Keith Edwards - Volume 3 Portfolio

PORTFOLIO KEITH EDWARDS

CITY THEATER MOIRÉ IMMERSING THEATERS IN THE PUBLIC REALM

I have always found my lack of exposure to performing arts intriguing. The cold and nondescript architecture of theaters has never peaked my interest for the events that they hold inside. Theaters have become exclusive, reserving the entertainment for interior guests with tickets only. No longer is the theater the public entity as it was in Greek and Roman times, where the city would gather regularly to experience a performance. Theaters organized the space in order to improve the experience the audience can have. While open air theaters are present, contemporary enclosed theater design has introduced more program and engineering into acoustics and visual elements, forcing the “theater” deeper inside, away from the public a with a detached envelope that completely disconnects the general public from its internal events. This increasing disconnection between the interior and exterior is diminishing public engagement and creating a social separation between the arts and the public, perpetuating elitism inside the theater. This thesis seeks not to replace other types of theaters but design and introduce a new typology that blends the theater and intertwines an interior ticketing and exterior visiting guests’ experiences breaking the elitist mindset and re-engaging the theater with the public realm.

Immersing Theater in the Urban Realm

Translucent Acoustic Panel

Immersing Theater in the Urban Realm Contemporary Theater

Acoustic Panel Connection

Oslo Opera House - Norway Snohetta

Danish Radio Concert Hall - Copenhagen Jean Nouvel

Back of House

Interior Fritted Glass

Exterior Fritted Glass Translucent Acoustic Panel

Immersing Theater in the Urban Realm

Contemporary Theater

Oslo Opera House - Norway Acoustic Panel Connection Snohetta

Danish Radio Concert Hall - Copenhagen Jean Nouvel

Paid Visitor Disney Concert Hall - Los Angeles Exterior Frank Ghery

Alice Tully Dance Hall - New York Interior Diller Scofidio

Wyly Theater - Dallas OMA

Casa De Musica - Portugal OMA Wall Section

Proposed Theater

Back of House

Interior Fritted Glass

Exterior Fritted Glass

Un-Paid Visitor Contemporary Theater

Oslo Opera House - Norway Snohetta

Danish Radio Concert Hall - Copenhagen Jean Nouvel

Paid Visitor Disney Concert Hall - Los Angeles Frank Ghery Exterior

Alice Tully Dance Hall - New York Diller Scofidio Interior

Wyly Theater - Dallas OMA

Agora Theater - Netherlands UN Studio

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20th Street 20th Street

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Illinois Street

Illinois Street

3rd Street

3rd Street

SecondSecond Floor Floor 1/32” 1’-0” = 1’-0” N =1/32”

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GroundGround Floor Floor 1/32” 1’-0” = 1’-0” N =1/32”

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BACK OF HOUSE

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21st Street 21st Street

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STAGE

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Third Floor Third Floor 1/32” 1’-0” = 1’-0” N =1/32”

OUTDOOR OUTDOOR STAGE STAGE

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STAGE UP

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Pier 70Pier 70

22nd Street 22nd Street

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STAGE

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OUTDOOR OUTDOOR STAGE STAGE

STAGE

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STAGE

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STAGE OUTDOOR OUTDOOR STAGE STAGE

CONCESSIONS CONCESSIONS TICKETS

TICKETS

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SITE PLAN SITE PLAN 1/64” 1’-0” = 1’-0” N =1/64”

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STAGE

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Agora Theater - Netherlands UN Studio

Translucent Acoustic Panel Proposed Theater

Casa De Musica - Portugal OMA

Acoustic Panel Connection

Site Preserved Historic

Los Angeles Frank Ghery

Immersing Theater in the Urban Realm Vehicular

Proposed Outdoor Entertainment

Back of House

New Commercial

Alice Tully Dance Hall - New York Diller Scofidio

Wyly Theater - Dallas OMA

Proposed Theater

Interior Theaters

Proposed Theater

New Housing

Site Buildings

Site Entertainment

New Entertainment

Green Space

Site Buildings

Wall Section Interior Fritted Glass

Paid Visitor

Danish Radio Concert Hall - Copenhagen Jean Nouvel

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Back of House

Exterior Fritted Glass

Green Space

Green Space

Site Program

Nested Interior Circulation Site Entertainment

Exterior

Site Circulation

Danish Radioand Concert Hall - Copenhagen Oslo Opera House - Norway The site is situated in Dogpatch, San Francisco on Illinois ave between 20th 22nd Proposed Theater Jean Nouvel Snohetta st over looking Pier 70, an evolving event space. This new destination however offers no performing arts event space. The building mass is porous so the public can pass around, under, through, or around the outdoor ground theaters when going to Pier 70 or the Exterior waterfront.

Through various methods of form, intertwining of public and private theater, Proposed Outdoor Entertainment circulation and internal events are always in some way exposed or distorted at varying Un-Paid Visitor Community Outdoor Interior Theaters Theater degrees to the public.

Massing

Paid Visitor

Contemporary Theater Casa De Musica - Portugal OMA

Netherlands UN Studio

Vehicular Pedestrian

l - New York Diller Scofidio

Un-Paid Visitor

Community Outdoor Theater

Pedestrian

Exterior

Wyly Theater - Dallas OMA

Proposed Theater

Site Entertainment

Green Space

Site Buildings

Wall Section Un-Paid Visitor

Green Space

Disney Concert Hall - Los Angeles Frank Ghery

Alice Tully Dance Hall - New York Diller Scofidio

Wyly Theater - Dallas OMA

Nested SiteCirculation Entertainment

Site Circulation

Nested Circulation Exterior

Agora Theater - Netherlands UN Studio

Proposed Outdoor Entertainment

Wall Moire Effect

Massing

Proposed Theater

ca - Portugal OMA

Interior

Proposed Theater

Site Buildings

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Exterior

Interior Proposed Theater

Casa De Musica - Portugal OMA

Community Outdoor Theater

Interior Theaters Exterior

Proposed Theater Site Entertainment

Circulation

Site

Vehicular

Proposed Outdoor Entertainment

Site Buildings

Preserved Historic

Pedestrian

Community Outdoor Theater

Green Space

New Commercial

Proposed Theater

Proposed Theater

New Housing

Site Buildings

Site Entertainment

New Entertainment

Green Space

Site Buildings

Green Space

Massing

Site Entertainment

Site Program

Interior Theaters

Wall Moire Effect

Green Space

Site Circulation

Site Entertainment

Massing

Translucent Acoustic Panel

ing Theater in the Urban Realm

Acoustic Panel Connection

Back of House

Interior Fritted Glass

Exterior Fritted Glass

Danish Radio Concert - Copenhagen between who is performing, This theater moirĂŠ typology would create newHalldialogue Jean Nouvel spectating, visiting, and passing, merging the typically uncorrelated moments. Control of certain elements such as lighting, sound, and visuals are strategically given up in the various theaters and in cases leaving interior conditions dependent on the external environment.

This typology is not necessarily meant for typical productions but rather performances that would become unique and unable to be reproduced elsewhere due to the specific site and spacial conditions.

Contemporary Theater

Oslo Opera House - Norway Snohetta

Paid Visitor Exterior

Interior

Un-Paid Visitor Disney Concert Hall - Los Angeles Frank Ghery

Alice Tully Dance Hall - New York Diller ScoďŹ dio

Wyly Theater - Dallas OMA

Wall Section

Nested Circulation

Agora Theater - Netherlands UN Studio

Proposed Theater

Casa De Musica - Portugal OMA

Exterior Vehicular

Proposed Outdoor Entertainment

Pedestrian

Community Outdoor Theater

Proposed Theater

Proposed Theater

Site Buildings

Site Entertainment

Green Space

Site Buildings

Interior

Interior Theaters

Green Space

Wall Moire Effect

Site Program

Site Circulation

Site Entertainment

Massing

Theater MoirĂŠ proposes various theater spaces that invade, push, and pull each others space. Small concerts can be projected on the facade to become the backdrop of interior events. Distorted figures and lights on the inside become ever changing facades on the exterior that reveal themselves to the public realm the events that are taking place inside. The design seeks to engage the theater with the building, the building with the outside environment, and exterior events with the interior theaters.

Theater MoirĂŠ creates moments where the public can glimpse into a theater, or see the effects of its events from circulating around or passing by. Public walking paths intertwine the design allowing typically separate areas to be visible but still distorted from each other creating intrigue and immersion into the space.

MOBILIZING GENERATION COMBINING THE WAY WE LIVE WITH THE WAY WE TRAVEL

Flat Towing Stage

Younger generations are becoming more and more mobile, whether it is for the desire to live minimally, travel more, or out of the necessity to retreat from the sky rocketing living costs. Mobilizing Generation is a brief exploration into a minimal living lifestyle designed around human ergonomics to maximize space efficiency for usability and comfort to provide a sense of separation, freedom and individuality.

Lockable Sleeping State

Opened Interactive State

archiFLEXture ARCHITECTURE OF PEOPLE CONTROL

This pavilion exploration, located in the public realm, allows users to create their desired space, fostering a wide range of programs to occur within. The members of the structure bend and flex to create endless combinations of high, low, narrow, and wide spaces above and around the structure.

By allowing the members to move individually, spaces can be divided or joined by lowering various members. The system is covered by a flexible translucent skin that shelters from sun and mild weather elements while also p roviding as a seating element. This flexible skin allows for the structure to flex into any form and still be taught to the members providing adequate shelter and covering.

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This pavilion structure could be expanded to a scale large enough for a small concert venue and then compressed to a more human scale for gatherings or lounging or folded up to a flat structure for in-climate weather or transportation.

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ENGROSSING ENVELOPES RECLAMATION OF THE FAÇADE

Movement

Elements

Touch

Glass .125” Alum Frame .125” Conductive Copepr Strip

Bolts .25” dia. typ.

Alum. Frame .125”

Glass .125”

LED Strip

Cocnductive Copper Strip

Rubber Gasket .125”

Alum Frame .125”

Full Assembly

LED Strip Rubber Gasket Bolt Alum Frame .125”

Panel Assembly 1 1.5”=1’

Panel Assembly Section 1”=1”

The façade plays a crucial role in architecture conveying the presence of the building while describing its occupation and program to the urban context. Within architecture the façade’s role has evolved and gained potential for design with the invention of the curtain wall, when the facade was no longer required for structural integrity. The terms “skin” or “envelope” were coined when architects began to collaborate with other disciplines of mechanical, engineering, and most recently non architectural designers for increasing building efficiency. These new parameters have resulted in an architectural discourse where the building envelope acts as a medium for building efficiency rather than its experiential qualities. This exploration looks at the facade as an element that would be experienced by anyone within a visual distance. This interaction is sought through performative panels that would react to human and environmental activity invoking a curios nature in the building. The panels would react to human proximity as well as temperature and environmental fluctuations. This play of human and nature effects on the panels would have the facade constantly changing becoming a spectacle in the urban environment.