ARCH 8510
STUDIO PORTFOLIO
ELIZABETH COONEY
ELIZABETH COONEY UNDERGRADUATE:
I am a student, a designer, a dancer, and an artist. From the beginning I have always held an interest in the arts and the built environment, and I have passionately pursued the architectural discipline for its tectonic and social potential. Currently I am earning my M.Arch at Clemson University, with a specialization in Digital Ecologies. I am interested in developing an architectural interface that is intelligent, responsive, and environmentally responsible.
THE STUDENT
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY B.A. ARCHITECTURE MINOR: SPANISH
GRADUATE:
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY CLEMSON UNIVERSITY M.ARCH
CERTIFICATE OF DIGITAL ECOLOGIES
RELATED EXPERIENCE Watershed Studio Architecture, LLC
(Summer 2010) Research Assitant: Mark Linder, Syracuse University (2012-2013) Graduate Assitant: Dr. Dina Battisto, Clemson University (2013-2014)
ABOUT ME
The studio was team-taught by four professors: Dustin Albright, Dan Harding, Ufuk Ersoy, and Carlos Barrios.
THE STUDIO
The work within this portfolio contains all of the projects from my first studio course taken at Clemson University (Fall 2013). ARCH 8510 is technically the third semester of the M.Arch curriculum, however, I was granted advanced placement into the 2-year track.
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KIRIGAMI HOUSE
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HAIKU HOUSE - POROSITY
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LIGHT-EMITTING SOUND BAFFLE
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HAIKU HOUSE - POROSITY (revisited)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
My place of respite Bent and punctured, this shell Exchange with neighbors
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KIRIGAMI HOUSE
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THE KIRIGAMI HOUSE Based upon Robert Frost’s poem, “The Mending Wall,” the notion of the home is one of privacy, as well as neighborly interaction. The landscape of the home folds together to harbor the interior shelter of living space. As an integrated entity to its surroundings, the boundaries of the home are punctured and bent to provide visual and spatial intersections between interior and exterior habitats.
LEFT: PAPER-CUTTING FILE
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CORNER A
CORNER B
CORNER C
CORNER D
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The spirit passes lightly through the porous hearth, blurring boundaries.
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HAIKU HOUSE - POROSITY
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The Haiku House recognizes the important of prexisting conditions, and encourages the user to actively integrate his or herself with the environment. The porous boundaries between interior and exterior, the collective and private, blur the boundaries between habitats, while mainting a sense of security where necessary. Porosity engages with the architecture to produce a phenomenological, experiential connection with the inhabitants, through the manipulation of spatial sequences and visual axes. Porosity alters the way of living by removing the closed shell of a home.
UNDERSTAND POROSITY A holistic look at the relationship between spaces.
How do inter-room connections affect the decompression of space?
POROSITY
ROCESS
The relationship of spaces shows a gradient of public to private spatial sequences. Walls running along the east-west axis provide porosity relative to the context, visually and spatially. Walls in the north-south axis provide porosity relative to circulation, as well
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UNDERSTAND POROSITY UNDERSTAND POROSITY
REFINE POROSITY A holistic look at the POROSITY REFINE
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REFINE POROSITY
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6 The relationship of spaces shows a gradient of public to private spatial sequences.
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6 The relationship of spaces shows a gradient of public to private spatial sequences.
The relationship of spaces 6 The relationship of spaces shows a gradient of shows a gradient of public to private spatial public to private spatial sequences. sequences. Walls running along the Walls running along the east-west axis provide east-west axis provide5 8 4 porosity relative to porosity relative to the context, visually the context, visually and spatially. Walls in and spatially. Walls in the north-south axis the north-south axis provide porosity relative provide porosity relative to circulation, as well to circulation, as well as provide utility use for as provide utility use for occupancy 7 comfort. occupancy comfort. NORTHWEST ELEVATION: ENTRANCE
1/8” = 1’
Walls4 running along the 5 east-west axis provide 8 porosity relative to the context, visually and spatially. Walls in the north-south axis provide porosity relative to circulation, as well 7 use for as provide utility NORTHWEST occupancy comfort. ELEVATION: ENTRANCE
Walls running along the 8 east-west axis provide porosity relative to the context, visually and spatially. Walls in the north-south axis provide porosity relative to circulation, as well as provide utility use for occupancy comfort. ELEVATION: ENTRANCE NORTHWEST
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A holistic look at the A holistic look at the relationship between relationship between spaces. spaces.
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relationship between spaces.
A holistic look at the relationship between spaces.
REFINE POROSITY AUTUMN
A holistic look at the relationship between spaces.
REFINE POROSITY
REFINE POROSITY
UNDERSTAND POROSITY
UNDERSTAND POROSITY
How do inter-room connections affect the decompression of space?
PROCESS
WALLS
UNDERSTAND How do inter-room connections affect the decompression of space?
Which rooms feed Building is oriented so that its other parts of the longitudinal axis points slightly program? northwest of due north. This positioning captures the most regurlar winds year-round.
IDEAL ORIENTATION
DEFINE Which rooms feed other parts of the program?
Dogtrot System
DEFINE WALLS DIAGRAM: Seasonal Wind Patterns
PROCESS
ABOVE: Night vs. Day Environmental Qualities Exterior view
Dogtrot System
DIAGRAM: Seasonal Wind Patterns
Building is oriented so that its longitudinal axis points slightly
DEFINE WALLS
House is split into DEFINE CONNECTIONS four components, separated by a dogtrot.
IDEAL ORIENTATION
ARCH 8510| Fall 2013 STUDENT 1G
GRID
DEFINE HOME COMPONENTS House is split into four components, separated by a dogtrot.
DEFINE HOME COMPONENTS
DEFINE WALLS Dogtrot System
Which rooms feed How do inter-room DIAGRAM: Seasonal Wind Patterns other parts of the connections affect program? Building is oriented so that its the decompression of longitudinal axis points slightly space? northwest of due north. This positioning captures the most regurlar winds year-round.
PROCESS PROCESS
DEFINE CONNECTIONS
House is split into four components, separated by a dogtrot.
ABOVE: Night vs. Day Environmental Qualities Exterior view
DEFINE CONNECTIONS
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The spirit passes, lightly through the porous hearth, blurring boundaries.
DEFINE HOME COMPONENTS
PorousHome
GRID
IDEAL ORIENT
CONCEPT
WINTER
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1/8” = 1’ FLOOR PLAN 1/8” = 1’
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(porous living), a comfortable living environment by implementing many techniques to control heat and humidity, as well as provide functionality in the wall system. The main physical components of the concept entail: Dogtrot Vernacular, Porous/Operable Wall System, Suntube Skylights. These pieces pertain to systems that are either “responsive to solar conditions,” or “responsive to wind conditions.”
Dogtrot System
IDEAL ORIENTATION
DIAGRAM: Seasonal Wind Patterns Building is oriented so that its longitudinal axis points slightly northwest of due north. This positioning captures the most regurlar winds year-round.
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Systems responsive to solar conditions Passive heating and cooling, natural daylight.
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SUM MER
Systems responsive to wind conditions: Natural venthilation, Humidity control
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AUTUMN
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WINTER
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FLOOR PLAN
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FLOOR PLAN 1/8” = 1’
NORTHWEST ELEVATION: ENTRANCE 1/8” = 1’
SOUTHWEST ELEVATION: POROUS WALLS 1/8” = 1’
1- Outdoor Eating 2- Kitchen 3- Living Room 4- Interior Deck 5- Public Bathroom 6- Bedroom #1 7- Bedroom #2 8- Master Bedroom 9- Master Bathroom 10- Private Deck
BOUNDARIES MEADOW SITE
Blurred edge conditions marked by forest boundary. The Haiku House nestlies within this ecotone, moving spatially from public to pirvate.
RENDER: CHILDRENS’ BEDROOM MODULE
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WALL SECTION: POROUS OPERABLE WALL
SECTION: TRANSVERSE
HOME AS PROTOTYPE ARCH 8510| Fall 2013 STUDENT 1G
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FOUNDATIONS: On-site. Continuous Wall Footings are poured with columns that support the modular rooms. Continuous pressured treated plates span the longitudinal axis of the framework.
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DECKING: On-site. Decking and Boardwalks are supported by joists, connecting the separate modules.
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MODULES: Off-site. Each room is pre-fabricated before being brought to the construction site. Modules use light wood framing, clad with gypsum board on the utility walls and operable curtain walls on the por ous walls.
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ROOF: Off-site. 5V Crimp metal panels, pre-painted white for reflectivity and energy savings, are cut off-site. They are then assembled, along with the suntubes on-site, upon pre-fabricated monoslope wooden trusses.
ASSEMBLY
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EVENING
AFTERNOON 3
MODULE EXPLOSION MORNING
DIAGRAM: Master Bedroom Sun Stu 2
Each room is a separate module that has all pre-fabricated and assembled off-site, while a team simultaneously builds the foundations modules to be attached to. 1
Porous Wall
The modules are composed of light wood gypsum board on the utility walls (for econo while the porous walls are made of operable aluminum perforated panels as sun-shading.
WALL SECTION: STANDARD POROUS-WALL CONSTRUCTION 3/4” = 1’
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Suntube Skylights
PRODUCT EXAMPLE: “Sun Dome Tubular Skylights” Source: http://www.sun-dome.com/tubular_skylight_features.html
POLYCARBONATE 0.125” CLEAR DOME 0.040” ALUMINUM ROOF FLASHING 2-1/2” S.S. FLASHING SCREWS ROOFING CEMENT EXISTING ROOF MATERIAL + PLYWOOD SHEATHING ROOF TRUSS ROUGH-CUT HOLE IN ROOF, 1/2” LARGER THAN THE MARKED HOLE
TOP ADJUSTABLE TUBE
EXTENSION TUBE
BOTTOM ADJUSTABLE TUBE CEILING MATERIAL CEILING ANCHORS 1” CEILING SCREWS (ZINC) CEILING SCREW CAPS
“SUN DOME TUBULAR SKYLIGHT” DETAIL 3/4” = 1’
SECTION: LONGITUDINAL
MORNING
DIAGRAM: Daily Sun Study Summer Solstice
EVENING
MIDDAY
RENDER: MASTER BEDROOM MODULE
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Fiber optics have a wide variety of applications, and are highly researched in areas for new sustainable technologies. In architectural applications, fiber optics have the capability to transmit light from within or form one side of a unit to another. Programmed electrical devices that are resposive to exterior conditions can control fiber optics to provide creative sustainable solutions. VIBRATION-SENSITIVE CONCRETE Piezoelectric sensors placed within the concrete unit have the ability to detect vibrations from passing traffic. Programming the units to emit light once vibrations exceed a particular threshold can help reduce costs for exterior lighting and “light pollution.�
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LIGHT-EMITTING SOUND BAFFLE
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THE UNIT
SIDE ELEVATION 1” = 1’
FACE ELEVATION 1” = 1’
3’
POUR 1
3’
Fiber Optics
POUR 2
The unit must be cast in two separate pours. Pour 1: Embed fibers perpendicular to face. Pour concrete halfway and let cure.
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Pour 2: Gather fibers and redirect ends into electrical wiring cavity. Place PVC piping. Pour concrete into the rest of the LED CIRCUITRY formwork. After the second pour has cured, place rest of electrical wiring and circuitry system into the PVC enclosure (wiring cavity).
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CIRACUITRY SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM PVC Enclosure
LED
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Material Barrier
Reflective Lining
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This examples shows how a vibrationsensitive wall could work. Piezoelectric Vibration sensors can detect minute or large vibrations passing through the wall, and send the signal to an LED once the reading has passed a preordained threshold. The light from the LED can then be transmitted through the concrete wall, illuminating the exterior space.
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eflective Lining
The capacity for electrical wiring embedded in the concrete, with the addition of light-transmitting fiber optics provideds countless opportunities for “smart walls.”
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PWM
220 RESISTOR
PWM
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LED
This would be a sustainable application for exterior lighting at train stations. The walls could detect when people are passing by the building, and illuminate the space only when necessary--reducing costs for exterior lighting.
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Schematic drawing derived from: http://www.learningaboutelectronics.com/Articles/How-to-build-atouch-sensor-circuit
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THE PROCESS
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POUR ROCK-ITE
PRODUCT
BASE
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CLAY/TACKY LAYER
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FORMWORK BODY
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MESH
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FIBER OPTICS
FORMWORK
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TESSELATIONS A- TRANSLATION
E- MIRROR + TRANSLATE + MIRROR (H ONLY)
B- MIRROR
F- TRANSLATE + MIRROR + TRANSLATE (H ONLY)
2-D Wallpapers
C- MIRROR (H) + TRANSLATE (V)
D- MIRROR (V) + TRANSLATE (H)
G- MIRROR + TRANSLATE + MIRROR (V ONLY)
H- TRANSLATE + MIRROR + TRANSLATE (V ONLY)
I- MIRROR 3 QUADRANTS+ TRANSLATE 1 (VERSION 1 OF 4)
I- MIRROR 3 QUADRANTS+ TRANSLATE 1 (VERSION 2 OF 4)
I- MIRROR 3 QUADRANTS+ TRANSLATE 1 (VERSION 3 OF 4)
I- MIRROR 3 QUADRANTS+ TRANSLATE 1 (VERSION 4 OF 4)
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A The unit is essentially a concrete masonry unit which is embedded with fiber optics to transmit light, and has a relief on the face that will create a variety of 2-dimensional tesselations when it is either A) translated, or B) rotated.
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The spirit passes lightly through the porous hearth, blurring boundaries.
[REVISITED]
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HAIKU HOUSE - POROSITY
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ARCHITECTURE
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APPLIANCES
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ENGINEERING
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AFFORDABILITY
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ENERGY BALANCE
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MARKETING
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OCCUPANT COMFORT
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BRANDING/ COMMUNICATION
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ENTERTAINMENT
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HOT WATER PRODUCTION
PRIORITIES
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SOLAR DECATHLON HOME
• Passive Techniques for Energy Efficiency • Environmentally-Integrated Living • Occupant Interaction with Space
Located in the Piedmont
Lowlands part of a plateau region called the Piedmont Province. This region stretches along the eastern coast between New Jersey and Alabama, bordered by the Appalachian Mountain Chain to the west and the Coastal Plains towards the east. The terrain is marked by “foothills,” low, rolling hills with elevations between 200 ft-800 ft. and 1000 ft.
MEADOW SITE - CLEMSON, SC
PROCESS
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The Haiku House recognizes the importance of prexisting conditions, and encourages the user to actively integrate his or herself with the environment. The porous boundaries between interior and exterior, the collective and private, blur the boundaries between habitats while mainting a sense of security where necessary. Porosity engages with the architecture to produce a phenomenological, experiential connection with the inhabitants, through the manipulation of spatial sequences and visual axes. Porosity alters the way of living by removing the closed shell of a home.
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POROSITY
DIAGRAM: SEASONAL WINDS + IDEAL ORIENTATION
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How do inter-room connections affect the decompression of space?
The relationship of spaces shows a gradient of publc to private spatial sequences.
Least Ambient Light Least Porous Private
Entrance Ramp Entrance Deck Kitchen Outdoor Living + Dogtrot #1 Living Bathroom Laundry Bedroom Dogtrot #2 Master Bedroom Master Bathroom Rear Entrance
LIGHT GRADIENT POROSITY GRADIENT PRIVACY GRADIENT
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Most Ambient Light Most Porous Collective
FLOOR PLAN: LAYOUT + WIND INTERACTION 1/4” = 1’
SOUTHWEST ELEVATION
NORTHWEST ELEVATION
The relationship of spaces shows a gradient of public to private spatial sequences. Walls running along the eastwest axis provide porosity relative to the context, visually and spatially. Wall in the north-south axis provide porosity relative to circulation, as well as provide utility use for occupancy comfort. ELEVATIONS BELOW: SOUTHEAST ELEVATION
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Suntube Skylights
PRODUCT EXAMPLE: “Sun Dome Tubular Skylights” Source: http://www.sun-dome.com/tubular_skylight_features.html
POLYCARBONATE 0.125” CLEAR DOME 0.040” ALUMINUM ROOF FLASHING ROOFING CEMENT EXISTING ROOF MATERIAL + PLYWOOD SHEATHING ROOF TRUSS ROUGH-CUT HOLE IN ROOF, 1/2” LARGER THAN THE MARKED HOLE
TOP ADJUSTABLE TUBE
EXTENSION TUBE
BOTTOM ADJUSTABLE TUBE CEILING MATERIAL CEILING ANCHORS 1” CEILING SCREWS (ZINC) CEILING SCREW CAPS
Polycarbonate Light Diffuser
“SUN DOME TUBULAR SKYLIGHT” DETAIL 3/4” = 1’
STRATEGIES
2-1/2” S.S. FLASHING SCREWS
The design focuses on making the original schematic concept (porous living), a comfortable living environment by implementing many techniques to control heat and humidity, as well as provide functionality in the wall system. The main physical components of the concept entail: Dogtrot Vernacular, Porous/Operable Wall System, Suntube Skylights. These pieces pertain to systems that are either “responsive to solar conditions,” or “responsive to wind conditions.”
Systems responsive to solar conditions
Systems responsive to wind conditions
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HOME AS PROTOTYPE
ARCH ASSEMBLY 8510| Fall 2013 DIAGRAM: EXPLOSION STUDENT
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FOUNDATIONS: On-site. Continuous Wall Footings are poured with columns that support the modular rooms. Continuous pressured treated plates span the longitudinal axis of the framework.
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DECKING: On-site. Decking and Boardwalks are supported by joists, connecting the separate modules.
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MODULES: Off-site. Each room is pre-fabricated before being brought to the construction site. Modules use light wood framing, clad with gypsum board on the utility walls and operable curtain walls on the por ous walls.
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ROOF: Off-site. 5V Crimp metal panels, pre-painted white for reflectivity and energy savings, are cut off-site. They are then assembled, along with the suntubes on-site, upon pre-fabricated monoslope wooden trusses.
ASSEMBLY ASSEMBLY
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EVENING
AFTERNOON 3
DIAGRAM: SIMPLE MODULE EXPLOSION
MODULE EXPLOSION MORNING
DIAGRAM: Master Bedroom Su 2
Each room is a separate module that ha pre-fabricated and assembled off-site, wh team simultaneously builds the founda modules to be attached to. 1
Porous Wall
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WALL SECTION: STANDARD POROUS-WALL CONSTRUCTION
Separate Kitchen
KITCHEN AND DINING: Adjacent to “Front� entrance 7:00 AM - Summer Solstice
Each room is a separate module that has all of its components pre-fabricated and assembled off-site, while another construction team simultaneously builds the foundations and rails for the modules to be attached to. The modules are composed of light wood framing, clad by gypsum board on the utility walls (for economy and flexibility), while the porous walls are made of operable curtain walls with aluminum perforated panels as sun-shading. 37
LONGITUDINAL SECTION: Spatial Sequences
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Porous Wall
WALL SECTION: STANDARD POROUS-WALL CONSTRUCTION 3/4” = 1’
INSULATION CEILING MATERIAL
1/2” GYPSUM
0.32” PANEL
ALUMINUM
OPERABLE INSULATED GLASS CURTAIN WALL
PERFORATED (MANUFACTURED BY ZAHNER)
PLYWOOD SHEATHING PLYWOOD SHEATHING MODULE FLOOR STRUCTURE CONTINUOUS PRESSURE-TREATED PANEL CONTINUOUS WALL FOUNDATION
TRANSVERSE SECTION: Porous Walls + Utility Walls
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LIVING
Indoor Living
LIVING ROOM - Adjacent to bathroom and two small bedrooms 1:30 PM - Summer Solstice
Outdoor Living
OUTDOOR DINING: Adjacent to Living room and Kitchen 5:30 PM - Summer Solstice
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CONTACT
ELIZABETH COONEY 119 FERN CIRCLE CLEMSON, SC 29631 ECOONEY@G.CLEMSON.EDU 803.448.9222
THANK YOU.