PORTFOLIO
2019-2020
ARCHITECTURE
INGRID BRANDARES
CONTENTS
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VT INNOVATION TOWER 4TH YEAR 2020
MIXED USED HOUSING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY 3RD YEAR 2020
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HOUSE IN THE 21ST CENTURY 3RD YEAR 2020
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ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL EXTENSION 3RD YEAR 2019
KINETIC MACHINE 3RD YEAR 2019
VT INNOVATION TOWER 4TH YEAR | 2020
+ 107’- 3” Top of HITT tower
+ 100’- 10” Roof Top Level
SITE + INTEGRAL SECTION
+ 87’- 4” Sixth Floor
+ 73’- 10” Fi�h Floor
+ 60’- 4” Fourth Floor
+ 46’- 10” Third Floor
+ 33’- 4” Second Floor + 29’- 6” Top of Entrance
+ 0’-0” Ground Level
VT INNOVATION BUILDING This project was a collaboration between myself and another student to design two towers; one as Virginia Tech’s Innovation Building and the other a Headquarters for HITT. Both towers are situated alongside a factory which was another 4th year studio group whom we have collaborated with as well. The site was to be located in Virginia, in an existing parking lot near a metro station, a school, and a residential area. Situated on opposite ends of the factory base, the conversation between the VT Innovation Building and the HITT Headquarters is built based on their geometrical typology. Although both myself and my teammate, Min Kim worked together on this project, I mainly designed the structure, floor plans, and other logistics of the VT Innovation Building. My teammate worked on the HITT Headquarters and the facade of the VT Innovation Building. Both buildings’ facades have the repetitive modularity of the diamond. The VT Innovation Building utilizes the diamond shape from its continuous diagrid structure to its modular diamond facade. This geometry allows it to emphasize its verticality in comparison to the HITT Headquarters, which horizontally employs the diamond shape. The VT Innovation Building is closest to the main road coming into the site. Its location was decided since the tower served as a public place for the community as well. It contains teaching, research, some office spaces, and public spaces concentrated on the lower floors. Its proximity to the street, allows it to be more easily accessible to the community living in the nearby neighborhood and students from the nearby school. The tower is a mass timber structure with CLT floor slabs, timber beams, and a timber diagrid used as an exoskeleton. This opens up the floor plans and creates more space for activities on each floor. At the base of the diagrid structure are concrete bases that help distribute the load from the exoskeleton to the ground. The extruding and retracting form of the diagrid allows for different floor plate sizes and plans to create unique floor plans as one goes up the building. The structure is wrapped with a similarly patterned facade system that compliments the structural form of the building. This allows it to appear like a sculpture from the outside. A concrete core is placed at the center to help distribute the load and also contains a means of egress with two sets of fire-rated stairs and four elevators. Anothersetofstairswrapsonesideofthebuildingfromthegroundflooruptothefifthfloorandservesasasecondarypathofcirculationinthebuildingmostly for visitors to use since it is located on the lower floors of the tower. The ground floor contains a cafe and a public library is located on the second floor. There are two main entrances into the building. The main entrance is closest to the street and the other is accessible through the parking lot. Entering through the main entrance, one is greeted by a big open atrium that opens up to the fourth floor with mezzanines that look down on the lobby.
+ 179’- 1” Top of VT Tower
+ 166’- 10” Roof Top Level
+ 151’ - 8” Eleventh Floor
+ 136’- 6” Tenth Floor
+ 121’- 4” Ninth Floor
+ 106’- 2” Eighth Floor
+ 91’- 0” Seventh Floor
+ 75’- 10” Sixth Floor
+ 60’- 8” Fi�h Floor
+ 45’- 6” Fourth Floor + 34’- 0” Top of Factory + 30’- 4” Third Floor
+ 15’- 2” Second Floor
+ 0’-0” Ground Level
EXTERIOR OF TOWER
4TH YEAR | 2020
VT INNOVATION TOWER
EXPLODED AXON PLANS + STRUCTURAL DIAGRAM
4TH YEAR | 2020
VT INNOVATION TOWER
VT INNOVATION TOWER
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2
1 RECTANGULAR VOLUME
4 EXTRUDE FLOORS
2 EXTRUDE TWO SIDES
5 CUT CORNERS
UP
UP
4TH YEAR | 2020
4
FORM DIAGRAM
3 EXTRUDE OTHER SIDES
2nd Floor
UP
UP
1st Floor
PLANS + SECTION + DIAGRAMS
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5
PROGRAM DIAGRAM CORE
ATRIUM
CAFE
ADMINISTRATIVE + TEACHING
LIBRARY
RESEARCH + TEACHING
INTERIOR LOBBY
4TH YEAR | 2020
VT INNOVATION TOWER
WALL TYPE RENDER + 3 DETAILS
4TH YEAR | 2020
VT INNOVATION TOWER
NODE CONNECTION 5
1 GLULAM DIAGONAL MEMBER 2 GLULAM BEAM 3 CAPPING OF KNIFE PLATE JOINT
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OF DIAGRID STRUCTURE 4 COPPER SHEET METAL CAPPING CLIPPED ONTO BRACKET PIECE
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5 BRACKET BOLTED ONTO DIAGRID STRUCTURE
2 4
WINDOW FRAME 1 PERFORATED METAL RAIN SCREEN 2 VERTICAL MULLION 3 DOUBLE GLAZING
1 2
3
1
2
BASE CONNECTION 1 GLULAM DIAGONAL MEMBER 2 METAL BASE PLATE BOLTED ONTO CONCRETE BASE 3 CONCRETE PODIUM
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4
INTERIOR LIBRARY LANDING
4TH YEAR | 2020
VT INNOVATION TOWER
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COMMERCIAL = 145,300 SQ FT PARKING = 154,500 SQ FT (underneath greenspace) PARKING AND COMMERCIAL = 24,620 SQ FT GREEN SPACE / SOCIAL SPACE TOTAL SQ FT = 429,400 SQ FT PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC VEHICULAR TRAFFIC
SITE + FORM DIAGRAM
3RD YEAR | 2020
MIXED USE HOUSING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
RESIDENTIAL = 121,700 SQ FT
1/64” = 1’0” 1’ 8’ 16’
32’
64’
128’
MIXED USED HOUSING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY A house in the 21st century addresses well-being through enhancing social connectivity, access to outdoor space, and maintaining a work life balance through a hierarchy of thresholds. The site is mixed-use in orientation. Along Williamson Road are the larger commercial buildings that create visual privacy for the residential buildings on the far side. Adjacent to the highway and walnut avenue is a lifted green space on level with one end of Walnut Avenue bridge. This allows for the student to have walkable access to the site, coming from Virginia Tech Carilion. Underneath the greenspace is ground level and underground parking. Sitting on top of the lifted green space are residential buildings, one near Walnut Avenue bridge and the Student Housing on the opposite end. The idea of separating public and private thresholds through verticality helps students maintain a work-life balance through the procession of accessing the site up the elevated greenspace and walking up into the stepped housing. Students can have a sense of ascending into a private threshold. The opposite is also true: descending from their private thresholds, they enter a public threshold. The building is programmed mixeduse in orientation with a similar public-private hierarchy. The student housing building is lifted on a higher plane with commercial mass underneath touching the ground. Continuing this idea of verticality within the student housing building, each floor is stepped in elevation, providing more units on the lower floors, and gradually decreasing each ascending floors. The building is also offset horizontally to provide access to light and a view of Mill Mountain Star for each unit. The stepped profiles provide different hierarchies of outdoor thresholds. On top of each stepped floor are a semiprivate public garden, public green space where the student housing is lifted on, and semi-private shared balconies. The 1st floor contains all the public “community” functions of the building. To encourage social interaction among students, both entrances have large open atriums that can be used as open study areas, a pop-up art gallery, and even organized events. On the periphery of the building are community rooms such as private study rooms, semi-private lounge areas, and public games room, and a gym. 2 units share a balcony which creates social interaction among students within their private thresholds. The units are significantly smaller to contrast the much larger open spaces, balconies, and roof gardens. While giving each resident their private thresholds, space is limited so that they are encouraged to go outside of their units. CORTEN was chosen as the façade material for its intentional weathering properties. This mixed-used housing project is not intended to hide Roanoke’s industrial past but to reflect it. The site is located as a part of the city’s industrial past but now it has become a divide between the two growing areas in Roanoke. The façade is physically and metaphorically reflecting Roanoke’s industrial past, with the nearby railroad tracks, while also having the overall purpose of enhancing Roanoke’s growth in this forgotten area. This project explicitly puts the importance of living conditions of students who thrive in a balanced lifestyle with both work (study) and play (recreational) amenities available in the building. Points of collision are dispersed around the open areas of the first floor to encourage social interaction. Wellbeing is incorporated through the choice of material such as the exposed CLT within the building and bringing nature closer through roof gardens and balconies that provide a view of the Mill Mountain Star. This encourages people to come out and enjoy open outdoor spaces while maintaining proximity to their homes.
MIXED USE HOUSING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY 3RD YEAR | 2020 CIRCULATION + PROGRAM DIAGRAMS
PRIVATE: STUDY ROOMS
SEMI PRIVATE: LOUNGE AREAS
PUBLIC: GAMES ROOM & GYM
TYPE 1A
TYPE 2A
TYPE 1B
1 BEDROOM UNIT ADJACENT TO A 2 BEDROOM UNIT WITH A SHARED BALCONY
2 BEDROOM UNIT ADJACENT TO A 1 BEDROOM UNIT WITH A SHARED BALCONY
1 BEDROOM UNIT ADJACENT TO A 1 BEDROOM UNIT WITH SHARED BALCONY
EAST WEST BUILDING SECTION
3RD YEAR | 2020
MIXED USE HOUSING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
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EXTERIOR SOUTHEAST FACADE
3RD YEAR | 2020
MIXED USE HOUSING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
BALCONY RENDER
3RD YEAR | 2020
MIXED USE HOUSING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
MIXED USE HOUSING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
WOODEN FLOOR BOARDS
CORRUGATED METAL DECK
3RD YEAR | 2020
STEEL BALCONY STRUCTURE with columns and beams slag rod system at ends
FLOORPLANS + EXPLODED BALCONY STRUCTURE
MINERAL WOOL FIBER
BATTENS
CORTEN METAL RAINSCEEN ALUMINUM WINDOW FRAMING GLAZING
1/4” = 1’0” 1’
4’
8’
FLOOR PLANS
FIRST FLOOR
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1/8” = 1’0” 1’
SECOND FLOOR
THIRD FLOOR
1’
1’
5’
10’
15’
15’
30’
N
1/8” = 1’0”
1/8” = 1’0”
10’
FOURTH FLOOR
N
N
5’
5’
1/8” = 1’0” 10’
15’
30’
1’
5’
10’
15’
30’
10’
15’
30’
30’
FIFTH FLOOR
SIXTH FLOOR
SEVENTH FLOOR
MECHANICAL
14’
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N
N
1/8” = 1’0” 1’
5’
1/8” = 1’0”
1/8” = 1’0”
10’
15’
30’
1’
5’
10’
15’
30’
1’
5’
MIXED USE HOUSING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
WOODEN SILL
CORTEN RAINSCRE
AIR SPACE / BATTEN
MINERAL WOOL IN
3RD YEAR | 2020
5 LAYER CLT WALL
PAINTED GYPSUM B
CONCEALED PLAT
METAL BASE PLATE BOLTS
ALUMINUM WINDO
BALCONY STRUCTURE
DOUBLE GLAZING
EEN PANELS
NS
NSULATION
L
BOARD
TE SYSTEM w/ metal plate, screws and tight ямБt dowels
CORRUGATED METAL DECK
OW FRAME METAL RAILING HOLLOW METAL TUBE
SITE + SECTION + 3 DETAILS
3RD YEAR | 2020
HOUSE IN THE 21ST CENTURY
HOUSE IN THE 21ST CENTURY A house in the twenty-first century gives more experiential contrast to the programmatic language of the houses in the twentieth century but provides vertical privacy due to increasing population density and utilizes sustainable design on-site that hopefully minimizes its impact on the environment. A house has two skins; one sheltering the family from the world, the other sheltering each individual from the rest of the family. Building vertically allows more physical privacy and retains a small footprint on the house. The size of the programs needs to correlate to the function of the room. Space will ultimately be a scarce resource. Moving forward, we should only have enough space as we need. Each individual only needs space to perform their daily needs such as a bathroom, a bed, a closet, and a space to work. Therefore private rooms are essentially equal in the amount of space and also have only enough ceiling space, no more, no less. But a house is still a home. In contrast to the small private individual rooms, interaction is most possible in one big open space. Therefore, the dining, kitchen, and living area should be in one big open room. Through these contradictions, the experiential quality in the house should be enhanced and therefore defining each space with its function. Sustainability is an essential component of a twenty-first-century house. A house should utilize its site and benefit from it and vice versa. Through simple strategies such as rainwater harvesting, photovoltaics for energy use, and using natural topography to promote irrigation, we can all minimize our impact on the environment.
PLANTS DRYWALL
GROWING MEDIUM
SERVICES VOID
FILTRATION
OSB WOOD FIBER INSULATION
XEROFLOR VEGETATION CARRIER AND DRAINAGE LAYER
INSULATING WOOD FIBER SHEATHING
INSULATION
VENTILATED AND DRAINED CAVITY
ROOT BARRIER
BATTENS
DERBIPURE NON BITUMINOUS VEGETABLE ROOFING MEMBRANE
NON IGNIS EXTERIOR WOOD CLADDING
NON IGNIS EXTERIOR WOOD CLADDING SYSTEM
ROOF DECKING
POLYPROPELENE RAISED FLOOR
GREEN ROOF SYSTEM WITH XEROFLOR GREEN ROOF TECHNOLOGY
STAIR DIAGRAM + STAIR DIAGRAM
3RD YEAR | 2020
HOUSE IN THE 21ST CENTURY
BALCONY
BEDROOM
BEDROOM
OPEN TO BELOW
MASTER BEDROOM
SECOND FLOOR
CAR PORT KITCHEN
FOYER
LIVING ROOM
FIRST FLOOR
SITE + FORM DIAGRAM
3RD YEAR | 2019
COWGILL
BISHOP FAVRAO
DERRING
ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL EXTENSION
ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL EXTENSION The school of architecture and the entire university seem to be quite disconnected. This can be seen in the lack of engagement with the other students of the university with our school due to how the current school is structured. This extension of the architecture school in Virginia Tech is to promote the engagement of the entire university with the school of architecture. The goal is to enhance transparency in the school and create a welcoming and open atmosphere for all. The site is located right next to the current architecture school, on the plaza, between two different levels. The site itself is a very active traveling path. Despite its seating design, space is not engaging on a social level. To enhance its potential to become a catalytic space, the most public function of the building, the cafe, is situated on the plaza level. The cafe opens up in the direction of travel, providing ease of access to those walking by. To enhance the transparency in the school, the fourth floor of the architecture school extension is a gallery that is open to all and displays student work. This space can also function as an informal lecture hall for guest speakers, student and faculty presentations. This floor is surrounded by glass walls, thereby becoming visible to the public. The stairwells of the building are all visible from the outside, creating an atmosphere that welcomes all students to engage with our school.
FLOORPLANS
3RD YEAR | 2019
ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL EXTENSION
FOURTH FLOOR
THIRD FLOOR
FIRST FLOOR
BASEMENT AUDITORIUM
SECOND FLOOR
SECOND FLOOR
NORTH SOUTH BUILDING SECTION
3RD YEAR | 2019
ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL EXTENSION
MODEL PHOTO
3RD YEAR | 2019
ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL EXTENSION
DIAGRAM
3RD YEAR | 2019
KINETIC MACHINE
KINETIC MACHINE A kinetic machine consists of joints that engage movement both physically and visually. The individual joints engage the kinetic machine’s dynamic movements. Through the simple and chronological system of construction that was used in creating the machine, movement is also implied on the structure of the machine, while it is static. Our kinetic machine engages all three axes when only one axis is activated by the user. A pulling or pushing motion in one direction will activate an equal but opposite reaction in another direction. The central mechanism is very simple, it is made of a scissor joint that has vertical elements attached to the structure. The shell that contains the central mechanism was made to show the movement of the joints three-dimensionally. The machine engages the way one moves and thinks about space. By keeping the material palette limited and simple shows the nature and limits of certain materials. This one-month group project consisted of three members including myself, Kihun Kim, and Adrian Talasatas. I created the central mechanism that engages movement in two axes and the shell that connects directly to the scissor joint.
1 1/8” Corrugated Plastic 1 1/8” Acrylic 3/16” Square Basswood Sticks 3/16” Round Basswood Sticks Polyester Thread
DRAWING BY: ADRIAN TALASTAS
MODEL PHOTO
3RD YEAR | 2019
KINETIC MACHINE
MODEL PHOTO
3RD YEAR | 2019
KINETIC MACHINE