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Daniel Bassolino

Architecture Portfolio 2023

Daniel Bassolino

areas where the water was diverted and could thus erode the isolating the phenomenon of water intensity in my final Abstract creek and reconstructing the creek in a way that make the often experience. Additionally, this inquiry also led to me considering how obstruction when they are wading through the creek, leading to people to see their own personal impact on the creek simply by to be one of my favorite parts of this semester, sparking my observations and show them in a different way.

STORY MILL WORKSHOP

Objective: Reconcile tension between natural and historical preservation within the oldest buildings of Bozeman, MT

Project Date: Spring 2023

Instructo r: Laura Salazar + Pablo Sequoro

Story Mill, one of the first buildings in Bozeman, was constructed in the late 19th century atop a vast wetlands. Further wetlands were filled to make way for new agriculture, initiating the systematic destruction of a once thriving ecosystem. Bozeman, Montana’s history is rooted in this agriculture and is a critical aspect of its identity, while subsequently holding the natural beauty of the Gallatin Valley as its main commodity. The project focuses on contributing to both ecological and historical preservation of the site. The building aims to preserve the history of the site by nesting itself withina neglected on-site storage building, reengaging its interior and exterior. The envelope aims to establish a new condition between old typologies, weaving industrial materials with natural ones and becoming a multi-storied vertical gardens capable of housing a variety of community based events within the context of both Story Mill and the Bridger mountain range.

Photoshop Rendering: Approach

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Photoshop Rendering: project cuts into on-site building Level 1 -

Green Roof

South Section: rain gardens + greenroof wedged between building

SECTION A

1/8” = 1’-0”

STORY MILL VISITOR’S CENTER DANIEL BASSOLINO

East Section: overhang spaces for semi-enclosure

SECTION B

1/8” = 1’-0”

STORY MILL VISITOR’S CENTER DANIEL BASSOLINO

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Site Plan: Story Mill, Bozeman, MT

Worm’s Eye Structural Axonometric

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View of Story Mill from workshop space

DIGITIZED CONNECTIONS

Objective: Establish commons to address tension between the communities of Wooldawn and the University of Chicago

Project Date: Fall 2022

Instructo r: Mike Everts

Located on a busy intersection in Woodlawn Chicago, the project utilizes several digitized programmable screens oriented towards various surrounding points of pause to create an adaptable space that is experiencable both in passing and in participation of community events.

By integrating an adaptable and strategically oriented media surface into the urban fabric of Woodlawn, a new form of public space is established where the local community has an opportunity to connect with areas and individuals that they are otherwise digitally and physically isolated from.

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Photoshop rendering looking across MLK Drive

“Cross cutting content” or CCC is digital media that conflicts with a users personal beliefs. Digital algorithims have reduced the exposure to CCC by 15% and reduced viewership of said content by 70%. This has established a condition of digital isolation, with different groups being separated in both the physical and digital world.

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Mass public media such as billboards prove to be an incredibly effective way to introduce new ideas quickly to large amounts of people, with one study finding that 71% of Americans view billboards on a semi-regular basis. This public communication platform could be used for purposes aside from marketing, reaching large numbers of people quickly and developing a greater awareness beyond current digital and geographical borders.

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Cross-Cutting Content’s Relationshipt o Algorithim use (Science.org)

Stats on viewership of billboards in US (Back40Design.com)

Detail Section: Primary Digital Screen WALL SECTION - APARTMENT SCREEN 1/16” = 1’-0”

Section through entire complex

SECTION 2 1/32” = 1’-0”

SECTION 2 1/32” = 1’-0”

SECTION 1 1/32” = 1’-0”

DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMING SPACE

DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMING SPACE

INITIAL INTERFACE

INITIAL INTERFACE

INITIAL INTERFACE

The building began with a single screen oriented towards the Dan Ryan Highway exit and metra line, with the other side of the screen acting as a stage.

FRAGMENTATION

FRAGMENTATION

FRAGMENTATION

The building began with a single screen oriented towards the Dan Ryan Highway exit and metra line, with the other side of the screen acting as a stage.

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WRAP AND SPLIT

WRAP AND SPLIT

WRAP AND SPLIT

The screen became a surface that wrapped around the entire building, making it visible from a variety of new viewpoints.

The screen became a surface that wrapped around the entire building, making it visible from a variety of new viewpoints.

The screen becomes a surface wrapped around the entire building, increasing visibility from an array of new viewpoints.

VERTICAL VARIATION

VERTICAL VARIATION

The wrapped screen began to alter in the vertical direction, only touching the ground where it related to an on ground viewpoint.

The wrapped screen began to alter in the vertical direction, only touching the ground where it related to an on ground viewpoint.

VERTICAL VARIATION

The wrapped screen alternates in the vertical direction, touching the ground where it relates to an on ground viewpoint.

WEAVING DIGITAL

WEAVING DIGITAL SCREENS

WEAVING DIGITAL SCREENS

The continuous screen became an element that was woven through the building, providing inhabitable spaces for building users.

The continuous screen became an element that was woven through the building, providing inhabitable spaces for building users.

The continuous screen becomes an element woven through the building, providing inhabitable digitized spaces for building users.

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The continuous screen is fragmented and oriented towards three adjacent primary avenues of transit.

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I NHABITABLE SPACE

INHABITABLE SPACE

INHABITABLE SPACE

Additional screens are added to each of the stairwells to expand the inhabitable space of the digital element.

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WARP AND ORIENT

WARP AND ORIENT

WARP AND ORIENT

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Each screen further fragmented and orients towards select surrounding “areas of pause”.

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SIMPLIFY AND TERRANCE

SIMPLIFY AND TERRANCE

SIMPLIFY AND TERRANCE

The form was simplified to warp with the screens only at specific points. Terracing was added to maximize use of southern light.

The form was simplified to warp with the screens only at specific points. Terracing was added to maximize use of southern light.

The form was simplified to warp with the screens only at specific points. Terracing was added to maximize use of southern light.

Year 3 Digitized Conections

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Exploded Axo: Program

Programatically the project includes a variety of community programming, including a community center and various public performance areas. The space targets people looking to be active in their community, providing an opportunity to engage with public programs such as classes and concerts.

In a broader sense, the orientation of the screens compounded with the novel nature of the space engages anyone who drives or walks past the building, quickly communicating an idea as people go about their daily commute.

Midway Plaisance

Midway Plaisance

5-way Intersection

3-way Intersection

Site Plan: orientation of screen surfaces to “areas of pause”

Level 2 + 3: suspended seating

Level 4: inhabitable roof

Model View from Stage

The physical model is used to visualize each individual screen, treating them as the primary organizational element that the remainder of the building conforms to. The contents of the screen remain abstract and gives room for the residents of UChicago and Woodlawn to establish what is projected on the screens on a day to day basis. The materials were chosen to emphasize the screens, either enhancing their effect or maintaining neutral tones to avoid diminishing the screens’ impact.

Model View: southern primary screen inset into apartment common spaces

WALDORF ELEMENTARY

Objective: Establish commons to address tension between the communities of Wooldawn and the University of Chicago

Project Date: Spring 2022

Instructo r: Jaya Mukhopadhyay

The Waldorf educational philosophy centers around holistic learning within a natural context. With this, integration of nature into learning and playing spaces becomes the guiding principal of the project, with indoor-outdoor classrooms anchoring themselves to the adjacent Bozeman creek. A large central atrium establishes a centralized circulation and play space with year long growing to provide access to nature throughout the long Montana winters. An extensive greenroof provides additional learning and performative spaces. The greenroof cuts through the atrium at a series of points, weaving the growing platform into the interior. Access to natural light is provided in the entirety of the building, with clerestory windows lighting the space while blocking unfavorable views into an alley and a busy street.

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Model view from creek

Year 2 Waldorf Elementary

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PROGRAM TOTAL AREA

Mimimim square footage placed on site

COURTYARD & GREENROOF Cut into massing and added greenroof to bring foilage and light into school

GLAZING & SETBACK Glazing of courtyard maintains foilage during long Montana winters

Section A: Classrooms and Atrum Daylighting

CONNECT GREENROOF

Cut-ins brings greenroof into lower floor and connects both halfs

DAYLIGHTING Light wells and clerestories provide daylighting throughout

STEP-DOWN ATRIUM Atrium form shifts to provide variable southern light, and lowers to creek

Section B: Atrium Steps Down to Creek Year

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Level 1: Orientation to Creek

Initial study models center around a variety of daylighting strategies, programatically orienting the entire building along Bozeman creek. Further studies expand on the initially small greenroof, wrapping it around the entire building. The roof of the atrium was altered to fluctuate between maximizing southern and northern light depending on programmatic needs, and was stepped down to divide the atrium space into three distinct programs.

Initial Massing Greenroof Study Atrium Structure Study

Atrium as Central Nerve

Greenroof + Atrium Interaction Year 2 Waldorf Elementary

PINE TREE PAVILION

Objective: Revitalize Soroptomist Park in downtown Bozeman, using biomimicry inspired by the massive on-site pine trees

Project Date: Spring 2022

Instructo r: Jaya Mukhopadhyay

Located in the heart of Bozeman’s historic downtown district, Soroptomist park is a currently neglected and underutilized green space. With city planning intending it to be “the heart of Downtown Bozeman”, the project centers around diagnosing the sources of the parks underutilization and communicating the “Bozeman identity” to visitors.

The site is currently dominated by the imposing American Legion building directly to its west, with the remainder of the site being uncomfortably exposed to the tumultuous roads to its north and east. To counter this, perforated aluminium panels with patterns of Bozeman landmarks were placed around the site to provide a semi-permiable enclousre. Lights were placed inside these panels to project the patterns of the panels onto the streets surrounding the site, establishing the area as a beacon for nighttime activities.

Compolation of Project Drawings

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Year 2 Pine Tree Pavilion

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Plan: walkways weave through green space

Light panel wall sketch

Initial concept sketch

Pavilion roof panel

The pavilion itself was placed east as a reciprocal to the height of the Americal Legion building, and uses a series of stacked metal panels perforated with pine needle-like paterning to mimic the canopy of a pine tree, the most prevalent species of tree in Bozeman.

The stacked panels act as a dappled light shadign structure, providing semi-enclosure that allows for optimal thermal comfort within the seating area. The panels themselves splay outwards to mimic leaves hanging from the trunk of a tree. The pavilion centers around a stage, providing an outdoor performacne space in the heart of Downtown Bozeman.

Section B: pavilion stage + structure

Section A: pavilion + existing American Legion building

Year 2 Pine Tree Pavilion

TIPPET RISE ARTS CENTER

Objective: Extend mission of Tippet Rise to provide space for all to enjoy the arts in an outdoor context

Project Date: Fall 2021

Instructo r: Chere LeClaire

Tippet Rise is a 12,000 acre working ranch and outdoor art exhibition located under the Beartooth Mountains in Fishtale, MT. The Tippet Rise Arts Center is to act as an extension of the Tippet Rise outdoor gallery, providing an art exhibition and workshop space that meshes within a natural context. The site itself is situated along Bozeman Creek in downtown Bozeman, providing ample opportunities to incorporate foliage, running water, and natural lighting as a backdrop for a variety of art pieces.

The vision for the project was derived from an abstract modeling of the interaction between man-made structures and the natural world. The shadows projected off the model became the template for the modeling of the main gallery space, with the creek informing further design choices such as specific cut-ins and walkways that integrate the creek within the experience of the building.

Section: main gallery space

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Initial concept model + shadow study

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Initial conceptual models experiment with different methods of transforming the abstract model into an inhabitable space, first by using tension and suspension and then diffusion of light. The final study model became the blueprint for further iterations, with the shadows of the abstract model becoming the template for the main galleries design.

Final study model

The building’s roof steps down to divide the three programatic sections of the building: reception, gallery, and back of house functions. The east side is almost entirely fenestrated to connect occupants with the creek and on site trees, with the latter providing ample shading from harsh eastern light.

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Section through gallery along creek

Level 1: elevated gallery + exterior gallery along creek

Year 2 Tippet Rise Arts Center

CONCEPT STUDIES + FABRICATION

Objective: Explore methods of manifesting abstract ideas into inhabitable space

Project Dates: Fall 2020-Spring 2022

Instructors : Various

Throughout the first and second year of the program, a variety of short projects explore different concepts and methods of manifesting said concepts within a variety of different mediums. Using a mix of charcoal, graphite drawings, collage, 3D modeling and physical fabrication, a variety of artifacts are produced to create inhabitable spaces both physically and digitally.

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Grasshopper Parametric Fascade + Staircase

Initial Charcoal Light Study: Reflectance

Initial Charcoal Light Study: Aperture

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Final Charcoal Study: Textured Light

Translation

Year 2 Charcoal Light Studies

of Final Charcoal Study into Rhino3D Model

Inhabitable Interface

Program of Designed

This inhabitable interface to provide varying potential The space treats time concepts. The entrance dynamic and free form ization of ideas and extensive through the space, they from their peers, encouraging life. Additionally, the overhanging outwards, showcasing into Cheever Hall itself.

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Final Inhabitable Interface

“Algortihmic Isolation” Concept Drawing

Translation of “Algorithmic Isolation” into Inhabitable Space

Program of Designed Space

This inhabitable interface would act as a multi-layered work and study space, designed to provide varying levels of potential for collaboration as one moves through the space. The space treats time as a function of solidity, notably, the solidity of ideas

Hand Drawing of Inhabitable Space

Abstraction of Sound Projection

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Project 2

Projection of the Smooth and Striated

Final Drawing

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intensity areas where the water was diverted and could thus erode the banks

infatuation led to me isolating the phenomenon of water intensity in my final Abstract of the creek and reconstructing the creek in a way that make the often invisible visual experience. Additionally, this inquiry also led to me considering how humans altering obstruction when they are wading through the creek, leading to the idea would allow people to see their own personal impact on the creek simply by being creek proved to be one of my favorite parts of this semester, sparking my creativity take my observations and show them in a different way.

pondered how these obstructions may even affect the shape of the creek

Inhabitable Interaction Between Floow Intensity and Obstruction

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Rhino3D Modeling of Topographical Surface

CNC Cut of Surface

Plaster Mold of Negative Space

Masonry Tile

Tile in Rhino3D

Corner Tile

3D Printed Tiles on Wall

The facade consists of a series of panels that rotate at various angles to provide a variety of lighting conditions within a space. These panels would then connect to a structure able to conform to a variety of different types of surfaces. The stairs take inspiration from the work of artist M.C. Escher, and continue indefinitely within multiple axes.

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Thank You.

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E-mail: djbassolino@gmail.com

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Year 2 Parametric Design