Sarah Moser_Master of Architecture Portfolio
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Sarah Moser, EDAC Master of Architecture 2014 Certificate in Architecture for Health and Wellness Sarah.C.Moser@gmail.com 303-918-6274
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Fractal Mathematics in Healthcare Architecture Lawrence, Kansas Spring 2014 For my capstone health and wellness architecture studio, I researched the effect of fractal geometry on stress and other human physiological responses. Fractal mathematics delves deeper into the principles of bioplihilc design, suggesting that it is not nature itself that reduces stress, but rather the fractal properties of nature. This theoretical study draws from existing research to implement the mathematics behind fractals and the parameters that shape them (repetition, nesting, and variance) to design a metal screen viewed from within an acute-care patient room. We hypothesize that the fractal properties of the screen can act as a modulator of stress in the absence of a view to nature, resulting in therapeutic benefits for patients and staff. Using Grasshopper and Rhinoceros software, my partner and I developed an algorithm for creating an aluminum rainscreen faรงade within the proven stress-reducing fractal range. For the full publication, please access: http://issuu.com/ mosers/docs/2014-0516_fractal_geometry_in_healt 6
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Spencer Museum of Art: An Addition Lawrence, Kansas Spring 2013 The Spencer Museum of Art on the University of Kansas Lawrence campus suffers from galleries with little flexibility and natural light, and a lack of student and gathering space. The addition to the museum represents a modern approach to University museums, with each facet of the building endeavoring to enhance education and student engagement. The galleries are created through setback walls and glass openings along the main circulation corridor to draw users through an experiential sequence, while angled walls and balustrades oppose the linear galleries and draw attention to the gift shop and down into the atrium. The building’s atrium creates a central core between the addition and the existing beaux arts structure, and acts as a central gathering and exhibition space for students outside the cafe and lecture hall. Each facet of this design considered the integration of technical and code compliance with functional programming and creative design. For the full project portfolio (pre-design through technical integration) please access: http://issuu.com/mosers/docs/ moser_comprehensive_studio_document.
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The concept of the addition is to have a regular geometric form reflect the existing Beaux Arts museum, with a core of student and public functions to act as a social hub and bring users into the building. There are three main programs: public, private, and gallery space with a central atrium called the Cove that connects the three main spaces: existing building, new building, and the grove. The lobby, shop and support spaces are placed at the main entry of the building on street level to welcome visitors who approach from the parking garage, while the cafe and auditorium are arranged around the atrium at grove level, which will act as the main entry for students approaching the main street on campus. The shop, auditorium and cafe all extend into the atrium, highlighting their importance as social centers and funding for the museum. The gallery sequence, along the main circulation route, allows for fluid, natural circulation through the museum, ending at the cafe and social spaces. Private areas such as secure transfer and art storage are located on the lower level next to the existing building for easy passage between old and new galleries, and the offices are located off the main atrium to connect staff with users, with a private entrance for staff from the parking lot.
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Information media space and rest area for museum legs
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Setback walls and glass partitions to allow partial view into galleries
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Storage mezzanine above private offices to maximize use of room volume
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Staff parking lot with access from offices
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Code compliance is an important part of technical integration and the comprehensive studio. As a large public facility housing paintings and sculpture, museums have specialized requirements in terms of mechanical system design and emergency egress. My museum utilizes both a CAV and VAV air distribution system dependent on the occupancy in each space. For egress, I have calculated that the museum complies with all stated requirements for distance traveled to common paths, and for number of exits available. An additional component of the comprehensive studio is the knowledge of building materials and structure. One of the many technical drawings completed (shown on the next page) illustrates the structural connection to the rain screen and curtain wall system. Each of these technical components informed the final building design.
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.050 Cont. perforated coping support clip, attached with S.S. fasteners @ 24” o.c.
6’ x 8’ Aluminum Panels Suspended by Knight Wall System Rainscreen Grid
3/4” Vertical Rail (Knight Wall System Rainscreen Grid) Kawneer 1600 Wall System 2 with standard 6” mullion depth with concealed fastener joinery for smooth appearance Mullion anchor clipped to steel support
BASWAphon Seamless Sound Absorbing Plaster ceiling system, attached to plaster ceiling grid suspended by cables from structure
.050 Aluminum coping, color to match aluminum panels, with .050 butt plate, 12” long, 4 beads of sealant per joint TPO Roofing Membrane folded over cant strip and up under coping
Adaptive Reuse: Warehouse Bakery Lawrence, Kansas Fall 2012 Increasingly, renovating buildings and adapting them for new uses proves to be a smart direction for architectural practice. The new Wheatfields Bakery represents old meeting new: A horizontal floor plane interjects the existing warehouse to create the new construction. Vertical elements and programs are created in the form of double height bakery and dining spaces with skylights above. This draws attention to the core vertical element - the woodfire oven, the centerpiece of Wheatfields. The east and west walls of the existing warehouse were stripped back to allow for a pedestrian route through the site, connecting Vermont Street to Massachusetts Street, the center of social and artistic culture in Lawrence. As a result, this connection increases access and use. The new construction has exposed beams to reflect the beauty of the exposed gluelams and wood joists of the existing warehouse. This building celebrates the baking process and the possibility for reuse of existing structures.
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The intersection between the old and new structures informed the programmatic layout of the spaces. The vertical protrusions are emphasized through double height spaces and skylights, flooding the bakery and dining spaces with natural light. The pedestrian section was also opened up to natural light by stripping back the existing roof structure, leaving the wood joists (shown in shadow studies opposite).
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Exploded Structure The new structure is exposed to mirror the existing. Steel beams and concrete meet the current wood structure to highlight the concept of the intersection between old and new. Support columns were added under the existing gluelams for added support, connecting the two structures into a cohesive whole. The structural diagram shows the support columns at the second floor new construction meeting the old 22’ high roof.
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The existing warehouse was stripped back to allow for a pedestrian passthrough to Massachusetts Street through the site. The materials and section of the new construction complement the size of the old, turning a 22’ high volume into two stories with large vertical volumes of space.
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Preventative Health Community Center and Emergency Department Lawrence, Kansas Fall 2012 The goal of this project was to design a community oriented health center. The program contains an emergency department, imaging center, lab, medical office building and recreation center with swimming pool and rehab therapy. Site analysis revealed a clear existing pedestrian cut through the site from the neighborhood to the south to the school to the north. By arranging the building around this existing pedestrian route and by turning the rehab facility into a community center, the building invites daily use and minimizes the negative stigma of a healthcare building. The pedestrian route cuts a natural path through the building with a glass spine, bringing in light and nature. All the waiting spaces are arranged around this path, connecting patients with nature and activity, helping to alleviate the negative emotional impact of waiting rooms.
Guiding Principles: 1. Connection to community - Pedestrian focused 2. Human centered design for health - Maximize daylighting and views - Clear wayfinding 3. Create positive image for health center - Access during non-crisis periods, - Non-institutional materials - Combine building with nature
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Healthcare buildings provide a lot of program, therefore basic adjacencies were worked out before the planning process began. The design parti is arranged around the existing pedestrian route through the site from the neighborhood to the south to the school on the north side. This provided a logical arrangement of space and clearly defined circulation. Bob Billings Drive to the south of the site will soon be extended to highway K10, providing two major vehicular access points. The design provides a street through the site that connects the two major roads with the building.
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The spatial layout was influenced by the concept of arrangement around the existing pedestrian pathway. The building was broken into 3 units to allow for easy circulation from both the pedestrian and vehicular access points, creating a central atrium and reception space. The dissection was encased in glass to provide a connection to nature and light. Future expansion is always an important consideration for healthcare buildings; in this case the building can easily expand along the pedestrian pathway, either by enlargement or placement of additional buildings.
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An important factor when planning an emergency room is designing to maximize efficiency. A ballroom layout serves to maximize visibility into all exam rooms from the Nurse’s station while minimizing walking distance. The ballroom layout is also easily expanded, transforming into a pod layout. Separate staff entries into both buildings recognize the staff’s need for private space and a transition into work. The Critical Decision Unit is set away from the main exam rooms, reducing noise exposure and providing a view into the private garden from every long-term observation room. The canopy sweeps around the buildings in an organic form, tying the buildings together, drawing the user into the central atrium.
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Bolt-fixed glazing and a steel cable truss system to resist shear loads.
Fritted glass vertical louvers provide sun protection. The glass is fritted in the pattern of nerves to reflect the healthcare building type.
Small steel columns are paired to hold up roof plane and provide additional shear stability, reinforcing the roof plane’s light appearance.
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Danish Kulturhuset Copenhagen, Denmark Fall 2010 Frederiksberg Alle is known as the Champs Elysee of Copenhagen. The city’s plan for an addition to the metro line along this main street has increased the need for a large community space. The program for the community culture center is a lobby, a theater, a media space, an exhibition space, a restaurant, and meeting and dining rooms. The plan must also incorporate an entrance to the metro line below.
through art and arrive at varied programs. The metro station entrance is accessed from outside the building but follows the same spiral ramp pattern of the folded planes on the interior. Having a ramping entrance for the metro allows the massive Copenhagen biking population to easily store their bikes underground, increasing safety and decreasing clutter on the site. It also provides an architectural solution for strollers and wheelchairs, minimizing the slow use of the elevator.
The concept for the Kulturhuset is to combine the circulation and exhibition spaces in order to play with the idea of observation of art and interaction between users. Another main concept of the building is an open plan with folded planes acting as circulation and programmed space, rather than a normal stacked floor system. This organization of spaces allows for freedom of movement and discovery of each space, allowing the user to weave
The building addresses the surrounding fabric by highlighting the corner and raising up to it. The angle of the building was derived to enhance the corner view. The variation in the glass curtain wall addresses the need for light control while also opening up to passerby, enhancing the desire to discover the spaces within.
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The concept of the Kulturhuset was to combine two key factors, addressing the site context of the corner lot while also deviating from a typical stacked floor system. By addressing the corner with a raised edge, the concept became one of a ramping system around the outer wall, enhancing the initial parti and providing for intriguing and clear circulation and views.
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Initial site analysis suggested that the main view and most important aspect of the site is the northwest corner along Frederiksburg Alle. The facade of the building draws attention to the unique ramping system inside while also further addressing that main corner. The facade’s guidelines on the northeast side of the building tie into the existing levels of the surrounding buildings, to connect the modern design to the site context.
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The entry point of the northeast side of the Kulturhuset is set back to draw users into either the main building or the entrance to the metro line. The layout of the spaces and circulation within the building allow the user to see the main view out the corner from a variety of locations. The circulation and gallery spaces are combined, opening to the main public street, to integrate the concepts of viewing art and viewing life. This is also enhanced by the terracing of the open media space facing the corner and major gallery area.
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1. 3 story atrium entry 2. Ramp to Metro below 3. Offices 4. Circulation/ Gallery 5. Auditorium 6. Restrooms 7. Media 8. Meeting 9. Restaurant 10. Restaurant Terrace
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“The Kitchen” Restaurant Boulder, Colorado Fall 2009 “The Kitchen” is a restaurant that celebrates great wine and local, organic food. The concept for the new location for the restaurant was to adaptively reuse a site on Pearl Street in Boulder, Colorado with an existing historic building and to honor this celebration of ingredients. The entrance to the site faces south along a pedestrian-oriented street and proceeds up a shallow grade to an alley. The glass entrance to the restaurant draws attention to the historic building while also allowing potential customers to see into a full lobby and dining room. The dining spaces both have a view to the glass wine rack, housing the major draw of the restaurant. The butterfly shape of the roof creates a clear connection between the new construction and the historic building, provides a system for internal storm drainage and allows for passive solar heating through a trombe wall system. The layering of spaces in the restaurant creates a clear pattern of circulation and an awareness of the relationship between the user and the space.
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The historic building located centrally on the site provided the guidelines for the new spatial layout. The existing building is programmed as dining space, and additional dining space was added into a space mirrored across the central circulation seam between the existing and new buildings. The arrangement of spaces progresses from public to private. The glass walls of the seam allow the restaurant’s patrons to have a full view of the historic construction while dining and circulating through the restaurant.
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Sun angle analysis revealed that a butterfly roof system with an overhang would block strong summer sun while allowing winter sun to penetrate the trombe wall in the lobby, creating passive solar heating. The seam between the buildings was an important factor of the design, tying the two buildings together with circulation and views.
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1. Entry/Reception 2. Dining 3. Restrooms 4. Kitchen 5. Offices/ Storage Above: View of butterfly roof as separation between old and new. Below: Interior view from entry and waiting space, down circulation seam. Shows how new building allows for complete exposure of historic building. Section B: Shows dining room view of open wine racks.
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High Mar Affordable Housing Boulder, Colorado Spring 2010 The High Mar affordable housing project involved extensive research into the building typology and site analysis. This oddly shaped site is situated right next to Highway 36 which generates a lot of noise. This factor greatly influenced the site planning and location of the buildings along the eastern edge. The main view is to the west, towards the beautiful Flatirons mountain range, which influenced the decision the place the majority of open park space towards the west. Smaller pockets of park space were integrated throughout the plan in order to increase activity on the site, not only for residents but for the surrounding neighborhood. This was intended to ease the integration into the neighborhood and increase acceptance of the affordable housing project. A bike path follows the northern edge of the site, allowing users to pass through and enjoy the scenery and park space, creating another connection to the surrounding
community and encouraging social integration and interaction. After analysis into the affordable housing typology, a radial unit planning system was used to ease construction. This created a consistent main plumbing wall and maximized daylight within the units. Each unit has a corner porch, maximizing views and connection to the community. The three main buildings were connected by central walkways, encouraging social interaction and framing the view between the buildings. Finally, a community center and community garden became part of the master plan, in order to create a sense of belonging and community participation. Each effort in the design process was aimed towards site and context integration and affordable planning practices.
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The master plan of the site includes rowhouses along the eastern edge, to block the noise from the highway, with a centralized parking lot and apartment complexes with views to the Flatirons mountain range. A community center is located centrally, with a community garden and day care center, providing much needed services for the low-income community. A bike path cuts across the northern edge of the site, promoting social and site interaction with the surrounding communities.
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Smaller pockets of outdoor spaces were preferred over one large park, providing a variety of activities and promoting social interaction with the surrounding communities. Centralized hardscaped spaces were planned in addition to grassy spaces. The view between buildings, from porches and along the bike path were considered when planning each outdoor space.
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Sarah Moser, EDAC Sarah.C.Moser@gmail.com _303-918-6274
Education University of Kansas Master of Architecture 2014 Certificate of Architecture for Health and Wellness Evidence Based Design Accreditation and Certification
GPA 3.95 2013
University of Colorado, Boulder Bachelor of Environmental Design 2010 Danish Institute for Study Abroad Fall 2010 GPA 3.68
Experience Eppstein Uhen Architects: Architectural Intern/Research Intern Published in Environments for Aging magazine 2013
June-Dec. 2013
University of Kansas: Graduate Teaching Assistant: ARCH 100 Studio
Fall 2012
Eagle Eye Roofing, Inc: Production Manager
Girls Summer Day Camp: Co-founder and President
2011-2012 2004-2005
Activities/ Honors
Skills
Ranked Top 10% of all KU Graduate Students
Evidence-based Design/Research
Cannon Design Scholarship 2013
Post Occupancy Evaluation
CU College of Architecture and Planning Dean’s List 2007-2010
Writing, Literature Review
Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award Winner 2005
Communication/Presentation
Phi Sigma Pi Honor Society
Leadership/ Management
Habitat for Humanity
Revit, Sketchup, AutoCAD
Kickboxing/KU Ju Jitsu Club
Rhinoceros, Grasshopper
Architecture Peer Advisor
Adobe Creative Suite
CU Helpline: Counselor
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