Kennedy Phillips
Portfolio
2019
Contents Within and With. Out.
Residential Tower - Downtown Brooklyn, NYC Fall Studio 2017 - Carlos Arnaiz, Pratt Institute
Eddies.
Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NYC
Spring Studio 2017 - Gisela Baurmann, Pratt Institute
Filter.
Incineration / Biological Research Center - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Spring Studio 2018 - Stephanie Bayard, Pratt Institute
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14.
Confluent Urboretum.
Mixed-use Hub / Water Sanctuary - Malaysia
Fall Studio 2018 - William MacDonald, Pratt Institute
Colony in the Dust.
Eco-Responsive Martian Habitat - Planet Mars
Fall Research Seminar 2018 - Radhi Majmudar, Pratt Institute
24.
Here We Hear.
Justice Complex for Canadian Indigenous - Winnipeg Waterfront, Canada Spring Studio 2019 - Peter Macapia, Pratt Institute
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44.
48.
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WITHIN AND WITH. OUT. RESIDENTIAL TOWER
Downtown Brooklyn, NY
5.
A project intended to explore the ambiguity between interior and exterior experience of inhabiting a highrise building. Challenging the conventional experience in a residential tower, one’s relationship to the city is varying - is one on the outside looking IN, or the inside looking OUT?
6.
Progressive Erosion
The building undergoes multi-directional erosion, developing an organic, smooth form in reaction to the rapid flows of pedestrian traffic circulating around the narrow building block.
Erosion is greatest at the base of the highrise. With increasing height, the effect of the erosive “forces” at street level diminsh. The result is a more economic use of zoning space - a narrow footprint, and increasing girth corresponding with increasing height of the tower.
The organic form is punctuated by the ‘growth’ of rectolinear housing units, growing from the inside out, and the outside in.
The location of the housing units follows a natural logic, concentrating in the areas of the tower with the greatest girth - therefore allowing the most densification.
7.
The building is conceived, both in form and function, to pull the exterior IN, while also pushing the interior OUT. This is achieved by generating a reactive relationship between the residential units, the exterior “membrane” of the facade, and green spaces located on every floor. The result is a spectrum of formal outcomes with varying degrees of exterior vs. interior experience.
PERIPHERAL GROWTH
INTERMEDIATE GROWTH
PERIPHERAL GROWTH with INTERIOR DENSITY
DENSIFICATION
EROSIVE ACTIVITY
PERIPHERAL GROWTH
INTERIOR EROSION with THROUGH GROWTH
Developement of independent structure
PERIPHERAL GROWTH developes INDEPENDENT STRUCTURE
8. CONDITION 1
OPEN ATRIUM
- transition floor space between interior cavity and exterior
TYPE 1: TRANISITION GREEN
CONDITION 2
EXPANDED BACK TERRACES
- allows east light in through back
CONDITION 3
BACK TERRACES
- allows east light in through back
CONDITION 4
CONDITION 5
EXTERIOR WRAP TERRACES
EXPANDED TRANSITION TERRACE
- accessible from all housing units
TYPE 2: EXTERIOR WRAP GREEN
- green transition space joining two sides of tower, extending to back
CONDITION 6
TRANSITION TERRACE
- green transition space joining two sides of tower
TYPE 3: OPEN BACK GREEN
CONDITION 7
PENETRATING TERRACE
- fluid green space joing both sides of tower, acting as central core
TYPE 4: CENTRAL CORE GREEN
The green spaces within the building are treated as a conceptual pressure force, generating varying densifications of housing units depending on its location floor to floor. The green space therefore generates neighborhoood-like relationships between multiple floors in the highrise, as well as varying degrees of privacy between the residences and degrees of exposure to the city.
9.
10. GFP PANEL DETAIL (STEEL STRUCTURAL FRAMING WITH GFP CLADDING)
1
410’- 0”
A-100
1-1/2"=1'-0"
BOLTED BENT-PLATE CONNECTION HORIZONTAL STEEL MULLION
0'-10"
TRIPLE-GLAZED INSULATED GLASS PANEL ROOF
GFP CLADDING
0'-4 3/4"
GLAZED ROOF PANEL 404'-0"
0'-9 1/4"
STEEL W-SECTION FRAMING
2'-10"
347’- 0”
STEEL TENSION CABLE - 38" DIAM.
TWO-SIDED BOLTED ATTACHMENT WITH STEEL PLATES STEEL CABLE ANCHOR
RIGID INSULATION
STEEL MULLION WITH BENT PLATE WELDED ATTACHMENT STRUCTURAL STEEL FRAME
B.O. PANEL CLADDING 394' - 11" INSULATED DOUBLE-GLAZED CLEAR GLASS
273’- 0” 1'-0 1/2" 1'-4"
STEEL MULLION WITH BENT PLATE WELDED ATTACHMENT STRUCTURAL STEEL FRAME
B.O. PANEL CLADDING 394' - 11" INSULATED DOUBLE-GLAZED CLEAR GLASS
1'-0 1/2" 1'-4"
2
A-100
GLAZING OFFSET WITH ATTACHMENT TO SLAB DETAIL (STRUCTURAL 'GREEN-FLOOR' SLAB) 1-1/2"=1'-0"
HORIZONTAL ALUMINUM MULLION SILCON FLEXIBLE GASKET PLYWOOD SUBFLOOR
SUPPORT SHIM 1'-9"
WOOD PANEL FLOORING RIGID INSULATION
T.O. GREEN FLOOR LEDGE 371' - 6 1/4"
0'-6"
ENGINEERED SOIL LAYER STEEL CHANNEL
AERATION/MOISTURE RETENTION LAYER
0'-7 3/4"
0'-4 1/2"
0'-6 3/4"
RESERVOIR LAYER
THERMAL INSULATION (RIGID)
EDGE OF SLAB 369' - 1-1/2"
INSULATED DOUBLE-GLAZED CLEAR GLASS
REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURAL DECK
3
A-100
GFP PANEL TO SLAB ATTACHMENT (SLAB AS STRUCTURAL SUPPORT) 1-1/2"=1'-0" GFP CLADDING GASKET
RIGID INSULATION 0'-3"
1'-8"
HORIZONTAL MULLION ANCHOR
1'-0"
1'-1 1/4"
STEEL BENT PLATE STEEL C- CHANNEL
WOOD PANEL FLOOR FINISH
FITTED BENT PLATE (X2) PLYWOOD SUBFLOOR
1'-0"
The highrise facade behaves like an undulating curtain, through which apartment units protrude depending on the location of the green space on each floor slab. This creates an ambiguous location for the building envelope - each residential unit is a self-contained conditioned space, with an interior condition corridor on each floor. The generated effect is a variety of location opporutnities for green space, often viewed/experienced directly from a residential unit giving the effect of “yards in the sky”.
WATERPROOFING MEMBRANE
0'-7 1/2" 0'-3"
T.O. SLAB 347' - 0"
SUPPORT SHIM
REINFORCED CONCRETE SLAB
1'-7"
CAST-IN-PLACE BOLTED CONNECTION
CAST-IN-PLACE BOLTED CONNECTION
STEEL SUPPORT FRAMING
STEEL C-CHANNEL SUPPORT
B.O. GFP PANEL 342' - 1/2"
INSULATED DOUBLE-GLAZED CLEAR GLASS
1'-9"
0 1-1/2"=1'-0"
BOLTED BENT-PLATE CONNECTION HORIZONTAL STEEL MULLION
0'-10"
TRIPLE GLAZED INSULATED GLASS PANEL ROOF
T.O. PARAPET 410'-0"
TRIPLE-GLAZED INSULATED GLASS PANEL ROOF
T.O. SLAB 404'-0"
GFP CLADDING
0'-4 3/4"
ENGINEERED EARTH FLOOR ASSEMBLY
23'-11"
GFP PANEL DETAIL (STEEL STRUCTURAL FRAMING WITH GFP CLADDING)
1 A-100
0'-9 1/4"
STEEL W-SECTION FRAMING
STEEL ROD TENSION SUPPORT FOR STEEL W-SECTION FRAMING
STEEL MULLION WITH FORMED ZINC SEPARATION BAND
1'-4 3/4"
1'-11 1/4"
2'-10"
T.O. SLAB 394'-0"
STEEL TENSION CABLE - 38" DIAM.
TWO-SIDED BOLTED ATTACHMENT WITH STEEL PLATES
GFP-CLADDED STRUCTURAL PANEL
STEEL CABLE ANCHOR
RIGID INSULATION
TRIPLE-GLAZED INSULATED PANELS FOR UNITIZED CURTAIN WALL
INSULATED DOUBLE GLAZED CLEAR GLASS PANEL
STEEL MULLION WITH FORMED ZINC SEPARATION BAND
T.O. SLAB 382'-0"
EL MULLION WITH BENT PLATE WELDED ATTACHMENT
7'-5 1/4"
STRUCTURAL STEEL FRAME
ATED DOUBLE-GLAZED CLEAR GLASS
8'-4"
STEEL MULLION WITH BENT PLATE WELDED ATTACHMENT STRUCTURAL STEEL FRAME
STEEL MULLION WITH GASKET FLEXURE FITTING ENGINEERED EARTH FLOOR ASSEMBLY
1'-0 1/2"
0'-5 3/4"
2 A-100
INSULATED DOUBLE-GLAZED CLEAR GLASS
REINFORCED CONCRETE FLOOR ASSEMBLY
STEEL BENT PLATE BOLTED TO SLAB
T.O. SLAB 371'-0"
3'-5 1/2"
1'-4"
NG OFFSET WITH ATTACHMENT TO SLAB DETAIL UCTURAL 'GREEN-FLOOR' SLAB)
0"
HORIZONTAL ALUMINUM MULLION
19'-3 1/4"
SILCON FLEXIBLE GASKET PLYWOOD SUBFLOOR
SUPPORT SHIM 1'-9"
1'-8 3/4"
CONCRETE SHEAR WALL
2'-2 1/2"
WOOD PANEL FLOORING RIGID INSULATION
0'-6"
ENGINEERED SOIL LAYER
DOUBLE-GLAZED INSULATED UNITIZED CURTAIN WALL
STEEL CHANNEL
3 A-100
AERATION/MOISTURE RETENTION LAYER
0'-7 3/4"
0'-4 1/2"
0'-6 3/4"
RESERVOIR LAYER
REINFORCED CONCRETE FLOOR ASSEMBLY THERMAL INSULATION (RIGID)
WATERPROOFING MEMBRANE
T.O. SLAB 347'-0"
0'-7 1/2"
1'-0 1/4"
0'-3"
INSULATED DOUBLE-GLAZED CLEAR GLASS
REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURAL DECK
1'-4 3/4"
GFP-CLADDED FACADE PANEL REINFORCED CONCRETE FLOOR ASSEMBLY
T.O. SLAB 335'-0"
P PANEL TO SLAB ATTACHMENT LAB AS STRUCTURAL SUPPORT)
2"=1'-0" GFP CLADDING GASKET
RIGID INSULATION 0'-3"
1'-8"
HORIZONTAL MULLION ANCHOR
1'-0"
1'-1 1/4"
GFP-CLADDED DECORATIVE PANEL
STEEL BENT PLATE STEEL C- CHANNEL
WOOD PANEL FLOOR FINISH
FITTED BENT PLATE (X2)
1'-0"
PLYWOOD SUBFLOOR
STEEL BENT PLATE ATTACHMENT FOR PANEL FRAME TO SLAB EDGE
SUPPORT SHIM
REINFORCED CONCRETE FLOOR ASSEMBLY
2'-1"
REINFORCED CONCRETE SLAB
T.O. SLAB 273'-0"
1'-7"
PANEL RECESS INTO STRUCTURAL CONCRETE
6'-5"
CAST-IN-PLACE BOLTED CONNECTION
CAST-IN-PLACE BOLTED CONNECTION
STEEL SUPPORT FRAMING
STEEL C-CHANNEL SUPPORT
INSULATED DOUBLE-GLAZED CLEAR GLASS
GFP-CLADDED DECORATIVE PANEL REINFORCED CONCRETE FLOOR ASSEMBLY
T.O. SLAB 261'-0"
STEEL BENT PLATE ATTACHMENT FOR PANEL FRAME TO SLAB EDGE REINFORCED CONCRETE 4'-4 3/4"
REINFORCED CONCRETE FLOOR ASSEMBLY
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12. LEVEL 2
LEVEL 14
GROUND LEVEL
L14
13.
LEVEL 21
L21
LEVEL 25
L27
LEVEL 31
L32
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EDDIES.
PUBLIC MIDDLE SCHOOL Sunset Park, Brooklyn , NY
15.
A project that is based in the idea of contraction and relaxation, connecting this concept from building form, to the activity within. This challenges the traditional theology of a school, transforming it into a contemporary meeting place - where the activity of an urban neighborhood meets the busyness of a learning environment.
16.
STUDY A
The building form explores the effects of energy fluctuations produced by the movement and interaction of people in a school environment. Contraction moments are those of high energy, where intense, rapid interactions between people are occuring and the flow of activity is turbulent and fluctuating. In contrast, moments of relaxation are conisdered to occur at times where prolonged lingering occurs and larger groups interact in a casual, lower intensity atmosphere.
STUDY B
STUDY C
STUDY D
STUDY E
STUDY F
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W/C
W/C
MINOR COURTYARD
MINOR COURTYARD
LIBRARY GYM NURSE’S OFFICE
The interactions between energy flows are considered not only at the scale of the building and the spaces within, but also at the scale of the surrounding urban neighborhood. Various nodes of influence intersect with those surrounding the school building, producing a dynamic energy flow into and out of the school.
AUDITORIUM CAFETERIA W/C
STAFF LOUNGE CONFERENCE ROOM
ASSIST. PRINC. OFFICE
MAIN OFFICE
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The overall dynamic of the building geometry is related to the site conditions, in orientation and also intensity. The high point at one corner of the building is in dialogue with the nearby church tower and is also the finish to a diminishing gradaTIon of intensity in the undulating facade from ground level to peak.
19. TOP FLOOR (4TH)
2ND FLOOR
GROUND LEVEL
Variation in building form and the intensity of the geometry (both in the exterior and interior) is largely influenced by program, and the level of activity that would occur on each level and within each space. The ground level and first floor are the most intensely turbulent in terms of spatial conditions, given that these spaces are in the most direct interaction with the rapid energy flows of the street.
LEVEL 2
LEVEL 4
At these levels, the overlap between the exterior flows of the neighborhood and internal energy flows of the school is so extreme that the spaces of the building almost dissolve into the surrounding site conditions. At the higher levels in the building, spaces are less influenced by the energy of the outside neighborhood, allowing for more relaxed activity - and as a result, less turbulent and more rectolinear geometry.
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21.
Minimum Agitation
Maxiumum Agitation
A central “piazza�-style courtyard anchors the building, acting as a shared social space and around which all other spaces are oriented. This is intended to eliminate the separation between grade levels and demographics within the school population (typical of conventional school). In this way, the central courtyard becomes the generator of 4th Avenue activity within the school. The various programmed spaces surrounding it are volumes of activity generated by this central hub. The circulation within the builidng therefore always Gymnasium propells out from the center - ensuring that vertical movement through the 4 above-ground levels of the building always re-orients one back to the central space.
22.
TINTED GLASS - Level 3, Level 4 - Semi - private RELAXED
FLUID
Back Plaza
TURBULENT
FROSTED GLASS - Level 1, Level 2 - Public
CONCRETE - Level 1, Level 2, Level 3 - Private
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24.
FILTER.
INCINERATION / BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
25.
A building compound driven by the concept of filtering. This is a concept that both relates to the primary trash incinerator program, and is translated into the urban form of the building and its position on the site - filtering the various flows of traffic across the landscape.
26.
LEGEND TRASH FLOW
Waste incoming collection and exit off-gas flow.
INCINERATOR PROGRAM Zones susceptible to extreme interior/exterior heating effects
CIRCULATION FLOW
RESEARCH CENTER PROGRAM
BI-PRODUCT ENERGY
CENTRAL MECHANICAL ZONE
Pedestrian/bike traffic entrance and exit primary axis. Incinerator bi-product energy flow employed to power central chiller/AVA.
Interior conditioned spaces actively chilled by AVA system
Interior conditioned spaces actively chilled by AVA system
27.
The formal sensibility of the project is guided largely by local strategies in modern architecture, as well as a desire for an aesthetic system that was fluid with the landscape. The objective was to challenge both the aesthetic and structurally-achievable limits of concrete shell forms. Each concrete “pod” is a stand-alone structure, impressing the idea that these volumes shape the network within. Open-air circulation between amplifies the experience of the sweeping, fluid curvature of both the exteriors and interiors of the concrete shells. The building layout segments the program into smaller components, subdividing into individually enclosed and conditioned concrete “pods” arranged in a building compound. This creates the impression of the building as a living, fluid network.
28. HIGH-POINT TENSION SUPPORT STEEL TENSION CABLE TIES
TENSION-SUSPENDED ALUMINUM CANOPY
4.
EXTERIOR PLASTER PANELLING Hand-rendered elements, employing local craftsmanship 4” thickness
STEEL SUPPORT FRAMING Grid system providing anchoring support for exterior plaster panelling - 3” thickness
SPRAY INSULATION LAYER Middle layer providing climate management 8” thickness
TRIPLE-LAYER SHELL FACADE End facade condition for concrete shell Reinforced concrete structural support - 22” thickness
WINDOW WALL End facade condition for concrete shell Panels sized at 8’ x 25’
HORIZONTAL ALUMINUM MULLIONS Marginal lateral support, on interior face of glazing
VERTICAL STEEL MULLIONS Primary structural support external to glazing panels
REINFORCED CONCRETE SHELL
2.
Cast-in-place construction; employ local formwork strategy Employing structural efficiency of hyperbolic curvature Open-air top ‘chimney’, mitigating overheated interstitial spaces
3. STRUCTURAL ‘FINS’ Steel framing with GFRC cladding panels Cantilevered concrete path bearing support
1.
ORDER OF STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS 1. POST & WAFFLE-SLAB INTERIOR SYSTEM
2. REINFORCED CONCRETE SHELLS
3. SUPPORT ‘FINS’ - BEARING WALL SYSTEM 4. TIED-DOWN TENSION CABLE SYSTEM
ORGANIC FILTRATION FORMS
CASE STUDY A
CASE STUDY B
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UNCONDITIONED
Open-air zones (spanning both interior and exterior spaces). STRATEGY: outdoor fans, canopy shading
PARTIALLY CONDITIONED
Transition zones between open-air zones and interior zones. STRATEGY: overhead fans, radiant cooling
FULLY CONDITIONED
Fully enclosed interior zones (provide complete relief from climate). STRATEGY: radiant cooling, independent AVA conditioners
LEGEND 1.
HIGH-THERMAL MASS STRUCTURE
2.
UPCYLCING OF HEAT EXHAUST
3.
CENTRAL MECHANICAL HUB
Incinerator heat exhaust contained within pod, mitigating resultant temperature spikes in separately programmed spaces.
Incinerator heat exhaust redirected to central mechanical system, recycling to generate localized power source for lab operation and chilling demands.
Central mechanical system located in sub-terranean volume set underneath ground-level fountain. The system employs thermal energy biproduct from incinerator processing, and feeds independent AVA systems for each individual program volume in feedback loop.
WATER FEEDLINE
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N
Draw-in of ocean water to supply interior ground level fountain.
EXTERNAL SUNLIGHT
The concrete construction of the volumes provides a naturally insulated environment within each - a necessary aid in the tropical climate of the site. A tension-suspended canopy provides shaded shelter from the sun over open-air circulation paths.
Direction of strongest sun rays, occurring at mid-day - high point of sun heating effects.
3.
“HEATED” ZONE
Zones susceptible to extreme interior/exterior heating effects.
“CHILLED” ZONE
Interior conditioned spaces actively chilled by AVA system.
2.
31. 130 ft. - INCINERATOR STACK
120 ft. - INCINERATOR VOLUME 2
86.5 ft. - INCINERATOR VOLUME 1
60 ft. - LABORATORIES
30 ft. - AUDITORIUM
15 ft. - CENTRAL PATH
BIKE PATH ENTRANCE MAIN LOBBY AUDITORIUM SIDE ENTRANCE AUDITORIUM
130 ft. - INCINERATOR STACK
107 ft. - INCINERATOR VOLUME 3
80 ft. - CLIFF EDGE 53ft. - TENSION CABLE HIGH POINT
17ft. - INNER SLAB
AUDITORIUM OPEN - AIR STAIR
OUTDOOR TERRACE
PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY OUTDOOR TERRACE
CAFE INDOOR/OUTDOOR OPEN-AIR STAIR
The site was recognized as a complex intersection of various “currents” of movement (e.g. pedestrians, bikers, trash flow, etc.). The strategy was to use these currents to shape a building compound that emerges out of the landscape and generates a network of spaces that are experienced in a dynamic, fluid way. The nature of the concrete sheels alllows a play between interior and exterior zones - creating differential spaces that lie somewhere in between. The concrete volumes are therefore connected by a multi-level network of open-air paths. The result is a seamless transition between indoor and outdoor zones.
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1 A-100
INTERIOR PARTITION DETAIL (EMBEDDED CHANNEL IN CONCRETE SHELL) 1-1/2” = 1’ -0”
BOLTED BENT-PLATE CONNECTION
8”
PLASTER CLADDING PANELS CAST-IN STEEL LOOP ANCHOR MITERED JOINT
10 1/2”
STEEL PLATE ANCHOR ATTACHMENT FLEXIBLE SPRAY INSULATION
VERTICAL STEEL MULLION
2”
SILICON ACCORDION GASKET
4’ - 3”
ALUMINUM MULLION SHELF INSULATED DOUBLE-GLAZED CLEAR GLASS SPRAY-ON WATERPROOF COATING
3"
2 A-100
7 3/4” 4”
1’ - 10 1/2”
INTERIOR GLAZING WITH SLAB ATTACHMENT (INTERIOR VS. EXTERIOR CONDITIONS) 1-1/2” = 1’ -0” 3"
STEEL MULLION WITH BENT PLATE WELDED ATTACHMENT INSULATED DOUBLE-GLAZED CLEAR GLASS 3’ - 3 3/4”
RADIANT COOLING PIPES RIGID INSULATION
4 1/4” 4”
WAFFLE SLAB ASSEMBLY
7 3/4”
9 3/4”
INSULATED TRIPLE-GLAZED CLEAR GLASS
4” 2’ - 3”
1’ - 3 3/4”
11 3/4”
CAST-IN MULLION ANCHOR REINFORCED CONCRETE SHELL
7 1/2” 2’ - 7”
SPRAY - APPLIED WATER BARRIER STEEL FRAMING FOR ELEVATED PATH CONCRETE TOPPING SLAB PLASTER CLADDING PANELS
4 3/4” 1’ - 10 1/4”
3 A-100
11 1/2”
STRUCTURAL FIN (INTERIOR CONSTRUCTION AND GROUND ANCHOR) 1-1/2” = 1’ -0”
1’ - 2” 8 3/4”
KERF ANCHOR GFRC EXTERIOR PANEL STEEL CABLE ANCHOR STEEL TENSION CABLE - 38” DIAM. STEEL W-SECTION LATERAL SUPPORT MEMBER
5’ - 3 1/4”
STEEL STRUCTURAL FRAMING
TWO-SIDED BOLT ATTACHMENT WITH STEEL PLATES CUSTOM PLASTER JOINT COVER GFRC FLOOR TILING
1’ - 4 1/2”
INSET LED FLOOR LIGHTING
4’ - 1/2” 1’ - 5 3/4” 9’ -1/2”
PLYWOOD SUBFLOOR 1’ -8”
VERTICAL SUPPORT MEMBER BACKSPAN 0’ -87 1/4”
CONCRETE SLAB ON GRADE ASSEMBLY 1’ - 9 3/4” 5’ - 2”
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INTERIOR EDGE OF SHELL 52’ - 0” 1 A-100
EXTERIOR INSULATIVE FACADE ASSEMBLY
STEEL FRAMED SELF-SUPPORTED HANGING ‘FIN’
2 A-100
INTERIOR GLAZED VOLUME CAST-IN SHELL OPENING
T. O. WAFFLE SLAB 20’ - 0”
CONCRETE PATH TOPPING DECK W-SECTION PATH SUPPORT FRAMING
PRECAST REINFORCED CONCRETE SHELL INTERIOR WAFFLE SLAB ASSEMBLY
3 A-100
CONCRETE COLUMN
STEEL FRAMED STRUCTURAL ‘FIN’
T. O. SLAB 1’ - 6” CONCRETE SLAB ON GRADE STEEL REINFORCED PILE CAP CONCRETE PILES
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CONFLUENT URBORETUM. MULTI - USE HUB / WATER SANCTUARY
Rural Jungle, Medini-Iskandar, Malaysia
35.
A project based on the concept of confluence: the idea of water flows meeting or diverging within a larger river system. The builidng is intended to act as a hub of confluent interaction between various systems on the site - both natural and artificial.
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Scheme: turbulent flow of cellular structures oscillating between porosity and enclosure, as well as a gradient of scale across the larger building. The turbulence the building generates within itself is such that the shoreline of the site is reshaped, forming a uniquely building-dependednt site boundary.
The operation cell aggregation across the site transitions through the phases of congregation, dispersion, and re-acclimitization. The result is progressive scalar and density change across the landscape, responding to both the shape of the terrain and the building’s own internal dynamic. DISPERSION: morning peak
DISPERSION: evening peak
ACCILIMITIZATION: morning peak
ACCILIMITIZATION: evening peak
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Programmatic arrangements align with a gradient of structural qualities presented by the aggregation of four cell typologies.
39. CELL TYPOLOGIES
FOCUS
DISPERSION
ACUMINATE tapering to a slender point, in a concave manner at its appex
ALATE having wings or wing-like structures, usually on stems
CONNATE
RETICULATE
describing similar structures that are joined or grown together
having a netted pattern; web-like or network-like
ALATE ACUMINATE
RETICULATE
CONNATE
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The overarching programmatic performance is as a large-scale water works, around which additional urban programs can circulate. This “water-management� performance exsits at both the cellular and over-all building scale - allowing the building to both distinguish itself from the surrounding jungle and converge with the jungle’s various natural systems.
The building is able to achieve both the storing of water, as well as the re-directing of it. This is of particular programmatic importance in a region where water is a highly-valued commodity.
41. CONGREGATION
RECOLLECTION
DISPERSION
ACCLIMITIZATION QUALITY
PERFORMANCE
RECREATION
INTERMINGLING NETWORKING
ACCLIMITIZATION DISPERSION
RESEARCH LAB
CATALOGING GATHERING
RECOLLECTION CONGREGATION
EXHIBITION
INTERMINGLING UNVEILING
ACCLIMITIZATION DISPERSION
RESERVOIR
RECOLLECTION AIRING
CONGREGATION DISPERSION
FILTRATION FACILITIES
COMPARTMENTALIZING SEGMENTATION
RECOLLECTION
MICRO FARMING
COLLABORTATION COMMERCE
ACCLIMITIZATION
LOBBY
ASSEMBLY CONGESTION
CONGREGATION
OFFICES
MEETING PARTICIPATION
CONGREGATION ACCLIMITIZATION
DINING
INTERMINGLING NETWORKING
ACCLIMITIZATION DISPERSION
PROGRAM
The alignment of programmatic function with the gradient of four cellular qualities allows for a convergence of programs, flowing through the entirety of the building without any abrupt boundaries. This suggests a building in continuous flux, with the potential to adapt to future environmental and site conditions. The management of water throughout overlaps with programmatic performance, therefore generating another layer of confluence between the natural elements and human (artificial) interaction.
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Cellular Performance:
CISTERN COLLECTION OVERFLOW FOUNTAIN
SOLAR
Cellular Performance:
RUN-OFF
WATER
COLLECTION & FILTRATION
43. CONGREGATION RECOLLECTION ACCLIMITIZATION DISPERSION CONGREGATION RECOLLECTION ACCLIMITIZATION DISPERSION CONGREGATION RECOLLECTION ACCLIMITIZATION DISPERSION CONGREGATION RECOLLECTION ACCLIMITIZATION DISPERSION
CONGREGATION RECOLLECTION ACCLIMITIZATION DISPERSION
3% 17% 87% 80% CONGREGATION RECOLLECTION ACCLIMITIZATION DISPERSION
12% 22% 68% 95%
85% 30% 25% 2%
57% 82% 10% 29%
32% 46% 45% 77%
CONGREGATION RECOLLECTION ACCLIMITIZATION DISPERSION
54% 60% 14% 1%
CONGREGATION RECOLLECTION ACCLIMITIZATION DISPERSION
CONGREGATION RECOLLECTION ACCLIMITIZATION DISPERSION
12% 24% 63% 56%
CONGREGATION RECOLLECTION ACCLIMITIZATION DISPERSION
11% 8% 72% 25%
With the continuous colleciton and redistribution of water in large volumes across the structure, the building will develope a unique relationship to the surrounding jungle. Tropical temperatures during and following torrential rainfall will generate large amounts of steam coming of the building’s catchment cisterns. The building therefore has the potential to generate its own “cloud” canopy, an atmosphere distinct to the building and independent from the jungle.
58% 91% 14% 25%
75% 92% 17% 3%
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COLONY IN THE DUST. ECO-RESPONSIVE MARTIAN HABITAT Planet Mars
45.
A research/design project exploring the potential architecture typologies that what evolve in future human inhabitation of other planets. How might the survival needs and economic limitations in constructing on a planet such as Mars influence the formal and programmatic design of human shelter?
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Speculation around what transformations architecture will take in future settlements on other planets is popular in today’s design conversations. Design projects are beginning to explore the largely unfamiliar landscape of Mars as a new type of architectural site, and the structural technologies that will be necessary to build long-term inhabitable structures on the planet. This project explores an architectural strategy for a Martian settlement that references both the ancient typologies of subterranean architecture, and the contempory structural form-finding used in highly efficient geodesic domes. The structural strategy for the project combines subterranean volumes topped by partial geodesic domes set into the topography of the site. This allows for a full encasement of a stable inhabitable environment against the thin Mars atmopshere. The subterranean portions of the structure are stabilized using a traditional flat-packing strategy, using local earth as the primary building material allowing for a naturally isulative and highly economic design.
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JUSTICE COMPLEX FOR CANADIAN INDIGENOUS Winnipeg Waterfront, Canada
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A project that creates a juridical space designed to support the traditional justice practices of Canada’s indigenous peoples, in a manner conducive to both their spiritual and cultural customs. The project is not intended to just acknowledge the presence of indigenous culture and community in Winnipeg, but to promote a transition towards the indigenous way of thinking spiritually and juridically.
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The concept of shapeshifting or transformation is inherent in the project. Shapeshifting is the focus of the building’s longterm juridical agenda, as well as of its formal expression over the site. This reflects on oral histories shared by indigenous nations acorss Canada as well as all other parts of the world. The project employs forms that are inherently changing and repsonding to the elements, similar to waves of grass rippling in the wind. This creates new transformations of space across the site, thereby shifting how visitors interact with the court spaces, both from the exterior and interior.
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The project is intended to engage the issue of legal pluralism in the Canadian constitution and the supression of traditional Indigenous legal practices in the current national legal system’s structure. Indigenous people have an organic, animate growth-oriented approach to law - a mentality deeply rooted in culture. The rounded fully-enclosed volumes anchor the largely open-air network of screens, and are specifically designed for indigenous customary legal proceedings and supplementary spiritual and cultural activities. The program layout is intended to be informal, but well organized, similar to the structure of indigenous gatherings - juridical and otherwise.
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In indigenous culture, circular and rounded forms inform visual representations as well as spatial layouts in traditional gatherings. The circular format prevents hierarchical positioning in the group, encouraging all voices of the community to be heard - an essential aspect of both spiritual meetings and legal hearings in indigenous traditional practices.
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The project embraces the culturally-embedded mentality of Canadian indigenous by exploring how architecture can achieve the indigenous’ essential connection with nature, as well as the belief in natural erosion and regrowth (or rebuilding) of all things. These beliefs are directly embedded in indigenous legal tradition, and therefore are an esssential foundation for the project.
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The architecture relates itself to the terrain of its river-front site and its exposure to the elements as well as the site’s historical significance, traversing along the edge of the water and connecting back up to the Museum of Human Rights. The project embeds itself into the landscape of the site, not only with integration into the terrain but also through mimicing the natural vegetation and its behavior in response to the elements acting on the site.
The formal expession of the project mimics both the form and behavior of waves of sweet grass - a natural material that inherently responds to the elements (particularly wind) and has great significance in Indigenous spiritual and cultural practices.
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The gentle swaying of screens of ‘grass’ in the wind ensures that the building’s form is not constant, but rather shifting over time and eliciting natural sounds as the wind resonates through them. The varying amplifications of wind throughout the project and across the site highlight the importance of listening to the Indigenous peoples.