David Harrington Mid Term Fall 2016 A CHEAPER, BETTER WAY DAVID HARRINGTON ARCH 20 Portfolio City College of San Francisco
Table of Contents I.
Favorite Building Project
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B.
Floor Plan
C.
Roof Plan, Elevations, Assessment
A.
Contrasting color patterns
B.
Trellis and array patterns
Tiny House Floor Plan Project
IV.
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Introduction, aerial view
SketchUp Skill-Building Exercises
III.
V.
A.
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Team Tiny House individual conceptual sketch
B.
Detailed floor plan and section sketches
C.
Team’s full-scale tape-out, Assessment
Tiny House SketchUp Model
V.
A.
Concept sketches
B.
Ground Floor Plan
C.
Loft Floor Plan
D.
Elevations
E.
LayOut with Section, Assessment
Improved Home Tool Project A.
SketchUp model of existing tool (a long-handled wooden shoehorn)
B.
SketchUp model of improved version compared
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Improved Modern Architecture A.
Example Conceptual sketch -Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, San Francisco
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B.
Existing version SketchUp model
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C.
The improved version SketchUp model
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Toward “The Cheaper, Better Way”
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A.
Brock Commons
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B.
2013 SOM 42-Story Hybrid Timber Building Design Study
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C.
Mass Timber Framed Mock-Up of the Empire State Building
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D.
World’s Tallest Timber Skyscraper Proposed for London
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E.
Recent Large Prefabricated Housing Project in the City
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Massachusettts Institue of Technology Master’s Thesis
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Introduction Aerial view
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Premise -- Rationalize Housing Construction, Revive Traditional Architecture -A solution to perhaps San Francisco’s most chronic problem. Our housing crisis results from the building industry catering to the highest bidder. With prefabricated housing known since the 18th century, and numerous non-profit housing builders in the City, this could have been solved years ago. Seen above is the 111 Jones Street side of the building shown on the cover -- the finest low income rental building in the city. Five copper cupolas, natural stone base, bas relief spandrels, medallions, dentils, columns and well appointed courtyard are all featured! Imagine such architecture prefabricated and constructed by nonprofit consortia -replicated throughout the city in various styles!
B. 111 Jones Street Floor Plan On-site sketch
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C.
Roof Plan and Elevations, 111 Jones Street
Dimensions: Google Earth Section I. assessment: Strength: unparalleled elegance in low-income housing, perhaps in the entire Bay Area. Weakness: lavish facade materials counter to today’s glass curtain-wall preponderance; lacking precise interior dimensions due to my limited access as a nonresident. Opportunities: gain more detailed knowledge of my favorite building and perhaps provide greater awareness to the community. Threats: the city’s most crime-ridden neighborhood.
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II.
Preparatory SketchUp Skill-Building Excercises
Our class was directed to output various SketchUp exercises prior to actual 3D modeling:
A.
Contrasting color patterns
B.
Trellis and array patterns
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A.
Contrasting Color Patterns Exercise
Copying Variations: Squares, Stripes and Diamond Patterns
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B. Array Patterns (right) “UN blue and white Cube” (also connoted in page color themes)
3D Cubes Exercise The Trellis Exercise
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Trellis (left) 9
III. Tiny House Floor Plan Project
Our next project involved team participation in the development of a “tiny house� (miniature) floor plan:
A.
Preliminary conceptual sketches by each team member
B.
Detailed floor plan and section sketches
C.
Full-scale tape-out onto our outside corridor
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A.
Team Tiny House Individual Conceptual Sketch My Team: Purple
Criteria: 160 square feet maximum. Layout unrestricted.
Right: My submission for the loft (upper) level of Purple Team’sTiny House tape-out. Utilizing the full length of the floor afforded me space for a King size bed, a walk-in closet, and more space for a bathroom, which I located in the loft instead of downstairs in the usual place adjacent to the kitchen. Note the drapery closure to the closet, offering more elegant decor than the usual door in a plain wall. Also note the large window dimensions. The loft ceiling height would have been the same as the first floor height.
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B.
Team’s Detailed Floor Plan Sketches
Purple Team’s adopted fist and upper floor plans.
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B.
Detailed First Floor Plan
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B. Section Sketch
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C.
Section III. assessment: 10’ x 15’ with loft. Note large windows, up to 6’ wide. We ran out of tape, delaying us for a day or so until we were able to resupply. Strength: larger interior space than most tiny houses (7’-8’ ceilings, movable ladder instead of fixed stairs, drop-leaf kitchen table). Weakness: door dimensions in error. Opportunities: gain structure design experience. Threats: potential high wind instability (large flat surfaces), high solar gain.
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Team Purple Tiny House Tape-Out
IV. Tiny House SketchUp Model
Section II. is initially conceptualized via sketches, then modeled in SketchUp with various elevations:
A.
Concept sketches
B.
Ground Floor Plan
C.
Loft Floor Plan
D.
Elevations
E.
LayOut with Section
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A.
Tiny House Concept Sketch
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B. Tiny House Ground Floor Plan
Bronze-finish fixture
Deluxe version
custom colored octagonal tile
yellow granite counters
30� x 52� hardwood drop-leaf table
removable matching hardwood ladder to loft
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C.
Tiny House Loft Floor Plan
Deluxe version
king size bed
Hardwood storage drawers
custom colored tile Matching hardwood sliding door
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custom sink-toilet
D.
Tiny House Elevations
Front Elevation -- Deluxe Version
Mansarded solar-paneled, dormered roof, hardwood bay-windowed ashlar walls, rose bush planting, red brick paving.
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D.
Tiny House Elevations Affordable Version Axonometric Perspective
Prefabbed, non-profit built, traditional architecture -- stucco walls, standard windows and door. windows in the roof, with much of the solar panels replaced with standard asphalt shingles. exterior color with a custom “French Blue� (pastel blue-gray).
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E.
Tiny House LayOut with Section
Width dimension 10’. Affordable version (center and upper left) has smaller solar panels, pre-fabricated stucco walls with “French Blue” exterior-interior paint, standard windows. Section IV assessment: Strengths: affordable traditional architecture, potential net zero design. Weaknesses: residential pre-fabricated construction not common practice. Opportunities: integrate sustainable design with affordability. Threats: established building industry unfamiliarity/opposition.
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V.
Improved Home Tool Project
Create an improved version of an ordinary home tool:
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SketchUp model of existing tool (a long-handled wooden shoehorn)
B.
SketchUp model of improved version compared
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A.
SketchUp Model of Existing Tool (Long-Handled Wooden Shoehorn)
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B.
SketchUp Model of Improved Version Compared
Flange of upper, right end widened and tapered thinner to improve functionality -- ease foot entry into shoe. Compare to lower version, right end.
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VI. Improved Modern Architecture
Create an improved SketchUp-model version, functionally and/or architecturally, of an iconic example of modern style architecture:
A.
Example Conceptual sketch -- Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, San Francisco
B.
Existing version SketchUp model
C.
The improved version SketchUp model
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A.
Conceptual Sketch of St. Mary of the Assumption -- Improved
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B.
Existing Version SketchUp Model
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Improved Version SketchUp Model
Improvements: side entrance handicapped access ramps (only one exists in original -- at garage level. More smoothly flowing lines to cupola, vetical elements accentuate. Yellow, blue granites vs. travertine of existing.
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Toward “The Cheaper, Better Way”
Beyond rationalization of the construction industry’s cost structure referred to in the introduction, sustainability has now become the industry’s watchword. Having followed the latest construction materials trends, I seek to introduce others to heavy timber as a replacement for steel and concrete. It is less toxic to the environment than concrete, less costly than steel to produce. Further, it is widely known that millions of board feet of drought-blighted trees lie in our forests unharvested. The strength issue concern has now been overcome with steel and/or carbon fiber reinforcing. With appropriate volume production, timber should become more cost competitive than the aforementioned current materials, given its inherent advantageous cost structure. Following are corroborative construction feasibility evidence and code-enabling solutions.
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Video -- Current World’s Tallest Timber Framed Building
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2013 SOM 42-Story Hybrid Timber Building Design Study
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Mass Timber Framed Mock-Up of the Empire State Building
The only non-timber internal materials are gypsum board, steel moment column-end and pretensioned steel cables within the box section beams, and thin concrete-steel subflooring. http://www.metsawood.com/global/Campaigns/planb/cases/wooden-skyscraper/Pages/woodenempire-state-building.aspx
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World’s Tallest Timber Skyscraper Proposed for London
http://inhabitat.com/worlds-tallest-timber-skyscraper-proposed-for-london/
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Recent Large Prefabricated Housing Project in the City:
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Massachusetts Iinstitute of Technology Master’s Thesis:
DSpace@MIT Solving the housing crisis in San Francisco with factory-built housing technology and regulatory reform Research and Teaching Output of the MIT Community
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Solving the housing crisis in San Francisco with factory-built housing technology and regulatory reform
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Author: Mejias, Luis (Luis Eric)
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MIT Master’s Thesis Continued
Citable URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/97960 Other Contributors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Real Estate. Program in Real Estate Development. Advisor: Peter Roth. Department: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Real Estate. Program in Real Estate Development. Publisher: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Date Issued: 2015 Abstract: The San Francisco Bay Area is in the midst of a housing crisis as population and economic growth outstrip the ability of developers to build enough housing, resulting in a significant supply-demand imbalance that is expected to last well into the foreseeable future. San Francisco, in particular, faces the most severe housing crunch as demographic trends favor increasing demand in already dense, transit-rich cities. Developers are unable to supply the necessary housing due to significant barriers to development including a lengthy and convoluted planning and entitlement process, zoning restrictions on density and height, neighborhood opposition, and a high cost of land. Supply needs to outpace demand if housing is to become affordable, and this requires regulatory reform and cost reduction. Based on case studies, interviews and development analysis, this thesis will demonstrate how developers and municipal leaders can address the crisis by embracing factory-built housing while reforming regulations. Description: Thesis: S.M. in Real Estate Development, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Program in Real Estate Development in conjunction with the Center for Real Estate, 2015.; Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.; Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-150).
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/97960
Keywords: Center for Real Estate. Program in Real Estate Development.
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