spring 2015 master project
CONTINUUM PIVOTING FOLDING ST. MIGUEL ANGEL PIO GIL PR. ERIC PETERSON
spring 2015 master project
CONTINUUM PIVOTING FOLDING ST. MIGUEL ANGEL PIO GIL PR. ERIC PETERSON
acknowledgements
To everyone who offer their help, support, advice, guidance, counsel and contributions.
Department of Architecture College of Architecture + The Arts Florida International University Paul L. Cejas School of Architecture Building, 272 Modesto A. Maidique Campus Florida International University 11200 SW 8th Street Miami, Florida 33199 305.348.7500 architecture@fiu.edu architecture.fiu.edu
spring 2015
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Chair, Department of Architecture Jason Chandler
Art-in-Residence Vestals
Alfredo Andia
Megalopolis
Malik Benjamin
The Future of Transition of the Guantanamo Naval Base
Jaime Canaves
Feedback >> Infra-urban Structure of Networks
Eric Goldemberg
MIAMI + BEACH 2100 Marilys Nepomechie Full-scale Architectural Detail
Eric Peterson
Innovative Tectonics
Camilo Rosales
Full-scale A r c h i t e c t u r a l Detail Eric Peterson M a s t e r P r o j e c t S t u d i o For more than ten thousand years we have been building things. Some of the oldest known written word deals with the construction of buildings. What can the things that we as individual designers want to build tell us about our own ambitions and desires to enter into this ten-thousand-year-old discussion?
STUDENTS Allen, James Robert Brooks, Ruth Chalmers, Dominique Chavez, Bernice Estrada, Jose Fabregat, Jorge Ferro, Ludovico Flores, Michael Mathew, Meryl Moreno, Gabriella Nunes Koo, Eileen O’Brien, George Pio, Miguel Silva, Anyeli
The studio course centers around three primary activities: reading, discussing, and making fullscale architectural details. We have read a series of essays, chapters, and selections from pieces of text loosely associated with phenomenology. In the discussions we have attempted to relate ideas from the readings to our own critical practice as designers and active agents in the production of physical culture. We have used reading and design work to explore our own means of approaching the meta-project that is sometimes called civilization, urbanity, culture, or humanity. Ultimately, our aim is to begin to know where we stand in relation to this larger project. Each student has proposed an architectural detail that is part of a wall and has built it at full scale. Typical programs include a means of passage, a means of viewing out, a means of viewing in, a means of sitting or resting, a means of working, a means of rising up – i.e. a door, a window, a seat, a desk, a stair. The architectural detail should be justifi ed with careful excerpts from specifi c texts. Final proposals include both architectural drawings and a written discussion of how the ideas expressed through architectural detail are related to those texts.
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The commodification of the balcony transfers value from function – providing outdoor-quality spaces in dense, urban settings – to social status, view matters more than usefulness. Balconies are simply a belvedere to celebrate wealth. Apply commodity as the standard, what happens when the view is not compelling? What then, is the purpose of the balcony? In a downtown area, possibilities for viewing are limited to streetscape and adjacent edifices. Traffic, sporadic trees, pedestrians and solid punched walls are typically what a balcony will show a resident. Rethinking the infill house means rethinking the viewing platform: the balcony. The new balcony should be a space large enough to hold different activities, instead of reducing its function to a view. What if the balcony is an extension of the apartment unit? The façade no longer would be a part of the outer skin of the building, but act as transition element between the public and private realm. This transition allows the introduction of a garden between the building and the façade. This requires rethinking the connection between the unit indoor and outdoor space. This element unites interior with exterior by pivoting in both directions. The balcony can accommodate moments and activities on either side, but when it’s fully open it creates an extension of the interior space. Designed thoughtfully, the balcony door can modify the existing space, while also performing as furniture. Benches are anchored to the frame, while the rotating door has a table attached to it. This design seeks to reinvent the purpose of a balcony, creating new opportunities for better living.
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research The typical balcony is a platform that accommodates no activity. A space limited in size and largely unused by residents.
Furniture is accomodated sideways to fit a person comfortably
Balconies become that gap between the property line and building setbacks
THE FORMAL EXPERI ENCE OF A BALCONY The commodification of the balcony transfers value from function – providing outdoor-quality spaces in dense, urban settings – to social status, view matters more than usefulness.
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Metal railing double function as protection and seating.
The grided window frames the view and encloses the former planter, providing different lighting quality during the day
THE FORMER EXPERI ENCE OF A BALCONY A former planter transformed into a balcony was my first experience of a balcony. A limited space that offered dangerous seating experience and different spatial enclosure than any other balcony experience in the future. Rethinking the balcony means reorganizing a former experience
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precedents Pivoting doors change the relationships between interior and exterior space. Larger opening provide a “continuum� underImage source: insideinside.org/corbusiers-apartment
Hรถweler + Yoon Architecture / MY Studio_ SKY COURTS Source: divisare.com/projects/214722-H-weler-Yoon-Architecture-MY-Studio-Sky-Courts
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Le Corbusier LE CORBUSIER’S APARTMENT Source: insideinside.org/corbusiers-apartment
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Jean Nouvel CARTIER’S FOUNDATION
Source: www.archdaily.com/84666/ad-classics-fondation-cartier-jean-nouvel/fondation-cartier-paris5-2
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continuum
The pivoting and folding door creates a new relationship between the balcony and the apartment. A continouos space that enlarges the spatial perception of interior and exterior.
THIS DESIGN SEEKS TO REINVENT THE PURPOSE OF A NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR BETTER LIVING.
THE COMMODIFICATION OF THE BALCONY TRANSFERS VALUE FROM FUNCTION - PROVIDING OUTDOOR-QUALITY SPACES IN DENSE, URBAN SETTINGS - TO SOCIAL STATUS, VIEW MATTERS MORE THAN USEFULNESS. BALCONIES ARE SIMPLY A BELVEDERE TO CELEBRATE WEALTH. APPLY COMMODITY AS THE STANDARD, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE VIEW IS NOT COMPELLING? WHAT THEN, IS THE PURPOSE OF THE BALCONY?
FLORIDA INTERNAT
IN A DOWNTOWN AREA, POSSIBILITIES FOR VIEWING ARE LIMITED TO STREETSCAPE AND ADJACENT EDIFICES. TRAFFIC, SPORADIC TREES, PEDESTRIANS AND SOLID PUNCHED WALLS ARE TYPICALLY WHAT A BALCONY WILL SHOW A RESIDENT. RETHINKING THE INFILL HOUSE MEANS RETHINKING THE VIEWING PLATFORM: THE BALCONY. THE NEW BALCONY SHOULD BE A SPACE LARGE ENOUGH TO HOLD DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES, INSTEAD OF REDUCING ITS FUNCTION TO A VIEW. WHAT IF THE BALCONY IS AN EXTENSION OF THE APARTMENT UNIT? THE FAÇADE NO LONGER WOULD BE A PART OF THE OUTER SKIN OF THE BUILDING, BUT ACT AS TRANSITION ELEMENT BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE REALM. THIS TRANSITION ALLOWS THE INTRODUCTION OF A GARDEN BETWEEN THE BUILDING AND THE FAÇADE. THIS REQUIRES RETHINKING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE UNIT INDOOR AND OUTDOOR SPACE. THIS ELEMENT UNITES INTERIOR WITH EXTERIOR BY PIVOTING IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. THE BALCONY CAN ACCOMMODATE MOMENTS AND ACTIVITIES ON EITHER SIDE, BUT WHEN IT'S FULLY OPEN IT CREATES AN EXTENSION OF THE INTERIOR SPACE.
THE PROBLEM MIAMI'S BALCONIES_THE PLATFORM
DESIGNED THOUGHTFULLY, THE BALCONY DOOR CAN MODIFY THE EXISTING SPACE, WHILE ALSO PERFORMING AS FURNITURE. BENCHES ARE ANCHORED TO THE FRAME, WHILE THE ROTATING DOOR HAS A TABLE ATTACHED TO IT. THIS DESIGN SEEKS TO REINVENT THE PURPOSE OF A BALCONY, CREATING NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR BETTER LIVING.
PRECEDENT_JEAN NOUVEL THE CARTIER FOUNDATION
PRECEDENT_HOWLER + YOON / MY SKY COURTS BALCONY SPACE NARROW_PRIVATE SPACE MEANT FOR A PLANTER
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INTERIOR SPACE BALCONY CONCRETE RAIL WINDOW FRAME RAILING GLASS
BALCONY SPACE NARROW_PRIVATE SPACE MEANT FOR A PLANTER
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EXPLODED SPACE A SEPARATION OF ELEMENTS
INTERIOR SPACE INTERIOR SPACE BALCONY CONCRETE RAIL WINDOW FRAME RAILING GLASS
BALCONY CONCRETE RAIL EXTERIOR SPACE WINDOW FRAME PIVOTING FOLDING DOOR RAILING BUILDING FACADE STREET FACADE
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EINVENT THE PURPOSE OF A BALCONY, CREATING S FOR BETTER LIVING. R BETTER LIVING.
spatial transformation An exploded and re-arranged former experience into a new formal experience
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BALCONY SPACE BALCONY SPACE NARROW_PRIVATE NARROW_PRIVATE MEANT FOR A PLANTER NT FOR A PLANTER
TERIOR SPACE R SPACE ALCONY CONCRETE RAIL Y CONCRETE RAIL INDOW FRAME W FRAME AILING LASS
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FORMER EXPERIENCE_MY HOUSE FORMER EXPERIENCE_MY HOUSE IN VENEZUELA IN VENEZUELA
INTERIOR SPACE INTERIOR SPACE BALCONY CONCRETE RAIL BALCONY CONCRETE RAIL EXTERIOR SPACE EXTERIOR SPACE WINDOW FRAME WINDOW FRAME PIVOTING FOLDING DOOR PIVOTING FOLDING DOOR RAILING RAILING BUILDING FACADE BUILDING FACADE STREET FACADE STREET FACADE
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RE-IMAGINING THE ELEMENTS RE-IMAGINING THE ELEMENTS RE-CONSTRUCTING THE SPACE RE-CONSTRUCTING THE SPACE
INTERIOR SPACE INTERIOR SPACE PIVOTING FOLDING DOOR PIVOTING FOLDING DOOR EXTERIOR SPACE EXTERIOR SPACE BUILDING FACADE BUILDING FACADE STREET FACADE STREET FACADE
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THE NEW BALCONY THE NEW BALCONY THE PIVOTING DOOR THE PIVOTING DOOR THE NEXUS BETWEEN INTERIOR THE NEXUS BETWEEN INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SPACE AND EXTERIOR SPACE
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FACADE SCALE: 1/8" = 1'-0"
SLIDING DOOR CONSTRUCT SCALE: 1/8" = 1'-0"
SCALE: 1/8" = 1'-0"
SLIDING DOOR SCALE: 1/8" = 1'-0"
LONGITUDINAL SECTION
BUILDING ELEVATION
FRONT ELEVATION
SCALE: 1/8" = 1'-0"
SCALE: 1/8" = 1'-0"
SCALE: 1/8" = 1'-0"
TUBE
2"x6" STEEL RECTANGULAR TUBE
3/8" GLASS PANEL 1/4"-20 x 1/2" STAINLESS STEEL SCREW 2" CHERRY WOOD BENCH
A2_PLATE AND ANGLE DETAIL SCALE: 1'-0" = 1'-0"
FRAME AND PIVOTING DOOR DETAIL SCALE: 3" = 1'-0"
SLIDING DOOR DETAIL
SCALE: 3" = 1'-0"
SECOND MEZZANINE FLOOR PLAN
FIRST MEZZANINE FLOOR PLAN
SEVENTH FLOOR PLAN SCALE: 1/8" = 1'-0"
SEVENTH FLOOR PLAN SCALE: 1/8" = 1'-0"
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IVOTING FOLDING OPENING SEQUENCE_CLOSED SCALE: 1/4" = 1'-0"
OPENING SEQUENCE_CLOSED SCALE: 1/4" = 1'-0"
OPENING SEQUENCE_90ยบ SCALE: 1/4" = 1'-0"
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pivoting and folding
1/4"-20 x 1/2" STAINLESS STEEL SCREW
OPENING SEQUENCE_90ยบ
OPENING SEQUENCE_FOLDING SCALE: 1/4" = 1'-0"
SCALE: 1/4" = 1'-0"
A1_TUBE AND ANGLE DETAIL SCALE: 1'-0" = 1'-0"
1/4"-20 x 1/2" STAINLESS STEEL SCREW
A2_TUBE AND ANGLE DETAIL SCALE: 1'-0" = 1'-0"
1/4"-20 x 1/2"
STAINLESS OPENING SEQUENCE_FOLDING STEEL SCREW
SCALE: 1/4" = 1'-0"
A1_TUBE AND ANGLE DETAIL SCALE: 1'-0" = 1'-0"
OPENING SEQUENCE_FOLDED SCALE: 1/4" = 1'-0"
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INTERIOR SPACE BALCONY CONCRETE RAIL WINDOW FRAME RAILING GLASS
EXPLODED SPACE A SEPARATION OF ELEMENTS
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INTERIOR SPACE
WINDOW FRAME PIVOTING FOLDING DOOR RAILING BUILDING FACADE STREET FACADE
RE-IMAGINING THE ELEMENTS RE-CONSTRUCTING THE SPACE
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PIVOTING FOLDING DOOR EXTERIOR SPACE BUILDING FACADE STREET FACADE
THE NEW BALCONY THE PIVOTING DOOR THE NEXUS BETWEEN INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SPACE
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FACADE SCALE: 1/8" = 1'-0"
SLIDING DOOR CONSTRUCT SCALE: 1/8" = 1'-0"
SLIDING DOOR SCALE: 1/8" = 1'-0"
SCALE: 1/8" = 1'-0"
1"x3" STEEL RECTANGULAR TUBE
OPENING SEQUENCE_90ยบ SCALE: 1/4" = 1'-0"
1/4"-20 x 1/2" STAINLESS STEEL SCREW
OPENING
OPENING SEQUENCE_90ยบ
3/4" STEEL ANGLE
A3
6"x18" STEEL RECTANGULAR TUBE
A4
2"x3" STEEL RECTANGULAR TUBE
A1_TUBE AND ANGLE DETAIL SCALE: 1'-0" = 1'-0"
sliding door
A1
A2
A1
3/4" STEEL ANGLE
1/4"-20 x 1/2" STAINLESS STEEL SCREW
1"x3" STEEL RECTANGULAR TUBE
3/4" STEEL ANGLE
SCALE: 1/4" = 1'-0"
1/4"-20 x 1/2" STAINLESS STEEL SCREW
13mm Low-E GLASS PANEL
A3
OPENING SEQUENCE_FOLDING SCALE: 1/4" = 1'-0"
3/8" STEEL A1_TUBE AND PLATEANGLE DETAIL
2"x3" STEEL RECTANGULAR TUBE
A2_TUBE AND ANGLE DETAIL SCALE: 1'-0" = 1'-0"
SCALE: 1'-0" = 1'-0"
A2 6"x18" STEEL RECTANGULAR TUBE
A4
3/4" STEEL ANGLE
1/4"-20 x 1/2" STAINLESS STEEL SCREW
1"x3" STEEL RECTANGULAR TUBE
A2_TUBE AND ANGLE DETAIL
3/8" STEEL PLATE
SCALE: 1'-0" = 1'-0"
13mm Low-E GLASS PANEL
2"x3" STEEL RECTANGULAR 3"x6" STEEL TUBE A3RECTANGULAR TUBE
3/4" STEEL ANGLE
1/4"-20 x 1/2" STAINLESS STEEL SCREW 2"x2" STEEL RECTANGULAR TUBE
A4 2"x6" STEEL RECTANGULAR TUBE
13mm Low-E GLASS PANEL
SCALE: 3" = 1'-0"
SCALE: 1'-0" = 1'-0"
SEQUENCE_FOLDING
OPENIN
SCALE: 1/4" = 1'-0"
A1_TUBE AND ANGLE DETAIL
OPENING SEQUENCE_FOLDED
SCALE: 1'-0" = 1'-0"
SCALE: 1/4" = 1'-0"
A1_TUBE AND ANGLE DETAIL SCALE: 1'-0" = 1'-0"
3/4" STEEL ANGLE
2"x6" STEEL RECTANGULAR TUBE
3/8" GLASS PANEL
3/8" GLASS PANEL 1/4"-20 x 1/2" STAINLESS STEEL SCREW 2" CHERRY WOOD BENCH
FRAME AND PIVOTING DOOR DETAIL
1/4"-20 x 1/2" STAINLESS OPENING STEEL SCREW
2"x2" STEEL A1_TUBE AND RECTANGULAR ANGLETUBE DETAIL
3"x6" STEEL RECTANGULAR TUBE
6"x18" STEEL RECTANGULAR TUBE
1/4"-20 x 1/2" STAINLESS STEEL SCREW
A2_PLATE AND ANGLE DETAIL SCALE: 1'-0" = 1'-0"
3/8" STEEL PLATE
1/4"-20 x 1/2" STAINLESS STEEL SCREW 2" CHERRY A2_TUBE AND BENCH ANGLEWOOD DETAIL SCALE: 1'-0" = 1'-0"
SLIDING DOOR DETAIL
1/4"-20 x 1/2" STAINLESS STEEL SCREW
A2_PLATE AND ANGLE DETAIL SCALE: 1'-0" = 1'-0"
SCALE: 3" = 1'-0"
FRAME AND PIVOTING DOOR DETAIL
SLIDING DOOR DETAIL
SCALE: 3" = 1'-0"
SCALE: 3" = 1'-0"
1/4"-20 x 1/2" STAINLESS STEEL SCREW 2"x2" STEEL
A1_TUBE AND
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OPENING SEQUENCE_FOLDED CONTINUUM SCALE: 1/4" = 1'-0"
process_materiality Steel and wood are two different materials. Each perceived and understood differently. In continuum raw steel provides a sense of permanence, while wood provides the surface to touch.
Cutting and grinding
Welding
Grinding
Sanding
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Tapping
Sorting pieces
Clamping
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1/4-20 x1/2” screws
Steel 2”x2” tube welding connection
Support welding connection
Steel 2”x2” tube and 3/8” plate connection
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Raw wood sanding
Notches cut
Bench detailing
FInished bench
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Door mounted
Scale and nenches
FInished door and scale
FInished door
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Grid
Bench framing
Door handle
Welds and screws
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