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FELIPE OROPEZA JR DESIGN PORTFOLIO FOR POSITION IN ARCHITECTURE, 2017

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FELIPE OROPEZA JR EDUCATION / HONORS

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HARVARD UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN MASTER IN ARCHITECTURE CANDIDATE, May 2017 HIGHEST HONORS EACH SEMESTER IN STUDIO “GSD PLATFORM 8,” HARVARD GSD [ACTAR, 2015] A semester of student work was published in annual publication. [Fall 2014]

“GSD PLATFORM 7,” HARVARD GSD [ACTAR, 2014] Two semesters of student work published in annual publication. [Fall 2013, Spring 2014]

“GROUNDED VISIONARIES” Core II project was exhibited at the GSD [Fall 2014]

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ARCHITECTURE (Cum Laude), 2012 www.arch.uic.edu

DEPARTMENTAL HONORS Highest Distinction In Architecture, 3.70 GPA

“UIC ARCHITECTURE YEAR END SHOW,” [2010, 2012] Work exhibited including “INTERLAPPING,” a pavilion designed [Fall 2011] and built on campus [Spring 2012].

EXPERIENCE Waste to Energy Design Lab, HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN DESIGNER / RESEARCH ASSISTANT / EDITOR June - September 2016] Contributed towards the research of the Waste to Energy Design Lab lead by Professor Hanif Kara and Lecturer in Architecture and Landscape Architecture Leire Asensio-Villoria. In its final year of a three year research agenda, I was tasked with compiling, editing, and finalizing the speculative design component of all the seminar and studio work conducted at the Harvard GSD for publication. “ARCHITECTURE AND WASTE: A (RE)PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE,” HARVARD GSD [ACTAR, 2017]

HOK, Chicago, IL ARCHITECTURE INTERN - PROJECT DESIGNER [May 2015 - August 2015] Participated as a designer towards the renovation and expansion of Kentucky’s International Convention Center. I was tasked with managing the production of the 3d design model as well as the final renderings that were presented to the mayor and the governor during the schematic design phase. Working in Revit I assisted the team in the production of the preliminary documentation to be submitted for pricing. I contributed physical models, mock-ups, as well as diagrams and renderings, for various other projects as they became needed.

INGEBORG ROCKER, HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN RESEARCH ASSISTANT / CONSULTANT [January - July 2014] Contributed towards the development of various research projects for former Professor Ingeborg Rocker. In collaboration with various firms and clientele, we served as design consultants of locally ongoing residential projects.

BUREAU SPECTACULAR, Chicago, IL ARCHITECT [June 2012 - August 2013]

www.bureau-spectacular.net Led and collaborated in the development of various projects and competition entries through the production of computer/physical model work, renderings, illustrations, and screen prints.

Most notably I designed, produced the fabrication documents, and managed the fabrication of there SPEECHBUSTER / 99 CHAIRS [2013] installation commissioned by Storefront of Art and Architecture in New York. I also participated in every aspect of the design and submission phase necessary to secure the commission for the NATIONAL PAVILION OF TAIWAN / VENICE BIENNALE [2014]

JUDITH K. DE JONG, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO RESEARCH ASSISTANT [August - June, November 2012] Assisted with the development of diagrams for the book “New Suburbanisms,” [Routledge, 2013] seeking to explore the design implications that emerge as cities and their suburbs become more similar. Included were detailed 3d timeline diagrams of Uptown Houston and Chicago’s South Loop highlighting their development by decade since the 1950s.

SKILLS Fluent in English / Spanish, Adobe Graphics Suite, Google Sketchup, Rhino, V-Ray, Grasshopper / Scripting, Autocad, Revit, 3Ds Max, Microsoft Office Suite, Drafting, Sketching, Digital/Physical Modeling, Laser Cutting, 3D Printing, Screen Printing, Intermediate Carpentry And Woodworking, the making of pastries, desserts, breads and other baked goods

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WASTE, REUSE, & THE PARKSPACE SPRING 2016 | WtE RESEARCH LAB

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INTERLAPPING SPRING 2012 | UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHICAGO

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HOTEL ALEXANDRA FIELDWORK IN CONSERVATION DESIGN HARVARD GSD, SPRING 2016 BOSTON, MA MARK MULLIGAN WINNER OF PLIMPTON POORVU PRIZE 2016 IN COLLABORATION WITH ANNA HERMANN

This strategic development plan for the Hotel Alexandra aims to extrapolate from research and findings of the accompanying Historic Structures Report and combine this with market analysis, community insight and the development of a financial model for funding of the rehabilitation and continued use of this building. Our market analysis, community research, and financial analysis informed the basis of a design proposal for the treatment and future use. This proposal argues for a mixed-use commercial and residential building with retail spaces on the ground floor, rentable office units on the second floor, and middle-income housing on floors 3-5. The new design proposal advocated for the construction of a three story extension on the land parcel directly adjacent, to the Hotel Alexandra.

Constructed on the site of the former Ivory Bean building, this new 900 sq. ft extension would facilitate ground floor entry into the Hotel Alexandra providing a new public entry for both the commercial and residential tenants as well as increased ground level accessibility in keeping with ADA standards for accessible design. Our aim in preserving this historic structure is to repair and retain what remains of the building, primarily its facade and ground floor condition in keeping with the criteria defined by the South End’s Landmarks Commission.

Building upon the historic floor plan layout of the former building and knowledge about the general time period from which it was built, our design proposal for the new interiors would maintain a referential allegiance to certain alignments and material dispositions of the original. At the same time it will also account for contemporary ideas of the way people want to live, work and dwell in a city. As important as preserving the material matter that remains (particularly in the treatment of the sandstone facade and the reconstruction of key facade elements), it is important to preserve the conceptual intention of the building as one of innovation by imagining what it means to inhabit a space - to work, live and dwell - in a contemporary sense, and how this relates to the needs of the community and the urban condition present at this site.

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Introduction

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Site and Context

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Developmental History

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Map 1: The So~h End neighborhood lies in close proximity to downtown Boston, Back Bay, Chinatown, ~d Roxbury making it a desirable and well tralficked part of the city.

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Washington Street, the first connecting street between downtown Boston and Roxbury around which the land was infi lled to create the South End, underwent aperiod of redevelopment in the 1880s and 1890s following the dismantling of the above ground orange line trains tracks which ran down the middle of the street, leaving a wide 40 ft and busy traffic corridor and a neighborhood that had suffered fromneglect. During these decades the city and the BRA built a number of affordablehousing projects and the Washington Gateway, a main street organization, started to support the proliferation of small businesses along Washington Street. Presently, there is enormous development occurring, the executive director of Washington Gateway, Jennifer Effron, estimates some 2,000 units of new construction housing (mostly high end residential) will go in starting January 2015 in the South End. The new housing stock will predominantly be one-bedroom and stud iorental units, with some condominium.

Developmental History After multiple changes of ownership in the 20th century, Macedonia Realty Trust owned the property until the end of the century but did littleto rehabilitate the building as it fell further into disrepair After a number of court injunctions and threats from the city to place the building into receivership, Macedonia Realty Trust sold thebuilding to the Church of Scientology in 2008 for $4.5 million dollars. The Church of Scientology commissioned Gensler Architects to propose aredesign for the building to serve as the headquarters of its Boston chapter and gained approval for the demolition of the Ivory Bean building next door, siting its condition as beyond repair.

The Church ultimately could not afford and follow through with its intended proposal and placed both its stakes on the former Ivory Bean and the Hotel Alexandra on the market in November 2015 and having received over twenty offers on theproperties for sale, the Church has yet to commit to a buyer.

This building is not designated as a Historic Landmark, but it sits within the South End Landmark District which means that the Landmarks Commission retains the right to review and approve development proposals.

The architectural and historical significance of this building is undisputed but numerous failed redevelopment plans have left it behind in a neighborhood that has seen significant economic investments in numerous rehabilitation and revitalization projects. Private developers make up the majority of the market in this area and building type, but there are a few non-profit organization active in development of historic properties. An ideal developer for this project would be an organization like Historic Boston, Inc. They are a non-profit development company whose mission is to develop and preserve historic properties. They often partner with private developers and through a mix of donations, foundation grants, tax credits and private equity, purchase properties for redevelopment. Project management is transferred to amanagement company once the rehabilitation and establishment of new use have occurred. The model proposed in this strategic development plan, mirrors the structure of such anon-profit development organization and combines foundation grants, tax credits and private equity to finance the rehabilitation while making a developer fee. Site management could be done by a separate entity operated within the non-profit or could be transferred to private ownership once the project stabilizes.

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The extent to which this once vibrantly red and buffed colored sandstonefacade has been allowed to deteriorate under more than acentury of soot is very apparent. Cracked and displaced masonry lintels as well as open mortar joints occurring on both facades along Massachusetts AVfJ and Washington Street demonstrating the need for repair and possible stabilization of its ornamental architectural eleroonts. Moments of exloliating and spatting sandstone along open lacing mortar joints can also be observed. There is no doubt the exterior exhibits severe disrepair and neglect. Following the necessary guidelines prescribed under the Historic landmarks commission, the strategicplan anticipates a preservation and reconstruction treatment towards most of the exterior brick and metal work.

The Question of preservation and more specifically what particular aspect of our building is bei preserved is ama1or aspect for consideration for our building. We considered aspectrum of pr preservation approaches that range froma reconstruction of the original spatial and organizalir configuration of the original structure to one which considers the historic value of the external accommodate a complete new and adaptively reconfigured interior

Because of asuspicious six-alarm lire in 1993 that gutted much olthe upper levels down to its brick bearing walls the interior is closed ol and oil-limits to the public. The extents to which the original interior currently exists is unknown, however there is no doubt it is in astate of disrepair. On the ent level, where we are able to gain entry Y'Je observed the partition that once separated the two retail spa of the base has been remoVfJd to allow for one large retail space. The steps into the retail spaces ha also been removed we presumeto comply with required ADA access requirements.

Athree-story residential building located directly next to the Hotel Alexandra, the Churcll of Scientol demolished the Ivory Bean building in April 201 1. The land is currently for sale with the Hotel Alexandra and presents an opportunity to develop both parcels in conjunction with each other.

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The upper floors are entirely reconstructed. To meet the demands of todays housing market the original 2,000 sq. ft units will be subdivided into 5 units on the 3rd floor upward, with an effort made to maintain access to the perimeter and spatial eccentricities of the interior walls.

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We are proposing thus to redevelop the Hotel Alexandra as a multi-unit type with mixe1 building. The ground floor level will be renovated to retain its retail designation with thE provide anew storefront frontally and entry onto Massachusetts Ave. This is of course c approval by the South End Landmarks commission's assessment of our proposal for re1 Office space within thesecond level would provide a beneficial buffer space between th1 accessible retail ground andthe residential above. Amultitude of apartment unit types in section would facilitate the inclusion of adiverse selection of population of people.

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Forecasts indicate a 25% projected increase in Stockholm’s population by 2030. Högdalen is no exception to this projection and this proposal proposes to integrate a design strategy for a future Waste to Energy Power Station / Landscape park community recycling center and marketplace that facilitates the notion of RE-USE as a critical practice within its localized industrial waste management ecosystem.

Inspired by a scaled down version of Stockholm’s Green Wedge approach to urban planning, which implements a region-wide system of interlinked park and open spaces that respects the need to preserve natural areas both for ecological and human health, this strategy would consider such factors as networks of flows, circulation, and accessibly within the greater landscape. Three distinct zones of culture, marketplace, and industry are established within the landscape.

The notion of the park-space as the canvas on which to integrate via burying and land-forming the WTE processes thus becomes integral to the project. A 20 x 20 meter structural grid, derived from an organizational logic of a car-parking module, modulates the underlying organizational fabric that ultimately provides the means to hybridize and bring a synergy to all programmatic, circulatory and structural components.

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The goal was to situate a library of the MFA (Museum of fine Arts) within one of three designated locations of the Park. My attempt for my project was to establish a visual relationship with the MFA (via an abstracted interpretation of the classical facade) and at the same time have it belong to the park (via the irregularity of my formal strategy).The organizational strategy in terms of program and circulation was based from a reading of Adolf Loos’s Villa Karma (one of my precedent studies).

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OPTIMIZE MATERIALITY BASED ON AN INFORMED MATERIAL GEOGRAPHY TO ENHANCE BOTH THE THERMODYNAMIC AND PROGRAMMATIC DYNAMICS

SOLAR HEATED WATER (FOR THERMAL BATHS)

MEDIATES EXCESSIVE HEAT GAIN OF MASSING IN THE DAY WATER IS TREATED / RECYCLED BETWEEN THE THERMAL BATHS AT THE BASE AND THE ROOF POOLS

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SUMMER / WINTER OPEN AIR CONDITION SE AXONOMETRIC

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7200+

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APRIL 17

1000 W/m^2

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80 MONTH

76.5°

66.7°

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SPRING EQUINOX

NET RADIATION (W/m^2) TEMPERATURE (°F)

DAILY INCIDENTAL SOLAR HEAT RADIATION (SUMMER)

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MANAGEMENT OFFICE 289 sq. ft.

MANAGEMENT OFFICE 261 sq. ft.

CE WINTER SOLSTI F HOURLY AVERAGE 3:00pm - 62.1°

BUSINESS CENTER 1945 sq. ft.

MANAGEMENT OFFICE 253 sq. ft.

MANAGEMENT OFFICE 247 sq. ft.

LOBBY / RECEPTION 3120 sq. ft.

RESTROOM (M) 414 SQ. FT.

RAIN WATER RUNNOFF TO BE TREATED AND RECYCLED

RESTROOM (F) 375 SQ. FT.

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RESTAURANTS AND BARS

MANAGEMENT OFFICE 289 sq. ft.

MANAGEMENT OFFICE 261 sq. ft.

MANAGEMENT OFFICE 253 sq. ft.

MANAGEMENT OFFICE 247 sq. ft.

BUSINESS CENTER 1945 sq. ft.

RESTAURANTS AND CAFES

OPERA, BALLET, AND ORCHESTRA MUSIC STAGE

Restroom 1 414 sq. ft.

LOBBY / RECEPTION 3120 sq. ft.

Restroom 2 375 sq. ft.

STORAGE 1850

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SITE PLAN PEDESTRIAN FLOWS, VIEWS, AND ADJACENCIES

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FRONTAL VIEW NORTH FROM THE NORTHWEST PLAZA OF THE US. AIRWAYS CENTER

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2.

VIEW WEST FROM THE ENTRY OF THE COLLIER CENTER

80m

POOLS / BATHS LOBBY AND RECEPTION 950 335

1111 1975 310

5340

950 / 800

CHANGING ROOM 2

1111 / 800

MANAGEMENT OFFICE 2 POOL(S) FOR DIVING

1452 1106

5340 / 7600 3124 / 1200

SAUNA / SHOWER

550 / 700

2759 / 2500

WELLNESS CENTER

2578 / 2500

CHANGING ROOM 1

850 / 800

CHANGING ROOM 2

860 / 800

MANAGEMENT OFFICE 1

270 / 300

930 / 800

YOGA AREA

890 / 800

2400

810

840 890 2578

850

270

2759

251 248

258

2400 / 800

TREATMENT ROOM 1

248 / 250

TREATMENT ROOM 2

258 / 250

TREATMENT ROOM 3

253 / 250

TREATMENT ROOM 4

246 / 250

TREATMENT ROOM 5

253 / 250

TREATMENT ROOM 6

256 / 250

TREATMENT ROOM 7

253 / 250

TREATMENT ROOM 8

249 / 250

TREATMENT ROOM 9

280 / 250

TREATMENT ROOM 10

260 / 250

TREATMENT ROOM 11

276 / 250

273

280 2640

246

251 / 300 2640 / -

SPINNING AREA TRAINING AREA

930

ALLOCATED / REQUIRED

RECEPTION AREA

SPECTATOR AREA

890

310 / 300 1106 / 7600

THERMAL POOLS

MANAGEMENT OFFICE 2

276

335 / 300

POOL(S) FOR LAP SWIMMING

GYMNASIUM

249

4523 / 6500

CHANGING ROOM 1 MANAGEMENT OFFICE 1 2546

ALLOCATED / REQUIRED

860

253 249 253

253 256

TREATMENT ROOM 12 BASKETBALL COURTS (2) FITNESS LOUNGE

HOTEL LOBBY / RECEPTION

3199

273 / 250 7890 / 7890 810 / ALLOCATED / REQUIRED

3120 / 2500

RESTROOM 1

420 / 400

RESTROOM 2

380 / 400

RESTROOM 3

405 / 400

RESTROOM 4

391 / 400

STAFF LOCKERS 1

835 / 600

2563

STAFF LOCKERS 2

3199 2472 1739

KITCHEN

1631

750 / 600 1856 / 2000

1475 1341

2863

1241

2243

1850

250

750

2100

1550

835

421 398 289

261 1945

3120

414 375

720 550 873 648

247

253

CAFE / BREAKFAST ROOM

1949 / 2000

BUSINESS CENTER

1100 / 1000

LOADING DOCK 2 SHARED

1000 / 800

LAUNDRY

1920 / 2000

STORAGE

1850 / 2000

TRASH SHARED

945 / 1000

SECURITY OFFICE

281 / 250

MANAGEMENT OFFICE 1

274 / 250

MANAGEMENT OFFICE 2

256 / 250

MANAGEMENT OFFICE 3

237 / 250

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MANAGEMENT OFFICE 4

264 / 250

241 HOTEL UNITS @ 484 SF

114608 / 125000

3D PROGRAMMATIC ADJACENCY AND SEQUENCE DIAGRAMS

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POOLS

+ 303’ - 0”

HOTEL ROOMS

+ 201’ - 0”

GYMNASIUM

+ 147’ - 0”

HOTEL ROOMS

+ 99’ - 0”

HOTEL LOBBY

+ 12’ - 0”

HOTEL LOBBY (ENTRY)

+ 0’ - 0”

THERMAL BATHS

-12’ - 6”

LATITUDINAL SITE SECTION

FACULTY LOCKERS (M) 750 sq. ft.

SECURITY OFFICE 250 sq. ft.

BATH 1 720 sq. ft.

FACULTY LOCKERS (F) 835 sq. ft.

KITCHEN 1850 sq. ft.

BREAKFAST CAFE 2100 sq. ft.

SHOWER (M) 250 sq. ft.

SHOWER (F) 250 sq. ft.

BATH 2 873 sq. ft.

LAP POOL(s) 5340 sq. ft.

5 BATH 3 648 sq. ft.

RESTROOM 1 414 sq. ft.

BATH 4 883 sq. ft.

LOUNGE AREA 1550 sq. ft.

RESTROOM 2 375 SQ. FT.

TRAINING / DIVING POOL 2025 sq. ft.

THERMAL BATHS -12’- 0”

HOTEL LOBBY +12’- 0” 0’

3.

VIEW OF THE HOTEL LOBBY FROM THE BASE OF THE MAIN ENTRY RAMP

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LONGITUDINAL SITE SECTION

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32’

TREATMENT ROOM 12 273 sq. ft.

TRAINING AREA 2400 sq. ft.

TREATMENT ROOM 11 276 sq. ft.

TREATMENT ROOM 10 260 sq. ft.

TREATMENT ROOM 9 280 sq. ft.

FITNESS LOUNGE 810 sq. ft.

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2640 sq

LAP POOL(s) 5340 sq. ft.

TRAINING / DIVING POOL 2025 sq. ft.

YOGA AREA 890 sq. ft.

HOTEL SUITES +99’- 0”

GYMNASIUM AMENITIES +147’- 0” 0’

4.

VIEW OF HOTEL UNITS FROM THE SKY LOBBY

SPINNING AREA 930 sq. ft.

8’

16’

32’

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OPERABLE FACADE OPERABLE / SHADING FACADE / SHADING

DETAIL AB

SECTION DETAIL AA SECTION DETAIL AA

SCALE 1” = 1/2’ -0”SCALE 1” = 1/2’ -0”

STRUCTURAL COMPONENT 1A

STANDARD HOTEL STANDARD UNIT CONFIGURATION HOTEL UNIT CONFIGURATION

HOTEL MODULE CONNECTION DETAIL

AA

STRUCTURAL COMPONENT 1A

AA

DETAIL AB

HOTEL MODULE CONNECTION DETAIL

STRUCTURAL STRUCTURAL VARIANT VARIANT

AB

AB

SCALE 1” = 1’ -0” SCALE 1” = 1’ -0”

STACKING HOTEL STACKING UNIT / STRUCTURAL HOTEL UNIT / STRUCTURAL COMPONENT COMPONENT 1A 1A

DETAIL BC

DETAIL BC

STACKING HOTEL STACKING UNIT / STRUCTURAL HOTEL UNIT / STRUCTURAL COMPONENT COMPONENT 2B 2B

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5.

VIEW OF THE THERMAL BATH EXPERIENCE LOCATED AT THE BASE OF THE HOTEL

HOTEL MODULE/ FLOORPLATE CONNECTION DETAIL

BB

STRUCTURAL COMPONENT 3C

STACKING HOTEL STACKING UNIT / STRUCTURAL HOTEL UNIT / STRUCTURAL COMPONENT COMPONENT 3C 3C

HOTEL MODULE/ FLOORPLATE CONNECTION DETAIL

SECTION DETAIL BB SECTION DETAIL BB

STRUCTURAL COMPONENT 3C

BB

SCALE 1” = 1/2’ -0”SCALE 1” = 1/2’ -0”

STRUCTURAL MODULE HOTEL STRUCTURAL / FLOORPLATE MODULE MOMENT HOTEL / FLOORPLATE MOMENT

BC

BC

SCALE 1” = 1’ -0” SCALE 1” = 1’ -0”

LAP POOL(s) 5340 sq. ft.

4

6 TRAINING / DIVING POOL 2025 sq. ft.

HOTEL SUITES +201’- 0”

RECREATIONAL POOLS +303’- 0” 0’

6.

VIEW OF RECREATIONAL POOLS LOCATED WITH THE UPPERMOST LEVELS

8’

16’

32’

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PHYSICAL MODEL

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INTERLAPPING DESIGN/BUILD PAVILION HARVARD GSD, FALL 2011, SPRING 2012 CHICAGO, IL RYAN PALIDER BUILT AND SHOWCASED MAY 2012

INTERLAPPING, as exemplified in Oscar Niemeyer â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s House of the Architect at Cancoa, is used to reconcile the differences between two sprawling surface graphics, creating dynamic spatial qualities within an overlapping roof and ground surface. Various moments of interiorized (void) and exteriorized (figure) space begin to be defined through the interconnecting process of the two surface graphics. Formally this process also begins to suggest program. Amphitheater is suggested by sloped like seating.

The wall perpendicular to the amphitheater serves a duality as a presentation wall for a projector facing the amphitheater and gallery area facing outside. At another moment a table top platform is accompanied by seating to create another performance area. When situated within the overall context of the site specific moments of space correlate with the architecture building and important intersections within the walkways, drawing people in to what otherwise would have be vacant space.

INTERLAPPING officially opened to the public for the Year End Show on May 4, 2012 concluding a two month construction process. Following the completion of the construction drawings, prefabrication of the wall and floor panels began on 3/19 in the controlled environment of the A+A building. The assemblage of these parts on site promptly commenced on 4/2 and ended 5/3. During this period the roof and exterior cladding was also fabricated, fitted, primed and painted on site. Interlapping remained open to the public for the summer of June - Aug. 2012.

CONSTRUCTION TEAM: Felipe Oropeza (Managed and coordinated the fabrication and construction) Ryan Palider (Instructor) Justin Quach-Law Tim Linko Ricardo Rincon Anthony Oplawski Mitchell Hansen Jeffrey Mateja

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