Stephen Stewart M.Arch UC Berkeley, CED
Stephen Stewart Recent Employment UC Berkeley, College of Environmental Design. Media instructor. May-August 2013 Prepared and presented lectures and directed workshops on both digital and analog forms of design and representation for the Summer InArch program. Including hand drafting, physical modeling, adobe suite, rhino 3d and other rendering softwares and techniques. CAS Architects, Mountain View, CA. Intern. May-August 2012 Assisted with site & building documentation, updated firm’s website and construction details. UC Berkeley, College of Environmental Design. Research Assistant. May-August 2012 Researched, documented and cataloged the work of a former Berkeley landscape professor for future University use.
Awards & Competitions “European Workshop Waterfront Urban Design,” participant. Lusofona University, 2014 One of three UC Berkeley students sponsored to participate in a one week international design workshop in Lisbon, Portugal. “Vertical Cities” International Competition, participant. National University of Singapore, 2013 Created a high-density urban design for 100,000 people in Hanoi, Vietnam. Added emphasis on local food production and distribution for the residents. “Fluid Adagio” International Competition, finalist. AIA Utah, 2010 One of five finalists chosen from 67 entries to design and build an 18 month installation on the future site of the Ballet West Center in downtown Salt Lake City. “Eve” Competition, winner. Salt Lake City Downtown Alliance, 2009 Designed and built an installation for Downtown SLC’s New Year’s Celebration. Adolfo Cruz Memorial Fellowship 2013-2014 College of Environmental Design Fellowship 2012-2014
Email Website Phone Address
doublestewart@gmail.com doublestewart.com (801) 372-2365 580 Ohlone Ave. Apt. 203, Albany, CA. 94706
Education UC Berkeley, M. Arch College of Environmental Design August 2011-Present 3.65 GPA University of Utah, B.S. Architectural Studies College of Architecture and Planning January 2009- May 2011 3.6 GPA
Skills 3d • • • • • • • •
Modeling & Visualization Software Rhino Grasshopper 3DS Max Revit AutoCad Google Sketchup VRay Maxwell
Graphic Design Software • Photoshop • InDesign • Illustrator Language • Portuguese (fluent) • Spanish (proficient)
EdgeCity Location Instructor Semester Type
Hanoi, Vietnam Renee Chow Spring 2013 Urban Design
Hanoi Bamboo Facade Location Instructor Semester Type
Hanoi, Vietnam Mark Anderson Spring 2013 Green Facade
Light Carving Location Instructor Semester Type
San Francisco, California Roddy Creedon/David Baker Fall 2013 Office/Residential/Commercial
Urban Winery Location Instructor Semester Type
San Francisco, California Danelle Guthrie Fall 2012 Commercial/Production
Deutsche Kinemathek Film Archive Location Instructor Semester Type
Berlin, Germany Mark Anderson/Renee Chow Spring 2012 Public/Commercial
Berlin Free Philological Library Model Location Teammates Instructor Semester Type
Berlin, Germany Ben Golze, Max Edwards Mark A./ Renee C Spring 2012 Model
Pt. Bonita Learning Center Location Instructor Semester Type
Sausalito, California Kyle Steinfeld Fall 2011 Public/Educational
Utah College of Architecture + Planning Satellite Location Instructor Semester Type
Salt Lake City, Utah Marco Bagnasacco Spring 2011 Institutional
Everyone Is a Performer Location Instructor Semester Type
Salt Lake City, Utah Brenda Scheer Fall 2010 Installation/Competition
Los Angeles Cultural Center Location Instructor Semester Type
Los Angeles, California William Miller Spring 2010 Public
Summer Cubes Salt Lake City Eve Competition Location Teammates Semester Type
Salt Lake City, Utah Nathan Russell Fall 2009 Installation
EdgeCity Location Instructor Semester Type
Hanoi, Vietnam Renee Chow Spring 2013 Urban Design
Edge City, is a new vision for integration of urban and agricultural systems in Hanoi, Vietnam. The project re-envisions the potential of an urban growth boundary. Located 17 km West of Hanoi’s city center, EdgeCity is a one-square kilometer site along one of several proposed ring highways slated to provide North-South auto access around Hanoi’s urban edge. According to the Hanoi 2030 masterplan, Ring Road 4 will be the outermost highway to the west of Hanoi. Beyond it, hundreds of thousands of hectares of agricultural land are the economic engine of Hanoi’s food economy, feeding the 6.5 million residents in the metropolitan region. Instead of an urban edge demarcated by the line created by the highway, EdgeCity creates an interface, leveraging the economic linkage between fresh food production and consumption to design an urban fabric that better integrates the urban/agricultural edge. The project is a prototype of a spatial concentration of an integrated food economy where fresh food production, storage, packaging, processing and distribution exist together along a dynamic corridor. Therefore, the project proposes a phased development that arises from the agricultural landscape, ensuring safe water treatment systems and flood management for residents and fields. The result is a vibrant place where people can live and work along the urban edge, close to agriculture, and connected to the source of their food. Group Project, work produced with: Benjamin Golze, Michelle Gonzales, Anna Konotchick, Edward Reifenstein, Jennifer Siqueira, Monica Way, Leo X. Zhao EDGE AS INTERFACE EDGE AS INTERFACE INTERCONNECTED SYSTEMS URBAN EDGE BOUNDARY Incoming fresh food is
EdgeCity is cited along the urbanpackaging and distributed at the edge. Food is also retailed + consumed right here. boundary to re-envision its potential.
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TODAY Infrastructure of canals, wetlands and service roads makes entire site available for healthy farming and clean water.
GROWING East-west levee roads connect to existing villages, while processing and distribution facilities collect a north-south spine.
WORKING As more facilities collect along spine road, residential and commercial development begins along east-west connectors.
LIVING Infrastructure of canals, wetlands and service roads makes entire site available for healthy farming and clean water.
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Agriculture Sector Engaged Along the Edge For protection from EdgeCity flooding,isthe landscape organized in 4 levels of ground. Roads function as a prototype of ais spatial concentration of an and integrated food hugging the flood plain to protect from rising water. levees. Built development is set back up when economy where fresh food production, When possible, greater setbacks widen the flood plain, allowing the waterway to move more freely. storage, packaging, processing and EDGE AS INTERFACE Incoming fresh food is processed, packaging and distributed at the edge. Food is also retailed + consumed right here.
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Incoming fresh food is packaging and distributed at the edge. Food is also retailed + consumed right here.
Agriculture So Viable, It Can Resist Development As Hanoi’s rural areas are converted, development has the option to integrate with the agricultural landscape. The fields within and near EdgeCity have higher productivity due to healthy, pesticide-free soil and clean water infrastructure. EDGE AS INTERFACE Incoming fresh food is processed, packaging and distributed at the edge. Food is also retailed + consumed right here.
7 ROBUST FOOD PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION + RETAILING Crops are grown on 39,826 ha of land in Hanoi. Only less than 2.0% of this land area is in urban Hanoi. Peri-urban vegetable production around Hanoi contributes greatly to urban markets. There are three 1 primary farmer groups: vegetable farmers, diversified plant-based farmers, and rice farmers.
FOOD PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTION 1 Mai Thi Phuong Anh. “Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture in Hanoi” (2004).
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THE TUBE HOUSE
EXISTING TUBE HOUSE TYPOLOGY
EDGECITY TUBE HOUSE TYPOLOGY
DOMINANT ARCHITECTURAL TYPOLOGY: HE TUBE HOUSE
he “tube house” is the most common architectural ypology for both urban and rural Hanoi, Orignally Asian ourtyard houses squeezed into elongated lots as a ax-saving measure, the tube houses were eventually lled in and built up as Hanoi residents faced population ressure and increasing land prices. While this typology f tall, narrow buildings creates a uniquely vibrant treetscape of mixed uses and social connections, the ensity of the infill means units deep in the block have oor access to light and air.
Inspired by Hanoi’s tube house typology, long narrow lots allow for incremental development, high density, and a varied streets cape of mixed uses. When scaled up, tube houses have increased capacity for different uses, while also providing density at higher standards. Deep, narrow plots allow increased density while maintaining human scale at the street.
Narrowest Tube House: 1.3 meters
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Hanoi Bamboo Facade Location Instructor Semester Type
Hanoi, Vietnam Mark Anderson Spring 2013 Green Facade
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screen w/75 mm bamboo, 75 mm gaps connected with 50 mm vertical hinged steel pipes attached to tube steel members
In a construction course taken at the same time as the EdgeCity studio I designed this facade which could be applied to the housing units in order to provide its users the chance to supplement their produce production. Rather than fully define the entire facade condition, this design provides a flexible framework, allowing each individual user the opportunity to adapt it to their specific needs. Vertical bamboo shafts provide space to create small vertical gardens while gaps within the bamboo screens give space for plants. The adjustable screen facades, which can both slide horizontally of fold vertically create various conditions for the user in response to light and air helping regulate temperatures in Hanoi’s often hot and humid climate. In particularly hot times of the year an overhead bamboo screen can slide out to help minimize the amount of direct light into the patio. Finally within the bamboo flooring, small gaps allow for greater vertical air circulation.
Light Carving Location Instructor Semester Type
San Francisco, California Roddy Creedon/David Baker Fall 2013 Office/Residential/Commercial
This mix-use tower explores the relation of light, landscape and architecture at multiple scales. Within its dense urban context the tower reinterprets the standard tower and podium typology to create a singular form shaped to provide access to light for the smaller surrounding buildings and the center of the development, Mission Rock Park. The building is wrapped in a responsive electro-active polymer facade. With the application of an electrical current, these narrow bands rotate in relation to the sun’s position and desired lighting condition within the spaces, whether they be commercial, public or private. The responsive facade recedes is interrupted at the street level, establishing clear links between the building and its urban street context. The interruption also allows the opportunity for the park to extend beyond its delineated boundaries, cutting a canyon through the building’s facade, creating green vertical connections at every floor. The ground floor combines public, office and commercial spaces. The bottom 13 floors are designed as open large plate offices spaces, with a large atrium creating connections between floors. The upper floors are designated for small scale apartment spaces.
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7. The angular facade is carved away by a series of verti- 8. The floors are pushed inward to provide shadcal hanging gardens connecting to Mission Rock Park. ing, and the facade is divided into a series of narrow rotating bands.
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The aggregated composition of the facade allows the users to control the quality of light at the scale of the individual. Taken together, these choices are read from the exterior, becoming a collage of rippling white waves washing over the facade and continually changing throughout the day and. Shown here are several common compositions manifested through the southern facade.
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The the building’s facade is comprised of two spatial conditions. The first creates a patio veiled by the twisting electro-active polymer screen. And the second provides a patio bordered by continuous planters, whose plants spill over to create a series of hanging gardens.
floors 14-25 ~ 10,200-1,350 sf
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Urban Winery Location Instructor Semester Type
San Francisco, California Danelle Guthrie Fall 2012 Commercial/Production
The winery, accustomed to its typical setting within an orchard landscape, has found a new home within the urban context of San Francisco. The visual relationship has shifted from an outward observation of the beautiful vineyards, to an inward focus on the production and aging of the wine. This inward focus is manifested within the facade of the winery, creating a wide range of light conditions and small glimpses of the building. Sections of blank facades are placed at either end, framing the parametric stone facade, which appears to be eroding, revealing small cracks of light and views, and 6 projecting apertures, which pull the viewer in to building, where they will see aging barrels of wine and public wine tastings. These framed views act as advertisements for the winery and its product. At the entrance of the building a brief culmination of visual connection occurs as the visitor can view from one end of the building to the other, revealing a full range of wine production spaces as well as the outdoor grape receiving and crushing area. The different programmatic elements make use of exterior space in a variety of ways. Small courtyards provide light and air to the offices and dwellings, while the event and tasting spaces take advantage of large outdoor patios, where visitors can enjoy a glass of wine outdoors. As an infill site, access to light is limited to just two elevations. Treating the roof as a “horizontal façade” provides a recovery of these essential elements. This new architectural layer provides light and views of the sky to the public, office and even the deepest “caves” of wine production and storage. A series of skylights, clerestory windows and open courtyards are created to take advantage of the relatively small program to infuse the interiors with various qualities and shades of light.
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Deutsche Kinemathek Film Archive Location Instructor Semester Type
Berlin, Germany Mark Anderson/Renee Chow Spring 2012 Public/Commercial
An extension to Berlin’s Film Archive, the Kinemathek’s primary design strategy mimics the dual directional grid diagram found in a precedence study of the nearby Berlin Free University. The main programmatic elements (theaters, library, etc.) are set within the large north-south bands, which run perpendicular to several east-west “bridge” connecting paths. The structure, mullions and furniture are designed and aligned to help reinforce the overall dual directionality. The various glazed bands allow maximum light penetration and visibility into an otherwise shady block. Wrapping around the upper half of the building is a large scrim which acts as space to project films and images, increasing the building’s visibility to the many passing trains and the museum island visitors.
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Berlin Free Philological Library Model Location Teammates Instructor Semester Type
Berlin, Germany Ben Golze, Max Edwards Mark A./ Renee C Spring 2012 Model
This sectional model was the final part of a precedence study of tectonic articulation in modern architecture in preparation for the studio’s Spring trip to Berlin. Norman Foster’s library addition to the Berlin Free University and its dome form have become an icon of modern Berlin. Using a space frame, the outer shell was able to stand without the need for interior columns. This innovative structure and its spatial relationship to the inserted floor plates became the focus of the model. The construction of the model combined both digital and analog tools. Beginning with the modeling of the space frame in Rhino the individual pieces were sized, ordered and layed out to laser cut using Grasshopper. The final assembly required gluing over 1,700 individual pieces. Several coats of paint were added to achieve the iconic yellow form, and a small section of translucent panels were placed to give better understanding of the interior light qualities.
Pt. Bonita Learning Center Location Instructor Semester Type
Sausalito, California Kyle Steinfeld Fall 2011 Public/Educational
Combining both group and individual observatory spaces with exhibition and display spaces the Pt. Bonita Learning Center provides the visitor with an opportunity to pause, reflect and better understand their surroundings. Straddling the existing path, the Learning Center is divided into two main sections. On the west a series of subdividing vertical walls respond to the drastic cliff topography, dense fog and strong winds. The visitor is never fully protected from the elements, creating a more immersive experience. On the east side, with natural protection from the elements, a singular lofted surface is allowed to enclose larger group spaces. On the bottom floor the main exhibition spaces act as a connection point between to two distinctly different spaces. Traveling visitors will be given various new opportunities to experience the Pt. Bonita site.
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Utah College or Architecture + Planning Satellite. Salt Lake City, Utah.
The expansion of the University of Utah’s College Architecturecalls and for a se The expansion of the Univerisy of Utah’s College or Architecture andorPlanning Planning calls for a separate building located in the urban setting of downurban setting of downtown Salt Lake This opportunity calls new type of buil Utah College of townCity. Salt Lake City.new This new opportunity calls for a for new a type of building, connecting students, professors and the general public. Breaking down professors and the+general public. Breaking down the physical and visible barriers seperatin Architecture Planning the physical and visible barriers separating these groups will increase proprofessor involvement and increase theinvolvement communities awareness of the school, while fessor and increase the communities awareness of the school,bringin Satellite while bringing students closer to the built environment. The flexibility of environment. The flexibility of the spaces allows for freedom in the inclusion of other discip the spaces allows for freedom in the inclusion of other disciplines such as even businessSalt in Lake order toUtah diversify engineering the educational experiences of the Four concre Location City, or even business in order to diversify thestudents. educational experiences of the students. Four concrete “anchors” punctured with stripped Instructor Marco Bagnasacco stripped windows provide controlled views, air circulation and sun exposure. Connecting th windows provide controlled views, air circulation and sun exposure. ConSemester Spring 2011 treated with glazing to allow for greater levels of connection. alley through necting these anchors are three bridges,An treated withway glazing to allow forthe mid Type Institutional of connection. An alley way through the middle of the site is allow for connection between bothgreater endslevels of the site. left open to allow for connection between both ends of the site.
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air circulation, and perform night flushing when needed.
5. the electrial and air ducts are not hidden under a dropped ceiling. rather the are exposed, following the circulation paths throughout the building. in this way they become expressions of the architecture and the concept of the building. 6. with the gap between the two south buildings light is led down to the public alley, creating a more pleasant space and indirectly lighting the central plaza. likewise the alley that runs through the middle of the site allows wind to cool these areas, while removing the heat from below the bridges that span above the public spaces.
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Fluid Adagio International Competition, 1 of 5 Finalists Chosen from 67 Entries from 13 Countries. Even though we may deny it, we are all performers every day of our lives. Throughout each day we are presented with various audiences, stages and stage props. It is up to us to perform. Seven concrete stages, topped with various day-to-day stage props are placed throughout the space. The props are dipped in monochromatic rubber to create a stylized and surreal affect. These familiar, yet bizarre objects will peak the pedestrians’ interest. Once they enter the space they are able to use the stages for spontaneous performances or to simply question their own performances in life. Like the Capitol Salt Lake City, Utah Theatre, these stages will be available for performances of written productions. Brenda Scheer Professionals and amateurs will be encouraged to use this unique space to creFall 2010 ate new ways of displaying their show. But unlike the theatre, these stages will Installation/Competition see no downtime. With stage spotlights to illuminate the stages at night these simple constructions will be open 24 hours for anyone to have their opportunity to interact with or perform on any of the stages. Part sculptural art, part interactive installation, this design questions who is on stage and who is in the audience, and allows everyone to be a performer.
Everyone Is a Performer Location Instructor Semester Type
Los Angeles Cultural Center Location Instructor Semester Type
Los Angeles, California William Miller Spring 2010 Public
This cultural center is a part of a series of proposed developments to take place in downtown Los Angeles. The site sits across the street from the Disney Concert Hall by Frank Gehry. Rather than focus on its immediate context, the building focuses on its full surroundings in Downtown LA. With a permanent population just under 40,000 and a “daytime population� of 500,000, this building gives an opportunity for the smaller section of residents from the various local neighborhoods to display their culture to the large amounts of daily visitors. The space allotment will be rotated periodically between the different districts, to be used as they see necessary. An open and uniquely flexible design allows the different groups complete freedom in displaying their culture. Rotating floor plates create unique spaces for any activity; galleries, concerts, films or public gathering spaces. The plates act as a miniature Pangaea, drifting apart and overlapping each other, growing and shrinking. With each unique modification to the alignment, new relationships are formed with the other floor plates and surrounding skin, creating a new model of spatial flexibility.
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2004 57.9% 16.7% 17.1% 8.3%
2006 53.2% 5.3% 24.9% 10.1%
2008 53.8% 8.3% 20.9% 17.4%
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2006 53.2% 5.3% 24.9% 10.1%
2008 53.8% 8.3% 20.9% 17.4%
The four main ethnic groups of Downtown LA have experienced unpredictable levels of growth and decline between 2004 - 2008. So predicting future populations based on current data and past precedence would prove tricky indeed. If similar fluctuations occurred within the future programmatic constitution of the Cultural Center it would prove difficult to create a space able to accommodate both present and future demands. In order to create maximum flexibility the previously created floor plates were divided again in order to allow them free rotation about the two structural towers. The circular fields of rotation that formed were then used to shape boundaries, creating four abstract polygons, which are spaced vertically at 12’ increments. When stacked(1) and connected(2) the final polyhedron form is created. The connecting lines become a map of the structural steel elements, maintaining the facade’s structural integrity. Square mullions are applied to the unfolded(3) polyhedral form to stabilize the glass and create the final skin articulation(4).
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2004 57.9% 16.7% 17.1% 8.3%
2006 53.2% 5.3% 24.9% 10.1%
2008 53.8% 8.3% 20.9% 17.4%
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A winning entry to a competition for a temporary, three night installation as part of downtown Salt Lake City’s official New Year’s Eve celebration. The competition called for a prismatic, interactive installation on a $300 budget. Our entry aimed to provide a reminder of a warm summer day during the freezing January nights. Three boxes measuring 4’x4’x4’, 3’x3’x3’ and 2’x2’x5’ with open bottoms were constructed. Transparent plastic sheets holding various colors of water were attached to each box. At the top of the boxes spotlights were placed to light the boxes and Salt Lake City, Utah project the flowing lighted colors on the passing visitors. Hanging from an existing Nathan Russell metal walkway the boxes they were placed at different heights to allow everyone a Fall 2009 chance to walk under the lights and to reach up, set the lighted water in motion and Installation be transported back to a warm Summer day.