ARCHITECTURE
projects University Design Collaborative Workspace Pittsburgh, PA Spring 2013 University Design Office Design System Integration Solar Panels Riverfront Design Atrium Spaces
think big urban planning Beechview, PA Fall 2012 Large Scale Housing Hillside Construction Community Development Urban Design Park Planning
Al Wakrah Pearling Museum Al Wakrah, Qatar Spring 2012 Heritage Preservation Museum Design Client- Architect Relationship Large Rood Structure Construction Coastline Development Hot Climate Building Design
Barcelona Multi-Generational Center Barcelona, Spain Fall 2011 Heritage Preservation Museum Design Client- Architect Relationship Large Rood Structure Construction Coastline Development Hot Climate Building Design
Pittsburgh Open Market Pittsburgh, PA Spring 2011 Construction Methods Large Roof Structures Green Roof Structures
Third Year Fall
Public Plazas
Street Corner Utilization Urban Revitalization
Institute at the CSO Chicago, IL Spring 2010 2010 Educational Design Waterfront Architecture Sustainable Design Rainwater Re-use
Second Year Spring
university design collaborative workspace Pittsburgh, PA Spring 2013
Energy Efficiency Using: Ventilated double facades Green roofs Greenery/Vines on the facades to shade in the summer and allow light in the summer Water collection streams and ponds PV Panels backed by the heating pipe system to draw energy in the winter Closed-loop system that draws water from the river
Water is drawn from the river in an open-loop, 2-pipe system that transfers heat from the water to the air. Once the air passes through the building the heat from the
Air>Water Heat Exchanger
air is harnessed using a heat
8.5’
exchanger and put back into the system.
18’ Circulation
Views to River
19’
Loboratories Radiant Heat Floor
Offices
Water > Water
Parking
Water > Air Pump Pump Filter
Water From the River
Heat Exchanger
9’
Building Systems Interior
Detail A 1:1/4”
Motorized Damper + Ventilation Insulated Glass Wall Radiant Floor Heating Water > Air Pipe System Heat pump takes in fresh air Acoustical Tile Ceiling Light Shelves channel southern light deeper into the space Light Shelves also house LED
Facade 1 Exterior Facade reads as floors, bringing attention to individual labs
2 Double-Pane Glass, double facade 3 Airspace used to control condensation on the glass Can be ventilated in the summer to reduce heat and sealed in the winter to retain heat from the southern facade.
4 Vines supported on the facade to shade in the summer and allow sun in the winter
lighting to light up facade at night
Interior
Detail B 1:1/4”
Radiant Floor Heating Roof 5th Floor
Acoustical Tile Ceiling Adjustable Height Lighting/ Plug Fixtures
4th Floor 18’ 3rd Floor 2nd Floor 1st Floor Ground Floor
Facade 1 Exterior Facade reads as one piece, floors do not read on the outside
2 Double-Pane Glass, double facade 3 Airspace used to control condensation on the glass. Using the vines and
Pin-Up Board Surfaces
the ventilated space in the summer to
on the Wall
reduce heat and sealed in the winter to
Open Floor Plan Furniture
retain heat from the northern facade
4 Vines supported on the facade to shade in the summer and allow sun in the winter
Daylight Systems The entire floor allows lighting to enter from both the northern and the southern facade. The laboratory and office partitions on the southern facade are made of glass and allow the light to penetrate through those spaces deep into the center of the building.
Section at 2nd Floor
The laboratories are double-height and the offices create a mezzanine toward the southern facade to ensure a maximum amount of northern light entering the laboratories,to ensure less glare in the work spaces. Glare is not as big of an issue in the public circulation space, which is why it is located on the south. It is contained by a large glass wall to ensure thorough day lighting at all times during the day. This is intended to be the most welcoming space where everyone in the building can meet and interact.
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atrium PuBlic circulation
Ecotect Daylight Levels Analysis 1”:50’
Winter sun
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Artificial Lighting Needs: Artificial Lighting will be needed during the daytime starting 50 feet into the space and after sunset for adequate working conditions to be met.
Offices Natural Lighting N Artificial Lighting Needs: The offices require limited task lighting during the day and full task lighting in the evening. Task lighting will accompany each desk individually.
Public Circulation Natural Lighting
Artificial Lighting Needs: Artificial lighting will be needed only in the evenings in the public circulation area. Lights will be located along the office wall on the northern side of the space and on the light shelves inside the double facade on the southern side of the space. Steward L. Brown Graduation Award Application | College of Fine Arts | Architecture | May 2013
Natural Ventilation Systems The double facade system on the north and on the south both have operable windows at the top and smaller operable openings at the bottom to manually control air flow through the spaces. The building will have an automated temperature detector and signs within the laboratories to inform occupants when they can open the windows. The garage door opening and doors are sealed from the double facade on the south but can also be opened to increased air flow through the laboratories.
Passive Mode For Natural Ventilation
Active Mode for Summer Cooling
Active Mode for Winter Heating
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Laboratory Facade Detail
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Natural ventilation Diagram: South Facade
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Steward L. Brown Graduation Award Application | College of Fine Arts | Architecture | May 2013
think big urban planning As part of an urban planning design studio my partner, Richman Neuman and I designed a range of commercial and residential units to fill a hillside in Beechview, PA around a nursing home. Through a thorough analysis of the public transportation, commercial and residential real estate in the area, and terrain analysis of the plots we determined that this arrangement of program is highly profitable to developers and beneficial to the neighboring residential and commercial neighborhoods.
Apartment Units Plan
Apartment Units Elevation
Apartment Units Perspective
Full Site Model
AL WAKRAH VILLAGE MUS
al wakrah al Wakrah village pearling museum AL WAKRAH VILLAGE MUSEUM Program Key
Offices/Workshops Commercial Religious Galleries Education Public Security/Storage
Strong Room
Historical Point of Entry
The reconstruction of the old village in Al Wakrah brought to light a deep desire to rediscover and embrace local heritage. In order to construct a contemporary art museum in the dense urban fabric of old Al Wakrah it was necessary to make certain substantial alterations. These alterations are made using a specific set of rules:
AGE MUSEUM
1. Keep all the liwan walls 2. Keep all the walls with windows/ and doors 3. Knock down all non-perimeter blank walls These permeable walls turn into ruins and become a unifying element throughout the museum. The small houses combined make large open-plan galleries whose circulation is guided using the kept walls, raised plenums for exhibits, and changes is light quality controlled by the ceiling plane. The roof plane is constructed using 4 modules each allowing a different kind of daylight, arranged responding to the program below.
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The new structure is entirely separate and distinct from the ruins within it. The outer skin contains all required mechanical systems to regulate the light, temperature and humidity, and is made of glass, concrete, and metal. The walls of the old village are retained in accordance with the space requirements of each exhibit. Certain heritage houses such as the Saad house, and Majlis, and the Althani House and Majlis are retained, to act as more accurate depictions of life in the old village and important historic landmarks. The main entrance of the museum begins underground, at the edge of the site and the visitor’s path meanders through all a series of galleries connected through a clear path and identified by the distinct roof plane, lighting, and hologram projections. The walk takes 30-45 minutes and culminates in the final gallery, once more descending into the ground, where the main exhibit is held.
Security Workshop The new structure is entirely separate and distinct from the ruins within it. The outer skin contains all required Golf the Cartlight, temperature and mechanical systems to regulate Parking humidity, and is made of glass, concrete, and metal. The walls of the old village are retained in accordance with the Lecture Hall space requirements of each exhibit. Certain heritage Museum Entrance houses such as the Saad house, and Majlis, and the Althani House and Majlis are retained, to act as more accurate depictions of life in the old village and important historic Site Entrance landmarks. The main entrance of the museum begins underground, at the edge of the site and the visitor’s path meanders through all a series of galleries connected a clear path and identified by the distinctMECHANIC roof ALthrough WAKRAH VILLAGE MUSEUM plane, lighting, and hologram projections. The walk takes 30-45 minutes and culminates in the final gallery, once more descending into the ground, where the main exhibit is held.
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SEUM LAND USE DIAGRAM
Storage A4
Workshop Storage
A6
A3
A5
A2
B6
B5
Museum CafĂŠ
VVIP Majlis
Golf Cart Parking A9 B7
A7
Museum Store
Library A8
Curator Offices
A1
B4
Educational Spaces
B3
B1
CAL SYSTEMS
B2
1 Skylights allow light into the gallery
spaces. The opacity of the glass controls the quality of light in the space.
Gallery Key A1 Natural History of Pearl Exhibit A2 Pearl Fishing and Diving Exhibit A3 Pearl Merchant Exhibit A4 Pearl in History Exhibit A5 Mother of Pearl Exhibit A6 Cultured Pearl Exhibit A7 Temporary Gallery A8 Pearling Boat Exhibit A9 The Jewel
Heritage Haritage House Key B1 Al Khater House B2 Al Khater Mosque B3 Al Thani Amara B4 Majid Bin Saad House B5 Rashid Bin Saad House B6 Al Saad Mosque and Majlis B7 Al Saad Amara
2 Sand is collected by the roof to be
cleaned easily.
3 Mechanized pulleys and cables
control the height of the roof fabric to allow flexibility in the space. 1
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1. Site mo 2. Al Saad 3. Final D 4. Interior
4 4 Operable louvres allow breeze intake to
pull the heated air out of the building and cool the roof in the summer.
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5 ETFE membrane allows visible light
through while protecting from UV light reaching the exhibits. It is fireproof and porous in selective areas to allow warm air to travel through upward.
6 Intake for
Air-conditioning
7 Air is cooled in the courtyard plenums
through radiant cooling.
Steward L. Brown Graduation Award Application | College of Fine Arts | Architecture | May 2013
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AL WAKRAH VILLAGE MUSEUM PROGRA
Main entrance “airlocks can be a signal, repetitive architectural gesture”
“Large introduction room where visitors will be surrounded by several thousand specimens of shells”
“Dramatic installation based on the water-light effect”
“4 Touch-screen tables” “Superb terrestrial globe by Coronelli” “In all seas, from North Pole to South Pole, in all fresh waters, live 50,000 Species of molluscs with shells. All of them can produce pearls!”
“Microscopes give the possibility for the visitor to see inside the pearls”
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Al Saad house, a public square and part of the pearl merchant collection of the museum
Library and educational spaces
“Suspended hanging nets from the Ceiling to show how cultivated oysters grow underwater” Flexible temporary exhibit space
AMATIC PLAN
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AL WAKRAH VILLAGE MUSEUM SECTION BB “Diver with his tools” “3 Large TV screens placed on the
“Piles of shells to representing the number of oysters that need to be JSYRH MR SVHIV XS ½RH SRI TIEVP² 3 “magic diorama” rooms “Renaissance gallery containing portraits and vintage documents”
“Piles of shells from Oceania” “room for pearl-diving songs” Al Saad house connected to Pearl Merchant exhibit “Full room multimedia world map and movie” “Series of standing cases showing Examples of pearls from the antiquity until 1600”
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“Robe of pearls” “Series of photographs, mostly portraits as examples of extravagance”
“Original workshop from a mother-ofpearl inlays maker” “Mikimoto jewellery at the heart of the multimedia pearl cultivation exhibit”
“Animated world map”
“Endless buckets of pearls illusion”
Steward L. Brown Graduation Award Application | College of Fine Arts | Architecture | May 2013
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multi-generational community center
Barcelona Multi-Generational Center Barcelona, Spain Fall 2011
Tasked with creating a housing complex for the
elderly in the up and coming tech neighborhood of Barcelona, after research of the neighborhood, it was clear that a multigenerational center would benefit the entire community. The ground floor consists of a day care for the professionals in the area to drop off their children while they work, and the first floor has technology classrooms for students from the nearby university to help the elderly learn new technologies and create multi-generational interactions within the community that benefit everyone. Similarly, the daycare is an opportunity for the elderly of the community to volunteer their time with children when they desire. The entire perimeter of each floor consists of balcony, which is a continuous public space for the residents and staff to interact, and creates a permeable facade into the neighborhood, even for the residents that may not be physically capable of walking out and around. The plaza on the block acts as a public park, complete with handicap accessible ramps and playground for children.
The apartments are high-efficiency, designed for single seniors
or
possibly
elderly
couples whose children have moved out. The circulation core acts a social space, connecting
community
spaces such as laundry and dining.
east liberty market hall This building aims to create a landmark that is memorable and draws people to it. The space captures the feeling of an open air market which can easily transform to an outdoor market completely. It should afford the vendors freedom to orient their booths and have different sized booths with a variety of uses and products. Equally importantly, the space should be clean and easy for the customers to navigate through while encouraging customers to stay and shop.
The roof of the market hall consists of a membrane held by four angled poles in compression. These poles are held up by cables connected to the exterior steel arcade. The arcade delineates the transition between interior and exterior in the winter and creates a more smooth transition in the warmer months when the market hall is completely open creating a market plaza. The membrane roof creates four distinct hubs of activity while still providing the customers with a clear understanding of the entire market hall. The cafe branches off from the market hall and opens up to the south-facing court-yard occupied outdoor vendors and cafe tables. The cafe acts as a barrier between the public market-hall and the private office spaces which are also protected by a lush garden scape at the sidewall level. The offices, though they have access to the public courtyard, also have access to the green-roof garden where more private community events can be held.
The market-hall is intended to be completely different from the big-box grocery stores and the Target which is being constructed right across the street. It responds directly to the mom & pop shops along Penn Avenue, and customers should be able to drop in and grab a snack or trinket while waiting at one of the many bus-stops near by.
institute at the chicago symphony orchestra
Third Ye
ear Fall
Second Year Spring
Second Year Fall Building Mission Statement
The intent of the Institute at the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra is to allow public access to music and create intrigue. The lobby , resource center and grand circulation staircase are on the corner of Adams and along Wabash enclosed by a thin translucent layer of steel and glass structure, allowing for visual access from both streets. This achieves a few goals- it provides the passer-by with an understanding of the functions and layout of the building and a rich transition experience from the street to inside the institute. The core contains the theater, classrooms, offices, gallery, and all mechanical and storage spaces. These spaces are more removed from the streets in order to focus more on the functions within the spaces, the music, the art, and the performers.
The main staircase acts as more than just
a means to move between the levels; it acts as a social area where all different kinds of people can meet and interact with one another. Students, families, performers, teachers, and employees all cross paths at the grand staircase. The staircase is customized from floor to floor in order to create specific spacial and visual connections to the city and to the rest of the building. This public space will encourage interaction for the users among each other, as well as interaction with the urban landscape that they would not have otherwise.
Lito Karatsoli-Chanikian lito@litokc.com 518-409-0226