EMILY ASHBY DESIGN PORTFOLIO
Rare Books Library Spring 2016 Jeffry Burchard
generator Stuttgart Library analytique challenge precedent redux form four, sheared, colliding prisms plan negotiates grids section central stair navigation language bar + tower, two organizing voids
The Club
Spring 2016 Jeffry Burchard generator structural bay program millenial club form sinusoidal loft with conic unfurling plan sin wave, changing in every cut section either oblique or curved aggregate to emphasize sidedness
The Pleat | Inverted Tower Fall 2016 Jon Lott
site Doha, Qatar program hotel, artist residence, pools form pleat variation conic pleat repetition neighborhoods extend facade as internal organization
The Hidden Room Fall 2015, 2 weeks Cameron Wu
hidden via mis-map form minimal surface rules levels, axes, divisions, slopes enclosure perceptual inversion circulate skip, shortcut space continuous
Supernormal Splash Image January 2016, 1 week Elizabeth Christoforetti
urban block-scale design process model, illustrate, entourage rules roof, streetscape, variation, future graphic tones, texture, objective, playful
Perimeter / Plan Fall 2015, 4 weeks Cameron Wu
rules given unfolded facade, stair challenge coordinate sectional resolution program dormitory typology singe/double-loaded adapt traditional bar, social separation stair as 1/3 sectional shift, trajectory form bending bar, stretch, fracture
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AGGREGATION
TAXONOMY Solid - Hidden - Solid (above)
MODULE MODULE
KIT OF PARTS KIT OF PARTS Solid - Hidden - Solid (below)
Hidden - Solid - Hidden (below)
Concave/Convex Vault Concave/Convex Vault Scissor Vault
Scissor Suspended Vault Vault
SuspendedInverted Vault Vault
Inverted Vault Section Opening
Section Opening Arch
ArchFloor | Sloped Seating Floor | Sloped Seating
Hidden - Solid - Hidden (above)
Solid - Solid - Solid
Solid - Solid - Hidden
LOFT
TUNNEL (translate)
CANYON (rotate exterior)
MOUNTAIN (rotate interior)
RIVER (reflect)
LOFT
XY
XY
YZ
YZ
XZ
XZ
Hidden - Hidden - Solid
Stepped Platforms Stepped Platforms Ribbon Rotation
TAXONOMY TAXONOMY
AGGREGATION AGGREGATION
Solid - Hidden - Solid Solid (above) - Hidden - Solid (above)
Solid - Hidden - Solid Solid (below) - Hidden - Solid (below)
Hidden - Solid - Hidden Hidden (below) - Solid - Hidden (below)
Hidden - Solid - Hidden Hidden (above) - Solid - Hidden (above)
Solid - Solid - Solid Solid - Solid - Solid
Solid - Solid - Hidden Solid - Solid - Hidden
TUNNEL (translate)
Between Incompatible Plans Fall 2015, 2 weeks Cameron Wu
rules given basic ground, upper plans challenge interpret 2d, invent intermediate plans form hyperbolic paraboloid plan oblique section hyperbola extend language beyond given plan
TUNNEL (translate)
CANYON CANYON (rotate exterior) (rotate exterior)
MOUNTAIN (rotate interior)
MOUNTAIN (rotate interior)
RIVER (reflect)
RIVER (reflect)
Hidden - Hidden - Solid Hidden - Hidden - Solid
Ribbon Rotation Oblique Translation Oblique Translation Wall | Repeated Skylight Wall | Repeated Skylight Wall | Structural WithWall | Structural With Opening Opening
Floor | Wrapping
Floor | Wrapping
Light Wall | Digital Design + Fab Spring 2016 (with Khoa Vu) David Mah
rules none challenge parametric design + fabrication form segmented, implied hyperbolic paraboloid concept light interplay, modular, rotational, no-waste aggregations serial, alternating, hanging scales could range from art piece to urban planning
Layered Living | Framing Experience Spring 2017 Mariana Ibanez (with Ben Hayes) site South Boston program housing + precedent Constant’s New Babylon urban plan nodal, framing architecture agency of technology extend system beyond site
Rethinking Haussman | 21st Century Block Housing Fall 2017 Farshid Moussavi
site london program 1000+ unit residential form mat-like mini-courtyard blocks variation scales of courtyard, # levels, unit types repetition cores, circulation paths distinction relationship to courtyard space
courtyard lifestyle
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UNIT TYPE 1
UNIT TYPE 2
ground floor unit accessed by courtyard
mid-level unit accessed by core
mid-level unit accessed by core
“front door” amenity “backyard” amenity shared outdoor space
separated layout double aspect “balcony” amenity
UNIT TYPE 3
integrated layout double aspect “balcony” amenity
semi-private outdoor space
semi-private outdoor space
UNIT TYPE 1B
UNIT TYPE 2B
UNIT TYPE 3B
ground floor unit duplex - larger size accessed by courtyard “front door” amenity “backyard” amenity shared outdoor space
mid-level unit accessed by core two-bedroom unit double aspect “balcony” amenity semi-private outdoor spaces
mid-level unit accessed by core duplex unit double aspect “balcony” amenity semi-private outdoor space
UNIT TYPE 3C
UNIT TYPE 2C
roof-level unit accessed by core duplex unit
roof-level unit accessed by core double aspect
UNIT TYPE 3D roof-level unit accessed by core double aspect
double aspect “indoor courtyard” amenity private outdoor space
“indoor courtyard” amenity private outdoor space
“indoor courtyard” amenity private outdoor space