laura schmitz
Laura Schmitz: undergraduate portfolio 1423 Parker Blvd. Buffalo, NY 14223 716. 390. 1913 lschmitz@buffalo.edu University at Buffalo 112 Hayes Hall 3435 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14214-3097
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House For An Athlete
Ascention
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Excavation
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Wall
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Lift: The Triangler
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Fort Niagara Visitor’s Center
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Mosque: Shifted Center
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Market: Adjacencies
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Transportation Interchange + Traiathlon Training Center: Transitions
Dencity: Access to Ground page 72
Pet Hotel
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Construction Drawings: Kitsap County Administration Building
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Drawing Barcelona
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Hinge House
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WPA2.0: Cultivating Convergences
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Bat House
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house for an athlete A piece of performance footwear, observed and described through a series of drawings. An understanding of the way that the equipment has been designed to accommodate both the body and the activity was reached. A measuring device was designed and created using x-y-z coordinates. Adjustable horizontal, vertical, sliding and rotating members measured distances and angles within the shoe. 4
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From these measurements, section cuts and a plan were used to create an axonometric drawing and wire model. Through cutting the shoe, its method of construction is revealed in the layering and stitching of materials. 7
The performance of the shoe put in motion by the body was documented. ! " # # # $ Using points and lines, this recorded information was translated into a path that framed the motion of the body through time, operating formally through release and constraint as the working muscles extend and contract.
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Systematic documentation revealed the changing curves ot the working muscles’ expansion and contraction as they propel the body into motion.
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Each frame of motion was then structured around the skeletal joints. These depict a changing form which alternates between constraining and releasing the free motion of the body.
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House for Performance Training: Softball A house was designed to intensify the athlete’s training and accomodate interaction between athlete and trainer. The house was constructed as an intervention on a given site that incorporates the elements and nature of softball in the athlete’s path through her daily training and lifestyle habits. 12
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ascension Within a 20’ cube, a program was designed to elevate a viewer 10’ above the ground to a look-out station. A series of volumetric shifts determined the viewer’s experience approaching the cube and their circulation throughout it.
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proposed 1:1 construction: 2x4 wood frame
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excavation Through a process of excavation, a 20’cube of earth was designed to lower a visitor12’ below the ground into a secluded room.
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wall A single concrete masonry unit was designed based on a given letter of the alphabet. Once the unit was designed, a two-part rubber mold was created. Plaster units were then mass produced from this mold. The unit was designed to stack in three dimensions to create a wall that included a corner, a door way and a seat.
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T r i a n g l lift: the triangler Fullscale Group Project
Our group was challenged to lift a person in the air 6’ using only 2 x 4 lumber and rope. All six members of the group orchestrate the act of lifting. The body begins in a low space enclosed by the triangluated structure. Three team members pull ropes that lower the three triangles and propel the body upward. Three other tema members place a fourth triangluar frame that holds this position such that the body can remain lifted without the other members’ strength.
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fortifying space In the English motte and bailey castle, Pleshey, " / # / " $ Earth was strategically displaced to create voids by moving solids to form protective ridges and ditches which control the method of approach and entry. By changing the contours of the land, the ability of a body to maneuver them and travel through the space was decreased. Exploration through drawing shows the way in which the circular geometry in the positive and " J " $
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experiencing space Alterations of existing site conditions were common Pleshey and Fort Niagara. Both heightened the effects of typical body and ground interactions by creating extreme topographical conditions. Photographic documentation of a section cut through Fort Niagara's site created a cinematic J / book. This enabled an isolation and analysis of the changing conditions of the relationship between body, horizon and ground plane and an exploration of how these three elements become reference points for one's orientation in space.
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body/ground/horizon body: constantly vertical ground: representative of the actual topography horizon: contantly horizontal
The bodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spatial experience relies on the stable force of gravity, and its relationshop to the changing ground plane and constant horizon. When relationships amongst these components are challenged, spatial experiences and perceptions can be further recognized and emphasized.
body: changing orientation based on ground plane ground: shifted to connect by its edge within the photos horizon: contantly changing due to photo shifts
body: constantly perpindicular to horizon ground: rotated to be constantly horizontal horizon: shifted orientation based on rotated ground
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designing space The projection of planes created by critical points of change in the topography creates a volume that challenges existing relationships of body, horizon, and ground plane. The sequential path through the programmatic elements of a Visitor's Center at the present day fort focus on ascent, descent, conditions of above and below ground, and access to views outside. The volume's path is an extension with which it integrates below, through, above, around, and over the topography. As one travels through the Visitor's Center, one is exposed to the fort's history as well as its heightened spatial experiences.
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Mosque: Shifted Center " ; " % In the precedents studied, the perfect symmetry of the sphere is disrupted by shifting its center in order to direct circulation, spatial organization and perception of the environment.
Because Mecca acts as the spiritual center of the Muslim world, the center of the spherical Earth is shifted such that one point on its periphery becomes the core of a coexisting spiritually organized Earth.
These two spheres are grounded based on their orientation to the actual Earth, such that Buffalo is perpendicular to the ground plane and the simultaneously peripheral and core point faces Mecca.
mediates oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s transitional circulation from the exterior world to an interior prayer space with its point of focus on Mecca at its center interacting with the directionality of the point of focus of the actual city of Mecca.
# geographic organization. Each operation of the mosque is a reaction to this shifted center, and on the principles by which each sphere operates. It radiates from his point further onto the surrounding site, reconstructing the landscape to operate in relationship to its core ,
extruding from the actual Earth and forming around the shifted center. Pushing out from the center, the mosque expands when additional space is needed. As it expands outwards, it mediates between the relationships of the two scales. 43
Investigating the Sphere
The ideas of unity, centrality, equality, continuity, and symmetry inherent to the geometric properties of the sphere are disrupted when its center is shifted.
What if Mecca was at the center of the
Earth?
Investigating the Mosque
Earth reoriented to show the relationship of the given site at Buffalo to the city of Mecca, the center of the Muslim spiritual world. The rotated Earth shown in relationship to the additon of a second sphere designed with Mecca at its center.
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Expansive nature of the mosque from its center
Expansion of the mosque over time
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Library Expansion
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market DWKNV CFLCEGPEKGU UQEKCN EQPUGSWGPEGU QH CFLCEGPEKGU UVTKR FKUVTKEV RKVVUDWTIJ RC
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canopy " [ pattern an arrangement of repeated or corresponding parts, decorative motifs, etc. adjacency the attribute of being so near as to be touching
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rotation of volumetric program
adopted master plan for site
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When formal moves create new programmatic adjacencies, what kinds of social passings, exchanges and avoidances occur?
dialogue between built and social adjacencies
built adjacencies
intersection
How do choices of lighting, materials, program and structure create varying moments of adjacencies that effect social conditions within the market space?
What happens when people enter the market site? how do they circulate? what spaces do they occupy? how much time do they spend there?
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T R A N S I T THROUGH SPACE AND T IME SITE- BUFFALO, NY I-190 OVERPASS, TRAIN STATION / +TRANSPORTATION INTERCHANGE + SPORTS FACILITY
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LAYERED PROGRAM
layers within the facility enable vertical transitions between multiple overlapping programs to create a vertical density of motion
Geometries of motion are derived from dimensions of transportation vehicles, such as the turning radius of a bus
HIGHWAY + PASSENGER TRAIN + LIGHT RAIL
CAFE + THERMAL BATH
Threshold: over/under/through light/shadow on/off
Threshold: dry/wet steps down/into material change
HIGHWAY + BICYCLE PARKING
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Threshold: locked/unlocked speeds transportation/recreation
HIGHWAY + SKATE PARK + BICYCLE RACKS Threshold: bike/walk/skate up/down on/off
maximizing the speed of the body during transitions from swimming through water, cylcing around a velodrome and running around a track
TRIATHLON TRAINING
SWIM [transition] CYCLE [transition] RUN The facility is designed to enable transitions in speeds and media of movement by strategically "# " " /
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<< the site inspires interaction of multiple motions at different levels and scales
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UP DOWN UP UP DOW ENTER/EXIT SITE BY ROAD, THEN RAMP: BICYCLING, WALKING
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mechanical services traveling vertically through levels: air, water, + power
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apartment complex / buffalo, ny
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B Habitation: ACCESS TO GROUND Laura Schmitz ARC 403 Fall 2010 Professor: Sergio Lopez-Piñeiro
Composting Opportunities in the City of Buffalo
Delaware Park and Forest Lawn Cemetary plant materials
Buffalo Reuse has tried small scale outdoor composting from neighborhood donations City Residents can contribute their waste for compost
Surrounding businesses such as Lexington Co-Op and Spot Coffee have contributed to compost in past
Site of Apartment Building
Buffalo Central Terminal Experimental composting since “October Storm” provided wood chip supply
Public Library
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Summer Solstice at Noon Path of Sun on Winter Solstice at Noon
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Sustainable Composting
First Floor Plan: Indoor Public Composting Facility lobby, mail
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compost piles
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Southern Light for Gardens
summer shading on Southern facade
summer sun
compost used in gardens to enrich soil
kitchen food scraps and garden clippings separated and deposited to composting system by occupants
autumn/spring sun
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compost ventilation
organic waste from local public and businesses
organic waste composted indoors on site year round
compost purchased by public, promotes local growing
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Local Sources of Compost:
Site: Buffalo, NY
Turning Garbage into Ground
Sustainable Water Use
Shredded Paper from Offices
Coffee Grounds from Coffee Shop
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Sustainable Materials and Construction
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Fallen Leaves from Park
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concrete slabs made from recycled aggregate
gardens waterd by rainwater collection and naturally filtered greywater heavy northern insulation from recycled material
Garden Trimmings from Library
Local Sources of Compost: Turning Garbage into Ground Site: Buffalo, NY
outdoor second floor terraces in 1 and 3 bedroom apartments units
water jet system to periodically cleanse waste shutes
outdoor gardening allows for natural fertilization and pest control
Waste Reduction less energy used to transport waste to landfill
compost ventilation
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Habitation: ACCESS TO GROUND Laura Schmitz ARC 403 Fall 2010 Professor: Sergio Lopez-Piñeiro
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81 slice model 1/4” = 1’-0”
Section Details
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10 10 Roof and Water Collection site-cast two-way flat slab with tensile reinforcement
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site-cast reinforced concrete half-wall Rigid Batt Insulation vapor barrier concrete topping drain pipe
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8 Exterior Residential Terrace two-way flat slab with tensile reinforcement Rigid Batt Insulation vapor barrier concrete topping Railing
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Pet Hotel
Parc de Joan Miro Barcelona, Spain Study Abroad Summer 2010
Within the public park in Barcelona, a hotel for pets was designed to host the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s animals for short periods of time. Each type of animal necessitated their own division of space to ensure comfort and eliminate stress. Cross-circulation enabled the care-giving staff to access each animal area as well as the vet clinic. The pet hotel extended horizontally from the corner of the city block into the existing public park through outstretched " < landscape out of the ground. Animals could exercise and children and park-goers could enjoy the company of the pet hotel guests.
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corner condition of park and its circulation paths
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Drawing Barcelona Semester Abroad Summer 2010 Spain This is a personal description of the city as I understood it from sitting on the street and drawing from observation its small details and larger themes.
Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona Plaça dels Àngels El Raval, Ciutat Vella
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Barcelona covered street
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Barcelona Pavilion designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
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collage of drawings and building facade under construction
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Estaci贸 de Fran莽a Barcelona Catalonia
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McKinley School House: Hinge House This modular house was designed for high school students to build in their school shop. The houseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s characteristic hinge was born from the process of trucking a building to a site, dropping it on a foundation and the theatrics of unfolding parts of roof to create the appropriate roof pitch. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hinge Houseâ&#x20AC;? reveals the method of construction in its form, assembly and organization, rather than be swallowed up by shingles and sideing. / / # / # " thus each half of the building actually folds into the other, strengthening the relationship beween the two. We used the modular component to activate the design rather than restrict its potential.
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PRIVATE HINGED WALL
KITCHEN
DINING
PUBLIC ENTRY
PLAN - 1200 SQ.FT
ROOF PLAN
SCALE: 1/4" = 1'-0"
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The two modules are identical and interdependent in their placement and formal connection
CATHEDRAL CEILING DIAGRAM SCALE: NTS
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The way materials are used, their directional orientation, and placement of windowscreate new possibilites for residential architecture
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Transportation + Unfolding TRANSPORTATION & UNFOLDING
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STEP 3 COMPLETED HOUSE THE TWO MODULES ARE IDENTICAL AND INTERDEPENDENT IN THEIR PLACEMENT AND FORMAL CONNECTION
STEP 2 UNFOLDING AND CONNECTING OPPOSING ROOFS
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STEP 2 ROOF HINGES UP FROM MODULE
STEP 3 FACADE FLAPS HINGE UP FROM MODULE LARGER FLAP IS SECURED TO HINGED ROOF
STEP 4 ROOF HINGES DOWN TO MEET SECOND FLAP
STEP 5 FINAL ROOF PANEL HINGES OVER THE ADJACENT MODULE TO ENCLOSE HOUSE
STEP 6 THE HOUSE IS NOW SEALED
Designed by:
Professor Joyce Hwang
Fabrication + Assembly Assistants:
Laura Schmitz Nicole Marple Dave Nardozzi Mike Pudlewski John Scherer
â&#x20AC;&#x153;City of Dreamsâ&#x20AC;? Mini-Golf, Governorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Island, NY Shop Construction Buffalo, NY
On Site Installation Governorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Island, NY
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Cultivating Convergences Competition for WPA 2.0 in collaboration with Professor Joyce Hwang, and students Nicole Marple, Michael Pudlewski, Duane Warren + Alexandra Lima We propose to resuscitate decaying infrastructural artifacts by cultivating a new set of convergences between natural ecosystems and constructed infrastructure. The principal aims of this project are to enable the development of local agricultural ecologies, as well as the propagation of new opportunities for leisure. By beginning a process of increasing public interest and visibility of this area, we hope to increase its economic and social potential for the city of Buffalo, New York.
Cultivating Ecosystems over time: 3 Phase Process
PAST grain processing diagram > linear, regional distribution
CURRENT and FUTURE food production diagram > scattered, local distribution
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ORCHESTRATING ECOSYSTEMIC CONVERGENCES Seasonal Mapping This cyclical diagram investigates the relationship between the annual growing cycle of crops grown in Buffalo, the pests that affect them, natural pesticides and pollinators, and associated leisure activities.
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Bat House Led by: Professor Joyce Hwang Design and Construction Collaborators: Laura Schmitz, Thomas Giannino, Michael Pudlewski, Nicole Marple, Mark Nowaczyk, Dan Dimillo, Matt Salzer, Jake West, Joshua Gardner, Joey Swerdlin
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installed bat house promotes natural â&#x20AC;&#x153;pest controlâ&#x20AC;? in public park and has increased awareness about batsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; threatening white-nose syndrome
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