Architecture.
KRISTIAN MIZES
CONTENT : OFFICE.
NEWSWEEK: Future of Work - Eskew+Dumez+Ripple - Examining how New Orleans will live, work, play, & commute in 2030
Make It Right NOLA - Coleman Coker | buildingstudio - Affordable residential duplex in flood prone area of New Orleans
Cafe Hope + Hope Farms - Tulane City Center - Interior renovation + community garden proposal for local non-profit
USGBC Models - Eskew+Dumez+Ripple - 4 basswood models for display at Greenbuild 2010 conference
SCHOOL.
Public High School - Thesis Design Studio - Re-centralizing New Orleans’ charter schools
Dutch Dialogues: Urban Sustainability - Architectural stormwater control strategies for existing urban fabric
Convention Hotel - A 450 room business hotel located in downtown New Orleans
Bath House - Bathing complex in Rome‘s historic district along banks of Tiber River
EXTRAS.
Architect’s Week: Bench - Annual 1 week, student-led design/build project w/visiting architect
Sketches - Pen and marker sketches completed during semester abroad in Italy
OFFICE! Professional work done with the following organizations: ESKEW+DUMEZ+RIPPLE Aug - Dec 2010 New Orleans, LA Coleman Coker | buildingstudio Summer 2009, 2010 New Orleans, LA Tulane City Center Mar 2009 - May 2010 New Orleans, LA
NEWSWEEK - Future of Work - Eskew+Dumez+Ripple - August 2010
Cafe Hope + Hope Farm - Tulane City Center - Spring 2009, 10
Make It Right NOLA - Coleman Coker | buildingstudio - June - July 2009
USGBC Models - Eskew+Dumez+Ripple - November 2010
NEWSWEEK - Future of Work : As part of a NEWSWEEK feature series imagining how major cities will deal with urban issues in the near future, EDR was asked to address how New Orleans will live, work, play, and commute in the year 2030. In order to encourage healthy interaction and appreciation for the city’s natural geography, our response focused on reclaiming unused undustrial areas along the nearby river, lake, bayou, and canals.
Green Necklace Connecting existing green infrastructure with key additions creates park loop through city.
COMMUTE : This proposal suggests upgrading the flood control devices along Lake Pontchartrain to allow for boat traffic down the city’s inner canals as was historically the case. Doing so could also provide a more pedestrian friendly thoroughfare along the lakefront.
Examining how New Orleans will live, work, play, and commute in 2030.
WORK @ the river. Development connects to park along riverfront. NEWSWEEK - Future of Work
LIVE : Located along the industrial canal, an out-of-date and under-utilized port area, this location is on high ground and is centrally located. The form of the housing employs the traditional shotgun profile, but stacks it in varying orientations for different unit types. WORK : Situated along the Mississippi River and connected to the CBD via the Convention Center, this area is ideal for large developments. Our proposal spans across the train tracks and flood wall to provide the neighborhood with waterfront access. PLAY : Bayou Bienvenue, a huge and dying wetland area very near downtown New Orleans, could be revitalized through encouraged freshwater intrusion from the Miss. River. Adding program allows the Bayou to become New Orleans’ 3rd City Park.
LIVE @ the canal. Reclaimed port provides space for housing
Professional Work: Eskew+Dumez+Ripple
COMMUTE @ the lake. Floodgate serves as pedestrian bridge.
NEWSWEEK - Future of Work
Professional Work: Eskew+Dumez+Ripple
PLAY @ the bayou. Linear building acts as literal gateway. NEWSWEEK - Future of Work
CAFE HOPE + HOPE FARM : Partnered with a local transitional housing non-profit, the Tulane City Center, the architecture school’s community outreach program, was asked to provide proposals for a community garden and the interior renovation of an on-site teaching-cafe. Located in a suburban New Orleans area, the site offers sufficient space for a substantial farming endeavour. The farm & garden consists of modular herb garden/market structures adjacent to the cafe, as well as a large space set aside for row planting. My role in this 4 person collaboration involved schematic design as well as 3d modeling and graphics for both presentation and publication uses.
Interior Undulating screen filters natural & artificial light
Professional P Prof Pr roffesssi sionnall W sion Work oorrk : Tu T Tulane ula lane n C City iti y Center Cenntter Ce er
Professional Work : Tulane City Center
HOPE HAVEN FARM
MARKET +HERB FARM
CITRUS GROVE
CAFÉ HOPE
Proposed community garden and interior renovation of teaching-cafe for New Orleans non-profit..
Cafe Axon Seating organized in linear bands defined by colored fin screens
Cafe Hope + Hope Farm : Sring 2009-10
Set within the 1st floor of a 100 year old 3 story building, the cafe space receives day light form both the exterior garden side and an internal courtyard. The proposal replaces a heavy masonry wall with a glass wall that alternates between clear and translucent. An interior screen of undulating, colored wood fins divides the dining area into distinct zones, thus organizing an otherwise directionless space.
AA
Section AA Screen wraps cafe space between garden and inner courtyard
Professional Work : Tulane City Center
H
Greenwall Shade
Restaurant Learning Teaching
FÉ E CA OP
VILLION PA Learning Teaching
U MOD LES Market Greenwall Seating Herb Farm
Program Pavilion, cafe, and herb farm/market together create learning environment
Cafe Hope + Hope Farm : Sring 2009-10
Pavilion Folding structural logic allows for minimal support
Professional Work : Tulane City Center
Market
Components Mesh, polycarb., sheet metal, & plants overlay to create visual depth
Colored Polycarbonate Panels
Steel Tube Structure
Chainlink Screen
Vegetation Colored Polycarbonate Panels
Raster-Perforated Metal Screen
Cafe Hope + Hope Farm : Sring 2009-10
Lighting Alternating translucent & clear glass offers variety of day-lighting
Professional Work : Tulane City Center
Cafe Hope + Hope Farm : Sring 2009-10
MAKE IT RIGHT (renderings) :
Frontage Striped facades reference traditional quilting patterns
Initiated by Brad Pitt following Hurricane Katrina, the Make It Right Foundation formed in order to ensure that rebuilding in low-lying residential areas was done properly. A consortium of local, national, and international architecture firms were asked to provide affordable, efficient alternatives from which returning residents could choose as a replacement for their destroyed homes. Professional Work : buildingstudio
“The design is shaped with 2 goals in mind: First, the scheme is intended to benefit from the area beneath the house to provide comfortable outdoor living spaces. The second approach is meant to offer maximum flexibility for various family groupings.� --building studio
Residential duplex encouraging outdoor living in flood prone area of New Orleans.
split units
tilt units vertical
separation creates courtyard
lifting provides porches
Living Room Full height windows light space
Make It Right : Summer 2009
My role in this 5 person collaborative effort focused on 3d modeling and rendering for study, presentation, and publication uses.
Section AA Courtyard stairs as vertical circulation between front & rear
Professional Work : buildingstudio
2nd Floor - Living
3rd Floor - Bedrooms
14 10
12
11
7
8
5 1
5
9
UP
6
UP
DN
2
DN
6
UP
DN
15
3
15
13
12
17
16
4
4
12
Ground Floor
AA
Courtyard Open ground allows for more habitable outdoor space
USGBC Models : EDR joined with the USGBC and the Salvation Army’s EnviRenew affordable housing division to serve as the Architect of Record for the 4 winning designs of the USGBC’s 2010 Natural Talent Design Competition. The open competiton asked participants to design an 800sf LEED Platinum house for the Broadmoor neighborhood of New Orleans that could be built for (or close to) $100k.
In addition to producing Construction Documents, EDR was asked to build presentation models of the 4 winning entries for display at the annual Greenbuild conference. Leading a team of 3 for a two week period, I planned and led the construction and successful shipping of the models. I also produced the 75% CDs for all 4 houses. The houses will be built in Spring 2011.
“E.A.S.Y House”
“The Little Easy”
“Greenboy”
“RAMPed UP”
4 basswood models for display at Greenbuild 2010 conference in Chicago.
Construction basswood birch bases plexiglass
USGBC/Salvation Army Models
SCHOOL! Selected works span design studios from the 3rd to 5th year at Tulane. Studio projects focus on comprehensive design proposals while taking into account existing contexts. Additionally, studio design often incorporated paired projects, thus encouraging collaboration & constructive peer-to-peer critiquing.
Public High School
- Thesis - 5th year, Spring 2010
Dutch Dialogues - 5th year, Fall 2009
Convention Hotel - 3rd year, Spring 2008
Bath House
- 4th year, Fall 2008
PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL : THESIS STATEMENT: Acknowledging architecture’s role of providing for society what society values, the participatory process substantially increases architecture’s social accuracy. Through isolating for the architect which features of a design are most relevant, the stakeholders of the project come to acquire a sense of ownership that otherwise would not have arisen. The architect consequently aids in decentralizing the de facto ownership of the building, thus ensuring that all stakeholders will begin to regard and treat the building as their own. Via decentralized ownership as a result of increased social accuracy, an architecture that is truly public can occur.
Entry Colored public elements protrude to site’s edge
Student Work : Thesis Design Studio
Re-centralizing New Orleans’ disparate charter schools to share amenities + increase community interaction.
Housing Development
Proposed High School Site
Future Elem. School Site
Existing Athletic Facilities
La
Sa
lle
St.
s Wa hin gto . ve nA
Lou isia
Terrace On 3rd floor, provide gathering spaces & views
Public High School: 5th year, Spring 2010
Proposed : High School
Proposed : Site Creation
glass in courtyard
steel facade beyond
Assembly 16’ trusses allow for 200’ spans & dramatic views
2009- present : New Housing Develop.
1950s-2009 : Housing Projects
Student Work : Thesis Design Studio
NEW ORLEANS’ high school school spirit has long been rampant. As large public schools close in the shift toward smaller charter schools, notions of collective identity are rapidly altering, and in some cases disappearing. Formally influenced by the urban context, the proposed school addresses the emergence of new school identity structures. Re-centralizing charter schools serves to create a framework for multple identities, and consequently, multiple relationships with the new school building.
END-USER interaction in the design process, although often ft financial, i l may also l iinclude l d titime, energy, or opinion. Increased public input establishes a user-tobuilding relationship, allowing a collective to identify with a piece of architecture.
multi-use
class
class
class
class
class
class
Section BB
multi-use
class
lobby
multi-use
class
class
class
class
class
class
Hallway Wide halls serve as circulation and study spaces
Public High School: 5th year, Spring 2010
Plans
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
O
Shared amenities span site & extend to sidewalk
admin.
library
AA
5
3
3rd CC
A
BB
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
O
2
community meeting space
AA
lobby
CC
A
2nd
BB
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
O
gym
1
lockers health center
cafe.
cafe. entry
6
entry
AA
offices kitch.
Ground CC
BB 3/128� = 1’
4
Student Work : Thesis Design Studio
The school provides space for 1100 students. Through organizing the classes into a 50’ wide ring around the site, the building allows for the easy expansion and contraction of different academic departments. Section CC
multi-use
hall meeting rooms
class
hall
hall
class
health center
class
hall
hall
class
Entry Provides busing, pick-up, & dropoff areas
Public High School: 5th year, Spring 2010
The shared amenities span across the site and servve as shortcuts, encouraging social mixing that otherwise e would not happen. These amenities, such as the library and the health center, are open to the public and consequently allow for the school to develop a stronger relationnship with its surorunding community.
colored louvres
butt-jointed glass wall
hallway/study area admin.
multi-use
hall
class
hall
parking
class
hall
parking
Student Work : Thesis Design Studio
entry
g
gym
Facades Inner louvers & outer screens contrast opacities
class with operable walls
slotted window wall
brick facade & screens
hall
library
hall
courtyard
cafeteria
multi-use
class
entry
Public High School: 5th year, Spring 2010
Student Work : Thesis Design Studio
Cafetorium Skylit cafeteria with track and library beyond
Public High School: 5th year, Spring 2010
URBAN SUSTAINABILITY : Extending the research started by design professionals and engineers during the Dutch Dialogues, a collaborative effort between Amsterdam & New Orleans aimed at enhancing flood control strategies, this platform studio focused on integrating stormwater control devices into the existing urban fabric. Due to the low-lying natue of the site, reducing density while providing stormwater storage so as to relieve the pumping system became the top priority.
1841
“Bowl� Topography
Student Work : Design Studio
1878
1898
Full Site Reduced density terraced blocks lead to urban lake
Integrating architectural stormwater control strategies into existing urban fabric.
0’ 1’ - 1/4” 1’ - 1/64” 16X
-5’
-4’
-3’
-2’
-1’
S CLAIBORNE
S DERBIGNY
S ROMAN
S PRIEUR
S JOHNSON
S GALVEZ
0’
-1’
-2’
-3’
-4’
-5’
excavation creates terraced blocks PROPOSED 0’ -10’
1’ - 1/4”
The neighborhood would thus encourage interaction with water and be more capable of protecting itself form future flood events. Referencing coastal living typologies provides a solution for living safely near rising waters.
PRESENT
0’
Working in a pair, we proposed that New Orleans purchase all vacant and blighted properties in the neighborhood, and then excavate the blocks in a terraced fashion leading to a large man-made retaining pond adjacent to a major pumping station.
1’ - 1/64” 16X
Urban Lake Coastal living typology introduced to urban residential context
Dutch Dialogues :5th year, Fall 2009
Initial Sketch
Applying the preceding urban research at an architectural scale, the task became to create a building that responds to the substantial water flow across the front, and highest, block of the neighborhood. Additionally, we proposed that all development along the site’s edge would need to transport stormwater into the terraced block system. The chosen apartment building brings a surface canal’s edge deep into the site, allows for habitable stormwater storage, and employs earthen ramps that both funnel water and provide raised parking access. Thus, all design moves result directly from water flow.
Water Flow Site & building collect & direct storm water to retension pond
Student Work : Design Studio
raise building mass
2nd floor parking
cantilever defines flood space
roof slopes control rainwater
Frontage Pixel courtyard allows interaction with water
Dutch Dialogues :5th year, Fall 2009
Roof Garden
AA
Sloped gardens catch rainwater
3rd Floor
BB
Student Work : Design Studio
The habitable concrete pixel pond on the ground floor encourages indeterminate use while allowing for the passage of stormwater. It also steps up to provide 2nd floor parking access. The apartment units over the pixel pond step down from the 4th to the 3rd floor. The sloped, terraced green roof above collects stormwater in a similar manner as the entire neighborhood does on a larger urban scale. Section AA
Section BB Roof garden follows stepped apartments to rear of site
Dutch Dialogues :5th year, Fall 2009
Student Work : Design Studio
1st Floor Concrete pixels provide indeterminate use & filter stormwater
Dutch Dialogues :5th year, Fall 2009
CONVENTION HOTEL :
The program called for a 450 room convention/ tourism hotel located in downtown New Orleans near the Mississippi River. The proposed massing solution separates the hotel rooms into 2 distinct leaning towers that decrease solar gain and imply a sense of street frontage despite setback codes.
$
)DQ
%
)DQ
&
'
)
+
,
Y Y
-
Through aligning the 2 towers perpendicular to one another, the building maintings the urban edge while providing maximum views toward the nearby river. Spanning the base of the 2 towers are public program, convention spaces, and parking.
13th Floor
¡ ¡
¡ ¡
WK IORRU
)DQ
([HUFLVH 6SD
%
¡ ¡
$
3RRO
&
'
)
)DQ +
PUBLIC MASSING
,
street frontage
parking in rear
span between
Y Y
-
push to whale wall
5th Floor
¡ ¡
TOWER MASSING
6WDII GLQH
¡
¡
¡
¡
WK IORRU
%UHDN URRP $
%
.LWFKHQ &
'
(
1 tower, massive
2 towers, shrink scale
max separation
separation w/optimal views
) * +
,
-
PUBLIC/TOWER OVERLAY
¡
2nd Floor
¡
'RFN
.LWFKHQ
0HFK
&KLOOHU $+8
¡ ¡
QG IORRU
¾ ¡
'RFN $
%
TOWER TILT
¡ ¡
0HFK
(OHF
+RXVH NHHSLQJ
&
'
(
/DXQGU\
BB
)
5HVWDXUDQW
*
/REE\ +
setback hinders street frontage
tilt = implied frontage
excessive south exposure
tilt blocks hottest sun
,
-
¡ ¡
¡ ¡
¡ ¡
*URXQG IORRU
¾ ¡
Ground Floor AA Student Work: Design Studio
Y
Reducing scale and increasing street presence in response to contextual proportions.
Frontage Street view down Convention Center Blvd. to CBD
Lobby Interior furniture reflects massing. Sweet iMacs.
Student Work: Design Studio
The lobby and convention spaces spanning the 2 towers occupy the several levels beneath the gym, pool, and spa. A large third floor terrace provides ample break out space for conventions as well as the opportunity for on-site outdoor events.
Section AA
Physical Model
Convention Hotel : 3rd year, Spring 2008
Physical Model
Special attention was paid to the facade, which consists of a double-layered glass system that alters its orientation depending on solar orientation. An inner, butt-jointed layer rests behind a light truss system which supports the outer photovoltaic glass. The angled trusses, which vary in scale for public and prvate program, reduce the monotony of the large facades.
Facades Double-skinned photovol glazing system adapts per orientation
6RXWK IDFDGH
%XWW MRLQWHG YDSRU EDUULHU RUWKRJRQDO GLDJRQDO
7UXVV V\VWHP IRU VHFRQG VNLQ
:HVW IDFDGH DV IXOO SDQHOV
Student Work: Design Studio
3KRWRYRO JODVV
DV ORXYHUV
Photovol Facade Adaptations: Photovol Facade Adaptations
Vertical louvers on East and North
Horizontal louvers on West and South
De-emphasis of orthogonal structure and denotation of public program
Vertical and Horizontal louvers combine/deepen on West to create balconies
Section BB Hotel floors step 2’/ floor toward street Convention Hotel : 3rd year, Spring 2008
BATH HOUSE : The project called for a bathing complex located in Rome’s historic district along the Tiber River. Working in a pair, our proposed response integrates a triangulated & multi-purpose parkscape with the built form while architecturalizing the filtration of river water for use in the entirety of the project. The triangulated parkscape allows for a continuity in form between the exterior and the interior spaces below, and indicates that the space, although natural in material, is indeed constructed.
Parkscape Triangulated green roof covers bathing spaces below
Student Work : Design Studio
Referencing the historic bathing process while architecturalizing the filtration of river water.
3 program groups
“talking wall� along embankment
pull apart across site
d
c elevation shift to reach river
a b
integration of triangulated park Bath House : 4th tth hy year year, ear F Fall a 2008
Baths Differing proportions provide varying bathing environments
service hall
tepid baths mech.
saunas hot baths
secondary filtration corridor cold bath
Roof Details finish material grass & soil ballast aeration & root barrier insulation vapor barrier roofing membrane concrete slab metal decking open web joist drop ceiling wide flange truss concrete ribs concrete column
Parkscape Detail
Ozonation Corridor
A
B
C
D
Connecting the 4 major groups of spaces are corridors and hallways that spatially employ different water filtration processes. Spatializing the filtration of water mirrors the clensing sequence experienced by the users themselves within the bath house. As the project spans across and down the site, the interior spaces become less a part of the triangulated park language and emerge in their own orthogonal
Bath House : 4th year, Fall 2008
Student Work: Design Studio
Student nt Work k : Desig Design ign gn n Studio S udio St o
Hot Baths Board-formed concrete walls reflect triangular language of green roof
Bath House : 4th year, Fall 2008
EXTRAS! Included projects cover several media not addressed in the preceding project sections. Although not studio projects, these student works allowed for varied design-oriented experimentation and exploration. The work shown here places a stronger than usual emphasis on design process while allowing results to become less of a priority.
Architect’s Week - March 2009
Photography - night, 2010
Sketches
- 4th year, Fall 2009
ARCHITECT’S WEEK : Working with a budget of $400 and a timeframe of 1 week, our 8 person team designed a curving form that combines several common seating types. As the team leader, I oversaw the development of the project from coneption through final construction. To build the decided upon form, we employed a construction method consisting of a plywood rib frame filled with expanding foam, that was then covered in layers of dyed fiberglass to create a smooth surface.
1
lean
2
lounge
3
sit
Construction 3 long & 17 cross ribs slide together to create sturdy frame
32�
Extras : Design/Build
Providing for multiple seating positions and group arrangements.
fiberglass
expanding foam
plywood ribs
steel frame
Bench Wave form at home under the oaks
Architect’s Week : March 2009
PHOTOGRAPHY :
Industrial Canal Extras: Photography
Taken at night in urban and industrial areas around New Orleans. Canon xTi. 28-105mm.
Champions Square pm, New Orleans, LA
NOLA Train Extras: Photography
Halloween pm, New Orleans, LA
HAND SKETCHES : Colosseum
San Gimignano
Rome black felt pen 30 minutes
Tuscany Gray marker 15 minutes
Miscellaneous : Semester Abroad sketches
Extras : Sketches from Abroad
During semester abroad, pen and marker sketches efficiently capture essence of a view.
St. Agnese Rome black marker 10 minutes
Hand Sketches : 4th year, Fall 2008
CONTACT. Kristian Mizes, LEED AP 3408 Dauphine St. New Orleans, LA 70117 c_504.390.5840 e_kojmizes@gmail.com
EDUCATION. Tulane University New Orleans, LA 2010 Master of Architecture Bachelor of Architecture Minor in English Cum Laude