Future Use Buildings

Future Use Buildings

ARCH 5120 Comprehensive Design Studio | Spring 2010

EDITOR Peter Wiederspahn

STUDENT EDITORS Danielle McDonough Jacqueline Mossman Aaron Trahan

Š2010 Northeastern University School of Architecture CONTENT The work contained within this publication is drawn from the Spring 2010 Northeastern University School of Architecture ARCH 5120 Comprehensive Design Studio. All work was produced by fifth year architecture students, for whom the focus of the semester was future use building prototypes that are adaptable to different site conditions and programatic requirements.

FACULTY Martha Foss Michael LeBlanc Michelle LeBoy Matt LaRue Peter Wiederspahn STUDENTS Allison Abbott, Mike Albert, Matt Arnold, Danielle Babineau, Thomas Beatty, Josh Billings, Travis Blake, Hope Blanchette,, Taylor Cooper, James Craven, Andrew Cuciniello, Thomas Davis, Cesar Duarte, Jennifer Gareau, Melissa Goldfarb, Brian Gouin, Joanna Grab, Casey Hartman, Julie Janeo, Kevin Kirkness, Sarah LaLiberte, Blaise LaPorta, Andrea Levielle, Dan Marino, John Martin, Danielle McDonough, Brad McKinney, Katie McMahon, Melissa Miranda, Jeff Montes, Michelle Mortensen, Jacqueline Mossman, Christine Moylan, Christine Nasir, Thomas Neal, Barrett Newell, Luke Palma, Ji Park, Laura Poulin, Betty Quintana, Leo Richardson, Sara Rosenthal, Jonathan Sampson, Ian Staber, Scott Swails, Jaime Sweed, Sarah Tarbet, Thana Taliep, Aaron Trahan, Kenneth Workings, Caitlin Wezel.

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FUTURE USE ARCHITECTURE Peter Wiederspahn

STEEL FRAME CONSTRUCTION Aaron Trahan, Danielle McDonough, Jacqueline Mossman

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Barrett Newell, Katie McMahon Christine Nasir, Laura Poulin Danielle Babineau, Hope Blanchette Ian Staber, Mike Albert Ji Park , Jonathan Sampson John Martin, Jeff Montes Josh Billings, Kenneth Workings

Wiederspahn

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Foss

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LeBlanc

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LaBoy

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Foss

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LaBoy

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LeBlanc

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LaRue

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GLUE-LAMINATED CONSTRUCTION

Brian Gouin, Thomas Neal

Wiederspahn

Christine Moylan, Caitlin Wezel

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Casey Hartman, Melissa Goldfarb Melissa Miranda, Michelle Mortensen Sarah Tarbet, Thana Taliep

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LaBoy 112 Foss 120 LeBlanc 130

PRE-CAST CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION Andrea Levielle, Travis Blake Betty Quintana, Sara Rosenthal

Wiederspahn 138 LaRue 150

SITE-CAST CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION Allyson Abbott, Joanna Grab Blaise LaPorta, Thomas Beatty Brad McKinney, Luke Palma Cesar Duarte, Julie Janeo Matt Arnold, Sarah LaLiberte

LeBlanc 160 Foss 172 Wiederspahn 182 LaRue 194 LeBlanc 206

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architectural education prepares our young professionals to be well versed in the specifics of high-performance architecture.

The design work of this studio moves beyond schematic form-generation that is a general preoccupation of much of American architectural education. This form fixaPeter Wiederspahn tion is fueled by a focus on digital media and its ability to project three-dimensional volumes with great ease and apparent resolution. In actuality, however, what appear to be finalized architectural proposals are too often dressedup diagrams of architectural simulacra. Such an imageconscious pedagogy comes at the expense of a deeper exploration of tectonic organization and its potential arCOMPREHENSIVE DESIGN STUDIO chitectural expression. The student work collected here represents an alternative pedagogy that balances formal The Comprehensive Design Studio at the Northeast- and spatial invention with a commensurate tectonic and ern University School of Architecture explores architec- performative resolution. tural solutions through performance-based integrated design and detailed development of a building’s requisite The Comprehensive Design Studio pedagogy recognizsystems. This studio is concurrently taught and directly es that true innovation in architectural design is derived coordinated with the building technology course, Inte- from cross-disciplinary interaction of allied professions grated Building Systems. Together, these two courses fuse from the very beginning of any design process, including, critical-design thinking with material, constructional, and but not limited to construction, landscape architecture, operational strategies. The goal is not merely to produce and civil, structural, and mechanical engineering. To best technically proficient building proposals, but instead to simulate this culture of integrated design, the Compredevelop architecture that synthesizes nature, culture, hensive Design Studio students work in teams of two, and and technical performance. In this time of heightened the studio schedules periodic visits by practicing archiawareness about the proportionately large impact that tects and engineers, municipal officials, and actual clients buildings have on our environment, it is imperative that for analogous projects.

Future-Use Architecture: Designing for Adaptability

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FUTURE-USE The Comprehensive Design Studio work documented here focuses on design thinking for “future-use.” Futureuse architecture anticipates both current and possible subsequent uses: it is organized to transform efficiently to meet unknown future spatial, structural, and energy needs. Unlike traditional design studios that offer building programs as a fixed list of use requirements, the program for this design studio is systems, their integration, and their adaptability.

The design work of this studio serves as an alternative to architectural education’s preoccupation with formal experimentation aided by digital and algorithmic manipulation. A consequence of producing building designs with a highly idiosyncratic configuration is that such a building form may satisfy an initial intended use, but would thwart the possibility of being easily adapted for a different use: such a building is immediately dated upon completion and becomes obsolete when faced with culture’s inevitable vicissitudes. The investment in capital and energy of such a building is short lived, sponsoring a culture of disposability. The Comprehensive Design Studio offers a distinctive counter-proposal: a long-term architecture that will amortize its economic investment, embodied energy, and cultural presence over time due to its ability to evolve.

There are five primary phases in the life of a building that determine its overall performance: design, construction, operation, transformation, and demolition. The least energy-intensive of these phases is also the one that has the greatest impact on a building’s life-cycle performance: design. It is during the design process that the architect and the allied professionals pre-determine how a building will perform in the subsequent four phases. The construction, operation, and demolition phases in this studio are well considered for optimal sustainability and high energy performance: this represents the new minimum obligation for contemporary design thinking and practice. A design process that also rigorously integrates future-use strategies can anticipate, accommodate, and choreograph a building’s efficient adaptability without surrendering its architectural integrity or cultural significance.

PRECEDENTS To establish a hypothesis of future-use thinking, the Comprehensive Design Studio starts with a pre-design phase of precedent analysis of buildings that have changed uses over time while the architecture has remained constant. For example, the ubiquitous mill buildings throughout New England built during the industrial revolution have served a multitude of uses, including apartment buildings, hotels, museums, auditoria, office buildings, and high-tech manufacturing. Its architecture of the exterior masonry shell, the fenestration, and interi-

lighting. The floors cantilever from the tubes and connect to the building envelope, thereby tying all three systems together structurally. The depth of the floor structure also becomes a horizontal chase for mechanical, electrical and lighting systems. The glazed envelope has different levels of light permeability depending on its solar orientation.

The south faรงade is a double skin to trap the air warmed by the greenhouse effect in the winter and to expel it with A model of transformability per excellence in modern natural convection in the summer. architecture is the Salk Institute by Louis Kahn. The vertically staggered floors for the free-span laboratories, and This analysis of adaptable building precedents yields some the commensurate structural/mechanical lofts above that consistent configuration attributes: the building footprint serve them, provide maximal flexibility for both levels be- is large enough to accommodate a wide range of uses; cause of their functional independence. The labs are un- the structural configuration optimizes the span-to-depth encumbered by structure and mechanical equipment so ratio for each construction type to provide the most open they are free to be reorganized as the scientific research space; the building footprint is not too deep to prevent demands. The sectional separation of the lofts above can daylight from pervading the depth of the floor area; the also preclude any interference to the experiments below building envelope maximizes daylight so it can permeate when the mechanical equipment needs to be reconfig- all points of the interior space; the building systems are ured. integrated and play more than one role to maximize efficiency; the architectural expression is derived from the A contemporary example of an adaptable and envi- integrated performative systems. ronmentally responsive architecture is the Sendai Mediatheque by Toyo Ito. This building consists of just three primary systems: the vertical structural tubes, the horizontal STUDIO SEQUENCE REVERSED floors, and the building envelope. The vertical structure consists of thirteen dia-grid tubes that resist both gravitaThe Comprehensive Design Studio pedagogy is an altional and lateral forces. Other building functions are in- ternative to a conventional design studio sequence that tegrated with these tubes, such as vertical circulation, me- starts with a site and program, moves through strategies chanical and natural air systems, and artificial and natural of visual conformity with the context, and ends with suor heavy-timber frame, however, has persisted unaltered.

The fenestration is repetitive and omnipresent to ensure the availability of daylight, and the structure is minimized to create the greatest use-flexibility. These buildings transcend history by accommodating nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first century uses while maintaining their architectural and cultural presence.

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perimposing a tectonic order over a schematic design.

After the precedent analysis, the Comprehensive Design Studio speculates about various material categories and construction types by documenting their inherent formal and performative advantages. These elemental protosystems are then aggregated into integrated system-armatures that not only define form, structure, and space, but also embody strategies for mechanical and natural energy management.

The consequences of designing to optimize natural energy sources, such as solar heating, daylighting, and passive ventilation, are two-fold. First, the building envelope is the primary locus for the interface between the building and natural energy sources. This moves the students away from a subjective compositional process, i.e., determining “what a building looks like,” and toward a more objectively substantive process, i.e., determining “how the building envelope performs.” Second, although the students are not responding to a particular site, the general climatic conditions that are so pertinent to overall building performance are incorporated into their proposals. This elevates the students’ work to an idealized prototypical building that already embodies fundamental responses to the site.

The students are then asked to invent ways that their prototypes can adapt to new conditions, such as adding intermediate floor levels, or changing from large open spaces to small cellular spaces, but still maintaining the

primary architectonic form. To use an analogy from the natural sciences, Steven Jay Gould augmented Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by introducing the concept of “punctuated equilibrium” (The Structure of Evolutionary Theory, Sixth Edition, by Steven Jay Gould. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 2002, chapter 9). He hypothesized that the evolution of species is not gradual. Instead, Gould proposes that species are relatively constant for most of their duration, but that significant adaptation and transformation occur rarely and within brief moments of time. Species that can adapt quickly are the ones that can survive and prosper after episodes of significant change. Similarly, buildings that can readily adapt are the ones that will persist. Future-use buildings will circumvent the need to be demolished and rebuilt due to their innate ability to transform expediently.

Only half way through the semester are the students given a specific site. The site for this semester is a large quadrangle on the campus of Boston College that is well defined by collegiate-gothic architecture on three sides, but open to a diagonal street with a residential fabric on the fourth side. The Comprehensive Design Studio pedagogy recognizes that purely generic building forms comprised of adaptable systems do not constitute architecture.

Culturally significant architecture is situational - - rooted to its specific cultural and natural contexts. Responding to external conditions at the expense of an internal logic, however, also has its limitations. As Sandy Isenstadt states, “placing an emphasis on context in a new design

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is tantamount to making the background foreground: it reverses the customary view of the architect’s role in the creation of form” (“Contested Contexts,” Site Matters: Design Concepts, Histories, and Strategies, ed., Carol Burns, Andrea Kahn. Routledge, New York, 2005, page 158). The students are confronted with integrating their idealized prototypes with a myriad of conflicting conditions on an existing site. Because the students already considered larger climatic responses, the prototypes have an intrinsic site logic that aids in the decisions of building location, solar orientation, and landscape design within the openness of the quad. As is evident in these pages, this produces many surprising yet shrewd site responses that probably would not have been generated in a more conventional design process.

Finally, in the last third of the semester, the students are asked to solve for use. In fact, they are asked to consider not just one use, but to test the adaptability of their architecture, they are asked to solve for two different uses to occupy the same future-use architecture at different points in time. The students had to plan for a 50,000sf student center with wide and tall open spaces and a 60,000sf classroom and faculty office building with a series of small cellular spaces. These two differing spatial types demand that the students design mutable systems that operate both in plan and in section. Not all parts of future-use architecture are transformable. Some parts are logically fixed, such as vertical structure, vertical circulation cores, and loading docks, while some parts are tactically flexible

to conform to the needs of an unknown future.

In the work of the Comprehensive Design Studio, usespecificity is superseded by use-flexibility. This is a direct challenge to the long legacy of modern and contemporary architecture where “program” is a primary determinant of architectural form and typological classification.

In future-use architecture, form that transforms over time becomes performance, and type describes not what use a building houses but how a building acts. The students’ design solutions here offer a range of mutable types. Some students designed comprehensive systems that choreograph a controlled set of possible moves, thus ensuring that the buildings’ performance and architectural expression will persist, although the configuration of the parts may change. Other students pursued loft-like buildings with a minimum of fixed elements and a maximum of open flex space. These buildings provide a greater potential formal variability of internal transformations within a high-performance building shell. In all cases, the students are designing an architecture that evolves: instead of conforming to program, the architecture is a flux-form that can adapt to multiple uses over time.

AKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Northeastern University School of Architecture is dedicated to fostering vibrant academic and professional interaction, and to this end, we owe particular thanks to the contributing engineers at the firm Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH) who generously denoted their time and expertise to our students and to our Comprehensive Design Studio mission. Additionally, the School of Architecture would like to reorganize the invaluable contributions by our visiting adjunct faculty who taught in the Spring 2010 Comprehensive Design Studio: Martha Foss, Michelle LaBoy, Matthew LaRue, and Michael LeBlanc. We also owe thanks to our own Professor Kiel Moe for his contributions to the foundation of this studio pedagogy and to the building-performance-focused curriculum at Northeastern University in general. Finally, the School of Architecture would like to recognize the numerous practicing architects, engineers, municipal officials, and members of the Boston College Capital Projects Management staff for the time and intelligence they devoted to our myriad critiques and discussions.

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Column Grid

Cross Bracing

Regular Column Grid

Irregular Patterning

45’ Span Along North & South Facades to Provide Uninterrupted Views Central Atrium

Intricate on E-W Facades Simplified on N-S Facades

Regularized Patterning Irregular Column Grid Atrium Shifted Asymmetrically and Creates Irregular Column Grid & Increased Span 1-Story Cantilever along South Facade

Single Height & Double Height Cross-Bracing Most Regular at Corners with Maximum Lateral Load Inset Cross-Bracing at Cantilever

Regular Column Grid

Regularized Patterning

Column Grid Regularized by Reducing 60’ Span to 30’ Cantilever Increased to 2-Stories Along South Facade

All Cross Bracing Regularized for 30’ Span Cross Bracing Removed From Atrium to Express Its Location Along Facade

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Manifesto: We designed two object-like buildings along the edge of College Road as a way to delineate the edge of the quad. By breaking the orthogonal grid of the existing campus we defined a new axis of entry created by the negative space between the two buildings. The buildings themselves are designed to be as lightweight as possible to both reduce embodied energy and allow for maximum flexibility on the interior.

AARON TRAHAN JACQUELINE MOSSMAN DANIELLE McDONOUGH

Point Loaded Steel Frame with Threaded Rod Cross-Bracing

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ground level plan

level 1 plan

section 1

section 2

longitudinal section thru atrium

longitudinal section thru atrium

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AARON TRAHAN JACQUELINE MOSSMAN DANIELLE McDONOUGH

Current Use: Student Center

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4 level 2 plan

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section 4

tranverse section thru atrium

tranverse section thru atrium

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ground level plan

level 1 plan

section 1

section 2

longitudinal section thru atrium

longitudinal section thru atrium

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AARON TRAHAN JACQUELINE MOSSMAN DANIELLE McDONOUGH

Future Use: Classrooms + Faculty Offices

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section 3

section 4

tranverse section thru atrium

tranverse section thru atrium

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Site Plan

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AARON TRAHAN JACQUELINE MOSSMAN DANIELLE McDONOUGH

Site Strategy

building 2

building 2

east elevation

south elevation

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site section A

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along College Rd.

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site section B through center of the Quad

Green Roof Modular Tray System

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Floor Track System with Removeable Panels and Floor Mounted Air Diffusers Supplementary Forced Air System with High Velocity Ducts Custom Metal Stamped Diagonal Braced Floor Structure

Castellated Steel Beams

Ceiling Track System with Removeable Panels and Capillary Mat System

Steel Columns

Fire-Rated Elevator & Stair Core

Steel Threaded Rod Cross Bracing System

Glass Curtainwall Enclosure with Embedded Tensile Fabric Solar Shading

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AARON TRAHAN JACQUELINE MOSSMAN DANIELLE McDONOUGH

Structure + Construction

south facade shading summer

south facade shading spring

detail axonometric

floor structure & glazing system at south facade

south facade shading winter

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1. Wall Partition with Cavity for Electrical & Plumbing 2. Removeable Floor Panel 3. Polished Metal Track Cover 4. Floor Track 5. Double Stamped Metal Trusses 6. Diagonal Braced Stamped Metal Trusses 7. Reflective Aluminum Sheet 8. 3/16� Capillary Mats 9. Removeable Ceiling Panel 10. Integrated Track Lighting System

detail model typical bay condition (south facade)

section detail

typical floor slab at floor/celing track system

window screen detail model south facade

AARON TRAHAN JACQUELINE MOSSMAN DANIELLE McDONOUGH

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Structure + Construction

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diagrid system

precedent images

DIAGRID

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manifesto: A complex layering system of enclosure, structure, and site elements allows for an expansive open floor plan, creating a building that can be manipulated and transformed to cater to a variety of program requirements. A centralized core, housing services and circulation, directs pedestrian traffic through the building as well as into two sectionally distinct public spaces.

interior perspective

BARRETT NEWLLL KATIE MCMAHON

Diagonally Braced Steel Frame with Central Wood Core

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Site Plan with Paths of Egress

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BARRETT NEWELL KATIE MCMAHON

Site Strategy

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site section north - south axis

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Roof Metal Decking With Poured Concrete

3” Thick Wood Flooring System

Steel Trusses (Span: 25’-0”)

Gypsym Board Ceiling

Steel Tube Beams

Steel Columns

Steel Diagrid System

Curtain Wall System with Diagonal Mullions

Fire-Rated Circulation and Services Cores

Concrete Foundation Plinth

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BARRETT NEWELL KATIE MCMAHON

Structure & Construction

detail axonometric

detail axonometric

detail axonometric

diarid

storefront

active systems

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academic/administration lower level

academic/administration second floor

academic/administration ground floor

academic/administration third floor

south elevation

north elevation

east elevation

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west elevation

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BARRETT NEWELL KATIE MCMAHON

Current Use: Academic/ Administration Bulding

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student center

student center

lower level

ground floor

student center

student center

second floor

third floor

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BARRETT NEWELL KATIE MCMAHON

Future Use: Student Center

longitudinal section west-east axis

lateral section student center program diagram

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diagrid system detail model

section detail scale: 1/4” = 1’-0”

BARRETT NEWELL KATIE MCMAHON

Model Photos

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STEEL STUD WALL WITH METAL CLADDING AND VERTICAL WOOD FINS AND PANELS USER-OPERABLE WOOD PANEL SYSTEM MOUNTED ON ALTERNATING TRANSPARENCY CURTAIN WALL

STAGGERED STEEL TRUSS SYSTEM WITH PRECAST HOLLOWCORE PLANKS

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staggered steel truss system 10” precast hollowcore planks cantilever structure poured concrete cores

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north

2” poured concrete diaphragm

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south facade panels

west

north facade panels

TEMPORAL

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manifesto: Our design focused on the idea that integrated architecture must respond specifically to site and climactic conditions while incorporating a generic building system capable of accommodating a range of uses. A column-free floor plan, open faรงade, and fully integrated energy system allow for optimum program flexibility and future-use.

LAURA POULIN CHRISTINE NASIR

An Architectural Response to a Series of Moments in Time

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level 2

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LAURA POULIN CHRISTINE NASIR

Current Use: Student Center

building section A transverse section looking west

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LAURA POULIN CHRISTINE NASIR

Future Use: Classrooms + Faculty Offices

building section A transverse section looking west

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building section B transverse section looking east

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40 feet

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Site Plan

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LAURA POULIN CHRISTINE NASIR

Site Strategy

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view from north east

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bird’s eye perspective

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level 1

site section A through east cantilever and open plaza

level 2 N

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site section B through parking and service road

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detail axonometric

floor structure & enclosure at north face

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LAURA POULIN CHRISTINE NASIR

Structure + Construction

detail axonometric

floor structure & enclosure at south face

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day ventilation

night purge

sections southern ventilation

south facade all panels open

south facade user controlled panels

south facade all panels closed

section perspective southern daylighting

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LAURA POULIN CHRISTINE NASIR

Active + Passive Systems

interior perspective air system zoning

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STRUCTURAL STREETSCAPE

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Manifesto: In this project, a student center at Boston College reanimates the “dust bowl” quad by turning a structural element into an enclosed streetscape.

An inventive resolution of lateral bracing, the atrium space exploits the thermal and solar concepts behind double glazed facade systems.

The primary conductor of circulation, structural bracing, ventilation, and light, the atrium connects the programmatic elements and creates a dynamic visual expression.

sectional axon detail

perspective view of north “cold” wall

DANIELLE BABINEAU HOPE BLANCHETTE

Steel Frame with Structural Wood Panels + Steel Cable Tension Net Bracing

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future use

ground floor

future use basement

future use third floor

future use

second floor

future use

fifth floor

future use

fourth floor

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DANIELLE BABINEAU HOPE BLANCHETTE

Site Strategy

entry to campus

entry to building

building strategy

site section A longitudinal

B A section key N

site section B through center of the Quad

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exploded axonometric atrium structure

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DANIELLE BABINEAU HOPE BLANCHETTE

Structure + Construction

section key

section perspective

SUSPENDED FLOOR SYSTEM

CENTRALIZED ATRIUM WITH BOX TRUSS EXTENDING TO EXTERIOR STRUCTURE

METAL FRAME BOX TRUSS

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SECTIONAL FLEXIBILITY

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manifesto: Our design is a study in sectional flexibility.

We wanted to create a building type that would be able to incorporate multiple programs over the extended lifetime of the building. We introduced a suspended floor system hung from a permanent structure.

The suspended floor provides additional flexibility to rearrange the interior to meet the requirements of various programmatictypologies.

interior perspective

IAN STABER MIKE ALBERT

Light Steel Framed Box Truss with Suspended Floor System

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future use

future use

ground floor

second floor

future use

future use

third floor

fourth floor

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IAN STABER MIKE ALBERT

Future Use: Classrooms + Faculty Offices

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current use transverse section

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PERMANENT ROOF STRUCTURE WITH STEEL TRUSS SUPPORT SUSPENDED FLOOR SYSTEM

PERMANENT FLOOR SYSTEM WITH STEEL TRUSS SUPPORT SUSPENDED FLOOR SYSTEM

RAIN SCREEN WOODEN SLAT SHADING SYSTEM FOR SOUTHERN EXPOSURE

STEEL COLUMNS

CURTAIN WALL ENCLOSURE GREEN SCREEN ENLOSURE PASSIVE SOLAR SHADING FOR SOUTHERN EXPOSURE

exploded axonometric

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IAN STABER MIKE ALBERT

Structure + Construction

detail axonometric

floor structure & glazing system at south facade

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Site Strategy B

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section key

entrances to campus

site section A through center of the Quad

N site section B along College Rd.

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IAN STABER MIKE ALBERT

Structure + Construction

bird’s eye perspective from new campus Quad

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north elevation

site section through road into loading dock area

FINE GRAIN

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manifesto: This is an exploration of the idea that a facade with more duties than weatherproofing and daylighting can allow for a more flexible building.

Rather than several cores in the building, the facade carries plumbing, electrical and mechanical equipment. This enables a completely open plan, allowing the building to be divide into a virtually limitless number of configurations.

sectional perspective

JONATHAN SAMPSON JI PARK

STEEL I-BEAM PERIMETER WITH INTERIOR TRUSS JOISTS

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first floor

second floor

JONATHAN SAMPSON JI PARK

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first floor 2nd floor

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site plan

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new topography

The building was deployedin this location and configuration for two reasons. The first was to allow the building to act as a ‘gateway’ from upper campus to lower campus. To accomplish this it was placed in the middle of a busy pedestrian path and divided into three buildings on the ground floor but are connected on upper levels. The topography is allowed to flow into this space underneath forming a continuous landscape from upper campus to lower campus.

The second reasoning behind these moves is to hide the existing student center’sunsightlyloading dock area. The existing loading dock was buried underground and the new circulation zone was placed on top of this space.

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circulation

JONATHAN SAMPSON JI PARK

Site Strategy

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exploded axon

building section through atrium

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The facade was conceived of as a repetition of 4 different patterns (shown below).

Additional branches were also added into each bay to provide sufficient access to heating and cooling equipment.

unfolded elevation diagrams

JONATHAN SAMPSON JI PARK

Structure + Construction

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wall section

shadowbox floor detail

wall section model

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JONATHAN SAMPSON JI PARK

Structure + Construction

bird’s eye perspective model photo from main quad

bird’s eye perspective from upper campus

A BUILDING SYSTEM: CONCRETE SLAB, METAL DECKING CANTILEVERED TOP CHORD, LONG SPAN TRUSS, CRUCIFORM COLUMN A CONCEPT: A HYBRID OF TWO TYPICAL STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS

AN ATTITUDE: a reversal of a TRADITION SUPERIMPOSED ON MODERN INFRASTRUCTURE

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EXPOSURE

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manifesto:

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In our architecture we pursued and refined two things from the beginning: the durability and honesty of tectonic expression and the flexible open plan. This fed into our attitude towards the problem of building on Boston College’s campus where we sought an imposing yet thoughtful site strategy that would suggest future development.

JOHN MARTIN JEFFREY MONTES

Long Span Steel Truss with Cruciform Column

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fourth floor

third floor

second floor

ground floor

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JOHN MARTIN JEFFREY MONTES

Current Use: Student Center

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south facade details

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fourth floor

third floor

second floor

ground floor

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JOHN MARTIN JEFFREY MONTES

Future Use: Classrooms + Faculty Offices

perspective without partition sectional perspective at north end

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perspective with partition sectional perspective at north end

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Site Plan

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JOHN MARTIN JEFFREY MONTES

Site Strategy

site section D through quad

site at large

site section C

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through monolithic stair

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site section B

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through canopy wall

section key

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60’ site section A through entrance wall

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Perspective at site section A

Perspective at site section B

at entrance wall

at canopy wall

North Elevation

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JOHN MARTIN JEFFREY MONTES

Site Walkthrough

Perspective at site section C

Perspective at site section D

at monolithic stair

at quad

South Elevation southern facade louver system

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energy systems at ground level

energy systems

sectional perspective looking south

sectional perspective looking south

energy systems

energy systems at roof

sectional perspective looking south

sectional perspective looking south

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JOHN MARTIN JEFFREY MONTES

Systems + Construction

detail perspective facade and structural system

bird’s eye perspective from new campus Quad

perspective w Middle Campus

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exterior rendering

LongevitythruAdaptability

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manifesto: Lasting architecture is composed of great spaces responsive to the environmental, socio-cultural and economic context and without depending on a singular functional use. Integrated passive energy solutions and articulated active systems also help prolong the life of an architecture.

Adaptability is facilitated through the adoption of unitized construction systems on a flexible dimensional logic and the development of assembly connections designedfordisassembly.

exploded axonometric structural systems

exploded axonometric enclosure systems

Josh Billings Ken Workings

Steel Frame System with Trussed Roof and Double Skin Facade

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Site Plan

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Josh Billings Ken Workings

Site Strategy

ballroom

vehicular circulation

wind diagram

site section 1 conference center

section through ‘gateway’

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3rd Floor Plan - Student Center

site section 2 section through Quad

dining hall

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mech. room

student organizations

administration

first floor plan 1st Floor Plan - Student Center

bookstore cafe

second floor plan 2nd Floor Plan - Student Center

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Josh Billings Ken Workings

Current Use: Student Center

conference center

ballroom

third floor plan 3rd Floor Plan - Student Center

conference center

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3rd Floor Plan - Student Center

classrooms

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classrooms

mech. room

classrooms

faculty offices and meeting rooms classrooms

first floor plan 1st Floor Plan - Classrooms and Offices

faculty offices and meeting rooms

cafe

second floor plan 2nd Floor Plan - Classrooms and Offices

classrooms

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Josh Billings Ken Workings

Future Use: Classrooms + Faculty Offices

faculty offices and meeting rooms

ballroom

third floor plan 3rd Floor Plan - Classrooms and Offices

conference center

N

3rd Floor Plan - Student Center

88

exterior skin: glazing system with concealed mullions and operable glass panels and motorized venetian blinds

external structure: -vertical vierendeel trusses supporting diagonally-braced roof truss

interior skin: glazing system with and operable glass panels; custom mullion profiles provide solar control

internal structure: -steel frame structure on 30’x40’ structural bay -hi-strength fiber-reinforced conrete resting on bottom flange of beams

section detail

motorized exhaust vent creates additional ‘draw’, when required double-skin cavity creates stack effect venetian blinds deflect heat

vertical and horizontal ‘fins’ deflect heat

hydronic tubing in slab cools the space below through radiant absorption

motorized glass panels on the interior and exterior skin allow for natural ventilation

Lateral Section

Cooling Strategy

cooling diagram

motorized exhaust vent creates additional ‘draw’, when required double-skin cavity creates stack effect

double-skin cavity creates thermal buffer between interior and exterior

raised floor provides plenum for displacement ventilation

hyrdonic tubing in slab heats the space below through radiation

motorized glass panels on the interior and exterior skin allow for natural ventilation

ventilation diagram

Ventilation

Heating Strategy

heating diagram

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roof construction: -waterproofing membrane with integrated photovoltaics -rigid insulation, pitched to roof drain -plywood sheathing -corrugated metal deck -diagonal-braced roof truss -radiant concrete slab

roof parapet: -fiber cement cladding -waterproofing membrane metal studs braced to primary structure -opening for motorized exhaust vent rain leader internal skin: -5’x13’ (or15’) module: 42”w glass lite, 18”w operable glass lite, 30”h x 60”w glass lite at bottom -multi-colored vertical and horizontal ‘fins’ -service grate floor: -18” raised floor with plenum air -steel frame -structural slab with hydronic tubing

external skin: -5’x15’ module: 42”w glass lite, 18”w operable glass lite, concealed mullions -interior venetion blinds

section perspective

section perspective

Josh Billings Ken Workings

Structure + Construction

90

photograph of site model from above Fulton Hall

photograph of 3/4� section detail model

91

Josh Billings Ken Workings

Model Photos

photograph of site model from new entry plaza

glulam columns

double glulamfacade columns

primary framing

unilateral service

enclosure

masonry cores

92

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manifesto: This prototype reinterprets the traditional mill building in order to maximize natural daylighting and simplify the construction process. The masonry element is reduced to masonry cores that provide lateral bracing and distribute services vertically. The heavy timber frame is then replaced by a glulam system that distributes services laterally.

BRIAN GOUIN THOMAS NEAL

Masonry and Glu-lam Beams bilateral service

secondary framing

Modern Mill

94

program A

program B

double-loaded corridor

single-loaded corridor

BRIAN GOUIN THOMAS NEAL

open plan

Current & Future Use Program 95

96

site model photograph

97

BRIAN GOUIN THOMAS NEAL

Site Strategy

0

site plan

25’

50’

100’

98

main entrance

site section

99

BRIAN GOUIN THOMAS NEAL

Site Strategy

southeast elevation

site section

100

primary enclosure

section through cavity wall

double facade

101

BRIAN GOUIN THOMAS NEAL

Structure + Construction

plan detail

final model photographs

102

exploded axonometric structural system

103

WITH EXPOSED GLUE LAMINATED STRUCTURAL SYSTEM manifesto: The exposure of structural elements allows a building to take advantage of the nature of its construction type.

With exposed gluelaminated structure, this building maximizes the potential of its material while demonstrating the natural rhythm of wood construction. This repetition then allows the interior spaces to be placed at various dimensions, furthering the opportunities for adaptation to new uses in the future.

CHRISTINE MOYLAN CAITLIN WEZEL

EVERY ARC COLUMN IS DOUBLED, ALLOWING FOR STRUCTURAL STRENGTH AND HIDDEN DUCTWORK NTERIOR DAYLIGHTING STUDY DURING SPRING AND FALL MONTHS

Double Column

104

ground floor

second floor

fourth floor

first floor

third floor

105

CHRISTINE MOYLAN CAITLIN WEZEL

Current Use: Student Center

section 1

Section 1

Section 2

section 2

N

Place Graphic Scale Here

106

ground floor

second floor

fourth floor

first floor

third floor

107

CHRISTINE MOYLAN CAITLIN WEZEL

Future Use: Classrooms + Faculty Offices

section 1

Section 1

Section 2

section 2

N

108

Site Plan

109

CHRISTINE MOYLAN CAITLIN WEZEL

Site Strategy

site section A A

B

B

A section key N site section B

110

Structure + Construction

detail axonometric exposed floor system

111

CHRISTINE MOYLAN CAITLIN WEZEL

Facades

bird’s eye perspective buiding in context

112

HEAVY TIMBER SHAFTS MECHANICAL ACCESS REMOVABLE WOOD PANEL FLOORING

SUPPLY AIR DUCT (TRUNK LINE) OPEN WEB JOISTS OPERATION OF CORES TYPICAL FLOOR PLAN

CMU SHAFTS ACT AS THERMAL CHIMNEYS NORTH - SOUTH SECTION

OPERABLE WINDOWS ALLOW FOR CROSS VENTILATION

passive systems

LAYERS

113

manifesto: Our design creates a sustainable and adaptable building with design decisions influenced by the environment. A thin linear shape and southern orientation allows for maximumnaturaldaylighting and air penetration. Layers of wood construction and glass facades soften the boundary between the interior and exterior. This construction technique also allows for future-use through an accessible mechanical system located through open web joists and partitions attached to glass stiffeners.

southern facade

western facade

cross bracing allowed for lateral stability, consolidation of cores, and elimination of cmu

MELISSA GOLDFARB CASEY HARTMAN

GLUE LAMINATED TIMBER CONSTRUCTION AND SUSPENDED GLASS FACADE

114

10

20

40

site plan

10

building section 20

40

115

MELISSA GOLDFARB CASEY HARTMAN

Current Use: Student Center

east/west sectional elevation 20 10 10

20

40

section key

10

north/south 20

sectional elevation 40

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8 10

4 7

11

5

1

2

6

12

13 3

2 14

15

16

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

WOOD CROSS BRACING 30” GLUE LAM BEAM METAL FASTENER WOOD VENEER VAPOR MEMBRANE RIGID INSULATION SUPPLY AIR DUCT FLOOR VENT

0

9. WOOD FINISH FLOORING 10. OPEN WEB FLOOR JOISTS 11. MECHANICAL TRUNK LINE 12. WOOD CEILING 13. 18” GIRDER 14. FLASHING 15. FACADE GLAZING 16. GLASS STIFFENER

10

typical wall section

typical framing detail

EXISTING LAYOUT RESPONSE

CIRCULATION BUILDING ENTRY

COLLEGE ROAD RESPONSE

site strategy diagram

major entry/circulation diagram

OPEN FLOOR PLAN OPEN FLOOR PLAN OPEN FLOOR PLAN 117

MELISSA GOLDFARB CASEY HARTMAN

Future Use: Classrooms + Faculty Offices

open floor plan

PROGRAM PLAN PROGRAM PLAN PROGRAM PLAN

PARTITION DETAIL

SOUND ATTENUATION BLANKET

PARTITION DETAIL PARTITION DETAIL

SOUND ATTENUATION GYPSUM SOUND BLANKETATTENUATION BOARD BLANKET GYPSUM GYPSUM BOARD BOARD METAL FASTENER METAL METAL FASTENER FASTENER MULLION

MULLION MULLION program plan

SEALANT

SEALANT SEALANT

GLASS FACADE partition detail GLASS GLASS FACADE FACADE

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DN DN UP

10

20

40

SUPPLY AIR RETURN AIR mechanical systesm vertical distribution in service cores horizontal distribution in floor cavity

119

MELISSA GOLDFARB CASEY HARTMAN

Mechanical Systems + Final Models

1/2� scale detail model

final building model

HVAC SYSTEMS DISTRIBUTION PLAN FLEXIBLE GLUE-LMAINATED WOOD STRUCTURAL SYSTEM

PLAN PARTI: TWO MECHANICAL CORES AND A THICK NORTH WALL

120

HVAC SYSTEMS AXON

DECONSTRUCTABILITY

manifesto: This adaptable building achieves future - use through open floor plans,movablepartitions, lighting, and a reusable wooden structural system. The floor system is easy deconstructable allowing for double or triple height spaces as needed. Vertical and horizontal plenums carry a combination of active and passive building systems, whose frequent distribution facilitates flexibility.

CARVING OUT THE THICK NORTH WALL CONDITION

SOFT CONNECTIONS: MOVEABLE WALL SYSTEM

121

MICHELLE MORTENSEN MELISSA MIRANDA

Glue-Laminated Wood-Frame Construction with Poured Concrete

122

Future Use: Classrooms + Faculty Offices

South Building

building 1 sectional perspective through circulation spine

123

MICHELLE MORTENSEN MELISSA MIRANDA

Current Use: Student Center

North Building

N

North building sectional perspective through curculation spine

0

60

124

Site Plan

125

north elevation

east elevation

south building

south building

south elevation

west elevation

south building

MICHELLE MORTENSEN MELISSA MIRANDA

Site Strategy

south building

section key N

0

folded site section

60

PVC roof membrane and diffused lighting skylight

126

Glue-Laminated Wood Roof Truss System with 4’ thick girders, and 14” thick joists/louver system

Modular Floor System with Removeable Panels and Floor Mounted Air Diffusers

HVAC Ducts nested in the thickness of the 2’6’ girders

Ramp to upper-quad

Canted windows, for diffuse lighting and minimum north glazing Exterior, South Glu-Lam. stud wall

Glue-laminated wood beaming floor frame structural system

HVAC ducts nested in the 2’6” thick north wall Interior, North Glu-Lam. stud wall 12”x12” 25’ O.C. Glued-laminated wood structural columns

Poured concrete mechanical cores

12”x12” 25’ O.C. Glued-laminated wood structural columns Operable curtain wall south facade Canted shading system

127

MICHELLE MORTENSEN MELISSA MIRANDA

Structure + Construction

detail axonometric

floor structure & north facade detail

128

detail perspective North wall canted windows

section detail south facade operable curtain wall system

detail perspective North wall passive and active systems

129

MICHELLE MORTENSEN MELISSA MIRANDA

Structure + Construction

perspective from lower quad

STRUCTURE

130

ENCLOSURE

glulam structural floors

fin enclosure elevation

different sectional opportunities

DUALITY

131

manifesto: Duality of now and future.

The basis of our design rests in our building’s ability to meet the current and future needs of its occupants in both plan and section.

Structurally, our building allows floors to be built out or taken away as necessary, while our enclosure allows for full light and wind control.

Internally, our heating and ventilation systems are buried within a raised floor system, allowing for full design flexibility as well as the installation of interior partitions anywhere without interruption.

prototype model

SARAH TARBET THANA TALIEP

Glulam Heavy Timber Frame with Threaded Steel Columns

132

first floor

second floor

Closed Plan Scheme

Closed Plan Scheme

third floor

fourth floor

Closed Plan Scheme

Closed Plan Scheme

SARAH TARBET THANA TALIEP

133

Site Plan

134

building massing

column structure

closed fin elevation

glulam beam structure

open fin elevation

Structure + Construction

135

3

SARAH TARBET THANA TALIEP

6

3 2

2 1

4 4

1

1 glulam and steel structure 2 concrete core

3

3 butt glazing

4

4 4� channel glass 5 operable wooden fins

3

5

6 inoperable wooden fins

5

exploded axonometric

136

bird’s eye perspective from new campus Quad

137

SARAH TARBET THANA TALIEP

Structure + Construction

beam and column intersection detail

overhang beam detail

138

a

b

detail axonometric thick wall: trombe condition and mechanical sysyems

a

c

b

d plan detail

c

d

thick wall: SIPs panel joints and construction

MULTIFUNCTIONAL THICK ZONE

139

manifesto:

facade flexibility prototypical facade

A building must be designed to respond to its climate, site, users and future. Orientation of a building on the site should respond to existing edges to create new exterior spaces in addition to taking advantage of local climate. A perimeter scheme will allow for the maximum amount of uninterrupted quad space for student use. A structure will respond to its currrent and future uses by adopting an unobstructed, and therefore flexible, floor plan. Maximizing span and eliminating columns allows partitions to be located as necessary to create a wide variety of spaces.

facade flexibility structural panels beyond

facade flexibility future facade: primarily solid

facade flexibility future facade: primarily transparent

thick wall shading summer solstice

winter solstice

ANDREA LEVEILLE TRAVIS BLAKE

Precast Concrete Panel + Double Tee Construction

140

existing edges

building 1

ground floor

existing circulation

site plan roof level

site diagram revised circulation

site section north-south

141

ANDREA LEVEILLE TRAVIS BLAKE

Site Strategy

site plan ground level

0

100 50

site section east-west

150

142

construction sequence precast concrete elements

rendered perspective

rendered perspective

site entry

site entry

site model

site diagram

south west corner

site entry

143

ANDREA LEVEILLE TRAVIS BLAKE

Site Strategy + Construction

site model aerial photo

144 north elevation student center

south elevation student center

north elevation student center

annex elevation live wall + nana wall

south elevation student center

145

ANDREA LEVEILLE TRAVIS BLAKE

FacadeApproach

detail model flexible facade

model sectional facade

146

student center plan first floor

second floor

building section double height garden spaces

core placement diagrams

unobstrcuted floor plan

147

ANDREA LEVEILLE TRAVIS BLAKE

Current Use: Student Center

third floor

student center plan annex plan

building section linked double height spaces

building 2

ground floor

0

80 40

120

148

classroom building plan first floor

annex sections central thick wall conditions

second floor

149

ANDREA LEVEILLE TRAVIS BLAKE

Future Use: Classrooms + Faculty Offices

third floor

classroom building plan annex plan

south elevation classroom building

0 south elevation classroom building

80 40

120

150

1

thermal chimney

2

concrete structural core

3

horizontal truss

4

structural double facade

5

concrete floor system

6

egress within double facade

1

2

3

4

5

6

151

Experiential Facade manifesto: Buildings function as organisms able to affect and be affected by their external stimuli. A fully integrated building responds to the evolving needs of the human occupant.

The composition of enhanced functionality, with the building systems acting in unison creates a reactive architecture that will persist through time.

double facade south elevations

inside the enclosure

collapsed facade north, east and west elevations

BETTY QUINTANA SARA ROSENTHAL

Structural Enclosure

152

Future Use: Classrooms + Faculty Offices

east elevation

north elevation

section key N

south elevation

153

BETTY QUINTANA SARA ROSENTHAL

Current Use: Student Center

building a section between enclosure and structural cores

section key N

building a view within student center dining hall

154

Site Plan

155

BETTY QUINTANA SARA ROSENTHAL

Site Strategy

Birds Eye View

B

site section A through site stair into Quad from College Road

A A

section key N

25 10 site section B through central lobby and Quad

50

Thermal Chimney 156

Green Roof System Adjacent to Light Colored Pavement Pedestals

Finished Concrete Ceiling with Embedded Slots for Lighting + Fire Safety System Integration Operable Fins for Double Facade Ventilation

Forced Air Diffuser

Modular Raised Floor System for Data, Electrical + Mechanical Air Plenum

Fire-Rated Stair Core Integrated with Entry Facade

157

BETTY QUINTANA SARA ROSENTHAL

Structure + Construction

detail wall section water management and thermal enclosure

section perspective through double facade and central thermal chimney

158

1/2” = 1’0” detail double facade

detail perspective entry pop-up and thermal chimneys

159

BETTY QUINTANA SARA ROSENTHAL

Integrated Design

bird’s eye perspective from new campus Quad (1/16” scale model)

NORTH-SOUTH SECTION passive solar & ventilation SLAB DETAIL filagree system

FLOOR DETAIL shading devices & mechanical space

160

One-way Concrete Slab and Moment Frame with Curtain Wall Enclosure

SOUTH ELEVATION 5’ grid system

manifesto:

TYPICAL FLOOR PLAN 30’ column system

161

A prototype must be flexible, durable, and simple to maximize the possibility of adaptation of new programmatic requirements for futureuse and to extend the building’s lifespan. The prototype must be a distinct and separate mass from the site in order to remain pristine.

At the ground plane the prototype breaks to allow a specific response to the site context.

ALLYSON ABBOTT JOANNA GRAB

NORTH ELEVATION 5’ grid system

PRISTINE

162

dining hall

bookstore/ cafe

-1

+1

ground floor at “dustbowl”

conference space

ground floor at College Street

ballroom conference space

mezzanine dining

office space office space

+2

+3

second floor plan

third floor plan

10’

50’

100’

163

ALLYSON ABBOTT JOANNA GRAB

Current Use: Student Center

north building section longitudinal section

N south building section transverse section

10’

20’

50’

164

classrooms

gathering space

office space

-1

+1

ground floor at “dustbowl

classrooms

ground floor at College Street

classrooms

auditorium

auditorium

office space

office space

+2

+3

second floor plan

third floor plan

10’

50’

100’

165

ALLYSON ABBOTT JOANNA GRAB

Future Use: Classrooms + Faculty Offices

north building section longitudinal section

N south building section transverse section

10’

20’

50’

166

Site Plan

167

ALLYSON ABBOTT JOANNA GRAB

Site Strategy

site section A

site section B

section key N

168

axonometric southern facing double facade system

169

Structure & Elevation west elevation ALLYSON ABBOTT JOANNA GRAB

north elevation

south elevation

east elevation NORTH BUILDING ELEVATIONS

north elevation

south elevation

west elevation

east elevation south building elevations

170

detail perspective double wall

1’

5’

10’ section detail

double skin detail at roof

171

ALLYSON ABBOTT JOANNA GRAB

Structure + Construction

entry perspective view of south building

bird’s eye perspective from new campus Quad

172

Future Skeleton

173

manifesto: This is a skeletal architecture. Purposeful structure becomes the skeletal home for the veins and arteries that make the building live.

And from this primary rigidity, a freeness of skin and space is then achieved through secondary structure and the dispersion of systems.

15’

30’

THOMAS BEATTY BLAISE LAPORTA

Concrete Skeletal Frame with Concealed Mechanical Systems

174

THOMAS BEATTY BLAISE LAPORTA

175

SITE STRATEGY

50’ 100’

176

Future Use: Classrooms + Faculty Offices

177

THOMAS BEATTY BLAISE LAPORTA

Current Use Student Center

178

THOMAS BEATTY BLAISE LAPORTA

179

Structure + Construction

180

THOMAS BEATTY BLAISE LAPORTA

181

Structure + Construction

UPTURNED BEAM / ACCESS FLOOR

COLUMN GRID SYSTEM

CONCRETE SLAB TAILORED FOR CONVECTION AND EMBEDDED ENERGY SYSTEMS

CONVECTION IDEAL

CHANNEL GLASS ENCLOSURE SYSTEM WITH TRANSPARENT OPERABLE WINDOWS

DEAD LOAD REDUCTION

CORE DESIGN PROCESS DETACHED CORE SOLUTION

182

THERMALLY ACTIVE SLAB

1 2

1. split core with atrium 2 . bar core with service hall 3. split with atrium and service hall 4. perimeter bar core 5. extruded core

DURABILITY

183

manifesto: Our theory focuses on synergizing the structural system into a thermally active surface.

Concrete provides a durable thermal mass that enhances the performative qualities of the energy systems in order to diminish energy consumption.

The impact of this combination creates durability and flexibility of the structure as it reacts to programmatic and seasonal changes.

college street entrance

BRAD MCKINNEY LUKE PALMA

Site Cast Thermal Mass with Operable Glass Envelope

184

building 1 longitudinal section thru atrium

building 2

ground floor

185

BRAD MCKINNEY LUKE PALMA

Current Use: Student Center

Program A

Program A

sub -grade level

quad level

A

B

A

N

Program A college street level

Program A

typical floor plan

0

20’

40’

186

Program B

Program B

sub -grade level

quad level

Program B college street level

Program B

typical floor plan

excavation + foundation

columns and floor slab

future-use corridor

core foundation

shear walls

N

0

aluminum mullion system

187

BRAD MCKINNEY LUKE PALMA

Future Use Program + Construction Sequence

20’

40’

188

0

40’

80’

Master Plan

189

Site Strategy program spaces 1. entry matrix 2. multi - function hardscape 3. grass covered amphitheatre

4. quad entrance courtyard

BRAD MCKINNEY LUKE PALMA

5. college street entrance 6. beacon streetentrance

Service Space Organization

Program Designation

Northwest Wind Reaction

C

site section A across College Rd.

site section B through amphitheatre

B

A

A

D

D C

B

section key

site section C

site section D

through rock garden

through serviceway

190

Transparent Condition

Operable Window

Translucent Condition

Natural Convection / Night Flush

191

Structure + Construction

RAISED ACCESS FLOOR BUBBLE DECK

THERMAL MASS EMBEDDED RADIANT

detail axonometric

floor structure & glazing system at joint condition

BRAD MCKINNEY LUKE PALMA

SITE -CAST CONCRETE

192

section detail mechanical chase

mechanical chase system for supplemental HVAC system

mechanical room plan below grade

193

BRAD MCKINNEY LUKE PALMA

Mechanical Systems + Final Models

final model photographs

quad level entrance

194

EXTERIOR CORES

195

manifesto: typical interior core

strucure vs. core

proposed exterior core

strucure vs. core

typical elevation

typical core scheme

proposed exterior core scheme

typical elevation

exterior core distribution

typical section

We believe in Rome as a sustainable model of design for adaptive building.

Contemporary design is often overly specific and short-lived. We reject the typical 73 year building lifespan model and propose an architectural approach to permanence, flexibility, adaptability, and progression. Like Rome, buildings today should aim to be ever contemporary and perpetually relevant. Materials should be chosen for their longevity and environmental impact. Therefore, design should not be specific, but instead flexible to successfully accommodate a wide spectrum of uses.

CESAR DUARTE JULIE JANEO

Site Cast Concrete Structure Double Skin Glass Enclosure Acrylic Tubes Filled with H2O

196

student center

student center

student center

student center

first floor plan

second floor plan

third floor plan

fourth floor plan

197

CESAR DUARTE JULIE JANEO

Current Use: Student Center

From College Road to Quad longitudinal section thru threshold

N

Building at College Road longitudinal section

198

academic classrooms & faculty offices

academic classrooms & faculty offices

academic classrooms & faculty offices

academic classroom & faculty offices

first floor plan

second floor plan

third floor plan

fourth floor plan

199

CESAR DUARTE JULIE JANEO

Future Use: Classrooms + Faculty Offices

From College Road to Quad longitudinal section thru threshold

N

Building at College Road longitudinal section

200

View from Plinth at College Road

201

CESAR DUARTE JULIE JANEO

Site Strategy

regulating lines

circulation access

N

Site Section

202

Double Insulated Glazing Enclosure

Catwalk Attached to Slab Beyond

Extruded Acrylic Tubes filled with H2O Supported by catwalk at each slab

2 -1/2” Horizontal Mullions, TYP.

10” Structural Vertical Mullions, TYP.

Site Cast Concrete Exterior Cores

Location of HVAC, TYP.

Double Insulated Glazing Enclosure with Graphic at These Locations

203

CESAR DUARTE JULIE JANEO

Structure + Construction

detail axonometric

detail axonometric

section at enclosure

section at mechanical core

204

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CESAR DUARTE JULIE JANEO

Structure + Construction

206

manifesto: The building is designed for user interaction with the building envelope.

Allowing the user to interface with the facade creates experiential durability even as the use of the building changes. The facades are designed to respond to the environmental context by manipulating natural light.

207

Sarah Laliberte Matthew Arnold

Experiential Durability

208

second floor plan

roof plan

third floor plan

0

20 40 feet

ground floor plan

209

Sarah Laliberte Matthew Arnold

Current Use: Student Center

north south building section

N

0 5 10 east west building section

20

40 feet

210

second floor floor

roof plan

third floor plan

0

20 40 feet

ground floor plan

211

Sarah Laliberte Matthew Arnold

Future Use: Classrooms + Faculty Offices

2 north facade

N

1 south facade

0 5 10

20

40 feet

212

0 10 20

40

80 feet

Site Plan

213

circulation

quad spaces

Sarah Laliberte Matthew Arnold

Site Strategy

intervention diagram

N

0 5 10

20

40 feet

214

curtain wall facade system

rain screen wall system

215

Sarah Laliberte Matthew Arnold

Structure + Construction

detail axonometric

floor structure & glazing system at south facade

216

Sarah Laliberte Matthew Arnold

217

bird’s eye perspective from new campus Quad

Detail Models