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ARCHITECTURE

2015

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nmsa high school proposal 4

“They are desperate poems, each beginning in negative, life-denying situation which is gradually and painfully transcended until achieving and exultant experience of wholeness and relation”.

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                                   —                 ’                                                                                 ’                      —                                                                                                  —                                                                                                                                                             

            

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

                                                              

                                                  





















                                                           

                                                                         

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      

  

 



  

  

                                                    

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     

   

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   

    

 

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         “ ”  ’ ’            “ ”  ’       “”“”   ’  

For this project, we initially had to select a poem, and from this poem, develop a concept which would then be applied to the design program of a writer’s retreat. I chose Theodore Roethke because his style of writing was really visual. The poem itself is a bit dark, but the reason poetry worked so well was because it was mostly relating to what he was going through in his life and he used this writing as a way of self-search and finding his true self. The site is actually the Albuquerque volcanoes. I know that the volcanoes are sacred to native Americans’ and that nothing can be built over them, but for this project, I felt there was a connection to Roethke’s poetry do to its isolation from  the city.

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    

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Concept duality between opposing sides sealed off from the world to persue self-exploration exposure/coming to a conclusion and finding the true self

Circulation

Public vs Private

Program A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W

A B

C D

D E V

Entrance Lobby Reception

456 ftsq 409 ftsq 225 ftsq Storage 1 137 ftsq Mechanical 1 89 ftsq Men Restroom 136 ftsq Women Restroom 180 ftsq Kitchen 230 ftsq Dinning 636 ftsq Library 1142 ftsq Underground Corridor 820 ftsq 405 ftsq Residential Rooms 405 ftsq Pantry 132 ftsq Deck view 775 ftsq Lounge 442 ftsq Storage 2 160 ftsq Mechanical 2 98 ftsq Workshop 1242 ftsq Mechanical room 3 36 ftsq Storage 3 33 ftsq Public corridor 706 ftsq Residential corrodor 1472 ftsq

W R

N L

B-B

T U

A-A

Main Floor D-D

C-C

Lower Floor

L IB R A RY

The Digital Library consists of research and the idea of file sharing. Research into the site, San Francisco, South of Market District, influenced it by providing the current trends in technological development on file sharing services. Programmatically, it is responding to technology, file sharing, and the public. Integrating file sharing services and research technology, public access was created. Further distillation of file sharing service investigation manifested in the legal aspects revolving around this matter. It fits into the city by the social condition and developing tensions with research and the roll technology plays in it. Formally, it is functioning to promote sharing information digitally with everyone and anyone. By combining legal forms of sharing and the technology to do it, a new type of opportunity is produced, which allows the access of information to the public.

DIGITA L

Sony Corp. of Am. v. Universal City Studios, Inc. (464 U.S. 417, 1984) City Transportaion Universal Studios sued Sony for developing the Video Cassette Recorder (VCR) which allowed users to make copies of television programs and committe copyright infringement.

Metro Post Fremont Folsom Peninsula Exp Peninsula Lcl Rapid Bus Street car Light Rail Ocean View Third Geary l

Universal Studios claimed that manufacturing a device that had the potential to for copyright infringement, sony was liable for any infringement caused by the purchaser. Appellate Court stated that the main purpose of the VCR was for copyright infringement, but this decision was reversed in favor of sony were not responsible for the actions of their consumers. This case started allowed the introduction of MP3 players, digital recorders, cd burners and peer to peer technologies into the market

anonymous Proxy Servers Corporation

Hidden

The Deep Web

Millitary

District distrupture

Filesh Friends

South of Market Financial District Disruptive identity Site

Users

Community

Family Security

Lega issue

Copy Rights

The Location for this site was San Francisco, South of Market District. What I found interesting about this location was how there was a mix of identity between South of Market District and the Financial District. Another aspect was the amount of technology companies located around this area, mainly some file sharing services. Knowing that our program was a library, I began to research about how a library allows access of information to the public vs how other companies and 3rd parties allow it, mainly digitally, and all the legal issues revolving these matters

Concept Diagrams Millitary Police Users journalist

Rapidshare

haring Drop Box Software Napster

BitTorrent Google Drive

Anomonous Hacking Hacking

Filesharing Digital

al es

Information Book

Making Available

Community Public

Fire Exit Restrooms

Public Space

Public Digital Interface Reception / Circulation Desk

Fire Exit

Offices/Admin.

HOWARD ST.

Delivery/Storage

Cafe Lobby

Entrance

First Floor

2ND ST. 0

Offices

Copy/Print Room

UP UP

Filesharing

Mech.

Mechanical Digital Interface / Research books UP DN DN

OPEN TO BELOW

compluter labs

Offices

Computer Lab

OPEN TO BELOW

Software Development

OPEN TO BELOW

Terrace

4th Floor

3rd Floor 0 0

Offices

Books

OPEN TO BELOW Mechanical

UP DN

OPEN TO BELOW

Reading space

Reading Rooms

OPEN TO BELOW

2nd Floor 0

Restricted Area

Section A

Computer Servers

Roof

5th Floor 0

East Elevation View

Section B

South ElevationView

DENS IF IC AT IO N

This design had to reflect a previous project which involved defining what an ecotone was, and determining what the city needed vs what it wanted.

CORE

Located at the urban core of the city of Albuquerque, the proposal suggest the redevelopment of the Civic Plaza, which has already gone through four redevelopments trying to get the public more engaged to this site. The opportunity we saw in this site was to design a mixed-use / mixed income development. This idea came about after seeing that the Civic Plaza isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really used by the public, mainly only utilized for main events during the summer. With the opening of 4th Street and the idea of activating the edge condition of this space, it showed that this proposed design would densify the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s urban core.

U RB A N

OPPORTUNITIES

MAIN CONNECTIONS

4th Stree

Civic Plaza

Parking Lot 3th Stree

Convention Center

FLOW OF TRAFFIC AND PEOPLE

Opening

two stories building to allow the sun to get into the open space in the winter

of 4th St

reet

tallest building in the west side to provide shade in the summer

main ďŹ&#x201A;ux of people

Before / After Diagram

Before: Open space Plaza for summer events. Lacks people and activity most days and night Not really unified with what Albuquerque wants to be

Albuquerque

Proposal: Create a site which becomes an integral part of Albuquerqueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s densifying urban core The residential, mixed-use and diverse commercial uses will define and animate the space The proposed multi-use design will lead to a more vibrant 24 hr experience that the city of Albuquerque, visitors, and residents alike, need and desire

Activat corner mixed-u

Open road to allow though traffic along 4th street

te the street and edge through use developement

Residential Mixed-use

Change to 2 street to slow traffic

lane down

Transit Station

Bank of America

Interior open space

P u b l i c Restrooms

MIxed-used office space

H IGH S C H OOL

This project was developed as a proposal to NMSA School for the Arts located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. We had to propose a high school facility that would meet the demands of the client, while at the same time, make it engaging for the students that would be attending. We started off with a group projects, in which everyone brought in their own piece of ideas into the project and develop a master plan. After the group master plan, we were to further develop the master plan in our own ways and chose an aspect of the design and further develop it. It was really important to engage users to the site, but for my portion, I was designing â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Gatewayâ&#x20AC;? for the school in which it would exhibit part of their dance program to newcomers.

NM S A

PR O PO S A L

SURFACE DRAINAGE PATTERNS

road and sidewalk infastructure access to University

Arroyo that goes through east and south of the site southern exposure and slop

diverse plant growth plant growth large areas of uncompacted soils

utilities on site public transit accessibility Findings on the site

Academic Office

Academic

Music

C-C B-B Gym

Visual Arts Creative Writing

A-A

Theater

Visual Arts

Phase 1 The construction of the music studio along with cafeteria and 1 part of residential. This will allow a finished feeling from the gateway entrance of the school. The first phase of construction will also include several classrooms for the academic

Residential

Dance

NMSA Head Office

Phase 2 The visual arts shall be constructed along with the theater. this will allow art classes to begin to have their own spaces for the students creative process. the secong 2 story building of the residential shall also be finished along with the academical portion.

Phase 3 This will mostly encompass the 3rd 3 story building of the residential, and will allow to house all 400 students on campus. The rooms for the media arts and creative writing will be constructed as well as a gym

Cafeteria/ Commons

0’

25’

50’

100’

200’

Program Music/ VIsual Arts A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P

C A

B O

P J

K M N

First Floor

0’

Dance Small Studio A

0’

10’

20’

Dept. Head Office

0’

10’

20’

Art Studio Photography

40’

Staff Room

NDI Studio B

Pract. Room

Section C-C

5’ 10’

Dance Small Studio B

Art Studio Painting

Section B-B

Department Head Office Music Staff Room W/ Music LIb. Choral Room w/Risers Orchestra Practice Room Courtyard Individual Practice Rooms Art Studio Photography Art Studio Painting Art Studio Ceramics Art Studio Woodshop w/Theater Gallery Department Head OFfice Department Space NMSA Head Office Cafeteria/ Commons

Pract. Room

40’

Pract. Room

NDI Studio A

Orchestra Practice Room

Program Dance Studio

F A

A B C D E F G H

H D

E 0’

Second Floor

Locker Room

Cafeteria

Locker Room

Commons Residential

kitchen

Commons

5’ 10’

20’

Department Head Office Staff Room Storage Small Studio A Small Studio B NDI Studio B NDI Studio A Locker Rooms

ARCHITECTURE

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diego macias (505) 339-7052 diego09@unm.edu