Nicholas
Licausi
Undergraduate Works
Contents
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interact boonton fire department
undulate 50 James street
Anemoi
Noaa Research Facility
WATERBOUND Bicycle Pavilion
Year 3
PHases of KNowledge BRanch Library
Layered Civic Center
nEWARK
graduate housing
azimuth
scholars Residence
WATERBOUND Bicycle Pavilion
Waterbound connects with the landscape utilizing rammed earth, while housing bicycles underground. The pavilion uses water as a focal point for guests of the Newark Riverfront Park, as part of a larger water purification system for the Passaic River.
ANEMOI
NOAA Research Facility Anemoi is a self-sustaining coastal field station that utilizes wind power with twelve wind turbines attached to rotating cantilever workspaces. The scientist’s offices revolve around four central vertical circulation shafts that stradle the pier. The workspaces rotate according to the direction of the wind, or desired location for workspace functionality. Gorlov Helical Turbines spin around the towers generating power for the research facility while creating a blurred facade. Bridges connecting the four towers offer communal spaces for the scientists as a whole.
167’ Plan
Workspace Perspective Section Able to rotate based on scientist’s preference.
128’ Plan
Workspace Plan
88’ Plan
Observatory
Workspace
Stairs
Gorlov Helical Turbine
undulate
50 James Street Undulate is comprised of a brick screen filtering light, while providing privacy to the residents. The separation of the brick veneer from the structural wall creates intermediate spaces. These spaces include a lightwell, a balcony, an alcove, an outdoor dining area, and stairs. The brick spacing changes respectively to locations of openings behind the screen. The Roman brick undulates the pattern from a running bond to spacing up to 8 inches in length.
Original Wall Section
Veneer and Structure is Separated
Veneer Undulates to Create a Privacy Screen
INTERACT
Boonton Fire Department The design of Interact promotes meaniful connections between the community, the firefighters, and the site. Two distinct public zones are placed above and below grade to not affect functionality of the firehouse. The amphitheater is an unique place of communal gathering highlighted by a triangular lightwell. An elevated look-out space gives alternate views of the site. The public spaces follow a curvilinear language inspired by topography, while the orthagonal system of the interior creates efficient pathways for the Boonton Firefighters.
Interactions
Azimuth
Scholars Residence The Newark Scholars Residence strives to create a community of people that share ideas with each other. A split that aligns with the east-west axis maximizes southern exposure, allows for public access on the ground floor, and creates intimate relationships between units. Circulation and storage is pushed to the outer walls to center the unit’s focus. Clerestory windows face the front and the rear facade, and floor to ceiling windows face the cut to further emphasize the directionality of the units. The public space on the first floor has floor to ceiling glass in all directions to contrast between public and private spaces.
Directionality
Program
Circulation
Private
Semi-Public
Public
Vertical Circulation
North
West
East
South
nEWARK
Graduate Housing The design for the Graduate Housing spans an entire city block in Newark, NJ. It consists of a large residential tower on the east side, and mixed use lowrise buildings along the other edges, maximizing solar gain to the central courtyard. The units are designed to share a terrace that becomes a 2 story crenellation in the facade. The facade is treated with a metal screen filtering light and providing energy through solar panels.
Commercial
Site
Response to Site
Double Loaded Corridor
Fold Open
Educational
Mixed Use
Residential
Roof
Screen
Floor Slabs
Structure
Ground
Facade
Base 8 Units Elevations
3 Bedroom Unit
1’ Metal Screen Grid
Space Removed for Terraces
2 Bedroom Unit
Grid Divided into Solid/Void
Solid/Void Applied to Grid
1 Bedroom Unit
layered
Civic Center Located in Gujarat, India, the design utilizes layered typology as a passive cooling technique. Structures of rammed earth sit under large curvilinear concrete roofs inspired by mountains that can be viewed from the site. The design eliminates walls; maximizing views and encouraging wind circulation. Bamboo screens offer separation of public and private spaces. The three main aspects of the program are: Education, Recreation, and Arts.
Village Village Typology Typology
Linear Linear Circulation Circulation
Shift Shift Program Program
Continuous Continuous Roof RoofStructure Structures
Concrete Roof
Concrete Structure
Market
Bamboo Screens
Canteen
Rammed Earth
Classrooms
Outdoor Theater Arts Center
Bathrooms Offices
Locker Rooms
Artist Residence Recreational Center
Field
Phases of Knowledge IronBound Branch Library
Initial study models show the breaking of the cube to spill out in the community thus bringing in new users. The addition of structure to the design process led to three volumes contained in an envelope. Each structure is respective to the program within emphasizing the idea of past, present, and future. The vertical circulation is connected to a four story wall of books. An open floor plan allows the three zones to have their own identity in the design, creating mulitlevel interactions.
Site Concept
Program Concept
Program & Structure
Structure Concept
Structure
Program
Structure
Interior
Exterior
Circulation
Utilities Group Study Suspended Computers
Cantilever Post & Beam
Reading Room Book Stacks
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