heather field | design portfolio.
Remembrance Exercise. fall2013. taiji miyasaka.
table of contents.
portland school of music the forecourt at sopenkorpi
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neighborhood apparatus
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drawings and furniture
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Portland School of Music. spring2012. portland,oregon. anna mutin.
The Portland School of Music was designed to transform the experience of musical performance. The purpose of a musical academy is to encourage, aid, and inspire the growth of aspiring muscians. The goal of the Portland School of Music is to inspire not only the students, but the community. The Music division of the school is reminiscent of a concert hall, each floor plate curved differently, the walkways emulating curved balconies. Though somewhat traditional in form, roles are switched as the stage is placed adjacent the sidewalk against a glass curtain wall. While some portion of the audience will be looking down at the performers, other bystanders will be in position to be behind the performers, outside, looking up at the rest of the audience. The goal is to create a perspective that is flipped, giving individuals that don’t otherwise have the opportunity, to experience the perspective of the performer. This, in turn, allows the waterfront and the river beyond to be the backdrop for the stage.
flip roles of a traditional theater, rearrange boundaries to connect community to musician musician audience
separate music practice rooms from academic classrooms; create hierarchy insert courtyard to separate classrooms and faculty offices
STREET
vs. STREET
MUSIC
ACADEMIC
MUSIC
ACADEMIC
FACULTY
1 2 pull back from alley, and insert vertical circulation cores
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traditional theater
portland school of music
the Forecourt at Sopenkorpi. fall2012. lahti, finland. darrin griechen.
Competition Description
The Housing Finance and Development Centre of Finland organized an international design competiton for social housing in Lahti, Finland. More specifically, the goal was to come up with a new urban plan, along with the design of a social housing building within the existing district of Sopenkorpi in Lahti, Finland. The design would be set in the year 2049, and would be based on a self-defined “future scenario.�
Scenario Description This project is designed for the future scenario that technology will continue to boom. Virtual worlds become more real, more popular; people can go to work in these virtual worlds, go to school in these virtual worlds- and they do. After Sopenkorpi begins its new construction in the district for this new lifestyle, the design featuring tall towers and narrow streets, Finland experiences a blackout. When the older generations, (the last to know and understand what the world was like before such extensive technology dependance) observe the reactions of society to the disconnect between reality, they began to realize things need to change. They proposed that the design of the new construction in Sopenkorpi change. They proposed shorter buildings, wider streets, and plaza space that would accomodate the relearning of genuine, raw, physical interaction between each other, space, and culture surrounding them in the physical world.
use geometries from both urban Helsinki and the lakes north of Lahti to influence street layout
Lahti
Helsinki
split block to create a plaza space; orient the void towards significant cultural and regional landmark, to emphasize the importance of a sense of place. exposed semi-exposed concealed design for multiple degrees of exposure; apply to different scales
create units with maleable walls that can be molded from inside and outside. this acts as a constant reminder of physical interaction and lets the building facades be determined by the people inside of it
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Plaza, Restaurants & Retail Space Residential Residential Residential
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Neighborhood Apparatus. spring2013. seattle, wa. dan rusler | steve bull.
Inspired by Amazon’s impact on the Cascade neighborhood in South Lake Union, and designed for the young professionals working for such companies, this residential complex is meant to build relationships. Drawing from the idea that Amazon is supporting the neighborhood while it’s existance requires the support of the people, this project reflects the same support system. Based on a set of simple rules, one bedroom units are aggregated to create a porous neighborhood of interaction- filled space, while most of the civic program within the project is pulled up to the top of this twelve story building. This lets the community take advantage of South Lake Union’s priceless views, while this civic space becomes the structure for the residential units, as they are hung below.
determine relationship between public and private space within unit and between units shape units around shared patio spaces; allow one side of each unit to open out onto shared space to welcome interaction between neighbors stack units based on a select set of rules to create a set; for example: a unit must not cover a shared space until two floors come between them take created ‘set’ of units, rotate, stack, and repeat to create aggregation
push some public program down, and pull the bulk of it up to the top. using vierendeel truss system, suspend units using suspension cable system
store lay live
public
private
bathe
unit type A unit type B
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‘typical’ floor | fourth
ground floor
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top floor | gym
Red Brick Roads Project. spring2013 hand drawing. graphite.
Furniture Design. spring2011. coffee table.
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contact information: 360. 621.1241 heather.field@email.wsu.edu