Cricket Day Graduate Portfolio 2015

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CRICKET DAY

graduate portfolio 2015



CRICKET DAY

PennDesign mla/m.arch 2015

• Miami MEADOWS LARP 701

2015

• Holland Tunnel AIR JETTY ARCH 602

• LOOP In

Competition

2014

2013

• BARRIER Staten Island LARP 502

2013

• TRAVERSE Bartram’s Garden ARCH 502

• INFO Block ARCH 502

2012

2012

• KINDER Struct ARCH 501

2011

• TRACES and INSCRIPTIONS Print Series

2013

• VISUAL Studies ARCH 521

2011

• GROWTH and DECAY Competition

• Bike CANOPY Co+Lab

• SHADE Break Deployable Structure

2012

2013

2013-2014


MIAMI MEADOWS LARP 701 • Fall 2014 Critic: Karen M’Closkey


The Miami studio was sited on Virginia Key, a barrier island south of Miami Beach that is home to a waste water treatment plant, the historic Marine Stadium, and Miami Seaquarium. The Seaquarium has amazing views of downtown Miami, a robust manatee rescue program, and is adjacent to large swaths of sea grass, perhaps the most vital plant in Florida’s benthic ecology.

Sea grass provides a nursery for around 70% of commercial fish, is the primary food source for Green Turtles and Manatees, and sequesters 3x the amount of carbon as terrestrial forests. Boaters cause a significant amount of damage to sea grass beds. This proposal provides a means of restoration via bird stakes and educational opportunities through wake-powered rehabilitation buoys.


Biscayne Bay: Sea Grass Distribution Turtle Grass

Thalassia testudinum

Manatee Grass

Shoal Grass

Syringodium filiforme

Halodule wrightii

Blades per m² 1 - 99 100 - 499 500 - 1000 > 1000

Sea Grass: Sectional Ecology, Fish Nursery, Salinity Matters

1m 2m 3m

Shoal Grass Halodule wrightii

10 - 25 ppt Salinity - early colonizers of disturbed areas - shallow rhizome system

Manatee Grass Syringodium filiforme 20 - 36 ppt Salinity - prefers high current flow areas - shallow rhizome system

Turtle Grass Thalassia testudinum

28 - 48 ppt Salinity - “climax” species - deep rhizome system (up to 25cm) - does well on sandy/gravelly substrates

Restoration Strategies: Accelerating slow growing sea grass meadows Bird Staking: Bird waste as fertilizer

TERF Method: sunken cages pre-planted with sea grass plugs


Virginia Key:

Boater traffic and critical manatee and sea grass areas

SeaQuarium Healthy Seagrass Patchy Seagrass Boat Share/Private Marina Public Boat Launch Idle Boats Boats in Motion Manatee Protection Area Critical Wildlife Area Bike Lanes

Miami Seaquarium: Prime real estate in need of change


Rhizome Growth / Crystal Analogue

Initial Grid Flow Vector Studies


Bird Stake Density Simulations: Low Density / High Flow

Med Density / Restricted Flow

High Density / No Flow


Two-toned Stake study model

Final Model: Bird Stakes, Mangroves, Pier, & Buoys


Stake Grid –> Planting Grid Manatee Rehab HypoSaline Buoy Parking Storm water Basin Mangrove Propogule Buoy Kayak Launch Ramp Tidal Pier Disc Boat Launch Tidal Terracing Manatee Rehab Buoy Lawn Berms Stepped Beach Manatee Buoy Hypersaline Buoys Coral Reef Buoy


Buoy Typologies: Wake power & Halocline membranes Sea Grass Rehab: BioRock Meadow - Catalyst

existing patchy conditions charged Terf mats with new shoots electrode wake generator boat access

Sea Grass Specimen: Aquiporin membrane - Hyposaline

aquiporin membrane low salinity seagrass boat access pump housing solar still


Coral BioRock:

BioRock Electrode Reef - Catalyst

transplanted coral scaffolding electrodes to scaffolding viewing bathyscopes turbine housing wake generator

Sea Grass Specimen: Aquiporin membrane - Hypersaline

aquiporin membrane high salinity seagrass solar still pump housing boat access



Sectional view of coral reef rehab buoy with bird stakes and downtown Miami


Holland Tunnel Air Jetty ARCH 602 • Spring 2013 Group Project with Jon Canter Critic: Shawn Rickenbacker


The Holland Tunnel Air Jetty is a proposal for an infrastructure-scaled air cleaning system. Seated at the exit of the Holland Tunnel in Tribeca, the building positions itself to collect and treat air in different zones, from different sources and by different methods and systems. Initial fluid dynamics studies showed turbulence could be embraced to slow the flow of air (breakwater systems) and regularity could be used to stabilize flow over numerous surfaces (Bell’s tetrahedral kites). These aggregates paired with new materials like TiO2 gave us multiple opportunities to treat air passively as well as actively with concentrated electrostatic precipitation systems.


The site is at the mouth of the Holland Tunnel and site at 6th ave and Canal St. over the 1-2 and A-C-E subway lines. As a piece of public infrastructure, the Jetty opens up to accommodate a central plaza with connection to the subways. It also hosts a roof garden, public class rooms, and auditorium, and gallery space. 1-2

The remaining space is dedicated to offices and labs with a significant portion of interior space allotted to plenum. The double-skin system is layered up with steel-framed aggregate TiO2 panels over a large induction plenum leading to a number of electrostatic precipitators. This actively cleaned air is then exhausted into the plaza below.

6th Ave

Holland Tunnel Varick

A-C-E

Canal

Pollution Strategy: different elevations : different sources : different strategies Upper Elevation Pollution Passive Ambient Porous Structure

Exhaust

Street Level Pollution Active High Concentration Close To Source


Lab space focusing on TiO2 facade panel tests

Office space within third floor diagrid/truss section



Stairs over precipitator unit and exterior public plaza


1st floor

Cross Section:

2nd floor

3rd floor

dirty air intakes on street side, then scrubbed and exhausted

Longitudinal Section:

plenum to precipitator, gallery spaces, auditorium, transit connection


Facade Mock-up model: acrylic plates 3D printed structural frame



View from the James Hotel


large-scale, low-tech water filtration. As water is coursed through the metropolitanscale living machine, it is cleaned and eventually returned back to the Day River or used in on-site agricultural production.

VARIED AND COMPELLING URBAN FORM

The water and logistics circuits combine to organize the city into a series of distinct neighborhoods, each with its own scale, relationship to the water, and ambient character. Residents of LOOP IN have quotidian and essential relationships to water, both as an amenity and as a productive resource. As a hub for regional commerce, LOOP IN provides a local sustainable economy based on production and trade related to water that ties directly into the broader economy of Hanoi. As a distinctive urban district, LOOP IN provides a range of urban lifestyle experiences that are consistent with the culture of Hanoi, yet are emphatically contemporary in their definition and qualities.

LOOP IN

Vertical Cities Asia 2013 PennDesign Team w/ Mairen Foley and Ming Zhong Critic: Chris Marcincoski Held by the National University of Singapore

Over the summer of 2013 I worked on one of of two teams of three from PennDesign as part of the Vertical Cities Asia Competition. Ten international universities are invited each year to Singapore to address a particular brief for a new city district in asia occupying one square kilometer for 100 thousand residents. OGISTICAL CIRCLE TRANSIT This year’s prompt was titled “Everyone Harvests” and suggested a theme of self sufficiency or sustainability in terms of food supply, water, and energy. The site is located 17 kilometers outside of Hanoi in a rural, rice paddy dominatend landscape along an existing highway and at the intersection of a proposed bypass highway around Hanoi TIEN LE

Hanoi is projected to become the second fastest growing city in Asia by 2025. Rapid growth of this sort is almost inevitably characterized by sprawl and significant environmental degradation to both air and water. The infrastructural and logistical systems that underpin this economic CIRCULATION expansion are often the chief sources of this environmental impact. LOOP IN proposes the coiling up of these linear systems as a strategy for generating a more compact, efficient and resilient city structured around a synthetic ring of logistical services and water processing. PHUONG BANG

PHUONG BANG

TIEN LE

SONG PHUONG

THON GAN

SONG PHUONG

THON GAN

DAO NGUYEN

DAO NGUYEN


DISTRICTS

WATER TREATMENT

PARK INFILATRATION

INITIAL SETTLING, MECHANICAL REMEDIATION

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industry

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TERRACES FOR BIO-PURIFICATION

SUBSURFACE FILTRATION, HEAVY METAL REMOVAL

wetlands Greywater from city

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PATHOGEN REMOVAL, NUTRIENT REMOVAL

market

Agriculture

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ponds

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agriculture

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city

AERATION CLEAN WATER

SAND FILTER

WATER QUALITY STABILIAZION


LOGISTICS

WATER

Located at the intersection of two major highways, and bounded by the Day River to the west, the development of this particular territory has been planned as a major hub for goods and agriculture moving into and around Hanoi. Typically, these logistical hubs consist of massive warehouses strung along highways pushing out into the hinterland at a city’s periphery. LOOP IN takes these large footprint infrastructural buildings and buries them within a sunken logistical ring, creating a stacked core that becomes the foundation for high density occupation of the surface above.

With this rapid growth comes a significant amount of waste and pollution. This consequence of urbanization is clearly evident in the current state of Hanoi’s hydrologic systems today. Hundreds of kilometers of canals constructed in the 1960’s channel water to and from the Red River for agriculture and industrial use alike. The lack of proper management of this water infrastructure leaves both the population and the economy at risk. LOOP IN takes advantage of the artificial elevation gained from building over the buried logistical hub to engineer a new topography optimized for largescale, low-tech water filtration. As water is coursed through the metropolitan-scale living machine, it is cleaned and eventually returned back to the Day River or used in on-site agricultural production.

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Initial water remediation settling pond

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The Wetlands

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The Ponds

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The Ring

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Large Scale Agriculture

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Civic Water Side Park

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The Market

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Industrial District

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Local Agriculture

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around around Hanoi. Hanoi. Typically, Typically, thesethese logistical logistical hubshubs consist consist of massive of massive warewarehouses houses strung strung along along highways highways pushing pushing out into out the intohinterland the hinterland at a at city’s a city’s periphery. periphery. LOOP LOOP IN takes IN takes thesethese largelarge footprint footprint infrastructural infrastructural buildings buildings and and buries buries themthem within within a sunken a sunken logistical logistical ring,ring, creating creating a stacked a stacked core core that becomes that becomes the foundation the foundation for high for high density density occupation occupation of theofsurface the surface above above

WATER WATER QUALITY QUALITY

LOGISTICS WATER WATER = =

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WithWith this rapid this rapid growth growth comes comes a significant a significant amount amount of waste of waste and and pollution. pollution. This This consequence consequence of urbanization of urbanization is clearly is clearly evident evident in theincurrent the current statestate of Hanoi’s of Hanoi’s hydrologic hydrologic systems systems today. today. Hundreds Hundreds of kilometers of kilometers of canals of canals constructed constructed in thein1960’s the 1960’s channel channel waterwater to and to and fromfrom the Red the River Red River for agfor agriculture riculture and and industrial industrial use alike. use alike. The lack The lack of proper of proper management management of this of this waterwater infrastructure infrastructure leaves leaves both both the population the population and and the economy the economy at risk. at risk. LOOP LOOP IN takes IN takes advantage advantage of theofartificial the artificial elevation elevation gained gained fromfrom building building over over the buried the buried logistical logistical hub to hub engineer to engineer a new a new topography topography optimized optimized for large-scale, for large-scale, low-tech low-tech waterwater filtration. filtration. As water As water is coursed is coursed through through the the metropolitan-scale metropolitan-scale livingliving machine, machine, it is cleaned it is cleaned and and eventually eventually returned returned backback to thetoDay the Day RiverRiver or used or used in on-site in on-site agricultural agricultural production. production.

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proposed

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LOOP IN TRANSIT

LOOP IN WATER

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EXISTING

LOOP IN WATER

LOOP IN TRANSIT

DISTRICTS

CIRCULATION

PUBLIC REALM PHUONG BANG

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TIEN LE industry

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wetlands

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market SONG PHUONG

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ponds

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agriculture

D

city

THON GAN

SYSTEMS AND PLANNING University of Pennsylvania

DAO NGUYEN

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DISTRICTS

CIRCULATION

GREEN INFILTRATION / PUBLIC REALM

The transit breaks up the city into 6 distinct districts. The typology and program of these districts is based both on the corresponding stage of water treatment inside the district as well as proximity to the logistical loop in the center. LOGISTICS LOOP

Secondary road circulation pulls out from the major transit lines toward the periphery and weaves around the water as it pools and moves through the city. The Water Loop road allows forWATER secondary lateral circulation, linking the districts together.

The city rings around local agriculture operations to the west, which allows for the rural space to infiltrate the city. This is done by pulling public space into the market along green corridorsTRANSIT to blur the edge between rural and urban.

LOOP IN

PHUONG BANG

INITIAL SETTLING, MECHANICAL REMEDIATION

TERRACES FOR BIO-PURIFICATION

TIEN LE

SUBSURFACE FILTRATION, HEAVY METAL REMOVAL

Greywater from city PATHOGEN REMOVAL, NUTRIENT REMOVAL

SONG PHUONG

THON GAN

Agriculture

AERATION CLEAN WATER

SAND FILTER

University of Pennsylvania

WATER QUALITY STABILIAZION

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LOOP IN

DAO NGUYEN

LOGISTIC LOOP

WATER

TRANSIT

By pulling the highway into a loop around the city, the distance between production and market is drastically reduced, increasing the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of city function. This allows the products of local agriculture to be distributed

Water is pulled in through the existing river and pumped up to the first terraced settling pool. It then moves into large wetlands, after which it begins to break up into smaller ponds. Finally it makes its way into canals where it is used for large-

The major transit lines connect to the surrounding villages, tying the site together and allowing for exchange to happen between the existing context and the new city. These major lines contain trams and road space, and they connect to a


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Individual roof gardens

WETLANDS SIZE AND SPACE

GISTICAL CIRCLE 2-4 stories

11 m2

View of wetlands expanse Open deck space

TRANSIT

Large scale remediation

PHUONG BANG

CIRCULATION

PHUONG BANG

per person

Canal to adjacent wetlands

PROGRAM

50% residential 5% commercial 10% public space 35% water

TIEN LE

TIEN LE

Recreational Edge

PERFORMANCE

individual roof gardens wetlands-based crops ecological habitat

WATER

biopurificalion terraces subsurface filtration heavy metal removal

SONG PHUONG

SONG PHUONG

TYPOLOGY THON GAN

THON GAN

tube house

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University of Pennsylvania

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LOOP IN

pull DAO NGUYEN

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DAO NGUYEN

Small scale urban agriculture

THE PONDS

Shared rooftop gardens Individual rooftop gardens

SIZE AND SPACE 2-4 stories

9 m2 per person PROGRAM

Pocket garden courtyards

65% residential 15% commercial 15% public space 5% water

Multifamily residential

Commercial ground floor

PERFORMANCE

shared building gardens aquaculture hydroponics

Recreational pond Water from adjacent pond

WATER

nutrient removal aeration

TYPOLOGY

Hydroponics

tube house

array University of Pennsylvania

pull

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LOOP IN


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Public waterfront

Narrow market streets Upper level residential

MARKET

SIZE AND SPACE

DISTRICTS

WATER TREATMENT

2-6 stories

PARK INFILATRATION

Strategic shading

8 m2 per person Lower level commercial

PROGRAM

20% residential 60% commercial 20% public space 0% water

PERFORMANCE

logistics core loop goods transfer touchpoint flexible informal selling

INITIAL SETTLING, MECHANICAL REMEDIATION

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industry

A

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TERRACES FOR BIO-PURIFICATION

Public park Water flood control lake

SUBSURFACE FILTRATION, HEAVY METAL REMOVAL

wetlands Greywater from city

WATER

flood control overflow recreational edge

C

PATHOGEN REMOVAL, NUTRIENT REMOVAL

market

TYPOLOGY

Regional produce exchange

Agriculture

tube house

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divide

B

ponds

agriculture

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city

AERATION University of Pennsylvania

CLEAN WATER

SAND FILTER

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LOOP IN

WATER QUALITY STABILIAZION

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THE RING

Views of Hanoi

SIZE AND SPACE 8-52 stories

Upper level residential

9 m2 per person PROGRAM

50% residential 40% commercial 8% public space 2% water

Sand filtration ponds

PERFORMANCE

logistics core loop mass transfer of goods concentrated services

Shared building amenities

WATER

Commercial ground core

water quality stabilization sand filtration

Public recreational plaza Concentrated service industry

TYPOLOGY rotate

scale

Short Proximity Logistics

17 terrace

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University of Pennsylvania

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LOOP IN




BARRIER STATEN ISLAND LARP 502 • Spring 2013 Critic: Ellen Neises Winner: 2nd Place, ONEPrize: Stormproof 2013



Blue/Green Belts

water management & recreation

EXISTING

PROPOSED

Green Belt

Willowbrook Ravine

richmond creek jack’s pond

new creek

wood duck pond

Fr. Capodonna Tr.

sweet brook

oakwood creek

blue heron arbutus creek wolfe’s pond sandy brook mill creek butler manor

Sandy surge line

Midland -20’

-10’

• homes destroyed by Sandy Oakwood

Great Kills


This 7.5 mile island will defend Staten Island better than any man-made structure. The island is programmatically connected upland via the Willowbrook Ravine, a former highway right-ofway along the degraded former course of the Great Kill. Combining the Blue and Green Belt systems in a controlled and deliberate form can provide miles of habitat, recreation, and storm defense.

Staten Island Coney Island

Rockaways

East Shore perpendicular to storm surges

Surge

-10’ Shallow bathymtery

Barrier Islands act as funnel

Sandy Hook Digital Elevation Model 10’ Bathymetry contours

Great Kills and High Knuckle Park

a new coast in the most vulnerable borough • up to 5 sq. mi of salt marsh to offset regional losses due to sea level rise • linking uplands to wetlands creates a valuable regionally important natural resource


Blue/Green Connections A New East Shore

integrated recreation and coastal defense

accelerating forces at play to create a new coastal amenity

FT. WADSWORTH 26’

GREEN BELT

hiking Tibetan art museum Green belt nature center

NEW CREEK BAY

kayaking

MIDLAND SPIT fr. capodanno trail sunken forest

2’

oysters / clams

WILLOWBROOK RAVINE hiking biking

new creek bridge

sports fields 18’

MILLER BEACH GREAT KILLS kayaking fishing

HIGH KNUCKLE

biking running picnics

18’ 72’

OAKWOOD ISLAND concerts

STATEN’S BARRIER ISLAND

boating

“sand motor” Knuckles

anticipated longshore drift

CROOKE’s POINT surf fishing

Blue Belt crossings new Green Belt trails


Blue/Green Connections Willowbrook Ravine

stitching SI together

highway right-of-way

active green belt trail and blue belt

weir wall trails stilling ponds

GREAT KILLS

GREEN BELT

regrading for improved runoff flow improved ecology & habitat dual speed trails

Fr. Capodanno Trail

shore road

fore and back dune ecologies restored maritime forest stabilization lattices boardwalk trail

dune stabilizer


High Knuckle / Great Kills

Blue/Green Belt nexus

• Knuckles - programs resilient to coastal storms

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• Great Kills - over half of the 580 acres closed due to radium • new soil is brought in to cap and sculpt the hill • supports recreation, habitat, & coastal defense

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Accelerated Geomorphology 1890 - 1913

1919 - 1944

1950 - 2019

• geologically & hydrologically, what the shore wants • intercoastal water way supports huge amounts of human activity and animal habitat

New Creek

Miller Field

Great Kills

Great Kills

Great Kills bike park finished

creeks of great kills High Knuckle trails wetlands trail barrier trail fox beach stage oakwood beacon weir wall path movie night cove kayak cove fishing cove habitat coves great kills marina


Miles of trails on a former landfill High Knuckle Bike Park HIGH KNUCKLE PARK - The region’s premier bike track and trails HK Velodrome

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2 mi. uninterrupted by crossings smooth elevation changes only track in NYC

Green Ring

- 1.34 mi. - easy access to adjacent HK programs - smooth elevation changes - easiest ride in the park

Blue Trails

Black Diamond

- 3.6 mi. - multiple access points and adjacencies - moderate elevation changes - medium difficulty

Salt Spray

No Wheels

- 1.2 mi. - concentrated and segregated from other trails - extreme elevation changes & trail obstacles - Single Diamond - Difficult - Double Diamonds - Experts Only

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4.7 mi. footpath access to all parts of park elevation changes moderate pedestrian access to viewing platforms

Great Kills Boardwalk

Inner Ring Tunnel Track Crossing Bridge Track Crossing

2020 - 2030

2040 - 2050

2060 - 2070

New Creek

2080 - 2100

New Creek salt marsh bay

Miller Field maintained as High Ground

• phasing accompanies the gradual retreat from the shore • building out Green Belt improves mobility across the shore


TRAVERSE: BARTRAM’S GARDEN LARP 501 • Fall 2012 Critic: Dilip De Cunha

This studio is designed to build up methodologies for observation, drawing, making, and projecting. Our site was the historic Bartram’s Garden in west Philadelphia. My particular area of interest is the constructed wetland on the southern end of the grounds which is bordered by a long row of old Lindens, a community garden, and the Schuylkill river.


Detail: Site Triangulation


Four traverses are used to gain a holistic appreciation of sites: Triangulation, Serial Sections, Photoworks, and Plotting. Each adds another layer of understanding and lead to a design intervention that is intended to work with the site and change over time. Detail: PhotoWorks Traverse


Detail: Serial SectionsTraverse


Canada Goose Sternum: Perspective Projection


Canada Goose Sternum: Isometric Projection & Measuring Device


Avian Residency: Bartram’s Gardens Migratory Range

B a r t a m ’s

G a r d e n

April

September


American Black Duck

Red - Tailed Hawk

Northern Cardinal

Belted Kingfisher Double - Crested Cormorant

Red - Bellied Woodpecker

Mallard Duck

Canada Goose

Ring - Billed Gull

Yellow - Bellied Sapsucker

Great Blue Heron

Greater Scaup

White - Throated Sparrow

Ruby - Throated Hummingbird

Pied - Billed Grebe

Common Loon

Wild Turkey

Green Heron


Avian Habitat Amplification: Bartram’s Gardens

FORAGE

Spring

Grasses

SOAR | GRAZE

Sedges

Perches provide hunting locations for Hawks

Clover These are some of the first plants to appear in the Spring and are an important Food source for Turkeys and their young.

Perches disrupt grass field used by Geese Obstacles discourage grazing

Summer

Blackberries Wild Grape Abundant food supplies, such as the Spring grasses and the insects the insects contained within are supplanted by these fruits.

HOVER

Autumn Jewel Weed (Impatiens capensis) Swale keeps moisture content high Fast sreading plant (Explosive Dehisence) Bearberry Red Cedar Dogwood

Deer browsing helps control growth Mow before seeds grow (early Spring)

As previous seasonal food supplies are depleted the fruits and seeds from these plants become critical

Winter

Shagbark Hickory Swamp White Oak Red Oak Pin Oak Pitch Pine Mockernut Hickory Turkeys depend on mast crops during the winter to survive. Evergreens provide important winter roosting sites as well.

WADE | DIVE The Pier takes people off the shore line, freeing it for Herons and other shorebirds The pylons create new habitat for fry and shade for larger fish The addition of a new aquatic structure increases the food supply for all fish eating birds


Final Armature Model

Pier and Foraging field from Schuylkill River

View of perches cutting through farm area

View down Linden path and jewel weed swale


HOVER

A swale is cut so that the adjacent wetland periodically inundates the soil. This encourages the growth of Jewel weed which is a primary food source for migrating Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds. In the fall, deer browse on the jewel weed, controlling its spread.

FORAGE The strip of road parallel to the linden path is torn out and planted with species that provide food sources for resident Wild Turkeys all year. Grasses in spring, seeds and berries in fall, and mast crops for winter.


WADE / DIVE

The pier takes people off the shore line, freeing it for Herons and other shorebirds. The pylons create fish habitat and the decking provides shade. This enriches the food source for Double-Crested Cormorants.

SOAR / GRAZE A continuous series of tall perches provide resident Red - Tailed Hawks with excellent hunting positions. The perches also disrupt the open field, making it less appealing for grazing by migrating Canada Geese.



INFO BLOCK ARCH 502 • Spring 2012 Critic: Mark Krueckel

Wi Fi

Newspaper

Mail

The 502 studio was tasked with designing a Co-Op office and Market space on an empty lot in Philadelphia. Info Block is the result of an extensive mapping of information flows in the neighborhood. The mapping of newspapers, mailboxes, and wifi signals were used as a means to connect the building to the community and as an organizational scheme.


Info Block houses a complex mix of programs. It organizes tech-oriented office studios, educational rooms, a market space for book sellers, a public roof garden as well as a free neighborhood “white space� wifi network. The goal was to distribute these programs so that each would be linked by social areas, creating opportunities for more interaction between occupants.

Organization Diagram in bubble / out box

in bubble / in box

educational space

co - op work space

out bubble / in box

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social space

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lounge workshop

studio

studio

lounge

auditorium

studios digital market

Ground Floor

print market

gallery studios studios

lounge

park

cafĂŠ

classroom

auditorium

lounge workshops

library

Second Floor

Roof Plan


Cross Section

Small Digital Studio Large Digital Studio Lounge Area Library / Computer Lab Small Digital Studio & Meeting Room Workshop Room



Longitudinal Section studio

auditorium

cafe gallery


Atrium Interior

CafĂŠ & Gallery Section

lounge

office space

lounge work shops


KINDER Struct ARCH 502 • Spring 2012 Critic: Julie Beckman


KinderStruct was the final studio project for the 501 semester of architecture. Elements of structure and ergonomics were explored in previous furniture studies and then applied here. For this project the studios each examined a film as an accelerant from which certain themes could be employed in the building design.


The primary design element for the kindergarten is the use of a closed loop system and alternating observers with the observed. Apertures and spatial speeds are used as the secondary elements in the overall organization. Smaller apertures are associated with fast spaces, larger openings with slower spaces.

Large Aperture - Slow Space Medium Aperture - Variable Speed Small Aperture - Fast Space

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activities room : entrance : boulder climb : classroom



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play roof : office: entrance : boulder climb

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classroom : cubby hall : office


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TRACES and INSCRIPTIONS Print Making Elevtive • Fall, 2011 Critic: Anurada Mathur

The original copper plates began as figural references to an empty lot on the corner of 17th and South st. in Philadelphia. The etching process became a strategy for altering the site, conceptual methods of erasure and layering. After certain processes had been established, a third plate was introduced with the intention of reverse engineering the previous plates to intentionally create different atmospheres or field conditions.

SUBTRACTIVE Removal of material from either the ground laid onto the plate or the copper itself. This could include, but was not limited to, spraying SoySolve over hard ground, sanding, rotary tools, spray paint over water, or diffusion of printer toner in alcohol.

ADDITIVE Includes processes that alter the amount of ground initially added; modulated aquatint, flecking of hardground, or dusting of toner.

ABRASION Involving the use of sand paper, steel wool, burnishers, scrapers, sand blasters, or dremels.

SPRAY Any process where control was given up in favor of the movement of liquifs through misting, splashing, submerging, or spraying.

FIGURE ETCH Acid is used to etch what is perceived as object.

FIELD ETCH Acid is used to etch what is perceive as ground.

250° Processes that involved heating the plate to melt down solids (Soft ground), set powders (toner), or evaporate (spray paint on water, toner or alcohol).

72° Processes that took place at room temperature, using solids as abrasives or using liwuids as subtractive agents.




VISUAL Studies I ARCH 521 • Fall, 2011 Critic: Lasha Brown

This course was a semester long representational study in primarily line drawings. After analyzing and documenting a found object, a series of permutations, based in the logic of the original object were applied. In this case a pair of binoculars were transformed according to how light passed through prisms. The final result was a lens tree whose branching patterns change as the prism fields are raised or lowered.

Light’s Passage through Porro Prisms

Sectional Binocular Model

Rendering over Prism Field


Variable Branching Diagrams

Lens Clustering Study

Lens Tree Growth

Lens Tree Plan


GROWTH from DECAY competition A mushroom’s affinity for decay drives its growth. Given a site stricken by neglect and using what remains as a catalyst for growth, “Mobile Mushroom” cultivates its own gourmet mushrooms using coffee grounds from local shops. While dining under the Franklin Bridge, patrons can observe fungus harvesting from the “Morel Mushroom” inspired pylon casing, illuminated by the “mycelium” light strands above. The mobile truck follows a weekly schedule, setting up at another neglected or under utilized site. Afterwards the truck stops by a number of coffee shops to collect grounds for composting. By attracting regular customers, Mobile Mushroom hopes to reclaim and inject new life into decayed areas.

Schenk-Woodman Honorable Mention, 2012


Bike CANOPY: +

SIMPLE ASSEMBLY EASILY CONSTRUCTED

CO+LAB student design group

FLEXIBLE INTERFACE

HI-TECH

MYRIAD OPPORTUNITIES

SUNBRELLA FABRIC 1-1/4” STEEL ELBOW

+

12p

9a

LOW-TECH

STRUCTURAL INTERFACE HP

HP LP

LP

6p

HP

9p

BRANDING MECHANISM

CO+LAB

D

C

‘S’ HOOK

A

TURNBUCKLE

D

109” x

B A

SUNBRELLA

1-1/4” STEE L CO NDU IT

C 109” x 1-1/4” STEEL CONDUIT

108”

18”

x 6” 12

” /4 1-1

ED IZ AN LV GA

E PIP

36” ANNUAL PRECIPITATION PHILADELPHIA, PA

B

105” x 105” x 105” x 105” x 149” x 149” A-B B-C C-D D-A A-C B-D

LP

RAIN FRONT ELEVATION

SHADE

SIDE ELEVATION

! DRY BIKES N

FU LL Y

CO VE RS BIK ES

RAINWATER COLLECTION

GARDEN TEST PLOTS FOR STUDENTS + FACULTY

HP

HP

STANDARD 9’ BIKE RACK

VERSATILE

LOW MAINTENANCE

LP

PLANE

RESILIENT

YEAR-ROUND PROTECTION

SIMPLE FABRIC CUT

HYPERBOLIC PARABOLOID TENSILE CANOPY MEMBRANE

TILTED HP

SHEDS WATER + LIGHT

LL

EASY STRUCTURAL INTERFACE

VISION

3p

4” x 1/4” x 20 BOLT

NAVY SUNBRELLA CUSTOM SUN SHADE

CUSTOM-FIT

N SU

6a

HA N O S R MEYE

SUNBRELLA HYPERBOLIC PARABOLOID BIKE CANOPIES COOL BIKE SPACES + DRY BUTTS FOR ALL! The courtyard outside of PennDesign’s Meyerson Hall contains 15 standard 9’ bike racks. However, none are covered, leaving dozens of bicycles exposed to the rain and sun. The Bike Canopy blends low-tech pipes and bolt construction to support a Sunbrella hyperbolic paraboloid that shades and sheds rain.

A LVANI Y S N F PEN O Y T I RS UNIVE

PY NO CA KE BI

F DESIGN O L O O H SC

The connections and assembly are specific to these racks, widely used throughout campus, allowing the Bike Canopy to proliferate and aggregate.

The author is one of three lead designers/coordinators and one of several prototype and final builders


SHADE Break: Deployable Structures ARCH 632 • Spring, 2014 With Emily Gruendel & Jingxian Xu

SHADE SHARD came out of a study in spacefilling geometry and the ability to compress and expand the overall form. Truncated Cube Octohedrons and Truncated Octohedrons are combined and a single shell is removed from the aggregate which becomes the diagram for the MDF scissor joints. The vellum shading plates were derived from several studies examining a process of enclosing the original aggregate with offset surfaces.

The final result is a structure that when compressed forms a solid shell of polygonal shade panels. When the structure is deployed, the panels disassemble normal to the joint at each center point, resulting in a fractured shading system that casts dappled light. The structure consists of 356 members, 164 joints, and 35 plates. Aluminum tubing joined members and joints together. The vellum shade panels are held up by an extension of the joint mounts.


Shell Selection

aggregate

members

full plates

culled plates & members

final plates

x 356

x 212

x 164

member and connective joint detail

scissor member and joint assemblies



back cover: visual studies project, 2014


CRICKET DAY MLA/M.ARCH 2015


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