KEVIN GERAGHTY Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo 2013-2016
TABLE OF CONTENTS I.
POCHE’: THE ARCHITECTURAL UNSEEN
II.
MATERA SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
A Theatre School
An Architecture, Art, and History School
III. TWO WALLS
A Monastery for 66 Dominican Monks
IV. MERGING THRESHOLDS A Winery/ Bath House
V.
SUSPENDED RATIONALE A High Speed Train Station
VI. IN-BETWEEN SPACE
A Library for Forbidden Books
VII. SUPERSIP
A Super Structurally Insulated Panel
VIII. BIG SEXY
A Reception Desk for the Cal Poly Office of Registrar
IX. PHANTOM
A Coat Rack for the Vellum Furniture Design Competition
Stair Detail
Public Interior
Poche' Interior
Student Lab
Poche': The Architectural Unseen A Theater School Chicago, Illinois Spring 2016 Instructor: Jonathan Foote & Umut Toker The architectural term, poché, is derived from the french word for pocket. Analogous to the pocket, poché is the intrinsic, invisible space used to hold or hide the stuff that is most internal to a person. Therefore, poché is a matter of perception: what is invisible to one person is most internal to another. In other words, one person’s poché is another person’s reality. Architecture therefore becomes an act of deception; concealing a hidden world to present a staged world. This thesis explores ways in which architecture can take advantage of the existence of these two worlds and the boundaries between them through the making of a theater school in the North Loop Theater District of Chicago. The site is a cruciform alley-way squeezed between 4 buildings. A wedgeshaped throughway creates a public promenade for people to see and to be seen. Thick concrete walls serve as vertical structure while they are spatial places for theater students to occupy the shadows. The student’s labs are top-lit wooden studios that cross through the promenade. The promenade is top-lit via deep light baffels that bounce light into the deep ally-way.
Conceptual Sketches
Site Analysis
Butterfly Model
Transverse Section
Longitudinal Section
Ground Floor Plan
Matera School of Architecture An Architecture, Art, and History School Matera, Italy Summer 2014 In collaboration with Matt Catrow & Michael Orlando Instructor: Tom diSanto We propose an architecture, art, and history school to be located at the site of an existing beirgarten that looks over the cliffside of the second, longest continually inhabited city in the world; Matera, Italy. This school will serve as a study-abroad campus and it will accommodate about 25 students a year who will also live on the campus. We envision for our students to lead a monastic-type lifestyle in which they will dedicate themselves to their studies through retreat, solitude, and self-reflection. To set the stage for such a practice, the living spaces are underground, the studio spaces are on-ground, and the skywalk is above the ground. The stone lightwells connect and interface with all of these worlds. In respect to the ancient structures on the site, we fit just between and hover just above the old complex.
Site Studies
Interior Rendering of Architecture Studio
Cross Section
Basement Floor Plan
Ground Floor Plan
Light Wells and Skywalk
New Spaces
Existing Structure
Proposal
Sky Walk System
Longitudinal Section
Light Well Cutaway
Section through Towers
Site Plan
Section Model
TWO WALLS A Monastery for 66 Dominican Monks Alexandria, VA Fall 2014 Instructors: Jaan Holt & Markus Breitschmid A silent place for 66 Dominican Monks to withdrawal from the world. A long path starts at St. Marys Catholic School, cuts through the forest, and terminates at the monastery anchored on the threshold of the land and the Potomac River. Upon arrival one enters a space that is flanked by two parallel walls, two bridges spanning between them, and a shallow reflection pool in which pink Cherry Blossoms live. Within the two walls are the spaces that accommodate the lifestyle of the monks. The southern wall is the Wall of the Body in which the monks fulfill their bodily functions such as eating and sleeping. The northern wall is the Wall of the Mind in which the monks and the community engage their mind in the library, scriptorium, or chapel. The cloister occupies the bridges that span between the two walls. As this infinite loop traverses up and down three floors, it utilizes both the body and the mind. The chapel is the termination of the northern wall as it kinks to face true east.
Conceptual Sketches
Cross Section
Section Model
Fifth Floor
Third & Fourth Floor Typ.
Second Floor
Ground Floor
B
Section A-A
Section Sketches
MERGING THRESHOLDS A Winery / Bath House Paso Robles, CA Spring Quarter 2013 Instructor: Jeff Ponitz Two different programs; a winery and a bath house, co-exist on a vinyard in Paso Robles. While one role of this unique place is to house the facilities needed to produce large quantities of wine, it is also a leisurely environment to taste the wine and soak in the thermal baths. Merging Thresholds is a way to not only fulfill the two contrasting programs but to celebrate the ironic juxtaposition between them. This is a place where the two worlds of laboring and loafing intersect.
Physical Models
Basement Floor
Ground Floor
Second Floor
A
B
A
Section B-B
Fermentation Space
Loafer Corridors
SUSPENDED RATIONALE A High Speed Train Station Fresno, CA Winter Quarter 2014 Instructor: John Lange
This project served as a vehicle to explore the relationship between form, structure, and space completely through physical model-building. The model consists of found objects as a well as designed pieces comprised of materials ranging from steel, wood, and cardboard. It was spray-painted white to transform it into one uniform material. This process enabled a compmletely intuitive design process, freeing me from all mental constraints. The project was designed solely through model-building while the analytical drawings and renderings were done after the design model was completed.
Conceptual Sketch
Elevation
Site Plan
Cross Section
Pedestrian Approach
Entrance
Final Drawings
IN-BETWEEN SPACE A Library for Forbidden Books Alexandria, Virginia Spring 2015 Instructor: Paul Emmons Winner, Farfalle Studio Award Thick walls embody secret spaces in this brick library. After meandering through a labyrinth of vaulted exhibition spaces, one turns a corner to arrive upon a massive, vertical book room. Behind the walls of this seven-sided, seven-story book room are niches for library dwellers to withdrawal with a book. Beneath the book room lives an observatory with a vertical telescope that reaches through the roof oculus and out to the infinite universe. All the while, the librarian lives in the steel trusses that span over the library; a vantage point from which he may oversee all activities.
Sketchbook Making Process
Conceptual Explorations
Basement Floor Plan
Ground Floor Plan
Level 6 Floor Plan
Level 7 Floor Plan
Site Map
Conceptual Cross Section
Wall Section
Longitudinal Section
Surfboard Fabrication
surfSIP Fabrication
CNC EPS Foam Blocks into Blanks
Assemble Blanks into Form
Apply Glassing, Graphics, and Gloss
Attach Windows
Transport to Site
SURFSIP A Super Structurally Insulated Panel Fall Quarter 2015 In collaboration with Mariana Diaz, Marcus Hernandez, & Kate Richter Instructor: Jeff Ponitz This research investigates the surfboard making process as it could pertain to the design and fabrication of a Super Structurally Insulated Panel. The surfboard fabrication process lends itself to particular constraints: surface intricacy, customization, and structural integrity. Unlike many other fabrication processes, the surfSIP does not require a form-making mold to be constructed. The amount of surface complexity and texture is limited due to the layering of fiberglass and resin over the sculpted geometry. The size of a panel is limited to the dimensions of a standard EPS foam block - which come in a max of 4’ X 16’ X 3’. The stocks of foam are CNC milled, and structural adhesive was applied to assemble the pieces into a Super SurfSIP. The subsequent application of fiberglass and resin hide the joints for a seamless aesthetic.
Light + View
Fenestration Parameters
Interior Rendering
View
Light
1. SIP Roof-to-SIP Panel Attachment 2. EPS Foam 3. FRP Panel 4. Block Joint 5. Window Attachment 6. Floor-to-SIP Panel Attachment Section
Elevation
Floor Plan Solar Radiation Summer Equinox Winter
Structural Performance
Exterior Rendering
Physical Model Interior
Physical Model Exterior
BIG SEXY A Reception Desk for Office of Registrar Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo Fall 2015 Instructor: Jonathan Foote 75 CNC’d plywood fins (2” O.C.) undulate in and out to imply a ruled surface. Utilizing precise finger joints, these fins slot into a central spine that runs the length of the desk. The maple table tops levitate 1/4” above the fins as they lie on a bed of wooden dowels that have been inserted into the fin-tops. The service side hosts lower table tops that are used to store keyboards and other stuff. Bread box doors slide shut and snug to enclose such storage spaces at the end of the day.
PHANTOM A Coat Rack Vellum Furniture Design Competition Fall 2015 Instructor: Jonathan Foote Winner, Modern Master Award
A line in space becomes a phantom servant Displaying the image of an invisible user Telling the story of a time and place The servant becomes the served
Design Studies
Fabrication Process