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Parametric Prototype:
Healthcare prof: Steve Hardy
Axonometric Corridor Section
Corridor conceptual evolution diagram
Parametric Prototypes is an investigation into the pragmatic parametrics associated with healthcare design. Understanding these parametrics leveraged a design endeavor into the crucial impact the corridor has within healthcare facilities. This resulted in a parametric re-configuration of the patient room and corridor relationship with lower square footage to patient bed ratio.
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Urban Flows prof: Mark Hoistad
Situated in the historic French concessions of Tianjin, China, Urban Flows re-imagines a new relationship between crucial historical buildings and new mixed-use development. An elevated park and tourist path knit together a new way of experiencing the architecture of the past intertwined within future highrise structures.
conceptual design diagram
China High-Rise prof: Mark Hoistad
As a further development of Urban Flows, project China HighRise explores the development of a mixed-use high rise and plaza space incorporating commercial, park, tourist route, and office space into one city block. Conceptually, an elevated park operates as a programmatic separation between commercial and office space while also offering an area of recreation to office employees.
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Design Probe prof: Chris Ford
Project Design Probe is a nonarchitectural conceptual artifact representing a personal critique on a notion of the word ‘Residual’. The assembly is of entirely found materials, and constructed without any adhesives. This artifact served as a spring-board into conceptual design for project NMoAT.
Construction diagram
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TRACTOR CRANE
RIGID INSULATION METAL COPING
LEVEL.04 +78'-6" (+28'-0")
STEEL ROOF DECKING
W-SHAPE BEAM
CONCRETE ENCASED COLUMN
NMoAT prof: Chris Ford LEVEL.04 +49'-6" (+17'-6")
RESIDUAL TRACTOR
STEEL DECKING
RADIANT FLOOR HEATING
ALUMINUM GUARDRAIL METAL COPING
LEVEL.03 +32'-0" (+15'-0") FIREPROOFING INSULATED SPANDREL PANEL
PAINTED ALUMINUM MULLION
ARGON INSULATED GLAZING FIN TUBE RADIANT HEATING
LEVEL.02 +17'-0" (+17'-0") CURTAIN WALL STRUCTURAL CLIP
TRACTOR SUPPORT
WOOD PLANK DROP CEILING
HOLLOW-CORE PLANKS
LEVEL.01 +0'-0" (+0'-0")
LEVEL.00 -17'-4" (-17'-4")
coordinated wall section
NMoAT [National Museum of Agriculture Technology] is a design problem to replace the existing Larson Tractor Museum on the East Campus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a new structure in the downtown of the City. The project most noticeably utilizes residual, donated, and commemorated tractors that serve as an iconic faรงade system as well as a shading device for the museum.
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