misha semenov studio work at Yale SoA
public library branch bushwick, brooklyn rosalyne shieh, critic fall 2015 studio yale soa This project envisions a new Brooklyn Public Library branch of around 20,000 sq ft on a triangular site nestled between brick warehouses and residential rowhomes. If books were the central component of 20th-century libraries,today, they serve as a wrapper for a variety of other functions: computer clusters, maker spaces, classrooms, and more. The design of this library was based on a series of mushroom-like elements: on the bottom floor, they are scaled to the size of columns and wrapped in books, allowing for an open library space. On the second floor, they taper outward and form more intimate skylight-lit spaces. One inverted shell also forms a public auditorium space. Inspired by both the local vernacular and the brick architecture of Dieste, these shells are built with alternating layers of brick. The facade honors the neighborhood’s historical fabric, incorporating a reimagined layered Tuscan cornice and piers that mirror those of the surrounding factories, and is based on a double skin: the inner layer consists of a concrete wall with round apertures, while the outer layer of bricks is staggered open over these areas to allow a beautiful latticed light in by day and soft pixelated light out by night.
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section through theater and study spaces
old library
new library
“mushroom� pod concept 3
initial plan schemes
initial model explorations
study nook
children’s entrance
playground
theater
computer cluster
stage
backstage area
storage study room
folding doors for after hours use
24-hr public wc
hangout lounge
potential expansion: stacks & offices
reception
basement (-16’)
ground floor 4
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conference space
out oor terrace
chil ren s books
rooftop co unit gar en
chil ren s co puting
out oor terrace
stu nook
co puting center
learning kitchen
stu nook
second floor (+16’) 5
third floor / roof (+28’)
sw elevation at night, showing effect of the latticed brick apertures and open study rooms
existing brick building on site
view of proposed entrance lobby
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side view of “mushroom� massing model, showing view into auditorium
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full facade model, with brick and concrete layers visible
views into and out of the facade lattice
close-up of clay model of the auditorium
the column grid: a seed vault proposal rosalyne shieh, critic fall 2015 studio yale soa This project is a conceptual design for a seed storage facility, planting area, and educational program on a hilly site on Yale’s campus. The form, consisting of four sloping planting terraces cut by circulation paths and linked by spiral staircases, is based on a field of “columns” that serve, in different areas, as structural supports, sprinklers, conduits, and seed storage vaults. The grid of columns was determined through a rigorous formal analysis of the existing site.
Johnson Plaza Columns
Seed Storage Vault
Laboratory Services Node
Skylight
Semicircular Staircase
SEED VAULT
DIAGONAL SECTION
LABS
CLASSROOM
(1/8” = 1’)
LECTURE SPACE
EXHIB
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Probes & The Temple at Karnak Environmental Conditioning
BIT AREA
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HALL OF PLANTS
Sprinkler Guiseppe Terragni, Danteum (unbuilt) Column
LOBBY/RECEPTION
Pin Oak
Hillhouse Mansion Portico Columns
Johnson Plaza Columns
Seed Storage Vault
Laboratory Services Node
+42’
Skylight
+32’
C RO +22’
SEED VAULT
LABS
DIAGONAL SECTION
CL
+12’
(1/8” = 1’)
LEC III. Generation eration of Intermediate Grids
IV. Subduction Terraces
LABS
II. Determination of Grids CLASS ROOM EXHIBIT & LECTURE
EXHIBIT & LECTURE
LOBBY
PLAN AT 3’ (1/32” = 1’)
PLAN AT 15’ (1/32” = 1’)
I. Catalogue of Vertical Elements
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SEED VAULT
Sprinkler Column
Sprinkler Column
Pin Oak
Pin Oak
Hillhouse Mansion Portico Columns
Hillhouse Mansion Portico Columns
LABS & NURSERY
CLASS ROOMS
EXHIBIT SPACE
WC & SERVICES
LOBBY
LOBBY/RECEPTION
LOBBY/RECEPTION
V. Assignment of Program
VI. User Pathway Overlay
JOHNSON PLAZA
JOHNSON PLAZA
SEED VAULT
SEED VAULT
PLAN AT 35’ (1/32” = 1’)
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PLAN AT 35’ (1/32” = 1’)
VII. Resulting New Column Grid
SITE PLAN (1/32” = 1’)
SITE PLAN (1/32” = 1’)
the bubble machine: a serious study rosalyne shieh, critic fall 2015 studio yale soa This design, a small, individual-scaled space for the intense study of bubbles, responds to a prompt to imagine a study space on a square 24’ x 24’ site. The goal of the project was to contrast the ephemerality and playfulness of bubbles with a very logical, mechanical, and scientific “machine” for producing them. The project thus emphasized more technical ways of drawing and designing, masking spatial and design decisions behind a purely mechanical guise.
section model
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PATTERN: 19G
PATTERN: 88V
FAN SPEED: HI
FAN SPEED: MED
TEMP: 91ยบC
TEMP: 50ยบC
SOLUTION: F14
SOLUTION: U31-B
ENTRANCE ELEVATION
SOLUTION MIXING SINKS
PUMPS CONTROL ROOM
SPRINKLERS
ENTRANCE
DRAINAGE
PLAN AT GROUND LEVEL
WATER CIRCULATION
PATTERN WHEEL
FAN CONTROLS
WHEEL STORAGE MECHANISM
WHEEL SLOT
INCUBATION CHAMBER
STUDY & HOLDING VESSEL
PLAN AT 4' BELOW
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SLIDING DOORS
RELEASE PORTAL
WIND FAN
ROTATION MOTOR
MECHANICAL SYSTEMS
SECONDARY FAN