Martin Fernandez scripts for making extended work 2009-2014
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purpose:
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chapel
wall
gatehouse
design 8 5 weeks UF
design 8 4 weeks UF
design 5 3 weeks FAU
park
cemetery
theater
design 3 4 weeks BC
design 5 3 weeks UF
design 6 8 weeks UF
marina
residence
design 4 4 weeks BC
design 7 4 weeks UF
boathouse
design 5 5 weeks UF
tower
design 4 4 weeks BC
panel
a d v. d i g 1 weeks FAU
ceiling
m a t e r. i n v. in progress UF
container
design 8 5 weeks UF
block
design 5 6 weeks UF
I have acquired an enthusiasm for design and developed an affinity for the act of making. As a craftsman, I have extensive experience in a range of crafts from pencil and paper, to carpentry and metalwork. Through process, I become an extension of my work, and ultimately create architecture that is a reflection of craft by the human hand. It is the display of making that moves people; the understanding that architecture is not merely for humanity but by humanity. I endeavor to create architecture that is based entirely on details. During the last five years of my architectural education I have experienced the value of making, constructing, and speculating in assemblies. I believe that the aesthetics and details of the architecture affects the quality of life of the people who experience them on a daily basis.
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C h a p e l : V e r t i c a l V e s s e l design eight On the surface of Lake Alice, a vertical wooden vessel can be found. The Pagan Chapel is conceal for the necessity of the God of the Sea (Poseidon) and the God of the Sun (Apollo) to dialog. The result is a Vessel that through form and tectonic expression connects and creates a transition between the water and the sky.
Siteplan: Lake Alice, Gainesville, Fl
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Seeking Form
Vessel
form
A series of sketches start to seek the sociological form of a temple. Thought multiple iterations, the result start to yield the idea of a “Vessel”. Plus the idea of “Verticality” through tectonics + reflections + form.
Verticality
Program
tectonic + reflection
water + sky
The Vessel contains two spaces: the lower floor is a place for the connection of water, it provides views only into Lake Alice and an internal fountain. The upper floor is about the connection of the Sun. Therefore it is flooded with skylights and light shafts that continue down into the lower floor. Both spaces are connected by a physical element (stair) and an ethereal element (light shaft).
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sky lights
upper gathering
lower fountain
waiting area
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Upper Plan
Lower Plan
Axonometric Assembly The construction of the Chapel seeks the expression of verticality. Wrapping the vessel with the use of vertical metal structure and vertical wood panels. The exterior and interior image of the chapel is a connection from the water to the sky.
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Fountain (water)
Longituginal Section
Cross Section 9
Wall: Versatile Unit design eight
Moving beyond program, form, or site, this project aims toward the purpose of making a modular unit. The starting point was to find a component that can associated with it else. Using techniques such as mirror, repetition, and rotation. As a final result, the single unit disappears within the rest and establish new patterns.
weaving / overlap + joint
duplication + mirror / rotation The idiosyncratic of the single unit is remove by the duplication of the unit. New patterns come to emerge. Three result were found by repeating the unit four times, establishing a new whole. Finally, by interlocking the new whole, a weaving pattern arises.
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Physical model
Assemblage A system of square rods are introduces to lock the system into place. Enforcing the wall beyond the usage of stacking. Above a construction drawing of how each piece is set together and after pin into place. The wall can continue to be assemble until gravity load allows it.
Open
Close
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G a t e h o u s e : e v e r g l a d e s f r i c t i o n design five
rainwater collection specs south florida everglades average quantity per sqft average montly rainfall average yearly rainfall
0.6 gal 03 inch 35 inch
rainfall (inch) catchment (sqft) 1/2� 144 sqft 01� 144 sqft 03� 144 sqft
quantity (gal) 043 gal 086 gal 260 gal
lavatory water usage toilet (daily) average of flushes per person gallons per flush total
03 1.6 gal 05 gal
faucet (daily) average # of times per person how many minutes each use total
05 01 mn 08 gal
equals
13 gal
gatehouse water usage
gatehouse tank
01 user (interior per capital gallons)
03 containers
per day
0013 gal
per week
0091 gal
per month
0364 gal
per year
4368 gal
diameter per container height per container volume per container total (3 containers)
0012 0006 2714 8142
equals
0211 gal
inch inch cubic inch cubic inch
Sustainability Strategies Located in the vast open landscape of the everglades; a park for cyclist to engage in a 15 miles loop across the swamp terrain. A gatehouse is introduce at the starting point. The isolation of the infrastructure from the grid system, require the gatehouse to be self sufficient. Multiple environmental system are applied to the infrastructure. The collection of water was further specs.
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gesture
articulation
context
Shark Valley Loop Park
Office
Outdoor Space
Ticket Window
Lavatory
Exit
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Marina:
n a v a l a c a d e m y design three
site forces
ground
intervention
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water training
facility
ground training
context
Fort Lauderdale Training Marina Charleston at the section scope, can be broken down into two major edge condition. In one hand, the commercial tries to absort the user by impossing it architecture into the public round. Theater, Churches and commercial venues spill into the sidewalks of charleston with overhangs, stairs and columns. This strategy begins to absort the public. In the other hand, the
subterranial entrance
facility
residential tries to separate it self to the public. Vegetation, fences and level shifts are the architectural tools to create these divisions. These studies create a typology of ways how to engage or ignore the public, while keeping a respectful scale to the city of charleston.
docks
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land to water procession
subterranial entrace The line between land and water created by a cluster of oaks is replicated
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main facility + training space The line between land and water created by a cluster of oaks is replicated
the ritual starts at the boat storage facility, the first encounter is the line of tree that divide the land from the water. onces the rowers pass the oak threshold, they are offer a dock for disembarking the land and embarking the water. At the end of the dock, an observatory creates the end point. visitors are offer a place for viewing the sport of rowing.
moments
marina dock system The line between land and water created by a cluster of oaks is replicated and
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P e l i c u l a : d i r e c t o r s & a c t o r s r e s i d e n c e design seven partner: Felipe Hernandez The neighborhood of Tribeca, Manhattan, has become occupied by a new community. Once a run down sector of post-industrial buildings in New York. Tribeca is now the home of many actors, directors, and dancers. With the growth of the of community. Historically a run down industrial sector of the island of New York. Now; Actors, Directors and Dancers have begun to make
their home in the left off post industrial buildings. As the community grows, a need to create urban notes; which are tailor to a film orientated community; raises. Pelicula, seek to response to this social hunger for space. With the help of Canal Park as a vanish point and housing multiple spaces for the industry of films.
Skyline Nostalgic Collage
Skyline Nostalgic Matrix
Skyline Nostalgic Model
projector panel
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Canal Park is surround and trap by high velocity vehicles. Making it an undesirable location to visit or gather. Taking this parameter into notion, a need to slow down the movement of the site is required before anything. The incision of a white facade where films can be projected will start creating a focus point to pause or slow down. Plus, it will be orientated toward Canal Park. Introducing, a function to the park.
aperture panel
residence
projector panel
canal park
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Total:
253,800 sq/ft 12.5% 45.0% 65.0%
shared space: public space: private space:
public space:
Physical model + context
film panel spectator
canal ave.
west st. 20
82,530 sq/ft
performance sets: museum space: recreational space: lobby space:
49,518 sq/ft 20,635 sq/ft 08,253 sq/ft 08,253 sq/ft
shared space: 31,725 sq/ft retail-market: restaurants small kiosk:
18,862 sqft 11,103 sq/ft 4,758 sq/ft
private space: 164,970 sq/ft 37 15 22 12 8
micro apts: studios apts: one-bed apts: two-bed apts three-bed apts
250 450 600 750 1,000
nsf nsf nsf nsf nsf
indoor cinema for casting, projecting and showcasing digital films
bridge connects canal park and the building, bypasses heavy traffic.
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performance space A slit in the building provides a light fenestration to focus on the performances.
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Public Space
Residential
Circulation
Structure
Skin Plates
Skin Structure
Inside Pelicula, two in-house theaters can be rented out to the community. The lower theater, is capable of projecting and showcasing digital films. While the upper theater is suited for performance spaces. Using Manhattan as a background, and a light shaft as a natural spot light. Addition pots of spaces will be tide in with a control public circulation system. It will begin at canal park with a bridged. From there a multiple of slow and medium speed ramps and stair will capitalizes in the notion of transition of spaces or scenes. Last, the upper sector of pelicula will be resident for directors, actors and dancers.
light fenestration
performance space outdoor space film panel
canal park cinema space
entrance/lobby
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Panel: aperture fenestration
critic: Emmanouil Vermisso dynamic the aperture of a video camera serves as a mechanical panel, with it, the residence can design control the light and view filtering inside the building in each apartment unit + london “One Hyde Park� high-rise competition.
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aperture + modulo
morphs
multiple configuration of aperture array in an area
the varient f-stops are blend, trim, and overlapt to generate area of configuration.
competition the aperture panel system was submitted into a competition in London. the building that was considered was the high-rise at One Hyde Park, London. the parameters were the building dimensions + the user capability to control the panel. the solution was twopanel system; one dynamic, controllable with smaller aperture in the inside. while the other static, structural and weather-able material in the outside of the building. honorable mention.
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Container:
P r i n c i p l e s o f M a k i n g design eight
Moving beyond program, form, or site, this project aims toward the sole expression of making. The design is driven by its construction and the association of its components. Using the tectonic character of a “finger�, the project began by determining the hierarchy of organization of its construction.
components
hinged + interlock
hanged + cap
mirror + rotate
(3)
(2)
(1)
(2) (1)
(5) (3) (4)
construction axonometric + assembly model The components of the model were organized in terms of its structural organized in terms of its structural priority. (1) the inner structure is identified by the metal framework. (2) the roof and floor system is shape directly into the primary structure. (3) the stone panels are hinged and hung into the primary structure and roof system. (4) to address weather condition (wind & rain), screen were added to the to the stone system. These provide protection from the outside without restricting visual access from the interior. (5) Finally, wood panels were added to provide for sitting in the exterior.
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interior perspective
Principles of Making With respect to Gottfried Semper categories of the different elements of the “Primitive Hut�, the container is separated into the structural framework, the enclosing stones panels or skin, and the foundation. The left residue of the pavilion become opportunities for seating and entrance.
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physical model
placing the roof
section
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P a r k : f e e d i n g p a v i l i o n s design three
layers portray of story telling in groups
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movement
movement
movement
Stranahan park, located in Fort Lauderdale, has become a location for homeless to gather. Everyday a line of soup is create from organizations to distribute food. The insfracture is inexisten. Spaces
movement
movement
movement
are define by the interation between people. Activities include story telling, reflections moments, and soup lines small talks.
joints representation of small talks
layers + joints + spaces configuration merge into three sectors. A corredor for distribution of food that offers panels for current events, jobs and offers. An enclouse area to gather, share stories and engage with the community. And small pockets for isolation, reflection and meditation.
corredor
enclouse
pockets
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Cemetery: grieving pavilions design five
collected specimens + territories are catalog under a taxonomy scheme defined by Kubler Ross five-stages of grief and loss (denial, bargain, depression, anger + accpetance). visitors enter the houses of dead, to remember and forget. multiple pavilions are disrupts in a landscape for the opportunity to relief and acceptance.
dirt
denial + bargain cracks of light masked behind tree barks cover in moss offers a vague preview of far sided landscape. symbiotic relationships spurs between specimens.
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bark
cemetery territories
flower
fungus
mushroom
cactus
leaves
depression
anger + acceptance
layered earth, fungus, tree fragments swelling in the ground, reveals in it, the remnants of time; encapsulate an introverted human experience.
flowers and captues dwell and construct paths in an exposed field. an environment of harsh dryness but yet the bright landscape hides nothing, and reveals everything.
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anger + acceptance
depression
denial + bargain
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pavilions multiple configuration of pavilions are derive from the studies of the kubler mode. they address two aspect. a temporary space for the ritual of burring and a space for the visitors to go thru the grieving stages. the pavilions try to focus in different qualities to describe these personal experience.
denial + bargain
depression
anger + acceptance
locate at the entrance,a linear enclose tunnel removes the user from the outside.
locate in a dark forest, another possible pavilion configuration for burring.
locate in a open cactus/flowers field, a pavilion for the ritual of burring.
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T h e a t e r : f a s h i o n r u n w a y & i n s t i t u t e design six
+industrial +hard edge
+residential +porosity edge
+natural +soft edge
Charleston has a memory, and its alive in its people. A place, where the buildings themselves become monuments to commemorate the past, without the need of further statues or parks to do so. But it is not to be confused with “History” - the method use in modern societies to organize the past. Because history, can be read by and belong to everyone; it is more relative, contingent on chronology and scale. It is about “Memory”; as it is passed down through the generations. It carries the authority of community members and experience. “It’s relation to the past is an embrace... ultimately
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emotional, not intellectual” (Bernard Bailyn). Currently, fabric are plentiful and various, it is hard to believe cloth as a rare commodity that was value so much that it became a medium of memories. But in ancestral times, families and culture were literally tie and woven into cloth and dependent upon it preservation. Cloth hold power through generations, and this power was pass down through ceremonies of investiture. In which woven objects became vehicles for succession of authority and memories.
charleston neighborhood studies
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retail + cafe at the residential side of the site, a smaller, quieter cafe and retail communicates with the community. vegetation is use as a screen of protection.
runway galleries an indoor-outdoor runway allows for a mixed experience of runway, overlook by the institute.
fashion institute a three-story building allocates the institute for fashion.
runway theater at the heart of site, a 200+ seat theater allocated fashion events.
entrace courtyard + cafe connect to the commercial street edge, engaging the more active side of town.
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Charleston Fashion Institute and Performance Runway will become the manifestation of memory through the vehicle and method of construction of fabrics. The program is going to be thread together by circulatory movements. The wrinkles in clothes are going to represent the different hard and soft edges in the facade and it slips in and out by its users. Finally the selection of materials and mechanics will try to accommodate the expansion and contraction of programs, just like a piece of clothing with a range of possible fits.
circulation
education
commercial
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commercial
residential
charleston section diagrams Charleston at the section scope, can be broken down into two major edge condition. In one hand, the commercial tries to absorb the user by imposing it architecture into the public round. Theater, Churches and commercial venues spill into the sidewalks of charleston with overhangs, stairs and columns. This strategy begins to absorb the public. In the other hand,
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the residential tries to separate it self to the public. Vegetation, fences and level shifts are the architectural tools to create these divisions. These studies create a typology of ways how to engage or ignore the public, while keeping a respectful scale to the city of charleston.
sectional speculations
facade + inter-levels
entrace + corner
balcony + sidewalk
a line of structure creates a semi public sector, floors connected by aperture.
corner enganging with the pedestrian, absorbs traffic, protected over-hang.
sidewalk inside the building footprint while creating overhang balcony.
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materials + tectonics
flexibility was the main focus in the material + tectonic proposal. fabric being the primary system of control. which in this case, the relationship between the public alley way and the entrance of the theater are in constant expansion and contraction. In the scenario of open, it creates a visual communication of an event is taken place. In the case of being close, it tries to not distract the general public circulating through the site.
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alley
flexible fabric
intermediary space
theater entrance
screen wall
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lectus euismod orci, sed rutrum elit urna at mauris. Quisque libero risus, gravida id lectus non, aliquet consectetur nunc. Suspendisse nunc neque, sagittis sed faucibus ut, fermentum malesuada nulla. Pellentesque id enim eu massa lacinia varius vel eu libero. Aenean justo lectus, facilisis id justo ac, commodo dictum odio.
exterior runway
courtyard + cafe flowers and captues dwell and construct paths in an exposed field.
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exterior runway flowers and captues dwell and construct paths in an exposed field.
interior runway flowers and captues dwell and construct paths in an exposed field.
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B o a t h o u s e : r o w i n g f a c i l i t y design five
rowing diagrams rowing boat tectonics + athletic body gestures were dissected into gestural diagrams. these were than translated into bug models. ten configuration were considered and
boat tectonics
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superimposed into the florida landscape. an observatory, indoor + outdoor gym, office and boat storage was introduced into the ground articulation and building mass.
body gesture
outdoor pavilion
outdoor platform
public + private divider gym + lockers
The line between land and water created by a cluster of oaks is replicated and place as a divider of the public rowing facility and the public visitors of the florida landscape.
water observatory
office
boat storage
outdoor boat space
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ritual
boat storage
the ritual starts at the boat storage facility, the first encounter is the line of tree that divide the land from the water. onces the rowers pass the oak threshold, they are offer a dock for disembarking the land and embarking the water. At the end of the dock, an observatory creates the end point. visitors are offer a place for viewing the sport of rowing.
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skin + threshold
wall detail
two door system which unfolds for the entering and exiting of the rowing boats
water collecting and distributing system considered into the building to sustain the rowing facilities.
threshold
tree line
dock disembarking
observatory
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To w e r : vertical decay design one
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stereotomic
plates
vectors
matrixies a vertical gesture for the study of decompostion. fragments of an interview were dissected into matrixies. the intervier, the reporter and the spaces inbetween were translated into graphical annotations. delapitated into components and distribute vertically along a datum, the residue became spaces for events to be investigated.
Dilapidate
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stereotomic
a central main space was allocated for the studies of decay. small pockets were introduced for observation of decomposition of a building’s materials. the circulation
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plates
vectors
system is weaved into the small pockets and end in the main space; details of scaffolted were consider as threadholds and structure in the circulation.
observatory
small laboratories
exterior space
circulation
main laboratory
small laboratories
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Metal:
C e i l i n g Te s s e l l a t i o n
partner: Collin Cobia in progress
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folding
unit
fabrication
The following is a documentation on the iterative and reiterative study of metal and the possibilities that emerge through manipulation. The study seeks to develop an understanding of how to work with metal using nonconventional methods. We are manually folding sheet metal and defining the conditions and efficiencies that are produced.
wire system + tools
grid pattern + perforation
unit multiplication
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Block:
m e c h a n i c a l g a r d e n design seven
partner: Felipe Hernandez
residencial + open spaces
pedestrian + vehicular
industrial + commercial + institutional
55th + 8th - West Chelsea + Highline While the components of cultural and historical identity exist, the community of West Chelsea lacks a developed visual architectural expression. Gentrification speculates about this visual absence, with the High Line being the most prominent rendition. The abandoned elevated railroad infrastructure that was used historically as a form of transportation of goods within the meat packing districts. Now, it has evolved into a living thread of botanical gardens in West Chelsea. By capturing the essence of the High Line, a visual language can be abstracted and translated into architectural tectonics + a strategy for the organization of space.
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Subterranean + botanical garden
Subterranean + botanical garden
High Line interception
the block + botanicals + tower + context Overall of the block, looking toward the east + north, the botanical gardens punch out of the Zone A bracket block + illustrate botanical gardens similar proportion + scale.
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vines
glass + structure
entrances
subterranean
Vertical gardens emerging from the industry
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Ground plan and vines botanical garden. The Mechanical Gardens is an interactive location where one can live, work, learn, reflect, and plant. The Industrial community of the meat market (west Chelsea) is now introduced to an organizational infrastructure which places it underground, and flourishes as vertical gardens into the block.
Longitudinal Section
Ground Plan
10 ave
4
1e
Keygen botanical garden
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gallery
1a
hanging vines
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studio
1b
rain forest
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retail
1c
butterflies
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market
1d
seasonal
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cafe
1e
permaculture
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food court
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industrial
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parking
3
observatories
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bathrooms
4
entrance
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mechanical
5
residence
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water collections
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office
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tanks
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theater
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high line facility
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Cross Section Permaculture
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4
11
High Line
4 15
7
13 12
1d 4
Cross Section Hanging Vines
1a
Entrance + Movement Entrace Vertical movement Horizontal movement
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1c
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1b
Retail
Cross Section Rain Forest
Food Produce Items
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29 st
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Activities Theater Galleries Studios
28 st
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Cross Section Galleries
4 11 ave
Longitudinal Section
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galleries + office
High Line vantage point
west side (11ave + 29 st) of the block attracts the pedestrian with an open (nature sculpture) gallery to the street edge.
a residential tower with observatory pockets, the theater and two botanical garden are added to the horizont of the High Line at the level of 28st.
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Keygen 1
botanical garden
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gallery
1a
hanging vines
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studio
1b
rain forest
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retail
1c
butterflies
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market
1d
seasonal
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cafe
1e
permaculture
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food court
2
industrial
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parking
3
observatories
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bathrooms
4
entrance
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mechanical
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residence
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water collections
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office
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tanks
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theater
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high line facility
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permaculture + residence
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east side (10ave + 28st) of the block hold a permaculture botanical garden + markets that sells produce to the pedestrians of west chelsea + residence of the tower.
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High Line 7
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seasonal fauna: attracts butterflies
permaculture: eatable vegetables
hours
hours
15 13 11 10 08 06 05 03 01 00
11 09 08 07 06 04 03 02 01 00
winter
exotic fauna: visual striking
vines: capable of attaching
summer
Analysis: solar
Vegetation
a series of studies were conducted to determinate the dimension of the botanical gardens + carve out any residue that would have affected the quality and amount of light receive in each botanical.
An ecology of plants were research to select the appropriated fauna for the environmental conditions of West Chelsea. While still considering the different seasons throughout the year.
cross section + subterranean perspective: Hanging Vines
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hanging vines + seasonal botanical garden are open to the air, divide by the center axial circulation of the block and seats on top of the subterranean industrial factory. The infrastructure blends into the branches of the vines. While supplementing a system of water collection and distribution.
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cross section + context perspective: Rain Forest rain forest + butterflies botanical garden introduces an exotic experience to the residence of west chelsea. multiple vanish points are experience by weaving in and out as the visitor moves up in the rain forest b.g. + a system of water holes emulate rain and sustain the fauna.
Martin F.
786,383.9332 kmartinf@gmail.com http://spatiallyobvious.com/
thank you.