DESIGN PHILOSOPHY / INSPIRATION
01 DWL ARCHITECTS + PLANNERS NOV 2013 - Present
T3 MODERNIZATION PROJECT The Terminal 3 Modernization Project is a comprehensive renovation and redesign of the dated Terminal 3 and associated concourses at the Phoenix Skyharbor International Airport. It involves the collaboration of multiple Construction, Architecture and Engineering ďŹ rms. The project scope involved a comprehensive renovation of the terminal processor and one of the concourses, a new passenger concourse in addition to the renovations and associated enabling projects. ResponsibilitiesConceptual design, Space Planning Coordination and Project management Presentation and publication graphics 3D Modelling and renders Construction documents and detailing
GRAPHIC EXCERPT FROM PROGRAM DEFINITION MANUAL
02 DESIGN STUDIO – SPRING 2013 Architecture studio
ARIZONA CENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIETY The design brief called for a new design for the Sandra Day O Conner Law school which is slated to move from the ASU Tempe Campus to the Phoenix Downtown Campus. In additon this would become the Arizona Center for Law and society which would hold other program such as Institutes, a conference center , retail establishments and the possibility of furthur growth.
DETAILED MASSING
Taking 3 distinct programs to function as one - the program was divided into Public (consisting of the retail, administrative programs involved with the school, offices for the court officials and the institutes / clinics), Collaborative zone (consisting of the cafes and meeting spaces) , the law school and a stack of leasable law office spaces that have a monetary possibilty.
ZONE 4 Floors 17 - 20
ZONE 3 Floors 13 - 16
A NEW MODEL FOR COLLABORATION The law school is divided into 4 zones - each zone comprising of classrooms, individual and group study spaces, faculty offices and support spaces. The 4 zones are then connected by a library that winds its way around the central core
ZONE 2 Floors 9-12
UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE - 40,000 SF
LIBRARY GRADUATE COLLEGE - 60,000 SF
ZONE 1 Floors 5-8
INSTITUTES - 40,000 SF
COLLABORATIVE SPACE
LIBRARY
UNDERGRADUATE
FACULTY
LAW SCHOOL
ZONE 1 OF THE LAW SCHOOL TOWER
STACKS / READING ROOM CLASSROOMS FACULTY OFFICES
THE LIBRARY AND READING AREAS
CONFERENCE / STUDY
CLASSROOMS FACULTY OFFICES
CORE
LEASABLE OFFICE SPACE (FLOORS 6+)
OFFICES
TO ZONE 2 LIBRARY MOOT COURTROOM 2ND DATUM (PUBLIC) FLOOR 5
MEZANINE READING LEVEL
CAFE / CONFERENCE ROOMS / LOUNGES (PUBLIC) FLOOR 4
ADMINISTRATION / INSTITUTES / CLINICS FLOORS 2 TO 3
RETAIL / COMMERCIAL ENTRY LEVEL
FUTURE BUILDING POTENTIAL
COLLABORATE
03 DESIGN STUDIO – FALL 2012
A joint Urban Design / Architecture studio
REDWOOD CITY: RECONNECTING DOWNTOWN TO THE CITY HARBOR This studio was sponsored by Redwood City, California in order to develop and visualize the foundation for a precise plan to be produced by the City’s urban administration in 2013. Studio mission was: Reclaim the waterfront as a vibrant public amenity that reconnects with downtown Redwood City while engaging and activating the community to deliver a development model that reconciles urban systems with San Francisco Bay The following images are actual images and content that were presented to the Redwood City council members in December 2012. This project was again reviewed by the city council and interested residents and stakeholders of Redwood City in June 2013. It is still unclear as to the extent of the study that was absorbed into the precise plan which is still in process.
SITE ANALYSIS
PHASE I
ISSUES AND ASSETS
ACTIVATING & CONNECTING SPACES
ISSUES: 1. THE INNER HARBOR’S WATERFRONT IS DISCONNECTED FROM DOWNTOWN REDWOOD CITY. 2. THE STUDY AREA IS DETERIORATED, BLIGHTED AND SEMI ABANDONED 3. THE AREA IS PRONE TO FLOODS
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ASSETS: 1. GROWING AWARENESS AND INTEREST (ENVIRONMENTAL & WATER AS RECREATION) 2. RECENT DEVELOPMENT AND INTENT TO DEVELOP THE SITE 3. PUBLIC PROPERTY ON THE WATERFRONT 4. WEALTH OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND LANDSCAPE QUALITIES
PHASE II
Walking Time 2, 5 and 10 mins
New location for marina and aquatics centre Walking Time 2, 5 and 10 mins
Pedestrian connection
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Activation of edge
Infrastructre Development 5 min
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INFRASTRUCTURE & DEVELOPMENT
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CREATING AWARENESS AND INTEREST FOR INNER HARBOR AREA
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MIDDLE BAIR ISLAND
ASSETS - KAYAKING, CORKSCREW SLOUGH
PHASE 1 Expansion of Maple Bridge from 32’ 8” to 56’ 8”. Addition of pedestrian lane (7’) and Bicycle lane (4’). Underpass along creek .
Phase 1
Pedestrian Access
PHASE 2 Construction of Bridge over I-10 freeway of 86’ . Includes - Tram, Pedestrian, Bicycle lane and Vehicles.
Existing Infrastructure Vehicular Access
Existing Infrastructure
Vehicular Access
Phase 2 - Trail Head
Pedestrian Access Existing Infrastructure
Pedestrian Access
Potted Trees - Moveable
Visual Connection
Farmer’s Market - Shipping Containers
Visual Connection
Installation / Event Space
Vehicular Access
Light Poles - Change color with tide Light Poles - Change color with tide
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1. CONNECTIONS
ASSETS - FLOATING DEVELOPMENT, MARINA
2. TRAILHEAD
Vehicular Access Pedestrian Access
MAPLE STREET IS EXPANDED TO INCLUDE EASIER BIKING AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS.
THE POINT OF DEPARTURE WHERE THE CITY AND WATER MEET.
BOARDWALK CREATED AT THE 101 UNDERPASS WHICH ALLOWS FOR MORE PUBLIC ACCESS TO WATER.
ONE MARINA STUDY AREA
1. CONNECTIONS
CREATE A BRIDGE OVER 101 @ WALNUT CONVERTING IT INTO A PEDESTRIAN AND STREET CAR BOULEVARD
LIGHT INTERVENTION BRINGS ATTENTION TO THE SITE.
PREVIOUSLY VACANT LOTS TURNED INTO CIVIC SPACE AND THE BEGINNING OF A BOARDWALK TRAIL THAT LEADS TO THE WATERFRONT SITE
3. MERVYN'S
phase 1
MERVYN’S BECOMES SUBDIVIDED ALLOWING POROSITY THROUGH TO REDWOOD CREEK AND CREATING A DUAL FRONTAGE FOR THE MALL WITH ACCESS FROM PARKING AND THE STREET
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FARMER’S MARKET STRIP PARK
INFRASTRUCTURAL VOIDS OPPORTUNITIES THAT CAN BE UTILIZED
2. TRAILHEAD
PARKING PEDESTRIAN
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downtown redwood city downtown redwood city Pedestrian Access EXxisting Infrastructure
PUBLIC ACESS CUT OFF FROM THE WATERFRONT
UNDER UTILIZED WATER FRONT
Visual Connection Vehicular Access
3. MERVYN'S
THE REAR OF MERVYN'S BECOMES MORE ACTIVATED BY THE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC GENERATED BY THE LIGHT INTERVENTIONS ALONG THE CREEK AND AT THE UNDERPASS.
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Sauna, Baths
CREATING AN URBAN MARKETPLACE WILL REINVIGORATE A STRUGGLING BIG BOX STORE INTO A VIBRANT PEDESTRIAN DISTRICT.
RETAIL / COMMERCIAL
Aquatics Centre
RESIDENTIAL Floating Homes
Bordwalk along water’s edge Residential Park
Farmer’s Market with shipping containers
PHYSICAL AND VISUAL BARRIERS TO THE WATERFRONT
Installation and shipping container for art exhibits Floating Dock / Movie screan Amphitheater BLOMQUIST STREET Retail Front Tram Stop Pedestrian Plaza
4. SITE Parking
DOCKTOWN BECOMES INVIGORATED BY MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT WITH HOUSING AND RETAIL. ELEVATED URBAN PARK SPACE WITH RETAIL BELOW DRAWS AND ORIENTS VISITORS TO WATERFRONT ACTIVITIES
Potted trees for buffer Parking
EXISTING CONDITION - WALNUT AND MAPLE STREET
EXISTING CONDITION - REDWOOD CREEK
5. SITE
CREATING A TEMPORARY FLEXIBLE SPACE OF VENDORS AND ART INSTALLATIONS USING ABANDONED SHIPPING CONTAINERS
101 FREEWAY
Pedestrian Access Existing Infrastructure
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mervyns’ and the creek
sauna/ bath
04 DESIGN STUDIO – SPRING 2012 Architecture studio
FWCAC , FORT WORTH The design brief called for the renovation and expansion of a popular Performing Atrs Center in Fort Worth, Dallas. The center is located in close proximity to Louis Kahn’s Kimbell museum and Tadao Ando’s MOMA. The intention of the design was not not to draw attention away from existing masterpieces but to rather add value to an existing aesthetic quality. This was a collaborative project involving three students. My role included conceptual design, detailed design of the theater, diagramming, plans and conceptual renders.
Each service “bay” that seperates the program spaces holds the support spaces such as circulation, mechanical, electrical, HVAC and plumbing equipment. The existing theater is retained as a beacon and reminder to Fort Worth’s immense development in the Arts.
‘Bays’ of program inspired by Kimbell and Ando’s MOMA lead to a highly “utilitarian” division of zones that seperate the served and servant spaces. This also leads to a strong character for the facility that is at once both deliberate and leaves a lasting impression
All program easily accessible on a single level save for the administration and classroom making it more of a public realm as compared to a highly programmed “building”. Theaters seperated from main road by a BOH, open lobby spaces and galleries that lead to public spaces
Two parallel axes divide the performance spaces from the display spaces. The main circulation space acts as the transition between two intense program spaces. While the passage through the gallery takes you through the “bays” in a perpendicular axis, the passage through the lobby takes you on an axis parallel to the “bays”.
The spaces are programmed in such a way that each program is abutted by a “bay” of service. Each program is also adjacent to an open gathering space that accentuates the solidity around it. This takes the form of open courts and a water body
In line with the concept of a “mature” building, there was a conscious endeavour to accentuate just the walls and make the program appear “light” and “weightless”
The walls are the structural system that holds the building together. They are load bearing cast in place concrete walls that are 13” thick with solid insulation. Trusses span between these walls holding up the floors
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lobby
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lobby SECTION A
BACK OF HOUSE CONCEPTUAL SECTIONS
The walls being a major part of the design, the spaces between them become anti - space. Hence it was important to study the openings and the very basic characteristics of each wall - be it the material or the openings, and the way light plays a role in deďŹ ning these walls which in the end enclose active program spaces.
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