Plastics Are Forever Our goal throughout this proposal is to use energy as a Poetic Device. The premise of this studio was split into two halves. First, we were asked to dream up a solution for the collection of the millions of tons of tiny, plastic particles floating within the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Our solution involves a network of Sensors Buoys, scattered within the Patch, relaying information for the deployment of our Whirlpool Agents; a system of robots able to combine and swim to the targeted plastic and generate micro-currents to further densify the particles. Through this high pressure system, the plastic is vacuumed down for the journey to the second half of our project, the Deepwater Island Habitat. Our design for this floating, artificial island proposes a unique environment loaded with clean-energy systems. This includes a plant for Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion and a “Spike” building skin that rhythmically adapts to the local ecology while absorbing wind and solar energies. We have designed a plastics silo for docking the agents where they will deposit the plastic to the submerged factory for recycling and reuse as an innovative architectural building material, embedded with biodegradable matter, highlighting the many fantastic properties of plastic. In addition, our proposal includes research labs, an eco-hotel, amphitheaters, docks, pools and other activities harnessing the unique qualities of a life adrift, as it draws scientists, artists, and adventurists alike through the pressing issues of cleaning, enjoying, and learning from our Oceans.
704: Winka Dubbledam Studio Project Completed with Tia Crocker
Special Thanks to the many Researchers across the globe for helping to develop our vision: Win Burleson, Mathias Mitteregger, Ebru Kurbak, and Isabella Hinterleitner. Also, thanks to Winka Dubbledam, Todd Costain, and to our classmates. plasticsareforever.tumblr.com
“In a landscape where nothing officially exists, absolutely anything becomes thinkable, and may consequently happen.” -Reyner Banham
REVEROF ERA SCITSALP
CLASS CLASS
GNIPPIHS ETUOR
SHIPPING SHIPPING ROUTE ROUTE
SENSOR BUOY BUOY SENSOR ZONE ZONE
YOUB ROSNES ENOZ
GPS GPS TRACKING TRACKING
SPG GNIKCART
DATA SENT TO DATA SENT TO RESEARCH LAB RESEARCH LAB
OT TNES ATAD BAL HCRAESER
ISLAND ISLAND HABITAT HABITAT
youb rosnes
SENSOR SENSOR DATA DATA
ROSN AT
island habitat skin island habitat skin
tatibah dnalsi niks
PLASTICS ARE FOREVER
CLASS
11.6 N
11.5 N
11.4 N
11.3 N
11.2 N
11.1 N
160
340
400
410
190
390
410
370
340
100
110
190
180
200
440
290
240
140
170
390
440
40.6 W
40.5 W
PLASTIC PARTICLES
40.5 W
MEASURED LIGHT LEVELS
GARBAGE PATCH AERIAL VIEW
11.6 N
TYPE
NALPRETS
DNALSI TATIBAH
sensor buoy sensor buoy TYPE TYPE
LOCATION LOCATION::GREAT GREATPACIFIC PACIFICGYRE GYRE
MASTERPLAN
ERYG CIFICAP TAERG : NOITACOL
PLASTICS ARE FOREVER
PLASTICS ARE FOREVER
LIGHT LEVEL SENSOR + GPS
5' 0"
SOLAR CELLS
10' 0"
SURFACE SENSOR
SURFACE SENSOR SECTION
ENTIRE SECTION
SCOUT AGENTS
9' 0"
CLASS
1' 0"
SENSOR BUOY
SUB SURFACE SENSOR
7' 0"
LIGHT LEVEL + SOUND SENSOR 6' 0"
TYPE
SUB SURFACE SENSOR SECTION
100' 0"
1' 0"
P L APSLTAI C SS TIC AS R EA R FE O RFEOVREERV E R PLASTICS ARE FOREVER
CLASS CLASS
WHIRLPOOL AGENT ACCUMULATION
WHIRLPOOL AGENT SECTION
Expanded Whirlpool Agent SECTION Expanded Whirlpool Agent SECTION
Expanded Whirlpool Agent SECTION
TYPE
WHIRLPOOL AGENT SECTION WHIRLPOOL AGENT SECTION
TYPE
TYPE
TRANSPORTER TRANSPORTER (WHIRPOOL (WHIRPOOL AGENT) AGENT)
WHIRLPOOL AGENT ACCUMULATION
CLASS
AGENT AGENT CONVEYANCE CONVEYANCE
TS IC PL PA LP S AL T SA IT CSIS C AS R AE RAER FE O FR OF E RO V ER E VE R EVRE R
CLASS CLASS CLASS
WHIRPOOL WHIRPOOL WHIRPOOL AGENT AGENT AGENT
4’ 0” 4’ 0” 4’ 0”
2’ 0” 1’ 8” 2’ 3” 2’ 0” 2’ 0” 1’ 8” 1’ 8” 2’ 3” 2’ 3”
2’ 8” 1’ 0” 3’ 0” 1’ 0” 1’ 0” 2’ 8” 2’ 8” 2’ 8” 1’ 0” 1’ 0” 3’ 0” 3’ 0” 1’ 0” 2’ 8” 2’ 8”
2’ 3” 1’ 8” 2’ 0” 2’ 3” 2’ 3” 1’ 8” 1’ 8” 2’ 0” 2’ 0”
4’ 0” 4’ 0” 4’ 0”
27’ 0” 27’ 0” 27’ 0”
FLEXIBLE JOINT FLEXIBLE FLEXIBLE JOINT JOINT VACUUM SUCITON VACUUM VACUUM SUCITON SUCITON
TYPE TYPETYPE
PLASTIC PLASTIC PLASTIC COLLECTOR COLLECTOR COLLECTOR
PLASTIC RELEASE PLASTIC PLASTIC RELEASE RELEASE SOFT MEMBRANE SOFT SOFT MEMBRANE MEMBRANE BALLAST TANK BALLAST BALLAST TANK TANK AIR RELEASE AIRAIR RELEASE RELEASE VACUUM COLLECTION VACUUM VACUUM COLLECTION COLLECTION
P L AP SL TP A IC L SS A TS IC AT S RI C EA SR FA E OR RF E EO VF R EO E RR VE V RE R
CLASS CLASS CLASS
WHIRLPOOL AGENT ACCUMULATION
WHIRLPOOL AGENT ACCUMULATION
TYPE TYPE
WHIRLPOOL AGENT ACCUMULATION
TYPE
TRANSPORTER TRANSPORTER TRANSPORTER (WHIRPOOL (WHIRPOOL (WHIRPOOL AGENT) AGENT) AGENT)
AGENT AGENT AGENT CONVEYANCE CONVEYANCE CONVEYANCE
PLASTICS ARE FOREVER
CLASS
PLASTIC COLLECTION
MICRO CURRENT
TYPE
WHIRLPOOL AGENT
PLASTICS ARE FOREVER
CLASS
TYPE
PLASTICS ARE FOREVER
CLASS
LOCATION : GREAT PACIFIC GYRE
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
OTEC
TYPE
CLEAN ENERGY SYSTEMS
Heating Pools
1000 m
PLASTICS ARE FOREVER
CLASS
LOCATION : GREAT PACIFIC GYRE
TYPE
SPIKE SKIN
CLEAN ENERGY SYSTEMS
SPIKE SKIN ZONES
PLASTICS ARE FOREVER
CLASS
LOCATION : GREAT PACIFIC GYRE
TYPE
WAVE TREADER
CLEAN ENERGY SYSTEMS
WAVE TREADER SYSTEM
Our mixed-use urban environment aspires to provide a live-work and recreational space for its residents and the public within a gradient of social interaction and spatial organization. Activating space within the building through the filtration of natural light and visual connection, the design introduces a shifting hybrid of structure and material to one traversing the space. Our proposal reconciles a spatial transformation from the intricate, steel faรงade along the West Side Highway to a monolithic, monocoque pod network adjacent to the Highline, a formal gesture responding to the wild, organic growth which springs from the elevated gardens.
85'-0" TO FIN FLOOR
Metamorphic Filtration ARCH 602: Hina Jamelle Studio Project Completed with Tia Crocker
Metamorphic Filtration: Chelsea High Rise
BAR 35'-6"
TERRACED GARDENS PRIVATE ENTRY
INTERIOR GARDEN
MOVIE SCREEN
PRIVATE ENTRY
TERRACED SEATING OUTDOORS
53'-10"
RESTAURANT LOUNGE
PUBLIC ENTRY
INTERIOR GARDEN
MOVIE SCREEN
CAFE 53'-10"
LIBRARY
TERRACED SEATING OUTDOORS
MOVIE SCREEN
PRIVATE ENTRY
INTERIOR GARDEN
38'-8"
PRIVATE ENTRY TERRACED GARDENS COFFEE BAR
HIGHLINE
WEST 17TH STREET
208'-3"
32'-9"
15'-10"
24'-8"
50'-8"
50'-5"
14'-10"
12'-3"
33'-10"
16'-11"
SUSPENDED VILLA 01
22'-10"
15'-9"
ENTRY
SUSPENDED VILLA 02
8'-0"
8'-4"
ENTRY
16'-10"
181'-10"
8'-4"
ENTRY
ENTRY
SUSPENDED VILLA 04
12'-3"
14'-10"
16'-11"
15'-9"
22'-10"
SUSPENDED VILLA 03
WEST 17TH STREET
HIGHLINE
Drifting Horizons 701: Homa Farjadi Studio Project Completed with Tia Crocker
As the Tidal North Sea flows into and withdraws from the River Thames, an estuary condition occurs just East of the city of London, affecting its ecology with its dynamic exchange of currents. In one typical day, the elevation of the River Thames fluctuates from 10 feet above the river bed to 30 feet, and back down again. Our project proposes an urbanism consisting primarily of a concentration of rafts floating along the River Thames, whose motions are activated by the ebbs and flows of the River to create new configurations and programmatic adjacencies. The entry to our proposal transitions from natural terrain to a permanent canopy system on the North and South banks, providing covered space and renewable energy to regular markets and pop-up events so common to London. As one progresses through the site, they are drawn along a pivoting arm, guiding them down to the drifting rafts, as they experience London from the river’s perspective. The rafts themselves host performances, park spaces, and exhibitions, as their kinetic roof systems open and close at the occupant’s discretion. Finally, the rafts lead to the Shifting Bridge, whose precision in fabrication and technology allows it to sway in response to the River, further extending the estuary condition through its animated structure. http://archinect.com/people/project/2968057/drifting-horizons/2974076
Drifting Horizons Project Completed with Tia Crocker Studio 701: Homa Farjadi Published in Penn Design “WORK”
Drifting Horizons
Drifting Horizons
DF:Canopy Project Completed with Karli Molter Digital Fabrication: Ferda Kolatan Published in “Meander: Variegating Architecture�
Haiti Emergency Relief Project Completed with Tia Crocker Matter + Energy: Franca Trubiano
Overflow Building Skins: Alberto Cavallero
Textural Circulations 502: Keith VanDerSys Studio This project attempts to distill pattern and rhythm from the city of Philadelphia in order to develop a strategy for a Healthness Center; an extension of city life – where one can bathe, replenish, and interact. As a model, the Healthness Center proposes a solution to Philadelphia’s burden of a combined sewer system by not only collecting all storm water runoff within the site, but also by celebrating water through architecture, as it pools, flows, and trickles towards a centrally located bio-retention basin. The design process begins with a contextual analysis of the city of Philadelphia through methods of info mapping and the super-imposition of surface versus sub-surface conditions. From these studies and further abstractions, three-dimensional models are formed to generate new spatial techniques in layering ideas of density, flow networks, and the relationship between intensified local activity and macro-scale urban infrastructure. These relationships are classified through texture; smooth to rough, wet to dry. Program, form, and circulation are developed from further investigations into texture. Hybrid textures emerge through which to navigate and allow water to pass. The integration of the Healthness Center with its environment is seamless; as visitors are encouraged to not only see, but feel the building as it operates with nature, further blurring boundaries between building and landscape, city and park.
Textural Circulations
Physical States Mark Shkolnikov
Connection_Separation 601: Catherine Veikos Studio Architecture is the physical construct of how we choose to live. As a majority, we are individuals within communities, and we choose to live in connection with others at varying degrees of separation. A narrative of our day may be described by our level of interaction with others and the space within which we bounce; wall-to-wall, building-to-building, and block-to-block. Ideologically, however, our society has become accustomed to an insurmountable wall between beliefs; encouraging an uncompromising way of life. You are, for instance, a Capitalist or a Communist, a Utopist or a Pragmatist, and the way in which you live reflects your beliefs. Why must we make these choices? Can we not have the best of both worlds? Unlike the partisanship implied within contemporary socio-political discourse, architecture draws upon a synthesis of polarizing tendencies in human relations. The proposed Residential Tower at The Curtis Institute of Music offers a unique opportunity to investigate these possibilities in human connection, through a complex range of separations. The Tower offers 80 unique living spaces, divided amongst 20 unique residential suites, configured upon a gradient of public and private space. The residents may choose to enter their suites from a central, public atrium, or a direct, private corridor. Practice rooms, communal gardens, and programmed circulation encourage a variety of unexpected interaction and personal inbetweening. The proposal aims to offer the social advantages of communal living with the luxuries of a high-rise, private residence. Formally, the residential units proliferate from a single module, transforming upon contextual constraints and associative programmatic connections, while developing a thick possibility of connection through the mediation of light, sound, and texture. Ultimately, the Residential Tower will demonstrate that the ideological separations which envelop our lives also reveal new possibilities for human connection.
Textural Circulations
Heart Shaped Box Ecclessial Anatomy: Tobias Klein Completed at the Architectural Association
Baller Formal Efficiencies: Erick Carcamo
Park City Vertical Cities Asia Symposium Intsructor: Mathias Hollwich Project Completed with: Alex VanOrsdale Jeong Lee
In Park City, a new city outside of Chengdu, China for 100,000 people, simplification is progress. Programmatically organized like an onion, Park City fosters diverse experiences by capitalizing on daily circulation paths. Residents pass between culture and commerce as they travel to and from work, offering an intermediate ground for socializing and recreational activities. Park City utilizes typical building typologies and rational construction techniques. The scale and amount of program offers a massive, dense and diverse cultural and retail environment. An urban landscape provides space for communal events and recreational programs. The scenographic entity that the context unfolds is for everyone. The blanket of nature which drapes the center of Park City injects a natural landscape back into the city and adds even more back than once existed. Each roof-scape is accessible for recreation, leisure and exploring. Nature grows without constraints in some areas, and is more manicured and controlled in others. The programs below are accessible from both the street and the roof, creating unique experiential scenarios. The orthogonal urban grid offers a simple and generic street dimension, which allows existing cultural traditions to expand and flourish, just like the nature above. Here cultural events and social activities have seemingly unlimited spaces and venues to come alive and encourage residents to partake as spectators and performers in the intangible events which define the cultural lifestyle of Park City. With the abundant open landscapes above, and the densely packed streetscape below, Park City offers a diverse range of spaces for community and neighborhood characteristics. The qualitative and experiential contrast offers the community the ability to experience dense shopping areas and plazas rivaling the best in New York, and at the same time a quick walk or elevator ride away and inhabitants can find themselves wandering through the natural roof, a space so vast and diverse it can only be compared to natural forests and national parks. http://www.architizer.com/en_us/projects/view/park-city/27076/