Justin Brammer Portfolio 2013 by Justin Brammer

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327 Graham Ave. 3R Brooklyn, NY 11211

CONTACT Justin Brammer justinbrammer@gmail.com 327 Graham Ave. 3R Brooklyn, NY 11211 +1 937 430 5926 www.justinbrammer.com

I CON IC G REEN H OUSE Design for a 10,000 square meter greenhouse, UNDER CONSTRUCTION w/ Leeser Architecture Involvement includes: DD and CD development This greenhouse is conceived as three overlapping masses, each circle contains a separate biome with different atmospheric conditions. The overlapping volume is an atrium space feeding to the three biomes (spring, summer, and winter climates). Complex environmental issues arise when building these climates in the Middle Eastern desert. The roof and exterior elevations are comprised of ETFE, a system using pillows of plastic to give maximum atmospheric control and visual transparency. My involvement was with the development of the DD and CD drawing sets. Specifically, I focused on the structure of the building, detailing the undulating roof structure and supporting columns. This showcasing concentrates on my individual contribution to the project.

columns // structural support through a field of cylindrical columns

atrium // hanging atrium supported by biome structures

rendering [above] // view over building roof and atrium space roof system // composed of bent steel members infilled with ETFE pillows

exterior surface // series of columns insulated with ETFE

construction photo [left] // biome roof structure and foundation plan [above] // first level plan drawing 7

unrolled elevations unrolled elevations [above] // exterior ringbeam and column structure rendering [below] // exterior view of building facade

Drawings above exhibit the vertical structure of the circular biomes. They consist of a continuous ring beam supported by angled columns.

rendering [above] // interior view of botanical biome and majlis

details [above, left] // column and foundation details section elevation [above] // main beam elevation and supporting key rendering [below] // interior biome view

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5th Flr ROYAL GROUP Headquarters P.O. Box 5151 Abu Dhabi, UAE Tel: +9712 811 1111 Fax: +9712 811 1112

Al Saadah Street, Villa No. 2/B 79 Beside Malaysian Embassy P.O.Box 34342, Abu Dhabi. UAE TEL: +971 2 414 8754 FAX: +971 2 448 8899

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This undulating roof is comprised of 15 bent steel members. The drawing on the right details the beams with their bending angles necessary16to achieve the smooth waving surface.

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20 Jay Street Brooklyn, New York 11201 Telephone: +718 643 6656 Fax: +718 643 6945 www.leeser.com

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P.O. BOX 111992 ABU DHABI , U.A.E TEL (+971) 26350002 , FAX (+971) 26350008 WWW.MZ-ARCHITECTS.COM

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9 Prussia Street, Dublin 7, Ireland Telephone: +353 1 868 2000 Fax: +353 1 868 2100 www.ocsc.ie

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19 Perseverance Works 38 Kingsland Road London E2 8DD Telephone: +44 020 7749 5950 Fax: 44 020 7729 5388 www.atelierten.com

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steel beam detailing [right] // details for roof construction 11 Project Title

ICONIC GREENHOUSE Document No.

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details [above] // atrium ramp details rendering [below] // atrium interior view

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atrium roof structure

Exploded axonometric view of the atrium roof reveals the steel structure system. Steel columns act in suspension to hang the roof from the surrounding structure of the biomes.

KEY PLAN

+ 9.39 TOP OF STL. FLANGE

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PLUM LINE TO BEAM AXIS: 81.7

PLUM LINE TO BEAM AXIS: 94.9

NOTE: ALL SHOWN DIMENSIONS ARE NOMINAL EXCLUDING REQUIRED CONSTRUCTION TOLERANCE. CONTRACTOR TO IMPLEMENT ALL STRUCTURAL DETAILING AS PER ENGINEERS DRAWINGS.

ABSOLUTE RADIUS OF TOP BEAM CENTER LINE ABSOLUTE ENVELOPE OF BEAM AT TOP CENTER LINE EXCLUDING ENDPLATE THICKNESS ABSOLUTE DIMENSION OF BEAM @ CENTER LINE

ANGLE BETWEEN VERTICAL PLUM LINE AND BEAM CENTER AXIS

100% DETAIL DESIGN

Al Saadah Street, Villa No. 2/B 79 Beside Malaysian Embassy P.O.Box 34342, Abu Dhabi. UAE TEL: +971 2 414 8754 FAX: +971 2 448 8899

PROJECT MA

5th Flr ROYAL GROUP Headquarters P.O. Box 5151 Abu Dhabi, UAE Tel: +9712 811 1111 Fax: +9712 811 1112

LEAD CONS

20 Jay Street Brooklyn, New York 11201 Telephone: +718 643 6656 Fax: +718 643 6945 www.leeser.com

LOCAL CONS

P.O. BOX 111992 ABU DHABI , U.A.E TEL (+971) 26350002 , FAX (+971) 26350008 WWW.MZ-ARCHITECTS.COM

STRUCTURAL CONS

9 Prussia Street, Dublin 7, Ireland Telephone: +353 1 868 2000 Fax: +353 1 868 2100 www.ocsc.ie

MEP CONS

19 Perseverance Works 38 Kingsland Road London E2 8D Telephone: +44 020 7749 5950 Fax: 44 020 7729 5388 www.atelierten.com

Project Title

ICONIC GREENHOUSE HORIZONTAL PROJECTION OF ATRIUM ROOF STRUCTURE

Document No.

ADIG-LSA-ARC-DRW- 427

VERTICAL PLUM LINE PROJECTED ENVELOPE OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY BEAM CENTER-LINE INTERSECTIONS PROJECTED ANGLE BETWEEN SECONDARY BEAM CENTER AXIS AND PERIMETER BEAM TANGENT PROJECTED RADIUS OF PERIMETER BEAM CENTER LINE

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Drawing Title

EXPLODED ATRIUM ROOF AXONOMET Drawn

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DO U BLE A GEN C Y The Institutional-Public Threshold and Urban Representation Rice University Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Thesis Advisor: Martin Haettasch, Readers: Albert Pope, Sarah Whiting

This thesis formally defines a diagrammatically transparent judicial system as a method of exploiting architectureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s urban agency. Government and judicial institutions are typically architecturalized as either a semantic reading or a monolithic object. This thesis produces an architectural double agency merging the idea of a public object and public space. Double agency creates architectural produce in two distinct capacities: creating a new relationship between the public and the courthouse, and the representation of the formal object in the city. This is addressed using the elements of form, organization, and legibility to reconfigure the relationship. Miesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; courthouse marks a shift in institutional representation from a semantic historical reading to an abstracted slab privileging organization. This thesis proposes a new shift bringing representation back to the table. The relationship between diagram and legibility challenges standard notions of the relationship between public and the courthouse institution, and between architecture and the city.

diagram // public space 16

rendering [above] // front elevation diagram [below] // concept

public object public object public object public space public space public space public visual public visual public visual 17

diagrammatic legibility This abstracted diagram specifies courthouse adjacencies and the three circulation types (public, restricted, and secure). Formal variations within this project exploit this organizational diagram while maintaining necessary adjacencies.

diagram [above] // organizational representation of a courthouse

section [left] // cut through secure areas section [right] // cut through public areas section [opposite] // cut through cores

OFFICE / ADMINISTRATION

RESTROOMS

LOBBY / WAITING AREA

GRAND JURY

OFFICE / ADMINISTRATION

OFFICE / ADMINISTRATION LIBRARY STUDY LIBRARY STACKS

RESTROOMS LIBRARY STACKS

RESTROOMS LIBRARY STUDY

LIBRARY / STUDY AREA LIBRARY STACKS

LIBRARY LIBRARY STACKS

LIBRARY SUPPORT

STORAGE

US MARSHALL OFFICE RESTROOMS

OFFICE / ADMINISTRATION

CAFE

SECURITY / US MARSHALL OFFICE

COURTROOM 1

COURTROOM 2 LOBBY / WAITING AREA OFFICE / ADMINISTRATION

OFFICE / ADMINISTRATION

OFFICE / ADMINISTRATION LOUNGE / BAR

AUDITORIUM LOBBY

PUBLIC SURFACE

LOBBY / SECURITY ACCESS

18 TO PARKING

TO PARKING

JUDGE’S CHAMBERS

OFFICE / ADMINISTRATION

RESTROOMS PUBLIC WAITING / COURTROOM ASSEMBLY

COURTROOM

OFFICE / ADMINISTRATION

LIBRARY

COMPUTER LAB

TRIAL JURY SUITE

RESTROOMS

LIBRARY SUPPORT LIBRARY

COMPUTER LAB

US MARSHALL OFFICE

KITCHEN

US MARSHALL OFFICE CAFE

CENTRAL CELL BLOCK OFFICE / ADMINISTRATION

AUDITORIUM LOBBY

PUBLIC SURFACE

TO UNDERGROUND PARKING

TO ADJACENT PARK

transparent courthouse

rendering [opposite, above] // night perspective rendering [opposite, left] // street perspective rendering [opposite, right] // perspective from highway

Skin conditions change where the form meets the cube. The typically singular pattern is inverted at the edge creating moments of transparency, such as in the courtrooms. This connects court users to the city as well as the city to the judicial process. Section rendering below shows how public space is created by manipulating connections between courtroom and jury rooms.

courtroom

judgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s circulation path

judgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chambers

jury deliberation walk

sectional rendering [above] // section through courtroom, jury deliberation sequence

public area

jury meeting room

public services

boxes

connectors <<< The box creates a centric node for program accessible by the secure constituency (gun-controlled) including courtrooms and the cell block. Pictured above is a courtroom that situates itself within the city through expansive views of the surroundings.

public sur face <<< The connectors span between boxes and envelop boxes. These formally shifting components maintain necessary courtroom adjacencies while allowing for a continuous public surface up through the building.

<<< Creating a new interface between the public and the institution, this continuous surface is home to various public program including a cafe, law library, and public courthouse spaces. A series of escalators connect the surfaces that populate the tops of the connectors.

library stacks

structure

library study rooms

cafe

courtroom waiting area

jury deliberation walk office / administration

public surface entrance

rendering [top] // administration area / jury deliberation walk rendering [middle] // public surface / atrium rendering [bottom] // perp-walk over cafe

READING CLUSTER SUPPORT SERVICES

COMPUTER LAB

GROUP STUDY ROOMS

rendering [above] // perspective view of atrium

UP TO PUBLIC SURFACE

LIBRARY STACKS

READING CLUSTER

UP TO LIBRARY STACKS

GROUP STUDY ROOMS

LIBRARY RECEPTION

STUDY AREA

rendered plan [left] // atrium space and public library plans [opposite] // plans with diagrammatic key

jury deliberation rooms UNDERGROUND CONNECTION TO TUNNEL SYSTEM

OUTDOOR CAFE JUDGE CHAMBERS SUITE 2

cell block

auditorium

SUPPORT

JUDGE CHAMBERS SUITE 1

OFFICES / WORKROOMS

public exterior surface

interior entry

public exterior surface

CAFE KITCHEN

administration / offices

administration / offices conference rooms

JUDGE DELIBERATION WALK 2

public entry surface courtrooms

JUDGE DELIBERATION WALK 1 UP TO PUBLIC SURFACE

PUBLIC ACCESS

LOBBY / SECURITY CHECK

jury deliberation rooms

support

Support Services

support courtrooms

OUTDOOR CAFE

kitchen / cafe

cell block

auditorium

computer lab

library study administration / offices public exterior surface

interior entry

public exterior surface

PUBLIC SURFACE

administration / offices cafe / public space

library stacks

public waiting area / lobby

administration / offices conference rooms RESTRICTED ACCESS AND U.S. MARSHALL OFFICES

public entry surface

U.S. Marshall Office

courtrooms

ground level

support

restrooms

grand jury

restrooms

fourth level

support

Support Services

restrooms

support

courtrooms

kitchen / cafe

computer lab

library study administration / offices

cafe / public space

library stacks

public waiting area / lobby

jury deliberation rooms

READING CLUSTER

cell block

auditorium

SUPPORT SERVICES

PUBLIC ACCESS

U.S. Marshall Office

restrooms

support

restrooms

grand jury

restrooms

public exterior surface

COMPUTER LAB AUDITORIUM

public exterior surface

interior entry

administration / offices

GROUP STUDY ROOMS

administration / offices

LOBBY LOBBY

conference rooms

UP TO LOUNGE

public entry surface courtrooms

DOWN TO ENTRY UP TO PUBLIC SURFACE

DOWN TO GROUND lEVEL OPEN TO BELOW

DOWN TO GROUND lEVEL

LIBRARY STACKS

support courtrooms

READING CLUSTER

UP TO LIBRARY STACKS

kitchen / cafe

cell block

auditorium

support

Support Services

jury deliberation rooms

computer lab

library study

UP TO LOUNGE

administration / offices

CONFERENCE ROOMS

public exterior surface

interior entry

public exterior surface

administration / offices

PUBLIC ACCESS

GROUP STUDY ROOMS

cafe / public space LIBRARY RECEPTION

administration / offices

library stacks

public waiting area / lobby

STUDY AREA

conference rooms

public entry surface

U.S. Marshall Office

courtrooms

second level

support

Support Services

support courtrooms

kitchen / cafe

restrooms

support

restrooms

grand jury

fifth level

computer lab

library study administration / offices

cafe / public space

library stacks

public waiting area / lobby

public waiting area / lobby jury deliberation rooms

VISITOR AREA

TRIAL JURY SUITE 1

U.S. PROBATION OFFICE

U.S. Marshall Office

CENTRAL CELL BLOCK

cell block

auditorium

TRIAL JURY SUITE 2

restrooms

support

restrooms

COURTROOM 3

grand jury

COURTROOM 4

public exterior surface

interior entry

public exterior surface

SECURE CIRC. (PERP WALK)

administration / offices

PUBLIC LOBBY / WAITING AREA

UP TO PUBLIC SURFACE

administration / offices conference rooms

public entry surface courtrooms

PUBLIC LOBBY / WAITING AREA JURY DELIBERATION WALK 1

JURY DELIBERATION WALK 2

CONFERENCE PIT

DOWN TO LIBRARY

jury deliberation rooms

DOWN TO OFFICES

support

Support Services

support courtrooms

OFFICE / ADMINISTRATION

cell block

auditorium

kitchen / cafe

computer lab EXTERIOR SEATING AREA

library study

OFFICE / ADMINISTRATION

public exterior surface

administration / offices

public exterior surface

interior entry

administration / offices cafe / public space

library stacks

public waiting area / lobby

administration / offices conference rooms

COURTROOM 1

COURTROOM 2

GRAND JURY

public entry surface courtrooms

third level

support

Support Services

support courtrooms

kitchen / cafe

computer lab

administration / offices

library stacks

restrooms

support

restrooms

grand jury

sixth level 25

library study

cafe / public space

U.S. Marshall Office

public waiting area / lobby

model [above] // plexiglass model [1/16â&#x20AC;? - 1â&#x20AC;&#x2122;] 26

model [above] // study model [1/16â&#x20AC;? - 1â&#x20AC;&#x2122;] 27

bladders ool for graphic

A SCHOO L I N F I V E B L A D D E R S Exploring Learning Space Through Morphological and Typological Variance Critics: Gordon Wittenberg and Dawn Finley

A simple topological concept guided the development of this building, both morphologically and programmatically: the difference between the inside and the outside of a closed, orientable surface. This closed surface is referred to as a bladder, its inside condition 2 space, and its outside condition 1 space. Deformations of this bladder were permitted so long as its status as a closed, orientable surface was maintained.

mmunication

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Ultimately the deformations applied could be easily communicated with the use of three basic categories: columns (giving the bladder a waist), doughnut holes (holes that do not pierce the surface), and bulges. Using this simple topological concept and these basic deformations, we were able to satisfy a large number of demands with a continuous system. These concepts further demanded a careful reconsideration of learning environments in general, and particularly learning environments in a school devoted to media. Spatially, condition 1 and condition 2 spaces tend toward the creation of significantly different sorts of environments. The arrangements of the various deformation types are used to create a diverse range of affects thus producing interesting and useful spaces for engagement.

condition 1

condition

condition 1 condition 2

condition 1 and condition 2 space: The building is one continuous, closed, orientable surface, and as such possesses a topological “inside” and “outside.” This “inside and outside” does not necessarily correspond to the inside and outside of building as would be casually understood by that expression. In order to avoid confusion, we call the inside space —the space that is, strictly speaking, inside the bladder— condition 2 space, and the space outside and on the bladder condition 1 space. The diagram above labels these two conditions and shows an inverted view to emphasize the fact that condition 2 space is not merely poche space.

inverted view

diagram [top] // spatial condition diagram diagram [bottom] // inverted condition diagram

condition 1 and condition 2 space: The building is one continuous, closed, orientable surface, and as such p a topological “inside” and “outside.” This “inside and outside” does not necessarily correspond to the inside and of building as would be casually understood by that expression. In order to avoid confusion, we call the inside spa space that is, strictly speaking, inside the bladder— condition 2 space, and the space outside and on the bladder 1 space. The diagram above labels these two conditions and shows an inverted view to emphasize the fact that co space is not merely poche space.

rendering [above] // street view diagram [below] // deformation types

neutral

donut

column

bulge

C O LU M N S

SHELLS

In maintaining the singularity of the surface, columns curve to provide ultimate load-bearing strength. The resultant forms create programmed condition 2 spaces. Program: media classrooms, bathroom and service areas, offices.

These large surface deformations create large condition 2 spaces. Loads are dispersed through the structurally powerful shell. Program: Auditorium, lecture rooms, computer labs.

DONUTS

TRUS S

Acting as an â&#x20AC;&#x153;inverted columnâ&#x20AC;?, donuts provide structure while allowing for light to enter deep through the building. Direction of light wells are designed to optimize the amount of natural light in the building. Program: light wells, circulation, lobby areas.

Formed from a grouping of narrow columns, the truss produces an expansive area for a new learning environment experience. Program: classrooms.

Condition 2

Condition 1

Open Air Commons

Circulation

Dining Center

Instructional Commons Inst

Reception

Student Activities

Gymnasium

Media Center

Dining Services

Health Center

Restrooms

Specialized Labs

General Classrooms

T.V. Studio

Auditorium

Administration CenterA

Condition 2

Television and Film Academy

Graphic Arts Academy

Journalism Academy

Condition 1

program vignettes

gymnasium: Here a simple move creates locker rooms, playing floor and belachers.

condition 1 instructional commons: Here the depression in condition 1 is only accessible from the condition 2 space below. The upper level acts as an observation deck. Below, the condition 2 space is used to create an enclosed pod. This would be appropriate for a bathroom or a computer lab.

condition 2 instructional commons: Here the lower pocket in condition 2 space is visible from the upper condition 2 space, but not physically accessible. The upper level acts as an observation platform.

gymnasium: Here a simple move creates locker rooms, playing floor and circulation vignettes

belachers.

circulation vignettes

condition 2 stairs: The strict separation of condition 1 and condition 2 space demands that circulation between floors must stay within the originating condition. Here is an example of condition 2 to condition 2 stairs.

condition 1 stairs: The strict separation of condition 1 and condition 2 space demands that circulation between floors must stay within the originating condition. Here is an example of condition 1 to condition 1 stairs through “doughnut” holes.

condition 2 elevator: An elevator must abide by the same rules as the stairs and remain within its originating condition. Here the elevator shaft and mechanical apparatus are hidden within condition 2 space.

plan [above] // plan overlay drawing section [opposite, above] // section A section [opposite, below] // section B

rendering [opposite, above] // classroom space rendering [opposite, left] // entrance rendering [opposite, middle] // cafeteria rendering [opposite, right] // gymnasium

exploded axon [left] // schematic surface axon plans 1-9 [above, from top left] // detail plans 34

rendering [above] // classroom space site plan [below] // building in context

AM - arrival of students

media d ia dia

media

labs lab bss

no traditional classrooms hangout

milling about bout

There are no traditional classrooms in this school. All computer and dinin dining di i laboratory activities are located in specialized condition 2 pockets, while an entire level of condition 1 space is left reserved for general instruction. This was seen as providing an important contrast (even antidote) to the limited physical and spatial experience of the computer screen.

Though there is enough space for different classes to comfortably define their own areas on the open floor, we smokers smoke m have imagined carious measures exit entrance that might be taken to create classroom surrogates, including closedcircuit headphone networks, glass pods, and the blunt insertion of classroom trailers.

10:30AM - class time

headphone networks

12:30PM - between class/lunch

glass pods

classroom trailers

formal explorations Models and drawings of formal explorations that create a new and more productive learning environment. Context models show a raised ground-plane creating an â&#x20AC;&#x153;urban machineâ&#x20AC;? effectively pulling people up through the site and into the diverse spatial environments.

study models [above] // stretched acrylic studies sectional model [opposite] // earlier study model

model [above] // final 3D printed model showing different levels 39

THE S TA C K - D O C K S T FA C ADE DESIGN Facade proposal adjacent to the Brooklyn Bridge in DUMBO, Brooklyn w/ Leeser Architecture Involvement: design, modelling, rendering, detail and elevation drawing, consultant coordination

This competition proposal for a building facade challenges the rigid form that was determined by the local building restrictions. Conceived as a series of stacked boxes, the facade breaks the singularity of the form while reflecting the context of the Brooklyn Bridge back to visitors. I was involved throughout this project from initial concept design to the detailing of the facade system. I worked through the design with various glass, mechanical, and facade consultants.

THE STACK

rendering [above] // perspective from the Brooklyn Bridge walkway

Leeser Architecture

20 Jay Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 t 718.643.6656 f 718.643.6945 www.leeser.com

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THE THE STACK STACK :: DOCK DOCK ST ST ELEVATION ELEVATION

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rendering [above] // Water St. perspective

DOCK ST. A

CONDITION 1: ANGLE A

14 BAYS

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diagrams [above] // angled facade pieces are minimized to reduce customization

STACKS WINDOW SCHEDULE

STACKS DIAGRAM 1/16" = 1'

reflective glass

date:

systemized irregularity The regularity of the building mass is broken up through the angled blocks. These irregularities were designed within a rigid system to minimize the customized parts while achieving the maximum effect.

aluminum spandrel

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rendering [above] // detail view of materials and operable windows

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CUSTOM SHADOW MULLION SOTA GLAZING SLEEVE ANCHORS BOLTED TO STRUCTURAL SLAB 1'-8"

SOLID SURFACE MATERIAL TBD

3" 4

SOTA GLAZING STACK JOINT BETWEEN FACADE UNITS

SOLID STONE/ALUMINUM PANEL TBD STRUCTURALLY ADHERED TO SOTA GLAZING HYBRID WALL FACADE SYSTEM

LINE OF STRUCTURAL SLAB BEYOND

1" 1'-62

DRYWALL HEADER ALIGNING WITH FACADE HEADER MULLION THROUGHOUT

9'-4"

1" IGU STRUCTURALLY GLAZED TO HYBRID WALL FACADE SYSTEM

STRUCTURAL GLAZING SHADOW / SILICONE JOINTS PROVIDING SEAMLESS FACADE SURFACE THROUGHOUT

OPERABLE VENT

REFLECTIVE LOW-E COATED IGU'S TBD

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LINE OF STRUCTURAL SLAB BEYOND

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SECTION DETAIL 1 1/2"=1'-0"

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3/4"=1'-0"

SAMPLE FACADE UNIT 1 1/2"=1'-0"

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number:

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PLAN SECTION DETAIL 3/4"=1'-0"

1" 9'-104 " 3'-33 8

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9'-101" 8 1" 3'-32

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1'-8"

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1'-85" (VARIES) 8

+ 116'-10" C.O. STACK 13TH FLOOR

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LOW E COATED GLAZING

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SPANDREL GLAZING @ SLAB

3'-33" 8

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9'-4"

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5'-5"

3'-33" 8

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7" 2'-68

1" 1'-104

COOLING AND HEATING PTAC WITH SLEEVE TBD

title:

ELEVATION_DETAIL

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PERFORATED METAL GRILL @ PTAC. FINISH TO MATCH SOLID STONE / ALUMINUM PANELS TBD

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DRYWALL HEADER MATCHING WITH FACADE MULLION THROUGHOUT

FACADE SECTION 3/4"=1'-0"

ELEVATION DETAIL 3/4"=1'-0"

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1" 2'-22

2'-33 4" (VARIES)

+ 98'-2" C.O. STACK 11TH FLOOR

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rendering [above] // street view from under Brooklyn Bridge

mporary Arts Museum onceptual Storyboard

CO N T E M P O R A R Y A R T S M U SEUM Fluctuating Space in Houston Critic: Doug Oliver

This Contemporary Arts Museum proposal explores the possibilities of a highly customizable space and the relationship of the building to its context. Located within Houstonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s museum district, the project aims to pull the visitor out of the street context through a series of tunnels. Juxtapositions of program and form create interesting moments as the viewers move through the spaces. Fluctuations in the cast-glass skin allow for light and views that correspond to program within the building while penetrating in at the tunnels connecting the skin as a fluid surface.

Justin Brammer School of Architecture mporary Arts Museum onceptual Storyboard

Approach to building site coming up Bissonnet Street. Site is shown in relation to the dense traffic occuring at the intersection.

Justin Brammer School of Architecture

ense traffic occuring at

Houston Contemporary Arts Museum

Tunnel entrance for cars on Bissonnet side. Opening is punctured in the structure andConceptual pulled throughStoryboard narrowing throughout.

Approach to building site coming up Bissonnet Street. Site is shown in relation to the dense traffic occuring at the intersection.

Tunnel entrance for cars on Bissonnet side. Opening is punctured in the structure and pulled through narrowing throughout.

Tunnel allows for passenger drop-off while continuing to narrow and pull through to a new space.

Tunnel entrance for cars on Bissonnet side. Opening is punctured in the structure and pulled through narrowing throughout.

Approach to building site coming up Bissonnet Street. Site is shown in relation to the dense traffic occuring at the intersection.

Tunnel entrance for cars on Bissonnet side. Opening is punctured in the structure and pulled through narrowing throughout.

Lower ceiling in the entry-way with natural light filtering in to illuminate the admissions desk and surrounding area.

Lower ceiling in the entry-way allows for a greater contrast in the transition to the gallery space.

Material switches from softer to harder material to eventually transition to interior space. Shade from trees creates a cooler space before the walkway slips into a gap in the building.

pace. Shade from trees

Lower ceiling in the entry-way with natural light filtering in to illuminate the admissions desk andStoryboard Conceptual surrounding area.

Lower ceiling in the entry-way allows for a greater contrast in the transition to the gallery space.

face to a softer gravel

Material switches from softer to harder material to eventually transition to interior space. Shade from trees creates a cooler space before the walkway slips into a gap in the building.

Lower ceiling in the entry-way with natural light filtering in to illuminate the admissions desk and surrounding area.

m as a display area.

eel girders to potentially

Tunnel allows for passenger drop-off while continuing to narrow and pull through to a new space.

Justin Brammer Rice University School of Architecture

face to a softer gravel

eel girders to potentially

Tunnel allows for passenger drop-off while continuing to narrow and pull through to a new space.

Houston Contemporary Arts Museum

Lower ceiling in the entry-way allows for a greater contrast in the transition to the gallery space.

Justin Brammer Rice University School of Architecture

New space hidden by the building poses different views. Material change of the surface to a softer gravel further signifying change of space. Material also creates a new audio affect.

Circulation between floors in gallery space can be open and even continue to perform as a display area.

Pathway leading to the auditorium passes over the tunnel entrance for cars.

Circulation between floors in gallery space can be open and even continue to perform as a display area.

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Pedestrian exit/entrance to building on Montrose. Pedestrians slip into or out of the building through a gap that leads them to the space in the back. Material change to the soft gravel again creates the sensation of a transition as one enters the new space.

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diagram [above] // conceptual sequence diagrams

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model [above] // model in site context [1/16â&#x20AC;? = 1â&#x20AC;&#x2122;] skin model [below] // cast resin skin study model

diagram sequence [above] // series showing relationship of program, mass, and skin 50

rendering [above] // large exhibition space

rendering [below] // atrium and exhibition space 51

north elevation

west elevation

south elevation

east elevation

GALLERY SPACE

ENTRY

Skin creates an oscillating relationship with interior program, wrapping and guiding the visitor through space

plan 1

plan 2

plan 3

HYP E R D I K E Repurposing Galveston Through Economic and Ecological Infrastructure Critics: Christopher Hight and Michael Robinson (in collaboration w/ Judd Swanson)

Hyperdike addresses Galvestonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economic crisis by guaranteeing the insurability and appreciation of real estate in the area and capitalizing on new modes of shipping traffic. The proposal includes the construction of a dike around the east end of the island connecting both ends of the seawall. Integrated within brownfield sites along the dike are a postPanamax containerized shipping port, various attractions and parks, wetland growth areas, beaches, and a raised urban infrastructure that revitalizes the bay-side waterfront. The dike will be primarily built using material displaced from the dredging of the new post-Panamax deep channel. The container port draws from the massive flow of goods through the Houston/East Texas area effectively redirecting the flow of containerized shipping from the Houston Ship Channel to the new Galveston port. Voids created between the shipping dock and the shore create programmatic opportunities for differentiated programs combining brownfield redevelopment, ballast water remediation, and dredge fill. These programs include a wetlands, park space, concert venue, floating casino, amusement park, and a public aquarium.

post-ikeofstatus overview post-ike conditions post-ike status west end west end

east end east end

the west end is characterized by a comparatively rich state of biodiversity and a high level of geomorphological instability. the west end is characterized by a comparatively rich state biodiversity ike andhas a high level of geomorphological instability. these factors render further development both damaging andofdangerous. underscored the futility of the traditional these factors model render when furtherapplied development both damaging and dangerous. ike has the futility the traditional development to conditions such as this. the tax revenue that underscored would be generated by of further development development model when applied to conditions such as this. the tax revenue that would be generated by further development of the west end, crucial to the economic survival of the city, must be offset by a new source. of the west end, crucial to the economic survival of the city, must be offset by a new source.

low damage and low levels of biodiversity make low east damage and low of biodiversity make the end ideal for levels continued development. the the east for acontinued development. east endend alsoideal boasts fair a mount of existing,the east end also boasts a fair a mount of existing, under-utilized transportation infrastructure. under-utilized transportation infrastructure.

massive damage level of biodiversity level of biodiversity

biodiversity of the gulf decreases at the sea wall biodiversity of the gulf decreases at the sea wall

rendering [above] // aerial perspective of housing incorporated into the levee map [left] // map showing 50 year storm damage to Galveston Island

minimal damage

industrial connectivity

low

high

the logistical economy f

p = connectivity value at given point n = number of attractors in field i re-purposing galveston area infrastructure for the post-oil era fi = attractive force of i-th attractor ki di = distance between i-th attractor and p i i=0 ki = drop-off constant for i-th attractor n

map [left, top] // grasshopper surface showing industrial connectivity in the region map [left, bottom] // overlay of refinery locations on the connectivity map

why not galveston? port uses and capacities

In effect, logistics experts operate on the principle that capital not in motion ceases to be capital. They look at ships as floating warehouses. Ideally, there should be no point, from production to final sale, when goods sit around waiting for further processing. The flow from sale to ordering to production to shipping to the next sale should occur in one smooth motion. This is the idea behind the logistics revolution. Edna Bonacich and Jake Wilson, Getting the Goods (2007) - port - refinery

ratio of loading/unloading capacity to available storage

beaumont

houston

port arthur

250 / 266,218

1500 / 2,631,000

80 / 418,000

freeport 60 / 480,000

galveston 40 / 345,000

Sources: Port Efficiency data derived from Union Pacific Rail Road website (http://www.uprr. com/customers/ind-prod/ports/index.shtml).

tonnage distribution network

tapping in in this drawing the information from the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;tonnage distribution over transportation modalitiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; diagram is mapped onto the upper texas coast. this should be viewed as a section cut from a larger, continuous circuit of global exchange. note that of the enormous amount of goods and materials that circulate through the area (460 million tons in 2006), only the tiniest portion circulates through galveston. this represents a great loss in terms of potential job creation and revenue from port leasing, and dockage and wharfage fees. it is our suggestion that if galveston tools itself up for handling a greater portion of this flow, and specifically if it does so with an eye to the anticipated changes in the type of goods that will be circulating in the near future, the city will secure for itself a financially viable future.

Ports Shipping/Highwa Railroads

diagram [right, top] // ratio of loading/unloading capacity to available storage diagram [right] // flow of goods from shipping, rail, and highway infrastructures

pro pos ed dike

e x is ti n

a g seaw

dike circuit is completed

dike reacts to local site conditions

forms effect local ecologies

diagrams [above] // series showing formal generation as a series of delaminations rendering [left] // perspective from concert venue within the container port

ballast water and ship type

port ecologies

container ships

Voids created between the shipping dock and the shore create programmatic opportunities for differentiated programs combining brownfield redevelopment, ballast water remediation, and dredge fill.

container ship takes on load

deposits load and takes up ballast water

dumps ballast, with aquatic organisms, at new port

container ships

the port of houston sees about 10 million gallons of container ship ballast discharge a month -- about 15 olympic sized swimming pools.

oil tankers 1 1

tanker takes on oil load

deposits load and takes on ballast water

dumps ballast, with aquatic organisms and oil contamination, at new port

oil tankers

the port of houston sees about 300 million gallons of tanker ballast discharge a month -- about 450 olympic sized swimming pools.

Sources: Information on ballast practices and pollution from â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Vessel-Source Marine Pollutionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, by Alan Khee-Jin Tan. Volume information from the National Ballast Information Clearinghouse.

diagram [above] // study of container port ballast water

axon [above] // proposed container port incorporating public program 61

section b - container port and event space

section a - wetland remediation and park

section c - housing infrastructure and marina

c a

a b c

section d - cruise terminal and park space

section e - housing infrastructure and boardwalk

section f - topographic beach and dunes

e f d e

levee variations

Container Port Dock Integrated Levee

Shipping Container Lots on Levee

dike

infrastructure development

Berm creating using dredged material from shipping channel connects the two ends of the seawall and shores up the city against hurricanes, heavy surges, and sea level rise.

Development on the infrastructure is guided by the offsets from the shoreline, roadways, and connections to the program under the new â&#x20AC;&#x153;datumâ&#x20AC;? created by the dike.

Earthen Levee on Interior of Island

Earthen Levee on Perimiter of Island

Highway and Traffic Systems on Levee

levee variations

Container Port Dock Integrated Levee

Earthen Levee Minimum Distance Barrier

Shipping Container Lots on Levee

Earthen Levee Reinforced with Corrugated Metal Wall (Program Exposed)

Earthen Levee on Interior of Island

Earthen Levee Reinforced with Corrugated Metal Wall

Earthen Levee on Perimiter of Island

Concrete Wall Levee

Highway and Traffic Systems on Levee

Offets Byou Lock System

diagram [above] // various levee typologies

lower program Open area within the dike infrastructure creates space for development and parking. temporary business as well as public programmatic elements exist along the periphery of the marina where they are susceptible to storm damage.

park topography Gently sloping topography mediates the divisive nature of the dike. variances in park topography designate programmatic use. High areas become walkways, slopes are zones of channeling along the water is a boardwalk, in between the delaminating surface is athletic fields and recreation area, and closest to the dike is an industrial park/landscape.

rendering [above] // view of housing infrastructure and marina

CR Y S TA L L I N E F O R M S - W E STFIELD POP-UP RETAIL Design proposal for Parametrically customizable Kiosks w/ Leeser Architecture Involvement: concept, design, drawing production

Pop-up retail stores that utilize a parametric and customizable design to investigate crystalline structures as a system for aggregation.

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CoNes Core

CORE SHAPE: CORE SHAPE: CUBE

MoDULAr sYsTeM CUBE

PYRAMID

DEFORMED CUBE

TRIANGULAR SOLID

PYRAMID

DEFORMED CUBE

RECTANGULAR SOLID

TRIANGULAR SOLID

RECTANGULAR SOLID

OCTAGONAL SOLID OCTAGONAL SOLID

PARAMETERS: PARAMETERS: spike length

spike length end shape end shape angle angle

67 - 45

-vertical -horizontal

- 45

- 20

- 30 - 30

- 10

- 15 - 15

-0 -0

15 15

30 30

MATrIX oF poTeNTIAL CoNFIgUrATIoNs

CUBIC Core

DeForMeD CUBIC Core

reCTANgULAr soLID Core

MATRIX WITH cORE VARIATION 8

CUBIC Core

DeForMeD CUBIC Core

reCTANgULAr soLID Core

seCUre UNIT

ACTIVe UNIT

proJeCTeD DIspLAY INTegrATeD LIgHTINg reTAIL CoUNTer

MArKeTpLACe CoNNeCTIoNs

The flexibility within the cone system allows for a unit that is both visually unique and functionally useful. A built in cabinet and storage allows the rMU to transform from its secure status to the active status. The core unit creates space for storage and a retail register/computer. Walk-by units support the smaller retail merchandising units and can be connected together to create a united marketplace atmosphere.

DIspLAY spACe regIsTer sTorAge

38â&#x20AC;?

seCTIoN VIeW

WALK-BY 14

Walk-in units create a useful interior space that shelters from the environment, is securable at night, and displays the merchandise in a unique manner. operable doors and units are integrated within the modular system. The formal similarity between the different retail typologies furthers the identity of Westfield within the World Trade Center.

sUN rooF

operABLe Door DIspLAY sHeLVINg

seCTIoN VIeW

WALK-IN 15

reTAIL MerCHANDIsINg UNITs - CorTLAND sTreeT

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WH A L E B O N E - K I O S K D E S I GN Design proposal w/ Rockwell Group Involvement: concept, design, drawing production

SHELL

ICONIC FORM SCULPTURAL PROVIDES SHADE / SHELTER INTEGRATED LIGHTING INTEGRATED COUNTER INTEGRATED COMPONENTS

BOX

ICONIC FORM SCULPTURAL INTEGRATED COUNTER INTEGRATED COMPONENTS

ENCLOSURE FROM ELEMENTS SHADED TRANSPARENCY SECURE

BAR / DISPLAY

SHELL

DISPLAY

RETAIL DISPLAY SECURE INTEGRATED LIGHTING

COUNTER SPACE INTEGRATED STORAGE INTEGRATED BUILDING SYSTEMS (PIPING, APPLIANCES, ETC)

SHADE

DWELL / WET KIOSK

DRY KIOSK

SHADE & SHELTER - PLACEMAKING INTEGRATED LIGHTING INTEGRATED SIGNAGE

KIOSK 4

KIOSK 6 KIOSK 2

KIOSK 1

KIOSK 5

KIOSK 3

NAT I O N A L C E N T E R F O R C I VIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS Donor Wall Design and Fabrication w/ Rockwell Group + Flatcut Involvement: Design and Project Management

This custom fabrication design project consists of 15.000 modules that add to a growing wall as museum donors contribute. The triangular pieces lock together and connect to the wall to form a metal fabric. My involvement includes conceptual and schematic design, as well as project managing the fabrication in collaboration with Flatcut (a local design fabricator).

DONOR WALL

~2500 MODULES

~5000 MODULES

DONOR WALL | MARCH 2013

GROUND LEVEL - MAIN ENTRANCE AREA

| 7

UPPER LEVEL - MAIN STAIRS LANDING main station and interactive touch-screen

interactive touch-screen

80 DONOR WALL | MARCH 2013

| 6

prototype modules 81

AF T E R G LO W Research and Fabrication Project Rice University, 2009, w/ Judd Swanson Involvement: concept, research, design, fabrication

Afterglow explores the effect of color memory on spatial surroundings. Experiments aimed to blur surface form using afterglow effects and shadows. A light box programmed to cycle through different colors creates strong physical effects. Tests were conducted on a contoured surface created using a 3D milling machine.

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Your Colour Memory

Images by Olafur Eliasson

Color “afterimage” Olafur Eliasson’s installation Your colour memory plays on the way humans perceive color. Specifically, human short term adaptation to monochromatically oversatured environments. For example, when in a room saturated with red light, the visual cortex of the human brain attempts to adjust our perception of color to more accurately read the environment. Thus, even under different lighting situations apples are red and leaves are green. When the color in the room shifts back either to normal or to another dominat color the visual cortex would again shift the “white balance” to compencate. However, because processing and adjustment of color perception take and average of 10-15 seconds, the brain percieves a green “afterimage,” a temporary vestige of the brain’s previous attempt to supress the dominating red environment. In Your colour memory, the color fades from one to the next in a sequence of 30 seconds. In that half minute, a single color slowly appears, ripens, and subsequently fades into another color. If the room is blue when you enter, after about 10 seconds your vision will adjust to produce an orange afterimage; if the installation fades from blue to yellow, the subsequent movement of afterimages in your eye will be from orange to purple. As a result, two people who enter a room at different times will perceive the space differently. Through carefully timed adjustments of color effects of boundaries in a space could be controlled.

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Room for One Colour

Images by Olafur Eliasson

“Camouflaged” space In this Olafur Eliasson installation, a room is filled with only one frequency of visible light. Because no other frequencies of light are in the room object can only reflect a monochromatic spectrum between yellow and black. He makes the claim that as our brain has to handle or digest less visual information due to the lack of other colors, we feel that we see details more easily than usual. Visitors to the exhibit have varying experiences. Some people experienced that objects begin to look flat or two-dimensional, while others say that the depth and volume of the space are more clearly felt. If one looks at an environment in black and white only, or in this case yellow and white only, many objects would be hidden or camouflaged from one’s perception, because some adjacent objects might reflect the same amount of light. Color vision enables us to discriminate many objects in the environment that would otherwise remain invisible to us.

The Experiment Three different surface types were designed to test the effects of color afterimage on form. These are: deformed surface, offset surface, and gradient surface.

Deformed Surfaces Varying shapes and textures can produce different affects with the addition of light

Offset Surfaces Casting light upon a surface with varying depth can be manipulated to produce spaces that are deceivingly larger or smaller

Gradient Surfaces When interpreted as a 3-dimensional scene, our visual system immediately estimates a lighting vector and uses this to judge the property of the material.

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milled surface for projection experimentation

experiment mock-up diagrams

Arduino components were designed and fabricated to control the installation. A script was written varying the duration and color of the light projection. The result was different patterns projected onto the morphogenetic surface creating differing perceptions of the surface depth.

The Results The experiment proved to be effective at blurring the reading of deformed and offset surfaces and at minimizing the dfference between a color gradient. As the visual cortex adjusts to one particular color, a forced shift in tone produces a disorienting effect that challenges the reading of surfaces and forms. smooth topographic surface:

color gradient surface:

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offset surfaces:

Six different colors on a timed sequence create the after-glow effect. Perception of surface depth and color gradient vary as a result.

Time lapse photograph showing the transition from red to green.

ADA P T I V E F O L D I N G S T R U C TURAL SKINS Parametric Folding Structures w/ Smartgeometry @ Bartlett School, UCL Involvement: Concept, design, analysis and fabrication

The following two projects were completed during a week-long design intensive at the Smartgeometry conference in London. The conference aims to bridge the gap between smart parametric form and fabrication. My particular cluster titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Adaptive Structural Skinsâ&#x20AC;? investigates the potentials of folding algorithms to produce structural building envelopes. The project workflow involves conceptual testing (paper folding), parametric modelling, engineering analysis, re-design, and fabrication.

Adaptive Structural Skins

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study models

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unrolled elevation

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structural diagram

stress analysis

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unfolded diagram

folding algorithm

ADA P T I V E F O L D I N G S T R U C TURAL SKINS Parametric Folding Structures w/ Smartgeometry @ Bartlett School, UCL Involvement: Concept, design

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D - 33 Installation at P.P.O.W. Gallery - New York, NY. USA, 2012 w/ Sarah Oppenheimer/Folding Enterprises Involvement includes: Fabrication drawing set

MED I AT I N G S PA C E S Research and Design Project Paris, France Involvement: concept, research, design, model fabrication Semi-autonomous formal moves are applied to a cube. The cube is initially divided into three; a representation of the abstraction from the idea that within each site context, there are two forces or areas that need a method of mediation between them. The cube is deformed in a way in which the opposite areas are melded together to capture space and organizational relationships.

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PRE S S U R E F I L M Film and Urban Research Project Paris, France Involvement: concept, direction, cinematography, film and sound editing

Simultaneous overlayed film footage of major public areas in Paris encourages the viewer to question the effect of time on urban spaces. Manipulation of the video speed suggests that each moving being is part of a larger urban network; creating a more humanist view of spaces that may be perceived as otherwise. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsne9oLyASE

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the new natural in collaboration w/ Tracy Bremer originally published in PLAT Journal 1.0 and Cite Magazine Issue 85 Following the industrial revolution, our environment has been so fundamentally altered that it has resulted in an ambiguity between the natural and artificial. Once considered invasive, the industrial object has become so entrenched in the landscape that it appears as a native element. Within contemporary cities it is now the natural that reveals itself as an impostor resulting with the manufactured environment as the new natural.

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Contact Info: p: 937 430 5926 e: justinbrammer@gmail.com

ÂŠ 2013, Justin Brammer

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