CHASE PITNER
Harvard University Graduate School of Design Master in Architecture II University of Arkansas Fay Jones School of Architecture Bachelors in Architecture
CHASE PITNER
ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
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Real & Imaginary Variables: Global Arenas
GSD
2 UN-Finished Work III GSD 3
Material Performance. Composite Morphologies
4 Push | Pull
GSD
Competition
5 Superficial Spaces GSD 6
Pre-Fabricated Landscapes
FJSOA
7 Modular Verticality
FJSOA
8 30k Residence
Competition
Content
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Real & Imaginary Variables: Global Arenas
GSD
Instructor George L. Legendre Spring 2014
“Architecture depends on a practical balance between real and imaginary variables: real variables depend on empirical knowledge of a given type, and programme; imaginary variables depend on the equally important (though far less intuitive) properties of indexical modelling. The two parts of the equation need one another to fulfil themselves: without the imaginary part, types wither into predictability and repetition; without the real part, they become self-fulfilling and irrelevant.� George L. Legendre
GSD_Real & Imaginary Variables: Global Arenas
Chase Pitner, Catherine Soderberg
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Real & Imaginary Variables Global Arenas
1:500 Scale Model: 40,000 Seat Soccer Stadium
GSD_Real & Imaginary Variables: Global Arenas. 1:500 Scale Model
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GSD_Real & Imaginary Variables: Global Arenas. 1:1000 Scale Context Model
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Real & Imaginary Variables Global Arenas
GSD_Real & Imaginary Variables: Global Arenas. Parametric Modulation
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Real & Imaginary Variables Global Arenas
GSD_Real & Imaginary Variables: Global Arenas. Structural Surface
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02 01 1:500 Concept Model 02 Structural Truss Concept 03 Section Model 04 Section Model GSD_Real & Imaginary Variables: Global Arenas. Concept Development
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Real & Imaginary Variables Global Arenas
GSD_Real & Imaginary Variables: Global Arenas. 1:500 Scale Model
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Real & Imaginary Variables Global Arenas
GSD_Real & Imaginary Variables: Global Arenas. 1:500 Scale Model
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UN-Finished Work III
GSD
Instructor: Ben Van Berkel
The Open Innovation Lab xAmsterdam is an open platform for innovative research that combines the three sectors of hightech, chemical, and energy within Amsterdam. The research platform responds to a shift in paradigm from a hierarchical firm centric structure to a belief in collective creativity through a co-creation platform. Research focused on the government’s position on innovation through funding and policy. Research into Amsterdam’s innovation economy revealed disconnect between public and private sector knowledge clusters including universities, research & development, and government. The open innovation platform is an architectural prototype that provides an alternative platform for independent knowledge cluster to partner in co-creation. The Analysis of the Dutch Innovation Position stated that the “transfer of knowledge from knowledge institutions through starters is a weakness of the Dutch entrepreneurial climate. In addition “the opportunity to share knowledge, but also share the risks and costs of innovation are not being taken advantage of due to limited interaction between public and private research.” This prototype aims to bridge the gap between knowledge and economic bases within Amsterdam, while attracting knowledge workers from local and global universities, companies, and research institutes.
GSD_UN-Finished Work III
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Open Innovation Lab AMSTERDAM
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Shift in paradigm from firm centric (hierarchical structures) to idea centric (non hierarchical structures) through emerging methods of co-creation.
HORTICULTURE
CREATIVE INDUSTRY
HIGH-TECH INDUSTRY
R&D INSITUTIES
GOVERNMENT
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
ARGRICULTURE & FOOD
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
RESEARCH PLATFORM
RESEARCH & INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM
DUTCH INNOVATION SECTORS
LIVING LAB
USER COMMUNITIES
UNIVERSITIES
ENERGY
INVESTORS LOGISTICS
WATER
LIFE SCIENCES
The open innovation lab exists as an innovation ecosystem that serves as a platform for public and private sector knowledge clusters to combine research efforts through a model of co-creation.
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ENERGY
AMSTERDAM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CLUSTER
HIGH-TECH INDUSTRY
COMPANIES
WORKING / PRODUCTION MODEL
CO-FUNDING RESEARCH INNITIATIVES
CO-CREATION
OPEN INNOVATION PLATFORM
CREATE KNOWLEDGE CLUSTER
INNOVATION
KNOWLEDGE CREATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CLUSTER P R O F I T
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INNOVATION IDEAS, CONCEPTS, & SCENARIOS B E T W E E N
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HIGH-TECH INDUSTRY COMPANIES
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The overlay of circulation onto the existing will emerge new possibilities for the intersection, interaction and exchange of ideas within existing knowledge clusters throughout the innovation ecosystem.
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Open Innovation Lab AMSTERDAM
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LIBRARY + ARCHIVE
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RESEARCH LABORATORY
level 3
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HIGH-TECH RESEARCH CLUSTER
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level 4
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ENERGY KNOWLEDGE CLUSTER
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RESEARCH FELLOWS STUDIOS
RESEARCH FELLOWS STUDIOS
level 6
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Open Innovation Lab AMSTERDAM
GSD_UN-Finished Work III_Canal
Cross Section
Longitudinal Section
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GSD_UN-Finished Work III_Section
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Material Performance: Composite Morphology
GSD
Instructor: Achim Menges Fall 2014
The studio Material Performance: Composite Morphology & Fibrous Tectonics afforded the opportunity to conduct rigorous research and investigation into existing and emerging methods of fibrous composite material systems within architecture. Our investigations focused on developing a critical understanding of the material characteristics embedded within the carbon and glass fiber composites. Research revealed that fibrous composites systems were introduced within architectural applications in the early 1950-60’s exemplified with the collaboration of Monsanto Chemical Company and MIT in the design and construction of the Monsanto House. The Monsanto House captured the innovative potential of this material systems ability to articulate more complex geometries while tectonically yielding a high structure to weight ratio. Fibrous composites emerged as a leading innovation in architectural tectonic and material systems in the 1950-60’s, yet has not deviated from original form based application processes in its current use today.
GSD_Material Performance: Composite Morphology
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Material Performance Fibrous Composites
Current practies have seperated the design of form and structure have been separated into two separate processes, as teh architect design form, then engineers rationalize the structure of form. Fibrous composite form-active structural systems challenge the current paradigm as this system has the potential to incorporate the design of material, form and structure into the thickeness of a single surface. Fibrous composite systems can produce heterogeneous surface conditions as the algorithm and scaffold have teh potential to produce various structural conditions, translucencies, and apertures within a single surface. No other material system is able to achieve similar capacities within a single surface. GSD_Material Performance: Composite Morphology
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Material Performance Fibrous Composites
GSD_Material Performance: Composite Morphology
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Material Performance Fibrous Composites
unresolved edge condition
GSD_Material Performance: Composite Morphology
hinge condition
foot condition
translucency edge condition
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Material Performance Fibrous Composites
carbon fiber surface pre matrix application
form-active fibrous composite structural surfaces combine form and structure within the thickness of a single surface
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Material Performance Fibrous Composites
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Material Performance Fibrous Composites
GSD_Material Performance: Composite Morphology
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Material Performance Fibrous Composites
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PUSH PULL
COMP
Christopher Esper MArch I 15’ Chase Pitner MArch II 15’
The nature of work is ever changing. What was historically static and fixed has been transformed; harboring, a new mode of space for a more mobile, dynamic and flexible work style -- one that fosters cross disciplinary collaboration and formal and informal synergies. Recognize the primary tension between the Dock’s individual identity and a level of co-dependence on other entities given this ethos, we call upon the oblique surfase as a mediator between certain programmatic tensions. Deployed here as a system of circulatory links flowing into presentation spaces, work spaces, and “think” spaces, the oblique surface is a zone for informal and formal interaction negotiating a multitiude of flows and synergies, and facilitating a new type of interaction amongst students, instructors and within the buildings work community.The formal and circulatory language proposed is one which seeks to tap into the circulation and structural language of warehouse thereby allowing people to tap into the resources and types of interaction inhereint in the innovation and design process.”
COMPETITION_Terra Form 2014 ONE Prize_Push | Pull
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Terra Form ONE Prize Competition Push | Pull
faculty
1,000sf
studio
1,000sf
public v. private play v. think mobile v. fixed formal v. informal digital v. analogue operable v. fixed quiet v. loud v. phonecalls
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assessing current square footage, we identify the need for borrowed space in order to meet programmatic demand. We also asses programmatic tensions.
public play mobile informal digital operable loud
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Wrap
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Extend
to accommodate extra necessary spaces we extend and plot tensions to mediate
private think fixed formal analogue quiet
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Split
due to the existing structure and as a major programmatic divide
eating/ flex space
Pin up Presentation/ Pin up
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Drop
to create a formal and informal area for seating in presentations
archive/ research
pinup
Seating/Lounging
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PushPull
pushing in plates and the exterior form create visual connections as well as programmatic zones and circulation to come. pulling down circulation gives access to community/ students-faculty
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Slit
a secondary presentation space and fenestration reveal
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Activate
the intervention is conceived of as the expansion and contractions of a seemingly singular continuous surface to inform programmatic zones
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Terra Form ONE Prize Competition Push | Pull
pinup space
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Superficial Spaces
GSD
Instructor George L. Legendre Spring 2014
Chase Pitner & Catherine Soderberg
GSD_Superficial Spaces_Parametric Modulation_MathCad
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Superficial Spaces Parametric Modulation
GSD_Superficial Spaces_Parametric Modulation_MathCad
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Pre-Fabricated Landscapes Design Build
FJSOA
Instructor: Michael Hughes Spring 2010
Team: Chase Pitner , Josh Matthews, Addison Bliss, Jerome Tomlin, Kevin Hayer, Kelly Jackson, Ryan Wojicicki , Jack Doherty, Brad West, Lianne Collier, Nick Walker, Craig Peacock
The design and build studio was comprised of twelve fourth and fifth year students from the University of Arkansas Fay Jones School of Architecture. The Prefabricated Landscapes Design-Build studio explored opportunities of affordable housing through modular construction. The house consists of four prefabricated modules that were designed and built by the students 190 miles north of the site in Fayetteville Arkansas. The modules were transported to the site by four flatbed trailers. The studio provided a rigorous environment in which students were able to explore all aspects of the design, development, and fabrication processes.
FJSOA_Design-Build Studio_Modular Housing
103'
104'
10 5'
106'
105'
106'
104'
103'
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Modular Housing Design Build Studio
FJSOA_Design-Build Studio_Modular Housing
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Modular Housing Design Build Studio
site
FJSOA_Design-Build Studio_Modular Housing
placement of modules
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Modular Housing Design Build Studio
FJSOA_Design-Build Studio_Modular Housing
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Vertical Modularity A Pre-Fabricated Pod Hotel for Brooklyn
FJSOA
Instructors: Marlon Blackwell & Tahar Messadi Spring 2011, Degree Project
The decline in industry and the years of excessive contamination has led the Environmental Protection Agency to nominate the Gowanus Canal to the National Superfund List. The 300 million dollar Super Fund will provide the necessary funds for the extensive decontamination process of the canals water and the surrounding brownfields. Architecturally, the project acts as a catalyst for the future densification of the post industrial area of south Brooklyn. The project challenges existing typologies of the tower through efficiencies in prefabricated modular construction techniques. The internal program is derived from recent shifts in the hospitality industry as travelers interests in more efficient and affordable accommodations for lodging. The concept challenges traditional configuration of the hotel room by collapsing the floor are of the bed and the surrounding circulation space into one space. This concept is based on a critical understanding of efficiencies and accommodations found within the transportation industry including trains, planes, and automobiles.
FJSOA_Design-Build Studio_Modular Housing
tower section
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transporation of prefabricated modules
FJSOA_Pod Hotel_Modular Tower
storage
bed
corridor
pod section
pod 1
pod 2
corridor
15 ft
pod 3
pod plan 15’ x 15’
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Modular Tower Pod Hotel_Brooklyn NY
FJSOA_Pod Hotel_Modular Tower
ammenities
connect module to cast in place concrete core
prefabricated modules 6 modules per floor 3 rooms per module
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The wrap mediates the vertical scale of the tower and the canals edge.
FJSOA_Pod Hotel_Modular Tower
lighting
theater
wildlife
vegitation
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Building Trust International 30k House Competition
COMP
Team: Chase Pitner & Sam Avery
The Culvert Residence is a universally accessible design solution to the growing demand of single-person households especially for the elderly and homeless. The precast concrete includes a fly ash mixture to benefit structural integrity and durability all while reusing a waste byproduct.
The 30k house further reduces cost by eliminating costly details including the foundation, floor and wall assembly, and the roof detail. By eliminating these trades, it redistributes labor and material costs to other emphasis within the project and streamlines the construction process. The resilient exterior and panelized interior reduce long-term maintenance costs. Maximizing the site for prevailing winds and solar orientation, the culverts thick layer of insulation acts to both protect from the elements and create a cool, ventilated living environment.
COMPETITION_Building Trust International_30k House
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30k House Competition Modular Housing
ADAPTABLE HOUSING: modular living
30k House COMPETITION_Building Trust International_30k House
40k House
50k House
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30k House Competition Modular Living
Modular Living: Transformable Wall System
configuration 1: seating
COMPETITION_Building Trust International_30k House
configuration 2: table
configuration 3: bed
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1. 2” x 8” Floor Joist 2. Rigid Insulation 3. Water Heater 4. 1” x 4” Wood Decking 5. 1/4” Cork 6. 3/4” Plywood Stud Wall 7. Vapor Barrier 8. 4” Rigid Insulationp 9. Pre-Cast Concrete Culvert
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