2012 UNDERGRAD CAL POLY
Michael Batryn
PORTFOLIO
INDEX YEAR 4
YEAR 3
YEAR 2
The College for Creative Studies is a unique part of UC Santa Barbara. It brings together majors from the technical and the creative fields to encourage collaboration. However, it is currently in a old WW II barracks building that does not meet its current needs. The two buildings proposed in the design focus on creating public spaces and visual connections to and between the site and the axis that runs through campus North to South. The North building is organized around a massive value added gallery space that faces out to the pedestrian axis. It features a double skin glass wall that is mechanically ventilated to limit thermal gains and runs the entire length of the gallery. This provides a visual connection and serves as a beacon of integration. The visual connection provided by the gallery welcomes visitors and members of the College of Creative Studies alike and provides space for student work as well as exhibitions and shows from outside the university. Once inside the gallery, a
café pulls off the main exhibition space to provide an area to eat and discuss the works on display. A stair leads up from the café area to the mezzanine level lobby that over looks both of these spaces. Additionally, there is access to the exterior green roof to the North which leads down to the amphitheater facing the existing library. The theater that is accessed from the mezzanine level lobby is part of the main expression of the North building as it pulls up and over the exterior parking entry. The South building is organized around an open central axis that runs North to South and opens to the North building, which helps to establish a dialog between the two buildings. The two staggered courtyards that come off the central axis serve vastly different purposes, but remain part of an integrated whole. The first courtyard serves as a more open, social space. Many of the social functions of the building are organized around this courtyard. The second theater called for in the program uses this courtyard as an exterior foyer. Many of the classrooms also open into this space as the theater is used as a daily part of the student’s instruction and learning. An exterior stair leads up to the second level roof deck that connects the courtyard with the building lobby and student spaces. The roof deck also provides views out onto the campus axis as the void it creates is pulled through the North façade of the building. The two story lobby also serves as a more
informal gallery space that can be used on a more daily basis by the students for presentations. The student lounge is located on the second floor and both opens to the second level roof deck over the social courtyard as well as overlooks the lobby / gallery through a semipermeable wall. This semi-permeable wall uses the same fenestration strategy as the exterior South-facing windows and provides a degree of privacy while maintaining a visual connection to below. The student computer lab also provides a connection between the second level roof deck and the area over looking the lobby. A large ramp from the exterior also opens into this space making it a central area for student interaction. The administration space is located directly off the lobby to facilitate student interaction. While it does not directly open to the social courtyard it does feature a large window from its kitchen area to maintain a visual connection. The second courtyard is focused around the working components of the program; the woodshop, fabrication lab, sculpture studio, and book lab. To help contain the mess and dust created by these active program elements the courtyard has been sunken into the ground by 8 feet. This helps to delineate the space that the different shops can break out into from the pedestrian axis and other social spaces.
NORTH BUILDING FLOOR 01
NORTH BUILDING
EAST WEST SECTION
FLOOR 02
SOUTH BUILDING FLOOR 01
NORTH BUILDING NORTH SOUTH SECTION
FLOOR 02
FLOOR 03
SOUTH BUILDING
BRANC
The existing Marina Branch Library was built in 1954 and is located in the Marina District of San Francisco, California. It is part of the larger San Francisco Public Library system and is one of 28 libraries in the system. It has become too small for the growing neighborhood that it serves and a new library is needed. The site for the library is located between a busy street, a park, and a school and is just
several blocks from the bay. The new library is carefully sited on the lot to respond to the library user needs as well as those of the surrounding public uses. The front of the library has a stepped seating area that serves as a place to sit and read as well as a waiting area for the bus stop just in front. By blending and integrating the library with the park it can serve as a connection and entrance as opposed
to a barrier. Much of the area lost to the footprint of the building is offset to the green roof deck. This roof deck connects the stepped seating area in the front of the library with a ramp that gently descends into the park behind it. This pulls the park up and over the library and down onto the street, joining them and breaking the separation. This welcomes people simultaneously into the park as well as the library.
L SHAPED outwardly focused opens to view linear seating no direct exterior access
DONUT inwardly focused allows for reading nooks courtyard access doesn’t open to view
COMBINATION communal space exterior focus reading areas interior focus opens to view linear seating and nooks courtyard access
The overall layout of the building drew inspiration from the elongated bar forms of the warehouse/docks that stretch into the bay and form an important part of the history and cultural identity of the area. A study of branch library typologies revealed that typically a L shaped or donut shaped plan were used. Both had certain
advantages, but neither allowed for the character of the site to be fully brought out. By using both typologies together the library is able to open to the view, provide common open areas as well as secluded nooks, and contain an interior courtyard that could be directly accessed from the library atrium. Most importantly this allowed the creation
Maintaining open lines of sight from the circulation desk is extremely important to keeping the library open. This allows a single librarian to staff the entire library during non-peak hours, extending the hours of operation. Several libraries in the area have already been forced to cut their hours due to budgetary reasons.
of a main social space that brought the different groups together while also allowing for individual space that each of the diverse user groups could break off into. As budget cuts had already forced the Marina Branch Library and many of the other small branch libraries
to reduce their hours limiting the circulation desks to one location and keeping an open line of sight from it meant that the library could be staffed by a single librarian during non-peak hours. This brings together openness and separation and unifies the library.
Children Main Stacks Teens Adults Community
Circulation is focused around the central atrium space. Each user group has their own space, but the paths are interlinked to foster interaction and chance encounters.
The Transit Towers serve as a connective gate for the South Lake Merritt and Civic Center District to the greater Oakland area. They are centered around many of the local attractions such as Laney College, Lake Merritt, China town, and the famous farmers market. The site is a natural hub for transportation and movement
with a BART station underneath and multiple bus lines that run past it. The project combines ground level retail with residential towers organized around a large public plaza. This addresses many of the local needs by activating the ground plane, providing high density housing, space for the local Chinese community to practice Tai Chi,
additional student oriented retail for the Laney College students, and additional parking for local businesses as well as dedicated parking just for the residents. The apartments are designed with many green features incorporated. Interlocking groups of four through apartments are built as a repeatable element. The individual apartments are all L shaped
ES
H
O
RE
AV
E 16
1ST AV
LA K
15T H ST
GOLD COAST
T 1S
14T H ST
EN AV
UE
E 15
AT IO
TH
D
ST
NA
L BLV
D
ST
OAK ST
E 11
"
"
n"
TH
TH
ST
ST
5T H
AV
"
E 10
FALLO N ST
8T H ST
MADISO N ST
JAC KSO N ST
W EBST ER ST
ALIC E ST
9T H ST
HARR ISO N ST
10T H ST
FRAN K LIN ST
10T H ST
BRO ADW AY
4T H
ST
E 12
14T H ST
el) nn (Tu
ER N
BLV
AV
11 T H
11T H ST
IN T
T
12T H ST
3R D
DOWNTOWN
S EAST T H LAKE 14
DR
AV
FALLO N ST
12T H ST
E
ILL
TH
2N D
ID ES
13T H ST
TH
ST
PL
K LA
n
FO O TH
AV
AV
LAK ESIDE D
A PH
15T H ST
7T H ST
E 8T H S
CHINA TOWN
E 7T H ST
5T H AV
6T H ST
5T H ST
4T H ST
ST
Fallon St
Oak St
Madison St
Jackson St
7th St
FALLO N ST
EMBARC ADERO W EST
EMBA RC ADERO RC EMBA
O AD E R
not only creates a spatially rich environment, but also allows for through ventilation. Large mechanical user controlled louvers allow for manipulation of both privacy and natural light control.
AV
OAK ST
MADISO N ST
ALIC E ST
HARR ISO N ST
JAC KSO N ST
2N D ST
6T H
W EBST ER T UBE
10th St
8th St
3RD ST CT JACK LONDON SQUARE VIC TO RY
in section, which allows for an access hallway to be needed only every third floor, drastically cutting down on space wasted on corridors. The loft style through apartment design W AT ER ST
9th St
PO SEY T UBE ST
W EBST ER ST
BRO ADW AY
FRAN K LIN ST
4T H ST
4T H ST
AV
6T H ST
5T H
6T H ST
6T H ST
SCREEN[OPEN]
SCREEN[OPEN]
APARTMENT TYPE A
[operable windows allow for through ventilation] [screens provide shade, privacy, and handrail when the window is open] [spacious living area] [two bedroom and two bath] [hallways located on every third floor maximizes apartment square footage] [active transformable building facade reflects speed and transit orientation]
SCREEN[OPEN]
APARTMENT TYPE B
The Religare Institute was entered in the ACSA steel competition and is a center for the mind, body, social interaction, as well as laboratory work. The Nuerobiological Research Center focuses on the interaction between an organism and its environment, the scientific counterpoint to the ReLigare’s emphasis on the spiritual and mental connection to nature and the city. The project was a collaborative effort with Lindsey
Newman and was a continuation of Zack Crocker’s project from the previous quarter. By integrating a mind/body relaxation center with a nuerobiological research center a dialog can be established between two related groups that are unlikely to communicate under normal circumstances. The project becomes a fluid molding of landscape and architecture, connecting the environment and the built form, integrating their relationships into one spatial
experience. The building seeks to blend with nature, blurring the line between interior and exterior space and where these exchanges take place. These hinge points become the focus of how form responds to nature and becomes a framework for interaction with nature, people, architecture and oneself. The site is dominated by a series of deep channels in the Earth that created a harsh division. These physical barriers begin to reflect
SOCIAL RESTAURANT
CLASSROOMS
MEDITATION
MIND
SPA
THEATER EXERCISE
LABS
S P IN E LABS BODY
LABS
LABS LABS
PROCESS WORK the mental barriers between the two diverse and different user groups. The central spine of the project runs perpendicular to the channels and forms the interactive space between the Nuerobiological Research Labs and the Religare Institute for social reciprocity between people and with the site. Circulation is organized so that people are brought together at specific nodes along the spine to foster social connections. Circulation also
integrates with the site to gradually transition people from the urban environment of San Diego to a more relaxed and meditative environment and allow for a focus on the mind, body, social interactions, or laboratory work. The buildings gradually rise out of the site, responding to the programmatic needs and character of the space. The nuerobiological research laboratories need for a degree of privacy while still remaining visible pushed them into the
ground to become an integrated part of the landscape. The more active public and social elements of the ReLigare pull it up and out of the channels to be put on display and serve as an icon. The program is further split into the more quite and meditative elements and the more active social spaces to form a social gradient along the spine.
FIRST FLOOR
SECOND FLOOR
GROUND FLOOR
FOURTH FLOOR
ROOF ASSEMBLY copper cladding waterproofing rigid insulation steel deck secondary girders c channel structure cupboards
EXTERIOR STRUCTURAL COLUMN INTERIOR STRUCTURAL COLUMN CURTAIN WALL SYSTEM aluminum mullions glass
FLOOR ASSEMBLY flat-plate concrete steel deck steel girder MEP space c channel structure wood slatted drop ceiling fluorescent light
CONCRETE FOUNDATION
The ReLigare and Nuerobiological Research Center both seek to study the way that people interact with the environment; one through meditation and social interaction one scientifically. The project is about forming new connections.
The circulation throughout the buildings is set up to form connections between the buildings. Nature is brought into the entire building to form a deeper connection to the land and break down the barriers between interior and exterior space. The
building is broken down into two parallel bars, each which responds to the site in a different way. The ReLigare bar is bent to follow the contours of the site so that it overlooks a ravine through which water would flow for part of the year. The
nuerobiological research center is broken into two offset bars, each of which follows a small ridge line. The circulation paths in and throughout the building intertwine the two programs into a cohesive whole and are where people are brought together. Every level of the project is connected in as many ways as possible. The entry level is connected by a courtyard that people are brought into from the entrance along the side of the theater. It is further connected by a roof garden over the spa further into the site. The top level is connected by a bridge that doubles as the restaurant eating area. Vertical connections to the entry level are located in both the ReLigare and nuerobiological research center atriums and lobbies. The bottom floor and spa area is connected to the upper levels in three areas by a small set of exterior stairs located on the far end of the project, a tunnel from one of the nuerobiological research centers stair towers, and the main way in, along a long ramp that descends from the ReLigare atrium down into the heart of the spa. Nature is an important part of the project and is brought in throughout the building. An important part of nature is a sense of discovery and wonder. This is achieved in the project by limiting view corridors to bring people around a corner or down a stair to discover what the project the entire site. The one long view that is established and which the project is organized around is the view out to the ocean.
The existing homeless shelter in San Luis Obispo had become too small for the number of people it had to serve. The new complex is situated on a larger site that will
allow the center to takes advantage of the local climate and integrate environmentally responsive strategies into the building. South and West facing walls are made of
rammed earth to provide thermal mass and help moderate the buildings temperature during the day by absorbing heat and then keeping them warm at night by
releasing the stored heat. Natural daylight is brought in through slits between the rammed earth walls to minimize the need for artificial lighting. Heat gain is moderated by large overhangs that allow the winter sun in while keeping the summer sun out.
Additionally, passive through ventilation is used extensively in all buildings. Fields where food would be grown are located behind the main complex of buildings. This allows the residents to give back to the shelter as well as help feed the
inhabitants. Bio-retention ponds are used on the site to help replenish the aquifer and filter the water run off from the street. The central courtyard forms the social space of the site for all of the residents to come together in.
DINING HALL
ADMIN BUILDING
WOMANS BUILDING
FAMILY BUILDING
MENS BUILDING