The Thermal Machine

PUAD 3010, Architecture Design Studio 3, Martina Kohler, Fall 2019

Thermal comfort dwelling for sisters, Sonja and Santana Cruz in Phoenix, Arizona.

Concept

Santana and Sonja Cruz are polar opposite sisters with different interest, personalities, and thermal comforts. The aim was to design a dwelling customized for the two personas and their thermal comfort.

Process

Site Assessment of the climate, wind, sun, and water was necessary in order to use the environment to successfully decide on a design. Using materials such as limestone, to act as a thermal mass that would keep the heat out during the day and using a system of 4 swiveled doors positioned to catch the winds as a strategy to flush out the heat.

Group: Gianell Gonzalez, Autumn Mullin

Project Role: Site Plan, Diagrams, Plan Diagrams, Model, Plans, Renders

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Community Music Work

PUAD 2011, Architecture Design Studio 2, Clementina Ruggieri, Spring 2018

Community Music Work in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.

Concept

The CMW intervention is centered around Community Music Work’s inward and outward looking programs through the use of positive and negative spaces.

Process

Arriving at the sidewalk of auburn place, the entrance is located through the side of the positive form which houses the inward programs, such as classrooms, private practice rooms, and main performance space on the second floor that houses a view towards the Manhattan Skyline.

Each of the classrooms has the ability to be divided with a system of concrete swivel doors that will give access to the courtyard and would divide each room into two.

The courtyard would be the prime location for the potluck events as well as gathering for students and members of the community. Accessible by a ramp from the playground, the negative space dips down 16 feet below sidewalk level, with wide steps useful for seating and lounging while continuing down into the outdoor performance space, thats provides the community with music during times of use.