fall Senior Design Studio Fall 2005 Professor Peter Yeadon
CASE STUDY:
Slither Building: Gifu, Japan
Partner: Melinda Beham The intention of this case study was to become familiar with low income housing. The Slither Building, by Diller and Scofidio, is a building that has multiple purposes: provide low income housing, give every owner their own personal terrace space to use in whichever way they wish, produce unique, boundaries from one dwelling to the next. The Slither Building is part of a complex of multiple low income housing buildings. The layout of the complex produces a central courtyard for the residents. Each building relates to the surrounding site in its particular orientation. The Slither Building especially, relates to the site in both the horizontal and vertical direction because it steps up seven inches per dwelling and curves slightly to mirror the site. The horizontal circulation in the Slither Building is along the exterior of the building and moves up gradually with the site. The vertical circulation is only located at the ends of the building. The ambiguity of this project lies in whether or not this building was designed to promote individuality and/ or privacy. This notion will be further explored in projects to come.
Section Model of unit with terrace in three different views.
Model of Complex
Complex
Privac y
Complex Privacy
The goal of this assignment was to explore issues dealing with privacy. The complex was designed in such a way that discourages social interaction between residents. The complex itself becomes a secure, comfortable, private community.
Low Income Housing Toronto, Canada Study Model The goal of this project was to design a low income housing complex located in Toronto, Canada. The building is required to supply the residents as well as the public with facilities such as, but not limited to: restaurants, bars, athletic facilities, and/or day care centers. These facilities relate the complex to the city. The model is color coded based on unit types: studio, one bedroom, two bedroom, and three bedroom apartments. They were positioned in such a way that provides each unit with a terrace formed by the roof of the unit below. This model was an investigation of the different ways to aggregate the units as well as create a relationship between the residents and the public.
Conceptual Model
Final Model
North Elevation
West Elevation
South Elevation
spring Junior Design Studio Spring 2005 Professor Kevin Connors
Case Study: Villa Sayoe, Le Corbusier Partners: Dan Putnam and Sandra Wallar
The team studied the Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier in order to fully understand the concepts of the villa. To do this, we needed to fully understand the time period that influenced Le Corbu’s design. We found that the home was a result of the new booming industry and the production and widespread use of the automobile.
Another important aspect of the home is the relationship of inside space to outside space. Corbu strategically placed windows throughout the home to frame views to the outside as well as blend the boundaries between the two spaces. The home encourages the inhabitants to feel like they are outdoors with all of nature. This case study was particularly important because it made me become more aware of the concepts and motives to different fenestration designs.
Room Documentation Watercolor of Dorm Room Perspective and Time are eliminated by use of Cubism and multiple perspectives.
Three Dimensional Documentation
Reproduction of Dorm Room
Similar to the two-dimensional documentation of the space, time and perspective are erased by use of straight lines and rectalinear shapes. Items in the room that are raised off the floor are suspended on four legs made of wire. Colors and Light are preserved in this model to show how light is viewed in the room. All objects that emit light are conical shapes and painted with yellow faces.
Program, concepts, elevations, sections, and mass models
Media Library and Gallery Addition to the Royal Ontario Museum Toronto, Canada Study Models and Concept Sketches
Addition to the Royal Ontario Museum:
A Digital Media Library was designed as another wing of the already large Museum. Here, visitors are encouraged to research and explore all aspects of the continuously growing digital world. This is made possible with the use of multiple floors containing various programmatic spaces for individuals as well as groups of people to occupy simultaneously. There are spaces for circulation, reference, lavatories, kitchens, restaurants, galleries, viewing spaces, and quiet study areas. The new addition was placed into a site model showing the adjacent streets and buildings.
The Ground Floor contains secure circulation, reference areas, lavatories, a restaurant, and a main lobby that is connected to the public as well as the existing museum.
Inked Floor Plans Existing Museum Attached
Site models with New Building
Pittsburgh Junior Design Studio University at Buffalo Professor Karen Tashjian
Outdoor Market Place Inspired by Piet Mondrian and Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol
Studies with light and shadow
Andy Warhol Exhibit The AWarhol Museum Pittsburgh, PA
Ojective: To design an outdoor market place that casts a shadow similar to an original pattern. the structure and cannopy are to threedimensional extrusions of the pattern
Artwork by Piet Mondrian
Perspective drawing
Watercolor “The Window”
Conceptual Sketches: Sections, Plans
Design for a Hotel Pittsburgh, PA
The object of this project was to design a hotel that conserves the current condition of the North Shore of the Alleghny River. The shore is a culutrally imortant part of Pittsburgh and must be preserved. The challenge is to protect the culture by not designing over the historic heritage trail that lines the shore for miles. The next challenge is that the hotel needs to be designed around the ideal viewing window.
Models of a Typical Hotel Room
Models of The Viewing Window
Plans, Sections, and Elevations of Hotel Design
spring Sophomore Design Studio Spring 2004 Professor Grace Ong
game Drawing of an equestrian game where the horse is the tool and the rider is the user. The game is show jumping. The object of the game is to get the horse and the rider over the fence without knocking it over. The drawing depicts the movement of the horse and rider as they make it over the fence.
morph Drawing of the tool and user morphing together to form one new being. The horse and the rider blend together to form a centaur.
tool
Objective: To design a new tool that interacts with the user to measure slope. The information gathered by use of the tool describes the angle of any hill in order to properly document a site without a standard measuring system
data Drawing of data collected at Elliciot Creek Park. The Drawing records the slope of the hill at five different locations. Above is a picture of the site.
New Game Facility Elliciot Creek Park Buffalo, NY
Objective: To design a facility to house a newly invented recreational game for children in Elliciot Creek Park.
Elevations of Facility
Longitudinal and Transverse Sections
Model of New Tool
Study Models of New Game
Plans of New Game Facility
Study model of facility
Model of Game
Site Model
fall Sophomore Design Studio Fall 2003 Professor Mike Maggio
Reconstruction of the Stabien Baths Pompeii, Italy
Finished Concrete Blocks of various shapes and sizes
Concrete Building Blocks Setting in Molds
Partner: Gerard DeRomanis The object of this project was to study an ancient way of living and construction. After much research, drawings of the bath complex were constructed as well as half-scale models. The challenging aspect of this project was the scale. Similar to the Romans, we made drawings and models at large scales. The process to creating the final model of the Stabien Baths was long. For every piece, a mold was required for pouring. Molds were made for all the blocks used in the vault and dome, as well as the walls of the bath. Once the concrete set, the molds were taken apart and discarded. The vaults and domes were then constructed from the blocks without the use of mortar. This was a huge accomplishment because every block was angled differently to fit securely. This was the most exciting project because it required half-scale modeling with common building materials. The concepts studied were further explored later in the semester to create a new structure.
Mold of Walls
Final Model and Additional Views
Roof Plan, Plumbing Plan and Axonometric Section
Material Section Through Baths
Study Models of Modern Bath
Site: Buffalo Marina
Models of Modern Bath
Modern Bath Buffalo, NY
The goal of this project is to design a modern bath house similar to that of the Ancient Romans. The bath is efficient because it draws water from the sewer systems in Buffalo and filters it so it can be reused in the Bath. The bath is docked at the marina and open to the public for recreational use. The challenge was in designing efficiently and using the Romans’ building techniques.
Modern Bath
In the second half of the Modern Bath project, the water used in is heated after it is filtered and circulates through the structure.
Modern Bath models in water Available sewer water plan for Downtown Buffalo
Connection Detail
Plan of bath and connection system
spring Freshman Design Studio Spring 2003 Instructor Mike Singh
Plan
Section
Study Models of Two Masses
North, South, West, East Elevations
Studio for a Sculptor This assignment originated from two masses that were to be joined together to create a living space. This studio combines two rectilinear shapes to create a workspace and a livings pace. The living area is placed high above the workspace to create a boundary where the sculptor can feel comfortable away from his/her work.
Axonometric Pencil Drawing of Construction
Models of Sculptor’s Studio
Plaster Cast Relief
Site Plan
Study Model of Shapes Created by Plaster Relief
Longitudinal Sections
Elevation
Plan
Villa for an Artist
This project developed from a Plaster Relief of a mechanical part. The study models that developed were extrusions of the mechanical part in three dimensions. The two spherical shapes came from the two hemispheres on either side of the study model. These shapes were then looked at as spaces to live in. The structure has only one floor for living. The unoccupied space is left open to give the feeling that the resident is protected by the structure but never touches it.
fall Freshman Design Studio Fall 2002 Professor Anthony Dong
Exercises in Repetition Everyday for almost three months, a picture was taken of a found object. The purpose of this was to take note of the way only the environment is constantly changing. A collapsible jig was needed to ensure that the pictures would be exactly the same as the ones that came before and after them. Thus, the only elements in the pictures that would change are the environment and/or any people.
Jig
Collapsed Jig
Exercises in understanding standard methods of drawing. Concentrating in TONES, SCALE, CONSTRUCTION, and REFINEMENT
Scale
Tonal
Refinement Tonal
Exploded Axonometric
Section Axonometric
Tonal Elevations
Art Gallery
Transverse Sections cut into 192 Pieces of chipboard. Every layer has to be different to allow light into the space. No artificial light is allowed to illuminate the space.
Section
Exploded Axonometric
Model of Art Gallery