misha semenov yale schools of architecture / forestry + environmental studies
study of Wright’s ornament system in the Unity Temple
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buildings how can a building harness historical and ecological conditions to create a human-centered habitat? grown not made
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emergent emergency
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at home with nature
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organic library
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yale building project
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details how can small interventions foster dialogue between the built and natural environments? urban canopy parklet
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sensuous storm
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ornament and ecology
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termight
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urbanism how can a city develop in harmony with the natural systems that sustain it? eco-urban fabric
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made in chicago
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canalscape
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connecticut coastal resiliency
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professional work
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trees of rome
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ecoempathy
how can our human habitat be built with empathy for the nature around us and within us? My work is rooted in Ecoempathy, and explores an alternative to “green� architecture that takes advantage of our identity as biological beings to create deeper emotional and physiological connections to nature through architectural form. read more about the Ecoempathy Project at www.ecoempathyproject.wordpress.com ecodynamism involves dynamism and biological processes in design or construction. ecointegration implies building habitats and ecologies into architecture and urbanism. ecoimpact produces a net positive impact on local and global environments, and visualizes this impact through architectural form. ecomorphism involves structures constructed for their unique ecological niche, evoking the forms, scaling relationships, and sensory experiences found in nature and, not coincidentally, in traditional architecture.
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buildings travel sketch of Lewerentz’s Chapel of the Resurrection in Woodlawn Cemetery, Stockholm
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grown not made
spring 2018 | julie eizenberg, critic How can we design architecture for, and with, species beyond humans? This project envisions a new facility for the production of bioremediation organisms on New York’s Newtown Creek, one of the country’s most heavily polluted urban waterways. The waterfront site becomes a biological factory from which shellfish, mushrooms, and plants are deployed across polluted sites to sequester pollutants, an ecological alternative to industrial remediation strategies. The building itself, anchored by a green tower occupied by sun-powered algae, is split into four pavilions, each dedicated to one type of organism. All four pavilons contain the most environmentally sensitive programs on the higher levels, then taper out and open up to the environment on lower levels, eventually dissolving into the local ecosystem as the organisms are ready to be deployed for bioremediation. a 20x20 ft grid is distorted to create an organic modular system for functional elements of each program to occupy.
the building concept as 4 pavilions for shellfish, plants, fungi, + ecological citizens
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transportation off site
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mechanical aeration
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safe chemical forms
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oyster h at c h e r y
algae breeding l a r va e juveniles
dock nursery
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solar exposure
nursery
seeds
g e r m i n at i o n p r o p a g at i o n
compost
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sapling greenhouse outdoor nursery
fungal fa r m
s paw n i n g pinning
compost
m a i n fa r m fa i r y r i n g s
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research
deck classrms exhibits
a m p h i t h e at e r l a b o r at o r y b o at d o c k s
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section through plant nursery and enviromental education center
plan cut through third floor
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aerial view showing algal tower, plamt nursery, and floating oyster beds
view of the public walkways that run through each space. Here, visitors can pass over the nursery and compost facility.
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exploded axonometric showing construction and relationship of the landscape, the four pavilions, public walkway, and tower.
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view of the docks with floating oyster cages and juvenile oyster pools. oysters produced in the building slowly disperse more and more into the landscape.`
view of the algal scrubber raceways that clean wastewater as it passes through site, with plant nursery at left and fungal farm at right.
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emergent emergency
fall 2016 | emily abruzzo, critic Can a new, organic architectural language be invented to reconcile neoclassical and modernist conceptions of bureaucratic spaces? This project for a headquarters building for the New York City Office of Emergency Management took as its starting point a 15� diameter column. A variety of spatial types, from more fixed, closed, and cavelike pochÊd spaces to flexible, open-plan column-slab configurations, was then constructed out of this basic unit. This taxonomy was applied to a site in a park with a rigid existing grid of trees. The result is a building that contains fluid gradients between hierarchical, closed spaces and details reminiscent of the WPA-era Neoclassical buildings that surround it and more fluid, modernist, open spaces that allow for the flexibility and public accessibility the OEM requires, as well as between the grid of trees in the park and grid of columns in the interior. Biophilic and Alexandrian patterns are used throughout to create a richness of spatial experience.
concept sketch showing transition from tree grid to columns to solid poche, all using module of the cylinder
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early sketch studies exploiring ideas of grids, poche, and natural forces
towards a taxonomy of columns
column / support
fluted column
portal
alternation
wall
archway
aperture
fence
curtain
mushroom
seat
bench
staircase
post and beam
column and slab
stepped slabs
porous slab
single enclosure
connection (ducts?)
element base
hanging element
partition
enclosed space
slab system
stepping
tilt
double enclosure
exploration of formal possibilities using a single cylinder as an architectural element
gradients and transformations
systems of packing
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transverse section through the building’s circulation core
basement level plan
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ground floor plan
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second floor plan
view of street entrance
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3d model showing dappled light effect from “stalactite� ceiling structure
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model showing relationship to landscape
longitudinal section showing triple-height central “cavern� space
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third floor plan showing auditorium
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at home with nature misha semenov
spring 2016 | peter de bretteville, critic How can a house in New Haven connect its inhabitants to nature? This project investigated how a house in the urban context of New Haven can give its inhabitants a deeper connection to nature, in particular to landscape and sunlight. Winter shading issues led to the development of a “barbell� schame, with the house split into two wings, each anchored by a vertical element and featuring a porous southern edge open to the sun. The landscape strategy was to harness the existing topography of the site by terracing it with 6� stepped contours that flow seamlessly into the interior of the house. The circulation within the house is a product of this exaggerated topography; the stairs become extensions of the stepping of the landscape, and the house itself steps down with the landscape from a taller urban front to a more intimately-scaled yard-facing back.
exploded axonometric showing the abstraction of the natural topography
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This “drawdel� focuses on the site terracing and its flow between the indoor and outdoor environments through a floor-to-ceiling window. To which of these realms does the terracing belong? What is the line between natural and manmade?
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organic library
fall 2015 | rosalyne shieh, critic How can a library branch use organic forms to house modern functions? 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.
old library
new library
“mushroom” pod concept
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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 plan
3d model showing the clustered “mushroom” shapes
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first floor plan
maker lab
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conference space
outdoor terrace
children’s books
rooftop community garden
children’s computing
outdoor terrace
study nook
computing center
learning kitchen
study nook
second floor plan
roof plan
section through auditorium
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south elevation
initial model explorations
section model of perforated facade
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main entrance at night
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yale building project
spring 2016 | kyle bradley and andrew benner, critics Collaboration with Patrick Doty, Kevin Huang, Alexis Hyman, Jonathan Molloy, Ronald Ostezan, and Meghan Royster, YSoA M. Arch I ‘18 How can a low-cost, student-built house extend into the outdoors? Our group’s design won the competition and was built, with slight modifications, in the Summer of 2016 by Yale School of Architecture students. My sketch at right represents an early conceptual design. The house took the service wall dividing the main house from an an additional tenant unit as the starting point for an architectural strategy that allows the primary planes of the house to extend beyond the envelope, reaching deep into its very narrow lot, claiming territory for the occupants and creating a sense of space in a very small house that is barely 1000 square feet.
the completed house in New Haven
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my early sketch of the house; substantial parts of this concept were built
back side of house as built
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first floor plan
second floor plan
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details sketches of architectural details in Back Bay, Bostoin
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urban canopy parklet
to be built spring 2018 | self-initiated Collaboration with Kassandra Leiva How can a small parklet connect residents of an underserved neighborhood to local ecology? A gateway to deeper experiences with urban nature, this space, which will be built by student volunteers in March 2018 to fit over two parking spots, abstracts the shapes of New Haven’s most prominent tree species into beautiful canopies built with recycled wood of former street trees, with signage in English and Spanish. Construction is taking place now through June 2018, with generous support from the city’s arts vitality fund, local environmental organizations, and the Yale School of Forestry. Once complete, the space will become a site for environmental education sessions. The project presents a unique opportunity to use design as a platform for leveling out the inequalities in access to public space and urban nature that exist in New Haven. learn more: www.facebook.com/urbancanopyparklet
small scale model of one module
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planing wood
elevation from sidewalk
render of the final design
preparing glue lamination mold
completed framing for one module
local youth group helping build the parklet
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sensuous storm misha semenov
fall 2017 | epa rainworks challenge Collaboration with Kevin Dahms, Chloe Hanna, Andy Lee, Yishen Li, Katie Murray, Sanna O’Connor-Morberg, Valerie Pinkerton, and Emily Sigman. Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies How can green infrastructure become a pedagogical and narrative tool? In this competition entry, the team proposed retrofitting roof downspouts and storm drains that currently drain into the sewer system to instead connect to one of a number of green infrastructure options. As the designer on the project, I explored how these green infrastructure interventions could clearly communicate their function and value to passerby and building occupants. How could we create pedagogical landscapes to teach citizens about hydrology through narrative framing of stormwater treatment? How could we make these interventions attractive and invite people to contemplate, study, and linger? By integrating seating and play into water treatment features and inflecting sidewalks and façade features into indications of flow, the designs proposed to activate stormwater infrastructure as a public space and communication system in its own right.
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ornament and ecology
ongoing study | kent bloomer and alex felson Can ornament become a tool for integrating green infrastructure into cities and buildings? The following pages present the fruits of a collaboration between ornament theorist Kent Bloomer, urban ecologist and landscape architect Alex Felson, and student Kassandra Leiva. Our project exmaines the potential of ornament to serve as a language for translation between the built and natural environments. The system of ornament on this page was developed in tandem with the eco-urban fabric studio project in spring 2017; the intended holder for the ornament is a smokestack that acts as a water cistern and filter, connected to a cascading set of constructed wetlands. The starting point for the design was the purely geometric ornament of islamic water fountains; this was then inflected with a set of more gestural, plant-like motifs and fit into a hexagonal grid. The tiling patterns of this grid were then manipulated in order to create the appearance of upward growth and downward flow. The aim is to create a 21st-century ecological ornament that can highlight the processes at work in the cistern and constructed wetland. in much the same way that ornament was used on industrial machinery and infrastructure in the 20th century.
geometric generation of the concentric pattern
application to wetland ecosystem
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model of ornamented water column
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plaster full-scale model of the water spout ornament
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proposal to ornament metabolic flows of a campus building
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above and at left, the Kroon Hall Metabolic Ornament Project proposes to use ornament to highlight key resource consumption cycles and decision points.
below, the ornament and ecology project is investigating how cycles and rhythms in ornament can correspond to those in ecology, and be used as elements of viewing platforms, enclosures, or nature centers next to these ecological phenomena.
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termight
summer 2016 | the living How can we combine natural and artificial intelligence to invent a new fabrication paradigm for architecture? This summer research project for The Living, an Autodesk studio, investigated the potential of using live termites for subtractive manufacturing from wood. Our tests suggest collaboration between software and termites could produce structurally optimized generative designs for wood components, leading to unprecedented possibilities.
TENSION
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COMPRESSION termites avoid area in compresson
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live monitoring
cnc pheromone or heavy weight application
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imaging
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path and weight generation
logy
applications analysis
comparison with adaptive model
1/2 weight 7/8 strength of regular framing lumber
added insulation for thermal performance
added conduits, fiber optics, sensors...
panels with optimized apertures; structural or decorative
lightweight structural wood
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ripon chapel (re)assembled misha semenov
spring 2016 | alan organschi and adam hopfner, instructors In Collaboration with Hunter Hughes, Amanda Iglesias, and Hyeree Kwak, YSoA M. Arch I ‘18 How can a model represent the complex facade and structural systems of an exquisitely designed building? This model of the Ripon Chapel by Niall Mclaughlin used a combination of 2d and 3d elements to create a sectional model of the building. Of particular interest is the glulam wood column and truss system, which is independent of the self-supporting concrete block wall.
homage to krier
spring 2016 | robert a.m. stern, instructor What would Leon Krier have done if invited to make a facade for the Strada Nuova today? This facade, conforming to the rules of the famous 1980 Venice Biennale “New Street,” an indoor exhibition with facades by famous architects of the time, was designed in the spirit of architect and polemicist Leon Krier. The facade represents an original compilation of Krier’s sketches and built work, and contains within a thorough exhibition of Krier’s life and designs.
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urbanism The City of my Fantasy, an invented cityscape populated with past studio projects
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eco-urban fabric misha semenov
spring 2017 | alan plattus, critic Project in collaboration with Lily Hou, YSoA M. Arch I ‘18 Can a new urban fabric based on green infrastructure and ecology be developed for a postindustrial city? The starting point for our project was an analysis of the infrastructures that have defined the urban form of Lowell over the last 200 years; first hydropower canals, then railways, then roads literally went through the buildings they served and set very specific parameters for urban development in a city that was always geared toward production of goods. We propose that Lowell’s urban form today should be determined by a new mass infrastructure that focuses on the revitalization of Lowell itself as an ecologically and socially healthy place rather than the production of material goods: green infrastructure. The integration of water-treating wetlands, bioswales, water retention ponds, and reconstructed habitats allows for a new relationship between city and landscape. Ultimately, it creates a new form of urban fabric that negotiates between a dense, lively urban condition and a continuous natural landscape.
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series of drawings investigating the integration of Lowell’s building fabric with the infrastructure that serves it.
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large site model showing the peninsula as an urban massing complete with housing, retail, and a theater
mill condition: steep canal “canyons�
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proposed condition: open up and naturalize edge while preserving urban feel
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section through site showing the relationship to canals
section explaining the functionality of the integrated green infrastructure: the reclaimed smokestacks collect and clean rainwater and greywater, sending it to the constructed wetlands for filtration.
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A T E R the x C ChicaURRENT What is the future of industrial sites Walong NORTH BEND FERRY TERMINAL go River? This project is a response to theNEW ULI 2017 Student NEW GATEWAY PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE Competition brief for an industrial site near Goose Island on KAYAK LAUNCH BIOSWALES AND NATURAL WATER the Chicago River. We planned a vibrant neighborhood at FILTRATION FEATURES the intersection of 3 currents:” the “blue” water of the river and a ferry, the “green” linear park spaces, and the “maker current” of production spaces. Highlights included a local food hall, live-work maker spaces, and an industrial expo.
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SEAMLESS CONNECTIONS TERRACES AND COURTYARDS RIVER RECREATION BIODIGESTER the biodigester, power ed by local food waste, will pr ovide a local electricity and heating network.
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view from southwest
a kayak launch, riverside adventur e playgr ounds, and extensi ve bike paths open the ri ver up to all.
RESTORED RIVERFRONT restored riparian areas provide stor mwater filtration, natural habitat, and scenic beauty.
planned for energy efficiency and biophilia, r esidential blocks step down to open courtyards to the sun.
t r a n s f e r b e t w e e n t h e f e r r y, M e t r a c o m m u t e r r a i l , 6 0 6 Pa r k , a n d Chicago River trail is ef fortless.
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BEST of the MIDWEST ARTISAN MARKET this soaring space provides a venue for local far mers, chefs, and ar tisans to showcase their war es.
INFRASTRUCTURE 606 EXTENSION PLAZA PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE FERRY TERMINAL STREETSCAPE
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CONTAINER INCUBATORS LIVE / WORK LOFTS ground floor plaza-facing units provide a perfect space for this incr easingly popular lifestyle
MADE IN CHICAGO PLAZA featuring local art made from industrial materials, this plaza hosts hundreds of events annually
af fordable modular studios for artists, makers, and nonpr ofits with shar ed exhibit & fabrication spaces.
MADE IN CHICAGO DESIGN EXPO provides building and design businesses in the PMD a much-needed place for display and sales.
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GREEN BOTTOM TO TOP i n l i n e w i t h C h i c a g o ’s a m b i t i o u s envir onmental goals, buildings f eatur e high-perfor mance gr een r oofs.
DINNER ON THE RIVER new riverfront dining areas help to activate the waterfr ont and featur e local chefs and ingr edients.
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food hall
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commercial
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ferr y terminal
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phase three: create (2022-25) residential
34,000 sf
maker incubators
135,600 sf
design expo hall
150,000 sf
industrial innovation center
96,200 sf
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GREEN x CURRENT
WATER x CURRENT
MADE IN CHICAGO DESIGN EXPO CONTAINER INCUBATORS BEST of the MIDWEST MARKET INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION CENTER LIVE-WORK UNITS FOOD TRUCK COURT
RIVERFRONT PARK CHICAGO RIVER TRAIL EXTENSION 606 PARK CONNECTION GREENWAYS AND COURTYARDS RESTORED RIPARIAN HABITAT HIGH-PERFORMANCE BUILDINGS ANAEROBIC BIODIGESTER
NEW NORTH BEND FERRY TERMINAL NEW GATEWAY PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE KAYAK LAUNCH BIOSWALES AND NATURAL WATER FILTRATION FEATURES
EXISTING FERRY STOP
50’
100’
200’
Made in Chicago Chicago's rich indus ating a local product platform on the Chi Bend, offering a new existence of cutting density residential,
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ART CORRIDOR
LOCAL FOOD HUBS
a series of art pieces and murals by local artists guides pedestrians toward Made in Chicago plaza
30 MIN.
OP- NORTH BEND FERRY
new ferr y terminal will provide venient and r eliable transit sert o a n d f r o m d o w n t o w n C h i c a g o.
BIKE ACCESS together, the Gateway Bridge and 606 connection cr eate an integrated netw ork of dedicated bike paths.
regional conne team 170608 HIGH-RISE RESIDENTIAL
COURTYARDS
RESIDENTIAL
CONTAINER INCUBATORS
LIVE-WORK LOFTS
PARKING PODIUM
GROUND-FLOOR RETAIL
GROUND-FLOOR RETAIL
section through site
PARKING PODIUM 50’
INDUSTRIAL SPACE PARKING STRUCTURE DESIGN EXPO ART INCUBATOR 2% 1% MAKER INCUBATOR 9% 2% FOOD HALL (SITEA) 3%
BIODIGESTER
COMMERCIAL (SITEB)
PUBLIC SUBSIDIES 8.3%
3% 3%
PARK
5%
200’
EQUITY SOURCES 12%
RESIDENTIAL SITE A
1%
INDUSTRIAL PLAZA
100’
37%
FINANCING SOURCES 61%
44% RESIDENTIAL SITE B
1,161,563,389
5,380,761 sf
total SF of program to L train
funding sources
STREETSCAPE INFRASTRUCTURE
PUBLIC REALM LAND ACQUISITION
FERRY TERMINAL
FINANCIAL COSTS
606 EXTENSION
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606 EXTENSION
BUILDING PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE
BIOSWALES
$26,600,092
$1,151,906,470
canalscape
spring 2017 | alex felson Collaboration with Gioia Connell, YSoA/FES M. Arch I / M.E.M ‘20; Katy Mixter, YSOM/FES M.E.M/M.B.A. ‘17; Maria Pozimski, FES M.E.M. ‘18; and Aary Lee, YSoA M. Arch I ‘18 How can scientists and architects work together to restore ecological function to an urban area? This design for the canal city of Lowell, MA is the result of a semester-long collaboration between students in the schools of Architecture and Forestry. Taking as our site an abandoned lot at the intersection of several canals, we developed a series of ecological experiments that doubled as sites for public engagement with the ecosystems of the canals. Together, the team put together a project that incorporated design, historical analysis, scientific rigor, and financing pragmatism. A collection of experimental “blue fingers”, paired with a cultural center; a public marina; and a set of experimental habitat ponds attached to a Living Lab museum and research center formed the crux of the proposal, which was pitched to the City of Lowell in May 2017.
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The experiments implemented in the first phase are meant to test the waters and informing further development. The main objectives are: Retention and treatment of the urban runoff; Water quality improvement in the canals and subsequently in the river; Creation of learning and research opportunities. “Blue fingers” will be implemented that showcase four techniques of stormwater retention/treatment using constructed wetland canals. They will filter the runoff from the highway and the upland areas before it enters the canals. To optimize N and P removal, four different techniques will be applied: Free Water Surface System (FWS), Horizontal subsurface flow (HSSF), Vertical subsurface flow (VSSF), and Open Water System (OWS).25 Vegetation will be consisting of Reeds, Iris, Umbrella palms, Graceful cattails, and Bulrush, which are native to Massachusetts, are hardy and can survive different mosquito prevention measure and outcompete a variety of weeds to lighten the management burden.26 The final removal technique is an open water system planted exclusively with phragmites (OWS), harvested every year, that is aimed to research phragmites’ ability for P removal. Each of the blue fingers will be about 260-feet long and 6-feet wide. To insure that the incoming flow is mostly consistent in both volume and chemical characteristics, the water coming from the impervious surface in the upland and the highway will be collected in a pond that is then connected to the constructed wetlands. Water quality measures will be taken at the beginning and end of each of these blue fingers. The most effective techniques will then be expanded in Phase 2. Our Blue Finger 1 will serve as our HSSF system,Blue Finger 2 our VSSF system, Blue Finger 3 our FWS system, and Blue Finger 4 our OWS system. A stormwater retention pond will be implemented to capture the runoff from two newly created parking lots that allow visitors and scientists to access the lab and future culture centers implemented in Phase 2. It is designed as an open water system only with riparian vegetation. Water quality measures of the stormwater at different times through the year will inform which species can be hosted by a connected, second pond also established in Phase 2. A floating wetland bridge will be implemented to connect the two project areas with each
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connecticut coastal resiliency misha semenov
spring 2016 | yale urban ecology & design lab How should coastal Connecticut communities adapt to rising sea levels and severe storm impacts? Working with The Nature Conservancy, town engineers, and UED Lab leaders, I helped to craft a three-stage proposal for adapting flood-prone areas of Fairfield to rising sea levels, which included interventions ranging from building levees and boardwalks, to raising homes over the water on stilts, to better integrating the community with the wetland’s natural cycles..
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professional urban design
2014-2017 | sasaki & dpz The drawings on these pages represent a sampling of my work for Sasaki and Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co.
Food Production Types
PASTURE TOWN
FAMILY FARM CSA GROUP
YARD GARDENS HOUSEHOLD
an urban agriculture proposal for a new development, a proposed alternative to the destructive large-scale agriculture on the site that maintains local agriculture as an essential feature of the new neighborhood. (c) sasaki
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CHICKEN
HOUSEHOL
As this illustrated NW section of the proposed plan types of urban agriculture can be developed as a of every level of density within the new town, s
Industrial vs Closed Loop, Integrated Community PRECIPITATION
PESTICIDES HERBICIDES
REUSE of URBAN RAINWATER
SOIL REGENERATION =>LESS FERTILIZER REQUIRED
WELL WATER HIGH FERTILIZER INPUT
RECYCLING FOOD WASTE THROUGH COMPOSTING & ANIMALS
RUNOFF CAUSES EUTROPHICATION
along the Transect comparison industrial vs local agricultural systems (c) sasaki The current cash crop ofmodel requires inputs of chemical fertilizers and pesticides; while the land absorbs stormwater, it also releases harmful contaminants into downstreamaquatic ecosystems. The regime of monocultures depletes the natural soil health.
AQUACULTURE NEIGHBORHOOD
TREATING & RECYCLING RUNOFF
A closed-loop ecological approach uses as many local products as possible, including community compost, collected and stored rainwater, and resident participation. Crop rotations ensure a healthier soil that requires fewer inputs.
VERTICAL FARM TOWN
GREENHOUSES CSA GROUP
FOOD FOREST
NEIGHBORHOOD
ROOF GARDENS
HOUSEHOLD
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BLOCK GARDEN
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an analysis of the vernacular urban typologies in a town in China. The team’s goal was to learn more about the climatic adaptation strategies built into traditional architecture. (c) sasaki
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小潭湖 Tall Roofs for Thermosiphon
小潭湖 Deep South-Facing Overhangs
小潭湖 Oriented to Cooling Breezes
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walled street-facing garden en
小潭湖 S Windows Shaded in Summer, Warmed by low Winter Sun 小潭湖 Minimal E-W glazing
小潭湖 Courtyard: Sun in Winter, Breeze in Summer
小潭湖 Walls for Shade
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dense urban fabric (Xiananfan
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小潭湖 Wider Shaded N-S Streets
(c) DPZ I worked with designer Mike Huston at DPZ to design and hand-draw this urban plan for a development in Frederick, MD. Many of these ideas were incorporated into the final site plan, (c) DPZ
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trees of rome
summer 2017 | yale rome seminar This suite of drawings was completed during my summer stay in Rome and intended as an urbanistic analysis of the three primary tree species of Rome: the plane tree, the cypress, and the pine. All three have been present in the city since Roman times, and carry great symbolic meaning. In these drawing, I treat these trees as architectural elements in their own right, and discover unexpected continuities between buildings, public spaces, and their trees.
the cypress
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the pine
the sycamore
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Evening at the Villa d�Este, Tivoli
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