Christopher J. Weimann - Portfolio
Christopher J. Weimann - Portfolio
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The existing community around Broadway Junction has many skills to offer which are currently being underutilized. This proposal aims to provide a network of multi-scale spaces within which the community can better utilize and develop their existing cultural capital. The scheme additionally provides spaces where outside groups can show what they can offer and better connect with local opportunities.
BROADWAY SHOW PROF. - MATHEW JULL
CHRIS WEIMANN I DARCY ENGLE I SAM JOHNSON
connection to
connection to
Campus Diagram Plan.
Arts in the area map.
Office Roof Garden Park + Broadway Campus beyond: Model Plan.
School + Interior/exterior Marke + Sculpture park: Model Plan.
No engagement between ground plane and transportation C
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Distort groundplane to create more varied connections.
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Distortions become spaces for existing communal activities.
Sculpture Garden Campus + Theatre: Model Plan.
Raised Pedestrian Promenade + Theatre: Model Plan.
Collage Renders
SECTION CONSTRUCTION DIAGRAM / CAMPUS LAYOUT SHOWING CONTINUOUS PATH EAST NY VIEWING PLATFORM
C. MARKET / SCHOOL
A. HRA / INCUBATOR / SUBWAY STATION
D. MIXED SHOW / SUBWAY STATION
B. THEATER D. MIXED SHOW / SUBWAY STATION
A. HRA / INCUBATOR / SUBWAY STATION
B. THEATER
C. MARKET / SCHOOL
USER PROFILES / FIND US THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS
ACTOR/ACTRESSES
BUSINESS PERSON
STUDENT
INCUBATOR SPACE / L / J / Z SUBWAY STATION
INDOOR / OUTDOOR THEATER
HRA OFFICES / PUBLIC ROOFTOP
A / C SUBWAY STATION / CONNECTION TO UPPER PLATFORMS
PERFORMING / VISUAL ARTS / SPORTS / LEISURE
SCHOOL / MARKET / PRACTICE SPACES
FAMILY W/ CHILDREN
PATH TO OFFICE / INCUBATOR / STATION TOPO ALONG INTERIOR PATH RAISED HIGHWAY / SOUND BURM
SKATE PARK LOCATED IN URBAN FOREST
OUTDOOR CONNECTION TO UPPER PATH
PERFORMING SCULPTURE GALLERY
CAFE / CONCESSION
BASKETBALL / STAGE
FOUNTAINS / SMALL POOLS
TICKETING / TURNSTYLES
CONNECTION TO UPPER LINES
UNFOLDED PATH SECTION / SCALE 1:200 FREIGHT TRAIN LINE
Campus Loop Section
Office Roof Garden Park + Office: model plan.
Office Roof Garden Park + Lower and Upper Subway Station: Model Plan.
GARDENS
MARKET
Moment sections.
FOUNTAINS / SMALL POOLS
OUTDOOR THEATER
SKATE PARK
BASKETBALL / STAGE
PROGRAM: 1. OUTDOOR THEATER 2. SKATE PARK 3. SCULPTURE GARDEN 4. BASKETBALL 5. LAWN GAMES 6. OUTDOOR MARKET 7. FOUNTAIN
SITE PLAN / SCALE 1:200
BASKETBALL
FOUNTAINS
PS-1 Undground section.
SITE PLAN / SCALE 1:200
TICKETING / TURNSTYLES
SUBWAY STATION
CAFE / CONCESSION
CONNECTION TO UPPER LINES
Station section.
PROGRAM: 1. OUTDOOR THEATER 2. SKATE PARK 3. SCULPTURE GARDEN 4. BASKETBALL 5. LAWN GAMES 6. OUTDOOR MARKET 7. FOUNTAIN
Broadway Junction Campus Plan.
Market Eating + Station Hill model perspective.
School + Station + Sculpture Garden + Market: model perspective.
PS -1 Underground: model section perspective.
School+Station+Market: model perspective
Office Building+Station: model perspective
Theatre: model perspective
Theatre + exterior market: model perspective
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THE CONCEPT OF THIS STUDIO WAS POST HUMANITIES DESIGN. WITHIN THIS STUDIO I EXPLORED A WORLD IN WHICH DESIGN WAS BASED AROUND A SUSTAINABLE NUTRIANT SYSTEM FOR PLANTS AND ANIMALS. THIS WAS DONE THROUGH EXPLORATION INTO THE SCIENCE OF AQUAPONIC TOWER SYSTEMS WHICH I THEN LINKED TO FISH HATCHERIES IN AN ATTEMPT TO RECOVER THE POPULATON OF SEVERAL REGIONAL FISH SPECIES WHOSE HABITAT HAS BEEN ABUSED THROUGHOUT THE RISE AND FALL OF CAPITALISM WITHIN RICHMONDS INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. THOSE WERE ARCHITECTURAL INTERVENTIONS. MY LANDSCAPE INTERVENTION ON THE SITE CONSISTED OF 2,000,000 SF OF DEVELOPD TIERED WETLANDS THAT, NOT ONLY HELP PUREIFY THE RUN-OFF WATER OF TOBACCO ROW BEFORE IT ENTERS THE ECO-SYSTEM OF THE JAMES RIVER. IT ALSO PRODUCED HABITAT TO RECLAIM LAND THAT HAD LONG BEEN LOST FOR BIRDS AND OTHER VARIOUS SPECIES THAT EXISTS IN THE JAMES WATER SHED. THIS PROJECT WAS MORE ABOUT THE ACTOR NETWORK OPERATION RATHER THAN THE ARCHITECTURE ITSELF.
MUDDED METROPOLIS PROF. - SHIQIAO LI
Render perspective
54� x 42� Axon Painting |Building and tiered wetlands.
Concrete Study Casts: 4”x4”
Render Site Plan.
Render perspective.
Community Centre | Mud Spa Axon.
Aquaponic tower labs Axon.
Fish hatchery pools + public labratories Axon.
Memorial Pier Axon.
Site model with buildings 30�x 30� | Dyed Concrete Cast (buildings) gessoed foam.and wood.
Aggregate Element Axon.
Wall Studies | Dyed Concrete Cast.
PIERCE GOODWIN ALEXANDER AND LINVILLE IS A LARGE FIRM BASED OUT OF HOUSTON TEXAS WITH 12 LOCATIONS AROUND THE US AND THE WORLD. MY OFFICE SPECIALIZED IN AIRPORT DESGN. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE TWO MAJOR PROJECTS I WORKED ON CONSISTING OF THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF TERMINAL - A AT NEWARK LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT OUTSIDE OF NYC AND THE MODERNNIZATION OF TERMINAL-1 AT LAX INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN LA.
PROFESSIONAL WORK FIRM - PGAL, ALEXANDRIA
LAX Terminal One
Terminal modernization and expansion project located in Los Angeles, California. I assumed the role of project designer. Among other things, I was responsible for the design and detailing of the terminal’s front canopy and skycap. I also worked on the design of various natural-lighting features and folding ceiling designs throughout the terminal. I also assisted the team in the creation of physical models, and high-quality renderings of the project.
Skycap Section
Photo: Built Canopy
Media | gesso, wood, paper.
Years on: 2013 - 2016 Team: Eight Members Role: Project Designer Typology: Airport Firm: PGAL Alexandria + LA
Exploded Axon Detail.
Section Perspective.
North Concourse Perspective.
Passenger Arriaval Perspective.
Post Security Perspective.
Baggage Claim Perspective.
Newark Liberty International Terminal A Design build project located right outside NYC in Newark, New Jersey. The terminal will service national and international travel through 33 departure gates with the potential to expand to 42 gates. During my three years on the project, I mainly assumed the role of project designer and a lead modeller within a team of eight. I created floor plans and designed several architectural elements. Aspects of note are the the terminal’s front eve, the green wall, and the light wells located in the slot seen in the renders. I also worked on various natural light features throughout the project, and developed many of the complex geometries in various sectors of the terminal. Along with playing a design role, I also assisted the team in the creation of various renders and presentation materials.
Firm: PGAL, Alexandria Years on: 2013 - 2017
Entry Hall Perspective.
Team: Studio A
Arrivals Perspective.
Parking Garage Perspective.
Site Perspective.
East Pier Perspective.
Role: Project Designer Typology: Airport Area: One-Million Sq. Ft. Leed: Silver
Slot Perspective.
Dapartures Passangers Entry Path
Arrivals Passangers Exiting Path Central Hall Delta perspective.
Section Perspective.
I GREW UP TEN MILES OUTSIDE OF NEW YORK CITY IN A COMMUNITY THAT WAS DEEPLY AFFECTED BY THIS NATIONAL TRAGEDY. THIS PROJECT WAS AN EMOTIONAL JOURNEY THAT ALLOWED ME TO ACKNOWLEDGE, REVISIT, AND PROCESS THE DEEP SCARS LEFT ON BOTH MY NATION AND MY CHILDHOOD. THIS PROJECT IS MORE THAN A SCHOOL ASSIGNMENT, AND I HOPE IT REFLECTS A PIECE OF MY SOUL AND STANDS AS A TESTAMENT TO THE LIVES LOST ON THIS DAY.
911 MEMORIAL AND REFLECTION GALLERY Homeland Security Campus PROF. - RAJ PARIHK
9/11 Memorial modular study models + Reflection Gallery facade studies.
Media | plexi, chipboard, sedium stalks, paint, wood and leds.
Media | plexi, chipboard, leds.
Media | plexi, chipboard, sedium stalks, paint, leds.
Media | chipboard, paper, spray paint.
Memorial Modular shadow +reflection study model
Media | foamcore, wood, mirrors.
Media | Chip board, metalic paint.
Section details.
Site Axon.
Gallery Entrance Perspective.
Gallery Interior Perspective.
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THE DESIGN OF THIS LIBRARY IS BASED ON THE FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY OF THE BRAIN. EACH PERSON IN THE LIBRARY PARALLELS AN ELECTRICALLY CHARGED PARTICLE WITHIN A NEURON. WHEN THE BUILDING IS FULLY OCCUPIED, THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS MIMICS THE FLOW OF ENERGY ACROSS SYNAPSES WHICH OCCURS WHEN NEURONS INTERACT. THE BOOK COLUMNS REPRESENT NEURONAL AXONS. THESE STRUCTURES HOLD THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE BUILDING THEREBY STIMULATING THOUGHT AND INTERACTION, JUST AS AN AXON PROPAGATES ELECTRICAL SIGNAL TOWARDS THE SYNAPSE. THE MOST IMPACTFUL ELEMENT OF THIS LIBRARY IS THE HELIX STAIR, WHICH IS THE CORE OF THE STRUCTURE AND ENABLES THE BUILDING TO FUNCTION. THE SIGNATURE DOUBLE HELIX STRUCTURE OF DNA, THE MOLECULAR CORE OF EVERY NEURON AND CODE OF LIFE ITSELF, INSPIRES THE STAIRCASE DESIGN. I WAS AWARDED THE PATRICK CARDINAL O’BOYLE AWARD, THE SENIOR COMPETITION STUDIO.
DUPONT CIRCLE PUBLIC LIBRARY PROF. - DOUG PALLADINO
Cutaway Axons. .
Media | Chipboard, wood, textured paint.
Structure Axon
Ground floor
Second floor
Third floor
Forth floor
Fifth floor
Sixth floor
roof
Forth Floor Perspective..
Third Floor Childrens Reading Area.
THIS MATERIAL STUDY WAS A DEADLINE-DRIVEN WARM-UP EXERCISE TO BEGIN THE SEMESTER. THE GOAL WAS TO CREATE AN EXPERIENTIAL STUDY EXPLORING AND EXHIBITING QUALITIES OF OUR ELECTED MATERIALS. EVERYONE HAD EQUAL ROLES IN DESIGNING AND FABRICATION.
MATERIAL STUDY SCULPTURE PROF. - Hiroshi Jacobs
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The Marvelous Mundane is what surrounds us. The scaffolding of meaning within our life and human condition. It is our guide to purposeful environmental experience. These moments of the mundane exist at all scales of spatial kinesthetics and could be seen as a derivative of fractal nature. These interactions consist of an infinite in and out represented through space and time socialization. The friction of these elementals gives our space purpose. This project explores an analysis of spatial appropriation through the beauty that can be cast upon space through the most base elements. Through explorations of these base elements I was able to look deeper into our relationship to light and materiality especially when addressing our perception of time and spatial elements. These elements manifest in sound, sight, smell, and touch. This project specifically focused on the composition of light and materiality within the context of Mong Kok an older area of Hong Kong. This project and the accompanying films were shot/ documented primarily at night to focus on the dialogue between light while still addressing a cities relationship to day and night. The qualities of cities and space hide while simultaneously revealing different information that may not always be apparent at first glance. I hope this project helps people understand the beauty that exists within the mundane fabric in which we exist. The program was a film school connected to a mixed-use program spaces that are as diverse as you could imagine. Especially focusing on community center, performance spaces, public gathering, exhibition space, and public library resources. (Project films were featured in the Virginia Film festival, and project to be featured at the Smithsonian American History Museum This April)
MARVELOUS MUNDANE: A KINESTHETIC MONTAGE PROF. - ESTHER LORENZ
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Film stills | mixed media models.
42� x 42� Digital Rendered Axon.
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Film stills | mixed media models.
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Light studies | mixed media models.
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Program: Plan and section diagrams
Models with colored light casted upon.
Light studies | mixed media models.
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Plans: Painted plexi-glass laser etched and back lit with LED’s.
Models with colored light casted upon.
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Models with colored light casted upon.
Models with film projections on to the facade.
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Light studies | mixed media models.
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Light studies | mixed media models.
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Light studies | mixed media models.
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This is what I am currently working on this semester. My concept is still being developed, but it should give insight into my design methods.
NATURAL DISASTER: A LOS ANGELES MUSEUM PROF. - LUIS PANCORBO
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Transportation and Neighborhood Analysis| Media: foam , plexi, light.
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