Justin Brammer Portfolio 2014 by Justin Brammer

j ustin w brammer P: 937 430 5926 E: justinbrammer@gmail.com

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contents Professional and Published Work Academic and Research Work

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Iconic Greenhouse

Drawing set for a 10,000 square meter greenhouse in Abu Dhabi w/ Leeser Architecture

Double Agency

The Institutional Public Threshold and Urban Representation Advisor: Martin Haettasch, Readers: Albert Pope and Sarah Whiting

Tower D

72-Story Tower in NYC Hudson Yards Development w/ DS+R & Rockwell Group

A School in Five Bladders

Exploring Learning Space Through Morphological and Typological Adjustments Studio Critics: Dawn Finley and Gordon Wittenberg

Dock St. FaĂ§ade Design proposal for an apartment building adjacent to the Brooklyn Bridge w/ Leeser Architecture

Contemporary Arts Museum

Fluctuating Space in Houston Studio Critic: Doug Oliver

D-33

Installation at P.P.O.W. Gallery in New York, NY w/ Sarah Oppenheimer / Folding Enterprises

80 Westfield Horton Plaza

Hyperdike Repurposing Galveston Through Economic and Ecological Infrastructure Studio Critics: Christopher Hight w/ Michael Robinson

6-block shopping center and urban redevelopment project w/ Rockwell Group

A Tree Grows in Houston

Hybrid Typologies and Housing Infrastructure in Houstonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fifth Ward Studio Critic: Albert Pope

Sowwah Central Design and presentation of roof structure, funicular, and interactive space w/ LAB @ Rockwell Group

110 Pier 1 Competition Condo and Hotel Development on Brooklyn Waterfront w/ Leeser Architecture

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Adaptive Folding Structural Skins Parametric analysis and fabrication of folding structural facades @ The Bartlett, UCL, London

118 The New Natural Photographic Essay Published in Cite, PLAT

ICONIC G R E E N H O U S E 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.

vernalized biome

tropical biome

central space

mediterranean biome

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

construction photo [left, top] //exterior perspective axon section [left] // slice through the ETFE elevation detail section [above] // detail of ETFE connection and roof connection detail construction photo [right] // overlooking the roof landscape

photographs [above] // construction progress detail [right] // column connection detail rendering [below] // interior biome perspective

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sections [above] // showing column and roof structure photograph [below] // interior constuction image

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ADIG-LSA-ARC-DRW- 416 ICONIC GREENHOUSE A416

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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

SIM.

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ALIGN DRYWALL CLNG ATRIUM ROOF FACADE

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DRYWALL FIN ISOLATION JT REVEAL ATRIUM CEILING, DRYWALL FIN

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

RAMP/CEILING GAP DETAIL SCALE 1:10

SUSPENDED RAMP SECTION DETAIL SCALE 1:20 A113

RAMP SECTION DETAIL AT TRANSITION TO SUSPENDED RAMP SCALE 1:20 A113

NOTES

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

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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

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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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EXPLODED ATRIUM ROOF AXONOMET Drawn

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photographs [above] // construction progress images

DOUBLE A G E N 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 18

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 19

a new urban representation Chicagoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s former federal courthouse seen here (left) in the foreground is being replaced by the Mies federal courthouse building in the background, c. 1965. The image marks a shift in the representation of the institution (figure 3) from a semantic historical reading to the organizational prominence of the mies abstracted slab.

The image

suggests that organization had superseded and replaced representation. This thesis calls for another institutional shift bringing representation back to the discussion.

photograph [above] // mies courthouse replacing the former (TIME magazine c. 1965) 20

public

secure

restricted

Over the course of history the courthouse has gone through multiple stages of representation. From the neo-classical courthouse at the center of every American town to the abstracted modernist portrayal of Mies van der Rohe, the representational qualities vary from the completely abstract to (Mies) to the completely transparent (Bordeaux courthouse)(figures 5 - 7). Here I use a typical American courthouse as the example of semantic representation and mies as the model of organization and Bordeaux as postmodernismâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attempt at a combination.

diagram [top] // illustration of the programmatic threads guiding courthouse organization photographs [bottom] // left to right, figures 5-7

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

22 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

OUTDOOR CAFE

UNDERGROUND CONNECTION TO TUNNEL SYSTEM

JUDGE CHAMBERS SUITE 2

cell block

auditorium SUPPORT

JUDGE CHAMBERS SUITE 1

public exterior surface

interior entry

public exterior surface

CAFE KITCHEN

administration / offices

OFFICES / WORKROOMS

administration / offices conference rooms JUDGE DELIBERATION WALK 2

public entry surface courtrooms JUDGE DELIBERATION WALK 1 UP TO PUBLIC SURFACE PUBLIC ACCESS

jury deliberation rooms PUBLIC ACCESS

LOBBY / SECURITY CHECK

support

Support Services

support courtrooms

cell block

auditorium

kitchen / cafe

OUTDOOR CAFE

computer lab

library study administration / offices public exterior surface

interior entry

public exterior surface

administration / offices

public waiting area / lobby

PUBLIC SURFACE

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

cell block

READING CLUSTER

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

public entry surface

UP TO LOUNGE

courtrooms

DOWN TO ENTRY

UP TO PUBLIC SURFACE DOWN TO GROUND lEVEL OPEN TO BELOW

DOWN TO GROUND lEVEL

LIBRARY STACKS

support courtrooms

UP TO LIBRARY STACKS

kitchen / cafe

cell block

auditorium

support

Support Services

jury deliberation rooms

READING CLUSTER

computer lab

library study UP TO LOUNGE

administration / offices

CONFERENCE ROOMS

public exterior surface

interior entry

public exterior surface

administration / offices

cafe / public space

administration / offices

PUBLIC ACCESS

LIBRARY RECEPTION

library stacks

GROUP STUDY ROOMS

public waiting area / lobby

STUDY AREA

conference rooms

public entry surface

U.S. Marshall Office

courtrooms

second level

support

Support Services

support

restrooms

support

restrooms

grand jury

fifth level

courtrooms

kitchen / cafe

computer lab

library study administration / offices

cafe / public space

library stacks

public waiting area / lobby

public waiting area / lobby jury deliberation rooms

VISITOR AREA

cell block

U.S. PROBATION OFFICE

auditorium

COURTROOM 3 TRIAL JURY SUITE 1

TRIAL JURY SUITE 2

U.S. Marshall Office

CENTRAL CELL BLOCK

restrooms

support

restrooms

COURTROOM 4

grand jury

public exterior surface

SECURE CIRC. (PERP WALK)

public exterior surface

interior entry

administration / offices

PUBLIC LOBBY / WAITING AREA

administration / offices

UP TO PUBLIC SURFACE

conference rooms

public entry surface courtrooms

PUBLIC LOBBY / WAITING AREA

DOWN TO LIBRARY JURY DELIBERATION WALK 1

JURY DELIBERATION WALK 2

CONFERENCE PIT

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 GRAND JURY

public entry surface COURTROOM 1

third level

courtrooms

COURTROOM 2

support

Support Services

support courtrooms

kitchen / cafe

computer lab

administration / offices

library stacks

restrooms

support

restrooms

grand jury

sixth level 29

library study

cafe / public space

U.S. Marshall Office

public waiting area / lobby

model [above] // plexiglass model [1/16â&#x20AC;? - 1â&#x20AC;&#x2122;] 30

model [above] // study model [1/16â&#x20AC;? - 1â&#x20AC;&#x2122;] 31

TOWER D 72-Story Tower in NYC Hudson Yards Development w/ Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Rockwell Group Involvement includes: Concept and SD of building base development and interior development, coordination with building systems and adjacent Culture Shed

This 72-story tower, consisting of condominum and rental units, is a part of the Hudson Yards Development, sited between 30th and 31st streets on 11th avenue. The building’s form is defined by a corset at the middle of the tower. The curvature created by the tension of the straps creates a soft flexible appearance of a building formed by glass and steel building. On the ground level, the lobby spans between to blocks, creating a contunious lobby experience between 30th and 31st streets. The materials and organization of the lobby space accentuates the language of the building and continues the play of “soft” and “hard” through the interior.

renderings [left] // exterior renderings with adjacent Culture Shed model [right] // concept model of corset form (image DS+R) rendering [opposite] // rendering of NW corner along 11th Ave. (image Related) 32

ONE LOBBY CONCEPT The complex section of the lobby shows two different entrances, on 31st and 30th streets, at different levels. The plan is organized through a ramp that bifurcates the movement through the space while maintaining an architecturally connected space.

plan rendering [above] // 31st street level lobby plan

31ST STREET LOBBY PLAN

section [above] // rendered section through both lobby levels illustrating the “one lobby” concept

LOBBY SECTION LOOKING WEST

31st street lobby entrance (image w/ DS+R)

30th street lobby entrance (image w/ DS+R) 15 HUDSON YARDS

30th Street Entry - Option35 2 Concept Design

February

11th AVE. PERSPECTIVE

WEST ELEVATION - 11th AVENUE

[above] // initial concept renderings for curved glazing wall (day and night) 11th AVE. PERSPECTIVErendering - NIGHT VIEW elevation [below] // sketch elevation of curved glazing wall

SCALE: 1â&#x20AC;&#x2122; = 1/1

11th AVENUE CURTAIN WALL CONCEPT AND RESEARCH 11th Avenue facade is conceptualized as an undulating glass wall suggesting a softness to the material reminiscent of the building’s corset. The curved nature of the glass additionally creates a warped vision between interior and exterior.

CONTINUOUS RADIUS - 6”

CONTINUOUS RADIUS - 12”

CONTINUOUS CURVE - VARIABLE RADIUS

detail sketches [above] // research of glass curvature potentials 37

PUBLIC HARD

PRIVATE SOFT

Materiality and form of the core wall represent the transition in the space from the public exterior to a more intimate and private interior, and back again. This is created through a weaving of stone and leather materials where the leather bulges out from behind the stone.

31ST STREET EAST ELEVATION UNROLLED

mock-ups [top] // â&#x20AC;&#x153;hard to softâ&#x20AC;? detail mock-ups unrolled elevation [middle] // detail showing transition from stone to leather renderings [bottom] // transition wall from hard to soft (stone to leather) 38

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diagram [top] // early conceptual diagram of lobby as 3 layers section [bottom] // rendered section showing the transition to softer material 39

hyperbolic paraboloid screen

14'-0"

Bronzed metal cables are used to create a barrier between two paths of circulation while conceptually connection the layers of ceiling and floor. The screen maintains a degree of visual transparency

stone bench study

rendering [top, left] // view of central lobby space from ramp elevation [top, right] // elevation drawing of the cable screen bench details [bottom] // study renderings and section through the bench and floor split

amenity floors Spatial planning and building systems coordination for the amenity floors. Located within the corset of the building, the amenities span two floors and provide services to the condo clients. Planning went through numerous alterations to meet clientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s needs.

37th FLOOR

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rendering [above] // early conceptual rendering of corset plans [right] // updated space planning

38th FLOOR

Lobby Entry / Reception

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renderings [from left to right] // 31st street entry hall, central lobby space, condo lounge, 30th street lobby

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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 (in collaboration w/ David Dahlbom and Rachel Dewane)

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.

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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

morphological catalog The deformations to the topological surface can be classified in four categories, each with their own structural and programmatic qualities.

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.

dense surface An overlay of the building surface, viewed in plan above, reveals the varied density of the deformations that react to program, site, circulation, acting in section as light wells, classrooms, auditorium space, and more.

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 50

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

AM - arrival of students

media d ia dia

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no traditional classrooms hangout

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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 55

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

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elevation [above] // west side elevation detailing the materials, operable windows, mullions, spandrel, and PTAC units

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rendering [above] // Water St. perspective

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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:

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

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number:

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

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

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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

Lower ceilingfor in the withside. natural light filtering in to in illuminate the admissions and Tunnel entrance carsentry-way on Bissonnet Opening is punctured the structure and pulleddesk through surrounding area. narrowing throughout.

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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 68

custom art space Art space must be realized as a highly customizable space to give freedom to artists and designers to program the space as they see fit. Rather than creating a completely transparent box of neutrality, this proposal creates an undulating facade that reflects its exterior environment and the movement of people through the space, providing a background for the artwork that is not entirely indifferent to its context.

rendering [above] // large exhibition space

rendering [below] // atrium and exhibition space 69

hull detail A cast glass facade wraps the art space continuously and fluidly (like a shipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hull) where undulations suggesting movement through the site and interior space. The coloration and graphic of the exterior is a blurred mirror of the siteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s immediate context that reflects back the surroundings through a distorted filter.

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

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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 This installation by Sarah Oppenheimer at P.P.O.W. Gallery in Chelsea (2012) investigates the connections between different spaces, challenging the visitor both physically and visually. Punctures made through the existing gallery walls create circulation and line-of-sight between the rooms producing new connections between spaces and people. Lighting strategies create a visual mosiac through the interventions. My role included producing the fabrication drawing set for the steel structure that is inserted into the voids created in the walls. The project relies on the complex angles and custom metal joints that support the voids.

conceptual drawing [above] // diagram of void interventions

photograph [above] // installation view (image courtesy Folding Enterprises) 75

void design and fabrication The complex architectural voids are created, at their most distilled, by the compound joints and integration of materials. Exhibited here are examples of the manifold connections that ultimately produce the desired affect.

photographs [above] // installation view (image courtesy Folding Enterprises) 3D model view [opposite, top] // snapshot from model, used to derive fabrication drawings detail drawing [opposite, left] // markup on steel structure drawing photograph [opposite, right] // installation view (image courtesy Folding Enterprises)

photographs [above, left] // installation view (image courtesy Folding Enterprises) fabrication drawings [opposite, right] // steel fabrication drawings used for construction 79

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

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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.

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section b - container port and event space

section a - wetland remediation and park

section c - housing infrastructure and marina

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section d - cruise terminal and park space

section e - housing infrastructure and boardwalk

section f - topographic beach and dunes

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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

WE S T F I E L D H O R T O N P L A Z A Massive downtown San Diego shopping center and urban redevelopment design w/ Rockwell Group Involvement: Concept design, Schematic design This 6-block “superblock” in downtown San Diego acts as a central hub for the surrounding neighborhoods. The project aims to revitalize the site by opening the central corridor (seen below as a diagonal tear through the urban fabric). This amorphous moment in an otherwise traditionally gridded metropolis is a challenges pedestrians to engage the site. Additionally, the project calls for a facelift of its current 1980s postmodern pastiche to be replaced by a formally cohesive and contemporary proposal.

COMMERCIAL & CIVIC

LITTLE ITALY

B ROA DWAY

WESTFIELD HORTON

CADERO RESIDENTIAL

URBAN BEACON 2 ENTERTAINMENT DECK

URBAN BEACON 1 DINING DECK

MACY’S URBAN BEACON 3 PROPOSED HOTEL URBAN

URBAN BEACON 4 ACTIVITY DECK

EAST VILLAGE UPPER WEST

NORDSTROM’S RESIDENTIAL 4 t h AV E N U E

1s t AV E N U E

GASLAMP QUARTER

RESIDENTIAL SEAPORT VILLAGE

SAN DIEGO BAY

MARINA

CONVENTION CENTER

PETCO PARK

site diagram [above] // overview of site and surrounding neighborhoods

SMALL SKYLIGHT SCHEME

dining terrace The dining terrace roofscape LARGE SKYLIGHT SCHEME

creates a unique and unified space for cafeteria and retail venues. The continuity of the undulating awning ties together this large, expansive urban project.

LOUNGE SEATING

COMMUNAL TABLES

QSR #1

QSR 32

DINING COURT

1 FIRE PIT

DIAMOND SCHEME

BAR

perspective [top] // overview of dining terrace section [above] // section through dining terrace and pavilion rendering [left] // interior perspective of dining pavilion

WESTFIELD HORTON SAN DIEGO

QSR #3

DINING TERRACE - SECTION COMPARISON SCULPTURE

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kiosk wayfinding Retail kiosks placed strategically through the central space are designed to be formally unique while mainting a familial language. The form reacts to the programmatic and spatial needs of each site and contributes to the sense of place by replicating a material and formal concept.

KIOSK 4

KIOSK 6 KIOSK 2

KIOSK 1

KIOSK 5

plan [right] // key map for kiosk locations renderings [below] // selection of kiosk designs

KIOSK 3

WESTFIELD HORTON SAN DIEGO

KIOSK FAMILY

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cinema and central space A movie cinema atop the central space acts as a media beacon for the project. Detailing of the cinema pavilion as a cantilever creates a glowing white form that rests at the peak of the shopping complex.

standing seam aluminum

clear glazing

fritted glass

20â&#x20AC;&#x2122; clear glass glass handrail

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WESTFIELD HORTON SAN DIEGO

CINEMA ELEVATIONS

elevations and details [above] // rendered elevations and details of the cinema 08.06.2013

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A TREE GROWS IN HOUSTON Hybrid Typologies and Housing Infrastructure in Houstonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fifth Ward Critic: Albert Pope

Trees in this housing project refer not to lush carbon-dioxide absorbing plants, but rather to a diagrammatic representation of the relationship between housing and infrastructure. Hierarchical analysis of housing in Houstonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fifth Ward results in an abstracted categorization of existing typologies as trees - lowlying connections with little degree of separation from the more complex infrastructure system. The monotonous and limited hierarchical condition suggests a strategy of typological diversity as a method of urban integration. This project integrates the buildings into the larger urban infrastructure, reclaims the green void caused by the defunct railway, connects open transportation nodes through formal intervention providing housing and shared amenities, and fosters urban interaction at a human level through the deployment of various housing typologies and complex circulation overlays. The standardized grid layout is disintegrated in the chosen site. This results in three types of connections defined here as DEAD END, LOOP, and THROUGH streets. These connection types are utilized as nodes from which more complicated typologies and hierarchical arrangements grow. Dead End connections comprise the most numerous node type within the site. The openness of this type allows for direct circulatory connection into a more complex system. Loop connections tap into the urban hierarchical circuit at points of continuous movement. This typology lends toward organizations with fewer degrees of separation such as point-loaded buildings. The through street typology branches from both sides of the street creating a building spanning the roadway. Increased density is common within this typology. This project integrates the buildings into the larger urban infrastructure, reclaims the green void caused by the defunct railway, connects open transportation nodes through formal intervention providing housing and shared amenities, and fosters urban interaction at a human level through the deployment of various housing typologies and complex circulation overlays.

ROADWAY PARKING VERTICAL CIRCULATION UNITS

COMMON AREAS

UNITS

SMALL BUILDINGS

UNITS

OADWAY

COMMON AREAS

rendering [above] // overview of housing infrastructure diagrams [below] // various hybrid housing typologies

rendering [above] // the monotonous hierarchical landscape of the Fifth Ward suggests a strategy of diversity as a method of urban integration.

DEAD END

LOOP

THROUGH

THROUGH [ tree grows ]

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connection types

[ tree grows ]

infrastructure

connection nodes

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Three types of connectors between housing and infrastructure produce complex variations branch from these starting nodes. Housing in this project builds from the hybrid typology [ tree grows ] ] analysis relating the unit to infrastructure.[ 18Variations in types are based on unit density and connection type within the larger infrastructure.

In this abstracted diagram units are represented by the white dots at the end of a connection series. Degrees of separation making up this series vary from hallways to greenspace to skip-stop corridors. The thick white line running throughout indicates the projects datum that connects through form and at certain moments through space. This privileging of space produces the â&#x20AC;&#x153;soft-megastructureâ&#x20AC;?.

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site plan [left] // abstracted representation of site infrastructure

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units aggregated on the horizontal datum

horizontal aggregation The raised platform creates horizontal common ground and circulation onto which units aggregate.

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walkway between skip-stop corridors

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soft-megastructure

relative unit densities

footprint

axon [right] // building density strategy site [below] // full building footprint spans one mile in length

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axon [above] // interior of tower typology

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detail plan rendering [above] // street view of tower typology rendering [opposite] // park repurposed from defunct railway plan [below] // detailed plan of housing infrastructure spanning the highway

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SOW WA H C E N T R A L Interactive space and pavilion w/ LAB @ Rockwell Group Involvement: Design, concept, and presentation Sowwah Central is a public space with interactive features, a central funicular, and patterned roof structure, all situated in shopping center in Abu Dhabi, UAE. This proposal called for intense design charette and production, moving from the conceptual sketches below to the renderings on the following pages, in only 3 days time. The project calls on the triangular and overlapping patterns of middle eastern culture and integrates interactive platforms that respond to touch the sequence of the funicular and to peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interaction. At the top of the funicular, above the roof structure, is a viewing platform with views to across the metropolis. Interactive glass walls allow users to access information about the city.

sketches [above] // initial concept sketches by LAB team rendering [opposite] // ground floor view (rendered by Viktor Ramos)

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FACADE

A DIGITAL PLATFORM A digital platform overlaid with a physical skin that creates a dimensional, updatable, interactive surface Facade is a beacon for the activity within, and encourages interaction at the human-scale between the mall and visitors Content can change seasonally, monthly, weekly, hourly

Ripples EďŹ&#x20AC;ect: architectural elements such as the funicular trigger a graphical change on the facade

Interactive Surfaces: surface respond to peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interaction

Facade: updatable responsive platform

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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

final prototype

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study models

flat surface-0

study models

unrolled elevation

flat surface-01

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structural diagram

stress analysis

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unfolded diagram

folding algorithm

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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

final model

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PIE R 1 - B R O O K LY N B R I D G E PARK COMPETITION Condominium and Hotel Development on the Brooklyn Waterfront w/ Leeser Architecture Involvement: conceptual design, 3D modelling (Rhino), drawings, and renderings.

The main drive of this proposal was to integrate the building into the park by extending the green surface of the landscape up through the structure. Organizationally, the building acts as two single-loaded corridor slabs with a park/atrium space between. The blocks of form are torqued to reveal moments of public program (restaurants, pavilions). Additional public amenities are suspended within the atrium space to create a unique living environment that supports the public nature of the site. My involvement on this two-week competition proposal includes working with the team on the conceptual design, 3D modelling, drawings and diagrams, and renderings.

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rendering [above] // perspective from Brooklyn Bridge diagrams [below] // series showing relationship of building to the park

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rendering [above] // street view axon [opposite] // exploded axon showing building program

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building as park The surface of the park is lifted up through the building to integrate the form into the context.

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rendering [above] // entrance view of atrium and park

at residential ATRIUM atrium AT RESIDENTIAL LEVELlevel 122

glass roof hotelLEVEL level GLASS ROOF ATat HOTEL

hotel GYM gymAND andPOOL pool HOTEL

CORE

B C

D ARAGE

GARAG

BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK

BUILDING B SECTION DIAGRAM

section [above, left] // section through building B section [above, right] // section through building A

FURMAN STREET

BUILDING A SECTION DIAGRAM

room with a view

FURMAN STREET

To increase the salability of the condo units, the design maximizes the view of the Manhattan skyline.

rendered section [above, left] // section through atrium

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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

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