URBANISM CASE STUDY
REM KOOLHAAS NETHERLANDS EMBASSY SENIOR STUDIO
PROJECT BY: DAN DAVIS, NICHOLAS HANSFORD, BRYAN PAVALSAK, PATRICK SMALL
BERLIN GERMANY DUTCH EMBASSY
BERLIN 1940 PRE WWII
DUTCH EMBASSY BERLIN WALL
DENSITY
VEHICULAR/RAILWAY
EMBASSIES
AXIAL RELATIONSHIP
BERLIN 1953 POST WWII
BERLIN 1989 DIVISION
CONNECTIVITY
In the 1900’s Berlin, Germany underwent a drastic change from a powerful city to a destructive environment. After Berlins collapse, the city was divided between pollitical powers of the east and west. It was not until 1991, that Berlin became one unifed power. The city now undergoes the period of growth and prosperity.
BERLIN 2001 RE-BUILD
BERLIN 2010 GROWTH
BARRIER & RESTRAINTS
PATH TO PUBLIC REALM
After 1989 when the symbolic restrictions of the Berlin Wall came down the German government decided to relocate the government administration to the formerly communist run area of Berlin. The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs chose to relocate the embassy to a lot in this area that had been vacant since World War II. The requirements for the new embassy design were that it incorporate the necessary security for civil servants, while maintaining the presence of an open and accessible Dutch design. Rem Koolhaas designed the structure to represent the connection between the Dutch river trade and Berlin. The design that won Koolhaas the commission of the embassy consisted of a cube elevated on a pedistal. However, the zoning codes of Berlin required that the building extend to all four corners of the site. Koolhaas created a solution to satisfy the restrictions while keeping the original program. He added a L shaped residental wing that incorporates bridges to connect to the main cube, thus creating an open plaza and expanding the footprint to the required zoning restrictions. The main building acts as the work center for the embassy with the circulation ramping around the inner workings of the structure. The second and third levels create a promenade that follows the east facade of the building creating a gallery to the city and the river. While on the west facade the VIP room cantilevers out from the building like a pulpit above the internal court. The visual relationship from the park on the south side through north side of the building offers a view of the Berlin T.V. tower, creating an axial relation between the Dutch embassy and Berlin.
SENIOR CAPSTONE CHICAGO ICA
SENIOR STUDIO
PROJECT BY: NICHOLAS HANSFORD
STEPPED INTEGRATION CHICAGO ICA
CONNECTION OF CITY AND RIVER THROUGH PUBLIC REALM
THE CITY OF CHICAGO IS FAMOUS FOR THEIR BRIDGES SPANNING THE CHICAGO RIVER AND SKYSCRAPERS THE CREATE A STRUCTURAL DETERMINISM WITHIN THE FABRIC OF THE CITY. THE BRIDGES ARE THE CONNECTORS THAT LINK THE NORTH AND SOUTH PART OF THE CITY. THEY HAVE BECOME ICONIC IMAGES OF CHICAGO ALONG WITH THE CHICAGO RIVER THAT BISECTS THE CITY. CHICAGO’S HISTORIC EVOLUTION OF SKYSCRAPERS ARE SOME OF THE MOST FAMOUS BUILDINGS IN THE WORLD AND AMONGST THE MOST CREATIVE IN CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY. FOR YEARS CHICAGO HAS PUSHED THE LIMITS OF INNOVATIVE ARCHITECTURE IN HEIGHT AND STRUCTURE, FROM THE FIRST SKYSCRAPER IN THE WORLD TO ONE OF THE TALLEST IN THE WORLD WITH THE WILLIS TOWER.
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CONNECTION TO CITY
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THE CHICAGO ICA CREATES AN INTEGRATION OF BRIDGES AND CITY THROUGH THE INTERPRETATION OF THE NEW MUSEUM ALONG THE RIVER. WITH A REFERENCE TO THE EXISTING BRIDGES THE ICA STRUCTURE OF THE PROJECT CREATES A NEW DYNAMIC STRUCTURE INTEGRATED WITH AN INNOVATIVE MESH SKIN AND RAIN SCREEN USED FOR THE PROJECTS ENCLOSED SYSTEM. THE MAIN EXHIBITION HALL IS ELEVATED ABOVE THE SITE SUPPORTED BY AN ENCLOSED CONCRETE STRUCTURE AT ONE END AND A THEATER ON THE OTHER. THE BUILDING “FLOATS” TO CREATE A GATEWAY IN THE CITY INTEGRATING THE RIVER AND CITY SECTIONALLY. THE EXHIBITION WING HOLDS THE RIVERS EDGE AND PROVIDES VIEWS DOWN THE RIVER TO THE CITY AND OUT TO THE LAKE. THE SITE STEPS UP FROM THE RIVER INTO A PUBLIC REALM SPACE IN THE CITY BRINGING WATER INTO THE CITY WITH A REFLECTING POND THAT CAN BE UTILIZED YEAR ROUND. WITH THE BUILDING REPRESENTATIVE OF CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE IT INTEGRATES THE CITY AND RIVER INTO ONE
Key: 1.Main Storage 2. Mechanical 3. Loading Dock 4. Secondary Storage 5. Coat Room 6. Lower Level Lobby 7. Pavilion Lobby 8. Theater Lobby 9. Theater Bathrooms 10. Performance 11. Main Lobby 12. Permanent Exhibition 13. Multipurpose 14. Exterior Breezeway 15. Bookstore 16. Bathrooms 17.Library 18.Temporary Exhibition 19.Cafe 20. Bathrooms 21. Administration Office 22. Apartment
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SITE PLAN NO SCALE
LOWER LEVEL PLAN SCALE: 1/16” = 1’-0”
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
SCALE: 1/16” = 1’-0”
SCALE: 1/16” = 1’-0”
THIRD FLOOR PLAN
FOURTH FLOOR PLAN
SCALE: 1/16” = 1’-0”
SCALE: 1/16” = 1’-0”
CAST IN PLACE CONCRETE SLAB ON 1’ METAL TRUSS
ALUMINUM PARAPIT CAP
ANCHOR BOLT ROD
METAL BRACKET
1’ PAINTED STEEL TRUSS SYSTEM 1” PERFORATED ALUMINUM RAIN SCREEN
TENSION CABLES GLASS
LONGITUDINAL SECTION SCALE: 1/16” =1’ - 0” STEEL CLAMP
STEEL MOUNTING BRACKETS
WEST ELEVATION SCALE: 1/16” = 1’-0”
EAST ELEVATION SCALE: 1/16” = 1’-0”
NORTH ELEVATION SCALE: 1/16” = 1’-0”
SOUTH ELEVATION SCALE: 1/16” = 1’-0”
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CHICAGO IS FAMOUS FOR THEIR BRIDGES SPANNING THE CHICAGO RIVER AND SKYSCRAPERS THAT CREATE A STRUCTURAL DETERMINISM WITHIN THE FABRIC OF THE CITY. THE DESIGN FOR 110 WACKER QUESTIONS THE STRUCTURAL PARADIGM OF CHICAGO, AND STARTS A REVOLUTION OF DESIGN. 110 WACKER EMPHASISES THE FORM AND HIDES THE INTEGRATION OF STRUCTURE IN THE FORM. THE TOWER WILL CARESS THE CLOUDS WITH THE TIP OF THE SPIRE AND BECOME THE TALLEST BUILDING IN CHICAGO. THE SITE DESIGN OPENS WACKER DRIVE TO THE CHICAGO RIVER, CONNECTING THE RIVER TO THE PEOPLE. THE SITE CASCADES WATER FROM UPPER WACKER TO THE RIVER BRINGING THE SURROUNDING BUILDINGS AND THE RIVER TO BECOME ONE AGAIN.
GENERAL NOTES:
74 FLOORS TOTAL: 1,500ft TOP OF TOWER:1,132ft SPIRE: 368 ft
SPIRE 368’
HIGH RISE GSF: 258,750 MID RISE GSF: 348,750 LOW RISE GSF: 372,150 TOTAL OFFICE GSF: 979,650
VERTICAL VIERENDEEL TRUSS
High Rise Diagram
1 TUBE GSF: 5,625 5 FLOORS Mid Rise Diagram LINE OF TOWER
2 TUBE GSF: 11,250 5 FLOORS 3 TUBE GSF: 16,875 5 FLOORS
SPRIRE DETAIL SCALE: 1”=80’-0”
4 TUBE GSF: 22,500 4 FLOORS 3 TUBE GSF: 16875 5 FLOORS
Low Rise Diagram
4 TUBE GSF: 22,500 4 FLOORS 3 TUBE GSF: 16,875 5 FLOORS 4 TUBE GSF: 22,500 5 FLOORS
Hotel Diagram
3 TUBE GSF: 16,875 5 FLOORS
4 TUBE GSF: 22,500 4 FLOORS 3 TUBE GSF: 16,875 5 FLOORS
Upper Wacker Diagram
4 TUBE GSF: 22,500 4 FLOORS
HOTEL GSF: 28,200 10 FLOORS
SHARED GSF: 11,700 4 FLOORS
Lower Wacker Diagram
TRANSVERSE SECTION SCALE TO FIT
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STEEL BRACKET FLOOR LINE CAST IN PLACE CONCRETE SLAB ON 1” METAL SHEET
1’ STEEL WIDE FLANGE GLASS STEEL MULLION BRACING
LINE OF FACADE BEHIND
CURTAIN WALL SECTION
CURTAIN WALL ELEVATION 1/2”=1’-0”
CURTAIN WALL PLAN 1/2”=1’-0”
2’6” COLUMN W/ 1’ STEEL WIDE FLANGE
1/2”=1’-0”