EDUARDO VILLAMOR University of Florida SoA 2017 - 2020 Selected Works
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SPACE FOR INTERSECT Spring 2020 | Prof. Michael Montoya Jacksonville, Florida - W. Bay & N. Julia
Each exterior panel registers with features in interior spaces as a diagram to passers by and Skyway passengers.
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TION An interest in the notion of rule and exception were instrumental in the formal inception and societal intentions of this project: a mental health and community center in Jacksonville, Florida. A seam through a mass, considered through a material study and later translated into building form, has the opportunity to facilitate social intersection between the traditionally expected patrons and the homeless - another manifestation of rule and exception. The challenge was to charge the program to encourage a conversation. The relationship between formal and informal education was used to create this charge, but specifically with the assumption that one did not hold any more value than the other. Suspended above the atrium seam is an auditorium space meant to hold scholarly presentations, especially those of social concern.
Material study to derive seam notion.
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This suspended auditorium adopted the use of TED talks for their propensity to introduce topics conducive of a later dialogue (an essential informal education opportunity) and for the accessibility by free attendance.
the program: the TED talk auditorium. Following the presentation, participants are encouraged to process downwards and hold conversation simultaneously. A specific relationship is drawn between the formal education space (the auditorium) and secondary discussion spaces (three distinct sitting stairs Evidently a procession formed beginning from the Skyway sta- and the atrium). Considering the relationship between hometion along the South side of the site, of which homeless peo- lessness and mental health, corresponding mental health ple are frequent users, to the open atrium at the base of the offices are also on the ground floor. project (from where conversations can start or be overheard), through a series of sitting stairs, finally leading to the apex of 3
The relationship between a more enclosed atrium seam as a place of gathering and a rooftop functioning as a signal or invitation to passers by.
The relationship between sitting stairs as a system of procession and the destination of the focal auditorium space.
Mechanical overhead of apartment balcony
Closed
Open; Signaling
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The gesture of the atrium folding into the building mass, solely interrupted by the balcony of the speaker’s apartment.
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Eastern-most mass, revealing elevator in relation to secondary transition sitting stairs.
Apertures in the mass transform as the section moves through the project.
The relationship between the rooftop, suspended auditorium mass, and the atrium below.
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Site plan indicating articulation of the ground as it relates to the seam.
In a discourse of these sentiments, each stakeholder should stand on equal ground with the leverage of a unique and personal perspective of the issues that affect them. A particularly insightful TED talk may be given by a homeless person. To create this opportunity, the gesture from the atrium folds into the building mass, broken only by the balcony of the apartment of a homeless person giving the presentation. The balcony’s mechanical overhead signals from the speaker to the atrium below as a method to hold an informal interaction in comparison to their TED talk.
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Second floor plan indica apartment.
ating speaker’s
Fifth floor plan indicating auditorium suspended over atrium.
Study to derive the language of facade
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UF WELLNESS & ASSE Fall 2019 | Prof. Bradley Walters UF Campus - Museum Road
This project resides adjacent to Museum Road, a primary corridor of the University of Florida. This site is also an essential threshold between East and West sections of the campus. To the East are academic buildings and the Reitz Student Union; to the West is student housing, the bat houses, and significant nature space. Its position lended itself to a gesture that may invite incoming walking traffic from the East and fraternity row to the North. A decision to charge the North and West masses as a mental health and recreation space was reached by an evaluation of the gesture, positioning, and housing requirements. Mental health is an important and far-reaching concern for many students. The width and adjacencies of the large seam between the masses made it well suited to be an informal gathering space in relation to housing and wellness.
Assembly of two dorm rooms that create space in the margin between them.
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Conceptual and prospective site plan indicating separation of masses, gesture, and possible additional bus stops to encourage traffic near the site.
EMBLY CENTER
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Entrance in the residential mass. Triple high spaces and indoor gardens facilitate visual intersection and a biophilic component.
Joint between residential & LLC
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Mental wellness & recreation
Residential
Exterior carved space
Assembly began to adopt a connotation of different scales and ethos. In one sense, there was the most intuitive version in massing, to which a spatial negative taken of the seam running through the building should be considered. Assembly on the scale of the dorms was also vital: joints within the dorms and between the dorms yielded usable space in the corridors as moments of pause to avoid the wasted potential of an unarticulated hallway.
The assembly or congregation of people can be understood as a consequence to the parts and of the charge in the program. The challenge was to effectively carve the spaces to facilitate visual intersection and biophilia as a method to enhance the mental health sentiment and experience.
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PENN MARKET SQUAR Fall 2020 with Moises Villanueva | Prof. Nancy Clark 32nd - 33rd streets & 6th - 7th avenues Manhattan
Commercial: 39.1%
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Manufacturing: 34.2%
Residential: 26.7%
RE Manhattan Districts 4 and 5, especially near Madison Square Garden and Penn Station are zoned primarily for Commerce and Manufacturing (left). This combination of density and demographics indicated a vacuum and need for a neighborhood and cultural stitch. Markets are accommpanied by a fair share of logistical concerns, but provide varied opportunities for filling said gap. Penn Market Station integrates nearby transportation resources with a residential population by introducing food and local growing assets as the medium for intersection. The assembly of people is reflected in the structure of the project and revealed by an almost completely transparent enclosure. The ambiguities of accessibility and privacy are answered by this transparency and permeability on street level.
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KITCHEN
TOWER LOBBY
LECTURE GREEN HOUSE
“Green” overhead relating biophilic spaces and hotel/residential lobby space
Street level plan demonstrating lateral porosity and East-West axis. Porosity is only broken by enclosed connections to “floating masses.”
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Porosity on street level occurs both laterally and vertically. Apertures in plan allow movement through the market on street level, and likewise vertical apertures in section indicate connections to the subway level. It is a method for both programmatic integration and spatial intersection between parties. Street level vendors utilize people and the goods from the hydroponics of the elevated masses in a cycle of creation and consumption.
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The market is composed of the street level, the overhead level, the subway level, and all the voids in between. Enclosed floating masses house hydroponics, distribution, education, retail, and offices. The street level is particularly important, as large columns and drop downs from the masses define edges and facilitate a transition from the sidewalk to the vendors.
The choice to allow the “market” to exist as an adaptive use space required some articulation of “vendors” to hold different purposes and activites corresponding to times of year and local events.
The market mirrors the temporal qualities of the hydroponics by its permanent parts of the voids and enclosed masses and A “market” became too rigid of a program to guarantee ad- by its portable, adaptive parts in the vendors and the people. equate activity for a neighborhood stitch, and flexibility was paramount in a site that was constantly changing anyways.
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Two primary types of portable vendors. Below are possible vendor configurations based on need.
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bracing & connection to main structure
translucent planes & framing
kitchen
lecture space
“floating� market masses
hydroponics & greenhouse
Breaks in the tower reveal terraces and amenities for both hotel and residential patrons to intersect and pause. The translucent clad on the tower provides protection to the exterior balconies of the apartments and preserves the language of framework from the market below. 19
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EMPHASIS BY SUBVER Fall 2019 | Prof. Bradley Walters
Hawthorne, Florida - Longleaf Flatwoods Reserve
Breakdown of massing in the North intervention
Tectonic analysis of North intervention
Conceptual site plan expressing the sheering gesture between intersecting trails
The trails of Longleaf Flatwoods Reserve facilitated very specific opportunities to observe, interact, and draw unique and personal conclusions about its ecosystem. As there is a scientific route to investigating the site, there are also experiential methods. An understanding and appreciation of place could not be complete without both avenues of examination, and the potential of this project was not in choosing but in creating spaces where either sentiment could be explored. The notion of passive education was paramount to these spaces, where visitors had the opportunity to reflect and to expand their knowledge of the reserve. Two masses looked to manifest some of the implicit experiences of walking the trail. The South mass adopted the movement of the splitting trail, and the North mass exemplified a 21
Underground component of North intervention
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Top: Ground as a light barrier Bottom: Light tunnels and embedding of North intervention
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Moment of pause. The latter had a language of rhythm in its section, raising and expanding its apertures to reflect the growing height of vegetation further from the walked path. Top: Analysis of changing canopy and splitting trail as a method to generate preliminary gestures and tectonic language. Bottom: Sections revealing joint between underground and above ground
An essential experience to the trail was sunlight. Periodic burning prevented trees from providing much volume overhead. Thus, one may find value in shade. The North mass subverted this value appraisal in an underground component. In a dark, stereotomic, underground space, the rule is the dark and the exception is the light. Manifested by thin light tunnels to this underground space, the sudden reversal of the relationship between light and dark emphasizes the role of light on the trail. Where it was once perceived as blaring, the sunlight on the trail may now be appreciated as something blissful or ethereal.
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OAKLAND CULTURAL B 2020 | NOMAS Competition (team chair) Oakland California - 73rd ave
Residential Space
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Commercial & Retail Space
“Pearl” as Intersecting Space
BIOME
Entertainment and Iconism as Generators
Historic Relationship between Activism and Space
Through integration of necessary food resources, honoring an extensive & diverse local culture, and sustainable measures, The Biome is a device for social discourse and growth. The primary spatial driver in this project is the Pearl, as it simultaneously attracts visitors and creates space for gathering and dialogue. The form, detailing, and translucent quality of the building evoke a sense of transparency from the exterior and safety & inclusion from within. The Pearl and occupiable roofs combat exclusivity by their functions as privately owned public spaces. Their adjacencies to all major massing components specifically gears them for intersection between residents, patrons, and passersby. 26
To address the apparent food desert, the Biome provides a public food kitchen. The Pearl is a place of rest, of discourse, of performance, or of assembly. Its form serves as a signal of difference from the rest of the project and functions as signal, residential destination, and discourse facility. The Oakland Cultural Biome aims to simultaneously respect the past and address current problems through meaningful discourse and demographic intersection.
“Carved� facade to soften language between the Pearl and Residential Tower
Pearl as a flexible and dynamic space of intersection
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Relationship between Pearl and Residential Tower
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CELEBRATION OF THE Spring 2020 | Prof. Michael Montoya
Gainesville, Florida - SW 1st st. and SE 1st ave.
Temporality occurs at endless scales and by different causes, but most of these processes have become intuitive, second nature, and under-appreciated. The driving challenge in this project was to frame site specific temporal phenomenon. The first is the most unique to this region of downtown Gainesville: constant and inconsistent changes in the murals surrounding the site. People and light were two other factors: density and type of activity correlates with changes in brightness and source of light. There’s a disparity in daytime (sunlight) and nighttime (street light) interactions here, for example. The goal was to make spaces that allowed seemingly mundane changes to become explicit. The underlying sentiment was to not celebrate a single mural but their propensity to evolve and transform.
Ambiguity between private apartment and public space
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Wrapping Corten screen (perforated cladding)
E TEMPORARY Transparent cladding
Circulation system
Public & private defining barriers
This project development coincided with the death of Kobe Bryant. This section reveals what the resident artist may do to reflect such an event.
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Cumulative volume of gallery spaces Individual rooms & nested spaces in galleries
Cumulative volume of apartment Specific rooms (bathroom, loft, bedroom)
The program follows a single mural artist’s apartment as it nests within a modest gallery. Ideally, this artist would take a unique position of ownership of the gallery, changing and adding as he saw fit to the large walls. A diagrammatic nature arose to the organization and assembly of the project. A wrapping Corten steel screen (as another temporal agent) is perforated at varying concentrations as a diagram of the interior spaces: larger perforations for the public gallery and tighter apertures for the private apartment. The interior light effects of such a screen functions as a transformer of exterior conditions. The mural artist is also a diagrammatic force. As they investigate current events through art, their murals evolve as a communicative experience. By this process, the gallery acts as an expressive living document. 31
East screen panelization
South elevation
West screen panelization
North screen panelization
East elevation
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EXCEPTIONS IN MEAS Spring 2019 | Prof. Mark McGlothlin
Examination of primary spatial zones and exceptions to form nested spaces within. Bottom: 1/64� model using tectonics to define zones
Examining a London poverty map from 1889 created questions regarding organization, orientation, zoning, and contrast. Mapped diagrams revealed a correlation between street dimension and transformative propensity: major axes effects on secondary and tertiary street and block scale and orientation. To consolidate an immensely complicated map, main generative drivers were filtered: measure and rhythm, apparent randomness, hierarchy of elements, and nodal development. It was vital to adhere to the organic nature of an evolving city as a work flow for a three-dimensional diagram. As a catalyst to express these drivers, a constructed datum began with a rigid and translucent armature. Earlier diagrams printed at different scales on the armature templated incisions at intervals of 1/2, 3/8, 1/4/ or 1/8 inches. These printed diagrams were randomly offset. Intersections in incisions following the random offsetting acted as a secondary diagram as a consequence of the earlier printed diagrams. These intersections would indicate opportunities to sow a linear framework through the armature. 33
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Top: Light may emanate from within the central node and be affected by tectonics. A similar relationship may occur with entering light. Left: Merging of zoning, section, and influence from Piranesi carvings.
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Top: Tectonics languages of models as they relate to procession (expressed in stairs) Right: Focus on tectonics of links between nodes Far right: Appraisal of elements on a map (roads, streets, zone boundaries) to function as both spatial stitches and porous boundaries.
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As the frame began to yield potential for volume, the design of three nodes reflected the procession of an individual who could study three castes in 1889 London from an etic perspective. The elevation of the nodes and the method of construction of the transitions correspond to the conditions of the class and the disparity between them. For example, the transition from the lower caste to the middle caste is completely exposed, whereas the journey from the middle to higher class is more enclosed. Though reductive, these relationships are indicative of how stairs (a representation of affecting axes in the map) doubly function as dividers and transitions between nodes (a representation of class divisions in 1889 London).
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BABY BACK RIB CHAIR Spring 2020 | Advanced Digital Architecture with Avery Dunavant & Moises Villaneuva
Fastening Rod assembly
Leg assembly
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Alternating seat rib configuration
The Baby Back Rib chair is an effort to fully integrate the language of all tectonics in a chair assembly while also analyzing individual components. It presented the possibility of modularity in primarily two scales: its constituent elements and its seeming natural propensity to synthesize with other things. It isn’t particularly absurd to believe that this chair may exist as part of a larger set of human scale assemblies: screen, desk, etc. It is also possible that with larger rods and more wood, this chair could become infinitely long.
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