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3 T-House A Case Study
5 Urban Incubator Office Mid-Rise
7 Turner Field Reconsidered Urban Re-Development
9 Understanding Tectonics
T-House - A Case Study
This project introduced the architectural case study combined with the concept of dwelling. Using a full range of investigative strategies and methods utilizing secondary sources, students chose a house to further study and dissect. The house I chose was the T-House in Wilton, NY by German architect Simon Ungers, which main feature is a 10,000 book two-story library crowned atop the houses core.
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Urban Incubator - Office Mid-rise
This incubator is designed in the business sense: helping the growth of small start-up tech companies and in return, giving back to the community. With an emphasis on the play of light, technology and social interactions, the urban incubator has a prominent stance at the corner of 5th and Spring St, providing a stepping stone for small businesses, interested v, and tech-enthusiast alike.
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turner field reconsidered - Urban re-Development
This master plan proposal is for the reclamation of the Turner Field site and its adjoining parking lot megablocks. Flanked by I-85 and I-20 interstates, Atlanta’s node of connectivity is cut off by a highway junction that divides its adjacent neighborhoods. This dismemberment has resulted in the formation of contrasting urban typologies and segregated demographics within each quadrant. This urban proposal is a bottom-up reaction to a landscape of highways, pavement and forest that intends to serve as a catalyst to unify Atlanta’s severed urban fabric. (Group Project with William Lentjes and Laura Sherman) URBAN PROPOSAL
Transit
Landmark
Community
PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION
Cultural Diversity
Sustainability
MIXED-USE
1 000 000 FT2
RETAIL (GROUND LEVEL) RESIDENTIAL (UPPER LEVELS)
42%
CULTURAL 12%
2 040 000 FT2
TURNER FIELD MUSEUM / GARDENS ENERGY PARK COMMERCIAL
15%
2 550 000 FT2
FIRST FLOOR MIXED USE COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL PLINTHS
OFFICE 9%
2%
HOTEL + SERVICES GREEN SPACE
15%
1 530 000 FT2
OFFICE TOWERS ALONG INTERSTATE 300 000 FT2 2 200 000 FT2
WOONERF + PARKS INTERNAL COURTYARDS CAPITAL AVE GREENSPACE
HISTORY: The Impact of the Interstates PAST
PRESENT
5%
PARTI
OLYMPIC NODE
FULTON ST AXIS
Street Car
Streets
STR
EXT
EN
PRIMARY NODE
860 000 FT2
BRIDGE + STREET CAR + SIDE STREETS
COMMERCIAL AXIS
FUTURE
INFRASTRUCTURE
EET
SIO
Social Activity Spaces
CA
R
NO
FM AR
TA
“WOONERF”
CULTURAL NODE
GEORGIA AVE AXIS
Woonerf
CONNECTING EDGE
Energy Park Complex
URBAN BLOCK: Foundations of Life and Activity
Define Urban Block
Carve Public Way
Introduce Variety
Turner Field Revisited
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New urban blocks are derived from existing grid language. Larger blocks are subdivided according to the ideal block size of 260-360 feet (Siksna, 1997)
Pedestrian accessibility and walkability is integrated by splitting urban edge and providing public space on street corners.
Identity and spontaneity are expressed through architectural variety. The units hold urban edge yet are allowed to create spatial variety in the courtyard.
Understanding Tectonics
As an architect, understanding the inner workings of a building’s structure, systems, and materiality is key. However, this important aspect of architecture is often overshadowed in the architectural pedagogy in favor of pure expressionism and theory. Over the years, this hasn’t been lost in my education and only grows stronger through matriculation.
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Exploded Wall Section
Exploded House Section
Typical Masonry Section
Detailed Section Drawing
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