Michael I. Anowey Architecture Portfolio 2017-2021

M.A_ 2017-2021 selected works

PORTFOLIO | MICHAEL ANOWEY THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

Table of Contents FLORENCE

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ZION

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POMPEII

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OASIS

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EDEN

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PROFESSIONAL WORK

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RESUME

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FLORENCE

Austin’s Urban Expansion Studio: Spring 2021 Partner: Andre Rezaie

Austin, Texas has quickly become one of the fastest growing cities in America by almost a 3% annual population growth rate. As a result, eastward expansion seems the most equitable. Growth in Austin has resulted from tech giants including Apple, Samsung, Dell, Google, and Facebook moving in- hence a need for more housing and services. This is why this project is an urban proposal to create a linear city in east-central Travis county between Walter E. Long lake and Highway 130 toll road. ‘Decker Line’- a commuter rail proposal that revitalizes Highway 130, making it more affordable and accessible, mimics the linear city growth pattern in Austin that is seen on the spines of Mopac 1 and I-35. Moreover, there is a green ladder of parks and trails, running through this city to preserve Austin’s urban forest and to respond to FEMA floodplain areas.

Unlike a radial proposal that easily snaps into Project Connect- an ongoing public transportation expansion proposal, this vertical spine effectively allows for growth in Austin as it connects the city without cutting through the urban core, allowing opportunities for- perhaps- a new look at density. This eastward expansion prioritizes mid-rise densities as a way of preserving the identity of Austin and encouraging sustainability. Four different housing typologies are introduced and zoned to encourage mixed densities, access to services, and flexibility in relocation brought by family growth.

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Austin mobility networks

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Austin’s extraterritorial jurisdictions

Austin’s educational and income boundaries

Austin’s service distribution

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Site boundary

Block sizing

Green Ladder system

Zoning

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Street and Alley access purposed around soft edges

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Courtyard Housing| 4 units per acre

Mixed-Use Housing|60 units per acre

Paired Housing|10 units per acre

Townhome Housing| 8 units per acre 11

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ZION Eastern Orthodox Church Ethiopia Studio: Competition Uni XYZ Partner: Maxwell Vela

This project is a proposal for a church that aims to reinstate environmental spoliation through faith. The generation of more Ethiopian orthodox churches appeared to be the only response to the problem of the rapidly depleting ecosystems. Orthodox churches located in dense forests is a typology that is specific to the nation. These churches, however, seem to only protect the remnants of an already damaged landscape and fail to revalue it. Additionally, this design utilizes motifs of divinity such as water, light, and nature. These motifs are intended to represent the experience and function of Ethiopian orthodox churches as well as the Ethiopian orthodox religion of Tawahena, which has a deep foundation in the doctrines of the Old Testament. In the application of these concepts, the motifs are intended to provide an overall feeling of tranquility for users as well as providing a space where individuals, regardless of their age or gender, can feel at peace and welcomed.

On a more functional level, these motifs are applied in a water treatment system below the church that provides the site and the community with clean water for daily use and site irrigation. It does so by extracting and treating groundwater from a river to the northwest of the road; in light, there is careful attention given to clerestory and other fenestration, in order to create the perfect mood for program use; and in nature, trees and farm lots are placed closer to the chapel for shading and irrigation, respectively. These motifs allow

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Having two distinct means of access, we begin to see a formation of a completely private wing on the left side of the chapel and a completely public wing on the right side. The programs are placed around the chapel (the hub of purity)- and fused with elements of its site- to allow a symbolic revitalization of life amongst its users. This form organically replicates Ring road, a singular major express way that brings traffic into the neighborhoods surrounding the church. Replicating this road allowed a chance to speak on a larger scale, conceptually. The church felt as though it needed three tentacles like Ring road as an invitation to people from different walks of life. Its initial planning also adopts a circular form symbolizing unity which then unrolls into the symbolic tentacles of invitation. This approach would now incorporate elements of divinity- water, light, and nature, driving the design consolidating them as a template for future Ethiopian orthox churches.

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Low point on site

Piping

Water Output

Source water

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Corrugated metal roofing

Timber roof Framing

Steel Girders

Curtain walls and Bamboo

Shear walls

Concrete footing

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Programs: 1. Priest Residence 2. Chapel 3. Gathering space 4. Storage 5. Gathering space 6. Prayer hall 7. Workshop 8. Storage 9. Nursery 10. Cafe 11. Farming 12. Wells

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Longitudinal Section

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Pompeii

Piranesi’s City of Ruins Studio: Spring 2019 Vertical Professor: Judy Birdsong

Looking closely at Piranesi’s intersecting, perspective Carceri drawings, we begin interpreting them through two-point perspective drawings.

These drawings set the groundwork for understanding the site’s directionality, elevation, and axial hierarchy. Utilizing these drawings, we see structural and spatial patterns that allow the siting of watch towers intended for Caceri prisoners. Further exploration of Piranesi’s drawings lead to the creation of a site of ruins, which reads rather heavy in structure- massive stones- and dominant in the vertical axis. This would inform the decisions made to site the observatory at the highest point in the site to consolidate its concept of having three primary views of nature, city, and the cosmos.

This project manifests in two parts of a watch tower and an observatory. They both adopt a common theme of connectivity, vertically and horizontally, respectively. Connectivity within the conceptual framework of this project was imperative to effectively cast an interior and exterior relationship. In the watchtower, this relationship was crucial in monitoring prisoners, therefore, it was designed with three volumes, vertically spaced apart from each other, with pronounced directions to ensure a view in all directions. In the observatory, this relationship was crucial in obtaining optimal view to space, the city, and into nature. A horizontal approach with the volumes of the watch tower accentuated these views and activated the spaces for utility programs.

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Carceri Perspective 28

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Level 1

Programs: 1. Administration Offices 2. Bathroom 3. Library 4. Nature Viewing 5. Kitchen (F1) 6. Temporary Residence (F1) 7. Bathroom 30

Level 2

8. Cafeteria 9. Kitchen (F2) 10. Temporary residence (F2) 11. Cosmos Viewing

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Oasis Fighting Global Warming Center of America Studio: Fall 2019 Integrated Professor: Michael McCall

Situated in downtown Austin, a location that has recently found itself accommodating big businesses (technology especially), disparate cultural values, and high human traffic, this seemed well fitting for a project meant to embody the “Right Sense of Architecture,” one that caters not just to the human needs but also environmental needs. Previous architectural methods are not cognizant of the issues created in the design and the materiality of the work. This would be reason for a focus on materiality and structure to create a building that effectively interacts with its site and natural landscape as it reaches net zero.

A project of such a scale is expected to embody values that sets a precedent for future projects. There is a need to rectify the damage caused by building construction, which creates about 33% of total greenhouse gases. For this reason, this project tests the possibilities of a structure made completely out of mass timber, an organic structure, one that recycles harmful atmospheric gases that hurt the environment, and provides flexibility in construction. This new type of construction seems immensely feasible as these trees have a sustainable and reliable growth plan that addresses the issues of deforestation.

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The Vasconselos Library- situated in the heart of Mexico city- at first sight seems to read rather differently from its context. As a rustic, monolithic structure sitting amongst greenery it begins to isolate from its surrounding context. While it does this, it sets in motion an atttempt for urban revival seen in a mutual coexistence between users, the built environment, and nature. The library thus creates its identity this through the principles of Elements, Operation, Organization, and Civic utility.

Elementally, it utilizes permeable structural systems, working in layers to allow a successful operation of porousity in interior lighting. Organizationally, symmetry and figure ground create a saptial hierarchy in the programs as well as procession. Its Elements, Operation, and Organization create more so allows for massive scale, experiential spaces that invites users and hence its civic aspect.

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Breaking Axial Symmetry

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Centralizing Circulation

Program mapping through subtraction

Synthesis

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Ground Floor

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Programs: 1. Cafeteria 2. Conference room 3. Common office 4. Administrative offices 5. Lounge 6. General kitchen 7. Rentable Conference space 8. Research labs and Admin.

9. Theatre 10. Cafe 11. Waiting area 12. Library

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Level 3

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Level 5

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15th Street

Trinity Street 45

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Structural Axon

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EDEN Fire Station and Community Court Studio: Fall 2020 Comprehensive Professor: Claire Townley and Andrew Stone Partner: Maxwell Vela

Eden is a project that explores the superimposition of time, space, and function of the program. While looking at the rather unrelated programs of Firestation and Community court, there was an urgent need for an architectural typology that addressed the issues of worker and user wellbeing. This typology manifested within the building’s engagement zone- a biophilic passageway- that accentuates the transparent interior of the building and encourages a healthy interaction between interior and exterior. Located downtown Austin, Eden captures the dense history of Austin and utilizes its DNA as a guide to design.

The design of Eden is meant to actively accommodate and cater for different groups while also being flexible in time, space, and function.

Additionally, the Eden project is meant to address issues such as homelessness, resettlements created by the advent of I-35, gentrification, and a dire need to return to a more inclusive Downtown Austin. Formally, this hybrid program relies on modern methods of construction to achieve a parallel in the formal qualities of sixth street. Through the exploration of qualities of transparent, opaque, light, and heavy, the elements of nesting begin to emerge and produce a cohesive and compact design that could serve as a template for similar cityscapes.

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Telescopic Diagram

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Site analysis

Site identity Essential Desirable Non-essential Apparatus Bay Maintanence Bay Warm Zone (decon.)

Training Space Resouce Center Living Quarters FS Storage Courtroom (S) Courtroom (L) Counseling Office CC Reception Community Center Admin Space (CC) Admin Space (FS) Public Restroom Weight Room Exercise Room Transitional Housing Bike Storage Parking CC Storage Recreational Rooms In-patient Treatment Area Kitchen Outdoor

Concept Diagram

Program matrix

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Turning radius

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Site Plan

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Longitudinal Section

Transverse Section

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Wall section 60

North Elevation

West Elevation 61

South Elevation

East Elevation 62

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Professional Work Skylab Architecture June 2021-December 2021

This is a compilation of work done in the different phases of design. This looks over the pre-design, schematic design, and design development of three different projects. In Ashland residence’s pre-design and schematic design, iterations of program diagrams, and models were made to analyze the steep site conditions and emphasize its concept of endless views around the house. In schematic design of Asarch residence’s renovation- structural, drainage, and access diagrams were made to inform massing options. Moreover, in its early design development, Revit plan and section options were made while deciding on what needs to be kept and demolished. New schedules were prepared and new products test fit. In Humbird hotel’s post-bid, signage renders were done to fit into the construction schedule.

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Ashland Residence|Program Diagrams

Asarch residence|site diagrams

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Ashland Residence|Concept massing 1

Ashland residence|Concept massing 2

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