DONESH VICTOR FERDOWSI
C O N T E N T S
pool
FL2010
school
SP2011
path
FL2011
park
SP2012
bed
SU2012
TROUGH TERRACE
a pool in the park for saint louis
Architectural Design I
6 credits
Gia Daskalakis
FL2010
Students were asked to design a public pool for a Saint Louis city park. My proposal strives to bring an urban sense of traffic to the oasis. The park is for peace and quiet. This place is for motion and activity. The series of individual pools, internal gardens, and ramps descending down a slope act as a knot in the path around the lake. Runners, walkers, bikers, swimmers, and people-watchers alike move through these lanes.
The concrete shells that form the groundplane and roof structure contain sand, soil, water, and wood, brining us back down to earth without leaving the city.
1/8 sectional model built in cedar, maple, steel, resin, plaster
PLAN
1/64�
sand soil wood water
city street
a
city park a. terraced beach
b. steel + concrete forest
city pool
c. stepped lawn
b
c
UNIVERCITY
a campus on the street for sam fox school
Architectural Design II 6 credits Zeuler Lima/Iain Fraiser
SP2011
UNIVERCITY
Thinking about our own educations, JD Scott and I have come to appreciate that where we do is near as important as what we do. Just as murder in a Cathedral is different than murder on the street, we conclude that making art on Delmar is different than making art on Hoytt. We
propose
an
urban
a
new
addition
attitude to
its
for
Sam
Fox
suburban
with
campus.
We aim to bring students off the monestary onto the street. With housing and studios for 40 artists, “Univercity” aims to facilitate a study abroad, close to home.
The site
sits dormant between 2 strips of activity. The project aims to mediate between them with a quiet, contemplative posture that embraces a library with a student-run art gallery, a small café, and a semi-public courtyard.
b. lofted bedrooms
c. hallway: the life of the dormitory.
d. public gallery and cafe
e. roof vegetable garden
f. rammed earth bearing walls
g. library entrance
h. semi-public courtyard with mounds, trees, and paint walls
i. sunroom/outdoor balcony
j. re-purposed brick building
k. lower level metal/wood shops with outdoor workspace
l. street level space for outreach design program
m. upper level classroom and gallery
n. loading dock
Class and gallery space.
Raingarden and interior library entrance.
S C H O O L F E A T U R E S
a. Delmar Blvd: a top 10 street in America
Univercity First Floor Plan
1/8� sectional model in oak, poplar, OSB, and steel.
CAMPUS LIBRARY: The Cathedral Effect The Cathedral effect describes the influence of space on human thinking.
L I B R A R Y
As the Visigoths knew so well, high ceilings encourage abstract thinking
a. roof nooks and balconies
and creativity, while low ceilings motivate concrete thinking and focus on
b. skylight behind “human shelf”
detail.
c. wood-clad Western wall warms skylight sun
F E A T U R E S
d. “human shelves” conducive to focused thought
The UniverCity Library is the sacred space on campus, conducive to lofty
e. elevator shaft
thoughts, deep imaginings, and their realization.
f. groundfloor with stacks, meeting space, and
A two-story atrium
accompanies an open stack of reading nooks. Visitors may find their inspiration while wandering the sunlit stacks below and further pursue their thoughts in the “people shelf” above.
exit to school complex.
basement interior
a b c
d
steel/fir material sample
rammed earth/stucco material sample
e
f
LIBRARY 1ST FLOOR PLAN
THE COLORS OF COPENHAGEN:
public spaces for orsteadl kollegium
Urban Design I
6 credits
Line Schultz/Rasmus Fisk
FL2011
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“Colors speak all languages.”
(a 17th c. Englishman)
KULOER
5 0m
20 10
LOCAL COLOR “The distinctive peculiarities of a place.”
Orsteadl Kollegium is home to dependents
of the Danish government: immigrant families and university students. Though full of diversity, life, and latent energy, the complex feels as grey as it looks. The life between its buildings has yet to be born. This proposal aims to bring color to an anonymous place. Associating activities with spatial qualities, this spectrum of public spaces hopes to give residents a reason to go outside and visitors a reason to come in.
QUALITY
MATERIAL
ACTIVITY
rød
intensity passion heat thrill activity vibrancy radiance
wood granite brick steel maple
dancing celebrating skating competing performing
blå
peace tranquility calmness coolness serenity
water stone concrete plum
sitting reflecting conversing resting cooling off ice skating
gul
warmth energy glow
stone gravel wood sand gingko birch sunflower
playing eating sun bathing gardening
grøn
life softness calmness coolness health fertility
earth turf grass trees ivy
running biking walking sledding picnicing
LEARNING LANDSCAPE a park for patrick henry elementary school
we parked...
Architectural Design IV
6 credits
Forrest Fulton/Mikey Naucus Parker Keyes Yurina Kodama Lyn Wenzel Billy Griffitts Jordan Tsai Sarah MIller Connie Zheng Michael Halls Sam Xu Elana Abraham Bomin Kim Lauren Miyata Ryan Chiu
SP2012
LEARNING LANDSCAPE 12 students expanded the 2011 Learning Landscape at the Patrick Henry Elementary school and rendered an asphault parking lot fit for children. In consultation with the teachers of the school, we added features to aid the school’s sustainability themed curriculum: fabric shade structure, sod playing field, garden irrigation system, storage units, birch trees and plantings, cedar and concrete furniture, foam playthings, and oak sculptures to the back of the school. Yurina Kodama, Parker Keyes, and I worked to add human scale and finer detail to the masterplan. We rescued wood logs from the chipper to build over 50 pieces of furniture at a total cost of $777.77
photo courtesy of Forrest Fulton
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f
a b
c
d
Master Plan Features a. redwood tree donated by MO botanical garden. b. earth mounds and native prairie plantings. c. granite border and path. d. sculptures and tables in wood chip allee shaded by birch trees. e. fabric shaded cedar pergola. f. gingko and locust trees add shade to phase 1. g. subterranean irrigation system waters garden beds.
phase 1 completed by the class before us
phase 2 completed by 2012 design/build studio
photos courtesy of Forrest Fulton site plan drawn by Lyn Wenzel
L G 1000-3000 lbs. 5 climbing structures.
LARGE crane-dropped, chainsawed oak
400-600 lb. 3 tables. 12 benches.
MEDIUM cast concrete steel red oak
5-30lb. 32 stools. storage box.
SMALL red cedar osage orange black walnut yellow poplar white oak sycamore elm
photo courtesy of Forrest Fulton
funCIO twin sleeper a bed in a home for ignacio and benicio
collaboration with Catalina Freixas and Pablo Moyano
Saint Louis
SU2012
Construction Proposal: Minimize pieces to facillitate disassembly. Eliminate corners and exposed hardware. Attach structure to plywood skin.
a. loft a. loft detail 8” twin foam mattress 1/2” birch plywood slat 1/4” counter-sunk stainless steel hex bolt 3/4” stainless steel lock washer
b. column
5” yellow pine strut 1.5” decking screw 5” yellow pine cross beam 3/8” red oak plug 1.5” pine ceiling connector block 1/2” birch plywood cieling
c. drawer
b. column detail
c. drawer detail
1/4” counter-sunk stainless steel hex bolt lower foam mattress 2x2” quarter sawn maple column
1/2” birch plywood slats
1/2” radiused corner
3/4” birch plywood front facade
5” yellow pine slat joint
3/4” maple plywood with 1/2” radiused corner
1.5” counter-sunk decking screw 3/8” red oak plug
drawer front
CNC cutout wheel anchor 3/4” wood screw
1.5” caster
book shelf detail
installed and inhabited