Luc Carpinelli Portfolio

Hello

MY NAME IS LUC CARPINELLI And I am glad to PRESENT YOU MY WORK.

HOW RECONVERSION COULD TRANSFORM ONE PROBLEM IN A SOLUTION. “House of books” project, 2nd year of Bachelor.

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) predicts that by 2050, global green house gas emissions must be reduced by fifty percent to avoid the dangerous impacts of climate change. Developed countries must cut their emissions even more aggressively, by up to eighty percent, to account for their greater production. Global climate change and rising sea level will affect a large majority of the world, including Europe and North America. Inaction is not an option anymore. Buildings are responsible for an overwhelming share of emissions; we need to transform our cities. Currently in New York City alone, more than one million existing buildings require an upgrade according to the OneNYC report. Such an abundance of potential projects provides an opportunity to develop a new model, prioritising the redevelopment and transformation of our existing real estate into sustainable and profitable assets. This perspective requires us to integrate innovative design solutions and repurpose our way of creating value. My objective is to reduce our environmental impact as well as develop the knowledge needed to transform our cities and to export those strategies.

How the architecture could improve the productivity of a company.

“The FAT Building” project, 2nd year of Bachelor.

HOW NEW CONSTRUCTIONS COULD INTERACT AROUND AND WITH EXISTING STRUCTURES. “St-Dié, working around Le Corbusier” project, 3rd year of Bachelor.

How URBAN ANALYSIS CAN reduce MAJOR disparities “Inwood, bridge the gap” project, NY/PA GSAPP

INTRO

Understanding building form and structural anatomy was a priority during my time at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, I started to define a design methodology for rethinking existing sites, by working on the redevelopment of industrial sites. The challenge alongside this operation was to understand the constructive logic of each situation and integrate new ideas without forgetting the context. The adaptive re-use of existing structure is not so much an effort of architectural preservation but rather an opportunistic appropriation and adaptation of one problem to solve another.

The built environment is only the visible outcome of the real estate process. Creating value requires a deep understanding of the context and its policy. Engaging an initiative to revolutionize the industry should rely on strong analysis and efficient appreciation of the information. By taking part in the Urban Studies Workshop at Columbia University , I had the opportunity to evaluate the current situation of Inwood, an area in northern Manhattan and propose a strategy to answer a local problem.

My professional experience in Tokyo, Zurich and Monaco offered me an international overview of how the real estate and development industry operates. The question of sustainable development and adaptive re-use is important to me because I consider our way of building obsolete. I am convinced markets can thrive other than by mass production. I consider existing constraints as challenges and possible opportunities for innovation, and real estate actors have a major role to play. My professional perspective is to guide investment and efforts on the upgrade of our cities, because it is necessary and because there is abundance of redevelopment opportunities.

house of books project Studio Studio Jeannette KUO, 2nd year Bachelor kuo@karamukkuo.com

Description Every year thousands of square meters of industrial space are abandoned in Switzerland. Many of them are virtually indestructible. The question of what to do with them looms large.

Individual and academic project Grade 4.75 / 6 Fall 2012

PRO GRAM &SITE

Axonometric view

Structural grid

Building volume

Program and site

The program is named “House of books�. It’s a public and cultural institution whose mandate is the storage, conservation and celebration of printed material. The archive storage is publicly inaccessible with sensitive material. Reading carrels should be provided for researchers. The library is publicly accessible, formal and informal areas for study and reading will be part of it. The objective is to manage the relationship between public and private and what each user may experiment. The reuse of these infrastructures demands the staking of a position and a dialogue between old and new.

The site is a reservoir, an highly systematic and hyper-rational infrastructures based on a grid of columns. In one hand, production facilities are outsourced to foreign countries and the Swiss economy becomes ever more focused on the service rather than manufacturing sector, the vacating of these industrial sites will continue. In an other hand storage is a basic concern of our everyday lives. We are simply producing more and faster, the problem of storage is pervasive and undeniable. The reuse of the industrial structure is an opportunistic adaptation of one problem for another.

The re-use of the industrial structure is an opportunistic adaptation of one problem for another.

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Reading space Circulation / voids

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Storage

1/3

Library

START Activity

Library

Archive

Storage

Inspiration and concept

The idea of the project was to distinguish the functions of the program, the public (library) and the professional (archives). The concept translates the idea by creating two volumes which are united to form one building : the union generates a third volume, a void, an interface between the programs which I named plaza. The objective was to develop a system which at some points creates an experience for the visitor and an efficient solution for storage and conservation.

The project works mainly on a vertical circulation of people and books, the first one find the plaza as a starting point before going up to its function.

The books have an opposite movement, arriving at the top in working spaces before going down to the storage where the natural light is impossible but with stable thermal condition for preservation.

The structure is based on the existing and the opposing movement. The present structure generates a constructive grid. As the archive is fully supported and designed by the present columns, the library is an hanging volume based on a Vierendeel structure linked to its four sides, columns complete the system.

The organization follows the same logic based on a processing idea. The archive works from top to bottom, from work places to storage and the library from group area to individual places. The visitor is continually switching from large to small scale and from exterior to interior accordingly to his activity. The project is trying to go beyond the simple connection library / archive.

Spatial Relation vertical connection axonometric view (Luc CARPINELLI)

Project organization The project is composed of four parts : the roof, the library, the plaza, the archive.

All the parts are linked together by vertical connections.

The roof, which is the entrance of the project, is connected by four points to the plaza.

This space is an horizontal interface for professional and visitor. It allows users to reach their programs.

The library is joined to the archive by two privileged connections which ensure the transition of the knowledge from active (library) and passive (archive) parts of the project.

Library organization The library is composed of a principal core where books are stocked, and four arms which correspond to four types of working atmospheres : hall, group, individual, informal. The circulation is ensured by a spiral movement in the center.

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VIEWS Entrance Project View point

Roof from south entrance

Description This view represent the roof , which is also the façade of the project. It’s the only connection with the ground level and therefore the entrance of the project. This space was designed as a public space and should highlight the geometry . Finally the presence of fountains is a connection with the original function of the reservoir.

(Luc CARPINELLI)

Principal Spaces

Views of the working hall and the Plaza.

Working Hall

Underground City

View point

View point

View from the working hall looking to the library’s core

View from one entrance point of the plaza

Description

Description

The working hall is one of the four working atmospheres in the library. Each space corresponds to precise characteristics in terms of volume and density. The objective is to use the depth of the reservoir for creating different volumes and so different kind of feeling. The library should be a tool, a learning center.

The Plaza is not only a circulation issue, it represents also an idea of bringing down a piece of the city and use the presence of the library as a protection. As its name suggests, this space integrates shops, cafĂŠs and restaurants. he objective is to create an outside public environment inside the building.

(Luc CARPINELLI)

(Luc CARPINELLI)

THe FAT Building Studio Studio Jeannette KUO, 2nd year Bachelor kuo@karamukkuo.com

Description The changing definition of work today demands a new conception of the office space. Introduction of pleasure into the office has profound implication on the architectural evolution of the work place. How can architecture inspire new exchanges in the work place ?

Academic project in partnership with Stanislas Chaillou.

Grade 5/6 Spring 2013

PRO GRAM &SITE

Site plan

Place Chauderon

Rue de s Terr eau

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Depot Building Hard Building planned Perimeter Perimeter extension

unicipal ibrary

La Tour Bel-Air

Rue de Genève

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Program and site

The program is named “FAT building” for Foundation of Arts in Telecommunication.

It’s an organization that supports different media arts and in particular film and television productions. Most of its activity is administrative and promoting, the headquarters will also offer production facilities. Fat is not only looking for a representative building which will give it an identity in Lausanne but also for a workspace environment that fosters creativity and collaboration.

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The site is located in Switzerland, at Lausanne and more precisely in the Flon area which is currently occupied by the Metropol Commercial Center. It is a prominent site between the Municipal Library and the Bel-Air Tower, with access to two street levels separated by a 15m vertical drop. With a footprint of ca. 60 x 55m, the FAT building will indeed live up to its name. This depth demands a rethinking of conventional organizations of the office building as well as ideas of comfort and atmosphere.

20 View from rue de Genève

View from 21 rue des Terreaux

Rules define the office typology In terms of efficiency and flexibility of the work place.

START

(Stanislas CHAILLOU)

(Stanislas CHAILLOU)

Building scale

Floor scale

Community scale

Inspiration and concept

The idea of the project comes from the observation, office buildings become dehumanized and impersonal, the loss of references creates a nonbelonging feeling. The efficiency of the repetitive floor plans soon became equated with the monotony and depersonalization of the workplace. On the other hand, as an environment where many of us spend more than 50 % of our waking hours, the office deserves to be considered beyond pure efficiency.

The Project’s issue was to recreate a warm atmosphere, reintroduce a human scale and welfare. Dynamism guided us to the idea of creating communities which will be connected each other’s by shared spaces and meeting spaces.

The office is subject to the influences of cultural shifts and social contexts. The collaboration and the team-working have challenged the organizational and spatial definition of the office plan.

The organization of the building corresponds to the idea of exchange and interaction. By creating this system of communities, a working grid is formed and allows connection between different teams.

Therefore the system is totally flexible and can be changed accordingly to the workload, for example by adding, or removing teams. As the periphery is reserved for the system, the center is used for the common facilities such as studios or auditorium.

A community represents a quarter of the building; it works on two floors, one with an open space and the other one with personal offices. By creating a smaller upper floor, a visual connection is provoked. The connection between communities works on the same idea, a relationship between two floors, the upper one’s with a meeting space and the lowest with a shared space more informal, which tend to create social link between communities.

DRA WIN GS

A - Personal Office

Diagrams&Plans A Plan

Plan of the 7th floor (personal office)

B Plan

Plan of the 6th floor (open space)

Description Those plans illustrate the community system and its horizontal connections. The central space is the office atrium where the workers can have an outside inside the building.

(Luc CARPINELLI)

B - Open-space

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Diagrams&Cuts AA Cut

Transversal cut through the system

BB Cut

Transversal cu through the central space

Description The AA cut shows the repetition of the system and its vertical functioning. The BB cut is less systematic and illustrates the strategy used for answering the deep plan constraints.

(Luc CARPINELLI)

Working around Le Corbusier Studio Studio Franz GRAF, 3rd year Bachelor franz.graf@epfl.ch

Description Work to be done on existing structures is a major stake in the development of the city during the 21st century.

Academic project in partnership with Arnaud Scheurer.

Grade 5.5/6 Fall and Spring 2013 - 2014

PRO GRAM &SITE

Axonometric view

Program and site

The program is named “Saint-Dié, working around Le Corbusier”. The protection project and the project pursued in existing structures are part of a composite cultural discipline that extends the borders of contemporary architecture. The objective of this year was first to understand the composition of an existing site and then think a strategical intervention into an industrial site. The aim was to transform a Factory into a cultural center and a design university. It is crucial during a post-industrial period to find strategies for working with the existent as experts estimate that in 2025, 80 % of what we need will already be built.

The site is Duval’s factory at St-Dié by Le Corbusier. From all the effort at St-Dié, there remains but one small pure flame. Claude Duval the owner of the millinery factory which had been destroyed by the Germans, asked Le Corbusier to undertake the design of a new one. The construction was slow, constantly held up by circumstances. But the little Duval factory at St-Dié contains certain elements pertaining to modern architecture : proportioned entirely by the Modulor, section strongly expressed and the ceilings are intensely colored in accordance with the robust character of concrete.

Work to be done on existing structures is a major stake in the development of the city during the 21st century.

START Shops Auditorium

Archive Center

Exhibition

Cafe

Design School Library

Process and concept

The process is crucial when the project has to deal with an existing structure. The first step was to make a constructive analysis of the building by going directly to the site. It is important to understand every details and origins of this architecture, especially materials used and why. The aim of this analysis is also to evaluate the current state of damage as it will define a first frame to the intervention strategy.

The second step was to find a way to rehabilitate the site with a new program in case of the factory closing. The site can be divided in two parts the old factory, which was built at the beginning of the 20th century and Le Corbusier’s extension more recent. Through our research about the area and the potential of the site we defined the program as a school of design and a cultural center composed of archives, exhibition spaces and an auditorium.

The concept was to recreate an identity to the site by clarifying its limits. As the Factory was subject to destruction and extension, the center of this complex was lost and the essence of the initial part totally eclipsed by Le Corbusier’s factory.

Therefore we decided to place two new volumes on the edge of the site; consequently the old factory becomes the center of the program. The new building will be used for the archive center and the auditorium, which need high condition of safety and climate stability. Finally for defining the limits we decide to use Stonewall made of local material, same strategy as Le Corbusier’s factory.

The new organization of the site defines a new pole this complex. The old factory becomes an exhibition space and also the main entrance of the project. From this point we decided to create a continuity of public spaces which would start from exhibition space going to the library, the auditorium and finally to the archive’s consultation space. The consequence of this new organization is the creation of a new public space which become a gravitation point for the project.

Spatial Relation vertical connection axomomtric view (Luc CARPINELLI)

Inside organization This plan illustrates the continuity of the program. The main entrance is now the center of the site and the starting point of the “ballade architecturale�.

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Outside organization This plan illustrates the outside circulation, which is totally free, every program can be accessed form both sides of the site. The plan also defines the archive and the school of design organization.

DRA WIN GS Elevation&Cut Elevation

elevation of the new archive center

Cut

Transversal cut through the archive to the auditorium.

Description The elevation shows mainly the facade concept which re-use the local material and language of Le Corbusier’s factory. The cut illustrates the spatial continuity between the programs.

(Luc CARPINELLI)

VIEWS Site Model View point

From the South-West and main street

Description The new building tends to find a common language with the existing architecture by using same materials but also same architectural strategies such as, floor height, “toit-terrasse�, sun protection.

(Arnaud SCHEURER)

Bridge The gap Studio Studio Michelle Young, New York / Paris Urban Studies Workshop, Columbia University Michelle.young@gmail.com

Description Engaging issues and discourses of the contemporary city by exploring conceptual, analytical and design tools for understanding and operating is the role of the Urban Workshop.

Individual Academic Project.

Grade A Fall 2015

PRO GRAM &SITE

Program and site

In March 2015, New York City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez announced a proposal to rezone 100 acres of Inwood, including the 207th Street Rail Yard, into a mixed-use residential development that would include a technology hub. Although in the early stages of round-table discussion with the community, Rodriguez plans to include affordable housing initiatives and educational opportunities.

The studio first situated the current proposal within the history and urban development of the Washington Heights/Inwood neighborhood.

Current site conditions were observed, mapped and uncovered.

On-site interviews and surveys supplemented analytical research. From this background research phase, analyses were performed to assess the scope of the current proposals in serving the neighborhood and city initiatives.

In the third phase, students chose specific sites within the research area to propose design and policy solutions, addressing challenges specific to their site.

A variety of Conceptual, analytical and design tools for understanding and operating the urban contexts

START

Unemployment Situation

Income Situation

Education Situation

The Unemployment rate in Inwood is much higher than New York City average. Also, the unemployment is even stronger inside the Hispanic community. 65% of the labor force in Inwood is Hispanic.

The city council, Ydanis Rodriguez proposed to develop better paid jobs, with an annual revenue of $60,000 per year. However, only 11% of the population is earning more than this objective.

Unemployment Rate : Inwood 14.6 % / NYC 6.1%

Income Average : Inwood $44,447 / NYC $53,223

Education is often the roots of unemployment and low income zones. Inwood has a deficit of professional graduates, which explain the lack of progression in terms of career development.

College Graduation or more : Inwood 17.8 % / Harlem 31% / NYC 27%

BASE MAP BA

Washington Heights Academy

P A M SE

Type : K-8 Enrollment : 532 Hispanic Rate : 78 % Maths State Standards : 43% English State Standards : 29%

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The Base Map is a tool to understand Inwood Educational system and compare it with the proposal. On this map every schools are located with a distinction between Public / Private / Charter. Also each school has a snapshot describing the basic data. Vacant /Parking lot are located in green to understand the different possibilities in terms of development or transitory intervention. In purple are represented the Manufactural area, which are possible situation for redevelopment, taking into account that the Sherman Creek area is going to be rezoned as Mixed-Use.

TRAIN YARD FACILITY

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City College Academy of the Arts

Type : High School Enrollment : 593 Hispanic Rate : 94 % Maths State Standards : 92 % English State Standards : 74 % SAT average : 1360

Inwood Academy for Leadership Charter School Type : Elementary Enrollment : 447 Hispanic Rate : 91 % Maths State Standards : 18 % English State Standards : 12 %

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P.S. 005 Ellen Lurie

I.S. 218 Salome Urena

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Type : Elementary Enrollment : 602 Hispanic Rate : 94 % Maths State Standards : 26 % English State Standards : 12%

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Type : Middle Enrollment : 533 Hispanic Rate : 95 % Maths State Standards : 11% English State Standards : 12%

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P.S. 098 Shorac Kappock

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Inwood Hill Park

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Inwood Educational Infrastructure and Possible Site Development Analysis.

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Type : K-8 Enrollment : 432 Hispanic Rate : 98 % Maths State Standards : 19% English State Standards : 7%

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Type : Elementary Enrollment : 258 Hispanic Rate : 50 % Maths State Standards : 44% English State Standards : 43%

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GIS Map

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Site Inwood

Type : Elementary Enrollment : 425 Hispanic Rate : 94 % Maths State Standards : 36% English State Standards : 29%

Type : Elementary Enrollment : 674 Hispanic Rate : 91 % Maths State Standards : 17% English State Standards : 11%

Type : Middle Enrollment : 255 Hispanic Rate : 94 % Maths State Standards : 6% English State Standards : 8%

Harlem River Park

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Middle School 322

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Type : Middle Enrollment : 380 Hispanic Rate : 98 % Maths State Standards : 14% English State Standards : 11% 2

George Washington Carver High School for the Sciences

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Type : High School Enrollment : 498 Hispanic Rate : 13 % Maths State Standards : 84% English State Standards : 83%

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P.S. 152 Dyckman Valley

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Type : Elementary Enrollment : 651 Hispanic Rate : 93 % Maths State Standards : 22% English State Standards : 9%

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Difference between the proportion of kids from the school who met State standards on State math test and the NYC average.

PUBLIC - ELEMTARY

PRIVATE - ELEMTARY / MEDIUM

Proportion of Hispanic student (blue) in the school.

PUBLIC - MEDIUM

SPECIAL ZONE

PUBLIC - HIGH SCHOOL

VACANT / PARKING

PUBLIC - CHARTER

MANUFACTURIAL ZONE

SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS

Walking distance of 10 min.

Employment Analysis

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Jobs Distribution and Strategical Planning

26 % Food services and recreation

13 %

Other professions

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Median-Paying Jobs ($32,500 to $60,000 per year)

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Educational services Health care and Social assistance

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Low-Paying Jobs ($23,050 to $32,500 per year)

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25 % Waste management service

13 %

Jobs Distribution Jobs are distributed between five main sectors: Education, Retail Trade, Food Services and Waste Management. Education sector represents 26%, because of the 14 schools located in Inwood going from day care to college. The majority are working in elementary schools. Waste management is also a significant part because of Sanitation center located in the manufactural part. Also some “white collars� profession are present in the north of Inwood. The majority of the population is earning less than NYC median income average (NYC $52,223 /Inwood $44,447).

Poverty Level U.S. : $18,000 (per year)

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Strategical Planning Currently, the lack of professionals with a college degree saturates the employment market, also this absence of background limits career progression and creates a glass ceiling, which affects incomes progression. The strategy is to improve the proportion of professional graduates among the population, to diversify the research market and create median-paid class. If the strategy is working, the development can financially and partially rely on Alumni to fund future improvements.

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Local Associations School Staff Parents

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Fold Out / Adds

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Students

Volunteers

S N IO T C

DYCD NYC

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Site Inwood

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Social Networks

Phasing Diagram

Project through 4 phases

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Communication

Stem School

Universities College / Pro Partnership

4

Tempory Events Professionals

Description The phasing diagram distributes the project into four phases, going from low financial and man power support to a real project with the construction of a building. The idea of this plan was to kick start a movement with few support to create an interest and a publicity for the next phases.

Tutoring Pocket Class

General Class

Recruitment

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3 City Concil STEM School Opening

After School Help

Pocket Class Opening

Advance Placement

Private Foundations

EDC DHSI

Application Process

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Inwood Hill Park

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Harlem River Park

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Communication Phase

Tutoring Phase

Pocket Class Phase

The communication phase should be large and on different platforms, material and digital. Events can be organized to develop the publicity around the project and convey ideas quicker. The material communication will consist into a fold-out explaining the different difficulties a student or a parent can meet.

The after-school program focalized on STEM education. To deploy this phase, the development will rely on existing programs proposed by DYCD NYC and volunteers such as graduate students.

The idea is not to create an overlay or a confusion, the phase should strengthen the current infrastructure. Also by creating clusters of school, by proximity, forces are joined and capacity is bigger.

The Pocket Class dimensions and design are limited by the transportation but the volume is enough for a class of 15 to 20 children. The inside organization can be adapted to the class capacity or function. As a starting point, the vacant lot located on the map should be the easiest place for an implantation, also the lot is owned by a single person.

Final Phase

PHASE

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Opening of a Stem School

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WEST 207 GROCERY OWNE Lot Area : 79 600 sf Year Built : 1968 Lan Use : Commercial and Office Buildings

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J.207 ST LLC

Lot Area : 32 268 sf Year Built : ?

Lan Use : Parking Facilities

Lot Area : 14 988 sf Year Built : ?

Lan Use : Vacant Land

423-39 REALTY LLC

Lot Area : 19 983 sf Year Built : 1987 Lan Use : Industrial and Manufacturing

FLAIR BEVERAGE CORP Lot Area : 60 650 sf Year Built : 1964 Lan Use : Industrial and Manufacturing

INWOOD PARTNERS 2, LL

Lot Area : 14 928 sf Year Built : 1940 Lan Use : Transportation and Utility

DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION

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Lot Area : 64 250 sf Year Built : 1955 Lan Use : Transportation and Utility

CONS EDISON CO OF NY

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Lot Area : 25 960 sf Year Built : ?

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Lot Area : 8 810 sf Year Built : 1960 Lan Use : Commercial and Office Buildings

3761 10TH AVENUE REAL

Lot Area : 18 900 sf Year Built : 1960 Lan Use : Vacant Land

Lot Area : 39 900 sf Year Built : ?

Lan Use : Parking Facilities

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Harlem River Park

CONSOLIDATED EDISON C

CONSOLIDATED EDISON C

3815 9TH AVE INC

Lot Area : 33 821 sf Year Built : ?

Lan Use : Transportation and Utility

Lot Area : 10 000 sf Year Built : 1920 Lan Use : Commercial and Office Buildings

CONS EDISON CO

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Year Built : ?

Lan Use : Transportation and Utility

Aerial View The fourth phase consist in the development of a school. The strategy for this phase is to use the rezoning and the possible development of Sherman Creek as an opportunity to build the project. Two scenarios are possible, the first would be a new building part of a bigger master plan, the second option is to redevelop an existing industry and convert it into a school.

Site Development The second solution seems more economical however the possibilities are limited. Only one building is less than 20 years old, the others are aged around 50 years or more and need a bigger intervention. If the project is launched it should be designed for a capacity of 500 children because it is the median average of the elementary schools in Inwood and it can be assume that the project will meet an important demand.

SUPERPOSED MODULES

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Site Inwood

JUXTAPOSED MODULES 20 - 30 X

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Development Diagram

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The current owner of the lot is a private, this situation is certainly temporary.

Consequently it is important to consider a relocation in short terms in case of a real estate development. The pocket class project is based on the implementation of an initial module which will be diversified or ameliorate. As a starting point, three options are available, a standard class space which can be used for classical courses such as math or geometry. The standard class module can also be used as a Computer Lab. The total capacity of the module is 15 persons. The second option is a scientific lag for chemistry or physics class, the capacity is smaller around 10 places. Finally the last option is a cultural center, this option is considered for a larger public and the total capacity will be 15 persons.

AMELIORATION

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Description

STANDARD MODULE 10-15 X

CLASS Site Inwood View point

From the South-West Corner

Description Each module is based on the fold-out concept letting 2 possibilities of climate adaptation. The module can be in a open or close position to adapt its capacity to special event such as an open-class during .

If the initial module doesn’t correspond to the demand anymore, the system can evolve into 2 possible ways: diversification or amelioration.

CLASS Site Inwood View point

From the South-West Corner

Description A diversification is materialized by the superposition of another module on top of the initial one, this operation offers the possibility to add a different class type to the current situation.

The second possibility is to ameliorate the initial class type by juxtaposing another similar module to augment the total capacity.

PARIS

LAUSANNE

TOKYO

ZURICH

NEW YORK

My first year of bachelor at ENSA of Paris Belleville (ENSA PB), I gained many experience such as how to manage the workload and to find creative solution in a short time.

I continue my bachelor at EPFL, for the second year I chose Jeannette kuo studio based on the systems of organization and the logics of the architectural concept then I chose Franz Graf studio specialised in intervention within existing structures.

I decided to start an internship at Kengo Kuma And Associates in Tokyo.

My objective was to understand the working strategies of a big firm. It was also an opportunity to participate on the development of a large scale project.

I continued with an internship at Karamuk*kuo architects in Zurïch. The aim was to improve my knowledge of construction and project development.

I currently pursue the New York/ Paris program at Columbia University and I decided to take the Urban Studies Workshop to improve my analytical skills and my comprehension of the city functioning.

Studio:

Studio:

Project:

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Studio:

François Brugel Gaël Breton Estelle Thilbault Raphaël Drizzard

Jeannette Kuo Franz Graf

TOYO university

Weiden school

Michelle Young

Link:

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paris-belleville.archi.fr

epfl.ch

kkaa.co.jp

karamukkuo.com

arch.columbia.edu

ENSA PARIS BELLEVILLE

EPFL

KENGO KUMA A.A.

KARAMUK*KUO ARCHITECTS

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

EXp erie nce

THANKYOUFORREADINGANDHAVEANICEDAY

luc carpinelli GSAPP - Student Columbia University m/ 646 830 7115 luc.carpinelli@gmail.com