MICHELLE BUNCH B.S. ARCHITECTURE, GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
PORTFOLIO FOR ADMISSION TO THE M.ARCH PROGRAM AT THE GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
MBUNCH6@GATECH.EDU
CONTENTS ON THE EDGE ........................................................... ARCH 2011
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TWISTED .................................................................. ARCH 3011
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VINE CITY CENTER ................................................... 10 ARCH 3012 POBLENOU HOUSING ............................................... 15 ARCH 4011 ZERO GRAVITY ......................................................... 23 ARCH 4012
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ON THE EDGE
THE DORMER & THE DEFINITION OF SPACE UNDERGROUND ATLANTA PARKING GARAGE ATLANTA, GEORGIA NOV. - DEC. 2013 CRITIC // JENNIFER BONNER COURSE // ARCH 2011
The ܪnal project of ARCH 2011 imagines the roof as a way to activate the upper levels of an existing parking garage, which will be renovated to incorporate a roller derby rink, performance areas, and public meeting space. The theoretical position of the studio is to challenge domestic roof types by deploying residential-scale parameters over a larger area. On the Edge challenges the role of the domestic dormer as solely an exterior surface protrusion. Domestic roof types, including gables, hips, and hybrid types, provide a clear distinction between interior and exterior, and dormers are meant to provide additional interior space. Each of these roof types is a combination of singular pitched surfaces, or shed roofs. When these roofs are deconstructed into singular surfaces with dormers, they can be reoriented and combined into an inܪnitely expandable fabric, so that dormers can protrude outside, inside, and even reach down to form walls and structural elements.
THE DOMESTIC DORMER: Singular roof base with an exterior protrusion.
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SCALE ADAPTATION New functions and a new roof language energizes the urban parking garage 3
DORMER TYPOLOGIES: 12
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EXTERIOR + WALL
PLAN Balconies protrude to provide viewing platfor
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PROGRAM 1 2 3 4 5 6
Roller derby rink Ticket checkpoint Cafe + concessions Point of sales + prep area Stage Seating area
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Meeting rooms Flex work area Display area Viewing platforms Entry staircase from L6 Existing stairs + elevators
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SERIAL SECTIONS Roof undulations + dormers characterize diff ON THE EDGE // FALL 2013
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WORK Dormers diffuse light around work areas and backlight display walls
VIEWING PLATFORM Directed towards the state capitol and downtown Atlanta
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LEVELS 1 - 6 Lower levels maintain their functionality as parking for the upper levels
LONGITUDINAL SECTION (A-A) A fabric of shed roofs has been sculpted to deܪne each of the three programmatic areas. Dormers reach up or fold down into each of these spaces to complement their functions by diffusing light, creating focal points, and directing views to the surrounding cityscape.
ON THE EDGE // FALL 2013
PERFORM Dormers selectively dif areas and highlight per
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PLAY Interior dormers dramatize roller derby matches and direct light to the rink
LEVEL 6 Roller derby locker rooms lie below the rink on L6
CENTRAL AVE.
PERSPECTIVE Roof undulations dramatize views to the roller derby rink
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ANDALUSIA VISITOR’S CENTER ANDALUSIA FARM MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA OCT. 2014 CRITIC // JULIE ZOOK COURSE // ARCH 3011
Andalusia Farm, the home of author Flannery O’Connor, exudes Southern Romantic charm, but to a visitor who may be unfamiliar with O’Connor’s work, fails to reveal the darker characteristics of her writing. The proposed visitor’s center considers the encounter of volumes along a path in a study of the connection between volume and the perception of a space. Proportionally similar volumes have been combined in an architectural mimicry of the narrative theory diagrams that can be used to analyze and describe O’Connor’s work. A visitor will proceed along a path that at ܪrst emphasizes the ordinary and welcoming qualities of the introductions to O’Connor’s short stories. The path slowly and then suddenly reaches a descent, symbolizing O’Connor’s macabre plot twists before reaching a resolution at the edge of the woods. Scholars who visit the center take a different path of ascent from the main level to the library upstairs.
VOLUME & PATH Still images from a stop-motion animation describing the assemblage of volumes along a path. Colored image denotes the moment the twist occurs.
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ENTRY LEVEL 1 2 3 4
Ticket Sales Gift Shop Lobby Auditorium
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Outdoor Seating + ADA Entry Stair to Library Stair to Exhibit Area Cafe Seating below
ENTRY HALL The Visitor’s Center directs the visitor’s view from the lobby through the woods and back towards the farmhouse.
AREA MAP 1 2 3 4 5 6
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Visitor’s Center (proposed) Main House Pump House Stable Old Pump House Water Tower
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Nail House Small Barn Milk Processing Shed Main Cow Barn Equipment Shed Hill House
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Ticket Sales Gift Shop Lobby Auditorium Ofܪces
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Conference Room Storage Stair to Lower Level Ofܪce Mezzanine Exhibition Area
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Covered Cafe Area Cafe Prep Area Outdoor Seating Library & Reading Room
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SECTION B-B A Painted drywall ceiling over engineered wood truss B Painted drywall wall ܪnish C 1x6 Southern pine boards over wood frame construction
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ASCENT The library resides in the uppermost level of the center, representative of an ascent to knowledge and insight.
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DESCENT The rear staircase represents the sudden, dark plot twists that provide the climax to O’Connor’s short stories
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VINE CITY CENTER THE COMMON HOUSE STUDIO VINE CITY AT MLK JR. DRIVE ATLANTA, GA JAN. - APR. 2015 CRITIC // MICHELLE RINEHART COURSE // ARCH 3012
Based on the mission of the Common House project in New Orleans, the Common House Studio aims to revitalize the Vine City neighborhood by providing a teaching kitchen, library, and educational center for the residents of Vine City and the surrounding communities. The Vine City Center project attempts to create an additional street presence along MLK Jr Drive while also providing an inviting facade to the residential block behind the site. Two buildings, one housing the teaching kitchen and restaurant and the other housing the educational programs, draw on the block occupation and the regular rhythm of the single family homes that dot Vine City to provide a shotgun-like arrangement to the spaces within each building. Each space opens to the side of the building it most intends to connect with - either the neighborhood or the street. Each of these spaces are connected by outdoor or indoor lateral circulation that runs parallel to MLK Jr. Drive in a mimicry of the “stoop culture� of New Orleans or Brooklyn. The back of the project opens up to provide upper and lower plazas adjacent to the residences behind the site. This provides additional space for a community garden and other outdoor activities.
CONTEXT The row pattern of single family homes creates a rhythm at the street with distinct social customs at the street and at the back
SOCIAL SPACE A reversible diagram for interaction at the street
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Multi-Family
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AREA PLAN Samples of block occupancies of a similar size to the site in question inform how larger programs co-exist with the neighborhood rhythm
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SITE PLAN 1 2 3 4
Proposed Community Center Vine City Neighborhood Vine City WalMart Historic Church
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5 Green Space 6 Clark Atlanta University Stadium 7 Clark Atlanta Student Housing
FOCUS 01: THE STREET Two masses are set along the street to provide frontage and turn the corner
FOCUS 02: THE CORNER The masses are cut back at each corner to create additional social spaces at the street
FOCUS 03: THE NEIGHBORHOOD The neighborhood side of the lot is completed with two outdoor spaces to create a friendly facade for the neighborhood
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Main Seating Area Bar Seating Main Prep Area & Cookline Dry Storage Refrigerated Prep Area Restaurant Loading Dock
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Shelves & Seating Area Conference Room Main Desk & Book Drop (Outside) Staff Ofܪce
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Children’s Area Classroom Public Meeting Room Open Classroom Area
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LOWER LEVEL AUDITORIUM & SERVICE 3A 3B 3C 3D
Auditorium Lobby Auditorium Entry Lobby off Grifܪn St. Mechanical & Electrical
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Reception Hall Dumpsters Main Loading Dock
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Upper Plaza Community Garden Beds Lower Plaza
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SECTION A-A A long corridor along MLK Drive activates the street inside and out
SECTION B-B Circulation corridors create distinct bands between programs
SECTION C-C Plazas create a friendly and functional facade to face the neighborhood VINE CITY CENTER // SPRING 2015
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TRANSITION A choreographed corridor between the restaurant and the educational spaces connects the social scene of the street with the rear plazas
VINE CITY CENTER // SPRING 2015
ACTIVATION The outward-facing lower level reception hall dramatizes the connection between the lower and upper plazas
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POBLENOU HOUSING EXTENDED-STAY HOTEL C / DE PALLARS + C/ D PERE IV BARCELONA, SPAIN OCT. - DEC. 2015 CRITIC // MARK COTTLE COURSE // ARCH 4011
An examination of the urban inܫuence of Carrer de Pere IV and adjacent building typologies within the block. 1 2 3 4
Continuing the rhythm of the perimeter block The industrial warehouse as archetype Navigating the corner by building below grade Continuing the rhythm of the block in each direction, completed by a third, unrelated piece
This project from the Barcelona International Studio addresses the problem of the urban corner where Barcelona’s Eixample meets the pre-Eixample order of Carrer de Pere IV. The one hundred unit extended-stay hotel continues and echoes the urban archetypes of Pere IV and Poblenou - the perimeter block building as wall, and the warehouse structure as roof. At the intersection of the two archetypes, a third structure introduces the contained courtyard. The shared space of the central Eixample block courtyard is reinterpreted for the corner lot with a public entry plaza on grade, and controlled access to an open basement level below. In keeping with the three distinct structures, three room types respond to the focus of their respective locations.
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LA VILLA OLIMPICA DEL POBLENOU SITE PLAN POBLENOU HOUSING // FALL 2015
The history of the development along C. de Pere IV continues to leave its mark through the order of the Eixample grid
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CARRER DE PERE IV The remnants of the historic road to France
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ARCHETYPE 01: WALL Extension of the Eixample perimeter block.
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02 ARCHETYPE 02: WAREHOUSE Continuation of the warehouse roof. Registers Carrer de Comptal & Pere IV.
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ARCHETYPE 03: COURTYARD A third piece deܪes the archetype, acting as an open-air object at the intersection
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03 Existing sm POBLENOU HOUSING // FALL 2015
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1936 The Eixample begins to absorb existing conditions along Pere IV
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1903 Pre-Eixample industrial construction follows the order of Pere IV
okestack occupies an otherwise clean Eixample corner
2015 Negating the corner produces an inviting entry plaza MAP SOURCE: MUHBA, Carta Historica de Barcelona. [www.cartahistorica.muhba.cat]
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Open corner highlights the relationship between the three buildings and existing smokestack
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Below-grade shared space vertically separates public space from private access areas
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CIRCULATION
01 - ENTRY A single point of controlled access from the object building
03 - VERTICAL Facilitates travel between basement and rooms
02 - DESCENT Open circulation connecting the three buildings
04 - HORIZONTAL Three distinct corridor types correspond to each building 18
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Plaza Lobby Open to cafe below Secure access to building 2
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Open-air walkway Room type 01 (ref. Fig. x) Room type 02 (ref. Fig. x)
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BASEMENT LEVEL 1 2 3 4 5
Check-in desk & concierge Cafe Lap pool Ofܪce Restrooms
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Housekeeping storage Laundry facilities Gym Seating & ܫex area
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TYPICAL FLOOR Each of the three buildings houses distinct circulation systems and room types. In the wall building, the emphasis is linear. In the warehouse, a split ܫoor plan navigates between an atrium and outdoor space. In the third building, the emphasis is to the sky.
POBLENOU HOUSING // FALL 2015
PRIVATE Sleeping + Living
SERVICE Kitchen + Bathroom CORRIDOR Single-loaded TYPE 01 COMPACT
PRIVATE Sleeping + Living
SERVICE Bathroom + Dressing SOCIAL Kitchen + Dining CORRIDOR Single-loaded Perimeter TYPE 02 SPLIT
PRIVATE Shower + Patio SERVICE Bathroom + Dressing SOCIAL Kitchen + Dining CORRIDOR Open-air patio TYPE 03 LOFT
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TYPE 01 COMPACT 18 m2 per unit 56 total
TYPE 02 SPLIT 18 m2 per unit 35 total
TYPE 03 LOFT 18 m2 per unit 5 total
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ZERO GRAVITY
A RESPONSIVE LIGHT INSTRUMENT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER VISITOR’S CENTER CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA FEB. - APR. 2016 CRITIC // TRISTAN AL-HADDAD COURSE // ARCH 4012 TEAM // MICHELLE BUNCH JIANGPU MENG CAMERON BRADBERRY
Zero Gravity is a product of the Open Skies Studio, a collaboration between Georgia Tech’s Schools of Architecture and Mechanical Engineering to create a responsive architectural element for NASA’s Kennedy Space Center visitors complex. As the ܪrst phase of the $1.6 million project, the aim of the studio was to integrate a piezoelectric paver system to a spatial experience that would connect two disparate pieces of the Vapor Trail, the artery for visitor circulation. As the driving force of life on Earth, the sun serves as a timeless symbolic icon and an inspiration for innovative technologies. We proposed an interactive solar promenade composed of two canopies of telescoping tubes that will visually connect the two pieces of the Vapor Trail. The assembly of tubes reinterprets the oculus, and translates sunlight into a caustic ripple effect based on the movement of visitors underneath, emphasizing the connection between ground and sky. The two canopies are constructed of a ܪeld of connected tensegrity structures to appear as though they ܫoat in zero gravity.
SCHEMATIC UNITS Nine solar angles were chosen to test the ܪeld of tubes. For structural integrity, we propose packaging the tubes into 3 icosahedral tensegrity units, with a pair of tubes for each solar angle.
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CIRCULATION The Kennedy Space Center is an open loop between the vistor’s complex and offsite tours
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Information Entrance / Exit Heroes & Legends Rocket Garden Children’s Play Dome Nature + Technology
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7 Destination Mars 8 Journey to Mars 9 Open Canopy Area 10 Space Shop 11 Bus Tour Entry 12 Bus Tour Turnaround + Exit
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Administrative Ofܪces Space Shuttle Atlantis Orbit Cafe IMAX Theater Center for Space Education Astronaut Memorial
DENSITY MAPPING Showing the concentration of people per square foot, revealing pinch points and open areas
KEY BUS PATH WALKING PATH
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SITE STRATEGY Two parallel solar canopies, extending the existing circulation path and creating a visual connection through the seating area
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PIEZOELECTRIC TILE Walking over the tile registers movement on the ground and creates a signal.
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IRREGULAR GRID Tiles and units; concentrates movement in certain areas to pull visitors away from pinch points
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SIGNAL Communicates movement to the corresponding set of tubes above
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RIPPLE EFFECT The actuation of one set of tubes starts a ripple effect of actuation across the canopy
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SINGLE ACTIVATION Tubes reach towards a single visitor and produce a ripple effect outwards
MULTIPLE ACTIVATIONS When multiple visitors activate the canopy, movement is concentrated in the areas of highest activity ZERO GRAVITY // SPRING 2016
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HOUSING TUBE 4” diameter PVC tube lined with reܫective ܪlm
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AIRCRAFT CABLE 3/16” thick coated cable, looped at cap and secured with ferrule at each end.
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TELESCOPING TUBE 3 ߏ/ަ” diameter PVC tube lined with reܫective ܪlm
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OPEN-BODY TURNBUCKLE Located on select cables to bring the unit into tension
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TENSEGRITY CAP 10 GA steel, welded, 2 caps per tube
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STABILIZATION RING Acrylic ring with inset ball bearings to facilitate movement
ZERO GRAVITY // SPRING 2016
Prototype installation as independent u
units suspended from structure of School of Architecture porch
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