LANDRY ROOT
SELECTED WORKS
LANDRY ROOT:
460 Henley Birmingham, MI 48009 root.landry@gmail.com +1.248.229.5835
OBJECTIVE
EXPERIENCE
AWARDS / RECOGNITION
To be part of a design team that consistently exceeds client expectations.
Summer 2012 Architecture Intern Schaum / Shieh, Ann Arbor, MI and Venice, Italy
2013 Publication / The Agora Journal of Urban Planning and Design, University of Michigan
Fabricated and installed 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale project.
2012 / 2013 Exhibition / Student Show Participant
EDUCATION Master of Architecture Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Graduation : May 2013 GPA : 3.8 Bachelor of Science in Architecture Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Graduation : May 2010
EXTRACURRICULARS Spring 2011 University of Michigan Spring Break Externship at HKS, Northville, MI Sept. 2011 – 2013 ARC Member / Architectural Representative Committee May 2010 – Present AIA Associate Member Spring 2010 University of Michigan Spring Break Externship at Perkins + Will, Chicago, IL Jan. 2008 – Present Alpha Rho Chi / Professional Architecture Fraternity
Spring 2012 Faculty Fellowship Assistant Kyle Reynolds - Willard A. Oberdick Fellow, Ann Arbor, MI
2012 – 2013 Scholarship Recipient / James J. Sficos Oct. 2012 Competition Winner / FLASH Studio-wide Charette
Developed and illustrated urban interventions in Photoshop for fellowship design exhibition. Oct. 2010 – July 2011 Architecture Intern Marmol Radziner, Los Angeles, CA Produced on-site documentation of single-family residential homes for renovations / Drew floor plans, elevations from gathered field information in AutoCAD. Generated final presentation images for client review during SD phase / Created Photoshop and hand drawn renderings. Assisted during CD phase / Generated construction documents in AutoCAD / Annotated construction documents in Revit. Summers 2009 – 2010 Architecture Intern Integrated Design Solutions, Troy, MI Member of a two-person team tasked with field documentation of the University of Michigan Dorm Alice Lloyd Hall (163,040 sq ft) and University of Michigan Dorm Couzens Hall (174,000 sq ft) for renovation. Created documents for CD deadline from field information / Corrected existing drawings in MicroStation / Notated components to be demolished / Drew all new work included in the renovation.
SKILLS Digital Adobe Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Acrobat Pro) / Rhinoceros / Microsoft Office / MicroStation / SketchUp / Vray / AutoCAD / Revit Manual Model Building / Sketching / Laser Cutting
PROJECTS: CENTRIFUGAL COURTYARD WINTER 2012
ABERRANT GRID FALL 2011
FOLLY THE LEADER FALL 2012
LIVE WORK DISPLAY FALL 2008
URBAN AGRICULTURE WINTER 2009
SKETCH RENDERINGS 2010-2011
ABOUT-FACE 2 SUMMER 2012
MISBEHAVIOR ENABLER W 2013
CENTRIFUGAL COURTYARD WITH DONNA MARION + NATHAN MATTSON
W2012
As the people of Seoul grow collectively older, the values and bonds of the city and its residents will be tested by a generational divide. Aspiring towards intergenerational integration, the project is based on a desire to bring people together in an environment of mutual comfort and simultaneously promote a beneficial collaboration of young and old through culture, history, and art, not only available in a library, but also in the collective experience of the occupants. The project transfuses the programs- the library and residential - as well was the multiple generations which occupy it. Young, old, learning, and living all blend together in the central courtyards of the building, creating a unique community within the project. Libraries are inherently multi-generational, and our particular take on the library allows it to take on an identity which will continue to apply itself into the future as information is increasingly digitized. Information - analogue, digital and interpersonal share a home in the library. With modern amenities and several atypical features, such as a theater and an advanced technology center, the building focuses on the dissemination of information through all modes of communication. It’s spaciousness gives it the potential to expand its resources to accommodate society’s increasingly heavy emphasis on the virtual, especially as the library’s role is redefined.
UNIT DIAGRAM
SUSTAINABILITY DIAGRAM
The locus of this library space is the deep interior courtyard at its center, a void which pierces from the main courtyard down onto the ground level. This is the primary spectacle of the library experience, which acts as a wayfinding device as well as a means of breaking up and organizing the incredibly vast floor area. Library patrons can enjoy a bright and lively reading area within the courtyard on a pleasant day, and can benefit from its light and spatial influences throughout the year. Its massive scale marks it as a sculptural beacon that shapes the surrounding spaces, becoming a central vertex around which contemplation, circulation, and exchange take place.
CIRCULATION DIAGRAM
SITE PLAN
context PROGRAM
STRUCTURE
SITE
PROGRAM DIAGRAM
CONCEPT
UNITS
CIRCULATION
UNIT DIAGRAM CONCEPT DIAGRAM
SUSTAINABILITY
SUSTAINABILITY DIAGRAM CIRCULATION DIAGRAM
COURTYARD LEVEL
GROUND LEVEL
INTERIOR COURTYARD
Setting atop the library twenty five meters above the ground, the upper courtyard is the unifying element between the two major programs. Generated by the building’s overall concern for light and desirable residential programing, the upper courtyard has provisions for both semi private and private spaces. This courtyard is designed with a consideration not only for its own program, but also the programs around, above and below it. Underneath the courtyard garden a large children’s area reacts to the playful geometries derived from the structural requirements of the trees above. This connects the spaces not only through thickness, but thinness as well, utilizing the varied depth of the roof to create skylights as well as solid geometries. Overlooking the lower courtyard, the residential portion of the courtyard is two stories higher than the library portion, and is only accessible to residents, giving the same benefits of the outdoor green space found below with the additional aspect of privacy.
UPPER COURTYARD
EXTERIOR PROJECTION SCREEN
Occupying the uppermost levels of the building, are residential units which line the perimeter of the courtyard. Tenants are able to chose from a wide range of unit types that fit their personal needs and desires. One, two, and five bedroom units provide options for a large array of family types, from a single college student, to a three generation family of nine, and anywhere inbetween. With the increasing age of the population, and traditional Korean housing arrangements, we see the later options as a great opportunity to provide sensitive designs that foster intergenerational living.
ONE BEDROOM UNIT
ONE BEDROOM BALCONY UNIT
ONE BEDROOM UNIT
ONE BEDROOM BALCONY UNIT
In addition, each unit type has the potential for two alterations: the addition of a balcony, and the addition of a terrace. Balconies occur along designated strips, extended floor plates that register in the appearance of the facade. The terrace units occur along the sloping portions of the roofscape, and incorporate an exterior occupiable space as well as an non-occupiable greenscape beyond, to allow for privacy between units. These additions provide ways to incorporate private exterior spaces as well as green spaces for the individual tenants, important to their quality of life even if sometimes hard to come by in dense, urban environments.
TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL LEVEL
ONE BEDROOM UNIT
OONE N E BEDROOM BEDROO M UNIT UNIT
ONE BEDROOM BALCONY UNIT
OONE N E BEDROOM B E D R O BALCONY O M B A LUNIT CONY UNIT
TWO BEDROOM UNIT
TWO BEDROOM UNIT TW O BEDROOM B E D R O OTERRACE M T E RUNIT RACE UNIT TWO
TWO BEDROOM UNIT
TW O BEDROOM B E D R O OUNIT M UNIT TWO
TWO BEDROOM TERRACE UNIT
TWO BEDROOM TERRACE UNIT F FIVE I V E BEDROOM B E D R O UNIT OM UNIT
SCALE 1:100
TERRACE UNIT
WALL SECTION
BUILDING SECTION
ABERRANT GRID F2011 Detroit, Michigan is considered a shrinking and desolate city, and the area of Delray in particular has a startlingly high level of vacancy and neglect. Across the river, Windsor, Canada is divided into two completely separate zones: to the north a densely populated residential area and to the south a sparsely underutilized industrial zone. An uneven distribution of parcels within the grid has led to underutilization of the land as well as an uneven distribution of program - the use of the space. Intervening with a suburban-like typology of roads in both areas will mask these issues and create new and interesting conditions that reconnect the areas within the city giving it a new iconographic identity. At the core of semiotics, the study of signs and their meanings more generally defined as the study of communication is James Piece’s triad of symbol/index/ icon. The icon, as defined by Peirce, focuses on the relation of signs to their object; they have properties in common with their objects, a clear connection or representation such as a portrait to the person it is depicting. Based upon this definition of the icon, plan-based iconography suggests that the shape of the division of spaces dictates and signifies the activities that can or cannot occur here. An explicitly regulated division of spaces suggests a correspondingly regulated and limited type of experiences, whereas an unregulated division of spaces suggests no such limit. Consider the average floor plan of a school dormitory. The plan is divided up into a multitude of rooms, each one the exact same in size. Now consider the Rolex Building by SANAA, an open plan with only loosely defined areas, “barrier-free delineations of space.” The fluidity of the building, the lack of regularly defined spaces allows for and encourages activities to flow between “spaces.” Not being confined to one space allows for fluidity of program implementation suggesting that one space can be used for multiple purposes and thus delivers multiple experiences.
Windsor’s Current Condition : Windsor has an uneven distribution of land amongst its parcels which has lead to an uneven distribution of program. Windsor using the grid: Extending the existing grid into the industrial region would allow for programs to disburse, however, industrial sites would not be able to function properly due to a lack of adequate space which the grid does not offer. Windsor Warping The Grid : By distorting the grid, the city is able to accomodate multiple types of program within close proximity of one another. The pinching of streets in between the wide, program filled undulations provide a buffer area between programs.
Detroit’s Current Condition : The abundant vacancy throughout delray is magnified by the layout of the grid, an infrastructural typology which requires consistent occupancy. Deviations from the regularity stand out. Detroit Loop Intervention : The loop system is inconsistent and irregular in form, thus when there is vacancy it does not appear as a blatant divergence and instead is viewed as something useful.
EXISTING CONDITIONS
Detroit Loop Effects: Unlike the grid, the loop creates a range of different types and sizes of spaces. This diversity allows for a larger range of programs to exist within the system.
WINDSOR’S CURRENT CONDITION
WINDSOR USING THE GRID
WINDSOR WARPING THE GRID
DETROIT’S CURRENT CONDITION
DETROIT LOOP INTERVENTION
DETROIT LOOP EFFECTS
INTERSTITIAL INDUSTRY: INDUSTRY IS PLACED WITHIN THE LARGE UNDULATIONS BEWEEN ROADS. ZONES OF TREES BUFFER THE SITE FROM NEIGHBORS. SINGLE -FAMILY RESIDENCE
RESIDENTIAL ROAD SIDEWALK
20 ‘ - 0” 20 ‘ - 0” FRONT YARD SETBACK
INDUSTRIAL BUILDING
LANDSCAPE BUFFER ZONE
LANDSCAPE BUFFER ZONE
20 ‘ - 0” (LARGE) DISTANCE BETWEEN ROADS
R E S I D E N T I A L H O M E S : RESIDENTIAL HOMES ARE PLACED WITHIN THE SMALLER UNDULATIONS BETWEEN ROADS. SINGLE -FAMILY RESIDENCE
SINGLE -FAMILY RESIDENCE
SIDEWALK RESIDENTIAL ROAD
RESIDENTIAL ROAD SIDEWALK
20 ‘ - 0”20 ‘ - 0” BACKYARD SETBACK
20 ‘ - 0” FRONT YARD SETBACK
20 ‘ - 0” FRONT YARD SETBACK
(SMALL) DISTANCE BETWEEN ROADS
R E S I D E N C E - O N L Y : PROHIBITS INDUSTRIAL SITE TRAFFIC FROM ENTERING CERTAIN AREAS WITH THE USE OF A 15’-0” TURNING RADIUS.
SIDEWALK (RESIDENTIAL AREA)
NO SIDEWALK (INDUSTRIAL ROAD)
15’-0” 15’-0”
15’-0”
15’-0”
D I V I S I O N : DIVERTS INDUSTRIAL TRAFFIC AWAY FROM RESIDENTIAL AREA, DIRECTS IT INSTEAD TOWARD THE BRIDGE, AND ALSO PROHIBITS RESIDENTS FROM ENTERING THE INDUSTRIAL ZONE.
SIDEWALK (RESIDENTIAL AREA)
NO SIDEWALK (INDUSTRIAL ROAD)
33’-0” 15’-0”
LANDSCAPE
WINDSOR STREET TYPOLOGY
BUFFER ZONE
By pulling the existing grid in the northern region of Windsor down into the southern industrial zone and warping it, a range of spaces are created. The undulating system of roads allows programs to be proximal to one another without disturbing each other’s’ objectives. The undulations create a pinching effect which when combined with a lush landscape and the presence of a berm creates a barrier between these opposing programs. The roads in this scheme also vary in size and turning radii depending on intended traffic regulations. Highly residential roads contain corners with radii too small for large semi-trucks to maneuver thus preventing them from entering that area. Likewise, sidewalks are not deployed in highly industrial areas as a way of keeping pedestrians away.
D O U B L E E N T R A N C E : SEPARATING THE ROAD AND SIDEWALK ALLOWS FOR VIEWS INTO THE STORE FRONT FOR BOTH PEDESTRIANS AND CARS WITHOUT THE INTERFERENCE OF ONE ANOTHER. COMMERCIAL ROAD
SIDEWALK
10’-0”
10’-0”
30’-0”
W A L K ’ N ’ S H O P : AN OPEN PLAZA TAKES THE PLACE OF A COMMERCIAL ROAD IN BETWEEN STORES ALLOWING FOR A PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY SHOPPING ZONE. COMMERCIAL BUILDING
30’-0”
PLAZA (NO DIMENSION SPECIFIED)
UNDERGROUND SIDEWALK: THE SIDEWALK AND STOREFRONT ARE BOTH DROPPED BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE STREET TO ALLOW FOR A MORE PLEASANT EXPERIENCE AWAY FROM TRAFFIC. COMMERCIAL BUILDING SIDEWALK
10’-0”
30’-0”
20’-0”
EXTERIOR CAFE: THE COMMERCIAL ROAD TRANSFORMED INTO AN OUTDOOR EATING AREA. SIDEWALK
OUTDOOR EATING AREA
Currently Detroit uses a grid system which emphasizes its abundant vacancy because of the system’s need for regularity. As a result, any deviations from the assumed building density are noticeable. From a plan based iconographic frame of reference, the introduction of the “loop”, a suburban-like road typology, masks this vacancy in Delray because of its lack of regularity. These suburban-like streets are deployed in various forms and likewise create various sizes and shapes of spaces, unlike the regulated grid. The placement allows for a range of experiences but also dictates future densities. Each “loop” is clearly defined as illustrated on the type index. Together, they create a range of experiences each with a distinct aura as dictated by the arrangement and amount of density, whereas a grid system would just maintain one continuously.
RESTAURANT
8’-0”
30’-0”
8’-0”
THREE-WAY VIEW: THE ROAD DEAD ENDS INTO A COMMERCIAL BUILDING WHERE THE DRIVER MUST DO A 3-POINT TURN BETWEEN THREE WINDOW FACADES FORCING THE OCCUPANT TO LOOK INSIDE. PEDESTRIAN VIEW
COMMERCIAL STREET TYPOLOGY
DRIVER’S VIEW INTO STORE
30’-0” (MIN.)
PEDESTRIAN ENTRANCE
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03 130’-0”
150’-0” 210’-0”
02
08
28’-4”
06
28’-4” 28’-4”
60’-0”
07
28’-4”
28’-4”
04
28’-4”
FARM HOUSE 28’-4”
05
28’-4”
60’-0” 60’-0” 28’-4”
60’-0”
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11
10
RESIDENTIAL STREET TYPOLOGY
02:ESTATE LOOP: 4000+ SQUARE FOOT HOUSE WITHIN A PRIVATE LOOP ON TOP OF AN EXTRUSION AND SURROUNDED BY TREES FOR PRIVACY. AREA MUST BE A MINIMUM OF ONE ACRE.
01:CULDESAC LOOP: 2500 SQUARE FOOT HOUSES AROUND A BULBOUS LOOP WITH AN OPEN, PUBLIC DEPRESSION OR EXTRUSION IN THE MIDDLE.
SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE
DEPRESSION RESIDENTIAL ROAD
ESTATE HOME 30 ‘ - 0” BACK YARD SETBACK
20 ‘ - 0” 20 ‘ - 0” FRONT YARD SETBACK
50 ‘ - 0”
20 ‘ - 0”
20 ‘ - 0”
50 ‘ - 0”
30 ‘ - 0”
PRIVACY SCREEN
SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE
EXTRUSION RESIDENTIAL ROAD
30 ‘ - 0”
20 ‘ - 0”
50 ‘ - 0”
BACK YARD SETBACK
RESIDENTIAL ROAD
20 ‘ - 0”
20 ‘ - 0”
20 ‘ - 0”
50 ‘ - 0”
30 ‘ - 0”
03:SPRAWL LOOP: AN ELONGATED LOOP CONTAING A SERIES OF 2000 SQUARE FOOT HOUSES WITH THE MINIMUM REQUIRED SETBACKS AND SPACING.
AESTHETIC LANDSCAPE
04:COMMUTER LOOP: HAS THE MINIMUM TURNING RADIUS OF 28.3 FEET AND HAD NO SPECIFIED PROGRAM AS A RESULT.
05:CONDENSED LIVING LOOP: A SERIES OF SMALL, CLOSELY SPACED LOOPS CONTAINING A SERIES OF APARTMENT BUILDINGS AND TOWNHOUSES WITHIN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO ONE ANOTHER. MULTI-UNIT APARTMENT BUILDING
SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE
RESIDENTIAL ROAD
20 ‘ - 0” 20 ‘ - 0” 20 ‘ - 0” FRONT YARD FRONT YARD SETBACK SETBACK
SPLIT
BUFFER SIDEWALK RESIDENTIAL ROAD
COMMUTER ROAD
30 ‘ - 0” BACK YARD SETBACK
20 ‘ - 0”
20 ‘ - 0”
FRONT YARD SETBACK
20 ‘ - 0”
20 ‘ - 0”
30 ‘ - 0” BACK YARD SETBACK
20 ‘ - 0”
06:INFINITY (PARK) LOOP: LARGE, OPEN, ADJACENT LOOPS WITH THE APPEAL AND APPEARANCE OF AN INFINITE HORIZON.
BUFFER
7‘ - 0”
HA-HA
20 ‘ - 0” FRONT YARD SETBACK
20 ‘ - 0”
20 ‘ - 0” FRONT YARD SETBACK
RESIDENTIAL ROAD
20 ‘ - 0”
20 ‘ - 0”
20 ‘ - 0”
FRONT YARD SETBACK
08:BOURGEOISIE LOOP: A LARGE, ROUNDED LOOP CONTAINING 3000+ SQUARE FOOT HOUSES WITH LARGER THAN MINIMUM SETBACKS AND TREES AS PRIVACY BUFFERS.
07:PAUSE LOOP: SMALL, MINIMUM TURNING RADIUS LOOPS PLACED IN THE BOURGEOSIE LOOP AS MEANS OF SLOWING CARS DOWN. 2‘ - 0”
3‘ - 0” 9‘ - 0”
20 ‘ - 0” FRONT YARD SETBACK
TOWNHOUSE
PRIVACY SCREEN
RESIDENTIAL ROAD PAUSE
SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE
RESIDENTIAL ROAD
SIDEWALK
20 ‘ - 0” 20‘ - 0”
20‘ - 0”
09:COUNTRY LOOP: A SERIES OF SMOOTH LOOPS SPARSLEY LOCATED NEAR THE FOREST AND CONTAINING THE HA-HA CONDITION AS A MEANS OF MAINTAINING A CONSTANT HORIZON FOR ITS RESIDENTS.
LANDSCAPE PANORAMA
30 ‘ - 0” BACKYARD SETBACK
72 ‘ - 0” FRONT YARD SETBACK
2‘ - 0”
20 ‘ - 0”
RESIDENTIAL ROAD
2‘ - 0”
HA-HA
RESIDENTIAL ROAD
30 ‘ - 0” FRONT YARD SETBACK (MIN.)
50 ‘ - 0” BACK YARD SETBACK (MIN.)
LANDSCAPE PANORAMA
FARM HOUSE
SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE HA-HA
30 ‘ - 0” 20 ‘ - 0” FRONT YARD SETBACK (MIN.)
50 ‘ - 0” BACK YARD SETBACK (MIN.)
DRIVEWAY
20 ‘ - 0”
72 ‘ - 0” FRONT YARD SETBACK
6‘ - 0”
30 ‘ - 0” BACKYARD SETBACK
68‘ - 0”
10:CONGLOMERATE HOUSING: A MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE AND PROGRAMS ARE CONTAINED WITHIN THIS BUILDING IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE INTERACTIONS AND EASE LIVING.
11:RURAL LIVING : A “VILLAGE” LOCATED OFF OF THE GRID AND AWAY FROM CIVILIZATION IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR A MORE PRIMITIVE LIFESTYLE.
8‘ - 0”
CONGLOMERATE HOUSING
RESIDENTIAL STREET RESIDENTIAL STREET
200 ‘ - 0” MINIMUM FRONT YARD SETBACK
20 ‘ - 0”
MASTERPLAN
ABERRANT GRID: MASTER PLAN
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250’
750’
1000’
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A B
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100’
250’
500’
GROUND LEVEL
ABERRANT GRID: BRIDGE SECTIONS
BUILDING SECTION SECTION A : RESIDENTIAL ZONE
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10’
30’
ABERRANT GRID:
BRIDGE SECTIONS
ECTION A : RESIDENTIAL ZONE 0
10’
30’
60’
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10’
30’
60’
60’ ECTION B : COMMERCIAL ZONE
FOLLY THE LEADER W/ CA T I E T R U O N G , L E I G H D A V I S , + Z A C H G O N G
F2012
This project seeks to utilize the vast amount of publicly owned vacant land as a resource for community revitalization and stormwater management within Hope Village, a pilot project in Detroit, Michigan. A system employing green infrastructure techniques will be installed throughout Hope Village to decrease the amount of impermeable surfaces, provide natural, green space to residents, and create a number of parks or follies throughout the village. In several areas throughout the community, follies will be installed to perform as stormwater collectors, and simultaneously create vibrant community gathering areas for the resident’s everyday use. Community participation is also a critical aspect of this project. The folly installations are meant to be small weekend projects in which residents can join together to build and create their own community space. Residents of the village will also be responsible for deciding where each folly is placed to encourage for maximum usage. This project uses reclaimed wood slats on each intervention to establish itself as a brand within the community; the repetitive image will not only increase the project’s visibility throughout the neighborhood, but also foster support and excitement among neighboring communities.
MATERIALS
(3) Routed Tracks
(8) 2x4x16 Lumber Supports
(100+) 18” tall Lumber Slats
(1) Power Drill
(2) Routed Seats
(2) 2x2x36 Lumber Supports
(40+) 24” tall Lumber Slats
(1) Box of Steel Flathead Screws
(65+) 36” tall Lumber Slats
(1) Level
(1) Assembly Team
INSTRUCTIONS
1
Drill tracks to supports
2
Slide 18” slats into track
3
Slide 24” slats into track
4
Place seats onto track
5
Slide 36” slats into track
6
Enjoy
LIVE WORK DISPLAY F2008 Though a modest sized building, this structure houses multiple programs. Located in the Ann Arbor Arboretum, the building holds a live-work studio for an artist as well as a gallery in which the artist can display his work. The gallery’s visitors, however, are not aware of the presence of the studio. Similar to the way in which a magician never reveals his secrets, the architecture of this building allows the artist to also conceal his magic. The actual site consists of a hilly terrain and a smattering of trees. This, in conjunction with the design of the building, allows for the concealment of the secret component of the program. The combination requires two separate entrances; one is made quite obvious to the public eye in order to draw them in while the other is hardly noticeable to anyone just passing by. Because it is situated in a wooded area, the form is meant to appear as if it is protruding directly from within the hillside as if it is part of the actual site. Though the form is quite anomolous to anything found in nature, it is the form itself which fullfils the purpose of the building. The use of the triangle as the main design aspect of the building assists in camoflaging the studio so that the entire artistic process can be housed together rather than requiring the presence of two separate buildings.
MAIN LEVEL
LOWER LEVEL
SECTION A
A
B
SECTION B
URBAN AGRICULTURE W 2009 As the world rapidly depletes its rural areas, societies must continually look for ways to replenish their losses. This center for urban agriculture is one such means. Located in the heart of Detroit, the building allows for a sense of nature within an otherwise urban setting. It contains a series of natural gardens both inside and outside to provide for the community as well as “artificial” gardens aimed at the development of future plant species. A three part system was developed to construct the building. The programs (classrooms, offices etc.) are housed in solid geometries with the gardens providing a subtle source of circulation between and around them. Above the interior gardens is a canopy system which enables light to penetrate the building. The gardens are managed through a system of crop rotation. Crop rotation entails the movement of certain crops throughout the year based on seasons and the plants’ needs. Despite Michigan’s often harsh climate, the architecture allows for the further utilization and maintaining of outdoor gardening year round. In spite of weather conditions, the scheme encourages the most efficient usage of land, and in addition is architectural in its movement.
GROUND LEVEL
SECOND LEVEL
COMPONENT DIAGRAM
SECTION A
B
A
SECTION B
MAIN LEVEL GARDEN SPACE
SECOND LEVEL VIEW TO EXTERIOR GARDEN SPACE
ENTRANCE
SKETCH RENDERINGS: 2010-2011
In addition to extensive work in AutoCAD, I spent a large amount of my time at this firm hand drawing schematic renderings for client presentations. The firm held the philosophy that using such drawings would give the client a sense of impermanence during the design process and therefore encouraged them to make changes and push boundaries. Using a range of pens and pencils, I would trace simple perspectives derived from Revit models and add in details of texture, landscape, and depth in order to give the client a better feel and understanding of the character of the space.
RG RESIDENCE
ERSPECTIVE 1
EXTERIOR SEATING SKETCH
AUXILIARY BUILDING SKETCH
EXTERIOR SKETCH
1422 CAPRI DRIVE
RECREATION HOUSE PERSPECTIVE APRIL 20, 2011
DENCE
E
BEDROOM SKETCH
KITCHEN SKETCH
KITCHEN SKETCH
GRYNBERG RESIDENCE KITCHEN PERSPECTIVE JULY 20, 2011
ABOUT-FACE 2: 2012
I assisted in the construction and documention of this installation for the 13th International Architecture Biennale in Venice, Italy alongside a group of faculty from the University of Michigan and Rice School of Architecture. This project was part of a collaboration between five young architecture practices whose work is a piece of action research, responding to one of the most serious issues for western cities today: that of shrinkage and urban vacancy. The city of Detroit is the most often cited example of this phenomenon, the population dwindling as heavy industries that once provided employment and social cohesion disappear. These architects did not wait to be asked for their point of view on the city’s problems, but sought a place to work in this unique urban context. (As written for the 13th International Architecture Biennale.)
FRONT AXON
BACK AXON
MISBEHAVIOR ENABLER : 2013
Misbehavior Enabler looks at the relationship between human occupation and the composition of the interior environment. Interior architecture has a tendency to be prescriptive both formally and consequently through the occupant’s use. Here, prescriptive is defined as a group’s attitude or cultural convention incorporated unquestionably into the built environment and established through repetition. The thesis is an exploration of the ways and extents to which we can design outside of these traditional and established conventions of use—outside the “regular.” The “regular” is comprised of a system of repeated components (walls, floors, ceilings, doors, windows, etc.) with forms and uses that have become institutionalized norms throughout built interiors. As a means to provoke these conditions this thesis seeks to foster parataxis, a “both/and” condition where two things are juxtaposed but neither is subordinated. In this case, convention is accommodated and something else is enabled. The condition liberates the regular components by expanding the territory of their initial use. By pulling generic interior typologies from their contexts and considering them as independent objects or systems one can begin to challenge and expand their dogmatic tendencies and uses as deployable devices. This expanded range of performative qualities results in new formal articulations of the components, and thus an expansion of architectural knowledge that can be deployed in interior environments. Resituating these new types within the built interior enables new modes of occupation within previously prescriptive spaces.
CEILING DIFFERENTIATE
CEILING DIRECT FORWARD
MANIPULATION OF SPATIAL HEIGHTS WITH ENOUGH VARIATION TO SUGGEST ADJACENT SPACES TO BE DISCRETE ZONES.
COLUMN GATHER
MANIPULATION OF SPACE HEIGHTS TO CREATE DISPARATE ZONES THAT ENCOURAGE MOVEMENT RATHER THAN OCCUPATION.
A STRUCTURAL DEVICE WHICH ALSO INSINUATES THE SPACE DIRECTLY BELOW TO BE SEQUESTERED FROM SURROUNDINGS, ENCOURAGING PROLONGED OCCUPATION OR USE OF SPACE.
AMPLIFICATION OF HEIGHT ENCOURAGES MOVEMENT THROUGH DISTRESSED ZONE INTO ADJACENT SPACE.
INSINUATES SPACE DIRECTLY BELOW TO BE SEQUESTERED FROM SURROUNDINGS.
ZONE 1
INDICATES A POINT IN SPACE SUGGESTED SEQUESTERED ZONE
ZONE 2 ZONE 3
ZONE 4
DEPRECIATION OF HEIGHT EXAGGERATED OPENING
FLOOR GATHER
A DEPRESSION IN A PLANE THAT ENCOURAGES OCCUPATION THROUGH FORMAL SUGGSTIONS OF EXCLUSIVITY, FIXTURES, AND FITTINGS.
DESIGNATES SPECIFIC ZONE WITHIN A LARGER SPACE SLANT ALLOWS FOR EASY ACCESS TO LOWER ELEVATION
SIMULATION OF SEATING
STAIR GATHER
NICHE VIEW
RAMP GATHER
A STRAIGHT, ASCENDING PLANE WITH A SERIES OF FLAT RISING PLANES DIRECTLY ADJACENT; THE CONTRASTING FLATNESS ENCOURAGES PROLONGED LINGERING.
A VOID WHICH ENABLES MULTIPLE MODES OF VIEWING - THE DISPLAY AND THE EXTERIOR - DEPENDING ON POSITIONING IN FRONT OF THE OPENING.
RISING PLANES THAT ENABLE VERTICAL ASCENSION WHILE ALSO PROVIDING DISTINCT MOMENTS FOR PROLONGED STATIC OCCUPATION.
ZONE 2 FLAT, WIDE PLANES ENCOURAGES OCCUPATION
OPAQUE BACKDROP
ZONE 1
MICRO ZONE 1
MOMENT OF ELEVATION EQUILIBRIUM
MICRO ZONE 2
MICRO ZONE 3
OPENING TO EXTERIOR
CIRCULATION IMPLIES SENSE OF ENCLOSURE
STRAIGHT, ASCENDING PLANE ENCOURAGES MOVEMENT
DISPLAY AREA
VIEWING RADIUS
OCCUPIABLE AREA IMPLIES SENSE OF BOUNDARY
FLOOR SHELTER
OPENING DIFFERENTIATE
COLUMN MOVE UP
A STRUCTURAL ELEMENT THAT ALSO ENCOURAGES AND FACILITATES VERTICAL MOVEMENT THROUGH STACKED ASCENDING PLATFORMS.
THE LOCALIZED LIFTING OF A SURFACE TO CREATE AN ADDITIONAL OCCUPIABLE SPACE, SUB-SURFACE WITH A SENSE OF FORTIFICATION AND REFUGE.
A SINGLE OPENING WITH MULTIPLE THRESHOLD DEPTHS INSINUATING A MULTITUDE OF DISTINCT ENTRANCES ADJACENT TO ONE ANOTHER.
CREATES SENSE OF ENCLOSURE AND PRIVACY
VARIANCE IN THRESHOLD DEPTH
OCCUPIABLE CAVITY
ZONE 5
ZONE 4
ZONE 3
ZONE 2
ZONE 1
ZONE 2
ZONE 1
ENCOURAGES ASCENSION IMPLIES EASE OF MOVEMENT