Second Year Studio Portfolio Fall 2014 Maria F. Zubillaga Gonzalez
MARIA F. ZUBILLAGA GONZALEZ ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO Second Year Studio
MARIA F. ZUBILLAGA GONZALEZ
4845 Ashley Park Lane Charlotte, NC 28210 | mzubilla@uncc.edu |(732) 309-7570
ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE Second Year Studio
TABLE OF CONTENTS Manipulation of Movement
Accessibility and Circulation
The Dead Letters Monument
The Gates Installation Central Park, New York, NY
Jackson St, Davidson, NC
Narrative Assignment Jackson St, Davidson, NC
Precedent Study
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Davidson Site Analysis
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USPS Pavilion
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Chicago Site Analysis
Schematic Design
Hyde Park Neighborhood
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South Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL
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3 Site Contextual Designs Hyde Park Neighborhood
South Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL
Design Development 48 49
Final Contextual Design Hyde Park Neighborhood
South Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL
Breaking the Grain and Prarie Style Influences
Park Neighborhood 52 Hyde South Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 53
Manipulation of Movement Precedent Study
Christo Yavacheff and Jean Claude The Gates Installation Central Park, New York, NY
This project studies the art installation created in Central Park by
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Christo Yavacheff and Jean Claude during February 2005. The project consisted in 7,500 gates that were 16 ft high that framed the pathways of Central park with vinyl frames and orange fabric that moved with the wind. This creates a shimmering moving river of color inside Central Park. With this installation Christo wanted to reflect the nomadic movement of the New York City’s culture while enhancing the contrast between the organic and inorganic aspects of the city. Christo critiqued the way that people in New York City live in the way that they wander around the city without appreciating what is in front of them. Also, criticizing how the city has manipulated the people to move in certain ways. The artist also complains how they city has manipulated nature to fits into the pathway they want people to follow.
Enclosure and Framing Devices
Hierarchy in Dynamic Spaces
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Repetitive Elements
Proximity Between Gates
Gates Adapting to Paths
Accesibility and Circulation Davidson Site Analysis Jackson St, Davidson, NC
This project analyzes the accessibility and
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circulation throughout Davidson NC. Since this community was extremely walkable and bicycle friendly the project starts by mapping the transportation methods around the area and the landmarks that people moved to in order to analyze the traffic patterns. With this in mind, the project developed into analyzing more influential buildings towards the site that was being analyzed and the traffic patterns that affected our area as well.
Location and Shifting Scales
10 11 Transportation Network Accessibility
Landmarks
Sidewalks, Vegetation, and Figure Gound
Nodes
Landmarks and Nodes in Relationship to Site
Bicylcle Circulation
Pedestrian Circulation
Vehicular Circulation
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Bus Circulation
Vehicular Traffic
Pedestrian Traffic
Hierarchy in Circulation
The Dead Letters Monument USPS PAVILION
Narrative Assignment Jackson St, Davidson, NC
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As we die we leave pieces behind as a reminder of where we stood, what we were, and our essence. Layers of our past lives lay there untouched as a memorial of who we were as entities. Sometimes as memories or as an effect of mourning. These layers of our character can be peeled away so we could see the bigger picture or can act as a barrier to separate what is dead and what has survived. This pavilion represents a memorial for the deceased post office. Its demise was the effect of Davidson’s culture. The post office was immersed in a culture in which they would pass by not noticing their surroundings. The emptiness of the entrance of the site acted as an implied wall that people would not dare to cross. The pavilion represents the extrusion of these implied walls from the post office as a criticism for people’s attitude towards this institution. Throughout the pavilion curiosity is rewarded since it is one of the most important assets in life. For the curious people the courtyard in the center would represent a space for reflexion where people could meditate about the post office life and how we experience life in general.
Parti Floorplan Diagram
Parti Elevation Diagram
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Compression and Expansion
Movement among walls
Human Scale and Changes in the Wall Heights
Extrusion of Walls and Angles
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Process Diagrams
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Process Diagrams
NE Elevation
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W Elevation
Floor Plan
Chicago Site Analysis Hyde Park Neighborhood
South Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, IL
This project consists on the analysis of the Hyde park neighborhood with the purpose of studying a particular site in South Woodlawn Avenue in, IL. One of the site’s
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neighboring building was the architectural precedent of the Robie House. When analyzing the neighborhood, several aspects were taken into consideration. Some of these aspects were: relationships of sidewalks towards entrances, climate, traffic, circulation, etc. Even though the site could be analyzed in many ways, there were three main aspects that stood out the most when visiting the neighborhood. Therefore, this projects revolves around the analysis of the grain, cross grain, the alleyway influence, and the modularity around the neighborhood.
Breaking the Grain Patterns
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Grain and Cross Grain Relationship Breaking the Rhythmic Patterns
Cross Grain Breaking the Grain Patterns
Pockets in Alleyway
Pockets among the Alleyway
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Search for Order Among Pockets
Modularity
Study of Modularity among Facades
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Modularity throughout Neighborhood Study of Modularity among Facades
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Hybridized Representation
Schematic Design
3 Site Contextual Designs Hyde Park Neighborhood
South Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, IL On this stage of the creation process the task was to create three strong designs that responded to our site analysis and served as a makerspace
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for the University of Chicago. The activity was intended to challenge our views on the concept of the makerspace and the program given. The purpose of the assignment was to analyze and define what was a makerspace and what spaces or what type of program should be privileged in response to the makerspace activity level. With this in mind, three responses were created that privileged three different aspects of the makerspace.
Cultural Center The first scheme questions what is a makerspace. After an in depth analysis this space was interpreted as a space were different cultures interact in order to enhance the learning and creative experience. Therefore, the scheme took the name “Cultural Center.� This scheme merged the interactive spaces such as the classroom, gallery,
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and fabrication lab to unite the creative activities.
Floorplan
Axonometric Drawing
Mezzanine
First Floor
Second Floor
Third Floor
Parti
Compositional Logic
Private and Public Spaces Plan
Thresholds in Private and Public Spaces
Private and Public Spaces Section
Figure Ground
Section A
West Elevation
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Axial Circulation
Cross-Axial Circulation
Vertical Circulation
Section B
North Elevation
Hierarchy in Circulation
Winter Solar Path for Heating
Windows and Courtyards as windows to the Robie House
Director’s Authority The Second Scheme consists in determining the authoritarian figures of the building and designing the building around this hierarchical figure. Hence, the director of the fabrication lab was considered the most important entity and the designed revolved around him. The director is privileged by three main elements: Having a private access, overlooking the operations of the building, and having many
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barriers for outsiders to reach this authoritarian figure.
First Floor
Axonometric Drawing
First Floor
Mezzanine
Second Floor
Third Floor
Parti
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Circulation in Search For Private Spaces
Compositional Logic
Circulation in Search For Public Spaces
Private and Public Spaces Plan
Director’s Private Access
Section A
West Elevation
Section B Vertical Circulation
Winter Solar Path for Heating
Windows and Courtyards as windows to the Robie House
North Elevation Verical Hierarchy
Figure Ground
West Elevation
Reactions to Noise The third and last scheme was
developed
from
the idea of “Reactions to
Noise.�
North Elevation
Throughout
the design the building reacts to the noise levels the
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makerspace
would
bring to the site and how to adjust the sounds to avoid disturbances. The noisiest
Section A
areas were sunken down in the grown as the maximum respond towards noise.
Section B
Floorplan
Section C
Cultural Center Hierarchy
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Director’s Office Hierarchy
Reactions to Noise Movement
Design Development Final Contextual Design Hyde Park Neighborhood
South Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, IL This project is a continuation of the last task,
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the schematic design. From the previous three schematic designs a new final concept develop in which it hybridizes some ideas from each project. The building kept the form of going underground as the scheme from “Reactions to Noise� but merged with the Cultural Center idea. Therefore, the new design merges the more interactive spaces together. The gallery became the hallway and everybody would have to access it in order to go through the building.
Bay Systems
Grain
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Structural Plan
Structural Walls and Columns
Structural Axonometric View
Breaking the Grain Patterns and Prarie Style Influences Hyde Park Neighborhood
South Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, IL This project consists in breaking the grain patterns and utilizing elements of the Prairie style to acknowledge The Robie House that is located next to the site. The Prairie style elements utilized are the aspect of the Reaching out element, horizontality, the path of discovery, the compression and expansion, the organic architecture, and the privacy
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levels. The building is shaped into an elongated rectangle to break the axial rhythm of the surrounding buildings and to have an open plan with horizontal influences. The buildings shape took form by analyzing the views from the site towards the Robie house and using this point to resemble the reaching out aspect the Prairie style entails. The building developed into two wedges that scissor and create two different experiences. The outdoor public experience, and the interior more private experience. to access the building people have to access the pathways resembling the path of discovery. Since the building is mostly underground, the impression is that you will access the building to go up. However, the building does the opposite by forcing you to go downward in order to access the fab lab.
Site Plan and Section
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Floorplan
Development of Form Diagram
Breaking the Grain Patterns
Primary and Secondary External Circulation
Public and Private Spaces Above Ground
Public and Private Spaces Under Ground
Levels of Privacy Above and Under Ground
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Section A-A
Section D-D
Path of Discovery
Secondary Paths
Tertiary Paths
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Section B-B
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Section C-C
West Elevation
South Elevation
East Elevation
North Elevation
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Connections Beams to Walls
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Railing Detail
Hanging Ceiling Connections
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