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(un)conventions A professional portfolio of (un)professional work
julie rahilly Masters of Architecture / 2014 Wentworth Institute of Technology julierahilly.wordpress.com
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(un)conventions A professional portfolio of (un)professional work
julie rahilly
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my portfolio 1 Architects design in system. 2 Architects make drawings. This portfolio looks at these two architectural conventions in unconventional approaches. An exploration at either the building, human, or tectonic scale, each project creates architecture through the variation of such a system. Graphics prove an important tool in explaining a project’s concept, therefore representation styles vary according to the language of the architecture illustrated.
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Design Connection Urban Chain Urban Rhythm Working Floorscape Living Horticulture Lyrical Library Light Living
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boston
design connection
architecture to bridge two schools of design at wentworth spring 2011
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architecture and industrial design students at Wentworth Institute of Technology form the design community at the institute. However, there is a disconnect between these majors as departments are at opposite ends of the Annex complex. Working with scale and the concept of growth, this architecture bridges one department to the other while creating communal work and recreation spaces.
//featured in the 2011 BSA Student Design Showcase //recipient of the 2012 AIANH Honorable Mention for Unbuilt Architecture
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grow in many ways while in college, therefore, this architecture contains walls that grow apart to branch into new spaces. Growth exists also in circulation paths in both linear and longitudinal directions and in the three zones of the building. This idea of growth is primarily shown on the facade system and follows the idea of true structure, as the floor plates are visible and worked into the design of the facade. Growth within the facade occurs by way of structural bays exponentially increasing in separation. This grid allows for a pattern of the mullions, which act as secondary structure to the floor plates.
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cambridge
urban chain
architecture as a pavilion for bicycle storage
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2011
link Kendall Square is in motion. A triangular site sitting at the entryway of the Longfellow Bridge and the Kendall Square T stop, this area is merely a means between points A and B. Besides car and train traffic, the growing method of transportation in Cambridge is via bicycle. Companies like Hubway and Urban Adventour have jumped on this interest, which means urban pockets have the potential to become places for bicycle storage, destination points for cyclists, and marketing opportunities for these growing businesses. This project looks to create a pavilion to harbor this potential by abstracting the structural form of a bicycle through the concept of link.
//featured in the 2012 BSA Student Design Showcase
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corten isoceles triangles create the modular of the pavilion, which, when connected, lean on each other to form a chain within the site. The 15 degree turn of each module ultimately creates a gentle curve for easy cyclist circulation around the sculptural pavilion. To accomodate for program like bicycle storage and an Urban Adventour shop, the module doubles in size at the end of the chain, and also breaks to allow for foot circulation from Broadway Street to Main Street. All modules are covered by glass roofs that follow the same triangular assembly. The glass encloses bicycles to protect from the elements, while also catching the sunlight.
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cambridge
urban rhythm
architecture to accomodate the passion of rowing fall
2011
shift Along the Charles, rowing is rhythmic. Crew teams are dedicated to their craft and require space to train themselves and store the equipment they require. Like the structural body of a rowing shell, this boat house looks to enclose such program in the same structural manner. Located on Magazine Beach along the Cambridge side of the Charles River, this project employs a unique system of assembly in order to house rowing shells up to 60 feet long. This system is articulated through the concept of shift.
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Composed of rows of bent steel tubes, shift occurs when each tube varies its bends. This variation in bends begins to form enclosure, eventually spanning the length necessary to house the rowing shells. This need for large open spaces organizes the building into three segments: boats, exercise, and administration. A circulation spine, which is formed by the concave bending of steel members, connects these segments. By slightly varying the location in which the bend occurs laterally, the steel members assemble in a wave-like form overall longitudinally. This horizontality of form then follows that of the river. Beyond the enclosure, shift occurs from the structural shell into the facade. The density of louvers depends on program, condensing where privacy is needed and spreading out where natural light is most necessary.
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cambridge
working floorscape
architecture for the enhancement of unconventional learning fall 2013
retract NuVu Studio breaks traditional methods of teaching by engaging students in hands-on projects. Instead of classrooms, NuVu requires studios and workshops. Such an unconventional sphere of education requires an unconventional architecture to operate in. Students at NuVu, who range in age from 11-18, are able to work in the same space either individually or in groups. This means taking a laptop to the windowsill or bringing tools to the floor for model space. Within their projects, the NuVu students often work in systems. This preference for alternative seating and work settings inspired the undulating floor and modular systems of this project.
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To stay true to the system, but also to provide functional tech lab (mezzanine) spaces, the main module was varied by retracting planes. This contributed to the performance kitchen irregularity of the floor. Stemming off of a central circulation core, the non-uniform floorscape serves many functions. At its small groupsfolds are places students can dissolve into utility kitchen for alternative seating. The floor also forms restrooms / storage many opportunities for bench seating, which has comfortable flat surfaces for flexible performance either individual, group, or lecture settings. By providing a non-uniform floorscape, vertical enclosure the students are also able to really test ceiling partial enclosure out the mobility of their robotic creations. original module flooring This floorscape continues to the walls and furniture light then the ceiling, which, with its widening, provides space for mechanical, electrical, and audio visual services as well as storage within.
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modular variation
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music studio dark room recording studios adjunct faculty gallery / circulation
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black box theater
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fashion studio
laser room restrooms / storage film / animation dining
Beyond the modular system, glass encloses the front and back of the building. This glass provides a surface for students to write on, which in turn, creates a public interface with the community. Projection is also a method of broadcasting the work of NuVu to the neighboring plaza. The glass box emerging from the modular structure provides a surface in which the plaza can view what NuVu students are performing. This idea of performing continues on the first floor, where circulation doubles as a central gallery. The following floor organizes program into spaces to create. Continuing up, the third floor organizes program into spaces to imagine. This sectional organization helps to mitigate noise, which was an issue at the previous NuVu studio. This unique and systematic architecture adds excitement to Central Squaree and helps NuVu market the studio’s unconvential education style.
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lincoln
living horticulture architecture to compliment the landscape
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2012
ambiguity A horticulturist, a painter, and a weaver are at DeCordova. The sculpture park, being an innovator in arts education, is in need of a school for the teachings of these crafts. The school should have program for the displaying and administering of these crafts, handson teaching through making, and residing spaces for the artists, all while keeping the landscape the first impression of the school.
//published in the 2014 issue of Wentworth Architecture Review, vol. 4
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//featured in the 2013 BSA Student Design Showcase
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A network of pathways works in multiple ways. Designed based on the existing topography, these pathways create spaces within the voids. Simple buildings work as retaining walls, using the pathways as a means of circulation from floor to green roof. This access creates an outdoor space for students and artists to use for viewing the landscape. In this case, the landscape used for building is recycled on the roof of the buildings. Aside from program, void space between pathways separates the landscape into individual gardens, to be cultivated by the horticulturist, and experienced by the painters and weavers. C I R C U L A T I O N
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More broadly, the pathways divide three communites: residing, displaying, and making. Each craftsperson has an individual secluded residence with concrete furniture from the form of the concrete enclosure. They share a living and dining space. In the next community, the displaying building is used as gallery or pin up space for the painters and weavers and its trelis is used by the horticulturist. Administering can be used for conferences and lesson plans. The making community gives buildings to each craftsperson. It is in the studios that hands-on teaching also takes place.
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berlin
lyrical library
architecture to provide for the changing role of libraries spring 2013
hinge Berlin Mitte, or middle, is an artistic district in the city. Much of the surviving WWII buildings are now museums or schools. One such instance is the KÜllnische High School built in 1868 as Berlin’s first secondary school. Today, the former high school now houses the Fanny Hensel Music School. Because the building was partially destructed during the war, the south facing wall of the once brick building is simply concrete. This project solves this inconsistency with the addition of a music library, to not only assist the attached music school but to also engage the community.
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It is site context that dictates the form of the music library, catering to the apartments at the west and the parks at the east. Two defining organization methods survive around structure and circulation. The former consisting of three primaryMATERIALS load KEYbearing walls made of light transmitting CONCRETE concrete to enclose a central INSULATION core, and the latter using these walls to TRANSMITTING CONCRETE define aLIGHT means around the building. An idea WOOD PANELLING of hinge became important to the project SPRUCE FLOORING when connecting to the existing school. TILE FLOORING Besides a central connection, the library teeters on the verge of connecting again until finally taking over an existing practice room, creating a convenient passageway to the music shelving on the 02 floor. The library seeks to bring people up, from the cafe on the 00 floor, to books on the 01 and mezzanine floors, then to digital media and music on the 02 floor, to finally reach the fantasia of the building on 03: the performance hall.
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Important to the program of a library is the inclusion of individual reading spaces. These spaces are included within the circulation core, formed by the window seats that hinge away from the SPRUCE WOOD FLOORING WINDOW BENCH W/ SHELVING facade. ThisBELOW hinge allows the library to shy BOOK SHELVING, SPRUCE WOOD FRAMED WINDOW, 70cm X 290cm SPRUCE WOOD WALL PANEL directly viewing the apartments away from across, and instead providing lookouts 25cm CONCRETE 16cm INSULATION bustling AIR to SPACE the W/ COPPER ALLOY CLADDING intersection at the north. The staggered appearance of the window boxes along the west facade is due to the slight ramping that occurs along the circulation core, both design techniques to encourage the upward movement through the space. Green roofs enclose the window boxes so that as one moves up and looks Bviews c out, a scattering of pleasant garden occur below. The cldding is a copper metal to complement the brick of the school. On the eastern side of the building, glass is more SECTION prevalent giving way to park views c LATERAL 1:200 and natural light.
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jamaica plain
light living
architecture as modular living and retail units summer 2013
morph The Southwest Corridor is considered a state park in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston. However, much of the corridor along the MBTA orange line is undeveloped. As part of a master planning assignment, this project creates housing, retail, community, and park space instead. Using a set of modular assemblies, the form of this community spreads out and terraces for a more suburban appeal. Altering the way in which the modules are assembled provides for the different programs required as well as avoiding obvious repetition.
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circulation through on ground floor
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residents: 1 - 2 area: 750 sqft units: 23
residents: 3 - 4 area: 1450 sqft units: 16
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The number of bedrooms is the varying component between apartments, since all need kitchens, living space, and bathrooms. Therefore, a small module that contains these core spaces began the development of a larger complex. An addition of one bedroom forms a medium sized apartment, while two form a large apartment. Each assembly is wrapped in a facade based off of solar orientation and privacy. Louvers morph from horizontal to vertical depending on eastern or southern exposure, and slightly angle to shield passersby from looking into living spaces. This orientation of modules allows each apartment to recieve its own private terrace on the southern side, while the northern side hosts public circulation. This housing project aimed to provide each unit with a front door identity, in the same way a neighborhood is lined with front doors.
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contact
information julie rahilly 555 Huntington Ave Boston, MA 02115
(603) 315-0221 julie.rahilly@gmail.com julierahilly.wordpress.com
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