PORTFOLIO CHARLIE TOWNSLEY
CONTENTS
PROJECTS
6 -1 9
SUNNY STREET
6-7
PRAIRIE HOUSE
8 -1 1
R E STO R AT I O N C E N T E R
1 2 -1 5
URBAN STITCH
1 6 -1 9
MODELS 20-21 RENDERINGS 22-23 DIAGRAMS 24-25
DRAWINGS 26-27
A SUNNY STREET FOR NØRREBRO My first project for the Urban Design Studio at DIS Copenhagen was to redesign a popular street named Jaeggersborgade in the neighborhood of Nørrebro. Upon visiting the street, I observed both positive and negative qualities. A vibrant street culture was bolstered by furniture and displays that store owners placed in front of their shops. However, the street was not scaled for humans. One lane for cars and two whole lanes for parking left little room for people. Bikes parked all over the sidewalks robbed even more space from pedestrians. My proposal was twofold. First: level the street to turn it into a pedestrian walkway. Second: enhance the outdoor retail space while providing ample room for pedestrians. Translucent awnings would provide shelter in front of the stores, while slate tiles would imply retail zones. Permeable paving would delineate space for pedestrian circulation and drainage channels would provide space for vegetation, bike parking, and seating. Furthermore, the awnings would be amber colored to pay homage to the stone’s cultural ties to Denmark and give the residents of Nørrebro a unique asset in Copenhagen: the one street in the city that is sunny all year round.
Regional Plan: Autocad, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Photoshop 6
Site Plan: Autocad, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Photoshop
Perspective Collage: Autocad, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Photoshop 7
PRAIRIE HOUSE For the final design exercise of Studio I, our class was prompted to create a studio and living space for two artists in residence. The design had to be comprised of light materials and express “lightness.� My design draws influence from the undulating landscape created by the prairie on the northern portion of the site. I was inspired by the way the grasses create a singular yet dynamic plane from many individual components. The Prairie House conveys the same idea through perforated steel fins that line the facade of the building, a glass and steel box, at four foot intervals. Together, the fins create an undulating third condition somewhere between building and landscape. The program of the interior spaces determines the shape of the fins. The fins extend out in conjunction with more personal spaces to provide privacy while disappearing completely in other areas to form large windows.
Rendering: Rhino, 3ds Max, and Adobe Photoshop 8
West Elevation
East Section
Exterior renderings done 3ds Max. Eastin Elevation
South Elevation
East Section
11'-9" 11'-6"
35'-8"
East Section
South Section 9 South Section
Site Model: laser cut styrene + hand cut wood
Model 1/8�=1’: laser cut styrene and mdf, hand cut basswood. 10
Structural Axon: Rhino + Adobe Illustrator
Bed/Bath
Bed/Bath
50'-0"
6'-0"
Double Height Studio
Kitchen/Dining Living Bed/Bath
Bed/Bath
Double Height Studio
Second Floor Kitchen/Dining Living
Second Floor
Second Floor 126'-0"
70'
30'
26'-0"
126'-0"
Mechanical
40'-0"
70'
30'
26'-0"
Studio Bath Janitor
40'-0"
Mechanical2D Studio
First Floor
Studio Bath Janitor
2D Studio
First Floor 11
R E STO R AT I O N C E N T E R For my final project for Studio III: Program, I designed an Urban Bee Education Center that seeks to restore reciprocity between bees and humans through gradients of visual connection, spacial hierarchy, and directed focus. The Center uses these methods to move bees and humans from disconnection, on the first and third floors, to connection, on the second floor.
Site Map: Sketchup + Adobe Photoshop 12
Model at 1/8� = 1’: hand-cut basswood and styrene with laser cut baswood and PET.
EDUCATION/GATHERING
GARDEN
ELEVATOR
GALLERY
HONEY PRODUCTION
STORE
CAFE
01
10’ 10’
EDUCATION/GATHERING
MECHANICAL
02
RESTROOM
BEE HIVES
RESTROOM
GARDEN
20’
40’
GARDEN
HONEY PRODUCTION
STORE
CAFE
10’
20’
40’
13
02
EDUCATION
REST
REST
ROOMS
ROOMS LAB
TEACHING KITCHEN
ADMINISTRATION
DN
UP
BEEHIVE
BEEHIVE KITCHEN
EDUCATION
GALLERY
01 HONEY PRODUCTION
Level 1 14
02
Level 2
MECHANICAL
LEVEL 3 DN
LEVEL 2 TEACHING GARDENS
LEVEL 1
Level 3
5’
10’
20’
40’
Circulation diagram showing bee, human, and mixed zones. Created with Rhino, Vray, and Adobe Illustrator. 15
URBAN STITCH For the final project of Studio II: Site, I designed an interpretive center that focused on the relationship between the Mississippi River and the city of Minneapolis, MN. The building sits on the foundation of an old grain mill located in a thin band of parkland that links the city to the banks of the Mississippi, in the heart of the city’s Mill District. The site was significant to me because of its position between the two intertwined forces of city and river. Upon further inspection I began to see the site as sitting at the edge of a fabric, where the warp of the city frays as it meets the weft of the river. The tension caused by the disintegration of the urban grid as it meets the curves of the Mississippi defines the site. I chose to highlight the complex relationship between these two forces in my design. I did so by weaving the observer through moments of overlap, interweaving, and disjunction to re-tie the city to the river.
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Second Floor
First Floor
Site map: Rhino, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Photoshop 17
18
Section: Rhino + Adobe Illustrator
Renderings: hand drawn linework + Adobe Photoshop 19
MODELS
Final Model from the Studio I Final–The Prairie House: laser cut styrene and mdf, hand cut basswood. 20
Study Model from the Studio III Final– Urban Bee Center: hand cut chipboard + homasote.
Site Model from a Studio II Precedent Study of the Royal Dutch Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: laser cut MDF and cardboard, linework from Rhino
Site Model from a Studio III site analysis group project: laser cut MDF, hand cut wood and PET, spraypaint. 21
RENDERINGS
From the Final project for Design Fundamentals II: Sketchup, 3ds Max, and Adobe Photoshop. 22
From the Final project for Design Fundamentals II: Sketchup, 3ds Max, and Adobe Photoshop. 23
DIAGRAMS
Light and material diagram of Christ Church Lutheran: Adobe Illustrator + Adobe Photoshop 24
Avg Hi
Avg Low
80ºf 70ºf 60ºf 50ºf 40ºf 30ºf 20ºf 10ºf 0ºf
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
Jul
Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Avg Precipitation 12" 10" 8" 6" 4" 2" 0"
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Wind Summer Direction Winter Direction
Sun Summer Solstice Equinox Winter Solstice
Sources: Temperature Data: Climatetemps.com. Addis Ababa. Accessed Feb, 2017. http://www.addis-ababa.climatemps.com Precipitation Data: The World Bank Group. Climate Knowledge Portal. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Accessed Feb, 2017. http://sdwebx.worldbank.org/climateportal/index.cfm?page=country_historical_climate&ThisCCode=ETH Wind Data: myforecast.com. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Accessed Feb, 2017. http://www.myforecast.com/bin/climate.m?city=62006&metric=true
N
1/64” = 1’ 16’
32’
64’
128’
Sun Data: gaisma.com. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Accessed Feb, 2017. http://www.gaisma.com/en/location/addis-abeba.html
Sun, climate, and site diagram of Royal Dutch Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Rhino + Adobe Illustrator 25
DRAWINGS
Orthagraphic hand drawing from Studio I 26
Orthographic hand drawing from Introduction to Architectural Drawing freshman year
Value hand drawing from Introduction to Architectural Drawing, freshman year 27
MARCH, 2018