Kelly Weckman Work Sample 2016

K Ke l l y We c k m a n Graduate Architecture Work Samples

Urban Ecology Research Lab - In Progress 5th year project 2015-2016

Brooklyn, NY

Designing a resilient future for Gowanus Canal is the task of this capstone studio. Gowanus, one of the most polluted waterways in the country, once was filled with boat activity.

The neighborhood has since fallen into abandonment, but with gentrification beginning to take place, the task becomes breathing life and a sustainable future into the neighborhood without pushing out its valuable creative and industrial community.

This year-long project investigates possibilities for an industrial waterfront district through the design of a master plan and a focused project. The fall semester focused entirely on the master plan and determining the program of the project, while the spring semester is devoted to the design of the building.

Flooding

Disconnected neighborhoods Art & industry displaced

BROOKLYN GREENWAY

CANAL CONNECTION

Potential bicycle connection

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN

COBBLE HILL

BOERUM HILL

CARROLL GARDENS

RED HOOK

GOWANUS

PARK SLOPE

Hurricane Sandy flood zone Gowanus Canal neighborhood - focus area Arts Gowanus Location

Make room for green

Minimize run-off

Enhance mobility

Establish nodes of activity

Preserve art and industry

Vary canal setbacks

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1 Wetland field research site 2 Research lab 3 Pedestrian bridge

4 Conservancy plaza 5 Activity node 6 Waterfront amphitheater

7 Green corridor Walk + cycle path New manufacturing & retail

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Section perspective

Site Plan

View to processing lab

Ground floor

Typical Urban Laboratory

The Alternative

Inward focus

Outward focus

Isolation + Visual Connection

Cross-Pollination

Ground Floor Permeability

Exhibition Circulation

Aluminum skylight system with insulated glass Finished metal panel Extensive green roof Pedestal paving system Filter fabric Drainage layer 6� min. insulation sloped to drain Composite deck Finished gyp ceiling on metal stud frame

Exposed steel truss

Raised floor system Concrete paver

Composite deck Steel beam 4� insulation Finished metal soffit Finished metal panel

LABORATORY WALL SECTION

Finished metal panel on steel frame support

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Carpet tile 14” raised flooring system Canvas shading fin with tension cable system 4” insulation Finished metal panel

Steel beam CL

Interior light shelf Operable clerestory window composite deck Finished gyp ceiling on metal stud frame Finished metal soffit with integrated lighting CL

4” Insulation Steel girder

Aluminum facade system Thermally-broken steel column

Concrete slab

OFFICE SPACE WALL SECTION

Martin Puryear Sculpture Museum

3rd year project Spring 2014 New York City, NY CHARLES BURTON AWARD FINALIST

A leading African-American sculptor, Martin Puryear creates historically-mindful and evocative pieces.

Working primarily with wood, stone, wire, and tar, he emphasizes process as much as the finished piece, and his conceptual ideas often emerge from the craft itself.

While many of his pieces are roughly human height, there is no particular boundary of scale in his work.

The challenge became designing a museum to subtly enhance the art, rather than overpower it, creating a design driven by light and spatial sequence.

Extend facade to maintain street wall

Upper floors focus inward

Permanent galleries. library, administrative

Lift building to open up ground floor

Lower Floors connect outward Entry, cafe, lecture, temporary gallery

Skylight Gallery

Sculpture garden

Temporary Gallery

6th floor 5th floor 4th floor

4th floor

Gallery circulation and spatial sequence

View from street

Skylit gallery

1st floor - Entry Level

4th floor - Permanent Gallery Level

Ladder sculpture space

Rotating exhibition

THANK YOU Kelly Weckman 214.684.8918 keweckman@gmail.com