ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
FABRICATION LAB
AVIATION INSTITUTE
URBAN IDENTITY
SCREENING URBANISM
RECLAMATION
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Cranbrook Ar t Academy Indian Hills, MI CHALLENGE: To design and develop a student building centered on a fabrication lab. The building is to be designed using integrated technologies. It is also to take into consideration the history of the campus and other site projects by Eero and Eli Saarinen. PROGRAM: To include a fabrication lab, outdoor assembly space, studios, ar tist in residence studios, a gallery, student dormitories, a library, and a dining hall. This building is fully designed around the concept of the fabrication lab. There is a reocurring cour tyard theme prevalent throughout the campus. The fab lab manifests itself as the cour tyard in this project. It is the soaring, transluscent, open, light-weight, light filled space in the center of the program, surrounded by the heavy, monolithic-type skinny, meandering buildings, also characteristic of Cranbrook Academy.
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FABRICATION LAB
1. Fab Lab 2. Gallery 3. Outdoor Assembly 4. A.I.R. Studios (Student Studios above) 5. Dining Hall 6. Library 7. Dorm Rooms - 2 persons (Same Above)
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Fab Lab/Courtyard The left image is a wall section showing how the “monolithic” concrete wall is actually layered. The center image is how the two type of walls are joined technically. And the right image shows the design intent of exposing the seam of the two different wall types. Circulation/Path
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This integrated system is known as “Air Floor” and is used in the fab lab. This is intended for use in spaces with high ceilings. Instead of ventilating through ducts in the ceiling, bubble ducts are installed within the slab, allowing for heating and cooling to occur in the same zone that humans occupy, resulting is less waste.
In addition to contributing to the cour tyard effect, the project also responds greatly to the building morphology present at Cranbrook. As you can see, the campus is a hodgepodge of long, skinny brick buildings that are connected in such a way that they seem to meander and sprawl through the campus. This project does just that, as well as maintains a height of around 30 feet. Though this building is not brick, the dark grey metal cladding has the same horizontality as that of the brick, and also complements the metal panels on the Saarinen musem which adjacently wraps the site. The facade screens on the dorms create the same effect. The ver tical KalWall panels surrounding the fab lab juxtapose the horizontality, mimicking the ver ticality of the surrounding forestry. The industrial feel of this space, with the exposed structure and systems, is meant to be reflective of its function. The walls around the circulation areas are designed to visually read as neutral, enhancing the separation between the lab (cour tyard) and the rest of the spaces (buildings).
Williard Airpor t Champaign, IL CHALLENGE: Schematic design and development of a medium-scale public building emphasizing the integration of the basic elements of a building. PROGRAM: Practical and theoretical training spaces for future engineers and maintenance personnel at new hangar and classroom facility. The site at Williard Airpor t is vast and flat, a typical midwestern landscape. The sky above, however, is alive with air traffic. The design is primarily driven by the movement and activity overhead and within the airplane itself. The roof becomes the major component of the building as the aerodynamics of the airplane are used to create its form. Its bright orange color guides the visitor’s eye up towards the sky while also serving as a landmark for pilots and passengers as seen from above.
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6. Electrical 7. Restrooms 8. Library 9. Studio 10. Auditorium 11. Office 12. Kitchen 13. Lobby/Gallery 14. Cour tyard
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Steel Roofing Panels Waterproof Membrane Insulation Metal Decking Steel W6 Steel Truss 16” Cast-in-place Concrete Aluminum Frame Low-E2 Double Pane Glass Steel Louvers 14” Hollow Tube Column
Concrete Slab Metal Decking Steel W12 12” Hollow Tube Column and Bracing
Concrete Slab Concrete Foundation
Ribbon windows are located at eye and clerestory level in order to maximize views and daylighting while minimizing solar heat gain and loss. The monolithic 16� concrete facade provides a thermal barrier and a deep setting for the louvers, which provide shade. Their satin finish allows light to reflect into the space without glare. Some window segments between louvers are operable in the hangar to allow for natural ventilaion. These windows, in conjunction with the fans and vents in the ceiling, allow the hangar to function on passive lighting and ventilation strategies only.
NE Cor ner of Chicago St & LaSalle Ave Chicago, IL CHALLENGE: Schematic design and development of a mid-rise, mixed-use building in downtown Chicago. PROGRAM: To include commercial space(s), residential units, and an appropriate ratio of parking spaces per unit. This project is designed to enhance the “neighborhood effect� in order to provide a sense of community and identity within the big city. The design is governed by program in a such that the differences in program on the interior are represented visually on the exterior. The circulation tower is emphasized in both color and height exposing the social interaction space, embedding it into the Chicago skyline, and serving as a landmark which gives the residents a sense of identity.
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URBAN IDENTITY
The r esi d e n t ia l t o we rs ar e divide d i n t o 3 zo n e s , w h ich crea t e sm a l l e r “n e ig h b o r h o o d s� wit h i n t h e bu il d in g . In b etw een t hese ar e c o m m u n it y sp aces, i nc lu di n g re t a il on t h e 1st flo o r, t he eve n t s p a c e on t he 8th floor, an d a re c re a t ion center on th e 1 5 t h - 1 6 t h f l oo r s. T hese com m o n a r e a s b r in g to g eth er t he r e si de n t s of t h e b u ild ing and t h e s u r ro u n d in g co mmun ity. Mat er i al s w e re c h o s en to enh a n ce t h e d iffe re nt p r o g r am featu r e s w h il e s t il l ad her in g to t he a e st he t ic s c h a r a c ter istic of Ch i ca g o . T h e c o l u mns an d louver s a re c o n c re t e and the facade i s m o s t l y t re a ted g lass. The gl ass e n c l o s in g th e p ar k ing gara ge b e c om e s il l u minated at nig h t e x po s in g v e h ic le activ ity, as we ll as t h e c ro s s b r acin g whic h i s t y p ic a l t o t h e city. The lo u ve rs a re s im p ly a 5 fo o t ext en si o n of t h e fl oo r slab s, whic h pr o v id e s h a d e ag ainst the sum m e r s u n wh il e a llo w ing the winter su n t o p e n e t rate th e u nits.
First Floor Plan Retail (2), Lobby, Parking Entrance
Second Floor Plan Office, Parking Ramp
Parking Plan 8 cars, 2 handicap, 2 motorcycle
Residential Floor Plan 3BR (1) 2BR (2), 1BR (1), Studio (1)
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Program Vertical Circulation Residential Community Spaces Parking Office Commercial
Interior Renderings of 3BR unit
The arrangement of the residential towers and the floor plans within them are designed to frame the views provided by the surrounding Chicago architecture. The Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower) can be seen towards the south, and the John Hancock building towards the East. The upper levels, with more valuable real estate, will have a view of Lake Michigan, also to the East. The studio units and the smaller 2BR units have nor th-facing windows, while the 1BR and more spacious 2BR units face south towards the Willis. The luxurious two-level 3BR units are located within their own eastern tower where the floor to ceilig cur tain walls expose the morning (less intense) sun and magnificent view.
Main St. Downtown Champaign, IL CHALLENGE: To design and develop a low-mid rise, mixed-use building and integrate it into the existing community. To revive the “walking city” culture that the downtown area possessed presuburbia. Use the site context and the city’s history to develop a concept from which the design is derived. PROGRAM: To include flexible commercial spaces and residential units above. In an attempt to revive the downtown area of Champaign, this design merges the successful aspects of the historical “walking city” with the contemporary societal needs of today. The city’s plans for the future include a parking garage and green space to the nor th of the site. To complement those features this design offers grocery and enterntainment ammenities for both residents and the public.
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The facade is made of roughcut concrete for its texture. The screen panels are operable per unit to give each resident control over daylighting and privacy. This also creates an ephemeral quality on the facade, constantly evolving betwen double layer screen, single layer screen, and complete transparency. The manipulation of the facade’s solids versus voids of texture and light replicate the history of downtown’s struggle to provide a central urban landscape. The atrium uses the same tactic by providing a physical barrier between public and private spaces, while remaining visually transparent. These concepts are carried through to the individual units as well. Physical and visual barriers are placed between public and private spaces, and only physical barriersbetween adjoining public spaces, giving the user control over privacy and light inside the unit.
Rooftop Commercial - Enterntainment Space
Interior 2BR
Kickapoo State Park Oakwood, IL CHALLENGE: To design an educational facility around the history of Kickapoo State Park. The design is to be based on a personal interpretation and definition of the word “reclamation” and what it means to reclaim. PROGRAM: To include classrooms, offices, and a gallery space. Noun. To demand the resoration of, as a right or possession. I chose this definition because of its strong, forceful connotation. It raises the question of what it means to possess a thing, or in this case a space. I defined posession as having control over a par ticular space and one’s interaction with it. The design of this building is based on the concept of the reclamation of space.
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RECLAMATION
Compression and release
Thickening of wall to enclose space
Office Classrooms Niches
Restrooms
Circulatory Path View Line Winter Sun Summer Sun
Reclamation, as a process, has three par ts: Possession, losing possession, and regaining it. I designed this process along a path, which is delineated through a single thick wall. The Process begins when the viewer commences the path of approach. There is a direct view line from the path to the lake. As the user enters the lobby, with its high ceilings and open layout, they are in control. As they enter the corrior, however, the user loses not only the view of the lake, but also control over the space. There is only one direction to proceed as the ceiling lowers ad the user is led to a more confined space along the path. In this tight corridor, however, where the space becomes more intimate, I designed niches in the wall that serve as small, personal galleries. The user is allowed to escape the constricting space and possess the private gallery. The user then turns the corner and is able to reclaim possession of the wide open space with twenty foot ceilings. The compression and release terminates in the gallery with a completely transparent and unobstructed view into the landscape.
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