ARCHITECTURE DANIEL RAMIREZ | B.S. ARCH ‘19 | TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY | APPLICATION TO CCA
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Table of Contents 01.
SECTIONAL SURFACES HUMAN PROPORTION SYSTEMS Arch 3341 | Fall 2017 | Instructor: Stephen Mueller | Texas Tech University Campus in El Paso, Tx.
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ADAPTIVE WALL CUSTOMIZED UNIT AND SURFACE Arch 3352 | Spring 2018 | Instructor: Stephen Mueller | Texas Tech University Campus in El Paso, Tx.
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OPTIMIZED FLOOR SLAB TESSELATED SURFACE Arch 4341 | Fall 2018 | Instructor: Catherine Soderberg | Texas Tech University Campus in El Paso, Tx.
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SHELL STRUCTURE CARBON FIBER COMPOSITE Arch 4341 | Fall 2018 | Instructor: Catherine Soderberg | Texas Tech University Campus in El Paso, Tx. Team member: Sergio Esquinca
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BRIDGE IN VERB AND NOUN INTEGRATED REGION Arch 3501 | Fall 2017 | Instructor: Guillermo Barajas | Texas Tech University Campus in El Paso, Tx. *Project exhibited at The El Paso Museum of Art
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THE LAND AND THE ELEMENT ARCHITECTURE AS INFRASTRUCTURE Arch 4601 | Summer 2018 | Instructor: Rafael Beneytez-Duran | TTU Campus in Seville, Spain Team member: Sergio Esquinca
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DUST INSTITUTE DESERT OPTICS | REFRACTING THE ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS OF A DESERT CROSSING Arch 3502 | Spring 2018 | Instructor: Stephen Mueller | Texas Tech University Campus in El Paso, Tx. *Project exhibited at The Yale School of Architecture; Two Sides of the Border: Redefining a Region
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CUR VE 1
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D CUR VE 1
C CUR VE 1
B CUR VE 1
O DY IC B
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FAC E CUR VE 1 A
RESPONSIVE CURVES
+/-80” BODY HEIGHT
+/-60”
+/-36”
+/-18”
+/-6” GROUND
PROGRESSIVE SECTIONS CURVE A
CURVE B
CURVE C
CURVE D
CURVE E
+/- 80” +/- 60” +/- 36” +/- 18” +/- 6” GROUND
NURBS Surface 1
NURBS Surface 2
NURBS Surface 3
NURBS Surface 4
NURBS Surface 5
SECTIONAL SURFACES Human Proportion System
TABS AND LASER CUT FILE PREP CUT SCORE 03 FOLD
The project is composed of a complex three-dimensional surface that was design by the manipulation of responsive and progressive sectional curves. According to the proportions of the human body and its movements we were able to define a space and fabricate a model that is able to accommodate multiple forms of human activities for either public or private use; such as sitting, reading, working, preparing, observing, and exercising. Through computational design new techniques and explorations occur during the making of this project.
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BODILY SYSTEMS MODEL
MODEL
AXONOMETRIC DRAWING
TRIANGULATED SURFACE
UV CONTOUR LINES
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ADAPTIVE WALL
FLOOR PLAN: S-CURVE
Customized Unit and Surface The surface is populated with 256 adaptive components that have two custom parameters which allows the unit to open and close based on its orientation to the sun. Each tapered unit is offset from the center and the corners of the unit behaves accordingly to the sun; by avoiding maximum amounts of shafts but still allowing some light to penetrate the surface. The project emphasizes the importance of technology and how it can be applied to architecture.
LEVEL 02 10’ - 0”
LEVEL 01 0’ - 0”
NORTH ELEVATION
EAST ELEVATION
WEST ELEVATION
SOUTH ELEVATION
LEVEL 02 10’ - 0” ADAPTIVE COMPONENTS
LEVEL 01 0’ - 0”
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OPTIMIZED FLOOR SLAB
OPTIMIZED SLAB PLAN
COMPRESSION/T STRESS VECTORS
TENSION/C STRESS VECTORS
L1: -943.548
L1: -943.548
Tessellated Surface This project is an optimized floor slab system that is assign different loads conditions as well as different support columns. The reinforcement pattern will follow the principal stress directions of tension and compression lines of the slab. Therefore, optimal iterations of material distribution are created by reinforcing and thickening the slab in areas undergoing a high load; reducing and thinning the amount of material in areas undergoing minimal to no load. This project accentuates the importance of the up and coming new technologies and how digital tools can encourage you to explore new materials and their effects. L2: -1,110
L2: -1,110
TENSION/COMPRESSION STRESS LINES
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x2,120º
30º
135º
x2
x2, 30º
REINFORCEMENT PATTERN Varying in shape, size, and orientation depending on the loads and the points of support.
COUNT: 150
COUNT: 300
COUNT: 600
STEP: 6
STEP: 9
SEQUENCING OF THE “STEP” ELEVATION
STEP: 3
STIFFNESS FACTOR SEQUENCING OF THE “STEP”
TENSION/COMPRESSION STRESS LINES W/ LOADS AND COLUMNS
-1110
-1110
-943.548
-943.548
STEP: 3
DEFLECTION
VONMISES STRESS MESH STEP: 6
STEP: 9
STEP: 3
PRINCIPAL STRESS
STEP: 3
PROCESS OF OPTIMIZED SLAB
STEP: 6
STEP: 6
STEP: 9
STEP: 9
STRESS PATTERN
STEP: 3
STEP: 6
POLYSURFACE W/”STEP” FORM
STEP: 9
PERFORATED OPTIMIZED SLAB
3D PRINT MODEL: PLAN OPTIMIZED SLAB
ISOMETRIC NE VIEW
ISOMETRIC NW VIEW
PERSPECTIVE FRONT VIEW
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SHELL STRUCTURE
STRESS LINES PLAN
Carbon Fiber Composite The exploration of different digital techniques, materials, and fabrication were introduced to this project. Millipede helped us visualize the tension and compression stress curves on the undulating shell. Which then we used carbon fiber with resin to trace the stress pattern on top of the surface. The project underlines the importance of materials and fabrication in architecture.
COUNT:100
COUNT:200
COUNT:300
STIFFNESS FACTOR
STEP:2
VONMISES STRESS
STEP:4
PRINCIPAL STRESS
STEP:6
DEFLECTION STRESS
TENSION/COMPRESSION STRESS LINES AXON COUNT:100
STEP:4
COUNT:200
COUNT:300
CARBON FIBER SEQUENCING OF LAYERS
STEP:2
STEP:0
CARBON FIBER COMPOSITE SHELL STRUCTURE MODEL
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BRIDGE IN VERB AND NOUN
CIRCULATION DIAGRAM
STRUCTURAL AXONOMETRIC
ACTIVE/UPPER RAMPS
01. TWO WAY SLAB
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02. VARIABLE TIE BEAM
Integrated Region
03. STATIONARY TIE BEAM 04. INCLINE ARCHES PEDESTRIAN PLATFORM
*Exhibited at The El Paso Museum of Arts This tied-arch bridge promotes the interaction between U.S./Mexico, it explores and accentuates the economic, cultural, and social similarities of both countries. Therefore, words like unify, combine, establish, support and link are motives behind the design. The bridge consists of two active fields that allows citizens of El Paso, TX and Ciudad Juarez, MX to gather and connect with one another through green areas and a recreational lake.
ACTIVE FLOATING RAMP ACCESS RAMPS
The bridge path ascends to provide a unique experience and vistas of the borderlands, but the path also descends to allow visitors to feel and take part in the water. The purpose of this project is to propose an idea on how to deal with border issues, by acknowledging and envisioning these two areas as an integrated region rather than two separate ones.
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SYSTEM
ORCHESTRATING STRUCTURE
UNIT TYPE 1
SITE PLAN
BAY MODEL
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UNIT TYPE 2
UNIT TYPE 1
INTEGRATION FLOOR PLAN 0 10
30
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100 FT.
+30FT
0FT
0FT
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B
+40FT
+40FT
+30FT
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UNIFIED SECTIONS 0 10
30
50
100 FT.
A-A LONGITUDINAL SECTION
B-B TRANSVERSE SECTION
CITY’S VANTAGE POINT
METAPHYSICS BRIDGE
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THE LAND & THE ELEMENT Architecture as Infrastructure
AGRICULTURE TRACTOR
AIRTRACTOR AT-502
COMMERCIAL TRANSPORTATION
14.63 m
3m
10.21 m
14.63 m
14.5 m
5.75 m
12 m
7m 6m
4m
25 m 3m
This infrastructural project seeks to manage water in order to feed the rice fields and the inhabitants of Isla Mayor, Sevilla. Therefore, in a larger context new possibilities, potentialities, and opportunities emerges to solve the country’s problems of water scarcity. The water tower will also draw solutions to the organization, distribution, and transportation of the rice.
9m
30°
30° 50°
50°
90° 90°
This architectural solution will be done so by identifying the movement of different machinery through the elements of roads and trails. Hence, this water tower is meant for visitors to explore and discover the distinctive roads and trails that people, tractors, and airplanes create during the production of rice. Every node of the design has a unique vantage point that communicates the different activities that occur at those given heights. Those nodes are conceptualized as a user-defined space where the space is open for interpretation This water tower will be where event, space, and movement come together to create a larger system. Overall this water infrastructure understands a wider vision and mission by supporting the city’s needs, territory, and economy.
120° 120° 150° 150°
180° Swept Width (Body) Tracking Width (Tires)
180°
May
June
July
August
DIAGRAMS AND SCHEMATIC DESIGN Intersection Path Control Transition Laye Nodes Orientation Parallel Trails Perpendicular Perspective Angle Movement Transportation Hierarchy
September
October
November
30°
30°
30°
30°
30° VERTICAL CIRCULATION
30° SPACES WITHIN THE STRUCTURE
Level 1
PRIMARY STRUCTURE
30° Level 3
30°
30° Level 2
Level 4
ROADS AND TRAILS
PRIMARY AREAS OF MOVEMENT FOR TRANSPORTATION RICE SEEDS DISTRIBUTION HARVESTING TRACTOR TRAILS PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADS
SITE PLAN
SEQUENCE: FLOOR PLAN
SITE PLAN MODEL: TOP VIEW
MICRO-VIEW
SERIES OF EVENTS: SECTIONS
30ยบ SERIES MODEL
MACRO VIEW
INFRASTRUCTURE: COLLABORATION
INFRASTRUCTURE: INHABITANTS
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PERFORMATIVE MORPHOLOGIES RECIPROCAL FRAME 2. APPLIED RULE - CYCLE
1. ASSEMBLY OF COMPONENTS
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DUST INSTITUTE
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*Exhibited at The Yale School of Architecture Two Sides of the Border The project elaborates a structural and spatial mechanism to manage elusive optical effects in a desert landscape. Layered shells constructed from reciprocal frames emulate and reframe the surrounding Samalayuca Dunes. The design leverages the efficiency and adaptability of the structural system to produce multiple programmatic and performative effects from its double curvature – gently spanning the delicate landscape while shaping visual continuities and discontinuities on site. The design engages the thickened atmosphere of the site, imagined as a field of variable visibility, which registers the effects of airborne particulate at a range of scales. Oriented to provide vistas of the various landforms and landmarks of the borderland, the building provides vantage points from which atmospheric haze and inversions are easily observed.
x1=75%
QUAD UNIT
B B
B
H2=75%
180º
Desert Optics
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H1=25%
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90º
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A
x2=25%
x1=100%
3. OPTIMIZED 3D RF-STRUCTURE
4. RF-DOUBLE CURVATURE: STUDY MODEL
A series of skylights filter light through dust-filled chambers within the controlled laboratories and public observation areas of the building. As shafts of light pass through these architectural, optical lenses, the building promotes new understandings of the airborne material that connects and divides the borderland.
5. SPACE(S) DIAGRAMS RULES
24'
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2D RECIPROCAL FRAME - TESSELATIONS
C A
24'-24'
D A-12' B-9' C-6' D-3'
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B-B
C-C
A-B
B-C
C-D
D-D
D-D - 18' Gap A-C A-D
A-A - 0' Gap A-B - 3' Gap A-C - 6' Gap A-D - 9' Gap
B-D
B-B - 6' Gap B-C - 9' Gap B-D - 12' Gap
C-C - 12' Gap C-D - 15' Gap
0' Gap - Enclosure (Ex. Walls) 3' Gap - Single Door 6' Gap - Double Door 9' Gap - Hallway 12' Gap - Open Area 15' Gap - Large Open Area 18' Gap - Public Areas *Sides can create desks, chairs, rest areas, etc.
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ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS GROUND FLOOR PLAN
VISUAL CONTINUITY TYPICAL FLOOR
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A A
TRANSSOLAR ILLUMINATION LONGITUDINAL SECTION
LIGHT FILTRATION ROOF PLAN
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A
BUILDING SKIN/ MATERIALS SUBDIVISIONS ADAPTED PANELS
FILTER SKYLIGHTS
RECIPROCAL FRAME PANELS
VELOCITY (ft/s) 213.106
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184.555 150.689
RECIPROCAL FRAME PRIMARY STRUCTURE
106.553 0
SITE MAP 100mi x 100mi WIND DIRECTION & VELOCITY
DUSTSTORMS
ADAPTABLE SURFACE’S CONTOURS (1FT.) SOIL ANALYSIS
PERFORMATIVE FULL AXON
1-4 kts
1-4 kts
5-9 kts
5-9 kts
10-14 kts
10-14 kts
15-19 kts
15-19 kts
20-24 kts
20-24 kts
25-29 kts
25-29 kts
30-34 kts
30-34 kts
35-39 kts
PRESSURE (in H20) 5.212 1.437 -2.339 -6.114 -9.889
COMPLETE ASSEMBLY, W/ SITE CONTOURS (5FT.)
VELOCITY (ft/s) [PRESSURE (in H20)
VEGETATION
183.589 [1.660]
WINTER WIND
158.993 [0.387] 129.817 [-0.886] 91.794 [-2.159] 0[-3.432]
SUMMER WIND
SITE MAP 1mi x 1mi
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JUNE 21 15ยบ
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UP
MARCH 21 30ยบ
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DEC 21 45ยบ
SKYLIGHTS SUN DIAGRAMS
POINT-GRID STYLE MAP
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AREAS WITH MAXIMUM SUN EXPOSURE
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AREAS WITH AVERAGE SUN EXPOSURE
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AREAS WITH MINIMUM SUN EXPOSURE (SHADOW/SHADE)
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FAR DISTANCE
12a 12b
MIDDLE DISTANCE
7h
5b
5c
11b
7g
5a 2l
CENTER LINE OF SIGHT TO FURTHEST VISIBLE POINTS
11a
7c
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2m
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6n 6o
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ONE YEAR SOLAR STUDY
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NEAR DISTANCE
12f 12g
5e 5f
1 3
NOT VISIBLE
5 6
1/3 MODEL ASSEMBLY RF LASER CUT FILE
TOPOGRAPHY WATERFLOW DIAGRAM SLOPE ELEVATION W/ DIRECTIONS
WATERFLOW DIAGRAM PLAN VIEW
VIEWSHEDS STUDY
ARCHITECTURE OPTICAL LENSES LIGHT SHAFT SPACES
OPTICAL/ VISUAL EXPERIENCES DUSTSTORMS/ WEATHER/ CONDITIONS
DESERT OPTICS - REFRACTING THE ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS OF A DESERT CROSSING TWO SIDES OF THE BORDER EXHIBIT AT YALE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
*IMAGE BY YALE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
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