Josh BRansky
613 Clarendon St, Syracuse NY www.josh-bransky.com jbransky4@gmail.com (805) 807-4737
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Wooden Boatworks Urban Forest You’re Looking at it All Wrong Plug-in Waterfront
Professional
42 Robert A.M. Stern Architects 46 Canal Branding
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SUSTAINIBLE SYSTEMS
wooden boatworks
using the logic of boat construction to educate and repair wooden boats
Spring 2015 | ARC 409 | Syracuse, NY Design and Production Collaboration with Ben Anderson-Nelson
This “comprehensive studio� project focused heavilly on the development of technical details and integrated system strategies for a wooden boatworks center. The conceptual development of this project was relatively quick with the bulk of the work being spend on iterating techtonic strategies that resonated with our concept, and integrating building
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systems into the parti of the project. Using the logic of boat construction, the program was organised around a central “keel” or circulation spine, with auxillary spaces contained under the “ribs” running perpindicular to the “keel”. Subsequent development was focused on coordinating the parti diagram with an appropriate structural system:
we chose a steel box-truss to serve as the spine, and a CMU masonry cavity wall to act as the ribs. These masonry cavity walls were performative in multiple ways: they acted as supply air chases, they distributed point loads of the roof system to the masonry units, and they acted as storage zones for materials and tools.
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Parti Evolution While the concept of a central “keel” and auxiliary “rib” spaces remained constant throughout the project, the structural, spatial, and systematic means of expressing it changed frequently.
PLAN Evolution Similar to the massing strategy, the programmatic arrangement and spatial layering in plan went through many iterations.
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WORKSHOP N. Small Boat Workshop O. Woodshop P. Spray Booth Q. Large Boat Workshop R. Storage A GALLERY S. Gallery
KEEL T. Café
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steel angle E - KEEL WALL SKYLIGHT B - INTERIOR glass aluminum window mullion cor 10 steel panel aluminum window mullion glass
D ROOF - NORTH SIDE A - EAST EDGE concrete retention block sedum planting concrete paver growth medium (6”) gravel filter fabric drainage pipe (3”) drainage layer (2”) emergency overflow filter fabric
thermal insulation (6”)
waterproof membrane steel angle insulation (4”) steel door track concrete
aluminum mullion operable glass louver
prima co thermoplas
2” steel sliding door 8” x 16” CMU block modular scaffold insert 6” concrete topping slab steel angle radiant floor pipes glass 1’6” foundation slabmullion aluminum window 4” insulation cor 10 steel panel thermoplastic waterproofing aluminum window mullion membrane glass gravel
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aluminum primary I-beam (W 8 x 16)mullion glass steel openoperable web joist (3’) louver steel deck concrete thermoplastic waterproofing membrane
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SECTION DETAILS E - KEEL SKYLIGHT
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concrete retention block concrete paver gravel drainage pipe (3”) emergency overflow
waterproof membrane insulation (4”) concrete
steel angle glass aluminum window mullion cor 10 steel panel aluminum window mullion glass aluminum mullion operable glass louver
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- EAST ROOF EDGE BA - INTERIOR WALL sedum planting steel angle growth medium steel door track (6”) filter fabric drainage layer (2”) filter fabric 2” steel sliding door thermal insulation (6”) 8” x 16” CMU block modular scaffold insert 6” concrete topping slab radiant floor pipes 1’6” foundation slab 4” insulation thermoplastic waterproofing membrane gravel primary I-beam (W 8 x 16) steel open web joist (3’) steel deck concrete thermoplastic waterproofing membrane
INTERIOR CB-- GAP ROOFWALL primary I-beam (W 8steel x 16)angle steel door concrete coping piecetrack thermoplastic waterproof membrane 2” steel parapet sliding door concrete 8” x 16” CMU block modular scaffold insert 6” concrete topping slab radiant floor pipes foundation aluminum 1’6” window mullion slab 4” glass insulation thermoplastic waterproofing membrane gravel
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concrete membrane retention block waterproof concrete insulation (4”)paver gravel concrete drainage pipe (3”) emergency overflow
waterproof steel retentionmembrane angle grass insulation planting (4”) concrete growth medium gravel
steel angle glass aluminum window mullion cor 10 steel panel aluminum window mullion glass
steel angle glass aluminum window mullion cor 10 steel panel aluminum window mullion glass aluminum mullion operable glass louver
open web steel joist (3’) steel box beam glass minor aluminum mullion major aluminum mullion
PARAPET
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SECTION DETAILS
SECTION DETAILS
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TOP OF WALL
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LEVEL -1 -17’ 4”
BASEMENT -32’ 4”
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KEEL ROOF DECK steel rail precast concrete coping piece steel angle steel channel gasket secured with rockite
OPERABLE DOOR steel box beam (18” x 8”) steel angle mullion steel drip edge
steel box beam (6” x 4”) steel window mullion steel tee door channel
door frame rubber gasket
folding door detail axo
solar panels
KEEL ROOF DECK waterproof membrane rigid insulation (4”) composite decking (6”) primary keel box beam (1’) secondary keel box beam (6”)
KEEL FACADE primary keel box column (1’) secondary keel box column (6”) waterjet cut cor 10 facade panels aluminium mullions glass skylight
GREEN ROOF seedum planting growth medium (6”) filter fabric drainage layer (2”) filter fabric rigid insulation (6”) thermoplastic waterproofing membrane composite decking (6”) steel open web joist (3’) primary I-beam (W 8 x 16)
WALL prestressed concrete beam (1’6”) air supply gap (4”) CMU block (16” x 8”) supply and exhaust ducts (12“ x 24”) extruded steel cap (1/8”)
FOUNDATION concrete topping slab (6“) concrete slab on grade (1’6”) rigid insulation (4”) waterproofing membrane gravel compacted fill
keel intersecting ribs detail axo
final axon
URban forest
Pneumatic Community Recycling Center (of the future!)
Fall 2013 | ARC 307 | Syracuse, NY
By 2016, NYC will be required to collect, manage, and sort its organic waste–Urban Forest is Roosevelt Island’s localized solution. This composting center combines a typically undesirable and hidden urban process [trash collection and processing] and combines it with environmental research center to create a self sufficient desirable community space, and a model for our
environmentally conscious future. Raw organic waste enters via the underground pneumatic collection system already existing on the island, or is deposited by the users at the “forest� base. It is shot up to the processing facilities above, and sent back down to the base for collection as usable compost.
Aiming to help the collaborative nature of scientist work, and create an inviting environment for passer by-ers to explore, the scientist cells are arranged in clusters and groups, forming small networks and neighborhoods. An algae facade manages the building’s own carbon emissions.
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Development of the Algae Facade The idea of an algae facade that regulates and cleans the interior environment while producing its own energy was tested visually, formally (A + B) and schematically (C) before resulting in the final design above. Intersections between units were tested in a variety of ways (D + E) before resulting in the aggregation strategy employed above.
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Developing the modular aggregation The goal of a network of office clusters, in attempt to create a more “neighborhood-like� work environment, was tested through many aggregation methods. Beginning with uniformly distributed modules (A, B, C)) and progressing to a complex hierarchy of unit to cluster to circulation relationships (D + E).
plans [0-3]
exploded form axon
oblique view
“You’re looking at it all wrong” or “how to occupy an axon”
Fall 2014 | Thomas Kelley: Visiting Critic Syracuse, NY
This project began with the desire to “occupy” an axon. We represent our three dimensional space with this two dimensional projection method, however all the characteristics inherent in its unique production method are lost in the final work [Abstraction (flatness, subjectivity, reversibility) or Precision (measurability, objectivity, explodability or
ability to be diagrammed)]. By projecting an axon of the space (a rest room corridor in Slocum hall) onto the space its self, the relationship of the drawing method and the resultant space it produced is called into question. The axonometric drawing is animorphically projected back onto the space. Thus, from a specific vantage point,
one can momentarily exist (or flutter between opposing existences) in the desired representation method.
pre-projected drawing
Animorphically correct view
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Optical diagrams A. Perspective View B. Parallel View C. Perspectively Projected Parallel View D. Hallway Projection Diagram
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Measurable
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diagrammatic
2, 4, 6, 8 House–Morphosis
Boundaries–Adam Simpson
Villa Savoye Axon–Le Corbusier
subjective
flat
reversible
Collage Rebus II–Daniel Lebiskind
Issue 05 “Scary Architects”–San Rocco Magazine
Parti Wall Axon–Jonothan Louie
Technical + Abstract Case Study Qualities
PLug–in waterfront
An Amphibious Machine for the Damaged Waterfront of London’s Thames
Spring 2014 | SU Abroad | London, UK Design and Production Collaboration with Ben Anderson-Nelson
The goal of this scheme was to highlight London’s infrastructural past, and glorify the potential for its sustainable future. Beginning as a single infrastructural intervention (located above the current Thames Tideway Tunnel sewer expansion), the project slowly developed from a single condition to a larger master planning scheme and even a formula for waterfront regeneration around the
exploded Construction process diagram
world (process work pg 6-7). Permanent concrete pilasters and infrastructure connections allow for specific sites to respond to local conditions and changing demand, for a truly adaptable future. The basic elements of the master plan scheme are detailed above (exploded construction diagram). Three important moments from
the scheme (market, science labs, and control tower) are detailed in plan, section, and rendered sectional model in the pages that follow. The whole scheme can be viewed in its entirety in the master plan (pg 16).
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process work The evolution of the scheme from a singular instance of “infrastructural glorification� (A) to an entire master planning language (C + D).
Rendered section [TTT Center] Two bays of the final master plan, cut through the central operating tower as it intersects with the TTT.
INFRASTRUCTURE: Underground Tube Line Sunken Auto Route Horizontal Sewer Infrastructure TTT Drop Shaft
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rendered section [market] rendered section [fish hatchery + Labs]
short section [fish hatchery + labs]
short section [ttt center]
short section [market]
Aerial View [ttt center]
Zoom in plan
master plan
t3 TYpe crown zoom-in
professional work Jinjiang wang cuo Devolepment
2015 | RAMSA | New York, NY Designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects. Image and model produced corroboratively.
As an intern at Robert A.M. Stern Architects, my primary responsibility was to coordinate the development of a presentation model for the Jinjang Development in China, a massive project the size of an entire new city, involving seven construction phases, some of which were currently overlapping with the design of others. Working between the design team and the
T3 Type / T4 Type Tower Elevations
model shop, I was responsible for the coordination of specs between departments (using Revit), the design of the topography, the Photoshoping of every facade (of over 45 buildings and 14 building types), and the physical production of the model. In addition to the model work, I assisted the team in many associated tasks for
the Jinjang Development, including editing of SD/DD documents, model development in Revit, production and design of building details, and construction management problem resolution.
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总体规划 MASTER PLAN FEBRUARY 13, 2015
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professional work
User Interface and InfoGraphic DEsign
2013 | Canal Branding | Seattle, WA Design Collaboration with Canal Branding. All images produced by Josh Bransky.
This one project for SAQ offers two strategically different pieces showing how design logic, at a professional level, can work to both extend and replicate an existing graphic language, and generate/test entirely new ones, both within a single informational framework. The Reward Zone screens exhibit the first strategy: extend and replicate a given language. The
client had an existing print brand that was given to us to design an online web store and rewards system. Color, shape, and information hierarchy remained constant, while new elements and arrangements were introduced to create a alcohol type menu at the top and a system for clearly displaying the filtered product results below. The language had to show
the product and display a range of information while still remaining in the background and integrating with previous material. The back end reporting page, however, was free to be more diagrammatic and was conceptualized as a separate piece, that the public would not see.
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