Inner Harbor Marina & Hotel

ARCH 405

Critic: Koichiro Aitani Collaboration with Rodrigo Matas

Located in the heart of Baltimore, the project aims to integrate and merge multiple characteristics of the city and become a new center of attraction. With the harbor just a few meters away, the first level houses a yacht & marina club. Above it, the restaurant offers and serves seafood dishes which are a staple of the city. The upper levels consist of a high-end boutique hotel with the best possible views of the downtown area and the surrounding waters. Along with the sailing and seafood aspects, Baltimore has also been a large center of art for many years. To accomodate this, a large exterior area was created between the second and third floors. This space serves not only as an area for installations and showcases by artists, but also as a barrier between the large public areas below and the quiet, intimate rooms above.

Art for Architecture, Architecture for Art

ARCH 605

Critic: Ahmed Ali

After a two-part investigation into the work of Donald Judd, which included an immersive trip to Marfa, TX, two ideas arose that influenced the development of the project: how moments are framed depending on the viewer’s position, and how Donald Judd selects existing and modest spaces to exhibit his work. Although the latter was not entirely possible in this situation, the atmosphere within those spaces that were explored could then be used to influence the spaces within the project itself in order to create a modest setting in which Judd’s objects are then framed. This results in the objects becoming a central and contrasting element that suddenly bring life to the spaces and materials around them.

1.Facade Panel Construction

1/2” stone layer adhered to 1mm berglass

2” honeycomb panel

1mm aluminum backing

2. Channel aluminum brackets

3. Water, air, and vapor control layer

4. 1/2” GWB sheathing

5. 6” aluminum frame with XPS insulation

6. Steel plate welded to structural truss

7. W18x311

8. W12x305

9. GWB on 4” aluminum stud

10. Floor construction

3“ concrete slab on 3” corrugated steel deck

11. Metal cleat

12. Metal coping cap

13. Parapet blocking

14. Roof membrane under coping

15. EPDM roof membrane

16. 6” XPS Insulation

17. Roof construction

3” concrete slab on 3” corrugated steel deck

18. Cant strip

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