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Vertical Fabric This project began with an exploration of the use of tensile fabric in building. The research was mostly historical at first but as it moved into the design in recognition of the real materiality, the thesis began to adopt an attitude towards fabric. Traditionally, fabric has been used as a substitute for hard surfaces, like a tent would be a temporary substitute or stand-in for a more permanent structure. And with the exception of a few buildings, like the Sydney Opera House, the form potentials for fabric have not been exploited so much as merely imitated. This Project therefore attempts to move fabric into the center of an architectural conversation – in this case, literally between two generic towers in a city like Miami. The fabric is stretched from point to point across the center, but in doing so, it is not only to accommodate a program but also indicating the tower as made up of points as well. Instructor: Dwayne Oyler Adviser: Thom Mayne
Physical Model + 2D Drawing
Night View of Fabric Connection
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The tectonics of the fabric become then the tectonics of resistance and tension that provoke the towers to act in ways beyond compression. The towers react on the horizontal as dynamic points of anchor, and as such create spatial opportunities to exploit that would not be revealed without the tensile fabric between them. New bodies emerge between the towers described as fields that are partly of the towers and partly of the fabric and partly of the ground below. Connections are created, not superimposed, but integrated. The goal is to move towards a formal indeterminacy of fabric to skin,tower to canopy, and to do so on the terms of the behaviors already implicit in both.
ROOF LE. 994’
LEVEL 53 LE. 744’
LEVEL 41 LE. 584’
LEVEL 35 LE. 488’
LEVEL 30 LE. 424’
LEVEL 27 LE. 378’
LEVEL 23 LE. 321’
LEVEL 20 LE. 284’
LEVEL 16 LE. 228’
LEVEL 10 LE. 162’
LEVEL 7 LE. 100’
LEVEL 4 LE. 55’
GROUND LEVEL LE. 0’-0” 5’
North Elevation
Building Structural Detail Perspective Detail Render
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City View of Museum
Dynamic San Francisco Museum Location: 201 Post St., San Francisco, CA, 94108
In this project, the goal was to design a museum for the San Francisco site. My design has two different shelves, an outer and an inner, where the former holds up the latter. The language of these shelves is meant to create an atmosphere that is appealing, drawing in visitors. Furthermore, the concept of having multiples shelves provides an opportunity to use multiple languages while also providing fire protection for the various galleries. This work was done in a group, which consisted of me and Joao Velazquez. I was responsible for designing the building structure and making renderings, drawings and part of the physical model. My partner helped me with the diagrams, models and 3D printing. Main entrance to museum
Physical Model
Instructor: Herwig Baumgartner, Scott Uriu
West Elevation
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Primary enclosure tubes GFRC exterior panels Secondary steel beam Rigid Insulation layer Ply layer Clippings GFRC interior panels Primary steel beam Floor finishing Concrete deck Water system pipes AC ducts Space truss
Detail chunk of museum
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Amalgamated Structure Location: 225 South Canal Street, Chicago, IL 60606 Structural System: Frame Structures Concept: Branching System
This project involved the design of a structural mass that can stand by itself. The structure needed to connect to an old building but have
Perspective view of south- west side
a useful space, such as office space, between the old building and new structure. I began this structure with two ideas. The first was that of a branching system, where a dragonfly was used as inspiration. The second idea, a crate structure, came from a fibre cell leaf. As both of these ideas were developed and integrated with one another, it resulted in a continuation of the branching system. Further development led to the present amalgamated structure. Instructor: Patrick Tighe
Pathway between Old and new Building Main entrance, Street Level
Physical Model, All Laser Cut, One Ply Museum Board
South Elevation
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Union Station New Extension
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Location: Main Union Station, Chicago
Horizontal System
This is a complex structural design that was meant to show how horizontal and vertical structures can be problematic. The project entailed coming up with a way for the horizontal and vertical structures to hold one another. In the design, you can see the lower part of the structure is thicker so that it can carry a heavier load than the upper part of the vertical and horizontal structure at the point where the horizontal and vertical structures connect, needing more support as it gets farther from the vertical structure. Instructor: Patrick Tighe B
Adams St
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Jackson Boulevard
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