A sequence of projects selected to broaden awareness of design issues at various scales in the urban context.
CONTENTS ASSIGNMENT1
DIRT
ASSIGNMENT2
GROUNDING
ASSIGNMENT3
FIELD-OPERATIONS
PROCESS
ASSIGNMENT1
DIRT
“This assignment explores the principles and methods of operating on the earth’s surface to prepare a site. Each student was asked to manipulate and organize this malleable surface using earthwork techniques such as cutting, grading, filling, etc. A series of case studies by architects and artists provided students with informed strategies that illustrate design opportunities for organizing and recomposing this mineral ground plane. Particular consideration was placed on drawing techniques and conventions used to communicate and execute site work�.
EXISTING SITE CONDITIONS LIGHTING CONDITIONS
existing site
LIGHTING CONDITIONS
transformed site
LIGHTING CONDITIONS
SLOPE
SLOPE
TRANSFORMED SITE CONDITIONS
existing site
LIGHTING CONDITIONS
transformed site
LIGHTING CONDITIONS
SLOPE
SITE PLAN 1/16”=1’-0”
190’
D
E
195’
F
A
B
C
185’
G
E
CROSS SECTIONS 1/16”=1’-0”
A-A
B-B
C-C
D-D
LONG SECTIONS 1/16”=1’-0”
E-E
F-F
G-G
H-H
ASSIGNMENT2
GROUNDING “This second assignment, Grounding, was one of the principal focuses of the design studio this semester and continued the exploration of site by integrating planes and volumes into the constructed surface of assignment one to develop a series of interior and exterior spaces as well as circulation paths. By exploring what the site can do, its potential, or in Alex Wall’s terminology “examine the means of the site,” students were asked to seek innovative methods that accommodated program or allowed it to emerge. Within these new geographies, the conventional relationship between the building as architectural figure and the ground as a static horizontal surface are reconsidered: favoring new open interpretations in a fusion of contours, and the dissolution of boundaries.”
PROGRESSION
LINES OF SIGHT
Alignment to Downtown Los Angeles
PROCESS
PROGRAM BLOCKING
CIRCULATION
LOUNGE
KITCHEN
CAFE
RR
RECEPTION
CIRCULATION
STORAGE
CIRCULATION
BOOKSTORE
LOUNGE KITCHEN / BAR CAFE RECEPTION / HALLWAY CIRCULATION RESTROOMS RR
STORAGE BOOKSTORE
PROGRAM_BLOCKING
GROUND PLAN @ 4’-0” 1/8”=1’-0”
LOUNGE
UP
KITCHEN/BAR
UP
RESTROOMS
RECEPTION
UP
UP
UP
BOOKSTORE
UP
RESTROOMS
0’
10’
25’
50’
B
N
SITE PLAN 1/8”=1’-0”” C
C
C
0’ 10’ 25’ 50’
SITE SECTION 1/8”=1’-0”
0’
10’
25’
50’
SECTION A-A 1/8”=1’-0”
SECTION B-B 1/8”=1’-0”
ASSIGNMENT3
FIELD-OPERATIONS “Exploring the interface between site and program was the studio’s occupation during this final project. Wedged between a convergence of transportation infrastructure and innumerable legal easements, the project’s site serves as an opportunity to explore architectural solutions for a community that has been served by insensitive civil engineering practices dating back half a century. A new arts facility for SLANGUAGE, a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting artists at various points in their careers served as the program. An emphasis on pattern and geometry was paired with investigations into operative techniques to offer new architectural strategies that cultivated innovative spatial organizations within the city”.
SITE ANALYSIS Water Characteristics
N
SITE PLAN @ 1 /8 ” - 1’- 0”
MACRO WATER ANALYSIS
MINI
MICRO
W
SITE STRATEGY
Multiple High Points Converging to Single Point
1 2
1 2 3
3
1
2
SITE
4 3
W A T E R A N A L Y S I S A P PLIED AS SITE STRATEGY
CAFE
CAFE SEATING
GALLERY
LIBRARY/ ARCHIVES
OUTDOOR GATHERING
3
3
CIRCULATION
WATER ANA S A AN PA PL LY I ESDI SAA SPSPIT S TARSAS TIT EG WL AY TS EI R LE IED
CAFE S
GALLERY
LIBR ARC
LIBR GALLERY
CIRCULATIO CN/ IRCULATION/
PRIMARY _ACCESS TO PUBLIC SPACES SECONDARY_DIRECT ACCESS TO STUDIOS
N
N
PR IM A R Y _ A CCE SATROY P_ UABCCE L IC SSSPACES P RSIM TO PUBLIC SPACES SE CO N D A R Y_ DSIR CT SIRTEOCT STUDIO SPACES EE CO N DAACCE R Y_SD ACCESS TO STUDIO SPACES
A
P R O G R A M/P R O G
A
A
1
2
LANDFORM vs. BUILTFORM
SITE
4
PROGRAM 3
SITE
4
W A T ER ANALYSIS APPLIED AS SITE STRATE G Y
ATER ANALYSIS
WATER ANALYSIS APPLIE
CAFE
CAFE SEATING
GALLERY
LIBRARY/ ARCHIVES
OUTDOOR GATHERING
STUDIOS RESTROOMS
STUDIOS L I B R A R Y /A R C H I V E S STUDIOS
GALLERY
CLASSROOMS
STUDIOS
ION/
PROGRAM /
GALLERY LIBRARY/ARCHIVES CLASSROOMS RESTROOMS/STORAGE STUDIO SPACES CAFE CAFE SEATING OUTDOOR GATHERING
STUDIOS
CE S S T O P U BLIC SPACES DIR E C T A CCE SS TO STUDIO S P A CE S
U ILT VS. LAND/FORM
CIRCULATION /
N
P R IM A R Y _ A CCE S S T O P U B L IC S P A CE S S E CO N D A R Y_ D IR E C T A CCE S S T O S T U D I O S P A CE S A
N
A
A STUDIO
STUDIO
SITE STRATEGY Stepping + Extrusion
SITE STRATEGY/ STE P P IN G + E X T R U S I O N
N
GROUND PLAN @ 4’-0” 1/8”=1’-0”
RUSION
A
A
WATER ANALYSIS
STUDIO
STUDIO
STORAGE CAFE O U T D O O R P U B L I C S P A CE
STUDIO
RESTROOMS
STUDIO S
B
B
L IB R A R Y /A R C H IV E S
CLASSROOMS
CAFE SEATING
B
CLASSROOMS
S TUDIOS
BUILT VS. LAND/FORM
C I R C U L A T I O N/
GALLERY
PRIMARY _ ACCESS TO PUBLIC SECONDARY_ DIRECT ACCESS A
A
N
STUDIO S
G R O UND PLAN
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
S T U D I O S P A CE S CAFE CAFE SEATING OUTDOOR GATHERING
FIRST FLOOR PLAN @ 4’-0” 1/8”=1’-0”
A
UDIO
WATER ANALYSIS
DIO
STUDIO
STUDIO
CAFE
BLIC S P A CE
O U T D O O R P U B L I C S P A CE
STUDIO
STUDIO
STU D I O S
STUDIO S
B
CLASSROOMS
CAFE SEATING
B
B
STUDIO S
S T U D I OS
BUILT VS. LAND/FORM
C I R C U L A T I O N/
PRIMARY _ ACCESS TO PUBLIC SECONDARY_ DIRECT ACCESS A ST U D I OS
STUDIO S
N
CL A S S R O O M S
F I R S T FLOOR PLAN
GALLERY
SECTION A-A 1/8”=1’-0”
A
SITE STRATEGY / S TEP P ING + E X T R U S I O N
GROUND PLAN @ 4’-0” 1/8 ”-1 ’ -0”
A STUDIO S
S IT E S T R A T E G Y S T U D I OS
FIRST FLOOR PLAN @ 4’-0” 1/8 ”-1 ’ -0”
SECTION A-A
0' O’
25' 25’
50’50'
SECTION B-B 1/8”=1’-0”
SECTION A-A 0'
25'
50'
S IT E S T R A T E G Y
SECTION A-A
0' O’
25' 25’
50’50'