NICOLE CARTER THIRD YEAR ARCHITECTURE CAL POLY POMONA
MOBIUS HOUSE UN STUDIO CASE STUDY WITH ZAC PETERSON
This project introduced the drawings that would accompany every project we do. Not only that, but the case studies gave us a sense of the diversity that architecture exists in, as well as the quality of work that we would fulfill both at school and in practice. Hand drawing with graphite.
We used the sectional model to highlight the two halves of the mobius strip running through the house, split where the planes of the roof overlap. This not only demonstrated the mobius qualities in plan but also expose how the vertical levels connect to each other while running along the mobius strip.
DERIVATIVE PROJECTS
Individual diagrams that examine section, circulation, materiality, program, and parti. Hand drawing with graphite
Typography based on the Mobius House, so that the lines of the letters are continually folding back in on themselves, much like the mobius strip running through the house. Drawn in AutoCad, edited in Illustrator.
COLLECTION AND CATALOGUE
Allowing a wide variety in the pieces that were chosen from the overall whole, as shown in the diagram above, proved to be the biggest advantage in creating space. Long slender members could be used to define space without confining it, while smaller pieces defined the origin point for the developed area. Modeled in SkethUp, edited in Photoshop and Illustrator
MOUNT BALDY BATHHOUSE
When provided with this site, one of the primary goals was to preserve the view that the visitors could be treated to, so the first decision was to sink the building into the cliff, and then have the project run down the mountain side. The geometries of the building were derived from the topography lines of the site to connect the project back to nature. The visitor’s experience begins with a ramp sinking into the ground, which brings them to separate changing rooms and then reunites visitors at the pools and obervation decks. Renderings done in Rhino and Photoshop, drawings done in AutoCad
CANITLEVER VIGNETTE
The primary goal of this vignette was to provide areas where one could look down (at flora and fauna), look out (to the landscape), look up (at the sky and birds), and look in (collect thoughts and record observations). These spaces were created by a simple orthagonal division of spaces that are intersected and connected by an angled ramp. Hand drawings with graphite, physical model edited in Photoshop.
CITY OF GARDENS MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING
To create a community, the architecture has to provide the residents with something that would unite them besides a simple address. Because the project was based in Pasadena’s city of gardens, I chose to create a Community (of) Garden(ers), where each unit was provided with a personal garden. The garden became the focal point of the project, where the kitchen was placed on the border of indoor and outdoor space, so that it took it’s place between the processes of growing and consuming. The actual units were made to be simple, so that the focus of the project remained on the garden. Interior walls run the full height of the building so that the architecture is connected unit to unit, and glass walls provide a connection between neighbors as well as bringing daylight and a further connection to the outdoors into the project. The ground level also features an orchard of citrus trees that can be used by residents and also serves as a reminder of the citrus orchards that were the icons of Pasadena. We are now working to develop the design and produce construction documents Rendering done in Revit and Photoshop, drawings done in AutoCad.
Second Floor Plan: 1/8”=1’
Ground Floor Plan: 1/8”=1’
Parking Plan: 1/8”=1’
Specific Notes
General Notes 1 A4.1
109' - 9"
10' - 6"
37' - 6"
9' - 3"
5' - 0"
6' - 0"
13' - 6"
9' - 9"
8' - 9"
14' - 6"
8' - 6"
32' - 6"
12' - 9"
6' - 3"
13' - 6"
6' - 3"
A3.1 10' - 7"
2' - 11"3' - 1"2' - 11"
5' - 7"
3' - 2"
1
5' - 7"
2' - 11"3' - 1" 3' - 2"
10' - 7"
2' - 11"3' - 1" 3' - 2"
2 A4.1
6' - 0"
17' - 5 15/16"
DN
17' - 11 15/16"
10' - 11 15/16"
UP
6' - 6"
6' - 0"
14' - 9"
6' - 6"
10' - 7"
Pasadena Housing Cordova Street and S. Oakland Ave 10' - 6"
11' - 0"
85' - 8 15/16"
6' - 6" UP
9' - 3"
15' - 7" 19' - 7"
10' - 7" 13' - 6" 10' - 7"
2' - 3"
6' - 6"
5' - 7" 3' - 2"
15' - 7"
19' - 7"
11' - 6"
18' - 0"
DN
6' - 6"
18' - 0"
UP
UP
Schematic Design Phase
6' - 0"
6' - 3"
10' - 7"
6' - 0"
9' - 3"
2' - 11" 3' - 1" 2' - 11"
13' - 6"
2' - 11"3' - 1"2' - 11"
8' - 9"
6' - 0"
3' - 2" 3' - 1"2' - 11" 5' - 7"
9' - 3"
8' - 9"
A3.1
13' - 6" 13' - 6"
21' - 3"
2
3' - 2"
Client
37' - 6"
4
6' - 3"
85' - 8 15/16"
3' - 2" 3' - 1" 2' - 11"
17' - 6" A3.1
5' - 0"
13' - 6"
28' - 6"
2' - 3"
8' - 9"
7' - 0"
Nicole Carter
8' - 0"
3 A3.1
4' - 6"
4' - 6"
15' - 7 1/8"
Rev Date 37' - 6"
10' - 6"
15' - 0"
111' - 7"
1
Drawn in Revit and AutoCad.
Level 1 1/8" = 1'-0"
28' - 6"
17' - 6"
2' - 7"
Reason for Issue
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Originator
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Specific Notes
General Notes BUILT-UP ROOF
BUILT-UP ROOF
PLYWOOD
PLYWOOD
GUTTER
GUTTER
2X10 JOISTS
2X10 JOISTS PUTTY
2X6 HEADERS
STEEL MULLIONS TEMPERED GLASS
WOOD SHEATHING PLYWOOD 2X6 STUDS INSULATION AIRSPACE 2X6 STUDS INSULATION PLYWOOD GYPSOM BOARD
WOOD FLOORING Nicole Carter
PLYWOOD 2X10 FLOOR JOISTS WOOD FLOORING
INSULATION
PLYWOOD
PLYWOOD
2X6 BASE PLATES
Level 2 2X10 11' - 0"JOISTS
Level 2 11' - 0"
Pasadena Housing Cordova Street and S. Oakland Ave
INSULATION PLYWOOD 2X6 HEADERS
1
Client
Callout of Section 1 3/4" = 1'-0" WOOD SHEATHING
4 PLYWOOD
Callout of Section 2 3/4" = 1'-0"
2X6 STUDS INSULATION AIRSPACE 2X6 STUDS INSULATION Schematic Design Phase PLYWOOD GYPSOM BOARD CONCRETE SLAB ON GRADE 2X6 BASE PLATES STEEL REBAR
Level 1 0' - 0"
Level 1 0' - 0"
2
Callout (2) of Section 1 3/4" = 1'-0"
Rev Date
6
Callout (2) of Section 2 3/4" = 1'-0"
CONCRETE SLAB ON GRADE
Reason for Issue
Drawing Title
STEEL REBAR
Level 0 -13' - 0"
Level 0 -13' - 0"
THICKENED EDGE SLAB ON GRADE
STEEL REBAR
CONCRETE FOOTING REBAR
5 3
Callout (2) of Section 3 3/4" = 1'-0"
Drawn in Revit and AutoCad.
Callout (2) of Section 4 3/4" = 1'-0"
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