2010-2015
DESIGN SAMPLE
CONTENTS 1
QUILT OF ENLIGHTENMENT ACSA STEEL COMPETITION 2012-2013 - HONORABLE MENTION THIRD YEAR - T. FOWLER
2 CONVERGING CURRENTS ACSA TIMBER COMPETITION 2013 THIRD YEAR - M. YIN - DEVELOPED WITH ELIZABETH HANNA
3 PLASTIC PETALS MAKERS FAIRE 2012-2013 THIRD YEAR - T. FOWLER - DEVELOPED WITH E. HANNA & JOHN DALIT
4 ENROUTE OF DIVERSION SENIOR THESIS PROJECT 2014-2015 FIFTH YEAR - D. JACKSON
QUILT OF ENLIGHTENMENT LIBRARY, SAN FRANCISCO, CA
The library derives spaces from the nature of a quilt in which program strips are “woven” together in alternating directions. The strips of space decrease in width to accommodate for an increase in density as the experience on each floor transitions from a public gathering space to a private search. The ceiling height from floor to floor also increases to heighten the progression and final “holy” experience: one feels alone among the vast collection of information. As one rises through this progression of density, each space, through the thinning of volumes, decreases in noise level, and promotes an increasingly private experience. The cladding becomes more sealed and the mentality more focused. As one returns downward their newfound knowledge sets in while the cladding re-opens allowing in more light. The spaces widen to allow more people per room and the individual can contribute to community enlightenment by sharing their new discovery.
HONORABLE MENTION ACSA STEEL COMPETITION
8” x 6” Square HSS Powder Coated
Low-e Glazing
6” x 6” Square HSS Powder Coated
Extruded Aluminum Tubes CONNECTION DETAIL inspired by the Dallas Wyly Thatre - REX/OMA
CROSS SECTION
FLOOR 01 CAFE SPACE
FLOOR 02 DIGITAL LABS & PROGRAM ROOMS
FLOOR 03 READING SPACE
FLOOR 04 BOOK SPACE
CONVERGING CURRENTS MULTI-PURPOSE HOUSING COMPLEX & WOOD MANUFACTURING FACILITY, REDHOOK, NY
This project creates two axes: a bridge from the natural parks into the heart of the city to channel bikers and city dwellers through the site and on to enjoy existing resources, and the second tying the industrial port to the residential zones expressing the possibility for world business endeavors and access to new jobs and education to the residents of Red Hook. Where the two axes meet an oculus is formed to expose the multitude of uses within the complex and the users to one another. The housing complex lies closest to the heart of the city and is raised to the fourth floor to ensure everyone with a view out to the bay. A strip of green reaches through the housing complex to invite the city in. This multi-function complex will provide the city with new opportunities by inspiring, teaching and pushing forward the promising future of timber construction.
HONORABLE MENTION ACSA STEEL COMPETITION
HOUSING FLOOR 21
vertical circulation FLOOR 11
recreation center FLOOR 04
living units
offices and display galleries
research labs and classrooms
bike shop
ACTIVE PUBLIC SPACE FLOOR 1
PASSIVE PUBLIC SPACE
WORKING SPACE SUBTERRANEAN FLOOR
CLADDING
PLASTIC PETALS SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA
Plastic Petals began as an intensive design charette. With the materials we were able to acquire and the ideas we wanted to incorporate, stemmed a pneumatic structure that reflected the cycle of Zero Waste. Visitors could take pieces of the structure and MAKE them into bags to use throughout the day. This guarantees the reuse of the material and gives visitors a lasting momento of the Faire. This iconic piece provoked many visitors to check out this new SLO tradition! Petals are reduced from the canopy while new materials are recycled within the tree’s roots. to cause the form to contract above and expand below. Plastic petals displays that despite our dependence on this material we can still lead it through the ideal sustainable cycle.
MAKERS FAIRE
ENROUTE OF DIVERSION FREEWAY INTERVENTION, LOS ANGELES, CA
We crave spontaneous urban encounters yet our current city model, based on large swaths of non-space for transit, lacks the public platform needed to satisfy our social nature. This infrastructure reimagines the Los Angeles freeway network as a public space that connects the city with its inhabitants. Once the most vibrant part of the city, walls allowed for an informal, spontaneous commerce that escaped city regulation. This intervention can transform the freeway into a permeable membrane reviving the once spontaneous mediator condition between functional spaces. Hollenbeck Park was once an idyllic place for neighbors to coalesce. In the 1960s the I-5 and the I-10 rudely bisected the park. I propose to reconnect these neighborhoods, and provide an attraction luring commuters to experience this newfound local gem.
ADHERE TO NETWORK FLOW
Layers of activity pair public space with transitoriented uses to allow for social and voyeristic opportunities. “The success of public space is the shift of perspective offered by competing views and lifestyles.” -Hajer & Reijndorp, In Search of a New Public Domain GREENSCAPE
REACH TO SURROUNDINGS
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LOUVRES
DIVERT TRAFFIC
FLOOR PLATES
DIAGRID