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Jeffrey Stevens is an architectural designer, landscape designer, and contractor. After receiving his Bachelor of Architecture from Cal Poly Pomona in 2015, projects in China and Russia provided a variety of design work. He is currently president of Oakbrook Landscape inc., a residential design build firm. His major competition wins include the Julius Shulman Award for Emerging Talent in 2015 and Space for Future of Education in 2016. The latter resulted in the design commission for the PERI Cultural and Educational Center in Makhachkala, Russia which is currently under construction. His professional work has been featured on ArchDaily and on display at the Anchorage Museum of Art. His current research and design interests include the tension that exists at the intersection of modernity, mythology, representation, and abstraction.
CONTENTS
STUDENT WORK Dingbat 3.0
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Community Center
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Occupy: Central Park
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The Days of the Turbins
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Droops and Drapes
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House for a Photographer
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PROFESSIONAL WORK Yedoma
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California Mythos
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Three Rock Gardens
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Tiger Mountain
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Guggenheim Helsinki
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Peri Center
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DINGBAT 3.0 OUTSTANDING SENIOR PROJECT 2015 COLLEGE OF ENV GALLERY 2015
ADVISOR:
Alex Pang
CAL POLY POMONA B.ARCH THESIS, 2015
In 1963, Peter Eisenman used his PhD
unapologetic fetishization of the house icon.
dissertation as a vehicle to discredit and
Equipped with an education that primarily
diminish Christopher Alexander’s dissertation,
taught Eisenman’s techniques, it searches
which had been submitted the previous
for harmony through manipulation as it
year. In 1982, the two finally engaged in a
plays the symbology of the house against
heated debate at Harvard GSD. During which,
the subversive methodology of distortion.
Eisenman dismissed Alexander’s appeal to
A perspective view of the house icon
emotional comfort in favor of an architecture
distorts the shape, allowing the viewer
which is critical and disharmonious.
to perceive depth and space. By misinterpreting
In 2004, Todd Gannon published an article
a perspective as an axonometric, and recasting
through Log. 2 titled, “The Shape of Things
the result, the optical distortion is frozen. It can
to Come”. Gannon questioned the future
only be reversed along a line of correction on the
of the ‘critical project’, a now overplayed
opposite side. These cast houses are arranged
architectural troupe which claims to question
such that the lines of correction follow eye
everything but never dared to question itself.
level along the street, creating the strange and
The project considers the debate along
surreal flattened image of a house to passersby.
with Gannon’s critique and begins with an
ABOVE: Emotional Response Study OPPOSITE: Three Perspectives of a House
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ABOVE: Lines 1-2: Taylorian Perspective Apparatus Performed on House Icon
Line 3: Perspective misinterpreted as an axonometric Lines 4-5: Analysis of point of distortion and linear projections through house OPPOSITE: Folk Render
Cal Poly Pomona
Dingbat 3.0
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Cal Poly Pomona
Dingbat 3.0
TOP: East Elevation MIDDLE: East Perspective BOTTOM LEFT TO RIGHT: South Elevation, South Perspective
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Cal Poly Pomona
Dingbat 3.0
ABOVE AND OPPOSITE : Model Photographs
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COMMUNITY CENTER FIRST PLACE JULIUS SHULMAN EMERGING TALENT COMPETITION
TEAM:
Kate Bilyk Nicole Doan Jeffrey Stevens
CAL POLY POMONA INVITED COMPETITION, 2015
The original concrete tilt up building was the
By placing simple yet playful forms in the existing
ďŹ rst of it’s kind in Los Angeles and located in
shell, the preserved facade acts as a barrier
a neighborhood where the median household
from the neighborhood. The area is plagued by
income is less than $30,000. Only 4% of the
drive-by shooting and gang violence. The interior
residents have earned Bachelor degrees. While
of the building is scaled to match that of the
there are several schools in the area, few extra
surrounding community. The center will have
curricular activities exist for the local students.
quiet porches and stoops for meeting, separate
This proposal transforms a disused relic from the
volumes for learning, study, play, events, and
early 1900s, preserves its protective shell, and
administration.
creates a community center for local residents.
TOP: Floor Plan BOTTOM: Longitudinal Section
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Cal Poly Pomona
Community Center
OFFICE
STORAGE
ATRIUM
OFFICE
READING ROOM
MULTIPURPOSE ROOM
STORE
STORE
CAFE
MULTIPURPOSE ROOM
GAME ROOM
MULTIPURPOSE ROOM
GAME ROOM
WEST ELEVATION
EAST ELEVATION
STORAGE
TOP: Sections; Elevations BOTTOM: Top View Render OPPOSITE: Exploded Axonometric
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OCCUPY: CENTRAL PARK SHOWN “HERESY OF FUNCTION” AT MIA GALLERY IN LOS ANGELES WINTER 2015 INTERIM GALLERY
ADVISORS:
Frank Clementi Sarah Lorenzen
CAL POLY POMONA 501 STUDIO, 2014
From the high rise apartments of the 1%, Central
provides insights into the interests and
Park is a varied green tapestry displayed outside
obsessions of the 99%, revealing large parts
their windows. While on the ground, the park is
of the park that go virtually unnoticed.
a complex network of sinuous paths, dividing
The new plan for Central Park continues
and connecting areas, through tunnels and
its inversion of the city. The grid of streets
bridges. This complicated network is never
are extruded as slabs and the blocks left as
perceived in its entirety by the user, and the
parks. Only water and the heat map of selfie
few “Instagramable” points of interest have
obsessed social media users stand in its way.
rendered much of the park under utilized.
Mirrored glass facades mitigate any occasional
After constructing a heat map of selfies and
glimpse of the monolith in photographs. The
photographs from geotagged images, the
slabs create an additional twenty million
areas of the park that are still relevant to the
square feet of housing for the other 99%,
masses becomes clear. This “selfie dérive”
intentionally crashing the housing market.
WATER BODIES
ROADS AND PATHS
CITY GRID
SELFIE HEATMAP
NEW HOUSING
TOP: Diagram of Central Park OPPOSITE: Model Photograph
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LEFT: Plan with SelďŹ e Hot Spots RIGHT: Section Model; Relief Model; Initial Concept Collage OPPOSITE: Model Photograph
Cal Poly Pomona
Occupy Central Park
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THE DAYS OF THE TURBINS WINTER ENV GALLERY 2013
ACT 1, SCENE 1 Nine p.m. The Turbins’ apartment, evening. The clock strikes nine. Nikolai is strumming a tune, Alexei is working quietly.
ACT 1, SCENE 2 Ten-thirty p.m. The table is laid for supper. Lena is by the piano playing the same chord over and over.
ACT 2, SCENE 1 Five a.m. Dawn in the Hetman's quarters – a beautiful, ornate palace with a military command center inside it.
ADVISOR: Alexander Ortenburg TEAM: Tiffany Rogers, William Spry, Jeff Stevens
CAL POLY POMONA ELECTIVE STUDIO, 2014
ACT 2, SCENE 2 Seven a.m. A dismal, gloomy apartment made into another makeshift ďŹ eld HQ. There are the sounds of horses and sporadic battle in the background.
ACT 3, SCENE 2 Eight p.m. The Turbins' apartment. There is no electricity. Silence but for the chaos out on the streets. Larion and Elena are waiting anxiously.
ACT 4, SCENE 1 Eight p.m. two months later, Twelfth Night, 1919. It is evening in the Turbins' apartment. Elena and Larion are taking down a Christmas tree.
Mikhail Bulgakov’s play The Days of the Turbins retells the story of the Ukranian War of Independence. It follows the upperclass Turbin family through their struggles in the war. 23
DROOPS AND DRAPES WINNING TEAM TERI + AECOM COMPETITION
ADVISOR:
Michael Fox TEAM:
Chriscelle Banas, Mark Fagan, Sebastian Greider, Jeffrey Stevens
CAL POLY POMONA FOURTH YEAR STUDIO, 2014
Droops and drapes was a winning competition
structure is a learning experience that provides
entry for a studio sponsored by AECOM for
a tactile response to input from the user. By
TERI Foundation. TERI Foundation is a nonproďŹ t
pulling on the droops, the user is able to see the
which advocates for children and adults with
impact of each of their actions. This allows them
special needs. The project addresses the need for
to connect with each other and the world around
interactive play equipment and a shade structure
them, without directly confronting it.
for their special needs adult day care. The
TOP: Elevations of Landforms BOTTOM: Students playing with Mock-up OPPOSITE: Prototype Model at Presentation
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HOUSE FOR A PHOTOGRAPHER FALL INTERM GALLERY 2012
ADVISOR:
Alex Pang
CAL POLY POMONA, CITY THIRD YEAR STUDIO, 2012
House for a Photographer is a small mountain side
and the views from the site. The second reading
retreat for a landscape photographer living in Los
separates the wood siding from the concrete
Angeles. Diagrammatically, the house can
foundation which follows the contours of the
be read in two different ways, formally and
site. This second reading is expressed inside the
through materiality. In the first reading, three
residence, creating a deeper connection with the
voids placed in a cube according to lighting needs
site, the subject of the photographer’s work.
TOP: Floor Plans BOTTOM: Dual Reading of Diagrams; Axonometric OPPOSITE: Process Models, Digital and Physical
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TIGER MOUNTAIN PROPOSAL
TEAM:
Jeffrey Stevens Tong Xue
UNITED DESIGN ASSOCIATES 2015
Development often leads to scarification of the
cutting a tiger stripe pattern into the mountain
landscape. Grading disrupts the soil and reduces
side. Remaining trees provide shade and optimal
the habitat of local species. The site was once
growing conditions for ginseng, mushrooms, and
within the range of the endangered Siberian
other crops.
tiger, an apex predator prevalent in Chinese
Investors would receive a portion of the crops
mythology. Recognizing the significance of the
produced along with small cabin at the base of
tiger to this region, through scarification this
the mountain. An additional building consisting
project memorializes the endangered species. The
of a general store, restaurant and worker housing
existing forest is cleared through strategic strip was proposed on the site. 图书馆 咖啡厅 餐厅 茶室 酒馆 商店 入口
OPPOSITE: Scarification on site TOP: General store schematics BOTTOM: ‘Circle’ and ‘Dog’ micro cabins
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YEDOMA PRESENTED AT ANCHORAGE MUSEUM OF ART
TEAM:
Christoph Kapeller Jeffrey Stevens Ever Vargas
CK ARCHITECTURE SCULPTURE, 2016
Yedoma is a sculpture of the subterranean ice
several prototypes were created and used for cost
formations in the frozen Alaskan tundra, to
estimates of the final sculpture. The final model
accompany photography by Christof Kapeller.
was constructed from a paper slurry, sprayed
Using data from core samples, a representation of
with a texture gun, onto a foam base. The paper
the formations was scripted and modeled. From
was then burnt, and patched with burlap. The
this model, a core sample was drilled to show the
sculpture was shown at Anchorage Museum of
changes in ice thickness. The result was scaled
Art’s “View from Up Here” exhibit in summer of
down for the gallery space. From this model,
2015.
ABOVE: Photograph of Sculpture OPPOSITE: Sculpture as Displayed in Gallery
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Landform Photograph by Christoph Kapeller
LEFT: Cryostratigraphic units of yedoma and radiocarbon age MIDDLE: Plan of computer model at 40,000 BCE RIGHT: Computer model with ice removed
CK Architecture
Yedoma
TOP: Detail photographs of yedoma formation BOTTOM: Detail photographs of yedoma sculpture
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CALIFORNIA MYTHOS BUILT PROJECTS
SUBCONTRACTORS:
KB Landscape Rocky Landscape Costello Construction
OAKBROOK LANDSCAPE 20182020
ORIGIN MYTHS Southern California, a geographically sub-
developments attempt to make ecologically
tropic region, has over the last 100 years,
progressive choices, they fall victim to a curated
masqueraded as a tropical paradise. The
identity. In fact, the Orchard Hills Community
masquerading has also occurred in numerous
approved planting list, titled “Traditional
southern European countires. These stylistic
California” explicitly forbids the Mexican fan
costumes are often enforced with conviction
palm, and contains ninety-eight percent non-
by zoning laws and CC&Rs, and have
native species.
permanently imbedded themselves into the LIFESTYLE SIMULATION
mythos and expectations of the region.
In the 1950’s Cliff May designed the Rancho
NATIVE SIMULACRUM
Mirage housing community that introduced the
Importation of the Mexican fan palm,
California lifestyle to the mass market. The
Washingtonia robusta, is often seen as the
brochure advertised a lush landscape, floor to
singular plant which curated the perception
ceiling glass and year-round outdoor living in
of California. But the less obvious, often
a courtyard living room. The prospect of living
overlooked, Plumbago, Honeysuckle, Bird of
outside has been codified in the term “California
Paradise, and Bougainvillea were perhaps
room”, which describes a covered back patio,
more insidious in their ability to transform the
most often connected to the living room.
identity of a place. As a result, even as new
KITCHEN
LIVING ROOM/DINING
OUTDOOR KITCHEN
PATHWAY PLANTING
TV ROOM
SUNDECK
SCREEN PLANTING
TOP: McInerny Residence, built 2019 BOTTOM: Muir Residence, built 2018; Booklet Cover from San Diego
1914 Fair OPPOSITE: Lakewood Ranch Sales Brochure, 1954
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PARMELEE RESIDENCE, 2017 With dreams of grandeur, this client demanded
of the covered deck. The deck dissolves into an
California’s climate deliver on its reputation
open pergola and the tectonics of construction
and planned to have Christmas dinner outside.
further blur the interior and exterior spaces.
This required highly ambiguous interior-exterior
Just as the house interior space dissolved into
relationships. A stacking glass door separates the
exterior spaces, the constructed landscape dissolves
living room from the outside, built-in heaters were
into the native. Reducing the total built area and
installed in the deck and patio cover, a double
blending native cultivars with the undeveloped
sided fireplace divides the solid and open outdoor
slope, gives the land back to conservation, while
spaces. Interior and exterior exist as a gradient. The
creating the illusion of an endless garden. This
demands of this ambitiously ambiguous exterior,
blend of native and traditional ornamental cultivars
also inspired the structural strategy: a wood frame
transforms California’s landscape from what it has
wall with posts and beams, support opposite sides
always been, into what it used to be.
House footprint
Paving
Covered deck
Grass
Shaded deck
Blended planting
NATURAL HILLSIDE
GRASSES AND NATIVES
LAWN
OUTDOOR DINING ROOM
TOP: Interior-Exterior Progressive Figure-Ground; Construction Photograph BOTTOM: Section through Deck and Slope
Oakbrook Landscape
California Mythos
LIVING ROOM
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A. Pennisetum ‘Purple Majesty’ B. Phormium ‘Dazzler’ C. Ceanothus ‘Concha’ D. Pennisetum ‘Red Buttons’ E. Diosma pulchrum G. Calamagrostis foliosa
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TOP: Planting Plan BOTTOM: Axonometric with Exposed Framing
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MASTER BEDROOM
LIVING ROOM
LAWN
OCEANVIEW DECK
“CALIFORNIA” SLOPE
TOP: McKenzie Residence, built 2016 BOTTOM: Patrick Residence, built 2019
Oakbrook Landscape
California Mythos
DRIVEWAY
TOP: Zee Residence, built 2017 BOTTOM: Canon Residence, built 2019
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OAKBROOK LANDSCAPE 2017 2019
THREE ROCK GARDENS BUILT PROJECTS
CHIN RESIDENCE, 2019 At the Chin Residence, a small back yard directly
inhabits the graphic curve. The placement of a
beneath their deck had never been utilized.
black peppermint tree within the curve creates
The two primary goals for the project were
a canopy which challenges the relationship
to have something that could be appreciated
between patio and planting. While sitting in the
from above and a place for a small fire pit and
yard, an adjacent tree trunk column solidifies the
chairs to enjoy the cool nights. A simple curve
experience of being in nature while also inhabiting
inspired by the work of Ellsworth Kelly was
its graphic representation.
adapted to the landscape. Here, the user directly
LEFT: Diagram of Relationship RIGHT: Abstraction of Landscape Plan OPPOSITE: Photograph from above
Oakbrook Landscape
Orange County
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Project Photograph
TODD RESIDENCE, 2017 The idea for a rock garden came from the simple desire to cover the dirt of their newly constructed retirement home with minimal costs and maintenance. A concrete patio, just big enough for their existing furniture was constructed on an even grid. Psychedelic curves and feathery grasses juxtapose the concrete patio and ow around the yard. The garden created is more graphic than spacial. As such, the client’s relationship to the graphic is that of an observer.
LEFT: Diagram of Relationship RIGHT: Abstraction of Landscape Plan
Oakbrook Landscape
Orange County
Project Photograph
STEVENS RESIDENCE, 2018 The elimination of grass in favor of a more drought
rest space is delineated through the use of colorful
tolerant and visually playful landscape inspired the
stones and stone step pads lead to the small sitting
Stevens Residence project. Pulling inspiration from
area in the garden. In doing this, the landscape
Burle Marx, the back yard was redesigned with soft
becomes something experienced through a
curves and mass planting where individual plants
procession through and around it.
cluster into abstractions of color and texture. A
LEFT: Diagram of Relationship RIGHT: Abstraction of Landscape Plan
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CK ARCHITECTURE, HELSINKI COMPETITION, 2016
GUGGENHEIM HELSINKI COMPETITION ENTRY
ACCESS TO PARK VIEW TO LAVASILLANKATU
VIEW TO THE PARK
ACCESS TO MAIN ENTRY ROOF ACCESS
ACCESS TO PALACE HOTEL
VIEW OF HARBOR
TEAM:
Christoph Kapeller Juan Salizar, Ever Vargas Jeffrey Stevens
A public promenade carves through the museum,
access while single floor exhibition galleries create
offering glimpses of its artworks and providing
a seamless and accessible experience. Ample
an exceptional new public space for the people
views from visitor circulation, enhance the Finnish
of Helsinki. The museum’s horizontal layout
spirit of openness, transparency and accessibility.
preserves and enhances harbor views, while the
The visitor circulation extends along the glazed
public promenade expands the public space
perimeter of the building, affording uninterrupted
of Tähititornin Vuori Park, onto an accessible
views of the city, the harbor, the park, and the
roof, which links the park to the harbor. Multiple
horizon. Seating alcoves provide even better views
entrances to the museum provide fluid public
of harbor and water.
TOP: Birds Eye Render OPPOSITE: Interior-Exterior Public Circulation with Views
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EXHIBITION GALLERY
The column free, sky lit exhibition galleries are
can transform the exhibition space according to
designed for maximum flexibility and viewing comfort.
curatorial requirements. Modular blackout facilities
Located at the center of the museum, each of them
will allow sectional control of daylight. The project
has multiple access points from the perimeter
space/atrium is located at the heart of the museum
visitor circulation. The doorways are designed to be
and can be enjoyed equally from the public art
interchangeable with information and/or food kiosks,
promenade as well as from the museum floor and the
thus allowing the exhibition designers to use different
roof landscape. Adjustable height floor modules allow
access points for each show. In addition, there will be
multiple arrangements at different exhibition levels as
a system of modular moveable exhibition walls that
well as facilitate artwork installation.
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PERI INNOVATIONS CENTER “SPACE FOR FUTURE EDUCATION” COMPETITION
PERIMETER COMPETITION WINNER UNDER CONSTRUCTION
LOCAL TRAVERTINE USES
COURTYARDS
MASSING DIAGRAM
COMPETITION TEAM:
Hiroki Matsura, Anna Petrova Jeffrey Stevens, Patrica Urlan CONSTRUCTION TEAM:
Chetsov Project, Anna Petrova, Jeffrey Stevens
This commission was won through “Space for the
one from the street and one from the park and
Future of Education” a competition sponsored
the concept offered different responses to each
by the PERI Foundation. The proposal focuses on
condition. From the street, PERI center is stepped
creating form inspired by the mountain dwellings.
up and terraced. On the park facing side, the
It could be constructed with local materials by
building takes a more aggressive stance and is a
local builders and will be a source of regional
billboard advertising its own existence. A large
pride in the city. With sensitivity to its urban
glass wall is illuminated with the name of the
context and residential streets, the building
building, at night, interior lighting renders the
steps up from the street with the largest volume
glass transparent and it projects a view of its
facing the park. The project has two entrances,
inhabitants on the park.
TOP: Photograph of Chokh in Dagestan, c. 1950 OPPOSITE: Concept Diagrams
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Further development of the project began with an
Makhachkala for deeper architectural study. These
analysis of mountain villages, where a consistent
neighborhoods were measured, photographed,
logic to the way spaces were constructed
and sketched for further analysis. Five major
emerged. With this discovery came the possibility
trends could be traced back to the 5th century
of applying the spatial logic of the villages to the
village, their trajectories were mapped, and then
new building, in a way that engages the public by
incorporated into the building.
respecting their past, while building their future.
This approach to design was motivated by the
The research considers the evolution of building
desire to accurately represent and reconstruct
methods along the slopes of the Caucus
the urban environment into the scale of a single
Mountains. In the 5th century, groups of single
building. Similar scale, common circulation
room houses were clustered into communities
strategies, and shared design principles reproduce
called an ‘aul’. As the communities grew they
these effects. In the design of the Cultural and
relocated to less treacherous slopes and the
Educational Center PERIMETER, the connection to
houses grew into multi-room terraces. Two
the region is not purely visual but the organization
auls were chosen to represent two phases of
of space itself becomes a signifier.
development before the eventual settlement in
TOP LEFT: 17th сentury. House of Mirzaev. Village of Mihrek, Dagestan TOP RIGHT: 19th сentury. Tower dwelling. Village of Ruguja, Dagestan BOTTOM: 2019. Center Perimeter. Makhachkala, Dagestan OPPOSITE: Gamsutl collage
Peri Foundation
Peri Center
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GAMSUTL
CHOKH
PERIMETER
c. 5th Century
14th Century
21st Century
Peephole Windows
Larger View Windows
Curtain Wall
Private Outdoor Space for Gardens
Private Outdoor Space with Farms
Public Outdoor Space in City
Single Room Houses in Village
Multi Room Houses in Village
Village in a Building
Masonry Walls and Partitions
Masonry Extertior Walls
Masonry Cladding
Single Directional Circulation Along X Axis
Two Directional Circulation Along X and Y Axis
Three Directional Circulation Along X, Y, and Z Axis
GAMSUTL CIRCULATION DIAGRAM
CHOKH CIRCULATION DIAGRAM
GAMSUTL: One of the oldest Avari settlements in the Dagestan region, the defensive village hugs the side of a mountain with a single path linking public terraces CHOKH: The newer mountain village of Chokh was built on a lesser slope which allows for more interconnected paths and terraces. It is still an active community.
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PERIMETER CIRCULATION DIAGRAM
PERIMETER: Built on the flat grounds of Makhachkala, the circulation strategy places the second fire stair on the exterior terraces. Public program is linked through these terraces along with the linear interior circulation.
Aerial Park View of Construction
Peri Foundation
Peri Center
ABOVE: Floor plans: Third, Second, First, Basement
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Street View of Construction
View from Lecture Hall to Co-working Space
Staircase at Street
PERIMETER serves a wide variety of needs for the
digital fabrication studio, and several small oďŹƒce spaces
community. The building features small classrooms for
for start-ups. These spaces within PERIMETER form
after school learning and adult education, a conference
a synthetic urban fabric that refocuses the aul at the
room for lectures and presentations, laboratories, a
center urban life in Makhachkala.
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Park View Render
Street View Render
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Occupy Central Park Advisors: Sarah Lorenzen and Frank Clementi Droops Advisor: Michael Fox Team: Mark Fagan, Chriscelle Banas, Sebastian Greider Chriscelle Banas worked on fabric construction for the prototype. I constructed the original forms but they were later refined by Mark Fagan who recast the forms and arranged them. Mark and I worked together on scripting the fabrication. Sebastian made collages for the final presentation. Days of the Turbins Advisor: Alexander Ortenburg Team: William Spry, Tiffany Rogers William Spry and Tiffany Rogers were both theater majors who took part in this collaborative studio. William Spry was the lighting designer. Tiffany Rogers was costume director. I came up with the concept and built the model, while we all collaborated on actual staging of each scene. Dingbat 3.0 Advisor: Alex Pang Individual project Yedoma Team: Christoph Kapeller and Ever Vargas All photography of the natural landform was done by Cristof Kapeller. I wrote the script to create the formation, and made all the drawings of the project. I built two prototypes and did cost analysis. The three of us worked together on building the final model.
South LA Wetlands Park Team: Kate Bilyk, Nicole Doan I created the initial concept. We based the forms inside on Kate Bilyk’s project from the previous semester. Kate drew the floor plans while I modeled the project. Nicole and I split work on the renderings. I also created the axonometric drawing. Guggenheim Helsinki Team: Christof Kapeller and Ever Vargas Initial concept by Cristof Kapeller. I designed the facade system and created the birds eye renders, circulation diagram and exploded axonometric. Ever Vargas and I both modeled the project and created the elevations and sections. Peri Center Competition Advisor: Hiroki Matsura Team: Anna Petrova, Patrica Urlan Patrica had the initial concept for stacked boxes. I reversed the orientation and designed the fenestration. Anna found reference images for the slideshow (not shown). Patricia and I collaborated on preliminary floor plans (not shown). I created the diagrams. Peri Center Constuction Team: Anna Petrova, Chetsov Project Construction drawing were prepared in collaboration by Chetsov project while I was required to sign off on all drawings per the design contract. I conducted multiple site visit trips throughout the construction process.
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ABOVE: Floor plans: Basement, First, Second, Third
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PERIMETER CIRCULATION DIAGRAM
PERIMETER: Built on the flat grounds of Makhachkala, the circulation strategy places the
second stair required for fire code on the exterior. It links every public part of the building to the terraces.
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Makhachkala
GAMSUTL One of the oldest Avari settlements in the Dagestan region, Gamsutl was built on the side of a mountain with an approximate slope of 1:1. The circulation strategy uses shared stairways, open roof terraces and footbridges to navigate the diďŹƒcult terrain. The at roofs of the lower houses connected to the public street providing small semi-public outdoor spaces.
CHOKH Built after Gamsutl, the mountain village of Chokh was built on a 1:2 slope. Still inhabited by over one thousand people it provided a useful resouce for observing how the inhabitants navigated the network of paths and used the public space.
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McKenzie Residence, built 2016. Project Photograph
McKenzie Residence, built 2016. Project Photograph
Oakbrook Landscape
Orange County
Patrick Residence, under construction. Project Photograph
Parmelee Residence. Project Photograph
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