BUILDING DX HOUSING PROJECT PROJECT STATEMENT A NEW TYPE OF RESIDENTIAL TOWER IN FORT LAUDERDALE BEACH. THE A RESIDENTIAL TOWER IN FORT LAUDERDALE BEACH IS COMPOSED OF MODULAR UNITS THAT ARE SHIFTED TO GENERATE A DYNAMIC OPTICAL ILLUSION. ITS INTENDED MOVEMENT BREAKS WITH THE CONTEMPORARY MONOTONY OF OUR STATIC BUILT ENVIRONMENT. IT IS A HINT TO WHAT'S NEXT IN BUILDING TYPOLOGIES. THE IDEA OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CREATE A BUILDING THAT IS NEW, FEASIBLE, AND AESTHETICALLY PLEASING. THE DESIGN CONSISTS OF EXISTING MATERIALS THAT ARE PUT TOGETHER TO PRODUCE A NEW BUILDING TYPOLOGY. THE USE OF PLUG-IN MODULAR UNITS EXTENDING OUTWARDS PRODUCES A DYNAMIC PERCEPTION OPPOSITE TO THE STATIC REPETITIVE BUILT ENVIRONMENT SURROUNDING THE SITE. THE UNITS ARE ATTACHED TO A CENTRAL CORE [THE HEART] WHICH SERVES AS A VERTICAL ROAD. THE ENTIRE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS IS INTENDED TO BE SIMPLE TO PROVIDE THE PROBABILITY OF RELOCATION. THE STRUCTURE FUNCTIONS AS AN ASSEMBLY OF LIGHTWEIGHT MATERIALS. IN THE EVENT OF RELOCATION EACH MODULAR UNIT IS STRUCTURALLY INDEPENDENT, ALLOWING ITS DETACHMENT. THE BUILDING’S MODULARITY CREATES AN INTERESTING COMPOSITION OF INGENUITY. IN ADDITION, THE IDEA OF COMPACT LIVING IS SET FORTH IN RESPONSE TO PRESENT GROWTH IN POPULATION AND BUILD OUT. COMPACT LIVING ALLOWS FOR MORE RENTABLE SPACE THAT GENERATES ECONOMIC STABILITY. THE DESIGN RESPONDS TO THE URBAN CONTEXT IN ALL THE DIRECTIONS WHERE THE BUILDING TOUCHES THE GROUND. THE PRIMARILY AXIS OF CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INTRACOASTAL AND THE ATLANTIC OCEAN IS EMPHASIS VISUALLY AND PHYSICALLY. THE STRONG VISUAL CONNECTION IS GAINED BY THE CENTRAL RUPTURE OF THE BUILDING. ALLOWING TRANSPARENCY IN THE CENTER CORE ALLOWS LIGHT TO FILTER THE INTERIOR AND REDUCES THE BULK PERCEPTION. IN ADDITION THE PRIMARILY AXIS IS PHYSICALLY EMBRACE BY COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY LEADING TO THE BUILDING. IT ASSURES A HUMAN OCCUPANCY AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE TOWER. THE SECONDARY AXIS OF CONNECTION IS ALONG THE NORTH AND SOUTH PORTION OF THE BUILDING. ON THE NORTH COMING FROM LAS OLAS BOULEVARD THE PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE IS MAGNIFICENT WITH THE INCORPORATION OF A COASTAL PLAZA BORDERING THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY, MAKING IT A GREAT LOCATION FOR BOAT DOCKING, AND EATING. THE BUILDING IS A STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSION OF THE ARCHITECTURAL PROFESSION IN ALL ITS ASPECTS.
A R C H I T E C T U R A L T H E S I S FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE SPRING 2014 l CAMILO LOPEZ