Architecture Portfolio
Krisandrah Crall Washington State University Bachelor of Architectural Science krisandrah.crall@wsu.edu +1.208.553.3519 issuu.com/krisandrahcrall 375 NW North St Pullman, WA 99163 USA
The projects in this document are a unique assortment of style, function, and social experiments that are designed to have a positive impact on the potential user and or its environment. The work shown here is both applied and theoretical and has been produced in a verity of settings with varying levels of professional over-site. Each project has its own learning outcome and purpose, so I invite you to peruse through and find something to take away for yourself. Page 2
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Textures
Building Analysis
Casa Batllo Barcelona, Spain Antoni Gaudi Photo: Gaudi Sketch
Walking through Casa Batllo is like walking along the ocean shore, every surface and texture are carefully crafted to suit it’s purpose. The walk up the staircase, from the entrance to the first floor was completely satisfying, feeling the wood rail in my hand and transitioning up from a cave-like room into a high-ceilinged hall with wood accents all around, every sensation seems to have been given thought. Page 4
Geometry
Building Analysis
Military History Museum Dresden, Germany Libeskind Photo: Hufton+Crow Photography
The experience of walking through this building is hard to describe, the original section is quite beautiful and rich with traditional architectural features while the new section is a wealth of abstract angles and dizzying shifts. While in the new section it is easy to forget that just a moment before you were standing in a classical and wholly symmetrical historical building. Libeskind’s design seems to intentionally make the occupant feel slightly uncomfortable and off center, the tilt of the walls seems to reference the crookedness of the displays inside. This museum’s focus is on the human experience of war, the expositions do not simply name generals and state the outcomes. The texture, smell, and weight of the conflicts are on display to be experienced. Page 5
Library 606 Solid Void Third Year Architecture Studio 2015
Solid Void was a process of understanding space and volume that would guide the design of the major semester project, the Library in Chicago. Working with new concepts and materials to interpret the moment and significance of a space drove the creation of the sculpture-like blocks to the right. Through photography, a montage that communicates and emphasizes the moment of pause along the circulation path was the first of many steps in the solid void process.
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Library 606 Third Year Architecture Studio 2015
The site is located next to the Bloomingdale trail/line 606 and the blue train line, a loud and pedestrian-heavy intersection. Designed to connect the library to the 606 pedestrian trail and the local community while providing a traditional resource with a modern take on what a library could be, the Library 606 creates moments of pause along the circulation path. The rotunda over the accessible lower roof and the courtyard are patterned after the cityscape itself. The space creates a unique atmosphere of quiet and pause in the middle of this busy city.
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Berlin Blocks
Designing a process Fourth Year Future Cities Studio 2016
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As a social response to the Do-It-Yourself and Do-It-Together communities that are common in Berlin, Germany this project seeks to design a process or system for such communities to build on. This process is a platform for communication, small and large group gatherings and many other programmatic uses the community may have.
Berlin Blocks
DIY DIT TYPEOLOGY
Form and Sight Finding GARDEN & GREEN SPACE
PRIVATE SPACE
Using a diamond rhomboid shape instead of a simple cube allows for a more dynamic appearance. The slope of the vertical panels creates a relaxed feeling in the space and encourages reclining and climbing. The panels can also be arranged horizontally to for a terrain or vertically as a wall.
PUBLIC & COMMUNIAL SPACES
CIRCULATION
TYPICAL URBAN CONTEXT
Roughly a third of the area in DIY DIT developments are allocated to native vegetation and gardens. The green space serves as public space and is maintained by the community.
Private space is minimal in DIY DIT developments and is reserved for living areas. In some locations, portions of the living areas are shared as seen in Spreefeld with communal kitchens and living rooms.
Majority of the space in DIY DIT developments are created for public/community access. Public spaces are seen in the form of entertainment venues, stages, food stands, pathways, and lounge areas.
The circulation of DIY DIT developments form organically in response to the preexisting topography of the area. The circulation also forms naturally through inhabitants pathways of desire.
The development of DIY DIT areas are located in East Berlin near rivers and the former Berlin Wall. These types of projects are specific to certin areas in Berlin as a result of the Berlin Wall and the open and unused space created after it’s removal.
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Berlin Blocks
Flat packing &Transportation
The panels can be fitted together with a notching system. Panels could potentially be made at a public fabrication lab or wood shop with a CNC (Computer Numeric Control) machine. The notches make for easy and fast assembly on site and allow the blocks to be taken apart during transport. The map below is a representation of some of the networks between Tent, Wagon, Hoff or house settlements and the Parks, Open space, and Shared gardens in central Berlin. Self Organized Settlement Networks in Berlin Tent House Wagon Parks and open space Shared gardens
Christiania Bikes (shown to the left) are common in Germany and are a great way to transport goods around the city. Page 10
Berlin Blocks
Site for Berlin Blocks
The example site for this project is Allmende Kontor in Templehof park, Berlin. Allmende already has a mixed use as a public garden and as a gathering area for large or small groups.
The top right graphic shows the gardens of Allmende surrounding a large central cluster while the center graphic shows the blocks disseminating through the gardens when they are not needed in the center.
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The bottom graphics are some parti of cluster types with the use of a wall as a supportive and space defining device.
The goal of this study was to design a flexible system that would help promote a scene of community on an open site. This would allow anyone to quickly and easily build a gathering space to suit the needs of a pop-up community. Page 11
Berlin Blocks Function
The rhomboids can be clustered in whatever configuration suits the group the best. The complexity of the form crates visual movement and can be used to direct movement of the participants through the space.
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Sketches
Schloss Sanssouci, Potsdam, Germany
Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois
Jüdisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Exploded Skull in Menschen Museum “Bodies exhibit”,Berlin, Germany
Warm-up sketch of my left hand, Pullman, Washington
Navy Pier, Chicago , Illinois
30 foot tall 3D printed chicken skeleton in the Berlinische Galerie,Berlin, Germany
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Convergence Second Year Architecture Studio 2014
“Office in a small city” By: Andrew Hopper
This project started with an analysis of the given Andrew Hopper painting. The first phase was to assess the rest of the room that is not in the painting. Second the analysis extended to the building that the office would reside in. The building was designed around the room. Finally the convergence between the building that we designed based on the painting and an existing architectural work.
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Building for the office
Synthesis
Benlin Warehouse Buffalo,NY 1930’s
Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center By: Renzo Piano
From the painting, I designed a simple functional room for the man at the desk (in the upper right-hand corner of the plan).
The project expanded to the building that the building existed in. I designed an abstract atrium that extended beyond the roof and structural walls.
The syntheses of Renzo Piano’s Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center and my office building design. I brought the ribbing style from the Tjibaou building into the interior vertical circulation as well as onto the exterior of the building.
Process sketches, and some detailed planning. Much of the design work for this project was done by hand. Page 15
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1.5”:1’ Wall Section and Plan
Theinspirationtothedoor/entrywaywasbehindthehangingboatsthatwereprominentlydisplayedintherenderings.Thespaceiscompletelycoveredandislikeaplazabeforeenteringthebuilding.Customcutdoorson twolevelswithaplatformprotrudingfrominsidetoout,inperfectviewingoftheboats,connectedtotheYouth Class + Sail Loft.
Thestairisdesignedwiththeintentofcreatingafunandexcitingspace. Stairsarebynatureamovingspace,soourthoughtwastoalmostliterallymove;fromsidetoside.Comprisingofmaterialsfoundthroughout thebuildingandourotherdesignmotifs,thestairsaddanicecompliment to the rest of our interventions.
BALLUSTER 2” CLT DECK 2X4 WOOD SECTION WIDE FLANGE BEAM
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This project was with a partner and we worked on different aspects of the design. I did most of the sections and detail drawings while my partner did renderings and text. The project was designed to teach us how to communicate details and complex systems in drawings.
PUNCHED HOLES PLAN 1/8” = 1’
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Sheathing Batt Sheathing Water Barrier Mineral Wool Water Barrier Air gap and bracket system Bug barrier Sidding
WINDOW CORNER DETAIL 3” = 1’
WOOD PANEL ALUMINUM CHANNEL 3” WOOD STEEL STAIR FRAME STEEL ANGLE BRACKETS STEEL STAIR STRUCTURE ARM STEEL STRINGER
ENTRY BALCONY STRUCTURE DETAIL 3” = 1’
3” WOOD DECK STEEL STAIR FRAME STEEL ANGLE BRACKETS STEEL STRINGER STEEL “C” CHANNEL
STAIR STRINGER BASE DETAIL 3” = 1’
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BUILT-UP SECTION ACCORDING TO DOOR SPEC RAINSCREEN PATTERN DOOR HEAD AS SPECIFIED DOOR TOP DOOR GLASS CUT
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3/4” WOOD BOARD ALUMINUM “I” FRAMING HANDRAIL MOUNT 3” WOOD DECK
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RAINSCREEN PATTERN DOOR SILL AS SPECIFIED CONCRETE SLAB
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HANDRAIL MOUNT 3/4” WOOD BOARD ALUMINUM “I” FRAMING 3” WOOD DECK BOLTED CONNECTION STEEL FRAMING STEEL STRUCTURE
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STAIR & BALLUSTER DETAIL 3” = 1’
DOOR HEAD DETAIL 3” = 1’
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DOOR ENTRY SECTION 1/8” = 1’
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STAIR SECTION 1/16” = 1’
Hand rail detail
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Custom Glass: Streamed pattern by ODL
Door Detail Section
Punched hole section
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“To provide meaningful architecture is not to parody history but to articulate it.� - Libeskind