scale dance recital, or a walking portrayal of Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Romeo and Juliet that utilizes the existing structures as set pieces for the actors to play off of. The goal of this intervention is to encourage city wide engagement with the Arts.

POWER PROLOGUE

Combined Building and Site section illustrating the relationship of site to power plant interior conditions

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Vignettes illustrating the programmatic flexibility of the industrial site. Including concerts, performance art, fashion shows, theater, and ballet.

POWER PROLOGUE

Vehicle Based Programming The scale of the site introduces the opportunity to think about procession as an integrated component of the intervention. Playing with speeds of perception and travel allows the architect to craft new interpretations of the existing infrastructure. The site allows for boat access as well as car based theater performances.

Vehicle Circulation Diagram Diagram illustrating the circulation path of vehicles on the site as they process through the intervention occurring throughout the site. Viewing the site from different modalities produces new and unexpected interpretations of both the site conditions as well as the work done by artists.

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HIGH EFFICIENCY TOWNHOME

High Efficiency Townhome / Zero Net Emission project description The ambition of the work is to discover design strategies that meet the requirements for a zero net emission residential building. The focus lies in finding the right balance between an optimized building envelope and the technical effort for building operation to increase the comfort level of those occupying the architecture. The architecture is a block of townhomes, a typology chosen in response to the market of Ann Arbor, MI as well as an investigation of the potential advantages of shared party walls in terms of energy cost reduction in high performance architecture. The split level design opens opportunities for more efficient ventilation through the stack effect in the central atrium space. Utilizing high efficiency glazing and insulation increases the effectiveness of both the passive and active systems designed for the building. The resulting architecture marries aesthetics and the highly sophisticated technical demands associated with high efficiency design. winter 2017, lars junghans, arch 505 university of michigan taubman college of architecture and urban planning

HIGH EFFICIENCY TOWNHOME

PASSIVE SYSTEMS

solar gain

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stacked ventilation

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thermal mass

Passive Systems

North Elevation

Diagrams illustrating the passive systems deployed in the Townhomes. The central atrium space functions as both ventilation (using the stackeffect) as well as a trombe wall during the winter to retain solar heat. The large windows face the south to take advantage of the strong solar radiation.

The simple elevation uses minimal windows on the north side to reduce the amount of heat lost while still maintaining the modern aesthetic intentioned by the architects. The angled roof provides added light from the east to supplement the minimal north facing windows.

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The stepped siting of the Townhomes provides a sense of ownership for each occupant, instead of appearing as a single block it gives a greater sense of privacy. The block design is more energy efficient due to the party wall system which has less exterior facing walls.

The building is arranged as a split level to optimize the ventilation within the space as well as to keep it as open as possible for light to penetrate the interior spaces from the south side glazing. The front side of the building contains the sleeping spaces while the south side is reserved for living spaces and the kitchen.

HIGH EFFICIENCY TOWNHOME

triple-glazed high performance operable aluminum storefront window system hardwood floor system on 2x wood sleepers w/ high performance acoustic insulation

triple-glazed high performance aluminum storefront window system

ceramic tile on thinset mortar bed on 4” poured concrete slab

weatherproof membrane system 8” XPS R45 insulation 10” XPS R45 insulation

12” tji floor joists filled w/ high performance cellulose insulation

8” steel-reinforced poured concrete foundation wall

triple-glazed high performance operable aluminum storefront window system

8” steel-reinforced poured concrete foundation wall fiber cement cladding w/ urethance sealant

hardwood floor system on 2x wood sleepers w/ high performance acoustic insulation

mineral fiber insulation R4/in

10” XPS R45 insulation 4” poured concrete slab

drainage tile

12” tji floor joists filled w/ high performance cellulose insulation

hi-load 60psi XPS rigid insulation

HIGH EFFICIENCY TOWNHOME

zinc standing seam roofing panel system

90mm cross-laminated timber wall panel construction

hardwood floor system on 2x wood sleepers w/ high performance acoustic insulation

exterior hardy board cladding system on high performance tyvek weather barrier

triple-glazed high performance operable aluminum storefront window system

high performance rigid roof insulation

12â&#x20AC;? tji floor joists filled w/ high performance cellulose insulation 90mm cross-laminated timber floor construction 6 mil vapor barrier

12â&#x20AC;? tji floor joists filled w/ high performance cellulose insulation

90mm cross-laminated timber wall panel construction

UCLA GSA CHARETTE

UCLA GSA Charette / Practice Sessions #4 project description Practice Sessions is part of the University of Michigan’s Third Century Initiative which funds experimental pedagogies in a bid to change how teaching and learning happen within the bounds of the institution. For this session, Mark Lee and Sharon Johnston ran the workshop session and guest critics invited to discuss the work at its conclusion. The primary method of investigation for the session was through small physical models, involving the construction of a 1/4” site model as well as investigations into assigned moduals of the UCLA GSA space. The charette involved questions of space-tectonics, expansionreuse, determined-undetermined spaces, and building-city. Team 2’s design invokes notions of opacity in relation to space utilization, outdoor unconditioned spaces get a translucent plastic roof that allows light in and gives a sense of indeterminacy within the space. The structure is visible from the underside to further reinforce this notion. While in the conditioned interior spaces the roof is opaque and manifests as a clean white surface where no structure is visible, giving the space a sense of determinacy or a finite quality. The transitions are punctured by semi-ovoid masses and wrapped in a skirt that act as light scoops and play with perspective similar to St. Peter’s square. The modulation of light and opacity function as space mediation in relation to the given programmatic conditions. winter 2017, johnstonmarklee, practice sessions #4 university of michigan taubman college of architecture and urban planning

UCLA GSA CHARETTE

Translucent Exteriority

Opaque Interiority

The roof is covered in a polycarbonate material that is able to shed water while allowing for light to filter through its translucency. This space is characterized as one of indetermination, the urban community spaces are unspecific to promote and inspire the unexpected.

The roof is sheathed in a corrugated metal meant to be opaque and feel more tectonic. This space is determined, the studios, gallery and workshops are spaces of specific use and the roof allows those to be conditioned spaces for work to take place.

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Building and City

Light Skirts

A series of similar-sized urban spaces like the sculpture yard, central square and the ceramic yard are distributed throughout the complex. These are meant to encourage interaction and exchange. The building looks to stitch together the old and new structures in a seamless way.

The light skirts act as scoops to bring light into the new structure. The transitions from conditioned to unconditioned spaces are punctuated by these roof perforations. The skirtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shape plays with perspective, becoming more circular with distance.

REFLECT_ENGAGE

Reflect_Engage / Undergraduate 2 project description Reflect_ Engage is a proposed Montessori elementary school that aims to integrate positive mental health into the learning environment. The school reinforces the Montessori Method, characterized by an emphasis on independence, freedom within limits, and respect for a child â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s physical, psychological, and social development. Mental health is often ignored in the education system because of lack of funding and awareness. The architecture defines primary, secondary and tertiary spaces that allow students to reflect and be self-aware of their mentality, while remaining engaged with their education and classmates. The conditions produced aim to thoughtfully engage the students. The children are presented with a challenging but nurturing environment with the final goal of graduating well-adjusted and healthy individuals. Reflect//Engage intends to open a dialogue between positive mental health and the education system. winter 2013, joy knoblauch, arch 322 university of michigan taubman college of architecture and urban planning

REFLECT_ENGAGE

Downtown Context The school positions itself between the busy context of the city and relaxed nature of the suburbs in Ann Arbor. The building provides an anchor for the children, striking a balance between the independence of life in the city and the dependence of home life. The goal is to provide these elementaryaged children with a location to learn and become well-adjusted members of society.

Building F loor Plan The hallway provides a central artery of public interaction, providing an environment for social development during the school day. A student is able to remove themselves and reflect on their feelings when overwhelmed by flowing into the pockets adjacent to the central spine. These spaces feel removed from the pressure of social interaction while still allowing for reengagement when the child feels ready to rejoin.

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View of Elementary School facing drop-off loop and gym

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Longitudinal Section

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East Elevation

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Model Details

Final Model

The architectural fins bound instances of space providing zones for learning and engaging both interior and exterior. The fins are described on the exterior through their copper cladded materiality.

Final model made of White Museumboard and Basswood. Demonstrates the different conditions of spine and fin versus mass through material representation.

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Interior Renders from the central spine

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Exterior Render of school yard for outdoor recess

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Maker_Forge / Undergraduate 3 project description Forge is an investigation into the next evolution of culturally significant institutions, meeting places for the exchange of ideas and information. In the past these institutions took the form of churches, falconâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s halls, and libraries. These institutions no longer perform the necessary functions for the 21st century. This architecture becomes a forge of ideas, where members of the neighborhood are able to exchange ideas and engage with one another. This prospective â&#x20AC;&#x153;Third Spaceâ&#x20AC;? (neither home nor work) becomes a culturally significant institution for the Personal Manufacturing and Maker Movement, providing an environment for man to become the creator. The architecture responds and adapts to the requirements of those who inhabit it. Spaces are highly customizable and varied to support different methods of collaboration and creation. fall 2013, malcolm mccullough, arch 432 university of michigan taubman college of architecture and urban planning

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Makerspace Render from the street

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Surrounding Context Logan Square is an official community area, historical neighborhood, and public square located on the northwest side of the City of Chicago. The Logan Square neighborhood, located within the Logan Square community area, is centered on the public square that serves as its namesake, located at the three-way intersection of Milwaukee Avenue, Logan Boulevard and Kedzie Boulevard.

Exploded Building Axonometric Axonometric illustrating the structural components of the Makerspace. The shed design is reminiscent of factory design and provides 3 story space for large scale build projects as well as or testing drones indoors. The Makerspace is meant to ignite the maker movement and provide support for the small scale entrepreneurs in Logan Square.

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Elevations and Site The elevations illustrate the exterior condition of the Maker Hallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s facade. Complex plaid patterned mullions provide the structure and shading requirements necessary for the massive glass curtain wall/ceiling.

Logan Square Imager y Images showing the design spirit of Logan Square. The desire to make and create is there, but there isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a space for that desire to be fulfilled as the city exists now.

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First and Second F loor Plan

Third and Fourth F loor Plan

The fist and second floors provide most of the “dirty” work space, including a vertical atrium space that opens up into the yard for large scale projects.

The third and fourth floors provide workspace for “clean” work, involving 3d printing, computer lounges, seminar rooms and learning centers.

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Cross Section

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Interior Renders 4th F loor Loft

These renders show the communal work space of the vertical atrium and its relation to the indoor-outdoor threshold.

The loft provides a unique work space for entrepreneurs and budding makers, the verticality allows for large scale projects to be designed and deployed.

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Ephemeral Bunker / Undergraduate 4 project description It falls within the biological nature of humans to be concerned with legacy. We find comfort and amnesty in knowing that the life we have lived will inflect the future. Paul Virilio’s “Bunker Archaeology” reveals the connection between fortification and archival practices by theorizing the bunker archetype. The evolution of the bunker, from World War I to today’s cyber warfare, describes architecture’s attempt to fortify and archive legacy, resulting in heightened paranoia and the false reassurance of safety. As our lives shift from the physical realm to the omnipresent digital cloud, the bunker sheds its physicality in favor of ephemerality. The contemporary bunker chooses to not reveal itself, favoring secrecy, camouflage, and mobility over physical presence. This project acts as a network of nodes, fortifying our legacy contained within the ephemeral cloud of the Internet. It stands as a contemporary evolution of Virilio’s bunker, functioning at a global scale. The architectural conditions within the space reinforce the protocols and practices that act as a catalyst for global trust and diplomacy. This architecture reassures that our digital legacy is fortified, revealing at times the abstract network of practices and protocols that control everything that remain hidden from sight. winter 2014, leigha dennis, arch 442 university of michigan taubman college of architecture and urban planning

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This image depicts an anachronistic scene of a beach, as tourists walk down the beach they experience the imagery of D-Day through the dilapidated remains of bunkers remaining on the beach.

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Bunkers remain embedded in the beaches of France, acting as monolithic gravestones in memoriam for those who lost their lives during the war. Though bunkers are functionally obsolete, presently they are teeming with latent emotion.

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Rows of Storage Shelving Units

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The bunker as physical archive, has a finite location where physical copies are protected using rigorous protocols preservation. These protocols facilitate the passage of legacy through the preservation of physical mimeos.

The bunker as digital archive, exists as the ephemeral. The essence of the physical is extracted and converted to digital data where it is archived by the protocols and practices of the digital world. These protocols facilitate the passage of legacy through the preservation of digital representations of the physical.

Exterior Render of the Physical Manifestation of the Ephemeral Bunker

Interior Render of the Physical Manifestation of the Ephemeral Bunker

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Zones of Security and Protocol

Exterior Condition

Model showing the layers of required security as well as pomp and circumstance centered around the securing of the DNS server that ensures the proper functioning of the Internet backbone. Despite being ephemeral in most contexts, the Internet has physical locations that require human interaction to ensure proper functioning.

Final model made of White Museumboard, Acrylic and Basswood. Demonstrates the different spatial conditions employed to obfuscate the protocols occurring within. The opaque shell of the bunker begins to extrude out of the appropriated building it finds itself hidden in. These bunkers are meant to be built and abandoned for new secure locations every 3 months to prevent them from being compromised.

Corey Blaskie