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I’ve wanted to be an Architect since before the word was a part of my vocabulary. I grew up in a very small country in central America called Belize; while most children accepted the simplicity of our beautiful country I was engrossed with dreams and ideas of its full potential coming to life. Never satisfied with the original design of anything, no matter how great it was, not my doll house, not my bedroom, not my classrooms and the list continued. “Quite a nuisance” if you asked my mother but I couldnt help it. All these ideas and a certainty of what I was to be doing when I grew up, but what would I call myself? For a while I tried on different titles when asked what I wanted to be, I would say “creator” and “visionary” which if you ask me are still very befitting. -Meisha Guild
GATEWAY TO CHINATOWN CHINA TOWN PLAZACHANA TOWN PARK-
TREE HOUSE CAFE
DETAILING STUDIO
ANTHROPOGENIC ECOSYSTEM
CONTAINER HOUSE
PROJECT PILGRIMAGE
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GATEWAY TO CHINA TOWN DESIGN STUDIO 8 Students took on the task of developing and proposing designs for one of New York Cities most culturaly rich neighborhoods, China town. Gateway to China Town included two sites, one on each side of the manhattan bridge
01 DESIGN STUDIO 8 |GATEWAY TO CHINA TOWN
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CHINA TOWN NYC | SKETCHES
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CHINA TOWN PLAZA GATEWAY TO CHINA TOWN The China Town Plaza is a mixed-use building, consisting of a residential tower and commercial spaces below, including Gym, Restaurant, and Retail.
01a DESIGN STUDIO 8 | GATEWAY TO CHINA TOWN | CHINA TOWN PLAZA
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SITE
Gym Service Hallway Retail Atrium Circulation
2nd Floor Plan: Commercial
CONGESTED
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SITE
LESS CONGESTED
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01 - PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC 02 - MANIPULATING PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC 03- SECTION
DESIGN STUDIO 8 | GATEWAY TO CHINA TOWN | CHINA TOWN PLAZA
Duplex Apartment Circulation
Duplex Apartment Circulation
Restaurant
Studio Apartment 2+ Bed Rm Apartment
3rd Floor Plan: Mixed Use
TYP. Residential Floor Plan
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CHINA TOWN PARK Gateway to China Town An urban park that provides a balanced atmosphere for the very busy and jam packed neighborhood. The running streams and dynamic topography serve as an acoustic barrier separating its visitors from the chaos and ushering them into serenity.
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Serenity
STREET STREET
STREET STREET
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DESIGN STUDIO 8 | GATEWAY TO CHINA TOWN | CHINA TOWN PARK
01 - TOPOGRAPHIC SOUND BARRIER 02 - SOUND TRAVEL STUDY 03 - SECTION 04 - RENDERING 05 - PLAN
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TREE HOUSE CAFE DESIGN STUDIO 4 The TreeHouse Cafe is a pavillion that connects the fast pace New Yorker to a much needed “happy place”. It provides a healthy balance of urban and greenary, with trees that emerge and intersect the floors in order to form a canopy above the space. Located Down town Brooklyn on the Fulton mall strip, the Borogh Hall Train station is only an elevator Ride away.
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Fibonacci Spiral
DESIGN STUDIO 4 | TREEHOUSE CAFE
F3=1+1=2
F2=1
F1=1
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Num. Of Branches
8
1 1
F3 F2 F1
Height
Fibonacci Sequence in Nature
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THE CREATION OF ADAM | ART WORK
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DETAIL STUDIO Building Technology +Problem Solving + Design Design Studio dedicated to developing unique construction details for varying climates, regions, and a number of other specific circumstances.
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WOOD SIDING SIDING (OR (OR WOOD ALUM/VINYL ALUM/VINYL W/SLOTS) W/SLOTS) (RAIN SCREEN) SCREEN) (RAIN
GWB GWB 7/8" METAL METAL FURRING FURRING 7/8" CHANNELS EE 16" 16" O. O. C/MAX C/MAX CHANNELS
AIR GAP GAP W/VERT. W/VERT. AIR WOOD GROUNDS GROUNDS WOOD 3/8" MIN. MIN. 3/8"
VAPOR RETARDER RETARDER VAPOR (10 MIL MIL POLYETALENE) POLYETALENE) (10
BLDG PAPER PAPER BLDG (DRAINAGE (DRAINAGE SURFACE) SURFACE)
GWB (AIR (AIR BARRIER) BARRIER) GWB 6" BATT BATT INSUL. INSUL. 6"
EXT. SHEATHING SHEATHING EXT. (FIBER BOARD-ASPHALT BOARD-ASPHALT (FIBER IMPREGNATED OR IMPREGNATED OR EXT. GWB) GWB) EXT.
2X6 STUDS STUDS @ @ 16" 16" 2X6 O.C. MAX MAX O.C. SEAL AIR AIR BARRIER BARRIER SEAL AT STUDS-TYPICAL STUDS-TYPICAL AT
AIR // VAPOR VAPOR AIR
WOOD SIDING (OR ALUM VINYL W/ SLOTS) (RAIN WOODSCREEN) SIDING (OR ALUM VINYL W/ SLOTS) (RAIN SCREEN)
GWB (AIR BARRIER TAPE & SEAL ALL JOINTS TYP.) GWB (AIR BARRIER BATT TAPE INSUL. & SEAL ALL JOINTS TYP.) 6" WD STUDS @ 16"INSUL. O. C. MAX BATT
3/8" MIN WOOD FURRING STRIPS @ 16" O.C. MAX (DRAINAGE SPACE) 3/8" MIN WOOD
6" WD STUDS @ 16" C. MAX 10 MILO. POYETHYLENE (VAPOR BARRIER)
FURRING STRIPS @ 16" O.C. MAX (DRAINAGE SPACE)
10 MIL POYETHYLENE (VAPOR BARRIER) 7/8"MTC. FURRING CHANMELS@16" O.C.
BLDG PAPER (#20-25) (DRAINAGE SURFACE) BLDG PAPER
7/8"MTC. FURRING CHANMELS@16" O.C. 5/8" GWB
(#20-25) (DRAINAGE SURFACE) 1 1/2" RIGID INSULL SHEATHING (AIR BARRIER)
5/8" GWB SEAL AIR BARRIER/ V. R. AT STUDS - TYP
1 1/2" RIGID INSULL SHEATHING (AIR BARRIER)
SEAL AIR BARRIER/ V. R. AT STUDS - TYP
MOVEMENT MOVEMENT DRYING
AIR & & VAPOR VAPOR PRESSURE PRESSURE AIR
AIR & & PAPER PAPER PERSSURE PERSSURE AIR DRYING DRYING
OUTSIDE OUTSIDE
DRYING
INSIDE INSIDE
MIXED CLIMATE WALL DETAIL 1 1/2" = 1'-0" (MIDDLE OF WALL VAPOR RETARDER)
MIXED CLIMATE WALL DETAIL
COLD CLIMATE CLIMATE WALL WALL DETAIL DETAIL COLD
1 1/2" = 1'-0" (MIDDLE OF WALL VAPOR RETARDER)
1/2" = = 1'-0" 1'-0" 11 1/2" Notes:
Notes: Notes:
NOTES:
-BUILDING PAPER PAPER ACTS ACTS AS AS DRAINAGE DRAINAGE SURFACE SURFACE -BUILDING -SEAL AIR AIR BARRIER BARRIER (GWB) (GWB) AT AT STUDS STUDS -SEAL -MECH REDUCE AIR PRESSURE ON INTERIOR -MECH REDUCE AIR PRESSURE ON INTERIOR -INSTALL VAPOR VAPOR RETARDER RETARDER ON ON WARMSIDE WARMSIDE -INSTALL -AIR GAP GAP ACTS ACTS AS AS DRAINAGE DRAINAGE SPACE SPACE -AIR
-BUILDING PAPER ACTS AS DRAINAGE SURFACE -SEAL AIR BARRIER (GWB) AT STUDS -INSTALL VAPOR RETARDER -AIR GAP ACTS AS DRAINAGE SPACE
-SEAL AIR BARRIER IN ALL SLOTS AND PLACE VAPOR BARRIER IN MIDDLE OF WALL Notes: (FOR DRYING IN EITHER DIRECTION) -SEAL AIR BARRIER IN ALL SLOTS AND PLACE VAPOR BARRIER IN MIDDLE OF WALL NOTES: (FOR DRYING IN EITHER DIRECTION)
-SEAL AIR BARRIER IN ALL SLOTS AND PLACE VAPOR BARRIER IN MIDDLE OF WALL (FOR DRYING IN EITHER DIRECTION)
DETAIL STUDIO 6 | CLIMATE SENSATIVE DESIGN
WOOD SIDING WOOD SIDING (OR ALUM VINYL (OR ALUM VINYL W/ SLOTS) W/ SLOTS) (RAIN SCREEN) (RAIN SCREEN)
WOOD SIDING (OR ALUM/VINYL WOOD SIDING W/SLOTS) (OR ALUM/VINYL (RAIN SCREEN) W/SLOTS) (RAIN SCREEN)
GWB GWB
BATT INSUL. BATT INSUL. 3/8" MIN WOOD 3/8" MIN WOOD FURRING STRIPS FURRING STRIPS @ 16" O.C. MAX @ 16" O.C. MAX (DRAINAGE SPACE) (DRAINAGE SPACE)
6" WD STUDS 6" WD STUDS @ 16" O. C. MAX @ 16" O. C. MAX
BLDG PAPER BLDG PAPER (#20-25) (#20-25) (DRAINAGE (DRAINAGE SURFACE) SURFACE)
10 MIL POLYETHYLENE 10 MIL POLYETHYLENE (VAPOR RETARDER) (VAPOR RETARDER)
5/8" EXT. SHEATHING 5/8" EXT. SHEATHING CASPHALT IMPREGNATED CASPHALT IMPREGNATED FIBERRD-EXT.GWB (AIR FIBERRD-EXT.GWB BARRIER) (AIR BARRIER)
SEAL AIR BARRIER/V.R SEAL AIR BARRIER/V.R AT STUDS-TYP. AT STUDS-TYP.
GWB A.B. GWB A.B. BATT INSUL. BATT INSUL.
3/8" MIN WOOD FURRING STRIPS 3/8" @ 16"MIN O.C.WOOD MAX FURRING STRIPS (DRAINAGE SPACE) @ 16" O.C. MAX (DRAINAGE SPACE)
6" WD STUDS @ 16" O. C. MAX 6" WD STUDS @ 16" O. C. MAX 7/8"MTC. FURRING CHANMELS@16" O.C. 7/8"MTC. FURRING CHANMELS@16" O.C.
BLDG PAPER (#20-25) BLDG PAPER (DRAINAGE (#20-25) SURFACE) (DRAINAGE SURFACE)
5/8"GWB 5/8"GWB
5/8" EXT. SHEATHING CASPHALT IMPREGNATED 5/8" EXT. SHEATHING FIBERRD-EXT.GWB CASPHALT IMPREGNATED (AIR BARRIER) FIBERRD-EXT.GWB (AIR BARRIER)
SEAL AIR BARRIER/V.R SEAL AIR AT STUDS-TYP. BARRIER/V.R AT STUDS-TYP.
AIR / VAPOR AIR / VAPOR MOVEMENT MOVEMENT
AIR & PAPER PERSSURE AIR & PAPER PERSSURE
AIR & VAPOR PRESSURE AIR & VAPOR PRESSURE DRYING DRYING
OUTSIDE OUTSIDE
OUTSIDE OUTSIDE
INSIDE INSIDE
HOT WALL DETAIL HOTCLIMATE CLIMATE WALL DETAIL
INSIDE
DRYING
INSIDE
DRYING
MIXED CLIMATE WALL DETAIL MIXED (FLOW THRU WALL) WALL DETAIL 1 1/2" = 1'-0" CLIMATE
1 1/2" = 1'-0" 1 1/2" = 1'-0"
1 1/2" = 1'-0" (FLOW THRU WALL)
Notes: Notes:
-BLDG PAPER ACTS AS AIR BARRIER -BLDG PAPER ACTS AS AIR BARRIER -SEAL AIR BARRIER AT ALL STUDS -SEAL AIR BARRIER AT ALL STUDS NOTES: -TAPE AND SEAL ALL JOINTS OF AIR BARRIER -TAPE AND SEAL ALL JOINTS OF AIR BARRIER -INSTALL AIR AND VAPOR BARRIER ON WARMSIDE -INSTALL AIR AND VAPOR BARRIER ON WARMSIDE -VAPOR RETARDER COULD ALSO ACT AS -VAPOR RETARDER COULD ALSO ACT ASAS AIR -BUILDING PAPER ACTS DRAINAGE SURFACE IF IT IS WATERPROOFED DRAINAGE SURFACE IF IT IS WATERPROOFED
BARRIER -SEAL AIR BARRIER AT ALL STUDS -TAPE AND SEAL ALL JOINTS OF AIR BARRIER INSTALL AIR AND VAPOR BARRIER ON WARM SIDE -VAPOR RETARDER COULD ALSO ACT AS DRAINAGE SURFACE IF IT IS WATERPROOFED
Notes:
-RIGID Notes:
INSULATION SHEATHING ACTS AS AIR BARRIER -PROPERLY TAPE AND SEAL ALL JOINTS IN RIGID INSULATION -RIGID INSULATION SHEATHING ACTS ASOF AIRTHE BARRIER NOTES: -PROVIDE AIR BARRIERS ON BOTH SIDES WALL -PROPERLY TAPE AND SEALSTUDS ALL JOINTS IN RIGID INSULATION -SEAL AIR BARRIER AT ALL AND PLATES -PROVIDE AIR BARRIERS BOTHOF SIDES THE WALL -VAPOR BARRIER IN THE ON MIDDLE THE OF WALL -RIGID INSULATION SHEATHING ACTS AS AIR BARRIER -SEAL AIRFOR BARRIER ATNEITHER ALL STUDS AND PLATES -ALLOW DRYING DIRECTION BY USING -VAPOR BARRIER IN THE MIDDLE OF AND THE WALLSEAL ALL JOINTS IN RIGID PERMIABLE MATERIAL PROPERLY TAPE -ALLOW FOR DRYING NEITHER DIRECTION BY USING INSULATION PERMIABLE MATERIAL
-PROVIDE AIR BARRIERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE WALL -SEAL AIR BARRIERS AT ALL STUDS AND PLATES -VAPOR BARRIER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WALL -ALLOW FOR DRYING EITHER DIRECTION BY USING PERMIABLE MATERIAL
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ACOUSTICAL SEALANT CONT. ACOUSTICAL SEALANT CONT. 5/8” GWB-3LAYERS -TAPE SEAL & STAGGER ALL JOINTS
5/8” GWB-2 LAYERS -TAPE SEAL & STAGGER ALL JOINS
5/8” GWB-3LAYERS -TAPE SEAL & STAGGER 4”ALL FIBER GLASS JOINTS SOUND ATTENUATION BATT FULL HEIGHT
5/8” GWB-2 LAYERS -TAPE SEAL & STAGGER ALL JOINS 3-1/2” SOUND ATTENUATION BATT FULL HEIGHT
4” FIBER GLASS SOUND ATTENUATION BATT FULL HEIGHT
3-1/2” SOUND ATTENUATION BATT FULL HEIGHT 3-5/8” METAL STUD FRAME @ 12” OC MAX BRACED @ 1/4 POINTS VERTICAL 3-5/8” METAL STUD FRAME @ 12” OC MAX BRACED @ 1/4 POINTS VERTICAL 3-5/8” -22 GA METAL BASE RUNNER SET IN FULL BED OF ACOUSTICAL SEALANT 3-5/8” -22 GA METAL BASE RUNNER SET IN FULL BED OF ACOUSTICAL SEALANT
2” AIR SPACE CONT. 4” 22. GA METAL 2” AIR SPACE CONT. STUD FRAME 12” OC MAX BRACED 21/4 4” 22. GA METAL POINTS VERTICALLY STUD FRAME 12” OC MAX BRACED 21/4 POINTS VERTICALLY 4” 22. GA METAL RUNNER TOPS BOTTOM SET IN FULL BED OF 4” 22. GA METAL ACOUSTICAL RUNNER TOPS SEALANT BOTTOM SET IN FULL BED OF ACOUSTICAL SEALANT
2-1/2” METAL STUD FRAME 22 GA @12” OC & BRACED @24” OCOVER MAXFOAM CARPET PADDING 1/2” MIN CARPET OVER FOAM 3-1/4” EXT1/2” MIN PADDING PLYWOOD SHEATHING EXT. GWB 3-1/4” EXT 2 LAYERS -DENS SHIELD PLYWOOD SHEATHING SHEATHING -STAGGER TAPE & SEAL ALL JOINTS EXT. GWB 2 LAYERS -DENS SHIELD SHEATHING -STAGGER 2X2X2 NEOPRENE PADS TAPE OC & SEAL ALLTO JOINTS @12” GLUED CONC
RIGID INSULATION (2” MIN) MASONRY SEMI-PERMIABLE (STORAGE RESERVIOR)
SLAB & PLYWOOD SHEATHING 2X2X2 NEOPRENE PADS @12” OC GLUED TO CONC SLAB & PLYWOOD 1” THICK MINERAL WOOL SHEATHING
VAPOR RETARDER FURRING (2” MIN) STRIPS
RIGID INSULATION (2” MIN) SEMI-PERMIABLE
VAPOR RETARDER (2” MIN)
1” THICK MINERAL WOOL
FACE SEALED BARRIER WALL W/ STORAGE RESERVIOR 1 1/2" = 1'-0"
FLOATING FLOOR ACCOUSTICAL DETAIL FLOATING FLOOR ACCOUSTICAL DETAIL
Notes:
GWB FURRING STRIPS
1" STUCCO MASONRY OVERMETAL LATT (STORAGE (FACE SEAL) RESERVIOR)
1 " = 1'-0"
(BEST INREGIONS WITH MODERATE RAINFALL 2O” - 40” ANUALLY)
FACE SEALED BARRIER WALL W/ STORAGE RESERVIOR
1 " = 1'-0"
Notes:
GWB
1" STUCCO OVERMETAL LATT (FACE SEAL)
2-1/2” SOUND ATTENUATION BATT FULL LENGTH & WIDTH 2-1/2” SOUND ATTENUATION 2-1/2” METAL STUD FRAME BATT 22 GAFULL @12”LENGTH OC & BRACED & WIDTH @24” OC MAX
Notes:
1 1/2" = 1'-0" (BEST INREGIONS WITH MODERATE RAINFALL -ADD WATERPROOFING ADD MIXTURES ON STUCCO 2O” - 40” ANUALLY) -MASONARY ACT AS WATER RESERVIOR ALLOWS THE WALL TO DRY TOWARDS THE INSIDE
Notes:
-ADD WATERPROOFING ADD MIXTURES ON STUCCO -MASONARY ACT AS WATER RESERVIOR ALLOWS THE WALL TO DRY TOWARDS THE INSIDE
DETAIL STUDIO 6 | ANNUAL RAIN FALL + ACOUSTIC DESIGN
1" STUCCO OVERMETAL LATT (FACE SEAL)
1" STUCCO OVERMETAL LATT (FACE SEAL) RIGID INSULATION (2” MIN) (SEMI-PERMIABLE)
RIGID INSULATION (2” MIN) AIR SPACE (SEMI-PERMIABLE) (DRAIN SPACE)
AIR SPACE BLDG. PAPER (DRAIN SPACE) #30 (DRAINAGE SURFACE)
BLDG. PAPER #30 (DRAINAGE SURFACE)
GWB
GWB (VAPOR RETARDER)
3 LAYERS OF 5/8" GWB 3 LAYERS OF 5/8" GWB W/ STAGGERED AND W/ STAGGERED AND TAPED JOINTS TAPED JOINTS
LAYERS 5/8" GWB LAYERS 5/8" GWB
4" METAL STUDS 4" METAL STUDS @16" O.C. @16" O.C.
NEOPRENE FILLER NEOPRENE FILLER TOP & BOTTOM TOP & BOTTOM
2" AIR SPACE 2" AIR SPACE
ACCOUSTICAL SEALANT ACCOUSTICAL SEALANT CONT. CONT.
3/8" GWB SILL 3/8" GWB SILL (VAPOR RETARDER) BATT INSULATION
CORNER BEAD CONT. CORNER BEAD CONT.
1/2" LAMINATED 1/2" LAMINATED ACOUSTICAL GLASS ACOUSTICAL GLASS
ALLUM. ALLUM. FRAME. FRAME.
3/8" LAMINATED 3/8" LAMINATED ACOUSTICAL GLASS ACOUSTICAL GLASS SLOPED SLOPED
BATT INSULATION WOOD OR METAL STUDS @ 16" O.C. 6"
EXT. GWB WOOD OR METAL STUDS @ 16" O.C. 6"
EXT. GWB
1" FABRIC WRAPPED 1" FABRIC WRAPPED FOAM PANELS CONT. FOAM PANELS CONT.
5/8" GWB-3 LAYERS 5/8" GWB-3 LAYERS -TAPE SEAL & STAGGER -TAPE SEAL & STAGGER ALL JOINTS ALL JOINTS
5/8" GWB-2 LAYERS 5/8" GWB-2 LAYERS -TAPE SEAL & STAGGER -TAPE SEAL & STAGGER ALL JOINTS ALL JOINTS
4" FIBER GLASS 4" FIBER GLASS SOUND ATTENUATION SOUND ATTENUATION BATT FULL HEIGHT BATT FULL HEIGHT
WATER MANAGED WALL W/RAINSCREEN SYSTEMS 1 1/2" = 1'-0" (DRAINAGE SPACE & DRAINAGE SURFACE) WATER MANAGED WALL W/RAINSCREEN (BEST IN REGIONS OF HIGH ANNUAL RAIN FALL 40”-60”) SYSTEMS 1 1/2" = 1'-0" (DRAINAGE SPACE & DRAINAGE SURFACE) -AIR SPACE ACT AS CAPILARY BREAK (BEST IN REGIONS OF HIGH ANNUAL RAIN FALL 40”-60”) -BEST IN REGIONS OF HIGH RAIN FALL -RAIN SCREEN HAS WEEP HOLES ON BOTTOM OF WALL FOUNDATION Notes: -AIR SPACE IS DRAINED TOWARD THE OUTSIDE AT BASE OF WALL -BUILDING AS DRAINAGE -AIR SPACEPAPER ACT ASACTS CAPILARY BREAK SURFACE. -BEST IN REGIONS OF HIGH RAIN FALL -RAIN SCREEN HAS WEEP HOLES ON BOTTOM OF WALL FOUNDATION -AIR SPACE IS DRAINED TOWARD THE OUTSIDE AT BASE OF WALL -BUILDING PAPER ACTS AS DRAINAGE SURFACE.
ACOUSTICAL WINDOW WINDOW WALL WALL DETAIL DETAIL ACOUSTICAL 1 1/2" = 1'-0" 1 1/2" = 1'-0"
Notes:
Notes: Notes:
-ACOUSTICAL SEALANT AROUND ALL FRAMES -ACOUSTICAL SEALANT AROUND ALL FRAMES -SILICA GEL-ABSORBS THE MOISTURE AND -SILICA GEL-ABSORBS THE MOISTURE AND PREVENTS FOG IN GLASS PREVENTS FOG IN GLASS
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ANTHROPOGENIC ECOSYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE IS THE ART OF COVETING- STRUC
ARCHITECTURE IS THE ART OF COVETING- STRUC TURE WITH AN INTELLECTUAL SCREEN WHICH - REVER TURE WITH AN INTELLECTUAL SCREEN WHICH - REVER BRATES THE COLLECTIVE CONSCIENCE’S GENIUS AND COLLECTIVE UNDERSTANDINGBRATES OF THE THE NATURAL WORLD. CONSCIENCE’S EMBEDED IN GENIUS AND THIS MIMICRY OF UNDERSTANDING THE NATURAL WORLD ARENATURAL PRINCIPLEWORLD. EMBEDED IN OF THE OF DESIGN WHICHTHIS ADHERE TO STRICT MATHEMATI MIMICRY OF THE NATURAL WORLD ARE PRINCIPLE
Integrated Software
CAL FORMULAS SUCH AS THE WHICH GOLDENADHERE MEAN OF 1 :STRICT 1.618. MATHEMATI OF DESIGN TO ALONGSIDE THIS DEPENDENCE ONSUCH MATHEMATICAL PRO MEAN OF 1 : 1.618. CAL FORMULAS AS THE- GOLDEN PORTIONS AND SEQUENCING, HEAVY RELYANCE ALONGSIDE LIES THISADEPENDENCE ON MATHEMATICAL PRO ON THE FORCES WHICH ACT AND UPONSEQUENCING, OR ARE EXERTED A PORTIONS LIESBY A HEAVY RELYANCE
NATURAL ELEMENT. THIS PROJECT WE SEEK PROVE ONIN THE FORCES WHICH ACTTO UPON OR ARE EXERTED BY A
IS INTERRELATIONSHIP THE ART OF COVETING THE ARCHITECTURE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE NATURAL ELEMENT. IN THIS PROJECT WE SEEK TO PROVE STRUCTURE WITH INTELLECTUAL SCREEN OF NEW YORK’S ANNUAL ENERGYAN CONSUMPTION TO THE THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE INTERRELATIONSHIP
WHICH REVERTURE WITH AN IN INTELLECTUAL CONCENTRATION OF NITROGEN OXIDE POLLUTION OF NEW YORK’S ANNUAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION TO THE WHICH REVERBERATES THE SCREEN VERNACULAR ATMOSPHERE. WE USED TWO MAPS OF THE COLCONCENTRATION OF NITROGEN OXIDE POLLUTION IN CONSCIENCE’S GENIUS AND THIS NEWLECTIVE YORK CITIY WHICH COMMUNICATE EACH - CONDI THE ATMOSPHERE. WE USED TWOPRINMAPS OF MIMICRY OFVERNACULAR THE NATURAL WORLD ARE TION. THE INFORMATION DERIVED FROM THESE MAPS NEW YORK CITIY WHICH COMMUNICATE EACH - CONDI CIPLE OF DESIGN WHICH ADHERE TO STRICT AND THEIR INTERRELATIONSHIP WILL HELP US CREATE TION. THE INFORMATION DERIVED FROM THESE MATHEMATICAL FORMULAS SUCH AS MAPS THE ARCHITECTURAL FACSIMILE OF A HYDROTHERMAL VENT. THEIROF INTERRELATIONSHIP WILL HELP US CREATE GOLDENAND MEAN 1 : 1.618. ALONGSIDE THIS
New York City Map
NYC Energy Consumption Levels
ARCHITECTURAL FACSIMILE OF A HYDROTHERMAL VENT. DEPENDENCE ON MATHEMATICAL PROPORA HYDROTHERMAL VENT IS A FISSURE IN A PLANET’S
TIONS AND SEQUENCING, LIES A HEAVY RE-
SURFACE WHICH GEOTHERMALLY HEATS WATER. THEY LIANCE ON THE FORCES ACT UPON A HYDROTHERMAL VENT ISWHICH A FISSURE IN A PLANET’S ARE COMMONLY FOUND NEAR VOLCANICALLY ACTIVE OR ARE SURFACE EXERTED A NATURAL WHICHBY GEOTHERMALLY HEATS ELEMENT. WATER. THEY AREAS SEVERAL THOUSAND METERS BELOW THE SURFACE IN THIS ARE PROJECT SEEK TO PROVEACTIVE THE COMMONLYWE FOUND NEAR VOLCANICALLY OF OCEANS. THEY EMMIT DEADLY GASES AND SUPERHEAT CORRELATION BETWEEN THE BELOW INTERRELAAREAS SEVERAL THOUSAND METERS THE SURFACE THE ADJACENT VOLUME OF HIGHLY PRESSURED WATER
Manhattan 33.77 sq miles Bronx 57.43 sq miles Brooklyn 96.91 sq miles Staten Island 102.5 sq miles Queens 178.3 sq miles
TIONSHIP OF NEW YORK’S ANNUAL ENERGY
EMMITTHE TO TEMPERATUREOF OFOCEANS. OVER 464THEY °C. DESPITE HOS GASES AND SUPERHEAT - DEADLY CONSUMPTION TO THE OF NEW YORK’S ANTHE ADJACENT VOLUME OF HIGHLY PRESSURED WATER TILITY OF THE AREA AROUND THEM, HYDROTHERMAL
NUAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION TO THE THE
TO TEMPERATURE OF OVER 464 °C. DESPITE THE HOS VENTS ARE CATALYSTS OF AMINO-ACIDS WHICH ARE AN VERNACULAR ATMOSPHERE. WE USED TWO TILITY OF THE AREA AROUND INTEGRAL BUILDING BLOCK TO CREATE LIFE. NOTTHEM, ONLY HYDROTHERMAL
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MAPS OF NEW YORK CITY WHICH COMMU-
VENTS ARE OF AMINO-ACIDS WHICH ARE AN DO THEY CREATEEACH LIFE, BUT INCATALYSTS THE SAME WAY THAT NICATE CONDITION. THENEW INFORMATION
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INTEGRAL BUILDING BLOCK TO CREATE NOT ONLY YORK CITY’S ELECTRICAL ENERGY SUSTAINS LIFE, - HYDRO DERIVED FROM THESE MAPS ANDLIFE. THEIR IN-
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DO THEYTHE CREATE LIFE, BUT THE SAME WAY THATARNEW THERMAL VENTS SUSTAIN LIFEWILL OF WHOLE ECOSYS -IN TERRELATIONSHIP HELP US CREATE
TEMSCHITECTURAL AROUND THEM WHICH ARE OF A DENSITY YORK CITY’S ELECTRICAL ENERGY LIFE, - HYDRO FACSIMILE OF10,000 ASUSTAINS HYDROTHERTO 100, 000 TIMES GREATER ECOSYSTEMS NEARER IN WHOLE- ECOSYS THERMALTHAN VENTS SUSTAIN THE LIFE OF MAL VENT.
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CORRAL REEFS NEARER THE SURFACE. TEMS TO AROUND THEM WHICH ARE OF A DENSITY 10,000
TO 100, 000 TIMES GREATER THAN ECOSYSTEMS NEARER IN
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CORRAL REEFS NEARER TO THE SURFACE.
ADJACENCY TYPES
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200 sq miles
ADJACENCY TYPES
INTERLOCKED SEPARATED ADJACENT Separated by a creek. Landlocked into the same land mass. Separated by a major river or bay.
200 sq miles
ADJACENCY TYPES
ADJACENT ADJACENCIES Separated by a creek.
INTERLOCKED SEPARATED Landlocked into the same land mass. Separated by a major river or bay.
ADJACENCIES
ManhattanADJACENT and Bronx Brooklyn and Queens Brooklyn and Manhattan Separated by a creek. Landlocked into the same land mass.INTERLOCKED Separated by the East river.
Brooklyn and Staten Island Brooklyn and Bronx SEPARATED Separated by the Hudson river. Separated by the East river.
Separated by a Separated byandaBronx creek Landlocked intoBrooklyn and Manhattan Manhattan Brooklyn and Queens Brooklyn and Staten Island Brooklyn and Bronx Separated by a creek. Landlocked intothe the same land land mass. mass Separated by the East river. river Separated by the Hudson river. Separated by the East river. major or bay same
ADJACENCIES
Manhattan + Bronx Separated by a creek.
Manhattan and Queens Separated by the East river.
Manhattan and Staten Island Separated by the Hudson river.
Manhattan and Queens Manhattan and Staten Island Separated by the East river. Separated by the Hudson river. Queens and Bronx Separated+byQueens the East river. Brooklyn + SI Brooklyn Brooklyn + Manhattan Landlocked into same Separated by the land mass Queens and Bronx Hudson River
Separated by the East river.
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Manhattan + Queens Separated by the East River
Separated by the Hudson River
Manhattan + SI Separated by the Hudson River
Queens + Bronx Separated by the East River
INTEGRATED SOFTWARE | ANTHROPOGENIC ECOSYSTEMS
Brooklyn + Bronx Separated by the East River
M 33 Br 57 Br 96 St 10 Q 17
> 5,000
Manhattan
33.77 sq miles
2,500 - 5,000
2
2500 kWh per m
1,750 - 2,500 1,200 - 1,750 900 - 1,200 600 - 900 400 - 600
Manhattan
33.77 sq miles
300 - 400
2
2500 kWh per m
200 - 300 170 - 200
Brooklyn
Bronx
96.91 sq miles
120 - 170
1200 kWh per 2m
90 - 120
57.43 sq miles
2
600 kWh per m
75 - 90 50 - 75
Staten Island
102.5 sq miles
< = 50
Brooklyn
2
170 kWh per m
96.91 sq miles
1200 kWh per 2m
No Data
Bronx
Queens
178.3 sq miles
2
300 kWh per m
Open Spaces
57.43 sq miles
2
600 kWh per m
Staten Island
102.5 sq miles 2
170 kWh per m
Manhattan 33.77 sq miles Bronx 57.43 sq miles Brooklyn 96.91 sq miles Staten Island 102.5 sq miles Queens 178.3 sq miles
Queens
178.3 sq miles
2
300 kWh per m
Manhattan 33.77 sq miles Bronx 57.43 sq miles Brooklyn 96.91 sq miles Staten Island 102.5 sq miles Queens 178.3 sq miles
es
Bronx the East river.
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TNECNOC NOITPMUSNOC YGRENE
NOITARTNECNOC YGRENE EGAREVA
AVERAGE ENERGY CONCENTRATION
AVERAGENOENERGY ITARTNCONCENTRATION ECNOC YGRENE EGAREVA ENERG
NOITARTNECNOC NOITPMUSNOC YmGreRp EhWNk E0052 2
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2 m rep hWk 0052
0051
0522
0521
0002
0001
0571
2500 2 m rep hWk 0052
2250
0052
2000
2 k 006 k 0021 MANHATTAN mmr0e5pre2hp22 WhW
0521 sq miles 33.77
0002
1750
m re2p hWk 003
0051
BRONX 0521 57.43 sq N AT TAHNA M miles NYLKOORB XNORB 0
m rep hWk 0052
m re2 p hWk 006
750
2
0522
SNEEUQ DNALSI NETATS22 m rper ep m hWk 071 300 kWh
ENERGY CONSUMPTION CONCENTRATION ENERGY CONSUMPTION CONCENTRATION ENERGY CONSUMPTION CONCENTRATION 0001 HGUOROB 057
NOITA
1000
0052
2 m m rree2pp hhW Wkk 0000231600 kWh per m
005
052
1250
2
057
0
2 1200 kWh per m
2
500
0002 170 kWh per m 2
250
0571m rep hWk 006 2
0
BROOKLYN hWk 003 1 DNALSI m NAT TAHNAM 00N5YLKOORB XNORB SNE0E0U5Q NErTeApTS STATEN ISLAND QUEENS BRONX BROOKLYN MANHATTAN 96.91 sq miles m rep hWk 0021 HGUOROB 2
2
052
0521
0
0001
BOROUGH
2500 2500 2500
STATEN ISLAND 2250 2250 2250 102.5 sq miles
2 2 2 1200 per mm 1200 kWhkWh per mper 1200 kWh
2 2 2 per mm 600600 kWh per mper 600kWh kWh 2 2 2 per mm 300300 kWh per mper 300kWh kWh
170170 kWh per per mpermm 170kWh kWh 2 2
2000 2000 2000
1750 1750 1750 1500 1500 1500
2
2 m rep hWk 0052
0522
057
m re2 p hWk 006
NAT TAHNAM NYLKOORB XNORB SNEEUQ DNALSI NETATS
005HGUOROB
0002
m re2p hWk 003
0571
052
m rep hWk 0 2
0051
0
0521
1250 1250 1250
QUEENS 1000 1000 1000 178.3 sq miles
m rep hWk 071 0052
2 2 2 2500 per mm 2500 kWhkWh per mper 2500 kWh
2
1500
NOITARTNEC05N71OC NOITmPM SkN0O repU hW 71 C YGRENE
0001
052
AVERAGE ENERGY CONCENTRATION AVERAGE ENERGY CONCENTRATION AVERAGE ENERGY CONCENTRATION
2 2500 kWh per m
m rep2 hWk 0021
0051
057 005
NOITARTNECNOC YGRENE
KWh per m
ENERGY CONSUMPTION CONCENTRATION
NOITARTNECN05O71 C NO0I0T52PMUSNOC YGRENE
m rep2 hW
NAT TAHNAM NYLKOORB 0X0N0O 1RB SNEEUQ DNALSI NE
750750 750 500500 500
HGUOROB 057
250250 250
005
0 00
052
QUEENS BRONX BROOKLYN MANHATTAN STATEN ISLAND QUEENS QUEENS BRONX BROOKLYN MANHATTAN BRONX BROOKLYN MANHATTAN STATEN ISLAND STATEN ISLAND
BOROUGH BOROUGH BOROUGH
0
NAT TAHNAM NYLK
INTEGRATED SOFTWARE | ANTHROPOGENIC ECOSYSTEMS
WALLS
WALLS
SITE +AREA+CONCENTRATION+HEIGHT SITE + AREA + CONCENTRATION + HEIGHT
BASE
BASE
SITE + AREA + CONCENTRATION SITE+AREA+CONCENTRATION
SUSPENDED PATH SITE+AREA
SUSPENDED PATH
SITE + AREA WATER SITE
WATER
ARCHITECTURAL FACSIMILE SITE ENERGY CONSUMPTION ARCHITECTURAL FACSIMILE
WALLS
SITE + AREA + CONCENTRATION + HEIGHT
ENERGY CONSUMPTION ARCHITECTURAL FACSIMILE WALLS
BASE
SITE + AREA + CONCENTRATION + HEIGHT
SITE + AREA + CONCENTRATION
BASE
SITE + AREA + CONCENTRATION
SUSPENDED PATH
SUSPENDED PATH
SITE + AREA
SITE + AREA
WATER SITE
WATER
SITE
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DESIGN STUDIO 5 CONTAINER HOUSE The Container house is a Combination of Micro housing and economically efficient housing built in modules for the ever changing landscape of the evolving consumer.
05 DESIGN STUDIO 5 | CONTAINER HOUSE
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DEN
STUDIO
01. BUBBLE DIAGRAM 02. CONTAINER STACKING
PATIO
3rd Flr
L 40’ x W 7’8” x H 8’ BED RM 2
2nd Flr BED RM 1 DIN
L 20’ x W 7’8” x H 8’ MASTER SUITE
KITCHEN
03. CONTAINER + ECO CLADDING DETAIL PRIVATE PUBLIC
LIVING RM
OFFICE COURT YARD
01
ENTRY
02
ECOCLAD PANEL
EXTRUSION FASTENER
GASKETED PANEL FASTENER
STANDARD BLACK REVEAL FLASHING
WEATHER BARRIER
CONTAINER
03
DESIGN STUDIO 5 | CONTAINER HOUSE
3rd Floor
2nd Floor
1st Floor
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PROJECT PILGRIMAGE EVOLO SKYSCRAPPER COMPETITION | GROUP PROJECT
THE LEAGUE OF BLACK ARCHITECTS Project Pilgrimage aims to solve the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most prevalent issues: quality of living, urban density and impending sea water flooding. It combines renewable energy technologies that have been proven successful individually and have brought them into an arena where each can work towards a common goal. A hydro electric generating plant that converts abundant seawater into electricity will generate power for each unit, afterwhich a desalination plant will provide fresh potable water for general use, these combined technologies allow the skyscraper to embody the manners of a living, breathing environmentally compassionate aquatic organism.
06
Information and illustration present are included in my personal contribution to this project.
THE LEAGUE OF BLACK ARCHITECTS | PROJECT PILGRIMAGE
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WEATHER / RESEARCH LIVING SPACES COMAND CENTER WATER TANKS FIN
THE FIN (DESALINATION PLANT) Derived from the motion of a fish undulating, the fins operate as a dual sided multipurpose energy converter and desalinator. The right side of each fin acts as a desalination plant, operating by suctioning water into the tip of the fin through multiple rows of gills. The gills are tubes that suck the salt water into fin. the water revolves in a clockwise motion, heating the salt water t 212° F (boiling point), This process allows the salt water to vaporize, separating the sodium chloride from the water vapor. Vapor from the boiled water rises and is captured, then undergoes a cooling process that converts it back to its liquid state (potable water).
01
SOLAR WINDOWS
02
GREEN HOUSE TURBINES
This greenhouse features plant and animal life native to various atmospheric conditions. Sensitive to each species, the building has three levels of climate controlled farmable space. Plant and animal life chosen to be apart of this green space are those of which are most crucial for the survival of human life. The farmable space is most critical in the event the structure is disconnected from external influences.
SALT WATER FUELED THERMO ELECTRIC GERATOR A radio frequency generator located on both sides of the water tube transmits radio waves which interfere with the stability of the sodium chloride, hydrogen and oxygen present in salt water. this disruption weakens the bond that holds the chemicals together releasing hydrogen molecules and causing the hydrogen and oxygen to ignite. Heat energy is absorbed into the thermoelectric generator after passing through a copper insulated thermo sink which acts as a compressor to defuse the heat before it is absorbed by the thermoelectric generator.
01 SPATIAL DIAGRAM 02 FEATURED TECHNOLOGIES 03 SECTION
THE LEAGUE OF BLACK ARCHITECTS | PROJECT PILGRIMAGE
03
POTABLE WATER TANK
SALT WATER TANK WATER TUBES / GILLS
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THE FLOATING HAMMOCK STUDIO 1.2 FALL 2015
The Floating Hammock is a pavillion, derived from the mapping of movement and time. Vectors are used to represent the movement of specific body parts, the change in action both horizontally and vertically combined with â&#x20AC;&#x153;time linesâ&#x20AC;? were maped and layerd to produce The Floating Hammock.
07 THE FLOATING HAMMOCK
TERTIARY MAPPING SECONDARY MAPPING PRIMARY MAPPING
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THE FLOATING HAMMOCK
A
PLAN CUT AT 12’
PLAN CUT AT 2’
ELEVATION
SECTION A
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REFLECT HOUSE STUDIO 1.2 FALL 2015
THE REFLECT REFLECT HOUSE HOUSE TOLEDO, TOLEDO, BELIZE, BELIZE, CA CA
The Reflect house is the result of an extensive analysis of circulation coupled with passive cooling techniques and the unique needs of a professional couple who work from home. The ruins of a historical wall divides the site and influences the program and design greatly. The program of Reflect is divided into two groups, private and public.
08 REFLECT HOUSE
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Circulation + Orientation. There are two grids that were derived from the given site circumstances, the wall and north east view. These grids created rules for the circulation and further developed my analysis of the site, circulation and orientation. The first of the two grids is orthogonal, it is both parallel and perpendicular to the historic wall. The only way to travel from private to public (one side of the wall to another) is by walking the grid that is perpendicular to the wall. The second grid was derived from the north east view, it is diagonal and spans from the north east to the south west and from the north west to the south east.
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1 1’-0”
LEGEND:
1’-0”
-2’-0”
3
1 VESTIBULE 2 LIVING RM 3 KIT/DIN 4 OUTDOOR PATIO 5 WRITERS LOFT 6 STUDIO 7 SUN RM 8 MASTER SUITE 9 GUEST SUITE
2
2
1
D
E
LEVEL ONE PLAN SCALE: 3/16” = 1’-0”
SECTION ONE SCALE: 3/16” = 1’-0”
REFLECT HOUSE
F 6’-3”
5
9’-0”
6 C LEGEND:
9’-0”
1 VESTIBULE 2 LIVING RM 3 KIT/DIN 4 OUTDOOR PATIO 5 WRITERS LOFT 6 STUDIO 7 SUN RM 8 MASTER SUITE 9 GUEST SUITE
9’-0”
4
7
A 8
B 11’-0”
11’-0”
9
2
1
LEVEL TWO PLAN SCALE: 3/16” = 1’-0”
SECTION TWO SCALE: 3/16” = 1’-0”
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THEBROOKLYN HUB STUDIO 1.2 FALL 2015
The Brooklyn Hub is the new art gallery for the Brooklyn College Campus. This multi functioning space is meant to host classes in several music and arts departments as well as exhibit student and professional art. The greenery and seating areas are meant to invite students , facultu and guests to the new campus Hub.
09 THE BROOKLYN HUB
8
Level 2 Plan Scale 1/4” = 1’
7 A
6
5
UP
4
UP
5
5
3
2
1
1. Gallery 2. Curator Office 3. Bathroom 4. Storage 5. The Hub 6. Loading Area 7. Viewing Box 8. 2nd Flr Storage
Level 1 Plan Scale 1/4” = 1’ A
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+ HUB + HUB ANCEINANCE ININ AIN+TA A TA M M + Y Y LER LER : G AL : G AL S BOX S BOX GLAS GLAS
Section A Scale 1/4” = 1’
THE BROOKLYN HUB
NCE NCE TAINIANTAINA MAIN | U | MA B B U | H | H LERY LERY : G AL : G AL S BLOAXSS BOX S A L G G
NCE TAINA MAIN | B HU VATED ANCE | ELE INTAIN LERY L A G : | MA X B O U B H S GLAS VATED | ELE LLERY A G : S BOX GLAS
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T ELEVA ERY | G AL L
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TEND
INTA | MA D HUB
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NCE TAINA MAIN | B D HU
VAT | ELE LERY : G AL X O B S GLAS
South Elevation Scale 1/4” = 1’
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