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DOTTING THE CITY A curated experience through the city of Athens, Greece.
Museums are usually constrained to a series of buildings, which usually tend to restrain the experience of the city or culture around them. Even though Athens is filled with historical value, most of the museums seem to just display the objects rather than telling the story. In addition, one can start to notice that museums are located in highly touristic areas; therefore attracts mostly visitors and avoids local. This proposed museum attempts to give the tourist a more engaging experience of the city, while allowing locals to engage with the history of Athens. The “Dotting Museum� proposes a series of programs (Information Center, Coffee Shop and a Library) that combines the museum program to connect various historic sites of the city and bring locals and foreigners together.
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a LIBRARY:
5,000 SF
near the Filipapo Hill
Is the central spot for the past Greek City and the gathering space for the community. It shows a great scenery of the city.
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b INFORMATION CENTER:
800 SF
near Monasteraki
Flea Market neighborhood in the old town of Athens. Principal Shopping area in the city.
c COFFEE SHOP:
1,500 SF
near Sytagma Square
It is the most important site of modern Athens from both historical and social point of view. Is the epicenter of commercial activity and Greek politics.
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CURRENT SCENARIO: Museums and other programs do not seem to interact. Each exist as entities of their own.
PROPOSAL URBAN SCALE Museums and other programs start to coexist in the same area.
PROPOSA BUILDING SCALE Gallery spaces start to infiltrate the every day Athenians.
PROPOSAL BUILDING SCALE Zoomed in detail. The past history will relate with current events.
Museum Display
Proposed Programs
Athens consists of 117 museums, which most of them exist on their own. The infrastructure serves as shield for the object rather than a home for the artifacts. As many have encountered, when visiting the city, tourists tend to visit museum and historic sites. These sites allow them to acknowledge the past of Greece, while leaving Greek’s immediate culture behind. Locals, on the other hand tend to avoid these activities and enjoy the present Athens, while taking for granted their past. For a city, as rich in culture and history as Athens, one might seem surprised that the museums are not interacting with the city. This design proposal suggests a distinct way of displaying Greek’s artifacts. The museum will exist within programs of frequent use; like a coffee shop. By placing museum programs in a coffee shop, the visitors will have the opportunity to interact with locals constantly. Similarly, by locating a coffee house near a historic site, locals will have the opportunity to engage constantly with wonders that Athens has to offer.
Library + Museum
Information Center + Museum
It needs to be stated, that the relationship between the museum and other programs, does not only need to exist at a building scale, but also in an urban scale.
Coffee Shop + Museum
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COFFEE SHOP + MUSEUM Located at Sytagma Square
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Space Division
Modified Circ.
Open Space
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LIBRARY + MUSEUM Located at Filipapo Hill
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Space Division
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Cross Section
Scale: 3/64” = 1’0”
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MIT MEDIA LAB A robotic printed 3D facade proposal dor MIT’s Media Lab.
The MIT Media Lab was chosen as a case study and experiment for the 3D printed optimized facade due to its variability in programmatic elements within one elevation of the building. Because the facade was generated digitally, it can be further analyzed with DIVA for its affects on lighting, allowing for iterations of designs to optimize lighting conditions in the interior.
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Lab with no Facade
June 21, 9:00 am
Lab with Facade
Lab with no Facade
June 21, 9:00 am
Lab with Facade
Dec 21, 9:00 am
Dec 21, 9:00 am
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FALSE COLOR ANALYSIS MIT Media Lab June 21, 9:00 a.m.
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Entrance Gallery June 21, 9:00 am
MIT Media Lab with Clay Facade June 21, 9:00 a.m.
Office Space
MIT Media Lab December 21, 9:00 a.m.
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DIVA SIMULATIONS The Grasshopper and DIVA plug-in for Rhinoceros work concurrently to generate and assess fabrication models in terms of daylight. A preliminary floor by floor lighting analysis was done on DIVA of the southeast facade of the MIT Media Lab in order to design and target spaces with undesired direct natural light and glare. Site studies were done to evaluate the frequency and usage of the interior manual blinds throughout the day due to the excessive natural light. Through the process of additive manufacturing, the lighting conditions of an interior space can be adjusted and optimized by a customized and distinct facade system. The necessity in lighting conditions is determined by the program and function of the space, such as a double height gallery space as opposed to an office space. The proposed facade will act as a light filtration system, ultimately affecting the interior lighting conditions. The resulting before and after heat maps were used to compare and assess the performance of the facade. Before and after HDR images of distinct interior spaces, defined by program, were taken and rendered into false color to aid in providing an accurate understanding of the facade’s effect. 20
GRASSHOPPER INPUT
GRASSHOPPER OUTPUT FOR FACADE
GRASSHOPPER The technology of additive manufacturing, alongside with digital computation programs such as Grasshopper for Rhinoceros has allowed for vast opportunities within the design realm. This project presents an integrated computational and digital fabrication work processes for a custom high performance ceramic facade system, in terms of daylight and usage The MIT Media Lab was chosen as a case study and experiment for the 3D printed optimized facade due to its variability in programmatic elements within one elevation of the building. The digital input in Grasshoper is in the gradient, where 100% black indicates the widest aperture and 100% white indicates the smallest aperture. This information is then translated into the physical realm as illustrated on the bottom image.
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CLAY EXPLORATIONS Clay was chosen because of its fluidity and consistency, the ability to be extruded from a canister as well as hold its own structure The experimentation in materials was done in parallel with the development of extruders to test the right amount of pressure with its most suitable consistency of clay. The Air-dry Clay is an oil-based clay which does not require firing. Produced in grey, the clay dries a dark brown to almost black color. Given the air-dry hardening process of the clay, time can be saved in the production process, however the layers of extrusions does not bond to one another and it becomes extremely brittle when dried. The consistency of the clay cannot be changed by adding water and it does not dry consistently. The CV90 clay is a mixture of Porcelain and coarse sand. Similar to the Porcelain clay, CV90 similarly dries a light beige and fires to a clean white; it is extremely durable and provides a clean finished look. Given its granier consistency, CV90 has a smaller allowable work time but it weighs much lighter once fired b cause the moisture evaporates. The layers of extrusion bind together throughout the drying and firing process.
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RYOBI 3.0 In Ryobi 2.1, the original PVC pipe canister and metal brace was due to the complications with the larger canister. The speed of the potentiometer can be monitored when the arduino is hooked onto a computer through the arduino program. By quantifying the speed of the motor, accuracy in controlling the bead size was achieved. 23
CASE STUDY: MIT MEDIA LAB The facade would accommodate the lighting needs through the variation in its apertures. With the gradient system developed in Grasshopper, each facade panel has a custom design that is never arbitrary or generic. Additive manufacturing has made such highly customized production possible despite each piece of the facade being unique and distinct in its tilt, height, and opening. The next step in exploration perhaps lies in the complete integration of the support structure and facade piece, where all elements of a facade system can be constructed and produced through additive manufacturing.
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FINAL PROTOTYPE The prototypedemonstrates the greatest possible aperture with the lowest height, to the smallest aperture and the tallest height of the cone. 72 pieces were printed and mounted on a 2’ x 4’ laser cut steel frame, fastened with wire that punctured through premade holes both in the individual cones and the laser cut frame.
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THE TRIANGLE An innovation center for the city of Providence, RI.
By being located in Providence’s Downtown, The triangle offers a variety of programmatic elements in order to bring community together. Besides from becoming a center of attraction for the city, the building was designed to be energy efficient. It possesses various solar panels, a green house and water recollection systems.
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BUILDING CONCEPT
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By following Providence’s regulation laws, the building designed emerged. In addition, in order to create an energy efficient building, various systems where proposed. 9 stories + no setback st A. + no setback after 3rd story
9 stories + setback st. A + no setback after 3rd story
9 stories + no set back st. A + set back after 3rd story
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9 stories + setback st. A + setback between 3-6 story
6 stories + no setback st. A + no setback after 3rd story
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SOLAR ENERGY COLLECTOR
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A storm/rain water recollection system.
Site Adress
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Solar Energy Collector
By locating them at the roof, with an individual rotation that follows the sun path, there is most solar gain. There are also located on the SW
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Green House
A doble height space with green areas that allows the creration of new climate while allowing the building to cool/warm.
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Water Recollection
A storm/ rain water recolection system
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Level 8 | Studio Space Level 7 | Studio Space Level 6 | Shop Space Level 5 | Library Level 4 | Research Laboratory Level 3 | Digital Fabrication Level 2 | Educational Classroom Level 1 | Multipurpose Public Space
BUILDING PROGRAM
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East Facade
NorthWest Facade
SouthWest Facade
Facade with the most openings for light, view to the river, and where the green house is located.
Facade where the core (stairs and elevator) of the buildign is located.
Facade with the most direct sunlight exposure, therefore more louvers where used, in adittion to solar panels.
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DIVA ANALYSIS + FACADE STUDIES By being next to an open space, and the site’s relation to the sun’s path, The Triangle was affected differenty in each facade. Various radiance analysis where done in order to see this difference. Once the sun’s impact on each facade could be seen, the design came into play. Various materials were used for the creation of various ambients in the building. Concrete for the building’s core, and glass for lighting. In order to provide the proper shading for each facade, steel louvers were used with different spacings between them. In addition, the southwestern facade is covered with solar panels in order to obtain larger amounts of solar energy, and to provide shading.
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DECEMBER 06, 2015 AMEC LAURA BRIGGS
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128 DYER ST, PROVIDENCE
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Fourth Level 50’0”
Third Level 38’0”
Second Level 26’0”
First Level 14’0”
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128 DYER ST, PROVIDENCE
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1. Alucobond Aluminum night | shift 2. Air gap/ ventilation architects 3. Drainage plain 4. Cement bonded chipboard 5. Mineral wool Notes: 6. Wood beam 7. Oriented strand-board 8. Vapour barrier 9. Concrete Slab 10. Rigid Insulation 11. Paraphet 12. Roof flashing ROOF DETAIL 1 SCALE 1-’0”= 1” 13. Drainage Groof
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Site Adress
128 DYER ST, PROVIDENCE
Project No.
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DECEMBER 06, 2015
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CIRCULATION REQUIREMENT
Ground Level
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Floor Area | Allowance per occupant Our min width is 53.2”, divided by the number of egress (2) is 26.6”. Our final min width is smaller than the required width. Therefore our stairs are 44”, but including the ADA is 48”
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THE TRIANGLE By having a mixed media program, the innovation center can bring many visitors in order to reactivate the streets surrounding The Triangle
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A TRAVELER: Path from B to C An exploration of time and space through light
A traveler, an explorer, an adventurer; a sailor; a citizen is trying to find his course in the middle of darkest nights. In order for him to reach his final destination, he needs to traverse from point B to point C, from point C to point D, and so on. As he navigates through city, he notices that he has maintained a constant speed. Every step he takes is measured; precautious. His compass is broken and so does his watch; therefore, he feels lost. The city changes its pace through out the day. Some moments appear to pass faster than others. He wonders what changes his perception of time. He keeps on walking while staring at the buildings, cars, trains, people, and so on. As he continues to walk down the city’s main street, he realizes how his surroundings have given him a sense of direction.guided him throughout his journey. The time spent; his duration, through this voyage has altered the scale of his surroundings. He has become a point of reference; that is constantly in motion, and so as his surroundings.
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LIGHT STUDY By adding lights to the wooden structures and using long time exposure, I was able to track the movement of the piece as I move around various parts of the city of Providence, RI. Because of the ground conditions and number of visitors in each site, all movements are slightly distinct. In addition the lighting of each site, created a distinct feeling to each image.
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LIGHT HOUSE STUDY Time- Space, absolute vs. relative (”Maximum” reach)
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LIGHTHOUSE STUDY: PART I There are 22 lighthouses around the coast of Rhode Island. This study understand the relationship between distance and speed in order to determine perception of time. There is difference between desired reach, the reach to coast, and actual reach.
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LIGHT HOUSE STUDY Time- Space, absolute vs. relative
LIGHT HOUSE STUDY Time- Space, absolute vs. relative
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LIGHTHOUSE STUDY: PART II Even thought there are many lighthouses, not all of them are lit at the same time. There is a sequence that each one of them follows. Understanding the relationship of one to another, allows the sailor to reach the shore.
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Travelers tend to focus on arriving to their final destination, while leaving aside the journey that it takes for them to traverse from such locations. Is it possible that architecture can make you feel? Can disturbing, out of the normal, become powerful enough that challenges and disrupts the rational values of society in order to construct awareness. It is not about proposing “pretty/beautiful� architecture, but rather aim to design a space that allows us to feel and perceive. Design a space that changes in order to respond differently. The various studies I have done, have led me to consider train stations. How many times do people go to a metro station? How many times they ride the train? Some more than others, but mostly the travelers ride the metro as a transportation system. The metro has cart with wheels, which will bring individuals closer to their final destination. By developing a series of drawing and studies, I am inclined to propose a journey instead of a route. The renderings in the next page are a visualizaation of my proposal.
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