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IMAGE (left) Union Station Bicycle Transit Center in Washington, DC | 2008

KGP design studio Washington, DC | 2012-Present

KGP design studio (KGP) has collaborated with our clients to transform their specific needs into design solutions that positively affect individuals, communities and cities. With offices in Washington, Honolulu and Manila, the firm benefits from a diverse team, sharing resources on a global scale to provide the best possible support for our clients and craft a unique strategy of development for every project. With over 30 years of experience in transit projects, the firm’s efforts have focused on transit design from its inception. The firm serves as the architectural consultant to WMATA, with a range of projects such as the high profile upgrade of the current Washington Metro underground station. Similarly KGP was the architectural consultant for WMATA providing services the Columbia Pike Transit Initiative, Environmental Planning and Small Starts. Under this contract KGP provided planning and design services for station and yard facilities. KGP is currently the architectural consultant to MTA for the Purple Line - EIS and Preliminary Engineering phases, leading design development of elevated structures, bridge design and station facilities. Project scopes range from new station designs, facilities, canopies, pedestrian bridges, furnishings and graphics as well as connections to MARC Stations. KGP designed all the prototype stations and canopies for the new Honolulu Transit rail line, now under construction, having previously planned the transit oriented development (TOD) in the1993 EIS study. Other major transit projects include the design and construction of 13 stations for Manila Metro Rail Transit (MRT), developing a Master Plan TOD next to the EDSA Central station and planning and station design for the Red Line in Tel Aviv.

PROJECTS LIST Bethesda WMATA Station of the Future -DC/MD/VA Capitol View Drive Residence - McLean, VA Chip Chair - New York City, NY Decker Avenue Residence - Baltimore, MD Dumbhouse - Washington, DC Fairfax Drive Multimodal Plaza - Arlington, VA Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge - Washington, DC Kennedy Center Pedestrian Passage - Washington, DC Meshroom Prototypes - Washington, DC Metropolitan Branch Trail Park - Washington, DC MTA Purple Line Station Architecture - MD MTA Red Line Urban Design - Baltimore, MD Riveredge Park Pedestrian Bridge - Aurora, IL Riverdale Park Purple Line Station - Riverdale Park, MD Rosslyn Metro Station Entrance & Mezzanine - Arlington, VA Silver Spring Purple Line Station - Silver Spring, MD West Heating Plant Pedestrian Bridge - Washington, DC WMATA Bike & Ride Facilities - DC/MD/VA www.kgpds.com - WEB

IMAGE (left) Type-2 Exterior Prototype Bike & Ride Facility at West Hyattsville Metro Station | 2014

WMATA Bike & Ride Various Locations DC, MD and VA | 2012-14 As the frame of reference in urban design projects evolves from automobile-centric to include the pedestrian and alternative transportation, municipalities are shifting their focus. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) along with KGP design studio are at the forefront of this new alternative transportation infrastructure. The huge success of bicycle facilities and bicycle public transit programs, such as Capital Bikeshare, has dramatically increased ridership in the Washington DC Metro area. These shifts have altered the landscape of public transportation for both urban and suburban commuters. With such rapid growth, new challenges must be met in order to continue such positive, sustainable growth. While bicycle racks provide an effective, low-cost, short-term parking solution, they only provide a modest amount of security to deter theft. Secure, long-term bicycle parking facilities are an essential component of bicycle based infrastructure and a key component for increasing the capacity of WMATA rail ridership. Two types, an interior-parking garage prototype and an exterior, free-standing prototype weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re developed to accommodate the wide range of locations WMATA intends on deploying these secure parking prototypes throughout their broader multimodal transit network. The design of these facilities considered all possible jurisdictional building codes, regulations and other criteria which could regulate its design very early in the process to minimize site variations without limiting the modularity of the prototypical design process.

EXISTING WMATA PROPOSALS BIKE & RIDE FACILITIES AT COLLEGE PARK, FRANCONIASPRINGFIELD AND VIENNA

DESIGN CRITERIA: Optimize Security Cost Effective Ease of Use CORE STRATEGIES TO TARGET DESIGN CRITERIA: Economy of assembly Modular / Site Adaptable Design Continuity Inside-out / Kit-of-parts approach

IMAGES (top) Proposed WMATA Design for Bike & Ride Exterior Prototype Facility at Vienna Metro (middle) WMATA designed interior Bike & Ride at UMD - College Park Station (bottom) Interior Photograph of WMATA designed Bike & Ride at UMD - College Park Station

IMAGES (top) Diagram illustrating cost optimization and formal logic for ‘boomerang’ shape (bottom) Interior perspective of Type-2 Exterior, Freestanding Prototype facility at FranconiaSpringﬁeld Metro Station

SEPARATE STATION STRUCTURE AND ROOF STRUCTURE

EXTENSION OF STATION VOLUME

EXTENSION OF ROOF VOLUME

COMBINATION OF ROOF AND STATION STRUCTURE

UNIFIED FORM

Type: Bicycle Facilities, Transit, Institutional/Cultural Client: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Cost: $2.4 million (estimated total) Status: Under Construction, 2014 Projected Completion General-JOC Contractor: Haris Design and Construction Co. Engineering Consultants: ARUP (Structural, IT and Electrical) + LANGAN (Civil and Geotech)

IMAGES (top) Vienna Type-1 Interior, Garage Prototype (middle) NoMA Type-X Hybrid Prototype (bottom) Franconia-Springﬁeld Type-2 Exterior, Freestanding Prototype

A range of cost optimization strategies we’re settled upon early in the process to achieve the client’s strict budgetary limitations. Three core strategies to target the design criteria were developed: economy of assembly, continuity between prototypes and a kit-of-parts design approach. The value engineering strategy for an economy of assembly drove the design’s details to minimize onsite welding, utilize off-the shelf and readily available components and fabricate assemblies in the shop to the greatest extent possible. Design continuity between the prototypes and differing site locations throughout the system is established through graphics, materials and adaptability of the prototype for enlargement or reduction depending on site criteria. We achieved these results by designing the kit-of-parts ﬁrst and developing robust design details which apply to all prototypes regardless of site adapted conditions. Repetition of structural connections, and facade & cladding details between the varying site conditions allows for pre-fabrication of building components to bring down installation and erection costs. The resulting innovative membrane roof and cable mesh structures are a highly visible catalyst, transforming their urban context while expanding transportation possibilities and walk ability.

IMAGES (left) Isometric detail of typical â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;boomerangâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; rib assembly for Exterior, Freestanding Prototype (right) Isometric detail of typical column to beam/ rib assembly for both Interior and Exterior Prototype facilities

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3/16" ROUND ON 1/4" STAGGERED PERFORATED PLAIN STL, PAINTED

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TAMPER-RESISTANT HEX SCREWS, 16" MAX 4x4x1/4 STL ANGLE SCREWED TO HSS TUBE

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19-SPACE LIGHT DUTY 'DOVE TAIL' PRESSURE LOCKED GALVANIZED BAR GRATE; 4" O.C. CROSS BAR SPACING, TYP

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WELDED ANCHOR BLOCK, MFG SUPPLIED

CONTINOUS STL ANGLE WELDED TO COLUMN TAMPER-RESISTANT CARRIAGE BOLTS, 16" MAX

INSIDE OUTSIDE

3/16" ROUND ON 1/4" STAGGERED PERFORATED PLAIN STL, PAINTED

HSS 8x8x1/2 COLUMN @ 13'-4" O.C. TEK SCREWS BOLTED TO STL FRAME, 16" MAX

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19-SPACE LIGHT DUTY 'DOVE TAIL' GALVANIZED BAR GRATE; 4" O.C. VERTICALS ANCHOR BLOCK WELDED TO GRATE, MFG SUPPLIED TEK SCREWS BOLTED TO STL FRAME, 16" MAX ROLLED EDGE, TYP

19-SPACE LIGHT DUTY 'DOVE TAIL' PRESSURE LOCKED GALVANIZED BAR GRATE; 4" O.C. CROSS BAR SPACING, TYP 4x4x1/4 STL ANGLE

8x8x1/2 HSS TUBE COLUMN TEK SCREWS BOLTED TO STL FRAME, 16" MAX

4x4x1/4 STL ANGLE EDGE BANDING, MFG SUPPLIED

WELDED ANCHOR BLOCK, MFG SUPPLIED

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IMAGES (top) Inside-Out design approach with typical panel connection details to maintain design continuity (bottom) West Hyattsville Type-2 Exterior, Freestanding Bike & Ride Facility

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LAP PANEL EDGES ALONG VERTICAL JOINT, TYP

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8x8x1/2 HSS TUBE COLUMN STAGGER SCREWS 8" O.C. VERTICALS

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WELDED ANCHOR BLOCK, MFG SUPPLIED 19-SPACE LIGHT DUTY 'DOVE TAIL' PRESSURE LOCKED GALVANIZED BAR GRATE; 4" O.C. CROSS BAR SPACING, TYP

IMAGE (left) Meshroom 35-Park with Trek branded PVC membrane advertisement in Dupont Circle | 2013

Meshroom 02.35.70 Product Development | 2011-14 The huge success of bicycle facilities and bicycle public transit programs, such as Capital Bikeshare, has dramatically increased ridership in the Washington DC Metro area. These shifts have altered the landscape of public transportation for both urban and suburban commuters. With such rapid growth, new challenges must be met in order to continue such positive, sustainable growth. While bicycle racks provide an effective, low-cost, short-term parking solution, they only provide a modest amount of security to deter theft. Secure, long-term bicycle parking facilities are an essential component of bicycle based infrastructure and a key component for increasing the capacity of WMATA rail ridership. The prototypes developed offer varying capacity, lowcost, pre-fabricated bicycle parking facilities, securing commuter bicycles from the elements and theft. To utilize a minimal amount of materials both in structure and enclosure, the two prototypes take inspiration from anticlastic tent forms. A ďŹ&#x201A;exible stainless steel cable net provides secure transparent side walls and a variable fritted ETFE membrane provides overhead protection. Alternating angle racks provide maximum parking efficiency for up to 30 and 70 bicycles for each respective prototype, in a limited footprint. The elongated elliptical plan optimizes interior circulation and reduces potential pedestrian circulation conďŹ&#x201A;icts.

IMAGES (top left + right) PVC membrane advertising subsidies to offset upfront costs (bottom) 35-Park structural frame, custom racks and membrane assembly details (opposite bottom) Meshroom 70-Park Elongated Bicycle Parking Prototype Facility

Research Project / Prototype Design Bicycle Facilities (Patent Pending) Project Team: KGP design studio (Don Paine, William Gallagher, Eric Birkhauser, Chris Brown and Alex Lorman) Status: Product Development

IMAGE (left) Bethesda Metro / WMATA Station of the Future Prototype - Platform perspective view | 2013-14

Bethesda Metro Bethesda, MD | 2013-14

The proposed design modifications to Bethesda Metro station are a carefully planned response to years of poorly executed intrusions in the metro station’s public space, need for more light and better signage, need to mitigate the confusion of the transition to a new fare gate system and a future second entrance, increase maintainability, replace old infrastructure to improve reliability, improve air flow, and support various new operational initiatives with a cohesive design. This is an attempt to reclaim Harry Weese’s original vision for the underground metro station and preserve it in the face of the realities of operating a modern railroad system with fast-growing passenger fl ow and increased customers demand for better service.

EXISTING WMATA DESIGN PROPOSALS STATION OF THE FUTURE PROTOTYPE

RETURN TO CORE DESIGN PRINCIPLES (HARRY WEESE) “Create a “kit of parts” that can be applied in multiple ways” “Design spaces that are easily seen and understood” “Create natural pathways that area readily visible” “Design spacious areas with good sight lines” “Keep people away from walls to limit graffiti and keep the system clean”

IMAGES (top) WMATA Design Proposal for Stainless Steel Information / Vending Wall (middle) WMATA Design Proposal for Stainless Steel Station Manager’s Kiosk (bottom) WMATA Design Proposal for Stainless Steel Pylon Redesign and PID [Passenger Information Display] distribution on Center Platform Station to increase ‘level of service’ to waiting passengers

IMAGE (bottom) Our minor and understated design revisions to the existing pylon integrate new Stainless Steel material palette mildly, provide better passenger information and resolve issues with mechanical air distribution caused by train brake pad dust accumulation

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Transportation, Industrial Design and Environmental Graphics Design Project Team: KGP design studio (Don Paine, William Gallagher, Eric Birkhauser, Chris Brown, Brandon Blount and Ethan Marsh) Status: Public Review Process

IMAGES (left) A thorough assessment of ‘decision points’ revealed the scope of the wayﬁnding issues we’re largely created by user confusion (right) A simple strategy of utilizing only Pylons, two alternating types, for user information simpliﬁes where passengers look for information increasing the operating efficiency of all stations system-wide

STATION MANAGER INFORMATION POINT: - BROCHURES & PAMPHLETS - FARE CHARTS - ASK QUESTIONS - REGIONAL BUS & AREA MAPS - LAST TRAIN SIGNAGE - ELEVATOR & SERVICE OUTAGES - GENERAL ASSISTANCE DP #2A

DP #2B

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SYSTEM ORIENTATION DECISION POINT(S): WHICH SIDE OF THE PLATFORM WILL MY TRAIN BE ARRIVING ON?

ROUTE PLANNING INFORMATION POINT: - SYSTEM MAP - STATION AHEAD LIST(S) - ON TRAIN SYSTEM SIGNAGE

SYSTEM ORIENTATION DECISION POINT: WHICH SIDE OF THE PLATFORM WILL MY TRAIN BE ARRIVING ON?

DP #2A

ROUTE PLANNING INFORMATION POINT: - SYSTEM MAP - STATION AHEAD LIST(S) - ON TRAIN SYSTEM SIGNAGE

PASSENGER CIRCULATION: PATH OF TRAVEL BREAK LINE

INFO PT #5B INFO PT #4

INFO PT #3

INFO PT #5C

PATH OF TRAVEL (ABOVE)

DP #2C

SYSTEM ORIENTATION DECISION POINT(S): WHICH SIDE OF THE PLATFORM WILL MY TRAIN BE ARRIVING ON?

INFO PT #6 INFO PT #5A

ROUTE PLANNING INFORMATION POINT: - SYSTEM MAP - STATION AHEAD LIST(S) - ON TRAIN SYSTEM SIGNAGE

INFO PT #5C

BOARDING INFORMATION POINT: - PID (PASSENGER INFO DISPLAY)

DIRECTION/ PATH OF TRAVEL (BELOW)

POINTS OF INTEREST: DECISION POINT / DECISION POINT SIGNAGE INFORMATION POINT / INFORMATION POINT ZONES

VISIBILITY LEVELS: UNOBSTRUCTED PRIMARY VIEWSHED (MAY BE NON-VISUAL) INFO PT #1A

STATION ENTRY DECISION POINT: WHAT STATION AND COLOR LINE IS THIS?

STATION ENTRY INFORMATION POINT: - HOURS OF OPERATION INFO PT #2B

DP #1

STATION ENTRY DECISION POINT: WHAT STATION AND COLOR LINE IS THIS?

INFORMATION WALL INFORMATION POINT: - PID (PASSENGER INFO DISPLAY) - TICKET VENDING - FARE CHARTS - ATM & SMARTTRIP - SYSTEM MAPS - INFORMATION KIOSKS

DP #1

UNOBSTRUCTED REDUNDANT VIEW PARTIALLY OBSTRUCTED VIEW FULLY OBSTRUCTED VIEW

INFO PT #1A

OUTGOING TRACK

STATION CENTERLINE

INCOMING TRACK

STATION ENTRY/

IMAGES (top) Early design iterations utilized simpliďŹ ed digital TVMs integrating passenger information, vending in an easy to use interface (bottom) After the mandate to integrate the existing, clunky TVMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s subsequent designs focused on how to softly integrate the Stainless Steel material palette without disrupting the station aesthetic

IMAGES (left) WMATA Design Proposal for new, smaller mezzanine pylons and Add-fare machines removing wayďŹ nding and hvac functionality (bottom) Working with the existing constraints our design simply rotated the Add-fare machines to increase lines of sight for the Station Managerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kiosk and for the user experience, no changes were proposed to the mezzanine pylons for purposes of design continuity

IMAGES (left) A mandate for our design team to introduce Stainless Steel gates afforded the opportunity to re-think the Station Managerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kiosk (right) A smaller, pure octagonal kiosk introduces modern architectural glass detailing and new technologies to create a more inviting, approachable kiosk for passengers

IMAGE (left) Pennsylvania Avenue at Murrow Park after completion of Phase Three: Streetscape and Pedestrian Improvements

Pennsylvania Ave Washington, DC | 2014-15

Pennsylvania Avenue looms large in our nation’s collective psyche. It is home to presidents, the path to their inaugurations, and sometimes the site of their funeral processions. It is home to protests, grand old hotels, monuments, museums, federal buildings, embassies and more. To the millions who visit DC every year, it truly manifests the name “America’s Main Street,” serving as both the physical and symbolic connecting ﬁber of the Federal City. Pennsylvania Avenue’s identity encompasses a diversity of conditions that transcend its symbolic presence; it serves as more than just the connection between the White House and the Capitol Building - it represents instead a living connection between the Federal City and “The District” where we live, work and play every day. Connecting the Federal City to two of the oldest (preDistrict) neighborhoods, the Avenue bears the responsibility of bridging the gap between the educational, institutional, government and private uses that have made DC one of the most vibrant cities in the country. It is no wonder that, saddled with these numerous roles to ﬁll and cut off from the White House since 1996, this portion of Pennsylvania Avenue has lost a clear sense of identity and failed to live up to its potential as both a local and tourist center of activity. The goal of our interventions is to create a unique identity and sense of place for this portion of Pennsylvania Avenue , but for this identity to respect the Avenue’s role in the city and place in history. By targeting interventions that are both large in impact but recognizable as contextual to the city’s urban form, “PENN WEST” will weave together the uses and users that are already a “captive audience” to the Avenue while also creating a destination, a new quarter for the city, that will attract tourists form the federal city, students from the university, locals from the entire city, and entice the daytime office workers to stay for the evening.

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PEDESTRIAN ZONE AND STREET CROSSINGS

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IMAGES (top) Existing conditions analysis diagram

IMAGES (top) Rendered corridor site plan (bottom right) Project goals and objectives

- Provide for the Public Realm: rethink the streetscape by providing a 50â&#x20AC;&#x2122; wide sidewalk on the north side of Pennsylvania Avenue with cafe seating, landscaping installations, continuous tree canopy and pedestrian lighting, public art, room for open air markets and other cultural activities; simplify the intersections with Pennsylvania to encourage pedestrians; - Provide for the Sustainable Realm: reduce pervious paving on the south side of the Avenue by narrowing the sidewalk and providing a regular rhythm of stormwater collection planters; give the road a diet by taking lanes for the enlarged north side sidewalk and for a two-way median protected cycle track on the south side of the Avenue; - Provide for the Cultural Realm: reconnect the two triangle parks at both Murrow and Monroe Parks, creating full size parks that can sponsor both daily and special use activities; leverage relationships with adjacent cultural, educational, institutional and commercial partners to program the parks with year-round activities that will attract tourists and locals.

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IMAGES (opposite) Prototypical streetscape plan and isometric detail drawings (top left) Aerial phasing diagram (bottom) Proposed street-section along Pennsylvania Avenue

Granite Benches

Rain Garden

Path and Permeable Barrier Tree

Wooden Bench

IMAGE(S) (top left) Isometric detail drawing of prototypical raingarden planter with counter-balanced granite benches and passage stepping stones (top right) Aerial overview perspective of raingarden planter (bottom right) Perspective along Pennsylvania Avenueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s south side with canopy lined, medianbuffered cycle track

IMAGE (bottom) 1700 Pennsylvania Avenue, North side streetscape perspective along block just west of the White House and Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Park

IMAGE(S) (top left) Monroe Park design proposal (bottom left) Murrow Park design proposal (top right) Existing conditions open space reservations from original L’Enfant plan diagram showing Murrow and Monroe Parks current uses (opposite) Example page layout spreads from ‘Penn West: Existing Conditions Analysis Report’

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1977 - Foggy Bottom Metro Opens

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10. 1996 - Penn. Ave. Closed At White House After Oklahoma City Courthouse Bombing (2001 Policy Made Closure Permanent After 9/11 Terrorist Attacks)

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Painting of historic Western Market 1803-56

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C-3-C: Medium to High Density Development, including office, retail, housing and mixed use

World Bank Headquarters and related property ownership for WB & IMF along Penn Ave

Michael Van Valkenburgh’s design for Pennsylvania Avenue at the White House

SP-2: Matter-of-right medium/high density development including residential; offices limitted to non-proﬁts, trade associations and approved professionals

C-4: Downtown Core including retail, office housing and mixed use

R-5-D (GWU): Matter-ofright medium/high residential development

Phase III Report

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PAVING CONDITIONS

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OPEN SPACE RESERVATION DESIGN CRITERIA:

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Groundhog Day, Cinema in the Circle, World Cup Viewing, Ireland Embassy Music Festival, Statuevision Performance, Theatre in the Circle, High Heel Race

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Importance of primary axial deﬁnition - physical connection to ‘Federal City’ Axial placement of federal monuments and memorials - representative of our nations collective history and aspirations manifest in the physical form of it’s democratic space Passive spaces ﬂanking central axis Sustainable civic stage utilizing ease of maintenance materials - use and abuse Flexibility for all of the following basic uses: enjoyment, inspiration and civic participation

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1700 Block Pennsylvania Avenue Curb-side row Center row Building-front row 1800 Block H Street Curb-side row Center row Building-front row Murrow Park North Sidewalk edge Within park Murrow Park South Sidewalk edge Within park 1900 Block Pennsylvania Avenue Curb-side row Center row Building-front row 2000 Block I Street Curb-side row Center row Building-front row Monroe Park North Sidewalk edge Within park Monroe Park South Sidewalk edge Within park 2100 Block Pennsylvania Avenue Curb-side row Center row Building-front row 18th Street 19th Street 20th Street 21st Street 22nd Street

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1. Penn Ave at Monroe Park Existing Condition

2. Penn Ave at Murrow Park Existing Condition

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4. Penn Ave at Murrow Park Proposed Condition

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Electric streetcar line alignment centrally down Pennsylvania Avenue West 1888

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SITE BOUNDARY

SP-2 L’Enfant’s Plan of the City of Washington 1791

Phase III Report

STREET TREES & PLANTING CONDITIONS

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The goal of our interventions is to create a unique identity and sense of place for this portion of Pennsylvania Avenue , but for this identity to respect the Avenue’s role in the city and place in history. By targeting interventions that are both large in impact but recognizable as contextual to the city’s urban form, “PENN WEST” will weave together the uses and users that are already a “captive audience” to the Avenue while also creating a destination, a new quarter for the city, that will attract tourists form the federal city, students from the university, locals from the entire city, and entice the But to those of us who live and work in the District, daytime office workers to stay for the evening. Pennsylvania Avenue’s identity encompasses a diversity of conditions that transcend its symbolic presence. For us, Pennsylvania Avenue serves as more than just the connection between the White House and the Capitol To reach this goal: Building - it represents instead a living connection between - Provide for the Public Realm: rethink the the Federal City and “The District” where we live, work and streetscape by providing a 50’ wide sidewalk on the north play every day. side of Pennsylvania Avenue with cafe seating, landscaping For those of us in Capitol Hill, we know Pennsylvania as the installations, continuous tree canopy and pedestrian lighting, tree-lined, wide neighborhood boulevard, lined with local public art, room for open air markets and other cultural restaurants, pubs and shops that make the Hill one of the activities; simplify the intersections with Pennsylvania to most popular residential neighborhoods in the city. Even encourage pedestrians; further east, Pennsylvania Avenue serves as an important - Provide for the Sustainable Realm: reduce pervious commuter connection across the river to Anacostia and the paving on the south side of the Avenue by narrowing the suburbs of Prince George’s County. sidewalk and providing a regular rhythm of stormwater But to the west of the White house, it becomes something collection planters; give the road a diet by taking lanes for else altogether. Connecting the Federal City to two of the the enlarged north side sidewalk and for a two-way median oldest (pre-District) neighborhoods, the Avenue bears the protected cycle track on the south side of the Avenue; responsibility of bridging the gap between the educational, - Provide for the Cultural Realm: reconnect the two institutional, government and private uses that have made DC one of the most vibrant cities in the country. It is no triangle parks at both Murrow and Monroe Parks, creating full wonder that, saddled with these numerous roles to ﬁll and size parks that can sponsor both daily and special use activities; cut off from the White House since 1996, this portion of leverage relationships with adjacent cultural, educational, Pennsylvania Avenue has lost a clear sense of identity and institutional and commercial partners to program the parks failed to live up to its potential as both a local and tourist with year-round activities that will attract tourists and locals. center of activity. Pennsylvania Avenue looms large in our nation’s collective psyche. It is home to presidents, the path to their inaugurations, and sometimes the site of their funeral processions. It is home to protests, grand old hotels, monuments, museums, federal buildings, embassies and more. To the millions who visit DC every year, it truly manifests the name “America’s Main Street,” serving as both the physical and symbolic connecting ﬁber of the Federal City.

1791 - L’enfant’s Original Reservation For The Current Grounds Occupied By Murrow Park In “Plan Of The City Of Washington”

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IMAGE(S) (left) Decker Ave residence - Interior perspective at entrance/ living room area | 2013-14

Freelance Work Various Locations | 2010-15

Images of various residential, commercial, graphic design and other side projects. PROJECTS LIST Decker Ave Residence - Baltimore, MD La Patrinodomo Skatepark - CUBA SKATE Architecture DC blog - AIA|DC 800 S West Street - Wilmington, DE

IMAGE(S) (left) Decker Ave residence - Detail perspective at kitchen sink with integral concrete drainboard | 2013-14

Decker Ave Baltimore, MD | 2013-14

The transformation of this thin, outdated row home in Canton is a story of space optimization in all regards. The 10’-4” wide row home provided little opportunity for the traditional room structure as we know it and forced KGP’s hand in designing objects which serve multiple functions and nuanced spaces not traditionally used for such purposes. An 8’-0” wide bi-folding glass door was added to the rear of the property enabling the rear yard to function as an outdoor dining and multifunctional space as the weather permits. Natural light enters the dark middle areas of the home via skylights and interior transom windows. The offset linear plan layout optimized the addition upstairs allowing for an efficient plumbing and ventilation stack to minimize the disruption of utilities on the minimal available space. A ductless mini-split heating and cooling system is installed to further emphasize this goal. The kitchen island, a work of KGP in partnership with Baltimore area artisans at LUKE WORKS, LLC utilizes cast serving bowls within a concrete topping slab which is revealed through a slide- out waterfall leg. Wall cabinets used on the island created this 8” void and thus necessitated this truly unique design intervention.

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IMAGE(S) (top) Location map - Canton neighborhood (right) Perspective at rear addition with shiplap cedar rainscreen siding and indoor-outdoor living space (opposite) Floor plans from permit drawing set

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1099 14TH ST NW SUITE 101 L WASHINGTON, DC 20005 t 202.822.2102 f 202.822.210

N13

LINDSEY DEHENZEL 1011 S STREET NW APT B WASHINGTON, DC 20001 t 410.991.9239

8' - 10"

KGP

2 10' - 4"

10' - 4"

1 A.4.03

STRUTURAL ENGINEER STRUCTURAL SOLUTIONS INC. PETER J. MALMQUIST, PE 706 WALKER AVE BALTIMORE, MD 21212 t 443.797.7715

B 7' - 9 1/2"

CHRIS BROWN 1011 S STREET NW APT B WASHINGTON, DC 20001 t 202.822.2102 ext. 211

3' - 0" TO P.L.

2' - 8"

(N) 3-1/2" MASONRY BUILDING PAD

9' - 0"

3' - 0"

9' - 0"

2' - 8"

WT-8 W1

(N) 1-HR RATED FIRE WALL; SEE SHT A.6.02

(N) 4" HALF ROUND DOWNSPOUT

13' - 4 1/4"

WT-5

(N) EXTERIOR BEARING WALL, 1-HR RATED; SEE SHT A.6.02

204

N25

03 A.3.01 N24

(N) W/D LOCATION; SEE A.1.00

BATH 102 47 SF

D 2 A.5.01

(N) 200 AMP ELEC. SERVICE PANEL

WT-3 UP

(N) STAIR TO MASTER SUITE

12' - 4"

4' - 7 3/4"

2. (N) HARDWOOD FLOORING THROUGHOUT U.N.O.; PATCH AND REPLACE FLOORING UNDERLAYMENT AS REQ'D

(N) POCKET DOOR

MIN

(N) WALL NICHE @ EXISTING WALL OPENING IN SHOWER; CERAMIC TILE SURROND, TYP

(N) DECK MOUNTED SKYLIGHT

(N) 3'-0" WD HANDRAIL POSTS AT 0'-4" O.C. MAX

LOFT

A.3.01

202

A.3.01

EXISTING DEMO

122 SF

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13 1/8"

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MIN

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N20

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LIVING ROOM

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DATE

101

ENLARGE (E) CLOSET

265 SF

N21

(N) HARDWOOD FLOORING THROUGHOUT, UNO (N) CASEWORK, NIC

GUEST BEDROOM 201

5 1/2" / 12"

109 SF REMOVE & REPLACE RUSTED OUT WATER METER CAP

2' - 0"

13' - 10 1/2"

1. ALL GRID LINES SHOWN ON FLOOR PLAN DRAWINGS ARE TO INSIDE FACE OF EXISTING WALLS U.N.O. (NOT PROPERTY LINES); FOR PROPERTY BOUNDARY INFORMATION PLEASE REFERENCE SHT A.0.10

1 A.4.01 8' - 2 1/2"

N23

8' - 4 1/4"

3' - 0"

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(N) LINEN CLOSET 1/4" ALUM. SCHLUTER TRIM TRANSITION STRIP BTWN HARDWOOD & BRICK FLOOR, NIC

(N) 4" HALF ROUND GUTTER AND DOWNSPOUT

3" / 12"

(N) BRICK HERRINGBONE FLOOR IN KITCHEN, NIC

203

01 A.4.05

(N) RECIRCULATING DOWNDRAFT GAS COOKTOP

A.3.01

MASTER BATHROOM 38 SF

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N11

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103

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(N) 1-HR RATED FIRE WALL, SEE SHT A.6.02

(N) BUILT UP SINGLE PLY MEMBRANE ROOF

(N) EXTERIOR BIFOLDING GLASS PATIO DOOR BY LA CANTINA

KITCHEN

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N12

C (N) WD CASEMENT EGRESS WINDOWS; SEE WINDOW SCHEDULE, SHT A.8.02

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1308 DATE

08.12.2013 ISSUE

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1099 14TH ST NW SUITE 101 L WASHINGTON, DC 20005 t 202.822.2102 f 202.822.210

LINDSEY DEHENZEL 1011 S STREET NW APT B WASHINGTON, DC 20001 t 410.991.9239

01 A.5.04

CHRIS BROWN 1011 S STREET NW APT B WASHINGTON, DC 20001 t 202.822.2102 ext. 211

03 ROOF 16' - 4"

STRUTURAL ENGINEER STRUCTURAL SOLUTIONS INC. PETER J. MALMQUIST, PE 706 WALKER AVE BALTIMORE, MD 21212 t 443.797.7715

(N) EXTERIOR BEARING WALL; WT-8, SEE SHT A.6.02 (N) EXTERIOR BEARING WALL; WT-7, SEE SHT A.6.02

02.5 LVL 9' - 2" 02 LVL 8' - 2"

906 S DECKER AVE BALTIMORE, MD NOTE(S):

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1. ALL GRID LINES SHOWN ON FLOOR PLAN DRAWINGS ARE TO INSIDE FACE OF EXISTING WALLS U.N.O. (NOT PROPERTY LINES); FOR PROPERTY BOUNDARY INFORMATION PLEASE REFERENCE SHT A.0.10

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EXISTING DEMO

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1308 DATE

08.12.2013 ISSUE

PERMIT REVIEW SUBMISSION SHEET TITLE

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Cross Section at Brick Wall 1/4" = 1'-0"

Longitudinal Section 1/4" = 1'-0"

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PERMIT REVIEW SET

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IMAGE(S) (bottom) Existing living room with large masonry ďŹ replace (right) Perspective at living room after renovations with oriiginal exposed masonry party wall and ceiling bulkhead along feature wall to conceal structure supporting addition (opposite) Sections from permit drawing set

IMAGE(S) (left) Existing kitchen with u-shaped cabinet conﬁguration and patio door to late mudroom addition from 1980’s (right) Interior perspective from kitchen after renovation with indoor-outdoor living space accessed via 9’-0” wide glass folding door by La Cantina, mudroom addition has been removed

IMAGE(S) (bottom) Existing kitchen from mudroom (right) Interior perspective from kitchen after renovation with naturally illuminated spaces extending into the core of the rowhome, bathroom transom window in background (opposite) Sliding kitchen island undercabinet surface with removable cast insert bowls for serving, prep and entertaining

IMAGE(S) (left) Bathroom perspective at tub wall with 12” x 24” vertical running bond metal panel wall, salvaged and re-used from old 1930’s CPU room ﬂooring at original rear facade of property (right) Bathroom perspective at service wall with pedestal sink, reclaimed wood vanity and natural bark wall shelf (opposite) Perspective from entrance door after renovations completed

IMAGE (left) The Reef Installation at NYC Storefront for Art and Architecture with Rob Ley, Urbana | 2009

Radical Craft Chicago, IL | 2011-12

Radical Craft (www.radical-craft.com), founded by Joshua G. Stein in 2005, is a Los Angelesbased studio that develops methods for the translation of craft operations into broader scales and domains. It recuperates the role that tradition and technique play in design and in a larger cultural context without forfeiting the advantages to both production and speculation that have been afforded by recent advances in digital technology. Exploring the production of urban spaces and artifacts through traditional or archaic phenomena (from archaeology to craft), the studio seeks to evolve newly grounded approaches to the challenges posed by contemporary virtuality, velocity, and globalization. Through public art projects, installations, and speculative proposals, Radical Craft seeks to reconﬁgure urban and material patterns through a focus on the intersection of traditional craft and contemporary technology, unearthing outmoded concepts and strategies to re-inﬂect the current applications of novel technology.

PROJECTS LIST Ceramic House / Slip Screen - Los Angeles, CA Deviant Artifacts Exhibition - Los Angeles, CA Trajan’s Hollow - Rome, Italy Warwick Dunes - Warwick, RI

IMAGE (left) Perspective view at garage entrance ramp

Warwick Dunes TF Greene International Airport, RI | 2011

Warwick Dunes responds to the need for this public art intervention to operate both at the scale of the city/infrastructure and the scale of the pedestrian. By creating a flowing canopy of lightweight fi ns, the intervention creates a rippling landscape that like sand dunes, appears to shift over time. The billowing volume composed of brilliantly colored aluminum fi ns will be immediately visible upon arrival to Warwick, offering a visual marker for both the Interlink and the larger neighborhood around the facility. Meanwhile the attachment strategy from garage to street grants those walking along the sidewalk a respite from the scale of infrastructural space – an opportunity to meander along a boardwalk stretching over mounds of seashells dappled with light and shadow from the canopy above. By employing lightweight tension cables as the primary volume-making strategy, Warwick Dunes is able to create the greatest visual impact possible while minimizing the physical and logistical impact on the site. This makes for an inexpensive solution that negotiates the primary goal of screening an immense facade with the major constraints of budget and building code (i.e. open air requirements for the garage). The carefully calibrated rotation of the fins running along the set of 100 tension cables allows for the negotiation of porosity, both for vision and for airflow to the interior spaces of the garage. Because these fins vary in color on their reverse side, they also produce a dynamic undulating effect as one drives past - the surface of the canopy slowly shimmering from one color into another. They also directly reflect the rich nautical history of the region, both visually and technically.

IMAGES (top) Evening perspectives illustrating moire effect of colored metals ﬁns at high speeds of passage (opposite page) Assembly details of cable rigging and panel attachment systems

Cables and rigging strategies have long been employed to manage the largest surface area possible in historical and contemporary sailing technology. Here they create something at the scale of both building and landscape. TF Greene has already keyed into the nautical tradition of Rhode Island, as the boats sheltered in the ticketing atrium demonstrate. The primary benefit t of this proposal is to transform the urban impact of the InterLink while simultaneously granting a more intimate and informal space to the public at the scale of the pedestrian experience. It also integrates local bus travel into the multi-modal InterLink facility by offering a waiting plaza/ experience for the RIPTA #8 to Providence. One of the key issues in making the area west of the InterLink into a viable area for development is creating a sense of place. But this sense must evolve both at the immense scale of the façade and that of the casual passerby. Mitigating the feeling of the infrastructural aesthetic is more than a simply visual issue. Warwick Dunes offers a moment of lightness and pause inside the space of transit infrastructure. It extends an invitation to find nostalgia and imagination in the place of the paradox of delay and acceleration. It uncovers the history of the nautical and the seafaring specific to Rhode Island that has slowly been replaced by new modes ubiquitous travel.

IMAGES (left) Perspective at bus waiting area and entrance to rock garden (opposite) Perspective at rock garden area with matriculated wooden boardwalk path, seating areas and bioretention / stormwater management area for impervious surface area runoff collection

IMAGES (left) Perspective view at south residential wing (right) Ceramic skin slip-cast performance module types

Slip Screen

Los Angeles, CA (Unbuilt) | 2012 Slip Screen is a component-based skin system designed to create an environmentally-responsive envelope for the Ceramic House project. It integrates historic glazed terra-cotta tile façade systems of the late 1800’s with parametric performance-based, digitally fabricated slip-cast modules. While the historic ornamental tiles have become extinct due to their singular aesthetic function, the Slip Screen modules capitalize on the volumetric nature of slip-cast modules, creating a thickened membrane that regulates the environment. The various functions (evaporative cooling, trombe wall, gray water ﬁltration, and more) of this skin inform its ornamental qualities. The production of these modular components hybridizes the repetitive efficiencies of mold/ cast systems with the non-standard production made possible by CAD/CAM technology. Plaster molds halves are directly milled by a three-axis router. While one half is responsible for the geometry of connections to structure and neighboring modules, the other mold half embeds the performance aspects (Solar Water Heater, Evaporative Cooling, Green Wall, etc.) creating a component set of well-calibrated (but not inﬁnite) variability.

IMAGES (left) Prototype slip-cast ceramic performance module for rainwater collection module and cast module photograph in shop (right) Floor plan drawings for residential and institutional wings

5 10

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

7 6

3 5

8 8

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

13 8

LOWER FLOOR PLAN 10

IMAGES (top left) Interior perspective at main entrance (bottom left) Annotated section at residential wing showing â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;drapingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; structural logic from concrete armature (right) Exploded isometric of primary architectural systems composed of concrete slab and armatures wrapped in Slip Screen performance ceramic skin

IMAGES (top) Array logic utilizing various chamfered angles to orient surface direction for stacking blocks with typical masonry lintel connection (bottom) Performance mosaic of block modules (opposite) Approach perspective at front entry

IMAGE (left) Detail of plaster cast from installation at American Academy in Rome for 2009 Rome Prize award

Trajans Hollow Rome, Italy | 2008-11

Trajan’s Column is one of the great monuments of Rome, documented obsessively over the centuries by historians and archeologists and admired by tourists and Romans alike. Despite its monumental stature, few would use the word “architectural” to describe the column, let alone “habitable”—and yet the column and its internal spiral staircase shape an amazingly complex interior experience, unknown (or unappreciated) by most. Trajan’s Hollow, the most recent in a long history of plaster casts made of the column, uses techniques of scalar shift and material transformation to reveal the hidden spaces of the monument. Building on the accidental reciprocity between the interior and exterior of the column created by its set of 43 window/apertures, Trajan’s Hollow develops a language for shaping interior experience based on the sculptural frieze that surrounds it. A thin section of the column rendered as a horizontal plaster bas-relief at 1.5 times the scale of the original translates the carvings of the emperor’s exploits in Dacia into spatial conditions. Rather than viewing the column through the lens of historical narrative, sculptural technique, or idealized architectural intent, this reinvention documents and ampliﬁes existing and potential relationships between the narrative and the experience of space.

IMAGES (top) Narrative mapping logic (right) Exhibition photo

IMAGES (top) Rendering of drum section at full scale (right) Model photos of additive 3D Print at Deviant Artifacts Exhibition in Los Angeles, CA

IMAGE (left) Manhattan Residence - entrance perspective showing central armature | 2007-09

EL Studio

Washington, DC | 2009-11 E/L STUDIO is the architecture and design collaboration of Elizabeth Emerson and Mark Lawrence, AIA. Together, our experience reďŹ&#x201A;ects a broad range of project types and scales. We share a deep belief in the transformative potential of design. We believe in the promise of architecture to mitigate social conditions and enable positive change. Operating from bases in New York City and Washington, DC, we draw from our two locations - innovation and ďŹ&#x201A;exibility from the metropolis, civic and public engagement from the capital. The hybrid of these two environments enables us to envision new solutions. In our work, we resist the tendency to calcify the status quo as we resist customary stylistic distinctions. In search of new tectonic solutions which, through their construction, anticipate new programs and new events, we develop strategies and resolutions which are unique to the problems and potential posed in each individual project. We create an architecture which is anticipatory; which fosters new relationships and growth.

PROJECTS LIST 63rd Avenue Residence - Cheverly, MD Austrade DC at the Embassy of Australia BW Sky Terrace - Washington, DC Jade Residence - Wildwood, NJ Jennifer Street Residence - Washington, DC Lincoln Residence - Arlington, VA M Salon - Annapolis, MD Manhattan Residence - New York City, NY Naylor Ct Residence - Washington, DC NBM Ball on the Mall - Washington, DC NBM Solar Decathlon Exhibit - Washington, DC Noontime Naturals - Beltsville, MD University of Quennsland - Washington, DC Ward 7 Facade Improvements - Washington, DC

IMAGE (left) Stair detail shot

Lincoln Residence Arlington, VA | 2009-10

The goal of this residential renovation was to take greater advantage of the opportunities presented by the volume of the existing structure, increasing square footage while adding minimal new envelope. The result is an addition without “an addition.” A ‘70’s-era modern home, the existing roof pitch of 45 degrees rendered much of the existing floor area of the 2nd and mezzanine levels unusable. A portion of the existing roof was removed to create a ‘pop-up’ producing space for an expanded master suite with new bath and dressing room. Openings sliced in interior partitions and a portion of an interior balcony were removed to improve connectivity and bounce daylight. A new stair links the now-accessible third floor offices to the lower level and provides an anchor to newly-opened interior. This new stair links a third floor mezzanine which was previously only accessible by ladders, creating two new office spaces out of the leftover eave space. The stair was designed with lightness in mind – both visually and literally. The 70’s-era home’s previous stair featured a completely open riser. In order to preserve this effect while still meeting the dictates of contemporary code, the stair tread is tapered at its edges, reflecting the angle of the new popup roof which creates the required vertical clearance. A new skylight is inserted in this roof area and spreads light deep within the interior by means of new glass transoms and the taper of the stair treads which bounce light with their angular shape. New bamboo paneling adds warmth and the opportunity to integrate handrail, micro-fluorescent cove lighting and return air grills.

IMAGES (left) Diagrams of logic governing the shape of stair treads to allow light passage into the lower levels of the house and showing integrated lighting details for handrails and coves (right) Perspective of the new central circulation armature (opposite) Projected section illustration showing scope of architectural interventions for house renovation

RETURN AIR OPENING (N) LIGHT FIXTURE (N) GYP 3/4” LAMINATE BAMBOO PANEL (E) FRAMING AT SLAB EDGE

RETURN AIR

(N) GYP BD. CLG (N) GYP BD. WALLS

(N) WOOD HANDRAIL

(N) WOOD BLOCKING AS REQ’D (N) WOOD TREAD

(N) LIGHT FIXTURE LIGHT

(N) WOOD HANDRAIL

(N) LIGHT FIXTURE HANDRAIL

STAIR SECTION

SCALE: 3/4” : 1’-0”

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12”

20”

IMAGES (right) Perspective at living room entrance with opened master bedroom doors to create visual connections to the space below (opposite left) Master bathroom perspective with bamboo chevron paneling bleeding into spaces for continuity of the new central circulation armature (opposite right) Perspective at third ďŹ&#x201A;oor office & mezzanine

IMAGE (left) Entrance perspective to front desk and waiting area with drying screen beyond

M Salon

Annapolis, MD | 2010 This project makes use of a challenging retail space along the heavily traveled West Street for a new salon. Program requirements become concentrated objects within the irregular field with ranges of definition assigned to surfaces/edges based on proximity and use. The ‘color lounge’ has a both/and quality as it deals with the waiting ‘while looking bit silly’ by both concealing the space from view of the rest of the interior while allowing a veiled connection with the exterior public space. The veil is a color stranded screen constructed of bungee threaded on movable tracts. These tracks located at the floor and ceiling slide to allow a range of opportunities for the concealment or exhibition of a guest.

IMAGES (top) Rapid variation studies conducted through the script in Grasshopper, a plug-in for Rhino (bottom) Storefront perspective at store entrance

IMAGE (right) Stroboscopic isometric drawing illustrating capabilities of inlaid track feature screen and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to morph to meet the speciďŹ c performance requirements of the waiting area at any given time

IMAGE (left) Exterior photograph across from historic motel

Jade Residence Wildwood, NJ | 2008-12

Building on the family business, an adjacent motel in Wildwood’s doo-wop district, the Jade residence does double-duty. It’s a vacation home that works hard as well as a retirement home that grows to make space for the next generation. Ground-ﬂoor rental units replicating the original motel units are the foundation to the family residence on the upper ﬂoors. A doubleheight living room in the residence connects the master and guest levels and features two large openings towards the breeze and view of the ocean and motel pool, respectively. Light monitors above orient due south to provide constant diffuse light to the interior while maximizing solar gain on collectors outside. A geo-thermal system and passive ventilation reduce the extremes of the heating/cooling load and necessity for mechanical HVAC except for the most severe days. Standard cladding and window units are customized to create a hurricane-resistant rain screen with perforations at heights for adults and children alike. Material details translate the doo-wop resort vocabulary to a contemporary idiom transforming form richly saturated color at the heart to increasing lightness at the periphery.

IMAGES (left) Central circulation stair perspective from Kitchen and Dining area (opposite) Kitchen perspective and diagrams illustrating formal logics of houses massing

LIGHT MONITOR/ SOLAR COLLECTORS

CEMENT PANEL RAINSCREEN

PASSIVE VENTILATION

VIEWSHEDS TO OCEAN AND MOTEL POOL

MOTEL UNIT FOUNDATION

IMAGES (left) Detail of cement panel rainscreen prefabricated â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;invisibleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; corners (right) Excerpt wall sections from Permit and Construction drawing sets

IMAGES (top right) NE rendered elevation (bottom right) NW rendered elevation

IMAGES (opposite) Color integral CMU blocks diagram for patterned base level structure (left) Solar utilization for hot water heaters and energy collection (right) Perspective from adjacent street

IMAGE (left) Shared access hallway with contemporary carriage-house artifact...a not so subtle hint of the property’s historic use

Naylor Ct Washington, DC | 2011-12

An 1800’s horse stable is transformed from an empty shell on a neglected alley into a classic shop-house with architect’s storefront studio and living quarters above. The studio is a void set back from the alley by an interstitial zone separating entrances for work and home. A rolling gate and folding glass wall spanning the width of the old carriage opening enables the interior to open completely to the street and expands the space from alley to garden in warm months for events. A narrow volume containing stairs and storage frames the interior, creating a buffer to the residence. A ﬂoating volume on the second level contains baths and kitchen. Structural reinforcement in the ceiling is accentuated with a series of coves which deﬁne the public area. A skylight above the stairs brings light to both levels by means of a translucent box. Much of the historic character of the stable is preserved and highlighted including exposed heavy timber structure, masonry and horse tether rings.

IMAGE(S) (opposite) Exterior perspective from Naylor Ct alleyway entrance (top left) Upstairs living room with curved wallboard ceiling detail (bottom left) Lower level architectural studio office (right) Shared entrance vestibule

IMAGE(S) (left) Residential access stairwell with deep-well, tapered skylight (top right) Master bedroom unit with backpainted glass window well/ pocketing partition door detail (bottom right) Rear yard with original 1800â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s warehouse masonry wall to left

IMAGE(S) (above) Upstairs loft space with original masonry facade (right) Shared access hallway details at original historic hore tie-down rings, 1/2â&#x20AC;? wallboard reveal with painted, ďŹ&#x201A;ush wood trim

IMAGE (left) Ceiling dcove detail at entrance

Austrade DC Washington, DC | 2011

This interior office renovation seeks to break the customary linear, orthogonal office organization with the innovative rethinking of standard components while reinforcing the client’s mission of promoting openness and exchange. The typical interior corridor is virtually extended through the tenant space, differentiating conference and office zones, culminating in a translucent lens at the exterior window wall mapping Austrade’s global network, announcing their presence to neighbors both within the building and without. The renovation increases the existing space by one-third; consequently a major goal was to maximize ceiling height to expand and alleviate the space, particularly the primary conference room which was required to be completely interior for fine-tuned video-conferencing control. The existing base building infrastructure was meticulously mapped and a new undulating ceiling surface inserted providing maximum height and variation. Up-lighting in a continuous cove along the sloped surfaces increases the perception of height and expansiveness. The particular Video Conference requirements presented another opportunity for innovation; the need for a large identifiable graphic of the host city took the form of a 30 foot, full-height wraparound image of Washington DC’s Tidal Basin. This graphic creates flow between the conference rooms and break-out room, stretching the spatial and social boundaries of each. Impromptu and increased communications are crucial motivations to rethinking the open office area where standard systems furnishings have been reworked into distinctive ‘pinwheel’ pods.

These new user-adjustable workstations foster ad-hock teaming sessions with bar-height surfaces and marker board skins while still maintaining a measure of visual and acoustic privacy for individual workers. The building’s standard 2 x 4 lighting grid is replaced with dual up-light / down-light pendant fixtures whose components are circuited separately. The up-light components operate on a programmable dimming daylight ‘harvesting’ system which adjusts ambient light levels in response to a light-level monitor supplementing natural daylight with energy-efficient fluorescent light only as needed. The dimmable down-light component is controlled by the individual user allowing fine control of lighting as tasks require.

IMAGES (left) Perspective at main hallway with ﬂoating office kitchen and conference room (right) Exploded isometric drawing showing scope of architectural interventions in conferencing wing, workspace area and office lounge

IMAGE (right) Perspective at small video conference room just off primary ‘ﬂex’ room space showing ceiling details and feature art wall

IMAGES (top) Main conference ‘ﬂex’ room at full open capacity showing panoramic area photo wrap (bottom) Sequential time-lapse of space conversion through articulated sliding door partitions