Architecture Portfolio Maura Witzel 2016 - 2019
Table of Contents
Seattle Centre for Prosthetics Research
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Cascadia Open Design Institute
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‘INNER-LINKED’
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‘Urban Fabric’
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‘Terra-Formed’
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Work Experience
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The Seattle Centre for Prosthetics Research redefines what it means to be differently-abled. The building is striking and unique in its form - a beacon for those who feel “strange,” separated from others by the physical differences they have. A structural “ribcage” twists back and angles in, framing the open spaces below and supporting the triangulated facade, as well as defining the primary-use places within. Programmatic elements include public meeting spaces, a halfcourt gym, a cafe, clinical areas, fabrication labs, and a rock climbing wall with views to the Bay and the Olympic Mountains. The Centre strives to become a place for members of all abilities, offering a place of support and challenge to the prosthetics community. Ground Floor Plan
Structural “RIBCAGE” wi
Second Level Floor Plan 1/16” = 1’-0”
ARCH 504 Studio: Research Centre for Advanced Prosthetics p.4
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Structural “RIBCAGE” with Floor and Ramp Systems
Second Level Floor Plan 1/16” = 1’-0”
Professor: Rob Corser
Third Level Floor and Roof Plan 1/16” = 1’-0”
Open Centre for Prosthetics Research Seattle, WA
Cross - Building Section “A”
“1/16” = 1’-0”
Cross - Building Section “B” “1/16” = 1’-0”
Third Level Floor and Roof Plan 1/16” = 1’-0”
Open Centre for Prosthetics Research Seattle, WA
Longitudinal Building Section “C”
“1/16” = 1’-0”
ARCH 504 | Professor Rob Corser Maura Witzel
Ground Floor Plan
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Ground Floor Plan
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Structural “RIBCAGE” with Floor and Ramp Systems
Exterior Perspective
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Interior Perspective 01
FRITTED GLASS ROOF PANEL
Interior Perspective 02
Interior Perspective 01
Interior Perspective 02
FRITTED GLASS ROOF PANEL ALUMINIUM EXTRUDED MULLIONS VAPOUR BARRIER
Level 4 40' - 0" Level 3.5 38' - 0"
Level 3 30' - 0"
BOLTED PLATE CONNECTION
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Level 2.5 25' - 0"
GLULAM TRUSS
DETAIL A
HOLLOW STEEL COLUMN
1/2” = 1’-0”
STOREFRONT, CLEAR GLAZING Level 2 15' - 0"
Level 1.5 10' - 0"
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Level 1 0' - 0"
DETAIL B
Level 1B -3' - 0"
1/2” = 1’-0”
SOLID METAL PANEL, ATTACHED TO GLULAM BEAM Level 0 -11' - 0"
FRITTED GLASS ROOF PANEL
GLULAM TRUSS
GLULAM BEAM VAPOUR BARRIER
BOLTED PLATE CONNECTION INCLINED HEAVY TIMBER COLUMN
ALUMINIUM EXTRUDED MULLIONS DOUBLE LOW-E GLAZING (CLEAR) PANELS
WALL AND ROOF ASSEMBLY AXONOMETRIC DRAWING
1/4” = 1’-0”
ARCH 570 DESIGN DEVELOPMENT | MAURA WITZEL
The Cascadia Open Design Institute, located on the corner of Alaskan Way and Yesler Way, transforms a currently empty and unremarkable site into a destination for the design collaboration of the future city. With the transformation of the waterfront comes an opportunity to connect the city to the water and to create human-scaled, people-integrated designs, particularly in a space meant to inspire current and future designers. Spaces include a public visitor centre located on the public face of Alaskan Way, design technology laboratories and maker-spaces, and affordable housing located above the institute. Various facade and spatial strategies are employed to optimise ground floor/street level engagement, daylighting, solar energy collection, and a sustainable user experience. The design gives a significant Seattle corner the importance it deserves and relates strongly to the urban design research and “public bar� urban design proposal.
ARCH 503 Studio: Architecture in an Urban Context p.8
Professor: Dave Miller
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‘INNER-LINKED’ aims to physically and metaphorically ‘bridge’ the gap between Matheson Ave. and North Davidson St. in the historically industrial NoDA area of uptown Charlotte, NC. Driving form and function from the idea, structure, and programmatic qualities of a steel-structured bridge, INNER-LINKED connects spaces of retail, commercial, and residential use in a prominent, growing neighbourhood. The steel-truss spaces are anchored with direct connections to transportation and a solid form wraps three long-span truss structures to encompass 54 new, affordable housing units. Vertical sun-shading louvres, made of thin sheets of industrial Cor-ten steel, enables the tenant to control the light, views, and visibility from within their home. The spaces within INNERLINKED embody community and support, allowing low-income families or persons will be able to ‘bridge the gap’ between their current situation and their goals for their futures, and are enabled to elevate themselves to live safer and more empowered lives.
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ARCH 4102 Studio: 2018 AISC Steel Competition - Innovative Affordable Housing Professor: Marc Manack
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Architectural conversations come from experiences in and around a space. Façades are significant pieces in this dialogue, but kinetic façades take it further when incorporating its users, particularly as cities move toward a ‘greener’ future. In “Urban Fabric”, the kinetic facade integrates the private functions of an office building with a public, lively street of New York City while allowing the internal users to control the degree and level of integration. Not only is it a striking image that contrasts the surrounding historical buildings, but it complements New Museum’s modern and metallic look while simultaneously standing on its own. The balconies allow for a ‘middle ground’ of sorts for public space (the streets of the Bowery neighbourhood) to meet private space (the studio workspaces of New INC.) as well as providing needed shading and acting as a diffuser for the harsh western sunlight. People using the adjacent space can interact with the movable fabric units; both visually and physically, where they have the ability to manually control the system in order to change the unit from completely open, completely closed, or somewhere in-between. The structure holding the balconies and the fabric units is a simple system of steel beams and steel rods, held together by plates and custom connections. Each has to be strong enough to support its necessary components, but not so heavy it needlessly burdens the structure in other areas. In creating this new, occupied place in an otherwise unused space, the facade allows for a new way of interaction, one that may continue to impact the methods of sustainable and experiential design.
ARCH 4101 Studio: Advanced Building Design p.14
Professor: Kyoung-hee Kim
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T.O.B. 80' - 6"
Floor 6 65' - 6"
p.15 Floor 5 53' - 6"
Floor 4 41' - 6"
Floor 3 29' - 6"
Floor 2 15' - 6"
WEST ELEVATION AND FRONT FACADE WALL SECTION 12FT. 6IN. 5FT.
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Terra-Formed is a project proposal located in Dallas, Texas. This design addresses the needs of an industrial program while integrating the physical site and the economic and demographic aspects in the heavily-industrial area. The intent behind many of the formal decisions was to create a warehouse that would service as both a storage facility and as an educational centre; a space which recognised the distinct disconnection between the industrial working district and the rest of the city of Dallas. With this motivator, the circulation became a key aspect as it provided a means of “uplift” and connection; the floor slabs not only slope to meet each other on a middle ground, demonstrating a way of coming together and allowing flow between, but also extend out towards the city, reaching outwards to the common goal of an integrate urban landscape. The parking garage, a solid, heavy mass anchoring the extended form to the ground, is made of poured concrete while the ‘reaching’ forms consist of steel and clear glass. This warehouse is designed with the idea that it would store a variety of telecommunication items, both a booming industry for this particular area and a field which continues to grow today. The individuals who work to sort and store the pieces, consisting of conductors, input and output devices, control panels, and other various technologies, would also have the opportunity to grow their interests and skills while providing necessary help and development. The design strives to be more than the empty, standard type of the surrounding area by incorporating and empowering its users, giving them the physical and experiential tools to reshape their paths and communities.
ARCH 3101 Studio: Materials and Structural Assemblies p.18
Professor: Peter Wong
Cross Section Through Shipping/ Receiving, Operations, and Parking 0’
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East Elevation
Ground Floor Plan
Parking, Entry, Warehouse, Shipping/Receiving
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Longitudinal Section Through Shipping/Receiving, Warehouse, and Operations 0’
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South Elevation Facing Levee and Trinity River
North Elevation with Shipping and Receiving
Second Floor Plan
Operations, Gallery, Warehouse
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Foundation/ Column Footings
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Concrete Slab on Grade
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Steel Columns (Primary)
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Exterior Concrete Wall
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Channel Glass
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Steel Girders (Secondary)
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Steel Beams (Teritary)
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Cellular Metal Decking
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Cross Bracing
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Single-Ply Roofing System
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Metal Coping 8
Flashing as Required
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Spandrel Panel
EPDM Roofing Membrane Vapour Retarder Ridged Thermal Insulation Cellular Metal Decking
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Channel Glass
Structural Silicone Subsill/ Aluminum Frame Flashing as Required
Exploded Axonometric
Slab Above Grade
Primary, Secondary, and Teritary Structure with Channel Glass and Concrete
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1/32” = 1’ - 0”
Steel L-Shape Cellular Metal Decking Steel Beam w/ Reinforced Web Steel Girder w/ Web Stiffeners
Steel Column
Ridged Insulation
Ground Drainage Concrete Slab on Grade Gravel/Sand Concrete Wall w/ Vaopour Retarder
Steel Column Steel Plate Anchor Bolts
Concrete Footing/Pile Cap
Steel Piles
Wall Section Detail
First and Second Level of Warehouse
1/2” = 1’ - 0”
Perspective Views
Interior and Exterior Impressions
Work Experience: Rendering 2014 - Present
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