Melissa Sucre Architect
ORLANDO FASHION HEADQUARTERS
A fashion incubator, a facility designed to foster entreprenourship and help strartup companies to grow thorugh the use of shared resources, education, and intellectual exchange. Orlando has phenomenal potential to become a destination in many fields, developing an in house, fashion market, will allow local talent to be known and develop their skills as well as bring visitors to the area and create economic flow in the radius around it and fulfilling a need for retail currently not present in Downtown Orlando.
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The area is a thriving location for the city that will activate de edge of downtown and help a connect the district to the rest of the city, a central lot chosen to activate the area will work as a transition spot where activity will The area is a quiet area seeking to revatilize and reconnect to the be constant thanks to the interaction and excity towards the north. Obtaining identity and generating social, change of public and dwellers funneling from one economical and intelectual activity in the selected node and its side of the district to the other at street level sorroundings. where retail, restaurants and other commercial Within the area the middle section was selected to create a phys- locations take place. ical node of connection between the existing center of activity and the developing area. The current morphology has been shifted to reinforce Ernestine St. which is planned to be closed of, with the position of the building at this point the strret turns into a procesion to reach a landmark.
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Measure 2: Regional+Community design To allow lower energy demands and higher comfort inside the building the roofs will be a white reflective membrane to avoid the heat island effect. This allows a significant temperature difference between outside and inside. It allows HVAC equipment operating on the roof to work with cooler air which will demand less energy to cool it. The high performance glazing used allows light to enter the building while filters out UV rays and heat. The green walls work not only as a statement to mark entrance and place but also work to help cool the sides of the building and collect water for the buildings use to reduce the demand.
Measure 8: Materials+Construction To allow lower energy demands and higher comfort inside the building the roofs will be a white reflective membrane to avoid the heat island effect. This allows a significant temperature difference between outside and inside. It allows HVAC equipment operating on the roof to work with cooler air which will demand less energy to cool it. The high performance glazing used allows light to enter the building while filters out UV rays and heat. The green walls work not only as a statement to mark entrance and place but also work to help cool the sides of the building and collect water for the buildings use to reduce the demand.
White Reflective Membrane High Performance Glazing Metal coated for increased reflectivity
High Performance Glazing Metal coated for increased reflectivity
White Reflective Membrane
Measure 5: Light+Air The double skin allows air to enter through the ground floor and directs hot air up and out of the building as well as allowing cool air into the building, it also filters light to allow a comfortable reflection inside the building. The flow of air through the skin cools the building reducing its demand for air conditioning.
URBAN RENOVATION. CULTURAL COMPLEX
The need for an art center
ing into it so that new redevelopment happens further down the line.
Redeveloping urban areas is desirable for social, environmental and economic reasons, exploring the need to reactivate an area while lowering criminal rates through an activity that is currently foreign to the zone will entice revenue and visitors external the Pine Hills area, creating a successful space that turns this area that is bare from any cultural activity and will turn it into a hotspot of creative activities. Sustaining the broader concept of revilitazing the neighborhood from within, creating job and education opportunities.
The entrance of Kirkman Road to West Colonial marks a clear point on which a direction must be chosen, the project focuses on activating this point as an urban axis which radiates activity in all directions for which it is important that traffic does not just pass by, to slow it down a roundabout is used, transit is able to circulate around it, realize that the pace of the city has changed and take the direction they need or want which in all radius lead to our Revitalized district.
Creating a gateway The chosen site is the anchor point of the group project at the east end of the site, where Kirkman road enter the West Colonial Corridor. This is an ideal site to develop a cultural complex because it is a gateway to the group project, it allows the opportunity to make bold design choices that will entice the drivers from a distance and also allows the opportunity to create a gateway into and out the project, giving it a true district feel without being closed to the rest of the city on the contrary engaging it and bleed-
Vacant spaces combined with easily acquirable properties of buildings with commercial activities in decline or closed allow the reorganization of land to create a finite site that weaves in and out of small and larger spaces, take up some land of private areas and opens it up to the public by turning it into part of the project, and at the same time the project creates openings to communicate with the residential parcels in the vicinity and allow multiple ways of entering and exiting the district and more specifically the art world.
Creating a walkable boulevard integrates both sides of West Colonial, making it one space that not only coexists but also dialogues and feeds of each other and reinforcing the condition of gateway into a new type of city development.
The Project
Given the pace of this district and the vast area it cover it is not real to assume that the car will be displaced, in areas of high density street parking becomes a solution to maximize the number of spots available as well as allowing ease of access to certain points. Lining the streets with parking spaces even helps the project penetrate further and engages the pedestrian at further locations creating activity in otherwise calm streets.
The art complex consists of 2 mayor performing spaces, 1 being a traditional closed auditorium and the second one being an alternative space that can be purposed for outdoor performance, indoor gatherings and other urban activities (farmers market, etc.) the structure will be a shell that retracts upwards and inwards or outwards at many points so the building can take many different shapes and adapt to the activities
while communicating seamlessly with the sculpture garden that lives in the corridor that physically separates the site from the highway 408, also blurring the line of the highway and engaging the drivers and passengers in the project without even having to be on it. The art complex includes another set of smaller performance spaces that
can also double as a convention center that includes a building set to become a gastronomic hotspot. Two of the buildings overhang over the entrance of kirkman road to mark a clear point of entry and also act as a projecting screen where performances happening in the complex can be shown to the general public.
The art trade zone consists on a series of industrial design buildings arranged so that the spaces between them become self-standing spaces where activities and performances can take place. The main idea behind this area is to bring in galleries, shops and restaurants that will activate the district economically and change the social
The project consist in 3 specific parts, art complex, art trade zone and the repurposing of two buildings at the east border of the site to become an art school that feed the subsequent spaces.
Flow: Study of the flow of traffic through the project an create opportunities to activate dead spots by creating points of interest and activities.
studio spaces. Vegetation Green spaces are treated to become part of the experience, they will change with the seasons so every few months it’s a new experience and instead of becoming just an accent it becomes a key ingredient that marks edges, provides shade, ambiance and a show. Materials Light materials that evoke freshness and modern design, performing buildings are dressed in a skin of micro perforated material that allows the opportunity to create spaces indoor/outdoor feel. The pergola will be ETF so that a cooling and heating system can run through it to help manage the weather. Bamboo wood for external pathways and floor covering in art trade zone is durable as well as economic and ecofriendly. Benefits of the project
Network development theories:Using materiality and color to highlight the hierarchy of buildings within a complex.
status of Pine Hills. The tie To ensure the flow of activity through the project and taking into account the Florida weather conditions, a pergola is used to tie all zones together as well for creating a clear identity of the project, very clearly it marks that you are within an perimeter.
This structure is interrupted at certain moments to allow other features to be present front and center. Trees are used to continue the overhang quality throughout. However the circuit is never broken throughout the art complex and trade world. Housing changes Whenever a redevelopment changes the use
This project will activate the area commercially increasing interest in the surrounding real state and redevelopment will set roots eventually in the whole district. The change in housing style will bleed to the neighbor-
ing areas increasing population density and in consequence allowing room to house the increase of population that will happen over the next 50 years in the Orlando-Tampa corridor.
to displace the current population all these changes will also increase their quality of life and give them bases to build better lifes.
New activities will start to happen and new people will begin to visit, the area will go from informal rundown commercial establishments to posh industrial style retail shops that will attract important brands and companies to come develop their flagship sports in it. The art perfomance spaces attract high volume of patrons which will remain in the experience before connecting to the rest of the city through the transportation hub at the middle of the site of moving on to sports events at the west end of the site, being a gateway in and out of this district its main focus will be in attracting people in and keeping them engaged, bringing all this activity will help at the same time lower the crime rate. There is no better weapon towards crime then not giving it spaces to happen. By lowering the crime rate the quality of life increases, areas with a high quality of life historically house succesful individuals, since the goal is not
of the land changes in the way of life surrounding the redevelopment is bound to happen. In this case the natural progression will be from small single family housing to evolve to midrise lofty style living, open spaces that have all the amenities an artist or art lover can desire are steps away, and the living quarters can double as working
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Arial View of redevelopment
BAKER AND MCKENZIE OFFICES (CARACAS, VENEZUELA)
The layout proposed for the law offices feeds of the need for open work spaces that are visually integrated and naturally iluminated defined through a clear statement of contemporary Interior architecture.
The staff was interviewed to understand the dynamic of their work and how it could be optimized through the effectiveness of their workstations transforming them into open work spaces that were flexible and fomented communication between work groups and departments. Unifying criteria was used and special distinctions would highlight structure levels. Corporate colors were used for wall covering in lacquered glass.
VEPICA OFFICES (CARACAS, VENEZUELA)
BANCO EXTERIOR (CARACAS, VENEZUELA)
Millenials making up the gross of the staff it was important to turn this dark closed space into open, light and dynamic space were creative work is promoted and appreciated. Workstations are dynamic and design forward by SISTEMAS FREZZA.
The main offics of a national bank that has won best work environment for several years was a big challenge. The technology requirements were at the core of the considerations, the solution was to develop work islands that allow privacy and group work simultaneously while complying with rules and regulations pertaining the bank branch. Alternative spaces like a small "futbolito" court doubling as a break room, think tanks and alternative wall coverings that allow to literally leave your writing on the wall make an innovative and creative space to work.
BOTANICAL INSTITUTE
The needs of the institue included: classrooms, labs, cafeteria, offices and social spaces that would allow the institute to be self sustainable through activities involving the local community. All took place on a single floor plan that throughout its shape would filter the users how far they could transit around the premises. Wider hallways mark public spaces, as hallways get more narrow uses become more controled (labs, offices, etc). The auditorium is located near the entrance. A restaurant also designed to help the institute be self sustainable, next to access points and a garden to showcase the work of the institute.
Instead of regular building techniques there was a search for innovation, resulting in aluminum structures and coverings of ETFE, a material that allows large spans of space to be covered and has a very interesting system of ventilation, no air conditioning is contemplated in the institute except for climate controled labs and the auditorium, it is all planned to have natural crossed ventilation and natural lighting, another great quality of ETFE is that it allows light to come through.
URBAN HABITAT
A Habitat was conceived as the progression cities will take due to overpopulation. Based on this principle the solution was stated as large arches that covered the existing city, allowing the light to come through while a new form of housing is created on top. Arches allow maximum use of space and take only minimal amount of ground, allowing the city underneath to keep existing and gives room to leave the ground for outdoor space used for relaxing, exercising, etc.
A modern and innovative form of transportation would allow residents to move from point A to Point B without requiring cars adding to the fact that cities are tending to evolve to green living. The new form of living would allow the unit to grow as the needs of its residents grow with a system that allows rooms to be added progressively going from a small 1 bedroom to a large 3 bedroom with amenities.
CELL A: Basic Family unit, 2 People
CELL B: rowing Family unit: people
CELL C: Complex Family unit: 8 people max
CELL A: Basic Family unit, 2 People
CELL A: Basic Family unit, 2 People
CELL B: rowing Family unit: people
CELL C: Complex Family unit: 8 people max
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SPORTS COMPLEX
A sports complex embeded in the mist of a busy Caracas suburb. Having mountains as backdrop provides the perfect setting of serene green backdrop to stage intense physical activities and competitions. Textile tensile covers provide open space that is sheltered from the elements allowing indoor/outdoor transitions. All activities are lined with walkways that wind the terrain and lead to plazas for the ejoyment of all spaces.
The gym and administrative building form a small cluster within the complex to focus the highest traffic of day to day visitors. Sorrounded by multiple green areas to aid in the cooling of the environment and allow users to enjoy the mountain sorroundings while being very close to the entrances of the complex, permitting fast evacuation of big events and comfort for the users.
COMMUNITY CENTER The project proposes a small community center located at a busy intersection. The proposal creates a path through plazas and buildings from one street to the next, getting pedestrians off the busy street and into a park environment so lacking in Caracas. The design centers around a main plaza that creating perfect spaces for pocket plazas that give the whole complex a life inside of itself, turning out the sounds of the busy streets that surround it. The design obeys to the topography of the site to avoid unnecessary land movement as well as being a nod to the terrain.
LIVE, WORK, PLAY A mixed use proposal to allow residents to stay in a safe controled enviroment avoiding traffic, insecurity and other factors that have become daily life in Caracas, Venezuela. Two main buildings, one houses offices and other apartments both tied at the street acess level with retail and entertainment all sorrounded by pocket parks and plazas. To create enfasis on the connection a structure used to shelter from the elements as well as add architectural value, a large scale yet light structure was designed to fulfill this aspect and tie the complex together.---
URBAN CIVIC CENTER
Diversity in design of floor plan within housing units opens up the spectrum of users to create a true community that fullfils all the functions of the complex. Creating a micro habitat in which the dwellers can be as involved or retracted from with easy access to the immediate city.
A civic center in the core of metropolitan downtown Caracas, it is contained in two seperate buildings creating a pathway between two busy streets allowing the space to become a peacefull oasis in the middle of the chaos of a Caracas business district. Each building contains very different activities, one dedicated to take care of physical needs (gym, playing, medical services) and the other to the mind (conference rooms, library, etc)
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