DREW TIEDEMAN SELECTED UNDERGRADUATE WORKS
ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH GRAPHICS EL MIRADOR Location: Machu Picchu, Peru Program: Experiential Observatory OPERATION WELCOME Location: Buffalo, NY Program: Port of Entry + Community Center WHOSE HERITAGE? Location: United States Program: Cartographic Research473733271501 CENNTENNIAL BUILDING Location: Raleigh, NC Program: Higher Education PUBLICATION Location: Global South Program: Publication YOU ARE HERE Location: Raleigh, NC Program: Promotional Materials
OPERATIONWELCOMELOCATION Buffalo, New York YEAR Spring 2022 | 5th Year PROFESSORS Billy DennisAskeyStallings PROGRAM Site Research Document Port of CommunityEntryCenter
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OPERATION WELCOME
Operation Welcome is an atypical port of entry that has been designed to incorporate a community center. The design is a prototype for what nodes along our transportation infrastructure could become if designed for the community rather than solely vehicular traffic. Located in Buffalo, NY the design would replace the current Peace Bridge Plaza, the second most trafficked port of entry on the Canada-US border. By pushing the vehicular border crossing circulation underground, and elevating the pedestrian border crossing circulation to ground level, the design creates a more welcoming entry into the US and unique experiences for both modes of transportation. Prior research on the site’s qualities, history, and demographics suggested that a community center would be useful on the site to correct the damage that the original port of entry and interstate enacted to the surrounding community. By elevating the community center program and connecting the site to the Niagara River via bridge and elevator tower, the project seeks to reconnect residents to activity along the riverfront and subvert traditional power structures associated with border crossings, and vehicular transportation.
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6Software: ReCap, Illustrator, AutoCAD Operation Welcome SITE MAPPING Pedestrian permeability on the site has been impeded by the border crossing and highway infrastructure that caters solely to vehicles. The vehicular infrastructure creates a void barring residents from activity along the river, and ruins the experience for patrons of the adjacent Olmstead planned Front Park. Physical Model Sliced with Sections Engraved in Acrylic
The tectonic language is a way of making the building vernacular to its location. It has been informed by Buffalo’s history as an industrial powerhouse in the 1900s, and also by US infrastructural materials. A trussed bridge, aligned with the city grid, cuts through the building and across the highway system, giving pedestrians access to activity along the Niagara river. Sculptural facade elements line the open work space along Front Park to signify entry, and also provide solar shading to the south facing facade.
TECTONIC LANGUAGE
7 Software: Rhino, AutoCAD, Photoshop, Illustrator A+R Exterior View of Front Park/Community Entry
8Software: Rhino, AutoCAD, Photoshop Operation Welcome Interior View Inside the Trussed Corridor with Views Underground Interior View of Open Work Space
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10Software: ReCap, AutoCAD, Illustrator Operation Welcome SECTIONAL QUALITIES
Using principles explored in the research phase that could help democratize our traditionally hostile civic spaces through section, Operation Welcome levels the playing field between vehicular and pedestrian traffic. The design goal was to visually connect the border crossing program and the recreation center in every space, which would theoretically limit hostility in the border crossing process. The bridge that crosses interstate 190 is a long corridor with panoramic views of the interstate meant to highlight the vastness, and impermeability of our vehicular infrastructure.
11 Software: Rhino, Photoshop, AutoCAD A+R View of Peace Bridge from Gymnasium View of Interstate 190 from Bridge View of Niagara River from Elevator Tower
12Software: Revit, Illustrator, Photoshop Operation Welcome
13 Software: Photoshop A+R A. Concept Design B. Schematic Design C. Design DevelopmentAA AA B B B C
14Software: Photoshop Operation Welcome 1”=32’ Scale Model of Operation Welcome 1”=32’ Scale Model of Operation Welcome - Aerial View
EL MIRADORLOCATION Machu Picchu, Peru YEAR Fall 2019 | Junior PROFESSORS Vincent KatherinePetrarcaHogan PROGRAM Experiential Observatory
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EL MIRADOR
El Mirador, or “The Looker,” is an observatory on top of Machu Picchu, near the city of Cuzco, Peru. The site and inspiration was derived from the cultural and spiritual connection between the ancient Inca civilization and the sky. Conceptually el mirador is about a connection to the earth with an outward focus on the sky. A single solid mass of elemental geometry is interrupted by transparent apertures and spaces that allow you to be consumed by the stereotomic structure while also being connected to the vast expanse of the sky. The structure is split into two programmatic elements, a more open residential sector and the observatory space, each occupying their own cube. A steel, tectonic bridge is used as a transition into the structure, contrasting the heavy concrete of the building’s core. As the structure gets taller the apertures get smaller and more focused on the sky. The apertures pinpoint certain stars and constellations, culminating at the oculus where you can view the entire sky. As the structure lowers toward the ground there is a focus on the earth, including views toward the ruins of Machu Picchu.
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Machu Picchu was a 15th century citadel of the Incan Empire, about 50 miles northwest of modern day Cusco, Peru. While its function for the Inca Empire is not fully known, it is hypothesized that Machu Picchu was built as an estate for the Emperor, and abandoned around the time of Spanish conquest. The Inca’s worshipped celestial bodies, using them to determine building placement, divine right of the emperor, and harvesting seasons. Recently an observatory utilized by the Incan priesthood to observe the movement of stars was discovered on the northern side of Huayna Picchu adjacent to Machu Picchu, solidifying Machu Picchus importance to the Incan elite.
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1. Ancient Inca Observatory
Recently discovered observatory that the Incan priests used to monitor celestial bodies, influencing agriculture and religion. Settled in 1901, Aguas Calientes is the closest town to Machu Picchu and is where the majority of tourists visiting Machu Picchu stay. Machu Picchu is a 15th century citadel for the Incan empire, designed based on astronomical alignments. Site Plan with topographic lines, showing the steep incline of Huayna Picchu.
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21 A Software: AutoCAD, Photoshop First Level - Residential Third Level - Entry 4311 5 6 2 1. Bedroom 2. Bathroom 3. Exit 4. Living Space 5. Entry 6. Bridge 7. Aperture Room 8. Oculus Room
22 El Mirador Software: AutoCAD, Photoshop 4’ 8’ 16’ 32’ Fourth Level - Aperture Fifth Level - Oculus 7 8
The journey to El Mirador starts at the base of Machu Picchu, with a trail that crosses through the Machu Picchu ruins, then up the Huayna Picchu mountain. The tower is organized around two pure cubes, with a half cube entry level between the two. The upper cube is meant for observing and looking to the sky, while the lower cube is residential for overnight stays and is oriented toward the landscape. From the entry level moving upward, you progress through the aperture room, and then into the oculus room.
23 Software: Sketchup, AutoCAD, Photoshop A Oculus Room - Day versus Night PROCESSION
24Software: Rhino, AutoCAD, Photoshop El Mirador Oculus RoomAperture Room Residential
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APERTURES Precedent Concept Design Diagrammatic Model of El Mirador
Apertures interrupt the concrete shell of the structure, pin pointing stars and constellations at certain times of the year. This design pays homage to the recently discovered observatory on Huayna Picchu (pictured below), and lets light in during the day while operating as an observatory at night. These apertures could offer us a window into how the Inca Empire viewed the sky.
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YOU ARE HERE LOCATION Raleigh, North Carolina YEAR Spring 2022 | 5th Year COMMISSIONED BY NCSU College of Design PROGRAM Promotional Materials
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Deliverables included: vertical print poster, landscape digital poster, postcard, and website banner.
The primary graphic shows a pixellated map of the area surrounding the College of Design, both to make the viewer question where “here” is, and to reference the hybrid nature of the lecture series. The physical location of the lecture series is marked by an asterisk, referencing the notorious wayfinding symbol.
You Are Here Lecture Series
The theme for the Spring 2022 lecture series was “You Are Here,” centered around the book by Thich Nhat Hanh that promotes the practice of mindfulness and connectedness of all things. The theme, and visual identity created are meant to prompt others to think about what constitutes place, and identity, while also referencing our new paradigm of communication happening simultaneously virtually, and physically. Regardless of where you watch the lecture series, you are here.
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The School of Architecture Joint Lecture Series is a public program put on by the College of Design, and the AIA Triangle each semester at North Carolina State University.
31 Software: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign G Lecture Series Poster Hanging in Leazar Hall
32Software: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign You Are Here Lecture Series Series of Post Cards Placed around Campus
HERITAGEWHOSELOCATION United States YEAR Spring 2022 | 5th Year PROFESSORS Sara TaniaQueenAllen PROGRAM Cartographic Research
Heritage? started by asking how, if, and why confederate monuments have shaped our built environment. Operating through different geographic scales, and modes of questioning, this cartographic research delves into the current US affordable housing crisis and its inequitable racial breakdown. Each map is a snapshot of a question, documenting research on the topics of racial equity, and housing.
35 R+G Software: ArcGIS, Illustrator WHOSE NORTHDURHAMUNITEDTRIANGLEHERITAGE?SCALESTATESSCALESCALECAROLINASCALE
What are the barriers to affordable housing for all? The United States scale explores state laws that put up barriers toward better affordable housing in cities, and where those laws are being disseminated from. The mapping shows that the majority of states prohibit cities from enacting rent regulation. Is the housing crisis affecting Black communities at an increased rate? The North Carolina scale explores which counties in North Carolina are being effected most by the affordable housing crisis. The mapping shows that North Carolina’s Black residents are more likely to live in a county where the majority of residents are under a housing costWhoseburden.
Does the placement of subsidized housing units correlate to historically Black neighborhoods? The Durham scale shows Have confederate monuments shaped, or been shaped, by the placement of affordable housing? The Triangle scale shows Durham, Orange, and Wake county and explores proximity of subsidized housing units to confederate monuments. The mapping shows that Durham, NC has a large amount of subsidized housing units within a one mile radius of a confederate monument.
Software: ArcGIS, Illustrator all the subsidized housing units within a one mile radius of a centrally placed confederate monument, and displays historical Black neighborhoods, and economic districts. The mapping shows that in Durham the majority of subsidized housing units are placed near historic Black neighborhoods, and they have majority Black residents. This shows that placement of subsidized housing could be reinforcing a segregated city. Further historical analysis also showed that the confederate monument may have been placed in close proximity to this area specifically to reinforce a dominant white society.
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CENTENNIALBUILDINGLOCATION Raleigh, North Carolina YEAR Fall 2021 | 5th Year PROFESSORS Jianxin MichaelHuWagner PROGRAM Higher Education
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NCSU Centennial Campus Building
NC State University’s Centennial Campus is one of the premier research parks in America, housing both the College of Engineering, and over 70 private industry partners. The Oval is the main hub of activity for students on the campus, and is surrounded by Hunt library, a residence hall, dining hall, and many classroom buildings. This building is designed to be the last building on The Oval and is home to the College of Management, and Graduate School staff. Conceptually, the building becomes a connection between The Oval, and the Learning Forest currently occupying the site. Two separate bars allow the two programs being housing in the building to maintain their distinct identities, while an atrium connects the two bars fostering collaboration and community. Reservable collaboration rooms line the interior corridors along the atrium, while classrooms and offices utilize sunlight and views along the exterior of the building.
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41 A Software: Revit, Sketchup, Illustrator FORM FINDING A. Engineering Building One B. Hunt Library C. View of Oval from Engineering Building One D. On the Oval (Dining Hall) E. Aerial View of The Oval (Site in Lower Right) SITE PHOTOS During the schematic design phase a few considerations were the incorporation of nature through the building, and the need for two distinct identities for the two colleges occupying the building. Starting with a rough mass, the form was split into two, shifted, and bent in order to create an entry sequence, fit the existing geometry of The Oval, and orient toward specific views. 1. Mass 3. Push/Bend 2. Pull 4. Permeate A B C D E
42 NCSU Centennial Campus Building Software: ArcGIS, Illustrator, Photoshop
43 Software: Revit, AutoCAD, Illustrator A GROUND FLOOR PLAN 1 5 6 4 2 1098873 8’ 16’ 32’ 64’ 1 Open Work Stations 2 Lobby 3 Atrium 4 Cafe 5 Lecture Hall 6 Pre Function Space 7 Service Entry 8 Graduate Seminar 9 Career Center 10 Graduate Open Work
The atrium is the primary public space in the building, and is meant to facilitate public seating, travel from The Oval to the learning garden, and large college wide events. The stairs mimic topographic lines, and widen to offer seating and provide space for vegetation.
44Software: Rhino, Enscape, Photoshop, Illustrator NCSU Centennial Campus Building ATRIUM STAIRS CONNECT WATCHTRAVERSE View of Interior Atrium Stair
45 Software: Revit, Enscape, Photoshop A Interior View of Bridges Crossing the Atrium Interior View of Secondary Gathering Space
46Software: Revit, AutoCAD, Illustrator NCSU Centennial Campus Building Insulated Composite Metal Panel Composite Slab WindowBlocking Sill + Flashing Insulated Composite Metal Panel CurtainGlazing Wall Interior Wall Finish Edge Angle Steel I Beam Metal ChannelStud CONSTRUCTION DETAILS Window Head & Sill Detail Soffit & Facade Detail
PUBLICATIONLOCATION Global South YEAR Spring 2022 | 5th Year PROFESSOR Patricia Morgado PROGRAM Publication
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The publication on Architecture and Cultural Sustainability is an effort by North Carolina State University to diversify their architectural curriculum, and amplify the voices of designers operating in the Global South. The school hosts an ongoing lecture series facilitating these architects, while the publication documents the designers through lecture transcript, student conducted interview, analysis of selected project, and biographical information. My job was to create a visual language for the publication that the school can utilize for future documentation of lecturers, and also to create a unified style for all graphics that would be necessary for documentation (mappings, site plan, context plan, section, floor plan, axonometric).
50Software: Sketchup, AutoCAD, Illustrator Architecture and Cultural Sustainability Publication Lugar de Memoria Barclay & Crousse Lima, Peru Museum of Independence Marina Tabassum Architects Dhaka, Bangladesh Bait ur Rouf Mosque Marina Tabassum Architects Dhaka, Bangladesh
51 Software: Illustrator G Museum of Independence Marina Tabasuum Dhaka, Bangladesh Bait ur Rouf Mosque Marina Tabasuum Dhaka, Bangladesh
52Software: ArcGIS, Illustrator Architecture and Cultural Sustainability Publication MadeMalaysiafor documentation of Eleena Jamil Architects MadeMexicofor documentation of Ambrosi Etchegaray For a complete selection of graphics from the publication, scan below! https://go.ncsu.edu/publication
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