ARCH 1400 Portfolio

Foxman ARCH 1400 - 2021

Architectural Portfolio Isabella Virgilio

University of Detroit Mercy

ABSTRACT Public art is art in any media whose form, function and meaning are created for the general public through a public process.This free of charge museum creates a space where public art can be displayed, appreciated and enjoyed by all people. Moving through the Museum of Public Art, guests will engage in public sculpture, murals, and environmental art exhibitions as well as exhibits on the facade of the building and the adjacent park. These exibitions will be curated by public artists without guidance from the museum and can be put up and taken down at the artists leisure. MPI’s mission is to showcase art that is rarely given a dedicated space while avoiding the ‘white box’ gallery that public artists tend to stay away from.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract ..................................................................................... 01 Precedent Study .............................................................. 03-07 Site Analysis ...................................................................... 08-09 Conceptual Design .......................................................... 10-11 Schematic Design ........................................................... 12-15 Design Development ...................................................... 16-19 Final Design ........................................................................ 20-24 Self Reflection ......................................................................... 25

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Precedent Study

New Museum by SAANA, New York, 2007

Contemporary Art Centre by Zaha Hadid, Cincinnati, 2003

Museum of Arts and Design by Brad Cloepfil, New York, 2012

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Looking at infill museums in an urban context helped me to understand how to create a dynamic form with one facade. As well, I looked at buildings that added interesting things on the exterior to see how itwould enhance my design.

Centre Pompidou by Renzo Piano, Paris, 1971

Glass Mural by MDRDV, Detroit, 2021

The Heidelberg Project by Tyree Guyton, Detroit, 1986t

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Precedent Study

Yellow Rubber Duck by Florentijn Hofman

Upside Down Mushroom Room by Carsten Holler

Public Installations

Circles, Dots, Lines, and Shapes by HENSE

Untitled by Patch Whiskey

Murals

Leaves by Andy Goldsworthy, 1989

Land Art

Spiral Jetty by Robert Smithson, 1970

Public art can take many forms including murals, land art, and public installations.

The art on this page are propsed styles that could be included in the MPI.

Rainbow City by FriendsWithYou, 2011

Waiting by KAWS, 2018

Untitled by Marka27

A Man’s Threat and Woman’s Pet by Revok and Rime

Seven Magic Mountains by Ugo Rondinone, 2016

Untitled by Martin Puryear

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Site Analysis Detroit

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2 3 Midtown

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Downtown

5 1 Motown Museum 2 Detroit Children’s Museum 3 Detroit Institute of Arts 4 Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit 5 Museum of Public Art

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1000 FT

The site of MPI is located in Capitol Park, Detroit. It is surrounded by historic buildings with great places for food, shopping, and other public places.

Shelby Street Elevation

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10

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Amendities

Public Places

Food/Drink

Shopping

Circulation

Roads

Sidewalks

Bus Stops

Public Parking

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Conceptual Design

Rooftop Cafe

Service Elevator

Administration and Security Offices

Service Stairs Fine Art Exhibition Space

Building Maintenance, Shops, Equipment Rooms (floor specific)

Public Escalator

Digital Art Exhibtion Space

Nature Exhibition Space

Public Elevators

Street Art Exhibition Space Shipping and Receiving Gift Shop Reception

Storage Space and/or Lab Space

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In this phase, I began to design the form of the museum as well as the specific types of art that would be included in the museum. I looked at many different geometric forms before deciding on a more simple form with elements protrtruding and receeding from the facade. As well, I incorporated four levels that each discuss a different type of art including street art, land art, digital art, and fine art. In future phases, refined this to simply public art as this did not fit the concept that I wanted for my museum.

Transverse Section

Shelby Street Elevation

Longitudinal Section

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Schematic Design

After working with my first form, I decied to work with physical models and explore other options to that would enhance the artwork inside rather than take away from it. After creating models, I continued to work with one to design the spaces inside of the building.

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The focus of this design was to create four individual spaces for the four types of art that I was focusing on as well as other levels for a cafe, information, and administration services. After working with this design, I began to understand that this type of floor plan creates smaller spaces that do not allow for the large art pieces that I wanted to include in the museum.

Transverse Section

Shelby Street Elevation

Longitudinal Section

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Schematic Design

Level 8: Administration and Security Offices, Conference Room

Service Elevator Level 7: Education, Offices

Level 6: Surrealism Exhibition, Storage

Public Elevator

Level 5: Digital Art Exhibition, Storage

Level 4: Environmental Exhibition, Storage

Public Escalator

Level 3: Street Art Exhibition, Storage

Level 2: Cafe, Kitchen

Level 1: Information Booth, Gift Shop, Shipping and Receiving

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Design Sketch

Level Two Perspective

Steet Perspective

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Design Development Stairs

Elevators

Boiler Room

Chiller Room

Fan Room

Level 7:Offices, Conference Room

Cooling Tower

Systems and Circulation

Level 6: Exhibition Space, Storage

Service Elevator

Level 5: Exhibition Space, Storage

Fire Egress

Level 4: Exhibition Space, Storage

Public Elevator

Level 3: Exhibition Space, Storage

Public Egress

Triple Height Space

Level 2: Cafe, Exhibition Space

Double Height Space

1.5 Height Space

Level 1: Exhibition Space, Receiving

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Double Height Space Diagram

In this phase, I furthered my form to include a more general idea of public art as well as including double and triple height spaces that allow for public art to be indoors. As well, I furthered my design to include proper egress as well as the systems that would be needed in the building. I then worked with Capitol Park to allow for public artists to use the space as part of the exhibitions.

Site Plan

Shelby Street Elevation

50 FT

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Design Development

Transverse Section

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Longitudinal Section

Fifth Level Balcony Perspective

Fourth Level Perspective

First Level Perspective

Shelby Street Perspective

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Final Design 138 FT

Concrete Cladding Rigid Insulation Metal Stud Layer Gypsum Wall Board

122 FT

Concrete Topping

92 FT

Steel Truss Ceiling

72 FT

Wall Section

52 FT

32 FT

Stairs

16 FT Elevators

Boiler Room

0 FT

Chiller Room

Fan Room

Cooling Tower

-16 FT Exhibition Space

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Systems and Circulation Diagram

My final design incorporated the facade of the building as a means to create art.

Since public art is meant to be anywhere, allowing the facade of the buidling to be covered in art creates the feeling of public art even though it is contained in a museum. The Museum of Public Art is designed to be available for everyone to enjoy from the interior and from the Capitol Park area.

Shelby Street Elevation

Transverse Section

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Final Design

Fifth Level Balcony Perspective

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Longitudinal Section

Fourth Level Perspective

First Level Perspective

Street Perspective

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SELF REFLECTION This semester’s focus was the design process as a function of context, program, and the engagement of both interior and exterior spaces. Throughout this semester, I began by studying many different museums and used their solutions for the infill design that I was to create. I then analyzed the given Capitol Park site and designed a building that gave a designated space for public art to be displayed the way that it is meant to.

In the beginning of this project, I took on a design that included many different types of art, but soon began to understand that focusing my idea to a specific program will help me design a building that responds to the art.

My main challenge in this semester was to curate and design a museum that complimented each other rather than a form that hindered the display of art.

Working through this challenge allowed me to further understand the way that the form of a building either elevates or hinders the program and that coming up with a reasonable program helps to create a design.

This semester allowed me to further my understanding of the design of commercial buildings as well as the process that is involved to the design. I learned more about designing program and creating a space that compliments the program as well as the surrounding context.

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