Athena Carter 2012
PORTFOLIO
ATHENA CARTER
I’ve always been passionate about design and architecture. I believe that everything is design, and consequently this mindset has provided me with a well-rounded design background. I started as a project designer at Keystone Construction, where I was a contractor involved in the design, planning, and con-
struction of small landscape design projects for residential clients. After receiving a Bachelor degree in Architecture from UC Berkeley, I worked as a junior designer and assistant project manager for a small architectural firm in Oakland that specialized in interior healthcare and complex laboratory projects.
I went back to school to pursue my Masters in Architecture in ordert to become licensed architect and to expand my visual graphic communication skills, further examine current trends in architecture, and develop my design process skills. I just graduated with my Masters from CCA in 2012. While at school I worked as
a freelance graphic designer and a branding and social media director for a tech recruiting company. Here, I was able to apply the skills I learned through architecture, such as wayfinding, visual communication, and layout skills.
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PROFESSIONAL & THEORETICAL
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HEATHCARE INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE REMODELS BLAKEDRUCKER ARCHITECTS | 2009 - 2010
REBOOTING PUBLIC SPACES THESIS | SPRING 2012 | BRIAN PRICE CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS
UCSF CRANIOFACIAL & MESENCHYMAL LAB UCSF HEALTH SCIENCE EAST BUILDING, FLOOR 15 BLAKEDRUCKER ARCHITECTS | 2009 - 2010
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PIER 27 INTERLOCK TERMINAL CBD STUDIO | SPRING 2011 | JUDITH MUSSEL CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS
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6 CCA DESIGNING THE FUTURE ADVANCED STUDIO | FALL 2011 | CRAIG SCOTT CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS
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BAY AREA EMERGENCY RESPONSE STATION ARCH 100B | SUMMER 2008 | KEITH PLYMALE & MONICA TIULESCU UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY
JAPANTOWN MULTI-PURPOSE HOUSING STUDIO 3 | FALL 2011 | THOM FAULDERS CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS
MISC.
ARCHITECTURE PHOTOGRAPHY
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Martinez Medical Office Building 3rd Floor Reception Remodel
2010
Oakland Medical Center Oakland Piedmont MOB 3rd Floor Oakland Medical Center Material Management Remodel 2010 Urology Reception Station Remodel 2010 Elevator Lobby
/ KAISER PERMANENTE / HOSPITAL RENOVATIONS /
2009
Oakland Piedmont MOB Scoping: Ground Floor Entry Alternatives
Oakland Piedmont MOB Scoping: Ground Floor Entry Alternatives While working for BlakeDrucker Architects, I was responsible for the production of the majority of healthcare projects. I developed and presented early design studies, sketches, and 2D/3D presentation material and finish boards for multiple healthcare projects. Also conducted ceiling survey of existing conditions of the entire
2010
2010
Oakland Piedmont MOB OBGYN Reception Stations Remodel
2009
Oakland Piedmont Medical Office duced scoping alternatives, design Building and coordinated with electri- development packet, variance forms, cal engineer. construction documentation, and submitted documentation for OSHPD I communicated with building deand Building Permit review. I also partments for the adherence of strict was responsible for the production design requirements (OSHPD and of specifications, selection of finish approved materials, furnishings, and furniture, as well as construction and construction standards). Proadministration coordination.
/ UC SAN FRANCISCO / CRANIOFACIAL & MESENCHYMAL LABORATORY RENOVATION /
11,000 sq ft high-rise research laboratory renovation. I assisted the lead architect with construction administration and was in charge of marketing, finish and furniture selection, and coordination with consultants’ work to ensure compliance with the design solution and a timely submission of documents. Also in charge of LEED Submittals, which received Gold certification upon completion in May 2010 (the first Gold rating for a research laboratory at UCSF).
LOCATION: UCSF; HSE 15 CLIENT: UC REGENTS
PROJECT BUDJET: $5,000,000 COMPLETED: MAY 2010
EVOLUTION OF PERSON TO PERSON CONNECTION
One Person Trying To Send Information To The Many
The Many Are Now Able To Respond
TYPICAL PU
ANALYSIS
The Many Are Now Interconnected In A Network
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THE ARGUMENT
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CURRENT REQUIRES EMERGENT PROGRAM
STAMMERINGS HIGH LINE BARRIERS ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS TORONTO WATERFRONT
INTERACTIVE MOBILE TECHNOLOGY
PHYSICAL
/ 2012 CCA THESIS / REBOOTING PUBLIC SPACES /
UBLIC SPACE TYPOLOGIES
PROPOSED STRATEGIES reclaiming
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FELDPLATZ
PARKS EXAMPLE: GOLDEN GATE PARK
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SQUARES EXAMPLE CLEVELAND PUBLIC SQUARE
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WATERFRONTS EXAMPLE: TORRONTO WATERFRONT
PLAZAS EXAMPLE: SEAGRAM PLAZA
ATEGIES
the use of a venue for activities that were not originally intended for those locations
appropriating input
actions through which the use and structure of traditional public space can be changed
output
when people and still, groups start to form
people attract people
VS
surveillance
abilities change based on location
input + feedback
stammering using funneling as a way of slowing down traffic to focus on events
RELATIONAL FEEDBACK LOOP
user list of friends all friends friends of friends networks
sharing information
OPENNESS
ENVIRONMENTAL - BEHAVIOR ELEMENTS
PRODUCTION OF USER EXPERIENCE
DIRECT ATTENTION
EMOTIONAL
DEMAND ATTENTION
USER AGENCY
USER ENGAGEMENT
EXPERIENCE
TYPICAL PUBLIC SPACE TYPE
SPATIAL STRATEGY
CONTROL
PHYSICALLY DEFINED BOUNDARIES
SENSORY INTERACTIVE
PERCEPTION OF SOCIAL ORDER PERCEPTION OF SECURITY
FLEXIBILITY EFFICIENCY
RESULTANT BEHAVIOR
DISTINCTION BETWEEN PUBLIC & PRIVATE EXPERIENCE ROMAN FORUM
PERCEPTION
AWARENESS OF SPACE
COGNITIVE MAPS
AWARENESS OF ACTIVITIES
HOMOGENEOUS HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS LONG-TERM TRANSFORMATIONS
LACK OF CONTROL
the discovery of social activity through the mapping of latent mobile & physical data
PERCEPTION OF SOCIAL ORDER
PASSIVE REPITION FUCTION MAXIMIZATION
ACCESSIBLITY
PERCEPTION OF SOCIAL ORDER HIERARCHIES
IMPLIED BOUNDARIES
INTERPERSONAL ISOLATION MODIFIED USES INFORMATION TRANSFER
MYSTERY
AWARENESS OF BODY
STRESS
CHANCE ENCOUNTERS
DISTINCTION BETWEEN PUBLIC & PRIVATE EXPERIENCE
3RD STREET PROMANADE SANTA MONICA
INCREASED DENSITY USER AGENCY
WORKS ON DIFF. SCALES
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PHENOMENOLOGICAL NON-PASSIVE
DESIRE FOR ATTAINING WEALTH COMMODIFICATION OF EXPERIENCE
SEAGRAM PLAZA
COMPLEXITY
PARTICIPATION
PEOPLE WATCHING
PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS
ENTERTAINMENT
COHERENCE & LEGIBILITY
PRODUCTIVE
INTERPERSONAL PANOPTICON CHANCE ENCOUNTERS
SITE BUILT FOR CONSUMPTION
ORDER
SEGREGATION
OPENNESS
INTERACTIVITY WITH PEOPLE
ACCESSIBILITY POTENTIAL FOR CIVIC CONGREGATION
NETWORK ENCLOSURE
SOCIAL ORGANIZATION CUSTOMIZATION
PERCIEVED PRIVATIZATION OF SPACE PERCEPTION OF SECURITY
consolidating infrastructure allows for overlapping of programmatic use
SEMI-ENCLOSURE
COMMON INTERESTS / GOAL SF FEDERAL BUILDING
Information and communication technology – specifically social media – has produced a culture increasingly obsessed with change. The constant fluctuation of the life of the city fights against the static backdrop of its physical environment. This has resulted in the decline of traditional forms of public space. Here, architecture is unable to cre-
ate a bi-directional relationship between the physical and virtual realms. This thesis attempts to reconcile this interconnected relationship through the creation of a new public space typology that uses open-source strategies to produce a complex, real-time, adaptive system for social organization that is centered around specific fluctuating
HYBRID DATASCAPE
MOBILE POSTS, CHECK-INS & PICS SENSORED SITE DATA SENSORED WEATHER DATA N TIO IZA IOR OM AV ST CU EH TE L B MO IA RE SOC
QUALITIES
ENVIRONMENT AUGMENTED AMBIENT EFFECTS AUGME AUGE AUGEMENTED SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
uncovering
GIES
PEOPLE
ACTIVATION SPATIAL ORGANIZATION ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE PROGRAM MODE
user agency
SYSTEM
SIT ED AT A
audience PASSIVE VS. PARTICIPATORY
crossroads and streets can become public squares
INPUTS
NS OR ED
transgressing the discovery of social activity through the mapping of latent mobile & physical data
SE
public
Broadcast Yourself
MICRO PUBLIC SPACE OUTPUTS
program. These emergent spaces are at the same time transactive, interactive and collaborative; transforming public space into an urban stage where users are participants and co-creators.
DATASCAPE GENERATION ENVIRONMENTAL
daylight & shade
wind patterns
GROUPING PATTERNS 15TH 16TH
people
PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT PEDESTRIAL MOVEMENT TEMPORAL 15TH 16TH
day time
17TH 17TH
morning
AVE
16TH 16TH
15TH
17TH
16TH
15TH
RAPH TELEG
FLICKER FLICKER+ TWITTER + TWITTERGEOTAGGE GEOTAG
evening
COMBINED COMBINEDMAPPING MAPPINGOFOFTWITTER TWITTERAND ANDFLICKER FLICKERPOST POSTGEOTAGG GEOTAG GG
STRATEGIES The advent of the virtual public sphere affords people the ability to generate spaces instantaneously through collective crowd-source activation and the ability to spatially organize around particular concerns without the constraint of physical proximity. Now, the crisis in physical public spaces is also due
to the lack of opportunity for the public to have a contributory role in its formation. How can we turn physical public space into an open-source software where collectively sourced participation can be leveraged as a form of social empowerment as well as embed in it and serve local issues and desires?
FOURSQUARE NETWORK NIGHTLIFE
TWITTER POST GEOTAGGED LOCATIONS
ARTS
1 TO 1000
SHOPS
BUSINESSES
1001 TO 2000
2001 TO 3000
FOOD
3001 TO 4000
4001 TO 5000
5000+
PARKS/PLAZAS
0.5 MILE
PICAN 5426 CHECK-INS LUKA’S TAPROOM & LOUNGE 4014 CHECK-INS BEER REVOLUTION 3974 CHECK-INS
FOX THEATRE 8039 CHECK-INS THE UPTOWN 2384 CHECK-INS PARAMOUNT THEATRE 2184 CHECK-INS
KAISER CENTER 2076 CHECK-INS ASK.COM 2056 CHECK-INS THE CLOROX COMPANY 1320 CHECK-INS
24 HOUR FITNESS 8039 CHECK-INS CLUB ONE FITNESS 2384 CHECK-INS FARMER’S MARKET 1021 CHECK-INS
WHOLE FOODS MARKET 7265 CHECK-INS PICAN 5426 CHECK-INS LUKA’S TAPROOM & LOUNGE 4014 CHECK-INS
OAKLAND CHINATOWN PLAZA 1868 CHECK-INS FRANK H. OGAWA PLAZA 1148 CHECK-INS SNOW PARK 624 CHECK-INS
262,708 CHECK-INS
FLICKER POST GEOTAGGED LOCATIONS
0.5 MILE
PERFORMATIVE NETWORK
GGED ED POSTS POSTS
SIMULTANEOUS TWITTER & FLICKER POSTS
0.5 MILE
GED LOCATION LOCATIONS ONN
OPEN-SOURCE TECHNOLOGY
ing information. Here, the potential lies in its ability to actually affect 3D space Situated sentient technologies that collect, – open-sourced data as an active agent on store, and monitor information from the the landscape in the production and formacity have transformed the way we perceive tion of physical public space. the city. Site is no longer just geographic and static, but rather, it is a layered daIn order to create a bi-directional relationtascape of the flows of constantly fluctuat- ship between 2D and 3D public spheres,
the datascapes can not be completely dependent on physical and ambient inputs, but rather, it’s the hybridization between these and those generated through the collection and filtering of real-time recorded crowd-sourced data captured by a vast system of mobile locative communication devices.
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
THE SIDEWALK
CITY OF INFRASTRUCTURE
TERRITORY
PROGRAMMATIC MODES ACTIVITIES ARTS
BUSINESSES
FOOD
PEDESTRIAN TRIAN REALM
PARKS/PLAZAS
FLEA MARKET
CIVIC GATHERING
OPEN FESTIVALS
OPEN MARKET
STREET PERFORMANCE
OUTDOOR GALLERY
SHOPPING
OUTDOOR CONCERT DANCE PARTY PRODUCT DEMONSTRATION
ACCESS TO INFOMATION: GALLE GALLERY LLERY RY INF INFO O * ART GA * LOCAL ARTIST INFO ENTS * UPCOMING ART EVENTS ART FORUM POST YOUR OWN VIRTUAL ART AR POST EVENT PHOTOS HOTOS
LOUNGE
ART
ONLINE COMMERCE INFO: REVIEWS REVIEW IEWSS & RATINGS RATIN RA TINGS GS * REV * PRODUCT INFO * LOCAL VENDOR SALES
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PHO PHOTOSHOOT
light
SHARE & DOWNLOAD: MUSIC IC * MUS * MOVIES * PHOTOS * VIDEOS
trash
WA Y
DOWNLOADABLE LIBRARY FOOD FOO D FORUM: FORUM: FORU M: * SHARE RECIPIES * POST/READ REVIEWS * POST PICTURES TRANSIT TIMES & INFO
DEPLOYMENT
SHOPS
ROADWAY CORRIDOR
COMMERCIAL PERFORMANCE
INFRASTRUCTURE
infrastructural modification responding to desired or sensed physical and ambient input From here, I used the sidewalk as a prototype. strategies. Each category starts to take on difI saw potential in its traditional static infraferent characteristics in order to maximize the structure as a way of embedding this informacapacity to respond to both the physical stratetion processing. Thus, transforming it into a gies of organization, programmatic needs, and dynamic supporting network of instruments. ability to augment ambient experiential qualiThere starts to develop a type of catalog of ties
BRO AD
NETWORKED WIRELESS CONTENT
EVENTS
NIGHTLIFE
COFFEE LUNCH CAFE PARADE POETRY READING WI-FI LOUNGE BAR / NIGHTCLUB BUS STOP
DEP
parki mete
0.25 MI
PNEUMATIC MUSCLES
PLOYABLE TECHNOLOGY
CLASSICAL STEEL FRAMEWORK GIRDER
TENSAIRITY GIRDER
STRUCTURE
PHASES
LOAD
LOAD compressional rod
1/4” LATEX TUBE
Y
air pressure
TENSAIRITY inflatable structures ADJA ADJACENT LAND USE
tensional rope
STRUCTURE
1/2 “ MESH SLEEVE
TUBE TO AIR COMPRESSOR / VACUUM
maximum contraction
FOLDING TYPES DEPLOYABLE TENSAIRTY BEAM
TYPICAL TENSAIRTY BEAM
static state compression element
no air
segmented compression element
air beam
1/8” METAL SCREW USED AS PLUG
air beam
cable
cable
loop - folding
closed-loop folding
starts to curve
spiral folding mechanism
maximum expansion
SETBACK ZONE
EXPANDING AND LOCKING RIBS
compression element
air compressed in
INFLATABLE STRUCTURAL INFLATABLE STRUCTURAL TYPES TYPES
compression element
TUBE
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ADVANTAGE: soft thin material can be used, tubes can run perpendicular to curvature DISADVANTAGE: joinery more complex, requiring sewing and thermal binding
cable compression element
h can
ing er
air vaccumed out
QUILT
ADVANTAGE: simple thermal binding methods DISADVANTAGE: thicker material required to compensate for weak joints, tubes cannot run perpendicular to curvature
AIR BEAM
ADVANTAGE: less material required, possibly relatively lighter DISADVANTAGE: thick material required in beams for rigidity, less control in executing desired form
cable
compression element
ILE
cable
MANIPULATION
not only alters the program of the space but also creates a type of atmospheric The manipulation of sidewalk infrastrucmicro-climate by activating stimuli – light, tural elements, such as the bus stop, street image, and sound. Here, urbanism is an light, parking meter, and sidewalk, by onemergent property based on online openline activity to produce pop-up architecture sourced data. The architecture becomes a that caters to the type of program that the semi-living organism: adapting, emerging, online information indicates. This new form evolving, mutating, and growing.
In order for these elements to transform their physical structure had to change as well. The requirements thus became: foldable compression unit, rapid deployability and retractablity, durability (able to fold and unfold numerous times), and self-supporting (using sustainable technologies to produce electricity to sustain itself independently)
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BUS STOP / LARGE PAVILLION
Within the new proposed bus stop typology, I used an inflatable tensairity structure that could unfold to produce a large canopy system that re-appropriates the space of the street for public congregational use. The internal structure is different than typical inflatable structures and tensairty structures. By replacing the standard compression and tension with a mechanism, a deployable tensairty structure is achieved that needs
PHASE 1
OPENING
PHASE 2
ROTATION
TOTAL SEQUENCE
interior air supported strut exterior air supported strut
inflatable skin
STRATEGY : APPROPRIATION OPEN-SOURCE PARTICIPATION AS MODIFIER OF AMBIENT QUALITIES LIGHT FLUCTUATION:
CANOPY PROTECTS AGAINST RAIN N
EXPANDS PUBLIC ZONE EXPAND
TAKES ADVANTAGEE OF THE IO O OF BUS PARRALLEL LOCATION STOPS TO CREATE LA LARGE CANOPY
– besides changing the internal pressure of the air beam – no additional handling to compact or erect the structure. Once erected in its final canopy form, the solar cells attached to the inflatable fabric gathers solar radiation to power the air compressor.
When two bus stops are activated across from one another, as in the case shown here, it creates a large open pavilion. The lights that are projected onto the inflatable fabric within the pavilion change based on online activity: people are able to submit what colors they want shown and the combination of all the submissions create
a constant fluctuating image. The timing of the visualization fluctuation is based on the sounds of the city or event. Thus, the collective behavior of many within the virtual realm in conjunction with the influence of the physical realm shapes the ambient qualities of the space
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PHASE 1
STREET LIGHT / OPEN CANOPY ATTRACTION: light as an attractor zone
PHASE 2
ACTIVATED: semi-expanded
38 FT 36’
32 FT 26 FT 20 FT
26’
zone of illuminance
42 FT
Once activated by digital social data (people checkingin, posts, picture uploads), the street light becomes a social hot spot and starts to expand; widening the social zone. The canopy responds to environmental conditions by tilting and expanding. The inflatable bubble collects solar energy The furniture and canopy change form based on use. In conjunction with adjacent activated street lights, the street light system starts to form a continuous landscape.
38’
22 FT
Using the illuminance zone created by a street light, you start to see the emergent zone of social interaction. Here, I used light as a social attractor. In its static stage, it behaves as a regular street light would. However, it has a trashcan embedded within it. The trash uses a fuel cell and anaerobic digester to convert trash into energy.
NON-ACTIVATED : static
6996 2 FT 4 1582 FT 23014 FT 2520 FT 2
PHASE 3
ACTIVATED: fully-expanded 50’
X 16 LU10 LUX X 6 LU LUX 4
emergent zone of social activity
20’
using light as a social attractor
illuminance plan
illuminance ratios A1
A2
A3
50 ft 6 1/4 ft
18 3/4 ft 3 1/8 ft
3 1/8 ft
3 1/8 ft
18 3/4 ft 3 1/8 ft
3 1/8 ft
3 1/8 ft
3 1/8 ft
3 1/8 ft
3 1/8 ft
6 1/4 ft 3 1/8 ft
3 1/8 ft
3 1/8 ft
PVC membrane creates air pressure to manipulate form of exterior skin
exterior skin: flexible tubing acts as compression element
creates a large tansairity structure
20 ft
1 A5-1.0 A5
1 A5-1.0 A5
connection to adjacent pneumatic furniture using magnets
trashcan that turns waste into energy
pneumatically deployed and manipulated furniture
APPROPRIATION:
collective digital and physical data OUTDO
ST
OR GA LLERY GALLER Y
VALLE Y
RAPH TELEG
ST VALLE Y
TELEG
RAPH
using gathered digital and physical data to activate hot spot
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23RD
BOUNDARIES
PEDESTRIAN DENSITY
SOCIAL ACTIVITY HOT SPOTS
TWITTER + FLICKER POSTS
FLICKER PICTURES
EVENT: ART MURMUR
PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITIES
DEPLOYMENT: activated hot spot depolys manipulated sidewalk infrastructure stage 0
stage 1
stage 2
stage 3
stage 5
static
data gathering
activation + expansion
environmental response
return to static position
environmental data
light eminates from inside inflated structure and widens social zone
canopy tilts and expands in response to environmental data
uses a fuel cell and anaerobic digestor to convert trash into energy
people can physically check-in
digital social data: posts, check-in’s, and picture uploads activate social hot spots
air inflates furniture and canopy
furniture and canopy can change form based on use
internal computer filters data into activity categories. that correspond to pre-set organizational modes
canopy and furniture connect to form continuous landscape
not always 2 sided
SUSTAINABILITY: trash as a fuel cell
MANIPULABILITY: pneumatic muscles structure
trash is converted into energy for the system, here people have a direct effect on whether or not the system operates
actuating pneumatic muscles acts as the flexible structure of the system which manipulates the inflatable membrane
canopy and furniture are restowed once use is no longer needed
MEMBRANE air inflated tubes
fuel reformer
compactor trash methane gas
fuel cell stack
anaerobic digestor
power storage battery
air pump / compressor
STRUCTURE
pneumatic muscles
energy
LOCATION: San Francisco, CA PROFESSOR: Judith Mussel CBD Studio Spring 2011 | CCA
/ PIER 27 / INTERLOCK TERMINAL /
Situated along the San Francisco waterfront near the existing downtown, SF Pier 27-Interlock Terminal was designed to not only be the new iconic symbol of San Francisco as an entry port, but also as an urban center. Its location calls for a design that promotes pedestrian traffic and offers new recreational spaces on the edge of the dense vibrant urban context. We proposed to interlock the 3 major programmatic areas on the site – terminal, commercial, and public rec-
reational areas – into an infrastructure optimized for public life to create new opportunities for intersection, visual connectivity and continuity as well as mask the temporality of the terminal usage -- during the 280 days that the terminal is not in use, it will continue to inform the site spatially as a void. Movement was one of the key concepts that the design tried to incorporate throughout its circulation and activities as well as the development of the user’s spatial experience.
SITE ANALYSIS & CIRCULATION
LEISURE
WORKOUT
SPORTS
S TREA
RIDGE
HOW MANY..............................COMING BY............................DOING WHAT
The design was developed based on an analysis of the activities that take place on the Embarcadero adjacent to the site – mostly recreational and tourist site seeing. As a way of adding vitality to the site during the 280 days that the terminal was not in use, we proposed creating an extension of the Embarcadero and its activities throughout the site through the insertion of recreational and commercial program. We then used connections to the surrounding site – view corridors, site lines, circulation paths, and connections to other relating program – manipulated them within the site to accommodate access points and areas of interest. We used these new lines to carve through the project site and buildings to start to develop the form. Later the form would be altered based on programmatic needs.
PICTURES
ERMIN
URE
BAY B
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OVEMENT of pedestrians on existing site
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ISLA
T FERRY
WORKING
AL
PIER 23
PARKING MAIN TERMINAL
+
TRANSAMERICA PYRAMID
EVENT SPACE
REC FIELD
WATER FRONT VIEWING AREA
BAGGAGE CLAIM
ENTRANCE PLAZA ENTRANCE LOBBY
REC FIELD
BUS
REC FIELD
ST ERY BATT
GROUND TRANSPORTATION AREA
WICH GREEN
PARK
PARK
ST
KOIT TOW ER PERCENTAGE
SITE ANALYSIS : PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT
CURRENT TERMINAL 100,250SQ’
VIEW CORRIDORS / SITE CONNECTIONS
RETAIL.RECREATION
PROGRAM INTERLOCK
CONNECT TO CITY
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CIRCULATION circulation, all the circulation paths within the design of the site consist of loops that traverse both horizontally and vertically. These paths allow users to experience the site in different ways depending on which path, program area, and what activity they chose. The major design features of the recreational programmatic areas are the 3 running tracks. These were designed to provide users with different running experience options: Track I runs along the waterfront,Track 2 is a continuous loop within the site and partially runs along the promenade, and Track 3 runs through the terminal and retail spaces. As the user moves through the site they are constantly inter-related: not only through the visual contrast of the structure but also through visual connectivity.
O ER AD C R BA EM E TH RY ST BAT TE
BA LOM T RD S
LEGEND PEDESTRIAN ROUTE TO RAISED PROMANADE T= 0.6 MILE PROMANADE: 0.3 MILE 0.5 MILE RUNNING TRACK 1 : WATERFRONT RUNNING TRACK 2 : WATER + RETAIL 0.5 MILE RUNNING TRACK 3 : THROUGH TERMINAL + RETAIL 0.4 MILE
CIRCULATIONROUTES ROUTES ---- PLAN PLAN CIRCULATON
1/192” = 1’ - 0”
CRUISE TERMINAL LOADING TRUCK ACCESS ONLY VEHICULAR ACCESS PARKING, DELIVERY, ACCESS TO SITE
CIRCULATION ROUTES -- PLAN
1/192” = 1’ - 0”
DERO AD CA THE EMBARC
BATTERY ST REET
CIRCULATON ROUTES -- AXON
INTERLOCK CONCEPT In order to mask the temporality of the terminal’s usage, the design interlocks the 3 major programmatic areas. The incorporation of the ideas of movement and interlock were translated throughout the project’s design. Although, the design of the terminal required that certain areas remain segregated from the retail and recreation spaces due to security (TSA TSA regulations), internally the buildings ngs interlock not only physically but also through the use of visual connectivity ty to the other programs and the adaptability tability of the terminal spaces as multi-functional unctional areas.
LEGEND CRUISE TERMINAL RETAIL RESTAURANTS / CAFES RECREATIONAL SERVICES MULTI-USE RECREATIONAL FIELDS RUNNING TRACK
CRUISE TERMINAL
RETAIL
RESTAURANTS / CAFES TYP
MULTI-USE RECREATIONAL FIELD TYP
LOCKER ROOMS MULTI-USE RECREATIONAL INDOOR GYM LINES USED TO INDICATE WHAT TYPE OF ACTIVITIES COULD TAKE PLACE ON FIELD. HOWEVER, IT IS NOT LIMITED TO THAT ACTIVITY
RUNNING TRACK
PROGRAM DIAGRAM
FOR PATH OF DIFFERENT RUNNING TRACKS AND SITE CIRCULATION SEE A1-3.23
THE EMBARC
ADERO
BATTERY ST REET
MINAL CONCOURSE STUARANTS / CAFES MINAL LOADING CESS ONLY
DISEMBARK
ACCESS ELIVERY, SITE
DISEMBARK LOBBY
SECUR ITY
WAITING AREA
BAGGAGE CLAIM
CHECK-IN
SECURITY
BAGGAGE CLAIM
ENTRANCE LOBBY
TERMINAL CIRCULATION ROUTES
SITE PLAN
The structure of the terminal consists of concrete conversely, the commercial spaces are made of a light steel structure encased in a glass enclosure. This type of juxtaposition was created in order to evoke images of a monolithic form that floats atop glass and to strengthen the contrast between the 3 programmatic areas for wayfinding and a visual distinction of the interlocking concept. The terminal walls are tilted and apertures are made of punched openings to remain distinct from the uninterrupted clear commercial faรงade. Due to the tilted walls of the concrete terminal, during the 280 days that the terminal is not in use, it continues to inform the site spatially as a void.
PROGRAMMATIC MATERIALS
STRUCTURE TERMINAL = CONCRETE
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The design offset each level’s walls and added roof light wells with reflecting fins and operable clerestory windows for cross ventilation. To heat and cool the buildings, an embedded hydronic system in the concrete ceilings/floors uses the water from the bay to cool the system. The cool air radiating from the system would fall into the spaces below. Conversely, the heating strategy uses electricity to heat the hydronic pipes and the hot air would then rise from the floors to heat the spaces above.
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The Terminal’s façade consists of punched apertures that lead the user through the building. Within transitional spaces the user is allowed fleeting glimpses of the city and the bay through a rhythm of small openings, whose directionality and progressive size variation leads the user toward large panoramic portals located in areas of “pause” that high-light specific views of the surrounding area. While, the placement and varying heights of the apertures was intended to provide each user with a different experience of the space (child vs. parent).
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/ JAPANTOWN MULTI-PURPOSE HOUSING/ LOCATION: Japantown San Francisco, CA PROFESSOR: Thom Faulders
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When designing the new layout for Japantown in San Francisco, I started by examining the different connections between the existing site and allowing that to dictate the pathways and building shapes throughout the site. The tightness of the streets were to reference the shopping district typologies of japan.
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For the multi-purpose housing I extruded the buildings and aggregated them together to form a large development complex. Emphasizing the tourist aspect of the site, I then manipulated the openings of the complex to face a different San Francisco tourist attractions.
In order to maintain the site pathways, the design allowed the pathways to cut through the plan of the multi-use residential building. The building itself serves as a micro city; everything a resident would ever need is located within the building. The first two floors are open to the public, while the other 10 floors are private and reserved for the residents. LEVEL
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ONE WAY MIRROR TOILETS 1545 SF 1219 SF
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LOCATION: California College of the Arts San Francisco, CA
PROFESSOR: Craig Scott
Addvanced Studio Fall 2011 CCA
/ CCA / DESIGNING THE FUTURE /
This studio continues a line of Advanced Studios where advanced architectural design is grounded in topical, real world sites and situations. Instigated by CCA’s recent acquisition of the large lot on 7th Street behind the main San Francisco campus building at 1111 8th Street, the studio took on the project
of designing a major new building/campus addition that was to act as the centerpiece of CCA’s San Francisco campus expansion. As such, students were asked to directly engage in the question of how architecture would take part in shaping the future culture of CCA.
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This strategy emphasizes the communal discourse or visual influence amongst disciplines to produce a productive collaborative network of all the departments within CCA. It creates a culture of collaboration rich with inspiration between disciplines. This is why the new building cuts through the old one, as a merger between new and old – an integrated strategy vs. a fragmented one.
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First, I divided the program of the new building into categories: education, living, recreation, and community. I saw an opportunity in the adjacencies and overlapping of different program and used interweaving as a leveraging strategy.
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INTERWEAVE As patterns of us are overlaid, and user paths cross, the new spatial relationships are developed informing the program. Through moveable partitions and large sliding doors, the building is configured to maximize flexibility. The addition extends the original building through interwoven surfaces that offer new potentials for networked interconnectivity. The program focus informs experience and structure through its strong tectonic presence.
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I saw recreation/green space as a void within the building; an open are that could be used as ventilation and as a counter to the massiveness of the building. It acts as an extension of the street to bring the community into the space while also allowing for an open space for the students and public exhibition events. So events do not have to detract from classes. However, the space could also serve as an amphitheater when public lectures are projected on the building’s surface.
ICON The new addition would become an icon for the school (whose primary program is architecture) – cementing CCA as the leader in progressive innovative ideas in both art and architecture. The building projects this idea to the rest of the architecture and art communities, the city, and globally. The form itself connects to all the art disciplines in its iconic sculptural qualities.
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/ BAY AREA / EMERGENCY RESPONSE STATION
LOCATION: Point Pinole, CA
Arch 100B Summer 2008 UC Berkeley
Professors: Keith Plymale Monica Tiulesco
The challenge was to design an emergency response station within the site at Point Pinole in California’s Bay Area. By focusing on the circulation paths of different systems and how they interacted with each other a web started to form that demonstrated how by taking away or placing additional force on one of the nodes it would consequently force other areas to re-organize themselves to accommodate to the change. Their interaction was then characterized by five separate
categories: explorer, infiltrator, independent, dependent, and intermediary. I generated a systematic “secondary� infrastructure of the site based on the interaction of the systems using the five categories. Then continued this idea of systematic organization when analyzing how the program would interact with the site and allowed the structure of the building to develop from this merge of program and site systems.
connection typologies Dependent
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site condition mapping
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Site analysis diagrams revealed the interaction between the different ecological systems on the site based on their circulation paths. This series of diagrams were used to analyze the various factors acting on the site in order to evaluate its potential as an organizational for new dynamic forms and patterns. By categorizing the five types of interaction that took place, I was able to create an organizational system using Y-shaped structural components to form circulation path modules, from which I systemically created a secondary diagrammatic landscape.
By manipulating parameters such as adhesion and branching, when the modules converged, the resulting patterns resulted in a range from simple patterns to complex dynamic forms. The “combination” of the infiltrator and Intermediary components became the new hybrid module for the water circulation path through the site. Similarly, when all the paths met the cross between all the modules generated a hybrid “Super” module. Within the “Super” modules, the type of interaction, branching, and adhesion read as the potential degrees of flexibility and connectivity found in the new forms of workplaces, collaborative environments, and outside skin. Thus, from secondary landscape evolved two programmatic structures..
Research Station
Rescue Volunteer Dorm 2nd Level 3
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/ ARCHITECTURE / PHOTOGRAPHY / A. Griffith Observatory, Austin & Ashley Architects B. Ennis House, Frank Lloyd Wright C. Walt Disney Concert Hall, Frank Gehry D. Department of Water & Power, A. C. Martin
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