JEAN PAUL BROC RHEOTOMIC BOX CALA: CENTER FOR ARCHITECTURE & URBANISM LOS ANGELES USC ARCH 302B 2014 ALVIN HUANG STUDIO
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTORDUCTION 2. DESIGN PROCESS #5 (FINAL) 3. DESIGN PROCESS #4 (LARGE SCALE MODEL) 4. DESIGN PROCESS #3 5. DESIGN PROCESS #2 6. DESIGN PROCESS #1
INTRODUCTION This semester, the task was to design a museum an office space (CALA) where the AIA and the A+D Museum would colaborate and work together to bring an enjoyable space for both architects and the genearl public alike. For my project, the exploration of rheotomic surfaces, or surfaces that are fully walkable was what drove my design.The program was broken into open and closed, programs that you could walk through were open, such as the library, the exposition space, and the lobby. While programs who needed more privacy and separation, such as classrooms, auditoriums, and fabrication space, were all closed off by the geometry and pushed to the perimeter of the building. The main focus of this project was to find a way to increase public space of DTLA by allowing the whole building to be an extention of the public’s walking experience. This was archieved by the use of rheotomic surfaces and the opening of the spaces to the general public. Structurally, the project’s surface would work as a concrete shell, and the loads would transfer to the load-bearing facade. The facade consistes of bracing elements and stuctural columns holding in place the concrete shells and the tmempered Channel glasss surrounding the surface’s perimeter.
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Extrusion of a 7,300sf courtyard for private inner space and light accomodations. The overall mass was then scaled up another 15’ to make up for the substracted mass.
Inner courtyard space is shifted towards the mural for lighting and view purposes. Inner core of the courtyard remains while the top corners cut the volume in 45 degree angles.
Extrusion of a volumetric mass of 30,00 sf with 15’ to 15’ ceiling to floor measurements. It equals to roughly 4 floors (60’) if we keep the 15’ setback from the residential building to the right.
Bottom right corner is pushed up for street entrance. To accomodate the space lost, top left corner is also pushed up 15’. The top far left corner is pushed down 15’, correspondingly, the top corner is raised 30’ for the loss of space.
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Extrusion of a volumetric mass of 30,00 sf with 15’ to 15’ ceiling to floor measurements. It equals to roughly 4 floors (60’) if we keep the 15’ setback from the residential building to the right.
Extrusion of a 7,300sf courtyard for private inner space and light accomodations. The overall mass was then scaled up another 15’ to make up for the substracted mass.
Inner courtyard space is shifted towards the mural for lighting and view purposes. Inner core of the courtyard remains while the top corners cut the volume in 45 degree angles.
Bottom right corner is pushed up for street entrance. To accomodate the space lost, top left corner is also pushed up 15’. The top far left corner is pushed down 15’, correspondingly, the top corner is raised 30’ for the loss of space.
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Extrusion of a volu6T metric mass of 30,00 HS T sf with 15’ to 15’ ceiling to floor measurements. It equals to roughly 4 floors (60’) if we keep the 15’ setback from the residential building to the right.
Spit the mass right down the center diagonally in the direction of the trafic (from right to left).
push down the three points of the right triangle for easier access to the back mural.
Push up the left points for two stories, making up for the lost space in the right side
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Extrusion of a volumetric mass of 30,00 sf with 15’ to 15’ ceiling to floor measurements. It equals to roughly 4 floors (60’) if we keep the 15’ setback from the residential building to the right.
Extrusion of TWO TRIANGULAR MASSES EQUALING 5,000SF. EACH TRIANGLE SERVES AS OPEN SPACE FOR BOTH PEDESTRIANS WALKING INTO THE BUILDING AND FOR THE USERS INSIDE TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE MURAL.
CUTTING THE MASS BY 10FT TO CONNECT BOTH OPEN SPACES. CIRCULATION FROM FRONT TO BACK IN NOW EASIER. IT ALDO DISLOCATES THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BUILDING FROM THE LEFT.
FINAL MASSING IS A NARROW BUILDING ON THE LEFT AND A LARGER BUILDING ON THE RIGHT. THE RIGHT SIDE HAS IOEING FOR BOTH CAR OR PEDESTRIAN ENTRANCE AS WELL AS OPEN UPPER SPACE FOR A COURTYARD TO SEE THE MURAL.