Architecture Portfolio
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NYC SKY CONDO CHEONGGYECHEON URBAN REVIVAL VERTICAL SUSTAINABLE URBANISM SUBURBAN LIVABILITY HYBRID LIVING EXPRESSIONS OF THE HAND SPRINGFIELD LIVING URBAN ASSEMBLAGE
Natalie Imran, LEED GA Master of Architecture 2016 Savannah College of Art and Design Bachelor of Design 2012 University of Florida e | natalieimran@gmail.com p | 786.556.3089
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The Highline
01 NYC SKY CONDO NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK Savannah College of Art and Design | Fall 2014 Critic | Arpad Ronazegi
PROJECT DESCRIPTION Located next to the highline in the Chelsea District of Manhattan, this design proposal merges urban living with vertical urban farming. This proposal addresses resident lifestyle, engagement at both the street and highline levels, flexibility, and systems thinking. The building acts as a living organism, with interconnected systems (human, plant, and building relationships), including closed loop energy and production systems, human powered living, and climate responsive facades.
ground level | market access
highline level | brewery access
ground level | local market
highline level | micro brewery
level 4 | pool & hop farm
level 3| gym & hop farm
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micro brewery | view from the highline
program diagram
HOP GARDENS
ETFE DOUBLE SKIN POOL
CLIMATE RESPONSIVE SHADES
RESIDENCES
HIGHLINE BEER GARDEN
LOCAL MARKET
RESIDENTIAL ENTRANCE
section perspective
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residential pool
The building program, with a micro-brewery, local market, and a variety of public and private lots for farming, responds to cultural conditions specific to the Chelsea District of New York City. In addition, innovative sustainable techniques, such as local energy generation and the development of self-sufficient building systems, respond to the environment. The result is a resource efficient lifestyle and a dynamic urbanism where sustainable design considerations are integrated into the concept and form of the project.
local market at ground level
environmental systems diagram
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SUMMER
WINTER
views
50 m views
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EXTRUDE MASS | 50 m
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SHIFT MASSES FOR VIEWS AND LOTS FOR AGRICULTURE
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ADD INTERSECTING POCKET PARKS FOR COMMUNAL HOP FARMING
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INTRODUCE ENVIRONMENTAL SKIN
north-west elevation
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street view
aerial view | looking east
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Seoul
02 CHEONGGYECHEON URBAN REVIVAL SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA Savannah College of Art and Design | Fall 2014 Critic | Huy Ngo Design Partner | Samantha Blount
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
History of the site | This design proposal is located on the Cheonggyecheon River in the financial district of Seoul. The river was once a natural waterway, paved over and covered by an elevated highway in the 1960s. In 2005 the Cheonggyecheon stream was restored and now over 500,000 people walk alongside the stream each week. About the proposal | The proposal is an urban renewal project that creates nodes of activity on and around the stream, with physical and visual connections. It extends beyond the river itself, manipulating the urban wall condition, and reforming the existing street scape. Multi-level circulation paths carry visitors on an experiential journey through the site. The renewal creates an interactive space of multiple journeys, pathways, nodes of activation, and connections, both physical and symbolic. It addresses issues of connection through the site, urban texture, public access, threshold, human engagement at multiple levels, and a balance between the past, present, and future.
site plan
14 RIVER TERRACES PLAZA
circulation diagram
existing
MUSUEM
CANOPY R I VE R L E VE L C I R C UL AT I ON STREET LEVEL CIRCULATION ABOVE GROUND CIRCULATION
CONSTRUCTED GREEN SPACES
RIVER WALK
INTERACTIVE RAMP
program diagram
interaction diagram
rerouting existing site conditions + traffic pattern
existing conditions and traffic patterns
reroute traffic to reclaim pedestrian space
manipulate wall condition to expand corridor space and create threshold
rerouting traffic = reclaiming pedestrian space
night view on river | looking west
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CANOPY BRIDGE
INTERACTIVE WATER FEATURE
RIVER PROMENDAE
INTERACTIVE RAMP
section perspective through river | looking north
day view on river | looking west
river view of ramp | looking east
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2
3 CONNECTIONS
NODES OF ACTIVITY
1 section through plaza | looking east
2 section through river terraces | looking east
3 section through museum | looking east
process diagrams
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aerial | looking west split form forview access
MANIPULATED EDGE CONDITION
view of terraces from street bridge| looking west
RIVER LEVEL PROMENADE
INTERACTIVE SCREEN
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street view of plaza | looking east
RAMP ENTRANCE TO RIVER LEVEL
MUSEUM PROMENADE
RAMP TO CANOPY BRIDGE
street view of museum | looking west
urban context view | looking north
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03 VERTICAL SUSTAINABLE URBANISM Melbourne
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA Ecosystem Architecture | 2014 Submission for the 2014 CTBUH Shanghai Conference Project Role | Production of 3D model and all images shown Director | Richard Mann
PROJECT DESCRIPTION This proposal explores a range of design principles for achieving a socially sustainable residential community in a very tall environmentally responsive building. The goal of this study is the exploration of possibilities for both high rise and very tall development providing levels of indooroutdoor amenity usually associated with street level, horizontal housing and in particular focusing on social relationships. Further, the case study demonstrates a strategy for the ecological rehabilitation of degraded, low quality urban land or topographically difficult sites. The design also demonstrates a significant degree of facade and unit orientation flexibility while maintaining effective structural and spatial planning solutions. The architecture achieves responsiveness for a diverse range of climates without limiting amenity or functional adaptability.
SITE 40,000 M 2
ANALYZE SOLAR ACCESS AND WIND FLOWS TO USE AS STIMULUS FOR DESIGN
ARRANGE UNIT MODULES TO REFLECT SOLAR ACCESS & WIND FLOWS,
COPY MODULES ALONG CURVES
COPY MODULES VERTICALLY TO FORM THREE WINGS
LIFT WINGS ON COLUMNS FOR FOREST LANDSCAPE AT GROUND LEVEL
OPEN CORE DESIGN ALLOWS FOR CROSS VENTILATION, AND SOLAR ACCESS
INSERT POCKET PARKS
MICRO-APARTMENTS: WEST WING
TOWNHOUSES: NORTH AND EAST WING
SHARED PARK WALKWAYS EVERY 5 MODULES
INTERNAL WALKWAYS
VERTICAL CIRCULATION AND SERVICE CORES
MOBILE BUILDING MAINTENACE UNITS (BMUS)
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60,000 M 2 SITE MELBOURNE DOCKLANDS
LIFTS FIRE STAIRS SERVICE CORES
garden level floor plan
typical level floor plan
view from typical park level atrium
view of pocket park | looking down
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PARK PLANES
1 X GROUND LEVEL FOREST PLANE= 40,000 M 2 GARDEN SPACE WITHIN A SITE AREA OF 60,000 M 2
EXTERNAL PRIVATE GARDENS
6 X SHARED PARK PLANES= 64,310 M 2 GARDEN SPACE
SHARED POCKET PARKS
232 X PRIVATE GARDENS= 19,850 M 2 GARDEN SPACE
1,408 MICRO APARTMENTS= 7,040 M 2 GARDEN SPACE
APARTMENT GARDENS
6X POCKET PARKS= 1,300 M 2 GARDEN SPACE
840 TOWNHOUSES= 33,600 M 2 GARDEN SPACE
garden space diagram
townhouse internal view
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first level plan | townhouse detail
UNIT 1
UNIT 2
section perspective | townhouse detail
micro apartment external view
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UNIT 1
UNIT 2
UNIT 3
unit plans | micro apartment detail
UNIT 4
UNIT 1
UNIT 2
UNIT 3
UNIT 4
section perspective | micro apartment detail
view from the north
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looking down view
ground level atrium view
aerial view | looking north
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Gainesville
04 SUBURBAN LIVABILITY GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA 24 Hour Witters Competition| Spring 2012 Design Partners | Aaron Demayo, Laura Masse
PROJECT DESCRIPTION In an effort to bring more life to downtown Gainesville, this expressive design proposal achieves high residential densities, while maintaining a great sense of livability. The proposal contains 62 residential units, multi-use office, and commercial space, primarily attracting professionals and families seeking comfortable housing. Public park spaces, green promenades, and individual outdoor gardens are a means of giving space to the high density project.
It was a competition requirement that the historical facades of downtown remain untouched. In an effort to preserve and celebrate these facades, an elevated park plane appears to hover the historic buildings, symbolizing the relationship between old and new.
street view | start of green promenade | looking south
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EXTRUDE MASS
TILT TO MAXIMIZE SUN
SPLIT FORM FOR ACCESS
TWIST TO MAXIMIZE VIEW
STEP UNITS FOR GARDEN SPACES
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ROOF GARDENS Vegetation on the roof reduces the overall head absorption of the building, lessening energy consumption. The gardens are also beneficial in reducing rain run off and also
RECLAIMED WOOD In an effort to contribute to green building, the housing project uses reclaimed wood decking rescued from local barns, factories, and warehouses. 3 ELEVATED PARK Experienced as a promenade, the park begins at the large oak found on the NW corner of the site. It moves diagonally across the site, leading to the elevated park that hovers over 2
EXISTING OAK TREE diagram | park promenade
GROUND FLOOR PLAN historic facades ground level shops
physical model
FIRST FLOOR PLAN public park level upper level shops
TYPICAL UPPER LEVEL housing units private gardens
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1 BEDROOM UNITS 2 BEDROOM UNITS 3 BEDROOM UNITS
HOUSING DISTRIBUTION The housing proposal is equipped with one, two, and three bedroom units. All of the units are loft style, with 20 foot ceilings in the dining and living areas. With future expansion in mind, the one bedroom units are designed with the plumbing and overall layout positioned in order to allow for easy addition of another bathroom on the upper floor. Private outdoor decks can also be used as an extension of the home, making a suburban lifestyle possible downtown.
1 BEDROOM UNITS 25 units at 940 ft² total: 23,500 ft² 25 + residents
2 BEDROOM UNITS 22 units at 1100 ft² total: 22,300 ft² 44 + residents
3 BEDROOM UNITS 16 units at 1650 ft² total: 26,400 ft² 48 + residents
street view
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Hell’s Kitchen
05 HYBRID LIVING NEW YORK, NEW YORK The University of Florida | Fall 2011 Critic | Stephen Belton Design Partner | Pedro Neira Individual Images Displayed
PROJECT DESCRIPTION Located on the corner of West 35th street and Dyer Avenue, this design proposal addresses the city as context in different ways and at different scales. It focuses on the use of residential hybrid programming, as a means of activating the block and designing urban public space. A multiuse gallery and public courtyard are located at the street level while other public amenities are elevated in a higher zone of the building. By raising public program, it allows one to connect back to the city through a variety of views.
longitudinal section
cross section
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GALLERY PROMENADE
PUBLIC GALLERY ELEVATED AMENITIES Means of circulation becomes the underlying quality of the public realm. The wrapping gallery space guides the occupant through an experiential promenade, as one becomes a tra jectory wandering through the folding spaces. Another public zone of activity is raised, activating the upper realm, and allowing the users to enjoy both natural light and views to the city.
PUBLIC GARDEN
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06 EXPRESSIONS OF THE HAND Extracurricular Works 2010- 2012
MEDIAS USED Oil Paint Pencil Ballpoint Pen Watercolor Ceramics
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japanese inspired rice bowls
interlocking wood armature
luminaire design
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street view | looking north-west
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Jacksonville
07 SPRINGFIELD LIVING JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA The University of Florida | Spring 2012 Critic | Michael Kunstel
PROJECT DESCRIPTION Jacksonville’s Springfield District of downtown has a unique scale that relates well to the individual. This infill project, consisting of 10 residential units and a public library, continues the intimate sense of scale present in the fabric and manipulates it to accommodate for the larger public space on the corner. One of the principal tactics that underlies the project is the development of building skin, with the idea of screen and occupiable facade. The introduction of a double skin facade, enclosing the residential units, acts as an environmental screen, while at the same time provides a unique sense of occupation with relationship to the street. An occupiable pleated skin, located on the south façade of the library, reveals the circulation system to the street in order to celebrate the public nature of the building interior. This treatment of the building facades rejuvenates the occupant-to-street condition, with respect to both the residential and public experience, while activating the surrounding context at the same time.
upper level plan
ground level plan
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skin study | library detail
exploded axonometric diagram
cross section through library
program diagram
OPEN TO BELOW OPEN TO BELOW
unit plan | upper level
unit plan | first level
unit section perspective | looking west
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unit interior view
west elevation
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street view | looking north-west
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Chelsea District
08 URBAN ASSEMBLAGE NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK The University of Florida | Fall 2011 Critic | Stephen Belton Design Partner | Pedro Neira Individual Images Displayed
PROJECT DESCRIPTION This design proposal began as an investigation of the contemporary urban condition evolving in the dense grid city. It tackles an association of buildings on one full city block, and by doing so, deals with the issue of contemporary urban public space. On the ground level, a pedestrian “street� cuts through the block, as a means of accessibility and unique public experience. The south-eastern corner opens up to the public as a grand ramp going under the Highline, and ending at the upper level community park.
UNIT 1 UNIT 2 UNIT 3 BALCONY VOID
RESIDENTIAL TOWERS The three residential towers on the block were designed through a process of stackable modular units. This interlocking system of three different sized units allows for both optimal living and outdoor space within he housing towers. Shifting the various unit typologies allows for balconies and skylights. The towers, although separate assemblies, are joined by an elevated pubic zone. This armature is programmed with several amenities and provides views over the highline and to the Hudson River.
longitudinal section | looking north
STACKABLE HOUSING UNITS
SHIFTING MODULES
ZONE CONNECTING 3 TOWERS
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section perspective through pedestrian street | looking north
GROW WALLS | VERTICAL MOVEMENT THROUGH URBAN SPACE
HOUSING OFFICE COMMERCIAL SCHOOL
view between 3 residential towers
program diagram
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OFFICE
3
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SCHOOL
HOUSING
2 LOFT APARTMENTS COMMERCIAL
VOID
THE HIGHLINE
process void studies | carving the pedestrian street
upper level plan | typical
ground level plan
MASS
Master of Architecture 2016 Savannah College of Art and Design Bachelor of Design 2012 University of Florida e | natalieimran@gmail.com p | 786.556.3089