portfolio of work libby norris 7824 Sunkist Blvd Brooklyn Park, MN 55444 763.202.9881 norri160@umn.edu
table of contents
1. the music machine
live-work-performace space gives shape to complexities of the music industry
2. materiality and methodology
showroom and factory informed by material qualities
3. field cloud
artistic installation grounds an open site
4. revealing structure
a precedent study of form and appearance
5. design by site forces
site forces inform a park pavilion
Restaurant
Restaurant
Lobby/atrium
Jam rooms
Record shop
Recording and offices
Rentable retail/space
Residences
Bathrooms
Small performance (Large live room)
Bar
Large performance space
ORGANIZATION
the music machine
intangible characteristics of the music industry take on physical form studio 4 spring 2014 Live. Work. Perform. These are the basic programmatic requirements for this musicians’ building located in Lowertown St. Paul. Beginning with an exercise of diagramming, I became intrigued with the complexities of the music industry and how those intangible ideas could be physically manifested in a building. The process of “getting to the top” for a musician is a highly intense, and personal struggle. However, the general public is the backbone of the music industry and serve as both supporters and recipients of musical output from artists. This basic concept is exaggerated in the general form for the building- a main “musician’s building” supported by a separate “public tower.” Each floor represents a step up for the artist in the process of “making it to the top,” and terminates with the top floor concert hall. The building enhances the connections between musicians and the general public while providing a private sanctuary that physically reflects the struggle to reach success in the music industry.
THE RECORD MAKING MUSIC MACHINE WHICH BRINGS IN MORE
PEOPLE
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$ $ $$
OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE
GREEN ROOMS STORAGE MECHANICAL
LARGE PERFORMANCE
MUSICIANS
PEOPLE
WANT VIDEOS AND CONCERTS
APARTMENTS
TO PRODUCE RECORDS
AND CONTROL ROOMS
COMMUNAL KITCHEN
STAFF OFFICES
RETAIL
AND CONTROL ROOMSTHAT ARE BOUGHT BY
TO GET A
TO GET A
MUSICIANS
TO RECORD MUSIC
WHO NEED EXPOSURE
APARTMENTS
WHO NEED EXPOSURE JAM SESSION ROOMS
TO GET A
PEOPLE. PEOPLE LOUNGE SPACE. FOR
(and use the bathroom)
SMALL PERFORMANCE
LOBBY LIVE ROOMS
PEOPLE
SMELL FOOD,
PEOPLE
SMELL FOOD,
MUSICIANS TO GET A
RECORD LABEL. RECORD LABEL OFFICES
LOUNGE SPACE FOR
RECORDING PEOPLE PEOPLE NEED TO EAT.
TO RECORD MUSIC
RECORD LABELS WANT MONEY.
PUBLIC BATHROOMS (and use the bathroom)
LOBBY
PEOPLE
SMELL FOOD,
PEOPLE
FORM
NEED TO EAT.
PEOPLE.
(and use the bathroom)
NEED TO EAT.
BAR/CAFE
COME IN TO EAT,
THAT ARE BOUGHT BY
COME IN TO EAT,
RECORD LABELS NEED
MUSICIANS
RETAIL
LOBBY
WANT MONEY.
JAM SESSION ROOMS
SEE AND HEAR
WANT MONEY.
JAM SESSION ROOMS
SEE AND HEAR
COME IN TO EAT,
WHO NEED EXPOSURE
TO RECORD MUSIC
RECORD LABELS
RECORD LABEL. RECORD LABEL OFFICES
PEOPLE.
$ $ $$
LOUNGE SPACE FOR RECORDING
TO RECORD MUSIC
BAR/CAFE PUBLIC BATHROOMS AND CONTROL BAR/CAFE PUBLICROOMS BATHROOMS MUSICIANS MUSICIANS
HOTEL ROOMS
LIVE ROOMS
RECORD LABELS NEED
MUSICIANS
CONTROL ROOMS SEE AND HEAR
SMALL PERFORMANCE
RETAIL THAT ARE BOUGHT BY
RETAIL THAT ARE BOUGHT BY
AND CONTROL ROOMS
HOTEL ROOMS
TO PRODUCE RECORDS
RECORD LABEL OFFICES RECORD LABEL OFFICES WANT MONEY.
RECORD LABEL.RECORD LABEL.
STAFF OFFICES
CONTROL ROOMS
WHO NEED LIVING SPACE
RECORD SHOP RECORDING
MUSICIANS
WHO NEED LIVING SPACE
APARTMENTS
STAFF $ OFFICES $ $ RECORD LABELS $ RECORD LABELS $ $ $ $
SMALL PERFORMANCE LIVE ROOMS SMALL PERFORMANCE LIVE ROOMS LOUNGE SPACE FOR WHO NEED RECORDING RECORD LABELS NEED LIVING SPACE RECORD LABELS NEED
WHO NEED LIVING SPACE
COMMUNAL KITCHEN
RECORD SHOP STAFF OFFICES TO PRODUCE RECORDS
CONTROL ROOMS
CONTROL ROOMS
HOTEL ROOMS
PRIVATE BATHROOMS
RECORD SHOP
WANT VIDEOS AND CONCERTS
PRIVATE BATHROOMS
RECORD SHOP TO PRODUCE RECORDS
WANT VIDEOS AND CONCERTS WANT VIDEOS AND CONCERTS
PRIVATE BATHROOMS APARTMENTS
MUSICIANS
PEOPLE
PEOPLE
COMMUNAL KITCHEN HOTEL ROOMS
FROM THE
LARGE PERFORMANCE
LARGE PERFORMANCE
LARGE PERFORMANCE
$ $$ $ $$
OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE GREEN ROOMS STORAGE MECHANICAL
MUSICIANS
MECHANICAL
PEOPLE
WHICH BRINGS IN MORE
PEOPLE AND THE BIGGER THE VENUE, THE MORE MONEY IS MADE.
OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE GREEN ROOMS FROM THE FROM THE STORAGE
GREEN ROOMS STORAGE MECHANICAL
PRIVATE BATHROOMS
CONCEPT
$ $ $ $$ $ $ $ $ $$ $
MUSICIANS
COMMUNAL KITCHEN
THE RECORD MAKING MUSIC MACHINE
AND THE BIGGER AND THE BIGGER THE VENUE, THE THE VENUE, THE MORE MORE MONEY IS MONEY IS MADE. MADE.
FROM THE
L. NORR L. NORRIS SOUND STUD SOUND STUDIO
$ $
$ PROGRAM $
FORM FORM
WHO NEED EXPOSURE
JAM SESSION ROOMS PROGRAM PROGRAM
Restaurant
Lobby/atrium
Record shop
Rentable retail/space
Bathrooms
Bar
Concept drives the form of a musician building and supporting public tower.
SEE AND HEAR
MUSICIANS
BAR/CAFE
PUBLIC BATHROOMS (and use the bathroom)
Restaurant
COME IN TO EAT,
Restaurant
Restaurant
Lobby/atrium Lobby/atrium Record shop Record shop
Rentable retail/space Rentable retail/space Bathrooms
Jam rooms
Bathrooms Bar
Recording and offices
Bar
Residences
Small performance (Large live room)
Large performance space
LOBBY
PEOPLE
SMELL FOOD,
PEOPLE
ORGANIZATION
NEED TO EAT.
Initial diagram of reaching success in the music industry.
Restaurant
Restaurant
Jam rooms
Jam rooms
and Residences offices Recording andRecording offices
Residences
Small performance Largespace performance space Small performance Large performance (Large live room) (Large live room)
THE MUSIC MACHINE CONNECTIONS
CIRCULATION
PLANS
Outdoor patio
at 1/16”:1’ scale
Residence
Residence
Sky bar/ party space Large performance control room
CONNECTIONS
CIRCULATION
Open to below
Connections between the general public and the music industry are made visible by carrying the copper panel cladding of the musicians building through to the public circulation stiarcase.
SITE
Seventh Floor
+
+ Restrooms
Lobby space
Residence
Residence
OPENINGS
Performance entry
CIRCULATION
ATION
Sixth Floor
North E
The atrium divides the musican residences from the working and performace spaces. The shape of the atrium exagerates the idea that for artists just starting out, success may seem to be a distant dream.
OPENINGS
ITE Overnight
Overnight
Connections between public and musicians
Site factors drive the details of the building,
determine circulation between the two builidings.
informing openings and materiality. Leasable space
Small performance control room
open to below
+ Fifth Floor
Green room
Large performance interior stage
Green room
Exteror stage
Overnight
Overnight
Leasable space
Green room
Green room
OPENINGS 1/8”:1’
4th St. Wacouta Ave.
The ground floor allows the general public to view new artists practicing in the “jam� rooms, with visual connection to the restaurant seating area.
The sixth floor of the public tower is the main lobby space for the large performance area. The large glass pane at the stage is able to be opened up, to become an outdoor stage with the lawn of Union Depot as the seating area.
materiality and methodology exploring material qualities through the iterative design process studio I fall 2012 A wooden box is designed to come apart in 3 pieces. This box is reinterpreted into cast concrete, adapting to the change of material qualities. The resulting spatial ideas are further developed to fit the program requirements for a ceramics showroom. Lighter elements become roof planes and walls, and heavy masses become thought of as rooms with programmable spaces. My showroom focuses on the slippage of space between planes and masses and how these create different spatial experiences through lighting effects and ceiling heights. An adjacent ceramics factory space is created to compliment the showroom. This space is created through exploring the pattern relationships found in repeated truss systems. The combination of these two buildings creates a linear relationship between the buildings based on sight lines and focused natural lighting effects.
The concrete showroom is made up of masses, thought of as rooms, roof and wall planes. Two opposing masses are united through interlocking roof planes, recalling the way the original MDF box fit together with interlocking planes and masses. Directed sunlight calls attention to specific areas of the showroom.
The visual axis connecting the showroom and factory terminates at the kiln. The central location of the kiln also determines the cyclical movement pattern of the workspace. The glass hall that links the two buildings allows the defining interior axis to become visible element in the exterior building elevation.
field cloud using art to anchor a site studio III fall 2013 Exploration of the Walker Art Center Open Field begins through a photography exercise in understanding what qualities define the space. My photographs are assembled into a collage revealing my interpretation of the site as a floating space somewhere between the terrestrial and surreal landscape. Based on the understanding of the site gained through the photo collages, I designed an art installation responding to the site conditions. Field Cloud is a sculptural piece that appears to be suspended above the entrance to the Sky Pescher. The cloud provides visibility for the site and acts as a centralizing force, organizing an otherwise open space lacking any sense of direction.
Photo collage interpreting the site as the “in between�
Edges are visible from interior spaces, but visitors must come outside to experience the entire sculpture
Field Cloud acting as a visible anchor, drawing people to the center of the site
revealing structure complex structural systems allow for a seamless design aesthetic materials and methods fall 2012 Lakewood Cemetery Garden Mausoleum (HGA) serves as a unique precedent study for understanding how materials and structural systems can define the experience for patrons of the building. As a place of burial and reflection, light, shadow and specific detail elements are paid special attention to provide a sense of connection between the ground and the sky and allow for a peaceful, contemplative space.
Photography and drawings by L. Norris. Lakewood Cemetery Garden Mausoleum by HGA.
On the exterior, windows are surrounding by white tiles sweeping upward, drawing the eye from the ground to the sky above. The effortless appearance of this sweeping gesture results from a complex structural system including small C-channels covered by a plaster form to create the curve.
design by site forces understanding how elements of the site can inform design studio III fall 2013
Site is considered to be the most important design factor in this design for a park pavilion with a food vendor, rental space and public gathering area on Lake of the Isles. Initial observations recognize the linear nature of the site and patterns of movement. This linear quality of the site, determined by parallel paths is a defining element in the design. A connection to the water, while maintaining most of the natural shoreline is providing through an extension of the linear layout. Finally, the design becomes permeable by allowing for void spaces based informed by the direction of main access roads to the site. The resulting masses and voids are adapted to fit programmatic needs and are unified by two interlocking roof planes.
Site forces of path, water and street access inform the design and layout of the building complex. The layout is adapted to fit programmatic needs and unified by roof planes recalling the linear movement of the site.
The roof planes grow out of the narrow end of the site, gesturing to the lake and surrounding neighborhoods, connecting this small linear site to the greater context of the area.
Site forces of paths, natural features, and access determine the shape of the builing complex.
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Solid masses are used for more private program spaces such as the kitchen and offices, while the void spaces are used as covered public gathering spaces. The fireplace hearth is defined by where the two roof planes intersect and serves as the central gathering space. Separated paths cater to walkers and bikers, giving each their own spaces. The lakeside gathering is used as a warming house in the winter.