"The real architectural opportunity exists in rethinking/reshaping the public sector of the building vs the fixed private spaces" - Thom Mayne
The words above resonate my belief that architecture, as a physical manifestation of art and science and as a speculative discourse, affects the most lives on a day to day basis. Architecture has, for the most part, been privatized and exclusively tailored for the rich. I uphold that architecture is heading towards, not simply an all-inclusive discourse, but rather a practice where we as architects, designers, and students think more deeply to how we re-imagine the public-cultural aspect of architecture. That could mean creating new social spaces to converse, adding several leisure green areas to form a new hybrid typology, mixing new walking paths with the old within a building, or creating ways for work and live to interplay. The experience of the person and public is vital for new architectural expression. The key is the idea that architecture has a new agency where it is used as a response to the catalytic society and culture of which we reside in. The opportunity comes when an informed designer acknowledges these social concerns and looks at it as potential for design that benefits the cultural well being of the public.
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because downtown Champaign needs more downtown
Arch 475 Capstone 12 weeks
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hook-up hotel
Arch 374 6 weeks
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house in the earth
Arch 373 6 weeks
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Obamacare’s effect on the homeless urban setting
Arch 374 2 weeks
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active hut
24 hour competetion
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Because Downtown Champaign needs more Downtown
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arch 475 capstone: comprehensive design fall 2014 professor scott murray hotel design champaign, il
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The site is unique in several ways. It is located in the middle of a downtown area that houses a big univeristy. Though it is in a growing stage of mixed use development, some parts of the site do not utilize the benefits the area has to offer. After visiting the site I identified issues which were potential catalysts in the design of a new hotel. Aspects taken into consideration for the hotel design such as who will stay at the hotel and for how long, the climate of the site, the social context of the site, providing for public space in a typically private edifice, the corner condition, and the lack of a downtown setting/feel played important roles in the overall design. I narrowed in on four key elements to focus on that will solidify the downtown Champaign area to the standard of what downtown is.
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CORNER CONDITION SHIFTING THE CORNER INWARD ON BOTH SIDES PROVIDES FOR A TRANSPARENT THRESHOLD. PEOPLE WALKING ON THE SIDEWALK WHO STEP UNDER THE SECOND LEVEL HAVE AN IMMEDIATE SENSE OF WELCOME. THEY SHOULD FEEL LIKE THEY ARE FREE TO COME IN.
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The hotel lobby is typically a private space for guests. It is sometimes unused and fails to do the job of providing a social space for the people who get to experience the hotel. I looked at a new lobby where non patrons of the hotel can come in and participate in social exchange through a large space with many seats. The architectural staircase brings a focus to the space drawing people near it. The perforated veil over the stairs creates a space within a space and these features are a focus that attract people in. the all white lobby illuminates the night life of the area.
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typical guest floor layout levels 3-10 at 12’0” floor to floor 56 bedrooms 14 ada accessible a extended king stay b king ada access with roll in shower c king d queen e king suite ada access with roll in shower f double suite g queen
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photovolaic panels offset grid power demands. Panels also shade roof less solar radiation
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Materials cool materials that generate and trap less heat. does not require a larger usage of electricity to cool buildings Copper panels
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brise soleils (shear and lateral support) also balcony space and provide shade
Atrium with prismatic skylight heliostats track sun and reflection panels direct light into the biulding operable windows for warm air release during summer
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Below: 1/4” Scale Model shows section through lobby the lobby is highlighted because that is the pivitol space of interaction and social gathering within my hotel. Above on the second floor is the restaurant which is creating movement of people through a coummunity space.
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Hookup Hotel
arch 374: Design and the city spring 2014 professor brian vesely mixed typology nightclub and hotel
The design constraint takes a look at a city block in Chicago, Il. More closely it is a young, thriving, energetic area set in River north, Il. This area is home to many young, new professionals who recently gradtuated college. This cohort of new workers are very young and even though new professional workers, they live in river north for its night life and for plenty of social opportunities. The bars and night clubs are plenty which draws so many young people to live here. These young professionals are not only active during the night, but daytime as well. They enjoy fitness and lead a healthy lifestyle. My design speculation suggests a new typology of a living space that attempts to bring work and play with live.
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HYBRID Active Living +Progressive Night Life +Residential +Hotel _____________________ ACTIVE and PROGRESSIVE lifestyle INTERIOR ROUTE
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House In the Earth
arch 373: Design and the landscape fall 2013 professor kennedy hutson visiting retreat to house two artists
The concept of the design is to have a home suitable for visiting artists to live in duration of the summer and to craft their skills. The location of the house is prime for their creative genius to spark. in close proximity is the statue of “the death of the last centaur� and in all directions from there, are artworks to give emotion to the artists. the house itself, simple but sculptural, provides a space to create art. the house contains many walls and when the artists feel to work they may paint or draw on the walls as they are hung with canvas. the house in the earth is meant to evoke art as the sculpture in its own. the house is not completely in the earth but it is with the earth. it conforms to the surrounding environment but is also in tension with it. the house is hidden from view from the centuar because it is a private dwelling. but on occasions there will be open house for visitors to walk in and examine the art on the walls, gallery, and the studio.
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green roof Brise soleils provide shade from the southern and western sun
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Obamacare's Effect on the Homeless Urban Setting arch 374: Design and the city spring 2014 professor brian vesely Site Mapping exercise
Obamacare’s effect on the Homeless urban setting 4 Miles Mile 1 H r 18 Min Hr
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Commericial Block intensifies Presence of Homelessness
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Active Hut
24 hour design competition with seth kopka, gideon schwartzman fall 2014 develop a research enclosure for two scientists
The extreme anarctic climate produce unique living conditions to the inhabitants. there is a constant need to address the amount of heat and energy that the home provides for the people who will research there. we designed a research home that adjusts to the needs of the inhabitants that are dependant on variables including work space, time, and activity. the adjustment comes in two ways. one is the compression and expansion process where the amount of space in the home changes to fit the activity of the inhabitants so they can conserve heat and energy. the other variable is the time, where at night-time less space is required when sleeping, but during the work day more space is required. my role in this competition came about in the initial concept idea, the concept sketches, rendering, and compiling the team’s final submission.
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skethes, art, and in-progress some selected works
SOCIALISM VS CHOREOGRAPHED CONSUMERISM
HARIS KARAJIC UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
HKARAJI2@GMAIL.COM
B.SAS 2015