Christopher Paulsen
Christopher Paulsen Hotel - Urban Market - Scarred Surface Airport - Surface Structure - Design Assistance - Meta-Matic - Product Design
Hotel
Professor Arthur McDonald Design and Production Collaboration with Nick LoCicero Boutique hotel designed for downtown Syracuse, NY alongside the Onondaga Creek Walk. 42 rooms sit above a public plaza, restaurant, and cafe. The guests have direct access to not only the public spaces below but can privately enjoy the panoramic view from the sixth oor lounge or roof garden above the bar. Integration with the creek walk ensures ample activity, including a bike rental at the base of the main stair. All communal spaces are open glazing while the rooms are covered with a three-phase sun control system. Syracuse, NY
Donor Executive 50%
Businessman 35%
View Drop off
Mom 25%
Student 25%
Above: Typical visitor daily breakdown and program usage. Right: Massing process to allow drop off alley and center passage. Hotel rooms are emphasized on the facade separate from communal spaces.
West Elevation: Front
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Room Facade System: Sunlight control positions
East Elevation: Back Alley
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Ground Floor Plan
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Detail Section
1/2” Model 5’x1’x4’
EwingCole Multi-Sport Complex
Project Team: William McCullough, Principal Kevin Murphy, Principal Andrew L. Donaldson-Evans, Principal Helped develop site analysis, programing, and presentation materials for client meetings and marketing purposes. This included site plan rendering, site diagrams, power-points, and a ďŹ nal project book. -Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop -Rhino 3D, Sketchup
Urban Market Associate Professor Steve Hardy
Exploration of a geometric grid system used to deďŹ ne two distinct spaces for an urban grocery store, retail oor and multi-shop corridor. Each design feature is a result of an underlying grid system derived from a unique site constraint located under another student project. A group of ďŹ ve individuals negotiated within two urban blocks to develop a rich pedestrian experience. This solution slips out from under a residential complex and spills onto the street corner. Five entry doors offer access from an interior plaza, allowing pedestrians to enter the outer corridor with numerous specialty shops or for a direct route into the Urban Market. Lincoln, NE
Empty Site
Altered 30x30 Grid
5’ Level Increase
Final Massing
Above: Massing process Left: Exploded view exposing the second oor retail and two corridors with shop counters Right: Level 1 Plan and supporting diagrams expressing key design intentions
PLAN: Level 1
Project 4.0
Grid Grid
Market
Entry Area Entry Area
Urban Set-Back Unloading/Loading
Urban Set-Back for Unloading/Loading
Level 1 and Level 2 Sales Floor
Level 1 and Level 2 Sales Floor
Structure System Structure
Integrated Glass CurtainCurtain System forSystem Exterior for Integrated Glass Circulation Exterior Circulation
Fast Airports Visiting Critic RUR Architecture
Design and Production Collaboration with Nolan Ediger and Nick LoCicero The main focus was to experiment with manipulating plastic bottles to create a spacial system for a small, regional airport. The investigation we sought took advantage of the strong neck of the bottle. By using the inherent structure of the bottle opening, an interchangeable modular system allowed the airport to grow and change program depending on need. Inside, the user ows along a suspended pathway weaving in and out of program units that occasionally merge to form larger units.
Skin
Left: Exploded views exposing skin and structure A
Right: Program diagram showing arrival and departure circulation. Skin Support
Main Support Glass Bracket Gasket
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Ticketing
Security
Entry
Waiting Food
Exit
Luggage Pickup
Gate 1 Gate 2
Bathroom
Vehicular Drop-Off
Surface Structure Associate Professor Jangwhan Cheon
Surface pit mining scars the earth and leaves the area almost undevelopable. This quarry plummets over 300’ below the surface making any attempt to ďŹ ll impossible. This truss system offers remarkable strength and gives an opportunity to reclaim the lost land. 49,000 sq ft. of new surface area spans the opening and supports the program of a community center and art retreat. This section model was cut while the structure was left to show the span. Wells-lamson Quarry, East Barre, VT
1/4” Section Model
A 1/4” section model including tech-tonic features and a working chipboard truss spanning the 4’ base. Building such a large model proved the feasibility of constructing over the quarry. 5’x3’x2.5’
Research/Design Assistance Associate Professor Jangwhan Cheon -Assistance during research and design -Developed Section Drawings -Developed Plans -Post Processing Photoshop
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Meta-Matic Associate Professor Chris Ford
Jean Tinguely and the Auto-creative Art machines he built inspired this device to kick off 4th year Studio. The machine is designed to accept an 18” piece of piano wire, auto-feeding into three pneumatic pistons fitted with steel stamps. The three stamps simultaneously clamp onto the wire bending it into an undetermined shape. This action signifies it creates art all by itself by a turn of a switch.
Above: One stamp and its’ brackets. The curved bracket allows rotational adjustment while the handle on the right allows vertical movement. Below: Three stamps can be positioned in many different ways offer countless iterations on how the wire is bent.
Product Design Associate Professor Tom Allisma
Independent Study course researching design and aesthetics in desk furniture, including guided design through all aspects of production. All parts are carefully designed, selected, and fabricated personally. Full access to metal machining CNC’s, lathes, welders, and parts taught the full spectrum of how an idea becomes real.
*Steel was locally hot-rolled from recycled junk and used within 24 hours.
Christopher Paulsen (402) 649-4086 crpaulse@syr.edu Syracuse University, New York Master of Architecture University of Nebraska-Lincoln Master of Architecture Bachelor of Science, Design (Architecture) Advanced -Autodesk: Revit AutoCAD 3ds Max
-Adobe: -Rhino 3D: Illustrator Modeling InDesign Grasshopper Photoshop
Intermediate
-Film Editing -Cinema 4D -Animation -Mechanics -Metal Fabrication