ARC 203L
Project 1a: Low and High Tech Buildings Low Tech Solar Umbrella House (2005), Angela Brooks and Lawrence Scarpa, Venice, CA Urban Environment, Mild Climate Year Round 1,150 sq ft
Almost everything in this house does double duty: The entry to a guest bathroom and lavatory is conceals behind a hinged section of the bookcase that lines one wall. Concrete steps with a cantilevered handrail lead to a springy mesh staircase supported on a steel tube of the same rusted steel, which runs up the inner wall, hovering over a massive built-in sofa. The solar canopy is a big multitasker: a formal, expressive, and functional element
High Tech Commerzbank Headquarters (1991-1997), Norman Foster and Partners, Frankfurt, Germany Urban Environment, Moderately Cold Winters and Warm Summers 1,175,000 sq ft
The Design of the building is built on top of the original site of the pervious headquarters instead of taking up a new plot of land. The building is built with an atrium in the middle that operates as a chimney for warm air to escape as well as provide sunlight for offices in the interior and the sky gardens. The four storey sky gardens provide a break room where workers can view the city while being in a green environment. The gardens also provide oxygen for the interior office rooms.
Project 1b: Sustainable Buildings
Project 1b: Discovery Center At South Lake Union
Project 2: Mount Baldy Bathhouse
Project 2a: Absract Site Analysis
This site analysis was an integration of different forms of communication. The assignment was loosely based on the work of Perry Kulper This analysis shows the wind patterns along with paths traveled. Note: This is the digital version of the hand drawn site analysis
Project 2b: Moholy Nagy Ba Relief Moholy Nagy Painting
This assignment called for the using the regulating lines from the painting above, and incorporating it into a ba relief model
Project 2c: Ba Relief on Slope This iteration of the ba relief places extrusions and excavations on the slope of the site
Project 2d: Ba Relief on Slope v2
Project 2e: Ba Relief on Slope v3 This was the first pass of placing the building on the site. This first attempt looked at a translucent material to blend into the landscape
Project 2f: Midterm Review At midterm, the building stayed at the same side of the slope but was enlarged and became a tube which housed the program
Project 2g: Skin Study
The Skin study was the side assignment which was a further experimentation of translucentcy using a corregated plastic material. Using the corregation, there could be a change in opacity.
Project 2h: New Building Orientation v1 After the midterm there was the attempt to shift the building at a different angle on the slope. The angle was perfomed to seperate the main road from the bathhouse and to use the tube parti to its fullest potential by using the views on each side of the of the shell openings. There is also a further experimentation of materiality by laminating the suface in a reflective material
Project 2i: New Building Orientation v2 This version sees a change in the shape of the shell along with removing the lamination of the shell and replacing it with a smooth reflective plexiglass exterior
Project 2j: Final Review
In the final review, the model recieved several changes. The shell changed its shape again but the topography only contained minor adjustments. Program was integrated into one of the masses produced from the topography. The shell also kept its reflective quality
Project 2 Drawings and Diagrams N
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Steam Room Open to Above
Reflection Pool
Men’s Changing Area
Sauna Outdoor Showers
Men’s Showers
Main Pool
Men’s Storage
Men’s Bathroom
Women’s Storage
Women’s Bathroom
Women’s Changing Area
Women’s Showers
Entry Lobby/ Reception
Storage/ Laundry
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Elevator
Polycarbonate Material
Floor Plan Level 1 Steel Frame
N Hot Pool Insulation Waterproofing Structure
Cold Pool Relaxation Area / Deck Extension
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Main Pool
Open to Below
Relaxation Area/ Deck
Elevator
Reflection Pool
Key Wall Section
Floor Plan Level 2
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Section 1 Scale: 1/8” = 1’
Section 2 Scale: 1/8” = 1’
Ventilation Diagram
Primary Circulation Secondary Circuation
Circulation
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5PM June March 5PM
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September December
Sun Diagram
Building And Shell
Renderings
ARC 341
Assignment 1: Scale Taking measurments from a scale
Assignment 2: Concrete Block Creating a concrete utilitarian block that would house architecture materials
Assignment 3: Wood Storage Box Creating a storage box that would hold architectual supplies
Assignment 4: Steel Contraption Creating a Steel Contraption that would allow the wooden box to bolt to the bottom of an IDC tables
ARC 299 Using Grassopper to develop the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium: Massing
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium: Structure
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium: Facade
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium: Laser Cut Model