clenel williams
selected works
bachelor’s of architecture
Clenel Williams Seattle, Washington www.linkedin.com/in/clenel-williams/ clenelw3@gmail.com 1_760_994_3458
Contents Soto Station Public Market
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The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
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Pasadena Housing Complex
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Viale Belfiore
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urban design
historic preservation
residential
mixed used
Soto Station Public Market Boyle Heights, CA
The Metro Gold Line connects East LA to the greater Los Angeles area running through Downtown, Pasadena, Azusa and terminates in the Inland Empire. Boyle Heights host four heavily utilized Gold Line Metro stations despite their poor integration within the urban fabric. The project focuses on the most utilized station, Soto Station, as an urban model for the brothering stations. Locals have recently succeeded in decriminalizing street vending. Furthermore, with the development of Soto Station residents lost public transportation to major supermarkets. Understanding this a proposed market space will accompany Soto’s underdeveloped site. The program is divided between the informal and formal, allowing for various scaled vendors to take advantage of commuter traffic and provide access to goods. Waiting is unavoidable when dealing with public transportation. The design exploits circulation, allowing users to determine their own path. These paths vary between direct to indirect, and cater to AM and PM commuter traffic. The architecture allows for morning commuter to reach the below grade metro station, while entices evening commuter to experience a prolonged route to reach grade level. With these options the design allows for users to dictate their waiting experience. 03 | Clenel Williams
_interior market isometric 04
EXTERIOR SPACES A. B. C. D. E. F.
BUS STATION METRO ENTRANCE RAMP TO UPPER LEVEL AMPHITHEATER PARKING ENTRANCE GROUND PLAZA
B
A
INTERIOR SPACES 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
ENTRY MARKET HALL STORAGE & DELIVERY MECHANICAL MESS HALL MICRO BREWERY RESTROOMS RAMP TO METRO WASTE
A
1 A
B
B
3 C C
2 9 A D
F 3
6
8
E
1
1
4
5 D
7
F
E G
A
B 1/16” = 1’-0”
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_ground floor plan
EXTERIOR SPACES A.
ELEVATED PLAZA
INTERIOR SPACES 1. 2. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
ENTRY RESTAURANT A RESTAURANT C RESTAURANT C KITCHEN RESTAURANT D RESTAURANT D KITCHEN RESTAURANT PATIO RESTROOMS
B
A
9
A
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1 B
C
6
5
D
E
A
1 2
10
F
G
A
B 1/16” = 1’-0”
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2
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_second floor plan 06
A
ROOF LEVEL CANOPY STRUCTURE 26 FEET SECOND LEVEL FORMAL LEVEL 12 FEET GROUND LEVEL INFORMAL LEVEL 0 FEET
SUBTERRANEAN PARKING LEVEL -18 FEET 8 INCHES
METRO PLATFORM LEVEL -60 FEET
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B
C
D
E
G
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_longitudinal section SECTION A-A
3/32” = 1’-0” 08
DOUBLE GLAZOMG TENSION ROD STEEL SUPPORT
3”
SPIDER FITTING STEEL RING BEAM TEMSION CABLE ALUMINUM CAST CAP
5/8”
STEEL CONNECTOR RING
Tension Rod Plate
2”
1 3/4”
1’ - 0”
Tension Cable
8 1/4”
5”
3/ ” 4
Cast Aluminum Shade Panels
Casting
1 3/4”
3”
Shade Support
Double Glazing
Steel Support
_shading device detail
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_canopy connection detail
_key wall section 10
The architecture explores how the joint can be experienced by an individual. Taking advantage of the public program the design attempts to introduce the public to an architectural language, understood through repetition and familiarization. Fascari explains “the architectural details are seen as words composing a sentence. As the selection of words and styles gives character to the sentence, in a similar way the selection of details and style gives character to a building�. The markets main canopy hosts several functions and lies in the center of the market. Further than function, it’s a compound of various joints experienced from numerous vantage points and interactions.
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RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY RAISED TERRACE PLATFORM
DEPRESSED AMPITHEATER
METRO STSATION ENTRANCE
METRO STATTION UTILITIY LOT
SMALL RETAIL STOREFRONT ST
SLOPED PLAZA
UNDERGROUND METRO STATION
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA Historic Preservation + Addition
Los Angeles, California
The project takes an urban design approach to better utilize the MOCA Geffen unorganized site. Key factors that influenced the design included, adjacencies, circulation, opens space, and the public realm. Program components included the museum extension, residential apartments, collaborative offices and ground retail space. These buildings built upon MOCA’s established pedestrian walkway and work together to create circulatory loops that manage pedestrian traffic, with the fundamental goal of expanding Little Tokyo’s pedestrian spine and hosting public activity. 15 | Clenel Williams
_site plan 16
_addition exterior terrace
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_addition interior view
existing MOCA museum
museum extension
offices with two story retail
apartments with two story retail
_site axon 18
_site model 19 | Clenel Williams
Retail Loop Office Loop
Residential Loop Museum Loop
Restaurant Loop
_circulation diagram The main components of design include a pedestrian street with commerce potential, paired with pocket parks and varying levels of privacy. The buildings create residual space that is programed with functions as a circulatory loops and congregation spaces. On the ground floor loops are established that are associated with the buildings program. A retail loop dominates the pedestrian walkway and extends towards the museum’s gift shop followed by an outer loop for the office users, a sheltered residential loop, a greater museum loop and a pocketed restaurant loop. The design’s goal is to provide a pedestrian street as a of means connecting Little Tokyo to the Civic Center. Furthermore, it caters to the urban trends of Little Tokyo and offers recreational spaces of varying degrees for users.
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Pasadena Housing Complex
Pasadena, CA
The Pasadena Housing project went through initial schematic design phase during the course of one academic quarter, then further developed the following quarter with the production of a full drawing set. During this phase structure, plumbing, hvac, electrical and other technical aspects of housing were considered. The two bar configuration created a division of the live work environment and maximized the use of natural light in the units. Individual modules of three units, of various scales , were manipulated on the site and work together to establish different degrees of privacy. The perforated screen is used to enhance an indoor-outdoor relationship by wrapping landscape elements intimately with the building. 23 | Clenel Williams
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Three Bedroom Unit
3 Unit Module - Level 01
Two Bedroom Unit
3 Unit Module - Level 02
One Bedroom Unit
_exploded unit axon 25| Clenel Williams
3 Unit Module - Level 03
_ground plan 26
2x6 ANCHOR PLATE WATERPROOFING CANT STRIP GRAVEL BUILT UP ROOF RIGID INSULATION PLYWOOD SHEETING AIR CAVITY BATT INSULATION
2' - 0"
1' - 5"
1 A9.1
2%
1' - 1"
Roof Level 36' - 0"
PLYWOOD GYPSUM BOARD NAILER BATT INSULATION STEEL BOLT MULLION
PLYWOOD SHEETING WATERPROOFING CEMENT PLASTER TOP PLATE END JOIST STEEL BASE PLATE STEEL BOLT STEEL BEAM
GUSSET PLATE STEEL CASTING STEEL BOLT SS ROD
3 A9.1
28' - 6 1/2"
2 A9.1
17' - 1"
15' - 10"
1 _roof parapet detail STUD WALL DOUBLE GLAZED GLASS PANE STEEL BOLT MOLDING NAILER WOOD FLOORING PLYWOOD SHEETING
2' - 6 1/2"
1' - 2"
38' - 5"
Level 1 9' - 0"
BOLTED MULLION WATERPROOFING END JOIST PLYWOOD CEMENT PLASTER STEEL BASE PLATE STEEL BEAM STEEL BOLT
8' - 9 1/2"
3' - 10 1/2"
BATT INSULATION NAILER PLYWOOD SHEETING GYPSUM BOARD
JAMB SLIDING GLASS PANE
3' - 1"
2_second floor transition detail
2% 1' - 1 1/2"
Level 0 0' - 0"
BATT INSULATION HEADER FLASHING RIGID INSULATION MOUNTING FIN SIDE CASING
STAINLESS STEEL ROD STEEL CASTING GUSSET PLATE STEEL BEAM
9' - 0"
PERFORATED STEEL SHEET STEEL BOLT STEEL BASE PLATE
Parking Level -10' - 0"
3_braced skin connection
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_key wall section
2
1' - 4"
1' - 4"
A8.2
2” CONCRETE FILL STEEL DECKING HSS RECTANGULAR STEEL STINGER
3' - 0"
13' - 1"
0' - 7"
8' - 8"
0' - 11"
2” CONCRETE FILL STEEL PAN
10' - 0"
4_stringer to landing connection
2” CONCRETE FILL STEEL DECKING
40' - 0"
GUSSET PLATE ANGLED FLANGE STEEL BOLT STEEL BASE PLATE CONCRETE MASONRY UNIT WALL
10' - 0"
10' - 0"
LANDING CHANNEL L ANGLED BOLTED CONENCTION
5_landing to wall connection
10' - 0"
4 A9.1
STEEL PAN STEEL STRINGER 2” CONCRETE FILL
0' - 7"
0' - 11"
STEEL ANGLE STEEL BOLT STEEL L-BOLT PLATE CONCRETE ANCHOR
5' - 6 1/2"
10' - 0"
5 A9.1
6 A9.1
6_base to stringer connection _stair section
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Viale Belfiore
Florence, Italy
Florence, Italy is a conservative urban environment that aims to preserve the decorative architecture of the past. Although rich in history, Florence lacks the presence of contemporary architecture. With anticipation of a new contemporary high speed rail station, Viale Belfiore will be transformed into a modern oasis in which architecture for the future can thrive in the city of Florence. The project takes on a three tower typology, which provide a greater ground piazza space for residents and visitors of the site. Formally the project started as a perimeter block surrounding the corner of the site. It was then manipulated by expanding the interior courtyard shape outwards to the corner of the site and further altered with indentations for pedestrian access from the city center and anticipated rail station. 29 | Clenel Williams
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_section a-a
_section b-b
_east elevation
_north elevation 31 | Clenel Williams
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_ground floor
_second floor
_typical upper floor
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_housing _hotel _retail _ground _parking _community space
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_facade
_underground access
_grade access
_formal interpretation _vertical circulation + voided spaces
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