JOSH BRANSKY
613 Clarendon St, Syracuse NY www.josh-bransky.com jbransky4@gmail.com (805) 807-4737
CONTENTS:
ARCHITECTURE 4 8 16 20
Thesis Prep Wooden Boatworks Urban Forest Plug-in Waterfront
GRAPHIC
26 Re-Draw: Hogarth 28 You’re Looking at it All Wrong 34 Conflicted Lakes [Graphic]
FABRICATION
36 Maribor Art Gallery Remodel 38 Mouse Haus 40 Conflicted Lakes [Model]
ELEMENT HOUSE REMODEL
THESIS PREP
ELEMENT ESTATES (2015)
This research collection began with an interest in pumping life and individuality back into the homogenized collection of manufactured urban housing. Under the working thesis: “Seriality can generate differentiation”, a series of existing housing projects were remodeled, or re-mixed, to produce specimens that reflected an increased level
A remix of the familiar favorite: Element House is transformed into a more dense version of itself. Increased from 1 unit composed of 44 construction modules, this mid-rise structure is 6 stories tall, 4 units and composed of 132 modules.
GENERATING DIFFERENCE WITHIN SERIAL MODELS OF MASS PRODUCTION
Fall 2015 | ARC 508 | Syracuse, NY
UNITÉ D’HABITATION REMODEL
LE COLLECTIF DE L’INDIVIDU (2018)
Using similar principles to Corbusier’s original masterpiece, this current redo samples many of the same formal and social features, while drastically updating the construction standards and individual articulation. SIPS panels actually allow each unit to be prefabricated and inserted into the site-cast frame, exactly as Corb’s initial scheme had failed to do. This along with manformal articulations bring the post war project into contemporary discourse.
of user generation and individual articulation. Bottom up design effects were integrated into top down design methods to achieve a realizable middle ground. Techniques deployed ranged from an interchangeable facade system, to a series of methods of stacking existing low rise structures, to a novel system of merging panel
and modular prefabrication, to a disruptive strategy of formal articulation of the individual unit.
Tennant: MUSICIAN
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Celing two layers gypsum wall board = 5/8” clips = 3/8“ metal stud flooring = 6” batt insulation = 6” air gap = 1/4”
Tenant: ARTIST
Structure box truss horizontal member = 6”x 6”
Strategy: CUSTOMIZABLE FACADE Flooring hard wood inlay concrete on decking = 2” batt insulation = 6” air gap = 1/4”
Structure box truss vertical member = 8”x 2”
Structure box truss facade member = 6”x 6”
Tenant: FINANCE INTERN
Facade Panel user painted stucco = 1.5”
Facade Panel vinyl siding on plywood = 1.5” Structure box truss vertical member = 3”x 2”
Interior Wall two layers gypsum wall board = 5/8” batt insulation = 2“ metal stud wall = 2” gypsum wall board = 1” air gap = 1/4”
Interior Wall
Facade Panel green wall 1.5”
Tennant: FASHION PHOTOGRAPHER
Facade Panel CNC milled hardwood= 1.5”
Exterior Wall two layers gypsum wall board = 5/8” batt insulation = 6“ metal stud wall = 6” gypsum wall board = 1” ethylene propylene diene terpolymer facade panel = 1.5”
Facade Panel unfinished concrere 1.5”
Facade Panel precast brick panel = 1.5”
Railing extruded steel tube (bent)= 3” extruded steel column = 1.5” steel cable = .75” removable joints for facade replacement
MY MICRO NY REMODEL
Strategy: FORMAL ARTICULATION
Scale: 1/2” = 1’
Strategy: AIR
Strategy: LIGHT
Strategy: VARIED COLUMN COMPONENTS H
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CENTRAAL BEHEER REMODEL
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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 heavily 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 tectonic strategies that resonated with our concept, and integrating building systems
SYSTEM DISTRIBUTION ZONE 1
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SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS STRATEGIES
into the parti of the project. Using the logic of boat construction, the program was organized around a central “keel” or circulation spine, with auxiliary spaces contained under the “ribs” running perpendicular 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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WORKSHOP N. Small Boat Workshop O. Woodshop P. Spray Booth Q. Large Boat Workshop R. Storage A GALLERY S. Gallery
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steel angle E - KEEL SKYLIGHT B - INTERIOR glass WALL aluminum window mullion cor 10 steel panel aluminum window mullion glass
DA - NORTH SIDE EDGE - EAST ROOF concrete retention block sedum planting concrete paver growth medium (6”) gravel filter fabric drainage pipe (3”) drainage layer (2”) emergency overflow aluminum mullion filter fabric operable thermal insulation (6”) glass louver
waterproof membrane steel angle insulation (4”) steel door track concrete 2” steel sliding door 8” x 16” CMU block modular scaffold insert 6” concrete steel topping angle slab radiantglass floor pipes 1’6” foundation aluminum window mullion slab 4” insulation cor 10 steel panel thermoplastic waterproofing aluminum window mullion membrane glass gravel
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ASSOCIATED SECTIONAL DETAILS
SECTIONE -DETAILS 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
SECTION DETAILS Scale: 1/4” = 1’
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sedumI-beam planting steel primary (W 8angle x 16) growthconcrete medium (6”)door piece steel track coping filter fabric memthermoplastic waterproof drainage layer (2”) brane filter fabric parapet 2” concrete steel sliding door thermal insulation (6”) 8” x 16” CMU block modular scaffold insert 6” concrete topping slab radiant floor pipes aluminum window mullion 1’6” foundation slab glass 4” insulation thermoplastic waterproofing membrane gravel primary I-beam (W 8 x 16) steel open web joist (3’) steel deck concrete ermoplastic waterproofing membrane
B - INTERIOR WALL C - GAP ROOF angle primarysteel I-beam (W 8 x 16) steel door track concrete coping piece thermoplastic waterproof membrane 2” steel sliding door parapet concrete 8” x 16” CMU block modular scaffold insert 6” concrete topping slab radiant floor pipes 1’6”aluminum foundation slab mullion window 4” insulation glass thermoplastic waterproofing membrane gravel
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steel angle glass aluminum window mullion cor 10 steel panel aluminum window mullion glass
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SECTION DETAILS
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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.
PLANS [0-3]
EXPLODED FORM AXON
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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AERIAL VIEW [TTT CENTER]
RENDERED IMAGE
RE-DRAW: HOGARTH
THREE DIMENSIONALIZING IMPOSSIBILITY
Fall 2014 | Thomas Kelley: Visiting Critic Syracuse, NY
This project is about architecturalizing the impossible 2D techniques of “trompe l’oeil”. We began with a classic example of the illusionary technique, “Satire on False Perspective” by William Hogarth. The drawing exhibits many impossible features such as conflicting vanishing points, improperly scaled objects, and forced perspective. With an understanding of these
TRANSLATED MODEL
techniques established, we were tasked to approximate Hogarth’s original 2D drawing in a digital environment, translating his 2D illusions into 3D space. This resulted in the rendered image at left. From here the impossible scenario was then converted from a digital conceit to a tangible 3D model.
This resulted in an actual object that was warped digitally to mimic a false perspective, that was then subsequently re-viewed in our existing perspectival world. Layers of illusion and approximation were compounded into the object photographed at left.
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
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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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2, 4, 6, 8 House–Morphosis
Boundaries–Adam Simpson
Villa Savoye Axon–Le Corbusier
SUBJECTIVE
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Collage Rebus II–Daniel Lebiskind
Issue 05 “Scary Architects”–San Rocco Magazine
Parti Wall Axon–Jonathan Louie
TECHNICAL + ABSTRACT CASE STUDY QUALITIES
CONFLICTED LAKES A MULTIDIMENSIONAL TIMELINE
Fall 2012 | ARC 207 | Syracuse, NY
This graphic solves the challenge of visually displaying a complex narrative of events associated across a linear time spectrum in a simple and clear way. Onondaga Lake, at one point in time, was the most polluted lake in America. Beginning in the late 1700’s, various corporations (noted on the left) began polluting the lake and its surrounding eco-
system. The intensity of positive or negative events is associated with a darker or lighter brown (pollution) or green (regeneration). In 1960, the Syracuse community began investing in the environmental safety of the lake and its ecosystem and stopped the dumping of raw sewage and storm water runoff. Overlaid on the graphic timeline of posi-
tive/negative events are two metrics of environmental evaluation. In blue is the number of measured fish species, and in grey is the density of phosphorous pollution. Specific events also appear as moments on the timeline too, such as when fishing or swimming were banned, or when various environmental regulations were passed.
DIGITAL FABRICATION MERGING OBJECT AND FIELD
Fall 2013 | ARC 563 | Syracuse, NY Design and production collaboration with Joel Guerrero, Anrai Pearson, and Victor Zhang
The final project of Kyle Miller’s Digital Techniques seminar tasked us to remodel a Stan Allen’s Maribor Art Gallery competition entry. Our goal was to retain the projects blurring of object and field dichotomies while adapting the form with a series of digital techniques we had tested earlier on in the semester (Grasshopper, T-Splines, and various methods of digital fabrication).
We chose to retain the part to whole relationship of the initial project, employing the limited series of parts Stan Allen deployed as a section of a larger field, or an object within that field of larger uniform parts, while further distorting and integrating the individual members. Integration and uniformity of the field
was achieved through modeling of the parts in T-Splines and smoothing out of the faceted surfaces Objectification was achieved through Grasshopper as we varied the parameters of each individual part, varying the height, aperture size, and angle of ascension, as we broke the consistency of the previously unified field.
THE MOUSE HOUSE
A TESTAMENT TO CONCRETE’S VARIED ABILITIES
Spring 2013 | ARC 500 | Syracuse, NY Design and Construction Collaboration with Roger Hubeli’s ARC 500 Class
The Mouse House is a built success of a variety of concrete casting techniques, culminating an academic seminar on the variety of concrete’s abilities. The small play hut, for a local disabled students preschool, was built on a nature trail adjacent to other local architectural interventions. The Mouse House was designed to create a cavernous
inviting interior, while still remaining a formal independent object integrated into its site. The cavernous interior was cast using an organic inherently undesigned formwork. Bales of hay were smoothed out using the mud from the site. The exterior formwork was assembled of CNC routed foam attached to a cut ply-
wood shell. This formwork allowed the project to gain its own iconic exterior, while still incorporating a pattern from the installation adjacent. Two unique opposite techniques and resultant textures incorporated into one singular cast.
CONFLICTED LAKES A MODULAR ECO-BOAT DOCK
Fall 2012 | ARC 207 | Syracuse, NY Design and Production Collaboration with Chelsea Wheeler and Jessi Obregon
This project shows precision and method in fabrication of a complex form through the close similarity of render to model photo. The goal of the project was to test the formal characteristics of a varying modular scheme in three dimensions. Many modulating schemes exist as two dimensional facades, or thin three dimensional landscape tiling, yet designing an inhabitable
three dimensional structure was a unique challenge. We developed a unique “building block� that began as a solid cube at the base of the structure and dissolved into an open lattice towards the top. Spheres of increasing radii were subtracted from the eight vertices of the cubes to a point of minimal mass and
maximum aperture. This was fabricated by layering laser cut chip board coordinating to horizontal slices of the digital model. This allowed us increased precision over manual techniques and satisfied the scale requirement of the model (vs 3D printing).
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