University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture Design Portfolio Christopher Pulcer
Table of Contents Royal Oak Urban Complex Corktown Community Credit Union Windsor Foreign Language Center Hudson’s Interactive Craft Center Chicago University Orchestra Center University Multi-Form Theater Non Studio Projects BIM Co Op -Labra Design Build
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Year 3 Electronic Design Studio-Wladek Fuchs-Winter 2013 Royal Oak Urban Complex
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Royal Oak, MI On the corner of Main St. and 11 Mile
Objective:
The goal is to redevelop a vibrant street corner by constructing a commercial business center complex combined with residential apartments. The corner site shares a green space with the Royal Oak Library. The design is an adjoining of rectilinear forms with the smaller masses being public locations and the larger masses private spaces.
Features: The contrasting of heavy and light materials is a recurring theme in the design. Glass rectilinear forms house public locations (gallery, atrium, restaurant, main lobby, concessions), light brick forms contain semi private spaces (business offices), and precast concrete houses the private spaces (residential apartments).
Urban Complex: Commercial business centers combined with residential apartments Site: Royal Oak, MI Corner of Main St and 11 Mile Rd Design: The massing of the materials indicates the public spaces (glass, light brick) versus the private spaces (precast concrete)
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Program: Commercial: Gallery space 1st floor retail Restaurant Concession Office: 2nd floor space
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Residential: Atrium Reception 14 apartments
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Interior 3 Bedroom Apartment Program:
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1400 Square feet Living Room/Kitchen Restroom Master Bedroom Single Bedroom Guest Room
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Year 2 Studio-Tadd Heidgerken-Fall 2011 Corktown Community Credit Union
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Site:
Corktown District, Detroit Off of Michigan Avenue
Objective:
The goal is to design a community credit union with above studio apartments using the elements of translucency (unclear boundaries) in the design.
Exterior Features: The building’s facade is a frosted glass curtain wall with a clear glass ribbon running through it. The clear ribbon transitions and phases into the brick of the adjacent building next door. It appears as though the two buildings are one. 11
Third Level
Second Level
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Ground Level The interior resembles a curved organic form The exterior walls peel inward and curve to create the credit union’s individual spaces. As the plan moves to the right the forms become less organic and more box-like to suit the needs of the credit union and office spaces.
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The interior walls of the lower levels continue and rise through the upper floors as to be one continuous wall moving freely in the building.
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Year 2 Studio-Tadd Heidgerken-Winter 2012 Windsor Foreign Language Center
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Windsor, Ontario Off Windsor Armouries Building and University Ave. Objective: Program:
The goal is to design a school function for the University of Windsor Art Center. The class was to collaborate with each other building their own art school function adjoined to one another. This lead the project to be more about class cooperation and collaborative design. The art school function is designed using the word multiplicity (varying form of space combined together acting as one).
The art school function for the university is a foreign language center. The building’s mass is subdivided into separate rectilinear forms. The separate spaces act as step by step journeys of learning about a foreign language.
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Second Level Interior Features:
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There are five steps of the language path; an introduction space, a language basics area, a day in the life area, and a culture and current times area. The last stop is the cultural cuisine area where there is a large cafeteria space. Additionally there is a back solid form which is used for residential living.
Adjoined Features:
On the left the neighboring sculpture center shares the foreign language center’s cafeteria and there is a space between the two school functions that houses a freight elevator. On the right, a neighboring residence
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Year 3 Studio-Jan Mazur-Fall 2012 Hudson’s Interactive Craft Center
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Site:
Hudson’s Parking Garage, Detroit, MI On Woodward Ave. by Compuware Building
Objective:
The goal is to design a space that has the appearance of being empty, but is actually full with plenty of people interaction. This was to be set on the former Hudson’s department store. The design is for an interactive craft center housed in a center portion of the underground parking. At the ground plane is a modular gridded concrete park with only restrooms and glass bus stop cubicles.
Features: Sections of the gridded modules on the ground plane are cut away to expose the the work stations below. The work stations are used for craft making (wood carving, glass blowing, fabric weaving) and the pedestrians above can view the workers through various viewpoints from the beginning when the materials are gathered to the end when the work is showcased.
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Program: Ground Floor:
Open walkable concrete park Glass cubed bus stops Restrooms Entrance events kiosk Viewable sections of craft-making 1 public pedestrian ramp w/ elevator 2 Automotive ramps for park garage
1st and 2nd Basement Levels: Offices Restrooms Materials storage and drop off 8 Working stations for each craft Showroom gallery Continued parking for garage 24
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Year 2 Studio-Tadd Heidgerken-Winter 2012 Chicago University Orchestra Center
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Site:
Downtown Chicago,IL Near the Chicago Sun Times Building
Objective: The goal is to design a school function on the bend of the Chicago River. The site’s topography is a hill sloping 30 vertical feet down to the rivers edge. Program:
The school function on the river is for the orchestra department of a university. An orchestra is one whole production of multiple instruments. The mass of the designed building adheres to this idea. The building’s entire structure lies underground within the hill. In certain locations, fragement of the building mass rise above the ground plane to appear as separate buildings. The roof of the underground mass is exposed and used as walkways for the students going to class.
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The broken fragments of spaces are arranged from the largest spaces at the top of the hill (retail, sound recording, offices, labs, faculty personel) to medium sized spaces(computer labs, eating areas, rehearsal spaces) to small fragments (classes). Underneath the surface lies the complete auditorium with balcony seats. Underground Auditorium Levels
Interior Features: -Irregularly shaped skylights on the student center -Walkways/exposed roof allow for daylight into all the individual practice rooms below.
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Year 4 Integrated Studio-Stephen Vogel-Fall 2013 University Multi-Form Theater
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Site:
University of Detroit Mercy McNichols campus, Detroit On Livernoise next to Admissions Building,
Objective: The goal is to design the University of Detroit Mercy Multi-Form Theater. This is a black box theater for the campus and local public. The design of the theater will integrate itself with the campus and the neighboring urban street-scape. An integrated studio project focuses on each phase of construction in detail (schematic design, structure, artificial lighting, mechanical systems, acoustics, wall sections, and cost estimations). Project Features: An 11,000 SF program makes up the site complete with two parking lots totaling 130 spots with handicap accessibility spots, drop off, back service entry, and theater marquee on the street.
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Program 1st Floor:
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2 Vestibules Central Lobby Central Ticket booth Multiform Theater Space Restrooms Catering Kitchen Two Dress Rooms
Green Room Costume Shop Storage Prop Storage Theater Storage Scene Shop Mechanical Room
Program 2nd Floor: Theater Catwalk System 2 Offices Conference Room Electrical Room
Dimmer Rack Room Sound Control Room Projection Room Theater Lights Storage 35
Structure Features:
W10X33 steel column support system 20 -30 foot spacing Light guage steel roof truss 10�/12� Slope
The Lobby span of the curtain wall is supported by metal ties from mullions. 36
Lighting Design Features: T8 2X2 Parabolic Translucent Troffer T8 1X4 Parabolic Translucent Troffer Low Voltage LED Tracklighting Halogen Recessed Downlights Strip LED Covelighting
Interior of outside vestibules and lobby
Interior of lobby and ticket booth
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Second Floor: Single duct variable air volume (top support spaces)
Mechanical Systems Features: Supply Ducts (marked in yellow) Return Ducts (marked in green) Single duct variable air volume system This 1x1 foot square duct is used for all support areas on the first and second floors, both public and private spaces. Prepackaged System This 3.2 x3.2 foot square duct is used only for the theater/lecture venting from the second floor. The prepackaged units on the roof are hidden in a hip roof away from eye view. Hydronic fin tube radiator (marked in red) This heat only system is used for the lobby area only 38 at bottom of the curtain walls reduce condensation.
Ground Floor: Single duct variable air volume (support spaces) Hydronic fin tube radiator (lobby only)
Interior rendering of theater/lecture space Acoustic Calculations Features: Calculations verify that the acoustical performance of the auditorium falls within the optimum target(0.7-1.0 seconds) The theater design has a reverberation time of .92 which falls within the optimum as shown in the calculations to the right.
Reverberation Time: (0.05X Room Volume)/(Total # Sabines) Theater Volume=56,000 Cubic Ft. Total # Sabines= Surface Area X Absorption Cof. Sabines of Each Room Face: Total Wall Area=4,240 SF 4240X .65=2,756 Sabines Total Ceiling=2,800 SF 2,800X .05 =140 Sabines Total Floor=2,800 SF 2,800X .05=140 Sabine
Absorption Coefficient: ½” Perforated wood Panel=.65 2” Gypsum Ceiling Tile =.05 ¼” Wood Floor Paneling=.05 Total Sabines: (2,756 + 140 + 140)=3,036 SF Calculated Reverberation Time (.05X56,000)/(3,036)=.92 .92 Meets Optimum Reverberation Time
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Project Cost Estimation Features: Hard Construction: Total Sum Wall Exterior = $240,000.00 Total Sum Substructure = $145,719.00 Total Sum of Shell =$131,122.44 Total Sum of Interiors =$102,618.78 Total Sum of Services =$539,986.40 Total Sum of FFE =$112,222.98 Total Sum Special Equip =$250,000.00 Site Work 10%Sum =$152,166.96 Contract Fee 25% Sum =$380,417.40 Arch Fee 7 % Sum =$106,516.87 Hard Construction Sum: =$2,160,770.83 Soft Construction: UDM Admin Fee 5 % Hard Sum =$108,038.54 Total Hard+Soft Cost =$2,268,809.37 8% Inflation =$136,128.56 DET Factor =$2336873.65 Wall Setion Features:
Precast Sandwich Concrete Panel 3:2:3 Sandwiched Rigid XPS Insulation Gypsum Wall Finish (For Public Areas Only
Gypsum Wallboard Ceiling Finish Composite Metal Decking Concrete Slab Roof R60 Insulation with membrane layer on top
TOTAL BUILDING COST =$4,741,811.58 COST PER SQUARE FOOT =$395.15
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Non Studio Projects
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Gardella Honors House Screen Design Site:
UDM Honors House
Objective:
The goal is to design a shaded canopy for the students to rest and interact along the green space. The canopy structure is built around the existing honors house and tables are grouped together to create potential classroom settings.
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The canopy design is built using framed angles of timber posts. White canvas triangles are the methods of shading that meet at intersecting points inside the honors house.
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U Factor Model Calculation
Original Thermal Analysis
Improving Window Wall Insulation Objective:
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The goal is to revise a window insulation and provide thermal support using the Therm and Window Analysis Program from Lawrence Berkely National Lab
Before Features: The window insulation chosen was a brick veneer wall section with an air cavity wall and extruded polystyrene After Features: The window insulation was revised by adding a thin vapor barrier .7500 inches thick. The addition of the vapor barrier incresed the thermal properties of the window as shown in the analysis above.
Improved Thermal Analysis with .7500� Vapor Barrier
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Year 5 BIM Class -Mark Dietrick -Fall 2014 Building Information Modeling Retail
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Program Colors 12" = 1'-0"
Residential Office Retail Parking Program Colors 12" = 1'-0"
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Parking Program Colors 12" = 1'-0"
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BIM Tools and Process Objective: The goal is to design two mixed use master plans of Pittsburgh’s Waterfront District and compare their energy costs with Green Building Studio.
UDM SOA Christopher Pulcer BIM
Features: Scheme A fairs better in the analysis of Greeen Building Studio with energy use intensity savings with 3 kWh/sf/yr electricity, 21 kBtu/sf/yr for fuel, and a total of EUI of 65 kBtu/sf/yr being better than scheme two’s total EUI of 92 kBtu/sf/yr. Scheme B will in turn need more electricty when it comes to HVAC of 44 percent compared to scheme A’s HVAC usage of 37%.
Residential Office Retail Parking Program Colors 12" = 1'-0"
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BIM Tools and Process-Exterior Design and Program Objective:
The goal is to take the winning scheme of the previous masterplans (scheme A) and design the exterior and first story program for one of the designated office buildings.
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Sm Meeting Room
Department Legend Administration 20
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360 Glue BIM Tools and Process-Merge 360 Glue Objective: The goal is to design the office building’s structural and mechanical systems and to merge them with the exterior architectural models in BIM 360 glue.
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Markup 1: Remove ductwork from beam
Markup 2: Remove ductwork from beam
BIM Tools and Process-360 Glue Collaboration Objective: The goal is to use the BIM 360 Glue application to check if any of the systems clash with each other. Features: The 360 Glue application has markup capabilities to indicate conflicts and to alert when to remove ductwork.
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Markup 3: Remove ductwork out of curtain wall
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Co Op Projects
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SERVICE RENOVATIONS
STAIRS
CARPENTRY VANITY REMODEL MODERN CREATE
FLOOR
OFFICE
WALK-IN FRAMING KITCHEN MATERIAL
STUDIO CUSTOM BUILD
THOUGHTFUL INTEGRITYCUSTOM
RENDERINGS
STAIRWAY
HOME ORGANIZATION
REMODEL IDEAS
STAIN
CREATE
PLANS FURNITURE CLOSET
ADDITIONS SERVICE MUDROOM
FRAME
LIGHTING
The bold style of design is to present and advertise to clients all the services that the design build company provides.
BUDGET DECK TRIM SHOP DRAWINGS
DESIGN
FLOORS FINISHES
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RENDERING ADDITIONS LIGHTING MUDROOM RESIDENTIAL
WOOD WORKING DISPLAYS DECK LAYOUTS MODERN COMMERCIAL AUDIO/VIDEO INSTALLS INTEGRATE EXPERIENCE RENOVATIONS MATERIALS BATHROOM TRIM CARPENTRY RESIDENTIAL VANITY CONSTRUCTION BUDGET SHOP WALK-IN CABINETRY DRAWINGS METAL
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Objective: The goal is to design a word collage window graphic for the main window of the office using Adobe Illustrator and InDesign.
DISPLAYS
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Site: Labra Design Build Office, Wixom MI
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Labra Design Build WIndow Graphic
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INTEGRATE SHOPAUDIO/VIDEO
VIRTUAL LAYOUT HOME REMODEL
RENDERINGS PAINT
RESIDENTIAL CREATE
DISPLAYS STAIRWAY VANITY
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DESIGN CONSTRUCTION CABINETS
PAINT WOOD WORKING DISPLAYS
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SERVICE CABINETRY RENOVATIONS WOOD WORKING DECK SERVICE MODERN SHOP WOOD WORKING CUSTOM SHOPDECK BUDGET MATERIALS RESIDENTIAL BUDGET WALK-IN COMMERCIAL COLOR CARPENTRY STUDIO TRIM MODERN BUILD CUSTOM STUDIO CREATE FRAMING CONSTRUCTION VANITY RENOVATIONS WALK-IN DECK LIGHTING CREATE FLOORING FLOORING TRIM STAIN/FINISHES FLOORING FURNITURERENDERINGTRIM WALK-IN AUDIO/VIDEOADDITIONS KITCHENCONSTRUCTION RENDERINGS STRUCTURE KITCHEN DRAWINGS RENOVATIONS CARPENTRY FRAMING PHOTOGRAPHY RESOURCES PAINT VIRTUAL LAYOUTCUSTOM STUDIO VIRTUAL DESIGN LAYOUT WOOD WORKING MATERIALS OFFICE KITCHEN DRAWINGS PRODUCTS MUDROOM STUDIO PRODUCTS MODERNDISPLAYS STAIN/FINISHES BUDGET CABINETS MATERIALS SPECIALIZED COMMERCIALDESIGN SERVICE BATHROOM FURNITURE STAIRWAY MUDROOM CABINETS CONSTRUCTION OFFICE HOME REMODEL STORAGE STORAGE LIGHTING STORAGE FURNITURE DRAWINGS INTEGRATE BUILD INSTALLMENTS
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Labra Design Build: Three Car Garage Base Model Site:
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Residential Home, Novi MI
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The goal is to design a baseline plan for the construction of expanding an existing two car garage into a three car garage and build a master bedroom above.
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The design space is suitable for three cars with space columns and I-joists for master bedroom above done in Googe Sketchup and Revit.
Labra Design Build: Mudroom Cabinet Design Site:
Residential Home, Wixom, MI
Objective: The goal is to design a digital model for the construction of mudroom cabinets. Features: The wooden cabinet is suitable for the residential home’s landing space so that the clients can place their coats as they get in the door as well as sit down and put their shoes on/off. The model is done in Google Sketchup.
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Labra Design Build: Backyard Deck Removal Site: Residential Home, Southfield, MI Objective: The goal is to remove an existing dilapidated wooden deck for the construction of a deck renovation to add new framing.
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Labra Design Build: Backyard Cumuru Deck Renovation Site: Residential Home, Southfield, MI Objective: The goal is to place and construct a new wooden cumuru deck in the client’s backyard. Features: 60
The deck is set and placed in with the ipe clips system (plastic fastener clips) and screwed down to the framing joists.
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