Keibler, Selected Works, 2017 by Nathan Keibler

Nathan Keibler Selected Works, 2010 - 2017

Contents Resume Academic Work Taut Crinkle Transmitted Publics: Soundworm Format: KBR Redevelopment Pliable: Soft Containers Variegated Edge: Social Housing for Mexico City

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Professional Work Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago Casa de Mont Knoll: Los Angeles Knoll: Research & Development Bucks County Residence

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E D U C AT I O N Rice University, Bachelor of Architecture

May 2016

Rice University, Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies, Magna Cum Laude

May 2014

P RO F E SS I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E Architecture Research Office, Architectural Designer + Project Assistant - NYC

August 2016 - August 2017

Knoll, Los Angeles - Office / Commercial Space, Schematic Design - Construction Administration Intensive study and documentation of current conditions in existing space acquired by Knoll in downtown LA. Assembled digital presentations (drawings, reports, renderings, diagrams) for delivery of design updates to clients. Printed and submitted full drawing sets for completion of both Design Development and Construction Documents phase. Email correspondence and schedule coordination with contractor and material suppliers to address issues of construction raised in submittals and RFIs via NewForma. Knoll, Research & Development - Product Design, Schematic Design - Fabrication Produced numerous iterations for design studies for custom felt room dividers. In charge of communication / schedule coordination with fabricator for production of full-scale mock-ups of design products. Bucks County Residence, Single Family - Schematic Design - Construction Documents Produced presentation materials for delivery of design updates to clients. Extensive material research / coordination with reps for selection of building finishes and appliances. Assembled full drawing sets for completion of both SD and DD phase, submitted to city officials for approval.

PLAT Journal, Managing Editor - Houston

September 2015 - May 2016

Independent architectural journal and recipient of grants from the Graham Foundation (Chicago) and Rice Design Alliance (Houston). Tasks included coordinating team meetings + production schedule for PLAT 5.0: License, served as team’s main point of contact for donors, contributors and printing press representatives. Participated in Open Issues in April 2017, a panel discussion at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, to speak about PLAT’s editorial process.

Johnston Marklee, Design Intern - Los Angeles

September 2014 - June 2015

Casa de Mont - Residential, Design Development Phase Private, single family residence in Los Angeles, California. Produced numerous, large physical model studies for building massing, soffit / roof / ceiling detailing, and light studies, as well as presentation plan / section drawings and renderings for client meetings and public lectures. Images recently featured in GA Houses 146.

Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago - Cultural, Schematic Design + Design Development Phase Renovation of historic cultural building in downtown Chicago. Physical model studies, presentation drawings and images addressing building circulation, programmatic organization, and restaurant redesign. Additionally, intensive study of current museum program square footage distribution to address deficiencies / seek out moments with potential for improved museum experience. Miami Design District - Cultural, Design Development Phase Commercial facade project. Produced physical model studies addressing design of building facade, as well as drawings + renderings for correspondence with developer. Intensive study of material options for facade / exterior walkways.

Schaum/Shieh Architects, Design Intern - Houston

Summer 2013 + 2014

Specific tasks included production of physical models and presentation images for client meetings + design competitions for Taichung Cultural Center, Trans Art Gallery, White Oak Music Hall and various residential projects.

Rice Gallery, Production Assistant + Gallery Docent - Houston

August 2012 - May 2016

University gallery devoted to commissioning site-specific installation art. Working one-on-one with exhibiting artists by aiding in installation and de-installation for all exhibition programs from Fall 2012 to Spring 2016. Tasks included ensuring successful delivery of physical materials needed by artist, conducting research, as well as physical labor to install and de-install each piece. Additionally, developed graphic marketing material via Adobe CSS to promote exhibit openings, photographed and transcribed gallery events and cataloged on server. Docent tasks included opening and closing of gallery, engagement with public visitors and aiding in logistical planning efforts for events surrounding each exhibition (gallery talks, donor events, etc).

AC T I V I T I E S The Montrose Center, Volunteer - Houston

August 2017 - Present

LGBTQIA community center. Weekly volunteer, assisting with planning and logistical efforts for Hurricane Harvey relief, Kindred Spirits Celebration Dance, Seniors Preparing for Rainbow Years (SPRY), as well as daily operations of the Equal Grounds community cafe and Montrose Diner for LGBTQIA seniors.

Plant It Forward, Volunteer - Houston

August 2017 - Present

Local community garden non-profit organization providing refugees with the tools, training, and business skills needed to become successful urban farmers and achieve economic self-sufficiency. Weekly volunteer, assisting with Hurricane Harvey relief and farm grounds maintenance.

Soundworm, Project Manager - Rice University, Houston

January 2014 - August 2017

Public art installation at Rice University. A member of the winning design team that was composed of students from varied disciplines: architecture, visual art, anthropology, art history, mech./elec. engineering. Primary tasks included successful delivery of public presentation materials (drawings, research, audio collages) to secure funding from Rice for physical realization of the installation, as well as coordinating meetings with fabricators and steel suppliers in Houston area. Documented interactions via extensive meeting minutes. Engaged directly with donors to secure additional funding for 2016 paint refinishing.

AC T I V I T I E S (continued) Humanities Research Center Fellow, Rice University, Houston

August 2012 - Janurary 2013

Research fellowship completed in the 2012 - 2013 academic year with the Center for Energy and Environmental Research in the Human Sciences (CENHS) at Rice University, which fosters collaborative efforts between environmental science, the arts, humanities and social sciences. Tasks included assisting with research efforts for Rice Gallery’s 2012 exhibit, “Tradition Redefined: The Larry and Brenda Thompson Collection of Art by African Americans,” curated by Adrienne Childs. Other tasks included reviewing local art exhibitions for CENHS’s “Cultures of Energy” blog, including “Cryospheres” by Liz Ward at Houston’s Moody Gallery, which featured the artist’s explorations of ice forms and their ongoing loss.

Alternative Spring Break, Site Leader - Rice University, Houston

August 2011 - April 2012

Program organized by the Center for Civic Engagement that encourages students to engage with new communities through direct service work, gain awareness around one social justice issue and learn about the value of the reflection process. Alongside project partner, Lilly Yu, led planning and logistical efforts for a week of service dedicated to expanding awareness and advocacy for the issue of domestic human trafficking within the city of Houston. Organized series of service and learning activities with many local non-profits, including Children at Risk, YMC A International Services, and Covenant House.

AWA R DS + R ECO G N I T I O N S Margaret Everson-Fossi Award

May 2016

Awarded to fifth year/graduate students on the basis of the best design project for the options studios during that academic year.

ArchDaily’s “Best Student Work Worldwide”

August 2015

“Soundworm” featured in ArchDaily article as one of 26 notable student design projects in the world.

Texas Architectural Foundation Charles Lamar + Verda McKittrick Scholarship

May 2015

Competitive statewide scholarship; nominated by the Rice School of Architecture.

John Maeda Award

March 2015

Award given by John Maeda to “Soundworm” for excellence in collaborative design.

Henry Adams (AIA) School Certificate

May 2014

Awarded to the two top-ranked graduating students in recognition of scholastic achievement, character, and promise of professional ability.

Mini-Charrette Design Competitions

May 2013 + Jan. 2014

1st Prize for “Mind the Pit” (2013) and “Soundworm” (2014). Interdisciplinary design competition held within Rice University. “Soundworm” granted $6,000.00 to be physically realized.

Mary Ellen Hale Lovett Traveling Fellowship

Summer 2013 + 2014

Awarded to undergraduate students in Architecture for travel based on proposals evaluated by the faculty.

Chillman Prize Prize awarded on the basis of an outstanding portfolio submitted in application for admission to fifth year.

May 2014

R E F E R E N C E S (available upon request) Andrew Colopy, Assistant Professor andrew.colopy@rice.edu

Stephen Cassell, Principal, ARO scassell@aro.net

Sharon Johnston, Principal, JML sharonj@johnstonmarklee.com

Sarah Whiting, Dean, Rice School of Architecture sarah.whiting@rice.edu

Nonya Grenader, Former Director of Rice Building Workshop nonya@rice.edu

Christine Medina, Former Manager of Rice Gallery cmedina@rice.edu

SKILLS - Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office Suite, NewForma Management Software, AutoCAD, Rhinoceros 5 3D Modeling + V-Ray Imaging, Microsoft Office Suite, Physical Model Making. - Competent in ArcGIS + Grasshopper. - Excellent teamwork, communication and organization skills; extremely detail oriented.

Taut Crinkle ARCH 601 / Prof. Andrew Colopy / Live-Work Dormitory This project stems from an interest in the ambiguity of the many parties at play within this single building at Cornell Tech on Roosevelt Island: Cornell University, Israeli Technology Institute, collaborations between students and working professionals and, finally, programs geared towards the general public. It engages the potentials of a form that projects both a whole and its parts in a synthetic way.

CAFE

SEATING

OUTDOOR SEATING

LOBBY

AUDITORIUM

Site Plan

Early Conceptual Diagrams

The study began through experiments involving the interaction of lines. A group of nodes (the meeting place of the endpoints of two different lines) is dispersed to create a loose center. These nodes are stitched together by a series of lines that create a collection of lobes or petals. The control points that define each line can collapse upon each other (in the same way that the nodes collapse the endpoints of lines) to close the gap between them. This collapsed line winds and reconfigures the interior, shifting the conception of a center within each shape. Doing so, the exterior definition of parts becomes blurred. What reads as one from the outside could actually be a series of three identifiable spaces within.

OPEN WORK AREA

CONFERENCE ROOMS

OPEN WORK AREA

KITCHEN/ DINING

OPEN WORK AREA

CONFERENCE ROOMS

GALLERY

OPEN WORK AREA

Second Floor

Fourth Floor

DORM

DORM DORM

DORM

SEATING

DORM

KITCHEN KITCHEN

OPEN WORK AREA

DORM

DINING

DORM

Third Floor

Fifth Floor

Each shape is treated as a kind of datum that is copied vertically to create a floor to floor height of 14 feet. Between each datum, the nodes of each shape can shift along X, Y, and Z axes to create a more or less extreme pinch between lobes. What was two parts on one floor can now shift to one part on a floor above.

SpectraFiber Envelope

Steel Armatures

Glazing

Building Structure

Assembly

Exterior View

In response to the studio prompt, the project engages plastic as a material through the use of SpectraFiber, a semitranslucent woven sheet of polyethylene fibers that, considering its weight and thinness, is up to ten times stronger than steel. The sheets are clamped into a series of vertical armatures that are strung between each floor plate and hung outside of the main structure/ glazing of the building. Each sheet measures roughly 10â&#x20AC;&#x2122; x 14â&#x20AC;&#x2122; and is crinkled and coated with an epoxy resin to hold its form. Because the collection of armatures is open to the elements, it is subject to expansion and contraction.

Context Plan

Deep Wall Section

Column Mullion Insulated Glass Unit Envelope Armature Insulation Concrete Envelope Armature Building Envelope HVAC Ceiling Panels

Building Envelope

Envelope Armature

Insulated Glass Unit

Plan Detail

Section Detail

The aim here is to take advantage of the inherent weakness of plastic as a material. Since the crinkled fabric is only partially stiffened by the epoxy resin, it still retains the ability to deform in response to the movement of the armatures supporting it.

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Wall Section

Model Photo - Ground Floor, Open Work Area + Cafe

Collage - Second Floor, Open Work Area + Split Staircase

Model Photo - Ground Floor, Auditorium

Collage - Ground Floor, Auditorium

Model Photo - Third Floor, Open Work Area

Collage - Fourth Floor, Open Work Area

Residence Work Public

Residence Kitchen/Lounge Gallery Cafe Lobby Auditorium Open Work Area Open Oﬃce Conference Private Flex Oﬃce Garage

Program

Structure

Circulation

Collage - Fifth Floor, Dormitory

North Elevation

East Elevation

South Elevation

Southeast Elevation

Model Photo - Facade Fragment

Model Photo - North Facade Removed

Model Photo - South Facade

Collage - Exterior View from Center of Campus

Model Photo

Transmitted Publics: Soundworm RSA Mini-Charrette / Rice Public Art Installation This project is the result of an interdisciplinary collaboration between students at the Schools of Architecture, Engineering, Visual Arts, Anthropology and Art History, which took place during the Spring 2014 Mini-Charrette, a weekend-long design competition held every semester at the Rice School of Architecture. Soundworm aims to facilitate communication and create a new public by capturing sound.

Early Conceptual Diagrams

This project is designed to create a unique auditory experience. Historically, the modern notion of public has been strongly associated with verbal discourse. The work of German sociologist Jurgen Habermas defined the public sphere as the realm of social life in which public opinion is formed; it provides guaranteed access to all citizens and the freedom to assemble and express opinions. This public sphere is represented by newspapers, magazines, radio, television and other non-material media. However, a public exists firstly and foremostly in a spatial dimension, as the physical space in which discourse - in other words, verbal exchange - occurs.

Public Presentation

degree of cut on the top

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45°

material specifications

connection number

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material: used steel pipe (from APEX steel yard) greater than 36 ksi pipe linear length: 117 feet 8.625 inches outside diameter,

angle list 01-N/A 02-90° 03-90° 04-90° 05-90° 06-90° 07-90° 08-90° 09-90° 10-90° 11-90° 12-90° 13-90° 14-90° 15-90° 16-N/A

pipe dimensions: 8 inches inside diameter

schedule 40 thickness (.322 inches)

surface area: 237 square feet

for connections #1 and #15, please see page 11

connection number

#02

#04

#06

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#16

degree of cut on the bottom

45°

N/A

7’ 8-5/8”

7’ 2-5/8”

length of piece rotation between end cuts (clockwise) rotation between bottom cut and plasma cut (clockwise)

notes: there are just four lengths two are irregular and cause the diagonals

7’ 8-5/8”

7’ 2-5/8”

10’ 3-1/4”

7’ 2-5/8”

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Code: International Building Code 2006 with City of Houston amendments Dead Load: Materials shown on drawings Live Load: 100 plf on pipes Wind Load: Basic Wind Speed 110 mph (3-second gust), Exposure B

Cut Sheet

Sound, the primary medium of public discourse, is therefore part of the legacy of public more than any other sensory quality. It has large, easily dispersible spatial implications and can play out in virtually any condition. Sounds provide anonymous insight to the activities of others and, when layered on top of each other, a symphony of noise is produced. The act of walking through the structure creates an awareness of the totality of the campus community, the composition oscillating between the different recordings depending on volume levels.

Pipe Delivery + Sanding

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05 01 Axonometric Drawing

Two publics are created, one whose voices are collected and another which gathers to hear it. Five sound collection spots are placed across the campus and then transmitted to speakers placed within the Soundworm, informing the larger public. These spots are not permanent and the recording devices can be moved to create a different collection of sounds, emphasizing the numerous and diverse compositions that can be created across campus.

Early Structural Tests

Construction Process

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BOTTOM LEVEL- DECOMPOSED GRANITE TOTAL AREA: 17 square feet DEPTH: 1.5” TOTAL VOLUME: 8.5 cubic feet

note: resting legs of the structure are placed in the center of their granite beds.

TOP LEVEL- GRAY GRAVEL TOTAL AREA: 17 square feet DEPTH: 2” TOTAL VOLUME: 10.6 cubic feet TOTAL PERIMETER: 84 feet

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inner loop

metal strip barrier (holds gravel back from grass)

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Foundation / Gravel Bed Details

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fondren library

Site Plan

capped ending A

45° cuts but degree of rotation of pipe between cuts specified on schedule

plasma cut, 6” diameter circle at center of piece

angled cut (degree specified on schedule)

note: the plasma cuts occur on the following pieces: B, F, H, J, M cuts should be made in the center of each of the piece

6”

plasma cut

actual cut

opening design

screws into the pipe Cut Sheet

Wire Threading Process

2’

speaker blue foam, 1” thick

steel pipe

grass

metal barrier

wires

PVC pipe

wires trenched to library basement

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2” 1.5”

wiring

screws

speaker cap Exploded Diagram

Section Detail

Welding Process

Trenching Wire to Fondren Library

scrap steel from the rest of project (45 degree cut) leave steel unpainted microphone

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Microphone Assembly

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library basement

inside the worm behind the steel caps

Sound Transmission Diagram

Team Meeting

Gantry

Paint Application

Microphone placed in campus recreation center

Microphone placed in dormitory commons

Microphone placed in campus coffeehouse

Opening Reception

As we become more immersed in non-material media, the notion of public begins to collapse. This project utilizes digital means to exceed the immediate confines of the sculptureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s physical realm and instigate new forms of engagement with public art.

Format: KBR Redevelopment ARCH 301 / Prof. JesĂşs Vassallo / Master Plan This proposal for the redevelopment of a 130 acre brownfield site in Houston, Texas starts by considering the organization of a standard suburban block of single family units. Typically, the block is wrapped by two public thoroughfares: the street and the sidewalk. The current configuration of the block allows for an obvious gradient of public to private from the edge of the lot abutting the street (front yard) to the edge farthest from the street (backyard). The possibility for an insular lifestyle is facilitated by the erection of fences and the sparse placement of windows typically seen in many pre-fabricated suburban homes today.

Study of traditional facades Early Conceptual Diagram

Standard Suburban Block

Public/Private Gradient Distribution

“Harvest” of Varied Scales

Public/Private Gradient Re-distribution

A condition results in which public accessibility is limited to a certain kind of frontality. The accessibility dwindles more and more as one travels to the back of the lot. The only form of communication each unit has with the public thoroughfares and each other is usually confined to what it said through one façade. Interaction is confined to a two dimensional screen.

Collage - Single Family Unit Block

Smallest Grain - Single Family Unit Block

The project begins by wrapping the public screen (previously limited to a flattened frontality) around the entire unit in a radial organization. The most private realm of each unit (in this case, the backyard) is interiorized by means of an exterior courtyard condition. The traditional gradient of public to private is challenged.

Model Photo - Single Family Unit Block

One of the public thoroughfares (the sidewalk that previously sat solely along the outer edges of the block) is then woven within. A pedestrian promenade is created as a means of allowing the public to engage the newly wrapped facades and shifted units.

Aerial View of Development

The blocks are oriented in strips, providing a clear means to order the site. Within each strip, adjacent blocks can be grouped together to allow for the possibility of placing larger programs. In a way, they can be cleared, harvested, and sprinkled with 9 larger grains. A clear hierarchy of scale exists from a single family living unit as small as 1,500 square feet to a commercial one as large as 115,000. Each scale is assigned certain programmatic possibilities according to what the size of the unit can accommodate.

TAXONOMY OF GRAIN

AREA OF EACH OF UNIT: TAXONOMY FORM 1500 sf

Taxonomy of Scale

5000 sf

17,000 sf

40,000-100,000 sf

COMMERCIAL OFFICE

COMMUNITY CENTER URBAN PARK

PROGRAMMATIC POSSIBILITIES: SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING

RESIDENTIAL TOWER PUBLIC DOMES

Taxonomy of Form

Much in the same way that there is a taxonomy of scale, there is a taxonomy of formal differentiation for the site. Formal variation between blocks conveys the notion that different architects and developers could play a role in the development of the site as a means of preventing the possibility for a kind of dystopic repetition of selfsimilar units if it were to fall into the hands of one developer or one architect. A certain degree of interpretation and freedom is granted in the formal possibilities that can play out but very specific restrictions and rules are in place (i.e. that each unit must take on a radial organization and have the outlined relationship to the sidewalk and street) to prevent any disorder.

Middle Grain - Residential Towers - Publicly Programmed Domes

Middle Grain - Residential Towers - Apartments

Middle Grain - Residential Towers - Lobbies

Collage - Residential Tower Block

Large Grain - Office Park

Collage - Office Park

Largest Grain - Grocery Store

Collage - Northeast Corner of Development

Phase 1: 502 units, 3.69 units /acre

Phase 4: 1091 units, 8.02 units/acre

Phase 2: 722 units, 5.31 units /acre

Phase 5: 1271 units, 9.35 units/acre

Phase 3: 911 units, 6.70 units /acre

Phase 6: 1851 units, 13.61 units /acre

Model Photos

The resulting master plan strives to sample the differently scaled grains evenly within a strip so that each can sustain itself (economically and compositionally) as successive strips are remediated and developed during the phasing process of the project.

Pliable: Soft Containers ARCH 523 / Prof. Dawn Finley / Design Seminar Pliable is a material based design seminar. The course investigates issues of communication and engagement in architecture through the design and physical production of small-object types, or models, using manual and machine techniques of sewing construction. Bags are interactive, soft, containers that enable the direct, isolated exploration of architectural issues: enclosure, organization, program, representation, site, and structure.

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“Single Blank” Drawing for Spatial Bag Type

Bags produced in the seminar serve both as models for architectural design speculation as well as material objects that organize and communicate with immediacy. Fabrication techniques and materiality were in the seminar, while design complexity was minimized in order to focus on precise architectural questions. Students borrowed techniques and procedures from manual and machine sewing – a tradition of fabrication outside of the discipline – to attain a pure understanding of design processes (concept through construction). The seminar posited that in–depth inquiries of fabrication practices outside of architecture are worth closer examination.

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“Quadruplicate” Spatial Bag Type

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11.00”

“Quadruplicate Blank” Drawing for Spatial Bag Type

Axonometric Drawing

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Graphicâ&#x20AC;? Bag Type

Basic and advanced sewing techniques were implemented to join and shape two-dimensional fabric surfaces into three dimensional form, including pleating, gathering, and smocking. Monochromatic and dichromatic (patterned) fabrics were carefully selected and compared iteratively for their potential influence on a bagâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s organization and representation.

Axonometric Drawing

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shapeâ&#x20AC;? Bag Type

By engaging textiles and methods of sewing construction, the seminar intended not simply to simulate 19th and early 20th century craft processes, but to seek out alternative influences that shape current disciplinary sensibilities in architecture. The seminar was organized by 3 bag design projects (spatial, graphic and shape), supplemented with sewing workshops, presentation prompts, and readings.

“Shape” Bag Animation Stills

Variegated Edge: Open Structure for Affordable Vertical Housing ARCH 602 / Profs. Tatiana Bilbao + Ian Searcy / Social Housing in Mexico City This project for social housing in the center of Mexico City reflects on the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to provide for a mix of formal / institutional structures and more informal / casual occupations of its urban fabric. A stipulation of the studio was to include an open air structure that would allow for residents to informally expand their livable space into once they had acquired enough capital to do so. This proposal orients the open frame along its exterior edge. Here, the expansion of each unit is given an outward expression on the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s facade. Its architecture offers a means for upward economic growth to manifest itself in both a visual and physical manner.

Model Photo

Accessibility to the assigned site is extremely limited. It is almost entirely swallowed by the block and provides very little street frontage. Most social housing developments in Mexico today involve a partnership between Infonavit, the largest mortgage lender in Latin America, and developers, who will only invest if the proposal can secure them an overall profit of 30% or higher. The studio experimented extensively with financial spreadsheets as students were encouraged to think as critically with numbers as they would with built form.

+ Infonavit

+ Developer

Architect

+ Contractor

Landowner: Parking Lot Operator

+ Residential Tenants

+ Open Air Market Vendors (Tianguis)

Parking Lot

Given the siteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s constraints and the lack of formal commercial activity occurring within the assigned neighborhood (a factor that is essential to securing the involvement of a developer in these types of developments), this project proposes a unique financial scheme that removes the developer from the equation, thus eliminating the need for a 30% profit. It proposes a new type of financial collaboration between Infonavit, an architect, and the current landowner (a parking lot operator).

TOTAL PROJECT COST

$3,720,161.67

LAND Total Land Cost Payment to Landowner Total Land Area Maximum Possible Built Area Total Built Area Land Cost per sqm

Minimum sqm 30 42.5 62.5

$997,666.67 2,246 1,797 8,680 115

CONSTRUCTION Residential

INFONAVIT REGULATION Unit Type “Economica” “Popular” “Tradicional”

$1,895,062.50

Max Cost in USD $14,561.06 $24,671.28 $43,174.72

Total Area Cost /sqm

4,300 $404.44 $1,739,092.00

Total Area Cost /sqm

1,700 $342.21 $581,757.00

Total Area Cost /sqm

720 $134.40 $96,768.00

Total Area Cost /sqm

1,960 $155.55 $304,878.00

Sub-total Parking Sub-total Commercial Sub-total Open Structure Sub-total Total Construction Cost

$2,722,495.00

TOTAL PROJECT REVENUE Total Profit Percentage of Profit

$3,728,375.00 $8,213.33 0.22%

RESIDENTIAL Residential Unit Type A Type B Type C Sub-total revenue

Total Built Area Expandable Potential Built Cost Potential (sqm) Area (sqm) Factor Area 38 $15,368.72 25 0.66 63 38 $15,368.72 15 0.39 53 50 $20,222.00 25 0.50 75

Land Price

Total Number Asking Price Cost / unit of Units

$7,241.13 $26,498.60 $6,091.74 $23,793.71 $8,620.39 $32,731.14

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Revenue

$38,700.00 $1,625,400.00 $36,750.00 $1,800,750.00 $43,175.00 $302,225.00 $3,728,375.00

Currently, the site exists as a parking lot. The cost of land, which is typically paid for through the developer’s initial investment, is replaced with a significantly lower payment given to the current landowner, which will fund his/her business for two years during the process of construction. The amount saved in this new equation allows for the selling price of each unit to be within the ranges defined by Infonavit.

Ground Floor - Open Air Market

Conceptual Diagrams

The new development will provide the landowner with a better parking lot and enable him/her to charge higher fees, as well as profit from the rent he/she would charge to the new commercial tenants that will occupy the open air market above. A collection of 98 residential units in seven floors will be situated above the market, providing a captive audience for the stand owners below. The building mass is lifted to open the ground below via structural CMU shear walls. The horseshoe form of the development allows for a collective interior within and permits twoway ventilation for the residential units.

Typical Residential Floor - Given

Typical Residential Floor - Partially Expanded

CMU Shear Walls Concrete Slab Interior Stud Walls

Reinforced Concrete Beams Channels

Exterior Walls Concrete Pour Metal Decking

Corrugated Plastic Sheet Ceiling Joists Ceiling Panels

Floor Joists

Expansion Series

Model Photo - Exterior Walkways

Unit A - Given

Unit A - Expanded Option 1

Unit A - Expanded Option 2

Unit B - Given

Unit B - Expanded Option 1

Unit B - Expanded Option 2

Unit C - Given

Unit C - Expanded Option 1

Unit C - Expanded Option 2

Model Photo - 1/4â&#x20AC;? Fragment

Site Plan

Model Photo - 1/4â&#x20AC;? Fragment

Section Perspective - Details

Section Perspective

Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago Johnston Marklee / Design Intern / September 2014 - June 2015 The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago is one of the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading institutions devoted to the exhibition and exploration of contemporary art and the contemporary creative process. Located in the heart of downtown Chicago, the MCA occupies a unique open parkscape in the city which links the pedestrian thoroughfare of Michigan Avenue to Lake Michigan. The building, designed by Josef P. Kleihues in 1996, provides voluminous galleries in which to exhibit and explore contemporary art. However, the demands for flexibility of space and increased cultural programming services have exceeded the capacity of the facility as designed. As the institution expands, the current building must adapt to reflect the institutionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vital role within the local and international contemporary art community. This study summarizes the deficiencies in the existing building and proposes an improved museum experience that speaks to the vision of deepening audience engagement while furthering artist activation.

Study Model

Museum

Sculpture Garden

Plinth

Plaza

Exploded Axonometric Drawing

Kitchen Receiving Class Room

Meeting Art Art Art Room Storage Storage Storage

Theater Theater Lobby Store

Existing First Floor

Kitchen

Art Art Art Storage Storage Storage

Receiving

Restaurant

Theater

Theater Lobby

Connection Store

Proposed First Floor

Axonometric - Ceiling Studies

Collage - View through Lobby to Restaurant

Wormâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eye View - Ceiling Studies

Collage - View into Restaurant

Cafe

Gallery

Atrium

Gallery

Lobby Store

Gallery

Existing Second Floor

Engagement Zone

Gallery

Atrium

Gallery

Lobby

Gallery

Coat

Proposed Second Floor

Collage - View to Atrium from Museum Lobby

Conference

Mechanical

Fourth Floor +55'-0"

Lobby

Vestibule

Fourth Floor +42'-0"

Atrium

Museum Lobby

Third Floor +29'-0"

Cafe

Second Floor +16'-0"

Art Storage

Kitchen

First Floor +0'-0"

Theater Mechanical Basement -16'-0"

Existing Section

Conference

Fifth Floor +55'-0"

Mechanical Vestibule

Lobby Fourth Floor +42'-0"

West Gallery

Third Floor +29'-0"

Atrium

Museum Lobby

Second Floor +16'-0"

Storefront

East Education Engagement Zone

Art Storage

Kitchen

First Floor +0'-0"

Theater Mechanical Basement -16'-0"

Proposed Section

Collage - Potential Use of Engagement Zone

Office

Storage

Gallery Offices Gallery

Gallery

Gallery Gallery Gallery Gallery

Lobby

Gallery

Office Gallery

Gallery

Existing Third Floor

Existing Fourth Floor

Education Wing

Gallery Offices Gallery

Gallery

Gallery Gallery Gallery Gallery

Lobby

West Gallery

Gallery Gallery

Proposed Third Floor

Gallery

Proposed Fourth Floor

Collage - View to Staircase + Third Floor Gallery

Collage - View to West Gallery

Collage - View to Education Wing

Existing Sculpture Garden

Proposed Sculpture Garden

Existing Sculpture Garden

Proposed Sculpture Garden

Collage - View from Sculpture Garden

Collage - View from Plaza

Casa de Mont Johnston Marklee / Design Intern / September 2014 - June 2015 The Amalfi Residence is a private single-family home situated on a hillside in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of West Los Angeles. Borrowing from elements of Georgian architecture and 19th century French chateaus, its exterior features a highly ordered stone facade and gabled roof. The project offers a modern take on this architectural style through its curvature and open floor plan. To accommodate the client’s extensive contemporary art collection, it “splits” in plan to allow for a large private gallery space on the first floor. A sculpted soffit winds throughout each public space in the house, mirroring the curvature of the building’s footprint and emphasizing the extents of each room in an otherwise open and fluid floor plan.

Model Photo

Section Drawings

Model Photo

Section Drawing

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Interior Rendering - View to Entrance

Interior Rendering - View to Private Gallery

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Interior Rendering - View to Living Room

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Ground Floor

Interior Rendering - View to Atrium

Second Floor

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Interior Rendering - View to Kitchen

Interior Rendering - Top of Staircase, View to Atrium

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Interior Rendering - View to Family Room

Interior Rendering - View to Dining Room

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Interior Rendering - View to Private Gallery

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Physical Model - Facade Studies

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Exterior Rendering

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Fragment Model - Facade

Fragment Model - Plan View

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Model Photo - View to Kitchen from Porch

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Model Photo - View to Kitchen from Hallway

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Model Photo - North Facade

Model Photo - South Facade

Model Photo - East Facade

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Model Photo - West Facade

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Model Photo - View to Private Gallery

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Model Photo - View to Kitchen from Porch

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Knoll: Los Angeles Architecture Research Office / Project Assistant / August 2016 - August 2017 Architecture Research Office has designed a new showroom and offices for the headquarters of Knollâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s southern California sales division. The project, sited in the Gas Company Tower in downtown Los Angeles, includes conference areas and private offices of various sizes, as well as open office areas that double function to display Knollâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s furniture and textiles.

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13’ - 3”

Booths

Pantry

Office North

Office West

Textiles

9’ - 6”

Reception

13’ - 3”

9’ - 6”

East Elevation

13’ - 3”

9’ - 6”

North Elevation

West Elevation

Unrolled Elevations: Central Core

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The interior extends the design language developed for the New York, San Francisco, and Houston showrooms with a palette that is specific to its LA context. Similar to previous showrooms, the interior is largely organized by a sculptural metal rail, in this case brass, that displays a changing selection of Knoll textiles that frame varied office and showroom spaces. The open floor unites showroom with varied flexible work spaces: private offices, conference rooms for formal meetings and small booths for informal gatherings.

Office East

Booths 1-3

2 Reception

Pantry

Copy Room Server Room

Storage

Office North

Office West

Textiles Not in Scope

P.O. 1

P.O. 2

P.O. 3

Mockup

Sm. Conf.

Lg. Conf.

Furniture Plan

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1. View to Office East

2. View to Private Enclaves

3. View to Office North

4. View to Office West

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Products from the ARO Collection with FilzFelt, including Baffle, Plank, Arc, Block and the newly designed â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cloudâ&#x20AC;? are used throughout the space. The integration of these pieces, as well as other Knoll furniture and textiles, has changed the paradigm of the Knoll showrooms, allowing the sales team to demonstrate products in active use.

2. ARO Baffle 1. ARO Cloud

3. ARO Arc

4. ARO Plank

Reflected Ceiling Plan

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UNISTRUT CHANNEL, BY OTHERS RECOMMENDED FRAMING SUPPORT

3MM FILZFELT AKUSTIKA PANEL ANGLED UPWARD AT 22 DEGREES, TYP.

1. ARO Cloud - Section Detail

UNISTRUT CHANNEL, BY OTHERS 6’-10” TYP.

PANELS SUSPENDED FROM STRUT CHANNEL

T.O. CLOUD AT 9’-3”

3’ 3/8” MIN.

2. ARO Baffle - Installation 1. ARO Cloud - Full-Scale Mockup

UNISTRUT RAIL, BY OTHERS LOCKING NUT 5/16” STEEL RAIL

LIGHT FIXTURES BY OTHERS, TYP., B.O. FIXTURE AT 8’ - 3” AFF.

B.O. CLOUD AT 8’-6”

1’ - 5 1/2”

1’ - 0”

SLIDING COLLAR

1. ARO Cloud - Elevation Detail

1/4” ALUM. BAR MACHINE SCREW 3MM FILZFELT 25 MM AKUSTIKA

2. ARO Baffle - Section Detail

3. ARO Arc - Installation

4. ARO Plank - Installation

UNISTRUT CHANNEL, BY OTHERS WOOD RAIL SUPPORT W/ PAINT FINISH, TYP. INTERLOCK MOUNTING SYSTEM 3MM DESIGN FELT 1/2” (10 MM) CURVED ACOUSTIC FELT PANEL

3. ARO Arc - Section Detail

FOAM CORE

FASTMOUNT

3 MM FELT

3/4” X 6” HORIZONTAL STRAPPING

1/4” PLYWOOD BACKER

4. ARO Plank - Section Detail

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103 OFFICE EAST

1'-6"

104 SALES

114 OFFICE NORTH

KINDORF STRUT CHANNELS BY G.C. FOR OWNER FURNISHED BAFFLES AP-1

P-1

TER-2 TYP.

P-5 TYP.

119 OFFICE EAST

MTL-1 RAIL OPEN

P-5

P-5 OPEN 1.08

1.11

B-2

B-5

B-4

SEE ID 5.1/6 FOR REVEAL DETAIL

Interior Elevations - Office North

Wall Covering 3 2

Glazing

Brass Rail

Terrazzo

Graphics

Yellow Felt

Index Dimensional

Cork

Green Wall

Pink Lacquer / Laminate

Curtains

White Wall

Panel-Tex Wall

Finish Plan Diagram

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122 TEXTILE STORAGE

120 LARGE CONF. ROOM

118 MOCK-UP

117 SMALL CONF. ROOM

116 P.O. 2

115 P.O. 1

KINDORF STRUT CHANNELS BY G.C. FOR OWNER FURNISHED BAFFLES AP-1

P-1

KINDORF STRUT CHANNELS BY G.C. FOR OWNER FURNISHED BAFFLES AP-1 MW-3

MTL-1 RAIL

P-1

G-2

B-2

G-2

1.15

MW-2

P-1

B-5

B-2

MW-2

P-1

1.16

B-5

G-2

MW-2

1.17

B-5

G-2

MW-2

1.18

B-5

G-2

MW-2

B-5

B-2

Interior Elevation - Office West

1. Construction Photo: View to Office East

2. Construction Photo: View to Office North

3. Construction Photo: View to Office West

4. Construction Photo: Custom Brass Table in Textile Area

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DIVIDER / PARTITION

CEILING

Freestanding Plank

Grid

Rigid Array

Fold Divide

Desktop Fold

Arc

Baffle

Array

Plank for Interpole Block

Rug Plank

Shingle

Plank Custom Bench Misc.

WALL

OBJECT

Knoll: Research & Development Architecture Research Office / Project Assistant / August 2016 - August 2017 Architecture Research Office is developing decorative and acoustic applications for Filzfelt, a company specializing in felt products for building interior applications, as part of their design for Knollâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s showrooms and office spaces. Knoll, the parent company of Filzfelt, engaged ARO to create a range of acoustically absorptive panels, screens and baffles. The collaboration with Knoll and Filzfelt allows ARO to further its interest in pattern and texture, while addressing an increasing market need for innovative acoustic products.

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170 Asche 11 1/2”

713 Kiwi

41”

11 1/2”

7”

20”

13”

4 1/2”

7”

SCORE BACK, TYP.

SCORE FRONT, TYP.

MAGNET, TYP.

MAGNET ON OPP. SIDE OF PANEL, TYP.

116 Orange Plan - Flat State Fold_Desktop_Option 1

Axonometric - Folded State Axo - Folded State

175 Graphit 23”

6”

23”

3”

13”

20”

7”

Fold_Desktop_Option 1

SCORE BACK, TYP.

MAGNET, TYP. MAGNET ON OPP. SIDE OF PANEL, TYP.

SCORE FRONT, TYP.

Fold_Desktop_Option 2 Plan - Flat State

Axo - Folded State

Fold_Desktop_Option 2 30”

10”

9”

12”

9”

10”

5”

10”

9”

12”

9”

10”

5”

20”

5”

30”

48”

Elevation Study

Plan Study

Early Full-Scale Mockup

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Bucks County Residence Architecture Research Office / Project Assistant / August 2016 - August 2017 The Bucks County Residence project will be a newly constructed building in rural Pennsylvania for a single family. The clients currently own the entirety of a 62-acre lot, but are planning to initiate a minor subdivision to split the land into two distinct properties (Lot A + Lot B). They will sell their current home and its lot (Lot B), while maintaining the adjacent Lot A for their new home. The existing barn on Lot A will remain and be reconfigured as an out-building for vehicles, storage, and workshop.

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The property has a protected wetlands area adjacent to Crooks Creek, which runs through the lot. The new house has been sited outside required wetlands development setbacks and will include approximately 4,700 sf of conditioned space.

EXISTING LOT LINE PROPOSED LOT LINE NEW SETBACKS POSSIBLE DEED RESTRICTION (AREA TBD)

Model Photo

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Wood Siding Interior

2x8 Stud

Masonry 2-sides, No Insulation

8 1/2”

1’ - 6 1/8”

Masonry 1-side Exterior

1’ - 6 1/4”

Masonry 1-side Exterior

Wood Siding Exterior

Masonry 2-sides

1’ - 4”

1’ - 1 1/2”

1’ - 8 3/8”

Wall Types

A Garage

North Terrace

Master Closet

Master Bathroom

Master Bedroom

2 Laundry

Powder

Entry

Sunroom

Study

1 Kitchen Great Room Pantry

4 Guest Bedroom 2

Guest Guest Bathroom Bedroom 1

South Terrace

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Furniture Plan

1. View from Kitchen to Exterior

2. View from Master Bedroom to Exterior

3. View from Great Room to Kitchen

4. View to Fireplace

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11’ - 5”

3’-0”

Study

5’ - 6”

13’ - 11”

Kitchen

Section A

Exhibition Niche

11’ - 5”

Exhibition Niche

9’ - 5”

13’ - 11”

Sunroom

Mechanical Room

Section B

The plan is organized around five “wings” that read as distinct volumes from both exterior and interior: Master Suite, Great Room, Guest Suite, Sunroom, and Garage. Spaces that require more privacy are contained in solid volumes that are demarcated by heavy stone walls and a ceiling height of 9’-0”. Areas that are more public in nature are encased in tall glazed volumes that measure 13’-0” in height. A central corridor connects the Sunroom and Great Room and is flanked on either side by exhibition niches that will house the clients’ extensive collection of art objects. The project is currently in the final stages of Design Development and is set to break ground in fall 2017.

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48°

50°

32°

73°

26°

8’ -0”

1’ -0”

14°

Summer Solstice, June 21

11’ -1”

8’ -1”

4’ -1”

2’ -6”

Winter Solstice, Dec 21

13’ -0”

Equinox, March 21/Sept 21

9AM 50° 26° 34°

49° 50°

Summer Solstice: 9AM

73° 73° 27°

26°

8’ - 0” 8’ -0”

13°

3’ - 8”

9’ -1” 11’ - 1”

13’13’ -0” - 0”

-4°

2’2’-6” - 6”

3’ -5” 7’ - 7”

1’1’-0” - 0”

13°

3 PM

12PM

Summer Solstice: 12PM

SUMMER SOLSTICE: JUNE 21 EQUINOX: MARCH 21 / SEPTEMBER 21

SUN STUDIES_OVERHANG: 8’-0”

WINTER SOLSTICE: DECEMBER 21 27°

8’ -0”

1’ -0”

27°

13° -4°

13’ -0”

11’’ -1”

9’ -0”

-4°

2’ -6”

13’ - 0” 13’ - 0”

1’ - 0” 1’ - 0”

13°

5PM SUN STUDIES_OVERHANG: 8’-0” SUN STUDIES_OVERHANG: 8’-0”

Summer Solstice: 5PM

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PT-02

G-01

ST-02

OPEN TO BEYOND

B-01

PT-02

PT-02 OPEN TO BEYOND

PT-02

B-01

Interior Elevations: Entry G-01 PT-01 ST-02

PT-02

B-01

OPEN TO BEYOND

PT-02

B-01

OPEN TO BEYOND

PT-02

OPEN TO BEYOND

B-01

Interior Elevations: Exhibition Niches

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View to Exhibition Niche from Kitchen

View to Exhibition Niche from Entry

Single Ply Thermoplastic Roof Membrane Rigid Insulation Waterproofing Roof Sheathing Batt Insulation Roof Framing

Roof Outer Edge EL 530’ - 10”

Gutter

GWB Ceiling 12” Structural Tube and 4” Post Drapery Track

ST-1 Exterior Full Wall Stone

Steel Angle Lintel

Window Wall System

Flooring Ground Level EL 516’ - 3” Ductwork to Integral Floor Grilles Rigid Insulation

Crawl Space EL 512’ - 4”

Wall Section: Great Room South Terrace

Wall Section: North Cooridor Clerestory

Wall Section: Ext. Punched Opening

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