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VERTICAL PATIO - Seattle, WA
early study models
double patio area by turning vertical desired amount of patio area site setback
Private Side: changing room hot tub cooking Public Side: dining table bar sun tanning garden
vertical patio is stitched to back yard by “reflecting pools” made of tumbled glass and light
This back yard patio situated on a small urban lot in Seattle provided an opportunity to explore how a very simple and contained architecture can animate a space and continually surprise and engage its owners. The challenge was the client’s interest in adding a large amount of program (grill patio, hot tub, changing room, dining table, bar, stool, reading area, and security gates) while maintaining as much open area as possible. The solution began with a calculation of the allowable building area in the back yard which was then transferred directly into a single vertical plane. Through a series of hinges and pivots, the individual bits of program are housed in this vertical wall. Sun/shadow studies derived where the specific locations for the various programs would be within the composition of the wall. The ability for occupants to control and transform their environment is the most fundamental way to interact with and affect the architectural event. This vertical patio responds to a wide variety of needs and by doing so creates an atmosphere of circumstance that captures the occupants’ attention and immerses them in a powerful appreciation of the place they occupy and the people they share it with.
view of project at night
bamboo shoots reflecting pools privacy gate tanning bed bar picnic table changing room hot tub grill area security gates PLAN - 100% open
PLAN - 100% closed
hot tub
changing room
table
sun tanning
bar
grill
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hot tub door opens out
table folds down
privacy gate opens in
100% open
bar slides out
tanning bed folds down
security gate opens out
view from north west glass
water
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table unfolding process - benches and table fold out from hot tub door
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light
100% open
security gates swing from building skin
100% closed
RIEDEL RESEARCH GROUP Global Headquarters + guest house - San Francisco, CA GLOBAL REACHES OF RIEDEL RESEARCH GROUP
Russia London
Poland Czech Republic Hungary Romania
Greenbrae (headquarters)
(head of research)
New York China
Turkey
Mexico
India Thailand
Malaysia Indonesia
Brazil
Peru
Chile Artgentina (head of research)
When approached to design the headquarters office space for a global investment analyst located just outside San Francisco, we were immediately interested in the similarities in dynamics between : 1) the hyper-connected, business which exchanges information all over the world regarding constantly fluctuating financial markets (in seconds) and 2) the volatile geologic activity of the ground the building will sit on (moving in millions of years). Because these two systems are operating at contrary scales the building focuses on single moments on the site. Capturing a single moment in time is one way to equalize processes happening at different speeds. Four specific moments were pinpointed on the site. The building mass is manifested by the intersection of these moments as each vantage point slices into it. As the occupant moves through the building each event is clearly delineated. The experience of walking through the layers of experience is just as if one could walk through the layers of geologic strata or the rings of a tree. Time only exists in “snapshots�. It is only the immediate event that matters and yet it is tied to a greater whole.
existing site condition
view of project from boardwalk
Site Experiential Strata TREE EXPERIENCE: The forced perspective towards the sole deciduous oak tree on the site provides an anchor of time for the building. The sunken courtyard frames the tree canopy against the sky. In winter, the observer sees solid grey clouds against black sticks. In spring he sees emerging buds against earlier morning shadows. Full summer leaf growth provides all day shade in the sub-grade respite. In
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CIRCULATION PATH
DISTANT VIEW EXPERIENCE: Mt. Tamalpais is a direct result of the folding momentum of the San Andreas subduction fault. The distant view to this monument is a constant reminder of the global reaches of RRG.
with brilliantly colored fallen leaves marking a full years passage of time.
3. GROVE EXPERIENCE: This special moment accentuates the horizontal layers of the site from ground plane, to habital open space, to protective tree canopy.
CLIMATE FLUCTUATION high temperatures - low temperatures 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 Jan 1
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PATH EXPERIENCE: Passage through the building tunnel marks one of many single moments across the site. The path acts as a measuring stick stamped by experiences critical to this place.
There are four moments on site that are specific to this place that the building needs to respond to. 1. The Path Experience: the circulation route will stitch all events on the site together. 2. The Grove Experience: the site is covered with the canopies of heritage oak trees creating a very sheltered, and interestingly proportioned space at the base. 3. The Tree Experience: one of these oak trees is deciduous acting as a constant marker of time on the site. 4. The Distant View Experience: Mount Tamalpais, a fixture of Marin County, is clearly visible to the west of the site.
buildable area block defined by setbacks, easements, tree drip lines and zoned building heights
path cut grove cut tree cut distant view cut
buildable mass
subtract experiential slices
path cut
stair and storage
program/experiential strata
grove cut
tree cut
light and sitting
distant view cut
storage and circulation
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distant view experience
2. reading room (toward distant view experience)
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11. guest bedroom (toward distant view experience) distant view experience
12. closet 11. 13. courtyard (toward tree experience)
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lower floor
view from entry towards David’s desk - this prime work space focuses on the natural tree trunk grove that exists on site + the assistant’s desk beyond focuses on the deciduous tree in the opposite direction (right in this rendering)
view from circulation path towards building - courtyard visible here, focuses the occupant’s attention on the lone deciduous tree on site.
view from boardwalk at grove toward building.
KENNEALLY RESIDENCE - Bend, OR
elevations are unfolded against the 360 degree panoramic as a check-and-ballance to verify that all windows are focused on desired views
Lot 108 has a prominent location in the Tetherow golf development featuring spectacular views of and from the golf course as well as desirable views of the distant landscape. These natural features, combined with our client’s demands for a variety of living spaces with varied degrees of privacy (work vs. living, formal living vs. informal living), armed the project with a long list of items the building needs to achieve. Through in-depth site analysis, we were able to manage and prioritize these factors and create a building design that is intensely specific to its site and its occupants as well as sensitive to the environment. The building is an imprint of its site and client. While the foresight of this project is the carefully choreographed series of events, the building still yields to circumstance and coincidence. The most unexpected event is the most memorable.
focused analysis of points of interest as viewed from the site
plan is checked against initial points of interest diagram
view of entry
circulation directs views around the site 360 degree panoramic in a sequential manner.
program is laid out to accentuate gifts of the site and protect private moments.
view of construction from 16th fairway
view from NE corner of site
view from 17th rough
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MAIN FLOOR 1. kitchen 2. family room 3. covered patio (with bbq) 4. dining room 5. living room 6. covered patio 7. covered patio 8. courtyard 9. orchid room 10. fun room 11. bathroom 12. exercise room 13. entry 14. master bedroom 15. master bathroom + closet 16. stairs down to utility room 17. stairs up to office + bedrooms 18. pantry 19. powder 20. storage + coat closet 21. potting shed
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UPPER FLOOR 22. office 23. covered patio 24. open patio 25. Renee’s room 26. Andie’s room 27. kid’s bathroom 28. balcony 29. open to below 30. solar collector window wall
view inside courtyard
view from living room north patio into courtyard
view inside courtyard
view inside courtyard
UNDER THE BRIDGE - Seattle, WA
This project revitalizes a leftover urban site by providing unique public access to important waterfront, installing ecolological habitat restoration to a toxic bridge, and instilling a greater public awareness of the beauties of the place via interpretive learning opportunities. Under the Bridge addresses a unique point of urban convergence. The Salon Bay waterfront is a scenic waterway in a densely populated urban environment serving many needs and therefore creating enormous strain on the waterway. The site is an educational journey. The narrative begins by showcasing the polluted runoff from the bridge via pipes, waterfall and channels. The “Learning Tunnel� is a metaphor following the progression of polluted water through its purification process in the rehabilitated landscape. This is a clear illustration of how a simple architecture can contribute to a cause greater than itself.
existing condition under the Ballard Bridge
view of entry of learning tunnel
Environmental Site Influences: year 2000 human population vs. salmon tributary routes in King county
Environmental Site Influences: Seattle land use around Salmon Bay
site location (under the Ballard bridge)
highest human density surrounds the site in Salmon Bay (dark brown shading) all salmon born in the highlighted green area pass the site in millions as juveniles heading toward the Puget Sound through the Ballard Locks and again as adults returning to
heavy industrial land use is surrounded by highly urbanized residential and commercial areas creating a vibrant and lively fabric
view of ecological habitat restoration project and public learning tunnel tunnel under the Ballard bridge
informational plates conspire to create a cohesive skin
lightweight structure minimizes impact on the site
observation and resting points provided within the tunnel
program points of interest are denoted with floor light. grate flooring provides transparency to vegetation below view inside Learning Tunnel - observers can learn about the water purification process happening below them
the skin of the Learning Tunnel is a composition of glass panels each etched with a fact regarding an historical, ecological, industrial or social aspect of the site
view inside Learning Tunnel at water’s edge
entry into Learning Tunnel provides landmark element in the industrial streetscape
dirty water on bridge deck drainage pipes to water feature
Dirty Waterfall: storm water from bridge deck contains oil and heavy metal toxins, exposed drainage descends into pool and seeps into landscape beds
key openings in tunnel for observation
deep soil amendments support native vegetation and filters storm water floor lighting highlights critical program locations
planting to purify water runoff before introduction into waterway
the Information Skin creates a light, semienclosed environment resting delicately on the restored habitat the viewing platform at the terminus of the tunnel provides a rare opportunity to observe the maritime traffic dirty water runoff purified water
view of project from Salmon Bay
HIGH DESERT PAVILION - Bend, OR Nestled in an arid desert landscape with the Cascade Mountains mere miles to the west, the site placed high demands on the building’s ability to screen itself and its inhabitants from intense summer heat, deep winter snows, and strong prairie winds, while still allowing the user to remain connected to the outdoors year round.
main level plan
front elevation
The Pavilion sits low to the ground utilizing layers of screening elements including foliage, stone landscape walls, perforated screens, and solid planes to protect the inhabitants physically and visually from the site and the adjacent national forest trail system. Three parallel axis walls bear the load of the structure and orient the house toward prominent views allowing the landscape to flow into the home. The walls in turn are extended into the site creating outdoor rooms appropriate for each season. A large “void” has been carved into the center of the home delivering natural light to below-grade rooms as well as providing a private outdoor gathering space in the core of the house. Circulation is focused around the void, offering multiple glimpses of both the interior landscape, and the distant landscape of the Cascade Mountains.
early void studies
the void
view of living room
building section through master
building section void view into TV room from void
view from entry
view of back patio
COLUMBARIUM - FLESH TO SPIRIT sample resin plate cast
A columbarium is a sacred place for the entombment of urns filled with the ashes of cremated bodies. Such an emotive place demands an architectural expression that is as unique and powerful as the individuals that rest there and the communities who come to visit. Two important realms are explored within this project - one is the tangible and textural; the other is more experiential or spiritual. An arcade of traditional niches is housed in a simple building. A feature wall comprised of innovative panels provides a unique experience for the visitor. This feature wall, or “curtain� is composed of individually glass-mounted hydrogenous polyurethane plates that relate directly to each niche opposite the space. As an urn is entombed, a plate is attached. This plate is cast to a texture that simulates the cell structure of flesh. This plate signifies both the living body and the spirit and memory of the interred loved one. At first, the light transmitted into the space through the newly placed, heavily textured panel is intensely fragmented. As the affect of time erodes the resin, the light grows clearer and brighter signifying the dual process of aging and the growth and maturing of the spirit and memory of those past. The employment of this innovative material in this carefully considered design, creates a new poetic experience in the place. These images study both the weathering process of the resin as well as the spatial qualities provided through the corresponding relationships of the solid urn wall set against the dynamic curtain wall. However, the layer of interest that no image can study or convey is the random manner in which this wall will unfold and the patterns that will result. The fact that each niche will be purchased individually and then its corresponding resin plate will be installed opposite, creates a recipe that mixes both individuality and community. The composition of the elevation of this form is left to chance, as is the experience, making each niche/individual as important as the next.
cell structure of flesh
light study
view inside columbarium structure - aging resin plates cast dappled light into the space
The curtain wall of resin plates changes through time and allows the occupants to interact with the light of lost loved ones prefabricated columbarium niches inset in cedar slat wall with corten steel shell the ‘mourning basket’ is a cedar slat enclosure and provides a quiet resting place for contemplation and observation
cast hydrogenated polyurethane plates glass mount for resin plate (memory marker after plates disappear)
steel WT structure system for plates glass vases at each plate
clamp assembly cedar louvers drilled for vases
modeled plate degradation process
wall portion after 5 years
wall after portion 15 years
wall portion after 35 years
wall portion after 85 years
view from mourning basket
entry into columbarium
resin plate wall - each plate corresponds to an urn niche within the columbarium
west elevation resin plate wall
east elevation
MAISON A MORMONT - Mormont, Belgium
Belgium
This project started by asking the clients to write experiential time lines for themselves. In 15 minute increments they detailed the events of their day-to-day lives as they envisioned them in this new landscape. Our office then took the information for a typical weekend in winter and a typical weekday in summer and quantified it through 2D graphing and 3D path modeling. This intense analysis revealed the family’s rituals and loosely defined adjacencies of programmatic elements as well as their placement against the surrounding environment. These diagrams and patterns were then laid on top of the 360 degree panoramic of the site exposing coincidental moments between the landscape and the folks who inhabit it. These overlapping events have been pronounced in the three dimensional layout of the spaces. The resulting building mass is an imprint of two coinciding systems: 1) the detailed patterns of a certain family’s life and, 2) the special moments provided by a specific piece of land.
Mormont
the village of Mormont, Belgium (building site in blue)
view from site access
view from agricultural field on site
context photographs
office - to sky
office - to sky living space living space - to distant vista
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dining room - western hill
powder + utility - north side of site master bedroom - private site vista
kitchen - center of house kids rooms - private site hillsidee
master bedroom - private site vista
program blocks rendered into desired user paths
building mass and section studies
kids rooms - private site hillside
view of central circulation core
view from living room
circulation core with circulation paths rendered
view from dining room
dining room with circulation paths rendered
dining room -view of neighboring hillside and access road, north light
living room -vista toward neighboring village, early morning light
kid’s rooms -private focus toward dense tree grove
panoramic of site used along with original client journal entries to diagram points of interest - desired views imprint on building and prescribe elevation compositions
program mass
covered patio -view of large tree, oriented to hot sun
master bedroom -private focus of site field, protected by shade of tree
office cradled at top of house with visual connection to rest of living spaces. - exterior view to sky direct connection between dining space and covered patio
living mass unites entry to site to distant vista
private bedrooms on lower floor protected by dense tree grove surrounding site
program mass perforates building shell in concert with prescribed views
office -view of sky
covered entry -directed toward site access
view of south-eastern elevation (living room and master bedroom)
GROEN HOEK BOATHOUSE - New York, NY
model of 2D graphical data
The fabrication of this new structure is inspired by the ancient craft of fabric boat building. The defining structure is wrapped with a tight weave canvas and shrunk to the frame with a durable polyurethane finish. The result is an architecture that becomes luminescent in light. The walls become screens that abstract the shadows of the occupants and animate the reflections of water. In an effort to keep the purity of this construction, the program has been categorized into insulated (offices, construction area, etc.) and un-insulated (boat wash, storage, etc) spaces. Those spaces needing to be conditioned are housed in the existing warehouse and defined by canvas roofs and walls. The undulating wall on the exterior defines program on either side triggering happenstance encounters between people, light and shadow. A cafĂŠ has been added as a lookout above the existing building with its own entry allowing it to function into the night as the fabric building glows from within, acting as a beacon of activity for all of the East River to see.
frame studies
frame structure studies
existing building
new structure wraps existing building defining new program inside and out
design takes cues from ancient craft of fabric boat building
site plan
view from land entry of site
view from water entry of site view in boat building workshop
view in primary circulation path
view from entry
patio/lookout point restaurant toilets kitchen
existing building (orange) boat wash boat storage offices change rooms community room boat construction tool storage primary entrances gear storage showers boat launch
VIEWMASTER 2005 - Bend, OR
vista concept drawing
This project is conceived as a telescopic instrument that may control, or give limits to the overwhelmingly expansive vista the site offers. This perched lot has 180° views of the Cascade Mountains (west) and high desert (east) as well as a romantic vantage point looking over the city in the valley below. In order to give boundaries to these perspectives, the house takes shape as two lenses. One (the public lens) focuses on the city below, and the other (private lens) building conceived as projects to one mountain range beyond. a viewing mechanism Each lens has an open loft layout so that the controlled vistas may be enjoyed to the unfolded plate diagram depths of the house. As one moves closer to the ‘perspective window,’ the 180° vista is slowly revealed. The two lenses are shifted in section as they respond to their respective vantage points, program stresses and site contours, and are acoustically and experientially separated by an atrium that holds the primary vertical circulation
unfolded plate diagram
section through living noodle (directed to city)
view from SE on site
section through atrium
section through private noodle (directed to mountain range)
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UPPER FLOOR 1. kitchen 2. living room 3. covered patio 4. dining room 5. sitting area 6. office 7. powder room 8. entry 9. master bedroom 10. covered patio 11. master bath 12. closet view of entry hall to private noodle
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LOWER FLOOR 13. garage 14. guest room 15. reading window 16. guest bath 17. utility 18. ramp up 19. au pere 20 au pere entrance
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view in atrium between both noodles
view at entry
study model
view from west
viewfrom north east