Architecture Portfolio2016 ELIZABETHBASS
TABLE OF CONTENTS Urban “Green” Community:
Pgs 3 - 8
Dewey Square: Connection of Spaces:
Pgs 9 - 12
Baugruppe: Movement Through Space:
Pgs 13 - 17
Performing Arts School:
Pgs 18 - 22
Individual House Project:
Pgs 23 - 26
Other Work:
Pgs 27 - 29
URBAN “GREEN” COMMUNITY: Located on the Maverick Mills site in East Boston, the urbanized green community incorporates community facilities along the central axis with surrounding open green space. That spaces works as water infrastructure for future sea level rises, as well as providing the occupants of the residential buildings with access to green space inside a dense city. The space punctures the residential buildings to emphasize a connection to the surrounding area and invite people in to establish a social environment where many people can interact and live. Along the central axis are four community “nodes” that act as landmarks that attracts and benefits the adjacent neighborhood.
Urban “Green” Community: Site Plan
Paths:
Threshold:
Void:
Bands:
Boundaries
Urban “Green” Community: Site Sections and Node Diagram
NODE 4 Passage
Void Space
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Final
NODE 3
Push Up
Framing Views
Passage
Final
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Push Down
Void Space
Final
NODE 2
NODE 1
Push Down
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Framing Views
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Urban “Green” Community: Street Perspective
Urban “Green” Community: “Do-It All” and “Quiet Study” Nodes
Fourth Floor
Fourth Floor
Third Floor
Seventh Floor
Second Floor
Sixth Floor
First Floor
Fifth Floor
“Do - It All”
Third Floor
Seventh Floor
Second Floor
Sixth Floor
Fifth Floor First Floor “Quiet Study”
Urban “Green” Community: “Staying Fit” and “Welcome” Nodes
“Staying Fit”
First Floor
“Welcome”
First Floor
Second Floor
Second Floor
Third Floor
Third Floor
Fourth Floor
Fourth Floor
Fifth Floor
Fifth Floor
DEWEY SQUARE : CONNECTION OF SPACES: Dewey Square is a complex system of transportation infrastructure. Between the highway, subway, and the pedestrian plaza, Dewey Square is a highly complication system. South Station is the linchpin in this system. It creates the foundation of the subway and train system, which in turn plays a part of the design of the plaza above. I analyze the different systems that go into creating Dewey Square, and how those factors have shaped the design of Dewey Square.
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Dewey Square: Connection of Spaces: Base Map
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Dewey Square: Connection of Spaces: Timeline and Section Perspective
BUILD - UP OF DEWEY 1831 1833
Boston & Providence 1845
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Boston & Albany RR Old County RR NE & NY RR 1873 1893 1899
Railroads: Buildings: Public Spaces: Amtrack:
Northeast Regional
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South Station Summer Street Bridge 1952 1977
Acela Express
1983
Lake Shore Limitied
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Central Artery Underground Federal Reserve Bank Fiduciary Trust Building One Financial Building South Station Bus Terminal 1995 2008
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The section perspective demonstrates this piece of South Station and its vast underground infrastructure. The entire impact of Dewey Square on Boston’s transportation and public forum has made a large impact on Boston’s city structure. Dewey Square was part of the original Boston structure, and will continue to impact Boston in the future.
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Old County Railroad (MA & RI)
New York and New England
Boston and Providence
Chicago
Middlebor. Line*
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48 sq. mi
562,994
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3,893
7,182
12,480
Dewey
Number of People Traveling to Boston Per Day
Wash. D.C & Phili.
Frankline Line*
1860 1890 1930
25 sq. mi
781,188
Population Growth v. Land Growth in Boston
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4.7 sq. mi
4,500
Number of People Traveling by Train
New York & Provid.
Old County Railroad
New York & New England
Boston & Provid.
Boston & Albany
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Population Land Area
COLLECTION OF TRANSPORTATION GROWTH
EMPLOYEES: SUMMER STREET TOWARDS DEWEY
One Financial Building South Station Bus Terminal
Fiduciary Trust Building
Federal Reserve Bank
Central Artery Underground
Summer Street Bridge
South Station
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CONNECTION OF SPACES The analysis of Dewey Square provides a complex look into the infrastructure of Dewey, but also into the public realm that exists above it. This was the focus that the board evaluates. The different points of access into Dewey Square creates different threshold moments, making Dewey a very experiential place. The available public spaces take advantage of these moments by having entertainment and art structures. The narrative shows the use of this by the different people that inhabit the are.South Station is a key anchor at Dewey Square. It provides a piece of older Boston, as well as being the lynch pin to the public transportation to and from Boston.
Boston and Albany
EXPERIENCE OF WHO USES DEWEY
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Middleborough/ Lakeville Line
Frankline Line
BAUGRUPPE: MOVEMENT THROUGH SPACE A suburb in Germany, Pankow is riddled with gaps in is urban blocks as a result of World War II. Filling these blocks becomes challenging because it is important to keep the culture, but just filling in the block can be an easy way out. To keep the site open to its surrounding context and allow for there to be a public and private zone, there is a central spine that connects three different residential blocks. Two of the blocks are open to the public on the ground floor and the third fills in the block on the “private” facade. The “spine” and ground levels of the blocks hold community functions that allows the public to transverse the site. The upper level of the spine is accessed only by the residents; keeping a private component while having access to the public amenities for the residents.
Baugruppe: Movement Through Space: Site Plan
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Baugruppe: Movement Through Space: Infrastructure and Site Diagrams
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Baugruppe: Movement Through Space: Block B and C Plans
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Baugruppe: Movement Through Space: Block C Elevations and Sections
Street Facade
Courtyard Facade
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Section B
PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL Located in South Boston, the site is situated is an open plot surrounded by streets and a party wall. This creates the interesting dynamic of how to situate a performing arts school so that is has access to both the public and its students. To engage the public, on the more traveled Washington Street, the program that would interest and interact the most with the public is placed. As the site is traveled, the program gradually becomes accessed only by the students. At the center of the school is a theater that is used both for community and school productions. This becomes the focal point that the program wraps to create circulation from one side to the other.
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Performing Arts School: Site Plan
Performing Arts School: Diagrams
Public V. School
Eroson of Corners
Outside Performance
Private Entrance
Publice Entrance Service Entrance
Separation of School Program
Performing Arts School: Plans HARRISON AVE.
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1. Black Box 2.Theater Studio 3. Costume Shop 4. Dressing Rooms 5. Green Room 6. Scene Shop 7. Lobby 8. Dance Hall 9. Dance Studios 10. Stretching Rooms 11. Music Hall 12. Music Studios 12. 12. 12. 12. 11. 10. 10. Third Floor
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Performing Arts School: Sections
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INDIVIDUAL HOUSE PROJECT Located in an unknown area, the site was divided into 12 parcels and each student was given one. My site was a long, rectangular site with a slight topological change. Because of this, I decided to embed the housing program into the site. To continue with this idea the main house also embedded into itself, creating spaces that were double height and had the ability for program to overlook each other. This idea was used to a lesser degree in the second house on the parcel. It still embedded into the topo but not into itself. The main house was situated closer to the main road for access. The landscape also continued with the embed idea. At different levels on the parcel, there were different programs, such as a vegetable garden, patio, and flower garden.
Individual House Project: Site Plan
Concrete Gravel
Individual House Project: Plans and Axon
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First Massing
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1. Flex Space 2. Living Room 3. Kitchen 4. Dining Room 5. Half Bath 6. Bedroom 3 7. Bathroom 2 8. Bedroom 2 9. Bedroom 1 10. Bathroom 1 11. Study
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Second Massing
First Floor
Second Floor
Embedment of Massing Embedment to Create Service Program
Individual House Project: Sections
Transverse Section Cut
Longitudinal Section Cut
Other Work
Other Work
Other Work
STUDENT
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