2020_JM_Portfolio by Joon Ma

Portfolio of Works Joon Ma joon.h.ma@gmail.com 609.480.6467

Joon Ma education

professional

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Princeton University, School of Architecture, NJ Masters of Architecture I (AP) How the Field[s] Meet, Thesis, The Suzanne Kolarik Underwood Prize The thesis explored architecture as an apparatus for scientific inquiry by subjecting architecture to be experimented on by the existing built and natural environment.

2018 - 2020

Columbia University GSAPP, NY Masters of Architecture I (transferred to Princeton)

2015 - 2017

Davidson College, Davidson, NC Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology

2008 - 2012

Talking Trees, Venice Biennale Korean Pavillion, Program Curator, Author, Seoul & Venice

12.19 - current

Curating and authoring an exhibition with four architecture collectives on trees as a way to map the new digital geography that has developed in the internet era through the similarities and differences that emerge. OPS! (Of Possible Scenarios), Founder, Rotterdam, Princeton, Milan

03.19 - current

Architecture collective of design and research. Projects: Der Januskopf, Vienna, 2nd place, Europan 15, 2019 Architecture and masterplan proposal for Viennaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New Marx district.

Squaring the Circle, Rotterdam, Shortlisted, Europan 15, 2019 Masterplan proposal for the new maker space district in Rotterdam.

SuperSpatial + Joon Ma, Collective, Milan, Princeton

2018

Collaborated with SuperSpatial for the Korean Pavilion Dubai World Expo 2020, Shortlisted. OMA/AMO, Intern, Rotterdam, NL

07.17 - 06.18

Worked directly with the partners and director of AMO on various phases of projects. Projects: Samsung Premium Mobile Store, Seoul, Korea 2018, project leader Competition for a Premium Mobile Store for Samsung. Winning Entry Prada Fashion Show 18 S/S, Milan, Italy, 2018, designer Set design, branding, and design consultancy for Prada. Data Center, 2017, designer 3 design proposals for a data center in collaboration with Arup Kanal Centre Pompidou, Brussels, 2017, designer Competition for the Kanal Centre Pompidou. Conservation & renovation of the Citroen Factory N H D M, Intern, New York, NY

05.16 - 09.16

Worked directly with the partners on various phases of the projects. Projects: Co living Housing (Seoul) - 3d modeling, corresponding with clients Excise City (Seoul) - research, drawings STPMJ, Intern, Seoul & New York Worked directly with the partners on competitions and built projects. Projects: Shear House (Korea) - structural model, site survey Invisible Barn (Sagehen, CA) - material sourcing, Kickstarter campaign

11.12 - 08.15

Joon Ma professional cont.d

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PT BAMBOO PURE, Designer, Bali, Indonesia

01.14 - 06.14

Projects: Bamboo Tent in Bali - Lead Designer, Site Supervisor, built Bamboo Construction Technical Manual - writer, researcher, illustrator Storefront for Art and Architecture, Intern, New York, NY

08.12 - 01.13

Conducted curatorial research. Installed and operated the exhibition. Produced two films for the “Past, Futures, Present Futures” exhibition. teaching & research

exhibitions/ publications

Assistant Instructor for Emerging Urban Technologies: The City of the Near Future Alejandro Zaera Polo, ARC 504, Princeton, NJ Graduate level Integrated Design Studio. Prepared workshops and desk crits twice a week.

02.20 - 06.20

Research Assistant to Forrest Meggers and Lucia Allais, Princeton, NJ Worked directly with Lucia and Forrest on their joint research on concrete.

05.19 - 09.19

Assistant Instructor for Foods, Drugs, Society, MOL 250, Jeffrey Stock, Princeton, NJ Undergraduate level molecular biology lecture class. Organized weekly precept (discussion groups), prepared and graded assignments.

02.19 - 06.19

Assistant Instructor for Core Architecture Studio II, A4002, Benjamin Cadena, Columbia, NY Graduate level core architecture studio. Prepared workshops and desk crits twice a week.

01.18 - 05.18

Europan 15 Productive Cities, Haus der Architektur, Author, Graz, Australia Exhibition of the winning entires, OPS!.

2020

Architecture Arboretum curated by Sylvia Lavin, Research Seminar, Princeton NJ Exhibition curated by Sylvia Lavin.

2019

Europan 15 Productive Cities, Publication, Author Publication of the winning entires, OPS!.

2020

Dubai World Expo Korea Pavilion, KOTRA, Author, Seoul, Korea Exhibition of Shortlisted entries.

2018

UIA Suncheon Art Platform Competition, UIA, Author, Suncheon, Korea Exhibition of Shortlisted entries.

2016

GSAPP Abstract, Author Publication of featured studio projects. honors/ awards

The Suzanne Kolarik Underwood Prize Thesis Prize award for exceptional achievement in architectural design.

2020

KPF Paul Katz Fellowship, Honorable Mention One of the four finalists of the 2020 Paul Katz Fellowship.

2020

Reside Mumbai Housing Competition, Honorable Mention, Archoutloud Joon Ma, Mattia Inselvini, Gustav Nielsen, Kristoffer Lund.

2017

UIA Suncheon Art Platform Competition, Runner Ups, UIA Suncheon Art Valley (K_GSAPP).

2016

George L. Abernethy Independent Research Grant, Davidson College, Davidson, NC Critical Study of Tadao Ando’s Buildings in Japan.

2012

Dean Rusk International Studies Grant, Davidson College, Davidson, NC Team KwaProw, afterschool basketball program in Ghana. skills

2016.2017

Software: Rhinoceros, V-Ray, Grasshopper, Adobe Suite, Arc GIS, After Effects, Premier Pro Languages: Korean(native)

2011. 2012

HOW THE FIELD[S] MEET The thesis explores architecture as an apparatus for scientific inquiry by subjecting architecture to be experimented on by the existing built and natural environment.

LINK to website

Academic, Princeton University, 2020 The Suzanne Kolarik Underwood Prize Advisor: Guy Nordenson Site: Floyd Bennett Field To this day, biological field studies are mostly conducted in the “wilderness” unaffected by human influences. According to the bioscience oxford journal, 96% of field stations are located away from metropolitan areas. While scientists have moved away from cities to study the natural environment, convergence of forces that constitute the greater ecology occur in urban areas. The “field” is no longer located away from civilization, rather it stands or has been standing in front of us all along. We have progressively fragmented and occupied the natural environment and created distinct divisions and metrics to occupy these spaces. For humans, edges are black and white, measured and quantified, but ecological transformations defy the boundaries set by us. Over time, nature infiltrates into our built environment both in big and small waves. The changes we are seeing today are no longer about how we see the world around us but more about how the nature sees us and responds to our actions. Modern ecological studies were developed through the petri dish, but the expanded field Identified, requires new apparatus and methods of studying these conditions. Given that these new conditions deal with both the natural and built environment, and mediating between the edges defined by humans and nature, architecture must play a role in designing the spatial parameters of these studies: in particular, in facilitating, mediating, and observing the liminal zones. The following projects – The Building Edge, The Forest Ring, and The Coastal Lines – bring together new interpretations of what it means to subject architecture to be experimented on with a deep connection to material culture, structure, spatial organization, and ecological transformation. The project pairs the element of research apparatus and public interface in their designs. Sited in Floyd Bennett Field, de-comissioned naval base airport in Jamaica Bay New York, the site is uniquely positioned to study these ecological transformations as nature has already infiltrated into the built environment. Ecological transformation work in its own timeline in varying scales. It is fragile yet dynamic, shaped by humans yet resilient. The three stations are strategically positioned to both observe and facilitate the transformations on and along different edges of the site. In particular between, the water, the vegetation, the coast, and the built environment.

The Building Edge When nature takes over [web] The Building Edge is a station dedicated to the study of an industrial building weathering into nature. In 2020, the average age of U.S commercial building was approximately 50 years old while mixed-used buildings had an average of 75 years. According to the US Department of Energy, the lifespan of office buildings made of concrete, steel, and wood is on average 73 years. Buildings are aging and they need repair or demolition. While our understanding of a building's life has been simply associated with function, a building's footprint and its elements are very much integrated into the life of the urban ecosystem. Despite the high levels of disturbance and habitat modification, urban ecosystems still host substantial levels of biodiversity. The processes that maintain existing levels of diversity, however, remain understudied (Anna Johnson, 451). Hangar B was built on Floyd Bennett Field in 1944, making 76th year of its construction in 2020. The weathering of the surface materials are visible and will need to be repaired to continue its life. Rather than renovating the hangar, the hangar will be conserved and partially exposed to study vegetation dispersal traits into the building. The hangar will be conserved and decomposed in three different degrees. The two cranes that hover over and under the hanger provides specific vantage points for scientists to observe the "hangar ecology" untouched.

material culture

Space for public programming and science is woven and blurred throughout the station. The annex which facilitates the movement of the apparatus and humans, have varying degrees of flexible and defined spaces to enable both the scientific and educational programs on site.

field condition

field intervention

field transformation

Abandoned buildings on site have already been taken over by vegetation. Hangar B, located on the edge between Verrazzano soil and asphalt pavement, is positioned to weather the ecological transformations in and around the site.

The Hangar is exposed to three varying levels to observe different rates of vegetation germination in varying conditions. Two gantry crane systems, one that hovers above and one under, are placed to provide the scientists with specific vantage points

Weathering of the hangar into nature not only becomes a field for the scientists but also a spectacle for the public.

vegetation growth in a hangar on site

Urs Fischer - You

ecology as a spectacle

section through the hangar and the annex

view from the annex to the hangar

view from the gantry pods into the hangar

The Forest Ring Filling the dots [web] Forest Ring is a station dedicated to the study of urban natural corridors and afforestation. The positive impact of mature urban trees has brought attention to urban afforestation as a possible solution to weather climate change. However little data exist on whether patches of juvenile trees can mature into an urban forest. Urban afforestation is especially challenging due to fragmentation from the roads and other built environments. Lack of biodiversity due to fragmentation results in lower seed germination and contaminated soils are untenable for the growth of native trees. Roads do fragment and destroy the natural habitation, however, over time plants have found ways to grow under the cracks of asphalt pavements. To build a successful mature urban forest, we not only need to understand how to construct a network of ecological corridors to germinate the seeds. In the 20th century, most of the sciences around vegetation in asphalt surfaces has been on eradicating those species and preventing such growth. While better asphalt mixtures and road oil do prevent vegetation growth, cracks in asphalt are inevitable due to the weathering of asphalt and geological shifts. In recent studies, it was found that curbside cracks play an important role in offering habitat for plants in urban areas as it functions as a depository of seeds of urban habitations.

material culture

The geometry of the tower, a square inscribed in a circle, facilitates the intersection of public programming, scientific labs, and the field. Often open completely as polyvalent space, and fully enclosed for experimentation.

field condition

field intervention

field transformation

The airplane runways have fragmented the ecology of Floyd Bennett Field since it was built. The airbase has been decommissioned for over three decades, but the width of the runway and layers of asphalt poured on-site makes it difficult for the disparate zones to be connected.

The station is built in two parts, the irrigation ring and the nursery tower. To facilitate vegetation growth, and afforestation, carbon, nitrogen, ph, and humidity level needs to be monitored to germinate seeds across the fragmented paths.

From the nexus of the station, vegetation grows on to create new natural corridors and create optimal conditions for the juvenile trees to grow into a mature forest.

aerial view of the site, 1931

ecological apparatus

ecological corridor

section through the tower and the field

view from the spiral ramp

view from the field

The Coastal Line Crossing the line [web] The Coastal line is a station dedicated to the study of coastal transformation from sea level rise. In Jamaica Bay, in between the sub-aquatic zones and the maritime forest, there are buffer zones (tidal flat, low marsh, high marsh, transition slope, dune, upland perennial ground cover, upland shrub, grassland, and ridgeline) that protect the forest from saltwater. But now, due to sea level rise, fringe habitats, and the coastal lines are thinning. With the sea-level rise projection of the site, most of the maritime forest will be destroyed due to the shifting of the zones. The transformation of the coast in Jamaica Bay is unavoidable and has been changing for centuries. The coastal lines are built perpendicular to coast to register the changing ecology from the sea level rise and thinning of the fringe habitats. Two lines that intersect in the maritime forest zone branch outwards to intersect with the varying zones, ultimately reaching the sub-aquatic zone. The linear station has two levels, one for the public on the upper level, and the other for the scientists. The tower station not only holds the pathway but provides scientists access to the ground. To study the changing coastal ecology, two linear stations are extended out from the forest to the bay. Tower stations are placed 40m apart to function as reference markers for the shifting tides.

material culture

The public walkway swerves around the linear path of the scientists to provide the public a view of the fieldwork in action. The long bar placed on the lower edge of the two lines anchors the station with lab and public programming facilities.

field condition

field intervention

field transformation

The coastal edge of Floyd Bennett Field is shifting inwards due to sea level rise. As a result, submarine, intertidal, and coastal fringe habitats move inwards, but at the same time destroys the inland vegetation from it.

To study the changing coastal ecology, two linear stations are extended from the maritime forest to the subaquatic zone. Coastal ecology is difficult to calibrate due to the constantly changing tidal shift.

The towers along the linear walk way placed 40m apart not only structurally support the walkway but also function as markers of the tidal shift.

coast of floyd bennett field

coastal monitor installation

ecological proxy

section through the forest to the low marsh

scientist pathway - fieldwork in action

public pathway - view of fieldwork

Der Januskopf a two-faced strategy for Rennweg

Competition/Personal, OPS!, 2019, 2nd place Europan 15 Site: Rennweg, Vienna Der Januskopf is a design proposal for a system that integrates housing, productive spaces and public areas with the ambition to resolve the missing puzzle piece of Neu Marx neighbourhood, linking and framing different scales from urban to interior. Like the two-faced Roman god, Januskopf expresses itself through 2 opposite faĂ§ades, responding to siteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s idiosyncrasies: a translucent and semi-open winter garden stands out against the busy and polluted Rennweg, while a system of wide and gently-sloped terraces stretches out to the adjacent residential tissue in the south. Januskopf expresses most of its relation to the city at the ground level, convergence of commercial, transportation, and logistical nodes in local, urban, and regional scale.

AMAZON

IKEA

INNERE STADT

3km

Rennweg

8.5km

LOGISTIC HUB POST PARCEL

TNT

FedEx DHL

logistics network Rennweg is optimally located to be an intermediary logistical centre between the intercity and the suburban warehouse and wholesale facilities around Vienna. Traditional market halls which functioned as logistical nodes for cities have moved out due to densification and expansion of flow of goods. In order to address the last mile issue, the material hub redistributes larger chunks into smaller shipments using delivery vehicles as, bikes, scooters, and drones. Incorporating movement of materials as a key component of the proposal, the project expands the scope of the work and live typology. No longer is makerspace purely a space to use equipment but a space where people, materials, and ideas congregate to make new things.

production hub

overlap

vertical system

PEDESTRIAN PATH ROOFTOP GARDEN

PLAYGROUND

URBAN FARM

PRODUCTIVE POCKET

AY ILW RA 0m 1

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GR Y TER AR

FIC AF 20m

PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION

33 m

A-A’

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11.000

31.000 m2 28.000 m2

9.500

54.000 m2

14.000 PUBLIC SPACE

*see relation for detailed area breakdown

2028

2024

2019

RESIDENTIAL

2032

PRODUCTIVE

phasing strategy

+ 17.00 m

+ 13.80 m

4th - 5th floors - subsidised housing

productive residential public LOGISTIC HUB

+ 10.60 m

MATERIAL HUB

3rd floor - experimental housing

MULTIPURPOSE HALL

OVERLAP 02 OVERLAP 01

In the overlaps of the horizontal (terraces) and vertical (tower) systems the public flows are enhanced.

structural system The simplicity of the structural grid, a square of 9x9m, allows an high flexibility in terms of space layout.

+ 7.40 m

2nd floor - productive spaces

underground floor required: Housing > 60 parking places Productive > 110 parking places project: 150 parking places +10 charging points for electrical vehicles

last mile The material hub consolidates material from various wholesalers and material producers around the region. It redistributes larger chunks into smaller shipments using delivery vehicles as, bikes, scooters, and drones.

+ 4.20 m

1st floor - productive spaces

view of the terrace as workspace

interior view of the airgap buffer

phase 1

phase 2

two-faced strategy Convergence of highway, roads, bus route, and trams causes heavy traffic and noise pollution from the vehicles. The NE side of the project is shielded with a translucent and semi open buffer space that not only functions as a buffer to the surrounding traffic but also house HVAC and other building infrastructures.

terraces The south-west side of the project is terraced and faces Wildganshof, one of Vienna’s successful socialist housing projects. The terrace engages Wildganshof through its connectivity and display of various public activities by makers, residents, and visitors. The building mass takes advantage of natural light and air ventilation.

urban plazas The design of the building allows transversal connections between Rennweg, Leberstraße and the train station. On the NW edge of the site where train, bus, and tram stations are located, a pedestrian passage opens to a public square facing the station. Another square is located on the Southern part of the site and a spiral pedestrian ramp functions as access to the building and opens to a public terrace.

STUDENT ACCOMODATION SERVICE APARTEMENTS HOTEL

ROOFTOP

SUBSIDISED HOUSING

PRIVATELY FINANCED UNITS EXPERIMENTAL HOUSING

CO-WORKING SPEED FACTORIES CREATIVE SPACES

LOGISTIC & DISTRIBUTION

LABORATORIES COMMERCIAL SPACES CREATIVE SPACES

20 m

SECTION AA SECTION BB

SQUARING THE CIRCLE Transformation of an abandoned industrial site as logistical apparatus for making and building assembly.

Competition/Personal, OPS!, 2019, shortlisted Europan 15 Site: Vierhavensblok, NL

How can new urban and architectural developments account for decay of materials? Can buildings and structures, instead of static configurations, be able to absorb material and waste flows? Squaring the Circle is a vision for the M4H, a strategy that focuses on framing undefined spaces that act as a sponge where economical, material and waste flows can be absorbed and released. Rotterdam had more houses demolished than built. Furthermore, 87% of demolition materials were deemed to be impossible or difficult to recycle and only 5% of demolition waste was recycled. As most post-war buildings will reach end of their lifespan, architects must account for the life cycle of the built environment. We propose a city that is built on the value of voids as spaces for unforeseen potentialities and infrastructure as the tool to fluidify these opportunities.

Galileipark

Marconiplein

Keilehaven

areas

axes

corridors

Currently M4H suffers a clear separation between areas: Galileipark, devoted to production and logistics, Keilehaven, where numerous warehouses occupy the access to the river and Marconiplein, characterized by rigid building blocks. Although its peculiar location in between Port and City, M4H district fails to create a smooth transition between both conditions.

Our strategy is based on the creation and interplay between three axes. The Innovation Park opens a corridor through Galileipark, creating a framework for a shared space between the companies, sport activities and educational facilities. The Maker’s Axis continues Keilehaven towards the city and it hosts small scale production and residencies: the void of the axis gets activated by extension of working spaces. Crossing the other two, a public axis forms the center of M4H and it hosts public attractions, events, artrelated spaces.

The M4H area is characterized by its location in-between city and port. As the public axis divides the InnovationPark and the Maker’s Axis, two areas with different characterizations are created: towards the city, the axes are bring an urban character, while towards the port the axes continue as natural infrastructure (as a park in Galilei area and as the Keilehaven for the Maker’s axis), functioning as remediating space.

phasing The masterplan for the area concentrates the density at the edges of the site. At the three vertices, housing+productive typologies are introduced, each of them characterized by their proximities: the “Palace of Labor” (Logistic facilities), the Mobility Hub (Dakpark) and the Open Workshop (Main Axis). After the definition of the vertices, the second step will be to solidify the two edges. The other side of the site will host culturally-oriented building blocks, thinner and more permeable towards Marconiplein.

New Construction

Existing Buildings

Cultural Program

innovation axis occupation strategy

maker’s axis occupation strategy

material and waste flows

Price/Sqm

housing typologies

fin is

fin ish ed

In order to assure dynamic and resilient neighborhood, the housing typologies provide an higher amount of square meters, over which a certain ratio is delivered without finishes. The flexibility to freely construct and disassemble parts of the domestic space takes full advantage of the availability of makers and materials flowing in site: from straight-reuse of waste materials and components as partitions and furniture to the implementation of products being produced in the area. This system allows the single unit to absorb - in time - the residual disassembly flows coming from existing buildings and the waste flows from the productive functions.

1x1

housing + extension

DUPLEX-ATELIER

DOUBLE DUPLEX

SHARED ATELIER

F/U: 50% Combining a double heigh working area with a two story apartment.

F/U: 25% Foldable partitions divide the apartment in four zones that can be combined.

F/U:50% One grid unit is split in two apartments with mezzanine.

F/U:25% Openable working space, that can be connected and shared with other houses.

2x1

housing + rent Finished Flat

the user ďŹ nishes the space

Uninished Flat

M4H

END OF CONSTRUCTION

the user keeps the space unďŹ nished

housing + atelier

Time

DUPLEX

HOSTEL

FULL DUPLEX

SHARED DUPLEX

F/U: 0% Two apartments share the structural grid. Living areas can be combined.

F/U:25% Compact sleeping area houses up to eight tenants, that share affordable living and working areas.

F/U:50% Spacious working and living areas in the ground floor can be shared between tenants.

F/U:25% Two apartments with openable workspaces can be combined into a row of working areas.

ground floor plan scale 1:500

typical plan scale 1:500

2020 DUBAI WORLD EXPO KOREA PAVILION Design proposal for the Dubai World Expo using E-waste as a platform to display 5G technology.

Professional/Personal, Seoul, 2018 (finalist) Team: Superspatial + Joon Ma Site: Dubai World Expo The proposal is a physical manifestation of the digital and the mechanical infrastructures that enable our Noosphere, the sphere of human consciousness and mental activity, to connect and to communicate. Our ability to innovate how we mobilize our goods and communicate our ideas allowed us to reach beyond our regional and national boundaries. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no news that we can now mobilize our thoughts and ideas instantly all over the world. However, unlike the rails, roads, and airports that allow us to be physically mobile through trains, cars, and airplanes, the infrastructure and the hardware that enable our digital mobility are buried, hidden, and often invisible. How do we spatialize the invisible infrastructure that allows us to be connected more than we ever could have imagined? Over few decades, South Korea has embraced the possibility of the digital infrastructure and has now become the forefront of the new 5g technology. The constant upgrade and update of the digital technology that we are all accustomed to comes with incredible amount of mechanical, physical and digital engineering to make it into a reality.

geosphere - 4.5 billion years

biosphere - 3.5 billion years

noosphere - 10.000 years

any of the almost spherical concentric regions of matter that make up the earth and its atmosphere, as the lithosphere and hydrosphere.

is the worldwide sum of all ecosystems. It can also be termed the zone of life on Earth, a closed system and largely self-regulating.

A topography made of e-waste

public space embedded in the electronic landscape

highway junction

internet cables

a sphere of evolutionary development dominated by consciousness, the mind, and interpersonal relationships.

Ultimate manifestation of physical mobility. The road infrastructure enabled us to be efficiently mobile within the physical domain of the highway system.

The physical manifestation of our endlessly evolving digital sphere. The new web of infrastructure installed transcend beyond the dimension of time and space.

exhibition spaces

a pattern of individual and personalized paths

the pavilion as a vessel to make relations

flexible amphitheater space used as exhibitiion, concert, and event space

exploded axonometric

multifunctional auditorium

10.50

5.50

10.50

5.50

5.20

28.30

7.50

28.30

27.50

10.75

24.15

6 1

7.50

27.50

27.20

12.35

19.70

27.20

39.85

1. pop-up stores / 2. kitchen / 3. restaurant / 4. resting space / 5. nursery / 6. reception

1. kotra office / 2. conference room / 3. vip lounge / 4. restaurant / 5. staff office / 6. praying area / 7. conference room

plan 1.2 m level

plan 5.2 mt level

7.50

17.50

5.15

5.15 5.15

5.15

3.40

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A 5

40 40

2 40

27.50

12.35

5.15

7.50

1. entrance / 2. exit / 3. digital monitors and vr experience / 4. amphitheatre / 5. exhibition trailer

1. main exhibition room / 2. special exhibition

plan 8 m level

plan 9.2 mt level

32.85

5.60

Exterior Front View

Section AAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

TECHNICAL REPORT & PRE-CONCEPT Critical investigation of greenhouse technology. Domain of investigation: structure, climatization, water, recycling, and infrastructure

Academic, Spring 2019 Instructor: Alejandro Zaera Polo While architects like to claim our influence beyond the design of the built environment, so much of the world around us is precisely and often cryptically engineered. These industries have had significant impact in our built environment yet architects arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t able to participate or contribute to how the productive spaces are being built around urban and peri-urban environment. For the first half of the studio, I investigated how the Dutch greenhouse system works as an object, building and infrastructure. I visited the Netherlands for a week to interview and visit engineers, growers, and climate consultants.

spreads from the technical report

PRINCETON JUNCTION FOODPORT Use of undesirable residual land between the parking lot and the railway as the strategic site for a foodport that combines the function of productive greenhouse, logistical food hub, and commercial space.

Academic, Spring 2019 Instructor: Alejandro Zaera Polo Site: Princeton Junction station Located in Princeton Junction railway station, the proposed Foodport prototype takes advantage of the Transit Oriented Development plan that the Regional Planning Commission is putting forth and uses the undesirable residual space between the existing parking lot and the rail to construct a high-tech greenhouse system. While the conventional food hub acts as a logistical channel, the Princeton Junction Foodport combines production and distribution of food with the rail station. Taking advantage of the high volume of commuters in Princeton Junction station, pending developments around the railway station, and increased interest in local food and agricultural technology, the Princeton Junction Foodport not only provides a food production and distributional node, but through its hybrid programming becomes a public and cultural node for the neighborhood. Tomatoes produced by the farms can either be picked up by 6000 daily commuters, residents of West Windsor, and distributed out through the adjacent food hub.