ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO 2009-2012
catharIna DARMANTO
2009-2012
table of contents the walk-in housing + theater spring 2010
aglow retail + housing + performance spring 2011
pixelated public architecture fall 2010
the scenester hotel + gallery +clubs fall 2009
anomaly
interdisciplinary arts campus fall 2011
bubble + burst
ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO 2009-2012
(pt.1 & 2) mixed use spring 2012
catharina darmanto 1035 sutter st san francisco,ca 94109 408-832-2896 catharina darmanto@gmail.com
the walk-in housing + theater spring 2010 instructor: Kristen Sidell Lalo Zylberberg _jury prize nomination sp’10
the walk-in The Walk-in is a housing project located at 981 Powell St, San Francisco. Placed in the middle of China Town and passed by the San Francisco cable car, the site is community and family oriented but still has people or visitors passing by. From those observations, The Walk-in serves as a living community that is also a social space. Operating not only as a housing-community but also as a place for the people living around the neighborhood or visitors to meet up. The units in the housing connect to a shared living space that connects to a circulation path. Circulation paths happen in every other floor, to avoid intruding the more private spaces. The paths eventually turned into seating area for the social space on the ground floor during the day and theatre at night, where public who live in the area could use it as a place to meet and also serves as an entertainment spot for the tourists.
view of community theater at night
the walk-in housing + theater spring 2010 instructor: Kristen Sidell Lalo Zylberberg _jury prize nomination sp’10
typical floor a: private spaces
fig.1 : view of the circulation going on every other floor avoiding private spaces fig.2 : the community space during day time fig.3 : a section looking at the theater/community space and some units
UNITS PUBLIC TO PRIVATE RELATIONSHIP SHARED SPACE SEMI-PRIVATE
typical floor b: shared spaces
BEDROOM
THEATER + CIRCULATION INTEGRATION CIRCULATION SEATINGS
fig.4 : view of the circulation space fig.5 : the community space during day time fig.6 : a longitudinal section looking at the theater/community space and some units
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aglow retail + hotel + performance spring 2011 instructor: Andrew Kudless
aglow This goal of the project is to observe the use of a precedent study (Prada Store by Herzog + DeMeuron), as a tool to generate a design solution in three steps. Ctrl + Alt + Rpt (Control + Alter + Repeat). By analyzing the diagrid modules from the precedent, this project alters the modules to create less custom cut out pieces and having a more modular facade. The site is located in Hong Kong new waterfront, where triangulated facades are facing the view to the water and the park. The programs are dispersed as a series of crystals inside of a crystal. The tower has three main programs that are its own entities, that goes from the most public (retail), semi-private (hotel), to private (housing), with voids that cuts through the whole building serving as circulation connecting the three programs with several public programs such as performing space.
aglow retail + hotel + performance spring 2011 instructor: Andrew Kudless
A L T E R SITE ANALYSIS HONG KONG CENTRAL DISTRICT
CENTRAL The district is the political, administrative and financial hub
more high end shopping SOHO entertainment zone between Hollywood Road and Bonham Road-Caine Road, besides restaurants, bars and clubs, the area also features galleries, theaters and shops
REPEAT LAN KWAI FONG Lan Kwai Fong, the area is packed with restaurants, bars and clubs. Popular with expats and local drinkers.
DIAGRIDS
TRIANGLES
EFFICIENCY IN MODULES PREVENTING CUSTOM MODULES
building orientation
entrances from ew
views visible
PROGRAM CLUSTER
private
VOIDS + CORE
RESIDENTIAL penthouse
penthouse
OUTDOO
R REST AURANT
residential
residential
restaurants
HOTEL BARS CLUBS
clubs
clubs
ACE BLIC SP ER) U P R O OUTDO (THEAT
hotels
hotels
food
food bars
bars
SHOPPING FOOD HIGH END SHOPPING LOBBY
food
food
ected
movie proj
food
food shops
shops
high end shopping
high end shopping
lobby
public fig. 1 : site analysis fig. 2 : building orientation fig, 3-6 : program clusters evolution
lobby
fig. 7 : section of the tower fig.8 : an exterior rendering of the tower
pixelated public architecture fall 2010 instructor: Laura Crescimano John Peterson Liz Ogbu
pixelated With Folsom Street as the zone where people from different types of communities overlap, the projects are placed where it would provoke individu-als to interact with one another visually and physically. By creating a space for people to eat and hang out around existing restaurants, the intent of this project is to create an interaction between individuals and also making them more aware of their surroundings. by using mirrors to pixelate their own reflection to another person behind the wall or to the city, the user of the space are allowed to construct their own viewports to see themselves in another way.
concept image
pixelated
RT FLOO
site a: park
site b: deli/club
fig. 1 : view of the project in front of a food truck fig. 2 : diagram of floor treatment and seating fig, 3 : view of the project in front of a deli and club fig 4 : concept image of the self pixelation with the city
T MEN REAT
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COUN TER
public architecture fall 2010 instructor: Laura Crescimano John Peterson Liz Ogbu
INDIVIDUAL + OTHERS
INDIVIDUAL + CITY
THE CITY
THE CITY
WALKING E QUEUING SPAC
ACE HANG OUT SP
INTERACTION THROUGH CHOICES OF BODY PARTS TO PIXELATE
site c : restaurant/food truck
fig. 5 : diagram of sidewalk space in front of the club fig. 6 & 7 : diagram of relationship between self/others and self/city fig, 8 : view of the project in front of the park fig 9: view of the pixelated wall
the scenester hotel + gallery + clubs fall 2009 instructor: Lisa Findley Andrew Kudless
the scenester From the mapping of nightlife, lights and crime statistics in chelsea /meatpacking district, New York. it shows that the emergence of public places in the area, which was mostly still residentials, is creating an adjacency between public and private programs. although the programs are not located next to one another, the spilling of crowd and lights affects the need of the private residences to be a part of the public space and interact with one another. With the analysis, the hotel was intended to recreate urban condition of the site, where the hotel is about creating a scene for people to see and be seen. the interaction between each programs throughout the building is achieved using physical, virtual, and visual adjacency.From the mapping of nightlife, lights and crime statistics in chelsea/meatpacking district, New York. it shows that the emergence of public places in the area, which was mostly still residentials, is creating an adjacency between public and private programs. although the programs are not located next to one another, the spilling of crowd and lights affects the need of the private residences to be a part of the public space and interact with one another. With the analysis, the hotel was intended to recreate urban condition of the site, where the hotel is about creating a scene for people to see and be seen. the interaction between each programs throughout the building is achieved using physical, virtual, and visual adjacency.
view from the highline
gallery storage
the scenester
check in
lobby catwalk
hotel + gallery + clubs fall 2009 instructor: Lisa Findley Andrew Kudless
gallery
W 19TH St
CONCEPT MODELS
socialites morimoto craftsteak
budakkan cookshop
on a budget tia pol naka naka billy’s bakery
spirit cruise 675 bar OAK park
three tarts pop burgers spice market
ono earth NYC
cielo love
buddha bar
soho house
the city that never sleeps.
!08-"09 stats
CLUBhopping GASTRONOMICpleasure DRINKINGspots
BE CAREFUL!
NIGHTlLIFE!
Kiss & Fly
NIGHTLIGHTS!
APT Avenue
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fig.1 : mapping of nightlife, lights, and crime of chelsea (2008-2009 statistics) fig.2 : view from the w 19th st fig.3 : view of the scale model fig 4 : view of the void
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
hotel rooms
hotel rooms
hotel rooms
lounge
mechanical
mechanics
gallery
storage
storage
open to below
open to below
hotel rooms
courtyard cafe
open to below
cafe
high end restaurant
hotel rooms
hotel rooms
3rd FLOOR PLAN (HIGHLINELEVEL)
8TH FLOOR PLAN (HIGHLINE LEVEL)
9TH FLOOR PLAN (HIGHLINE LEVEL)
PROGRAM ANALYSIS high end restaurant infrastructure shared circulation administration
cafe administration
dance club dance club
lounge
storage administration
gallery space lounge/club
dance club hotel circulation restaurant storage equipment
lobby administration
multiple rooms suites
single suites
hotel rooms
single rooms
hotel rooms restaurant
private hotel rooms equipment storage administrations
gallery
cafe
public dance studio bar cafe
lounge gallery restaurant
administration floor gallery
lobby
INTERACTION BETWEEN PROGRAMS lobby / gallery
gastronomic pleasure
socializing scene
cafe restaurant
bar high-end restaurant
bar lounge dance club
the scenester
SOUTH ELEVATION
fig. 5 & 6 : diagram of program analysis fig. 7 : section looking through the void and the public vs private relationship fig, 8 : diagram of interaction between programs fig 9 & 10 :south and west elevation
EAST ELEVATION
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the anomaly interdisciplinary arts campus fall 2011 instructor: Lisa Findley Bryan Shiles Adam Woltag _team partner: Angie Williams
the anomaly The program/function of the project is an experimental campus building type that we are calling The Mixer. The goal of The Mixer is to sponsor conversations, spark informal and unexpected collaborations, and support shared creative impulses. These educational environments draw together students and faculty from wide-ranging disciplines to interact in a variety of loosely programmed space. These include a place to perform (a black box theater), a place of exhibition/review/display (a gallery), places for making (shops and laboratories), a place for socializing (cafĂŠ/lounge/commons), places of interaction (classrooms), places of work/one-on-one student/faculty conversation (offices) and additional program specifi c to UC Davis. The basic parti was to split the building based on program and to allow the visbile connection from the mall to the arboretum. The program was distributed based on its privacy levels with the offi ces enclosed by larger and more open program spaces. The bike kitchen acts as the main attractor in the south building with the laboratory spaces stacking on top. Based on our reaction to the architecture in Davis we wanted to give the buidling a dynamic facade by showcasing the circulation.
view of the campus to the arboretum
the anomaly interdisciplinary arts campus fall 2011 instructor: Lisa Findley Bryan Shiles Adam Woltag _team partner: Angie Williams
The program was distributed based on its privacy levels with the offices enclosed by larger and more open pro-gram spaces. The bike kitchen acts as the main attractor in the south building with the laboratory spaces stacking on top.
Basic parti was to split the building based on program and to allow the visbile connection from the mall to the arboretum
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Performance Space Cafe
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A
Lobby
B
B Bike Kitchen Showroom
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
fig. 1 : a scaled model of the project fig. 2 : view from the bridge connecting the two buildings fig, 3 : view inside of the cafe and performance space lobby fig 4&5 : parti diagram & program diagram
Bike Kitchen Repair
NORTH BUILDING SECTION
SOUTH BUILDING SECTION
NORTH BUILDING ELEVATION
SOUTH BUILDING ELEVATION
C
C
offices
Small Classrooms
offices
Medium Classrooms
Large Classrooms
extra Large Classrooms
Exhibition space
offices offices
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A
B B
B
2nd FLOOR PLAN
A
Collaborative Classrooms
A
Faculty Admin offices
Make Things
Conference room
offices
Make Anything
3rd FLOOR PLAN
B
bubble + burst (pt 1 & 2) mixed use spring 2012 instructor: Peter Anderson Lisa Findley _team partner: Melissa Lee
bubble + burst
(pt.1) san francisco
The bubble and burst is a two part project with the first part located in San Francisco and the second part in Nanjing, China. The goal of the project is to experiment and identify the city as a fabric and by focusing on part of the city that is frayed, the project would later work as a stitch that links back that part of the neighborhood to its surroundings. The project is located in the North Beach area of San Francisco at the intersection of Columbus Ave and Powell St. This big intersection is separating the busy and loud environment on the south to the less busy area to the north. The goal of the project is to create two entities that performs differently on either side of the intersection. The bubble is located in the busier south side of the intersection, where the building performs as a tranquil site (tea house, theater, and reading room) to step aside from the busy life and watching people. and the burst performs as an attractor (bar/beer garden) to draw visitors from the busier side of the intersection, while also drawing attention to the bubble building with the movie screen projection on the facade.
view of the bubble and the burst from the sidewalk next to the bubble (columbus ave)
bubble + burst (pt 1 & 2) mixed use spring 2012 instructor: Peter Anderson Lisa Findley _team partner: Melissa Lee
Running Stitch
Cross Stitch
Embroidery
Running Stitch - Columbus Street is the running stitch connecting the northern portion of the city to Market St. It runs clear through the city grid, creating triangular blocks. Cross Stitch - The storefronts of Columbus St. create a cross stitch between the frayed city grid. Embroidery - The icons on Columbus St. pull visitors to the next destation.
DARNING AN EMPTY SITE
ABANDONED THEATER RETAIL + RESIDENTIAL RESTAURANT PARKING LOT RESIDENTIAL PARK SITES
THE BURST
THE BUBBLE
GARDEN/ BEER GARDEN
THEATRE TEA HOUSE/ READING ROOM
fig. 1 : diagram of stitching strategies fig. 2 : exterior rendering of the burst during daytime fig, 3 : interior rendering of the bubble (tea house) fig 4-6 : program diagrams
BURST
BUBBLE
VISUAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE BUBBLE AND THE BURST
fig. 7: rendering from the beergarden looking to the screen on the bubble fig. 8 &9 : diagram of the bubble and the burst fig, 10: interior rendering from the bubble’s reading room looking to the coit tower
tea room
reading room
beer garden
tea room tea bar beer garden
beer garden
indoor bar
theater
BUBBLE
BURST
open to below bar area
garden/beer garden area
VIA BUFANO
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low
be
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CO LU M
beer garden +3’
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VIA BUFANO
garden/beer garden area
CO LU M
BU
beer garden
SA VE
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FILBERT
STREET
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ENTRANCE
FILBERT
CO
LU
STREET
CO
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BU
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THEATRE
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READING ROOM
AV E
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LOBBY
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PELLIGRINI RESTRAUNT KITCHEN B.O.H
TICKET BOOTH +0
TEA ROOM
BATHROOM
+21 Catharina Darmanto + Melissa Lee
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
Catharina Darmanto + Melissa Lee
2ND FLOOR PLAN
bubble + burst (pt 1 & 2) mixed use spring 2012 instructor: Peter Anderson Lisa Findley _team partner: Melissa Lee
bubble + burst
(pt.2) nanjing, china
The second part of bubble and burst is located in nanjing, china. On this installment of the project, the goal is to apply the same method from the previous project to a new site. The site is an old deteriorating neighborhood that is located in a very active space with a really poor condition. Like in most parts of China, there is a clear juxtaposition of different living condition, the frayed fabric on this site is the break between an old rundown neighborhood and the newly built highrise. Instead of creating the typical high rise building to solve the problem, the goal of the bubble and burst is to be a catalyst that works as a precedent for an alternative further development. By still using the existing parcel of the neighborhood, the project wants to keep the community that currently exists in the area, but also attract other communities by offering new programs that has not yet existed. The bubble serves as a tea house and theater, while the burst serves as a music arena and a space for food vendors, allowing exisiting community to keep their business on that neighborhood.
view from the burst’s rooftop to bubble
bubble + burst (pt 1 & 2) mixed use spring 2012 instructor: Peter Anderson Lisa Findley _team partner: Melissa Lee
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C
BUBBLE A
The Bubble cross stitches the most active intersection of the fabric with three programs that performs as sanctuaries where the public can go in to watch the activity that is happening on the active street
BURST
N
PINGSHI STREET
PINGSHI STREET
The Burst works as a cross-stitch as an extension of the active alley and stitching the activity of the alley to inside of the block
BUBBLE + BURST HOUSING BUFFER ALLEYWAYS ALLEYWAYS
SHENGZHOU ROAD
SHENGZHOU ROAD BUBBLE // BURST
Nanjing // Alleyways Pingshi St. + Shengzhou Rd. // Nanjing, China
The bubble = tranquil sanctuary, that gives residents and visitors an escape from the busy commotion of the main streets. The burst = an attractor that sits off the main streets and draws people into its lively, energetic atmosphere.
Pingshi St.
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HOUSING RETAIL RESTAURANTS FACTORY
Shengzhou Rd.
Bubble + Burst Swatch Housing
Housing Live +Work
Tea House
Gallery Theater
Live +Work
Housing
Housing Housing
Alleys & Streets Bursts Programs Bubbles Shops Live + Work Housing Courtyard Bubbles Existing Programs
SHENGZHOU ROAD
Nanjing // Darning Pingshi St. + Shengzhou Rd. // Nanjing, China
Food Vendors + Bar
Concert Hall
bubble + burst (pt 1 & 2) mixed use spring 2012 instructor: Peter Anderson Lisa Findley _team partner: Melissa Lee
TOILET
TOILET
Nanjing // Burst Section 1/16” = 1’0” Pingshi St. + Shengzhou Rd. // Nanjing, China
FOOD VENDORS
B.O.H.
JAZZ LOUNGE
WINE BAR
COURTYARD
LIVE W. RESTROOM
+12
M. RESTROOM
WORK
+12
OUTDOOR BAR
ARTISAN BUBBLE TEA HOUSE
ART GALLERY +0
THEATRE
+0
WORK
+0
THEATRE
MUSIC VENUE
OPEN TO BELOW TICKET BOX
ART GALLERY
LIVE
KITCHEN
MEZZANINE
BAR
OFFICE M. RESTROOM W. RESTROOM
CAFE
Back of House
Nanjing // Bubble Section 1/16” = 1’0” Pingshi St. + Shengzhou Rd. // Nanjing, China
LOUNGE AREA CAFE
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N
Toilet
LOUNGE AREA
Storage