Daniel P Baciuska by Daniel Baciuska

DANIEL P BACIUSKA

DANIEL P

ARCHITECTURE DESIGN PORTFOLIO E

EDUCATION Columbia University: GSAPP, New York, NY • Masters in Architecture from the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation University of Virginia: School of Architecture, Charlottesville, Virginia • Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Design Concentration • Minor, Architectural History • Design Studio GPA: 3.72 /4.0; Cumulative GPA: 3.52 / 4.0 • Architecture Study Abroad Program in China and Japan, Summer 2005

2011 (expected)

2006

Cornell University: Ithaca, New York • School of Architecture 6 week Summer Credit Program

2001

University of Maryland: College Park, Maryland • School of Architecture 3 week Summer Credit Program

2000

EXPERIENCE Farewell Mills Gatsch Architects Princeton, NJ Architect Consultant 2009 Brought onto design team to assist on the renovation of the Statue of Liberty for the National Park Service. Project scope included complete overhaul of interior pedestal to bring monument in line with modern codes. Work consisted of designing and presenting various options of interior circulation schemes within parameters of code compliant stairs, elevators as well the avoidance of the historic original Eiffel steel. Additionally, potential temporary exposed stair towers to allow for continued access of statue during renovation pedestal were explored. Shalom Baranes Associates, Architects Washington, DC Staff Architect 2007-2008 Supported the renovation of the U.S. Department of Treasury building and several mixed-use projects in conjunction with the redevelopment plan for the revitalization of Southeast Washington, DC and the Washington Nationals new baseball stadium. Later, was part of project team in the development of Burnham Place, a 3.0 million square foot mixed-use development concept to be built above the existing rail yards of Union Station. Worked on preliminary design documents for the developer that included hotel, office, retail, residential and public space to be built atop the Amtrak rail yards on a platform a block north ofthe U.S. Capitol and city monumental core. Design development and analysis also included structural studies of various schemes for the proposed platform decking to allow for train operations to continue during construction. Clark Construction, LLC Washington, DC Project Management- Engineer 2006- 2007 Functioned as a key engineer at the onsite field office for the DC USA Retail Center in Washington, DC. Assisted with the design, constructability and trade coordination of the 190,000 square foot urban revitalization project atop the Columbia Heights Metro Station. Coordinated efforts between the owner, architect, structural engineer and subcontractors. Managed Change Orders, Requests for Information, submittals and subcontractors on $100M project. URS Architecture- Engineering Corporation Washington, DC Paid Intern 2005 Assisted architects and engineers with the Department of Transportation (DOT) Building Competition. Modeled modified floor and roof structures of the original DOT in Washington, DC to transform the building into viable office space. MCO Construction Co. Charlottesville, VA Carpenter / General Laborer 2004 Assisted in the construction of Walker Square Apartments, a complex consisting of 200 units in 10 buildings. Performed structural wood framing, masonry and general labor onsite. HONORS • • • • •

Dean’s List- University of Virginia, 2002-2006 US Army Airborne School Graduate, US Army Paratrooper; Earned ‘Jump Wings’ in June 2004, Fort Benning, Georgia ARCH 401/ARCH 402 Studio Projects Chosen for UVA School of Architecture Archive for accreditation, 2005-2006 Representative for UVa School of Architecture AIA at the NE Conference in 2005 (Toronto) and 2006 (Philadelphia) Core Studio I and III projects chosesn for print in Columbia University’s GSAPP architecture publication entitled Abstract (2009,2010 editions)

ACTIVITIES Habitat for Humanity Volunteer. Aided in the construction of subsidized housing in Trenton, NJ and the metropolitan Washington, DC area. EMT East Windsor Township District 1 Volunteer. Responded to township emergency calls and supported accident response and patient care. Delta Upsilon International Fraternity Executive Council, 2005 – 2006. Served on advisory committee that supported various house functions, including budget formation, new recruitment and philanthropic planning.

2000 – 1998 – 2002 2003 – 2006

RESUME ________________________________________________________________

02-03

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY_2008-(2011)

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING AND PRESERVATION NEW YORK, NY

STUDIO SEQUENCE:

CORE STUDIO I CORE STUDIO II CORE STUDIO III

TABLE OF CONTENTS

01_CLIMATOLOGIST MONITORING CELL 02_ATMOSPHERE AIR LAB

08-13

03_MUSEUM OF DELINATION

14-21

04_QUEENS HOUSING

22-33

06-07

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA_2002-2006 SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE CHARLOTTESVILLE_VA

ARCH 401_FALL 2005 05_LIBRARY ON THE POTOMAC ARCH 402_SPRING 2006 06_BOAT BUILDING SCHOOL

34-41 42-49

SELECETED COURSEWORK_2008-2009 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY_GSAPP

ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY IV FOLK ART MUSEUM ANALYSIS

ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY III

BRYANT PARK PAVILION

ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING + REPRESENTATION I RENAULT CENTRE

ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY SELECTED IMAGES

CONTACT

50-51 52 53 54-55

56-57

hours_ outside_ sitting_

work_

input_

analysis_ eat_

rest_

personal_

_WORK SPACE

_SHORT

_LAVATORY

_NARROW

80”

42”

In his 2004 State of the State Address, NY Governor Pataki set the ambitious goal of making the Hudson River suitable for swimming from its source in the Adirondacks down to Manhattan by 2009 - the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's voyage up the River. To ensure that the river is reaching safe swimming levels, the Hudson Climatologist spends 12 hour shifts out on the river, monitoring and measuring the PCB levels found in the soil he dredges up from the riverbed and from fish that he catches in the waterway. Currently, no formal swimming areas are located on Manhattan, although there are several movements to begin to utilize the river for recreational swimming. As the city redsicovers its waterfront, the climatologist’s data will provide essential information for this Hudson River tradition to be reestablished. The working environment of the Hudson Climatologist is directly related to his daily routine on the river. The monitor cell becomes an extension of the climatologist and the river itself as data is collected and recorded.

_SLEEP

_MULTI-USE

_STORAGE

hudson river_swimming hole_c 1925 _COUNTER

hudson river_swimming hole_2008

01 CLIMATOLOGIST CELL

_THRESHOLD

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY_ GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING AND PRESERVATION

PLAN_E

SECTION_A

8’ 3’

PLAN_D

Measurement allows us to understand relations: our body in relation to the enviornment around us, the proximity to objects, the reactions to threatening actions, the thickness of walls, the vulnerbility of weather, etc. This project explores the volumetric differential between claustrophobic and efficient work environments. A workspace is designed of minimal size for a Hudson River Climatologist whose job is to monitor and measure riverbed data. The key tool for the project is the exploration of the section that maps a body in relation to immediate surroundings.

PLAN_D SECTION_B

SECTION_C 1’ 2’

CORE I STUDIO NEW YORK_HUDSON RIVER

5’

3 WEEKS

FALL 2008

CRITIC_SOLOMONOFF

Line, plane, surface and volume are mathematically bonded and interrelated. In architecture, the geometrical properties of the line are associated with columns and beams, the plane with walls and floors, and surface and volume with resultant space. Architecture allows us to understand the mathematical relations of these elements in new and unexpected ways. The client, Columbia University is building a center to further the influence and impact of the Climate Change Team. The design of the Air Lab is a scientific, research and policy laboratory to expand knowledge of global warming, address them politically and effectively propose policy to reduce harmful emissions while aiming at technological growth.

HIGH WATER LINE

HUDSON RIVER

HUDSON RIVER PARK

02 ATMOSPHERE AIR LAB

WEST SIDE HIGHWAY

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY_ GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING AND PRESERVATION

HOLLAND TUNNEL EXHAUST TOWER

ATMOSPHERE AIR LAB

CORE I STUDIO NEW YORK_MANHATTAN_WEST SIDE HIGHWAY

6 WEEKS

FALL 2008

WASHINGTON ST

CRITIC_SOLOMONOFF

EXHAUST TOWER HUDSON RIVER AI R LAB

N J / J E R S EY C I T Y

NY/ MAN HATTAN

H O LLAN D T U N N E L RIVERBED BEDROCK

WASHINGTON STREET

WEST SIDE HIGHWAY

HUDSON RIVER

SPRING STREET

New York City has close to 600 miles of coastline, and four of its five boroughs are on islands. All this makes New York especially prone to global warmingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most dramatic effects. Sea levels have been rising along the East Coast for thousands of years, in part because of the natural sinking of the land. However, in the last several decades, scientists have concluded that part of the rise can be attributed to global warming. Water at the Battery has risen more than a foot during the last century. Although sea levels in the New York area are projected to edge up several inches more by 2050, that's not what most worries experts. Coastal storms, including northeasters, tropical storms and hurricanes, greatly affects New York City. In fact, New York's densely populated and highly developed coastline makes the city among the most vulnerable to hurricane-related damage. The site sits in the flood plain and is adjacent to the Holland Tunnel Exhaust Tower on Canal Street and the West Side Highway.

02 ATMOSPHERE AIR LAB

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY_ GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING AND PRESERVATION

For New York, a big problem is the combination of rising seas and stronger storms. Scientists predict that over the next century as the earth warms, weather extremes will become more frequent and storms more violent. What's called a 100-year flood today could become twice or even four times more frequent. The city's boroughs are linked to each other and the mainland by about 80 bridges and tunnels. Most subway and tunnel entrances are only slightly above sea level, as are the three major airports. They are particularly vulnerable to rising seas and flooding from Northeasters and hurricanes.

If a category-3 hurricane hit NYC, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers estimates that nearly 30% of the south side of Manhattan would be flooded. Storm surge flooding could threaten billions of dollars of property and have a grave impact on the lives of the millions of people who live in NYC. The Headquarters, built to withstand all types of natural disasters, serves as a beacon for the region that the city is operational during storms that could potentially cripple city management.

CORE I STUDIO NEW YORK_MANHATTAN_WEST SIDE HIGHWAY

6 WEEKS

FALL 2008

CRITIC_SOLOMONOFF

5’ 10’

02 ATMOSPHERE AIR LAB

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20’

5’

HOLLAND TUNNEL NORTH TUBE

CORE I STUDIO NEW YORK_MANHATTAN_WEST SIDE HIGHWAY

10’

20’

HOLLAND TUNNEL SOUTH TUBE

6 WEEKS

FALL 2008

CRITIC_SOLOMONOFF

The site, 231 Bowery, is bordered on the North by the New Museum of Contemporary Art and on the South by the Bowery Mission. It is a 47,000-square-foot lot that forms a ‘dead end’ to the east-west running Prince Street. Using this condition to penetrate the site, the museum becomes a continuation of the street itself. The building responds by pushing past the facades of its neighbors and emerges back into the city while also providing views to the occupants inside of Downtown Manhattan, Midtown, SOHO and the Lower East Side. The New Museum (opened 2006) and MOD are two institutions that indicate the shift in public culture along the Bowery from an infamous ‘skid row’ to the Bowery as the cusp of contemporary design.

03 MUSEM OF DELINEATION

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY_ GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING AND PRESERVATION

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The Museum of Delineation / MOD, is a museum for both the arts, production and tools of deliniation. MOD collects, exhibits and educates the public on all manner of linear representations both analog and digital. MOD contains both flexible and permanent galleries for works ranging in scale and content. Working within the multi-scalar framework of Micro/Meso/Macro Delineation the focus is on the Meso (the scale inbetween where mirco and macro meet). Although it is the interface between micro and macro, the Meso scale is in itself measurable. It is a framework that the foundation of (bio)diversity scales time and structures and links structures to performances. Like drawing, digital technology is transforming the arts of design and construction. Museums reflect the integration of design, construction, environmental controls (light and temperature) and multi-scalar structuring. At the scale of the objects, this includes technologies of display, storage and archiving.

OCKS / TE ST.

NTO

T P AR K

STA

NEW MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART

RIV

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LITTLE ITALY

LOWER EAST SIDE

FOR

INC

BOW ERY

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BLOCKS / DWAY

ST. CORE II STUDIO NEW YORK_MANHATTAN_BOWERY

16 WEEKS

SPRING 2009

CRITIC_ELDRED

SPATIAL STRATEGIES

ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIES

DETAIL TO SYSTEM: n e t w o r k

radial

diffused

oriented

erratic

patterned

dependent

single face

mutliple faces

accumulation

concealed

screened

shifting orientation

DETAIL TO OBJECT: s c a l e

DETAIL TO OBJECT:

03 MUSEUM OF DELINETATION

site

DETAIL TO OBJECT: s i t e

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OBJECT TO SYSTEM: v o l u m e

OBJECT TO SYSTEM: e n v e l o p e

B OW E RY ST R E ET

180’

STREET FACADE LINE

CORE II STUDIO NEW YORK_MANHATTAN_BOWERY

16 WEEKS

SPRING 2009

CRITIC_ELDRED

reception cafe / shop event space

_private

4,700 sf

_public _natural light _connectivity _flexibility _exterior views

_private

2,100 sf

F I F T H L E V E L_

_public

17 5TH FL GALLERY 18 OUTDOOR GALLERY 19 CLOSED EXHIBITIONS

_natural light _connectivity _flexibility _exterior views

_private

1,300 sf

_public _natural light _connectivity _flexibility

F O U R T H L E V E L_

_exterior views

14 EDUCATION ZONE 15 LIBRARY 16 4TH FL GALLERY

education

_private _public

2,400 sf

_natural light _connectivity _flexibility _exterior views

T H I R D L E V E L_

galleries

12 ADMINISTRATION 13 3RD FL GALLERY

_private

13,500 sf

_public

_natural light _connectivity _flexibility _exterior views

service

S E C O N D L E V E L_ 10 2ND FL GALLERY 11 DIGITAL GALLERY

_private

5,400 sf

_public _natural light _connectivity

_flexibility _exterior views

BOWERY

admin zone

_25

_10

5 7

_private

5,490 sf

_public

S T R E E T L E V E L_

_natural light

5 PUBLIC PASSAGE 8 KITCHEN 9 OUTDOOR PUBLIC 6 CAFE SEATING SEATING 7 CAFE BAR / COUNTER

_connectivity _flexibility _exterior views

_10

x-program

_private

5,500 sf

_public _natural light

9’

_connectivity _flexibility _exterior views

_10

-6”

1 4

A L O B B Y L E V E L_

’-0

”

03 MUSEUM OF DELINEATION

1 2 3 4

ENTRY PUBLIC PASSAGE RECEPTION / TICKETING COAT ROOM

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY_ GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING AND PRESERVATION

CORE II STUDIO NEW YORK_MANHATTAN_BOWERY

16 WEEKS

SPRING 2009

CRITIC_ELDRED

NEW MUSEUM 175’ - 0”

FLOOR 6

FLOOR 5

FLOOR 4 ADMINISTRATION

FLOOR 3 EDUCATION

FLOOR 2 GALLERY

STREET LEVEL CAFE

B-1 LOBBY

B-2 COMMUNITY SPACE

03 MUSEUM OF DELINEATION

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY_ GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING AND PRESERVATION

CORE II STUDIO NEW YORK_MANHATTAN_BOWERY

16 WEEKS

SPRING 2009

CRITIC_ELDRED

H O U S I N G // I N F R A S T R U C T U R E The studio explored the design of urban housing in relation to density and connectivity to transportation infrastructure and the East River waterfront. The site is Hunters Point, in Queens, New York. With a focus on issues central to post-war housing in the U.S. including the rise of the suburban model, mass production, commuting, and relationships of housing to economic markets as well as government intervention, the studio proposes new forms of housing that are simultaneously local in scale, but also designed with a deep awareness of New York City, national and global issues. The studio offers design for the City’s development goals for Hunters Point in Queens. Key factors included an examination of the United States housing paradigms in relation to a range of technologies that are at times literally architectural in character, or just as often, financial, social and ultimately political in nature but organized in instrumental ways as virtual “architectural” technologies. The driving force behind the studio is a hypothesis that the architect is poised at a threshold of a new technical means and capabilites, and that the deep array of financial and political infrastructures that support housing are simultaneously facing immense demands to re-organize. Buildings could be understood as the aggregation of spaces that emerge out of the complex relationship between the volumes that facilitate a program (rooms), spatial sequences (circulation) and structural logics. The resolution of the negotiation between these categories inevitably results in three dimensional system, a pattern, which gives the building not only a particular arrangement, but also its specific character. New spatial paradigms were invented based on the manipulation of structure, volumes and circulation.

SITE PLAN ORGANIZATIONAL GRIDLINES

MANHATTAN

04 QUEENS HOUSING

CONTOURS

EAST RIVER

HUNTERS POINT

NEWTOWN CREEK

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY_ GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING AND PRESERVATION

BROWNSFIELD.GREENSFIELD.QUEENSFIELD.

DEALING WITH A TOXIC SITE

TOP SOIL LAYER

ROAD RUN OFF RECENT INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY

HIGH TIDE

LOWER SOIL LAYER

MIDDLE SOIL LAYER

WATERWAYS RUN-OFF PAST INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER

ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER PAST INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY

PHYTOREMEDIATION

LOW TIDE

HUMUS TOPSOIL ELUVIATION

SUBSOIL

BEDROCK

FUNGI 1” PECHAY 4” WATER TABLE

QNS-MIDTWN

FERN 12”

DAYLILIES 2’ TOMATO FOUNTAIN GRASS 3’ 3’

BLACKEYED SUSAN 5-6’ BUFFALO GRASS 8’

COMPASS PLANT NINEBARK 13’ SHRUB 16’

LIRR

7 TRAIN

04 QUEENS HOUSING

POPLAR UP TO 40’

WILLOW UP TO 40’

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY_ GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING AND PRESERVATION

EXISTING SITE CONTOURS

MODULAR HOUSING GRID

SHARED AMENITIES

3 BEDROOM UNIT 2 BEDROOM LOFT UNIT

EXISTING CONTOURS

PHYTOREMEDIATION

EXISTING SITE CONTOURS

PHYTOREMEDIATION MODULAR HOUSING GRID

PATHWAY EXTENSION

SITE SPECIFIC COMPOSITE GRID

WORK/STUDY 1 BR LOFT UNIT 1 BEDROOM UNIT

PHASE 3

PHASE 1

PHYTOREMEDIATION

PHASE 2

PATHWAY EXTENSION

SITE SPECIFIC COMPOSITE GRID

1/16” = 1’

CORE III STUDIO NEW YORK_QUEENS_HUNTERS POINT

16 WEEKS

FALL 2009

CRITIC_MARINO

STUDIO PARTNER_ANDY VANN

PHASE 1 TOWER CLUSTER

PLANS

04 QUEENS HOUSING

A 12’ x 12’ Concrete framework forms the structure of phase 1 to occupy the river front and property line closet to Long Island City. Leaving the interior open for remediation. The structure’s extensions allow for further growth in later phases of the project. Each cluster is 3 stories high served by a core on the north sice. Central to each cluster is a common room containg the kitchen and main living room space of the 8 units it serves.

CLUSTER ELEVATION

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY_ GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING AND PRESERVATION

HUNTERS POINT, LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS, NY 1:100

PHASE

GYM 18,500 SF

COMMUNITY SPACE 8,500 SF

RETAIL 9,400 SF

RETAIL/WORKSHOPS 17,700 SF

MARKET 27,700 SF

RECYCLING CENTER 20,700 SF

DAYCARE 8,500 SF

WORKSHOPS/RETAIL

SCHOOL 18,000 SF

32,000 SF

MARKET 29,100 SF

CLINIC 18,600 SF

COMMUNITY SPACE 4,700 SF

COMMERCIAL 19,800 SF

GYM 12,000 SF

BOATHOUSE 6,000 SF

COMMUNITY CENTER 31,300 SF

COMMERCIAL 32,000 SF

FISH MARKET 7,200 SF

RETAIL/CAFE 6,000 SF AUDITORIUM 12,000 SF

CORE III STUDIO NEW YORK_QUEENS_HUNTERS POINT

16 WEEKS

FALL 2009

CRITIC_MARINO

STUDIO PARTNER_ANDY VANN

PHASE 2 BAR CLUSTER

A steel truss forms the structure of phase 2 to span the site from phase 1 on the river to phase 2 adjacent to the city. Still leaving the interior open for remediation phase 2, with indivdual kitchen units offers views of Manhattan, Brooklyn and the East River. Again, each cluster is 3 stories high served by a central corridor linking the cores at each end which are extensions of the phase 1 cores built 20 years earlier. Through wrapping around the corridor, each unti has both northen and southern exposure.

PLANS

04 QUEENS HOUSING

CLUSTER ELEVATION

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY_ GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING AND PRESERVATION

CORE III STUDIO NEW YORK_QUEENS_HUNTERS POINT

PHASE

QUEENS, NY

16 WEEKS

FALL 2009

CRITIC_MARINO

STUDIO PARTNER_ANDY VANN

PHASE 3 INFILL CLUSTERS

PLANS

04 QUEENS HOUSING

Stick Built, phase 3 infills the site with density as the land is no longer toxic. Occipying both the ground and roofs of phase 1, phase 3 is the final installment on the site. Light and easy to build, the stick built phase takes on a different quality than the concrete and steel buildings of phase 1 and 2. Clusters vary in height depending on application but employ the central kitchen serving several units.

CLUSTER ELEVATION COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY_ GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING AND PRESERVATION

CORE III STUDIO NEW YORK_QUEENS_HUNTERS POINT

PHASE

HASE

16 WEEKS

FALL 2009

CRITIC_MARINO

STUDIO PARTNER_ANDY VANN

MODEL: 1/16” = 1’

04 QUEENS HOUSING

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY_ GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING AND PRESERVATION

COMPOSITE SITE PLAN N

SITE PLAN 1:50

CORE III STUDIO NEW YORK_QUEENS_HUNTERS POINT

16 WEEKS FALL 2009

CRITIC_MARINO

STUDIO PARTNER_ANDY VANN

05 LIBRARY ON THE POTOMAC

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY_ GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING AND PRESERVATION

WASHINGTON DC

Old Townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s busy King Street, lined with shops and restaurants runs EastWest before ending at the Potomac River. The site is located in between a public park to the South, the renovated Torpedo Factory Art Gallery and waterfront plaza to the North. From the waterfront piers that extend into the river, a view of the monument core of downtown Washington, D.C. can be seen. It is at these crossroads that a new library is proposed.

OLD T OWN A

LEXAN

ARCH 401

DRIA

VIRGINIA_OLD TOWN ALEXANDRIA_WATERFRONT

Circulation, light and existing views drove the form. The library engages the site by allowing movement through the building, connecting two public spaces along the waterfront. Light is manipulated and controlled through the geometry of the plan. The first floor follows the grid of Alexandria. The upper floors are angled to allow for the natural light to slip into the spaces below. The main reading rooms take advantage of park and river views and become transparent. The edges facing the exisiting context of Old Town respect their brick and masonry neighbors. Programmatic elements that require less light are located in these areas.

16 WEEKS

FALL 2005

CRITIC_BEDNAR

05 LIBRARY ON THE POTOMAC

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA_ SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

ARCH 401

VIRGINIA_OLD TOWN ALEXANDRIA_WATERFRONT

16 WEEKS

FALL 2005

CRITIC_BEDNAR

VIEW FROM SOUTH READING

WEST FACADE & KING ST ENTRANCE

UPPER STACKS AND READING ROOM

VIEW FROM STACKS TOWARDS MAIN READING ROOM AND RIVER

05 LIBRARY ON THE POTOMAC

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA_ SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

DAYTIME VIEW OF MAIN READING

EVENING VIEW OF MAIN READING

EVENING VIEW DOWN KING ST

At night, the Library becomes a lantern on the Potomac River. The reading rooms are oriented to overlook the adjacent park and frame views of the Maryland shoreline across the river. A Tower, located at the end of King Street marks the main entrance into the library. From its deck, views north to Washington D.C. engage one with the region. The existing shoreline river walk is uninterrupted by the library and allows pedestrians and library patrons to pass through the site and structure. The 9 degree shift of the upper floor is explicitly exploited to control the natural light on all floors while not infringing on the facades that face Old Town. A connection is made back to the river by channeling it into the site along the park and at the plaza entrance at the foot of King.

VIEW FROM MAIN READING ROOM TOWARDS STACKS

ARCH 401

VIRGINIA_OLD TOWN ALEXANDRIA_WATERFRONT

16 WEEKS

FALL 2005

CRITIC_BEDNAR

05 LIBRARY ON THE POTOMAC

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA_ SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

ARCH 401

VIRGINIA_OLD TOWN ALEXANDRIA_WATERFRONT

16 WEEKS

FALL 2005

CRITIC_BEDNAR

06 BOAT BUILDING SCHOOL

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA_ SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

A Boat Building School is proposed to build wooden boats, provide instructional classroom space and the ability to launch them into the James River. The spaces are large enough to rig a 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122; sailboat inside. A series of work bays with sliding doors and roofs allow for numerous configurations depending on the project and weather. The school is aligned with the River Walk Boardwalk that has been extended into the the water. Numerous boats can be constructed and and launched. The light framework of the boat building bays is juxtaposed with the heavy classroom spaces. An additional path allows for the public to go through the work area on an elevated level to observe the work in the school.

ARCH 402

VIRGINIA_HAMPTON ROADS_FORT MONROE

16 WEEKS

SPRING 2006

CRITIC_FORD

06 BOAT BUILDING SCHOOL

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA_ SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

ARCH 401

VIRGINIA_HAMPTON ROADS_FORT MONROE

16 WEEKS

SPRING 2006

CRITIC_FORD

BAY DOORS CLOSED

FRONT BAY DOORS RAISED

BAY DOORS AND SKY ROOF OPEN

Fort Monroe is located where the James River meets the Chesapeake Bay at the southernmost tip of the eastern Virginia Peninsula. Formerly dedicated with the task of standing guard to the bay, today the Fort is the scene of tourists, bikers, runners and sailors.

ARCH 402

VIRGINIA_HAMPTON ROADS_FORT MONROE

16 WEEKS

SPRING 2006

CRITIC_FORD

ELEVATION FROM FORT RAMPARTS TOWARDS RIVER

ELEVATION: FROM RIVER TOWARDS FORT

ARCH 402

VIRGINIA_HAMPTON ROADS_FORT MONROE

16 WEEKS

SPRING 2006

CRITIC_FORD

3.7 4 4.2 3 4.5

5 5.2

8.8 8 8.2 8.5 9

A B B.2 B.5 C C.2 C.5

FOLK ART MUSEUM ANALYSIS

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY_ GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING AND PRESERVATION

SLAB CONNECTION

TYPICAL CONNECTION

BEAM STUDY

HVAC STUDY

CRITIC_WEBSTER/ WALLANCE

DETAIL_1 CONCRETE SLAB OF EXISTING BUILDING S/S GUSSET PL CABLE CONNECTION STEEL PLATE W/ ANCHOR BOLTS EMBEDDED INTO EXISTING SLAB 2” DIA CABLE

DETAIL_2 2” DIA CABLE

CABLE CONNECTION S/S GUSSET PL STEEL PLATE / NELSON STUDS CONCRETE FOUNDATION THE SPECTACLE

DEFINING THE URBAN ENVELOPE

DETAIL_1

CABLE TENSION SYSTEM

LIGHT NET CREATES “ENCLOSURE”

DETAIL_2

BRYANT PARK PAVILION

GSAPP

ADVANCED STRUCTURES III

FALL 2008

INSTRUCTOR_LAUFS GROUP: ANDY VANN_TIM BELL

T ER E RR EENNAAUUL LT TC CE E NN TR S W I N D O N _ E N G L A N D _ 1982 S W I N D O N _ E N G L A N D _ 1982

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