RACHELHIMES UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
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ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
2011-2015
RACHEL HIMES LEED AP BD+C thinker, innovator , designer Address: 1550 7th Street NW Apt 320 Washington D.C. 20001 717 659 7175 rnhimes23@gmail.com www.issuu.com/rachelhimes
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SCHOOL FOR EL PANTANAL
Architecture Design Portfolio
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37-42
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RE-IMAGINING REFUGE
AN URBAN WILD OFFICE
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INHABITABLE TERRAIN
CULTIVATING MORVEN
810 WEST MAIN STREET
SCHOOL FOR EL PANTANAL Primary school for client, GCEC Granada, Nicaragua Ye a r 3 / 4 | J a n 2 0 1 4 - M a y 2 0 1 5 Critic: Anselmo Canfora
Initiative reCOVER is a collaborative design/build project. reCOVER partnered with the Granada Christian Education Center to design a primary school and masterplan on a site south of Granada, Nicaragua. The overall scope of the project includes building educational facili ties for approximately 800 children in the community of El Pantanal.
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EL PANTANAL SCHOOL
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NICARAGUA
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THRESHOLD
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CLASSROOM
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CIRCULATION
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OPERABLE WALL
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VESTIBLE
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VEGETATION
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PLAY
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denotes entrance through a setback
oriented for optimized light + ventilation
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trellis walkways provide comfort
serves at storage + ventilation for room
covered gathering area for students
variety of trees + shrubs found in planters
secure areas of play for students
phase one plan | scale 1:200
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T.O. RING BEAM ELEV. = 3.0 m B.O. RING BEAM ELEV. = 2.8 m T.O. BRICK VENEER T.O. RETAINING WALL ELEV. = 0.4 m
longitudinal section | scale 1:150
GRADE T.O. SLAB ELEV. = 71.5 m
wall axon sketch
GRADE B.O. SLAB ELEV. = 70.25 m
T.O. RETAINING WALL ELEV. = 0.4 m B.O. RETAINING WALL ELEV. = -0.5 m
transverse section | scale 1:150
EL PANTANAL SCHOOL
exploded axon - materials
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NICARAGUA
CONCRETE
CLAY TILE
CANE
BRICK
floor $13.28 per m 2
roof $7.50 per m 2
screening $2.00 per m 2
walls $18.25 per m 2
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STEEL FRAME SQUARE U-BOLT W/ WASHERS & NUT CONNECTION CANE SCREENING DIAGONAL BRACING CANE SCREENING 0.20 X 0.20 RING BEAM, TYP. W/ STEEL CAGE W/ 3.5 CM COVER ON ALL SIDES
CMU BLOCK WALL
2 CM PLASTER FINISH
The school seeks to be as much off grid as possible, utiliz ing solar, passive ventilation from on-site wind, and water harvesting systems. The materials and labor are sourced locally. The project began construction in November 2014.
PROFILE OF REINFORCED CONCRETE COLUMN BEYOND CMU BLOCK STEM WALL CONCRETE SLAB OVER COMPACTED FILL, TYP
window detail
RUNNING BOND VENEER
TIES EVERY TWO CMU COURSES ALUMINUM FLASHING WEEP HOLES
section detail | scale 1:40
EL PANTANAL SCHOOL
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NICARAGUA
Collaboration with the Arup Cause for structural engineering gen erated on-site recommendations throughout construction, such as changes to brick-laying technique, proper structural detail ing of the steel reinforcement, and clarification of the design draw ings. These small, low-cost suggestions based upon profession al knowledge resulted in safer construction practices in the field.
site exploration
site excavation
classroom construction
entry facade
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interior perspective
entry door
interior wall + clerestory
BRIDGING THE URBANSCAPE Mixed use development on Main Street C h a r l o t t e s v i l l e , VA Ye a r 2 | S p r i n g 2 0 1 3 Critic: Betsy Roettger Collaboration with: Allie Iaccarino
Beginning in the 1730s, West Main Street emerged as a ma jor east-west route for the City of Charlottesville and developed as a cultural and business hub with the instillation of the Virginia Central Rail in the 1850s. 810 West Main Street will not only re vive West Main Street’s activity but also attract city residents and visitors to a thriving, mixed-use, transit-oriented community.
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RESIDENTIAL
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MAIN STREET
site evolution
ROOFSCAPE
COMMERCIAL
HOUSING
GREENWAY primary roads
CIRCULATIOM
water flows
The intervention draws from existing housing patterns, wa ter flows, as well as hierarchies of primary, secondary, and ter chiary roads. The activated greenway becomes an addition that at tracts pedestrians traveling along the main street to experience the rolling topography of surrounding the Blue Ridge Mountains.
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section perspective
RESIDENTIAL
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MAIN STREET
residential unit building plan scale 1:50
longitudinal section | scale 1:75
multi-unit plan scale 1:16
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duplex multi-unit plan scale 1:16
temporary living unit plan | day + night scale 1:16
unit axons
RESIDENTIAL
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MAIN STREET
Through the manipulation of Charlottesville’s sloping topography, a new hierarchy of ground is created. The ground becomes an active greenway that encourages spaces of privacy, community, and public retail services. Residential units are designed to serve both fami lies and the traveling salesman, to become a multi-functional hub. transverse section | scale 1:50
view into commercial courtyard
view towards pedestrian greenway
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transverse section | scale 1:50
SHADING PUBLIC SPACES commercial + adjacent exterior spaces are shaded from direct southern light exposure.
ACTIVATED GREENWAY East + west light create pockets of light across the greenway
elevation | scale 1:50
MULTI-UNIT FACADE Multi-unit building designed with facade screening to protect exterior circulation and individual units from southern sun. EXISTING CONDITIONS West Main Street buildings receive direct sunlight except for peak southern light hours
PUBLIC TRANSIT CENTER East, west, and south light provide direct light to the focal point of the transit center.
TEMPORARY UNIT Individual unit designed with flexible screening to protect interior from direct southern light.
CULTIVATING MORVEN Residential Cabins at Morven Farm Charlottesville, Virginia Ye a r 4 | F a l l 2 0 1 4 Critic: Peter Waldman
As part of the Piedmont, Morven becomes a boundary of the ridge, situated as a self-contained watershed. The historic site can be described ists as a rolling landscape, with the existing structures strategically placed at the peaks. A site strategy defines a new spine along a NE-SW ridge that becomes the prima ry mode of travel and inhabitation at a private and public scale. site section | scale 1:32
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MORVEN
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site plan | scale 1:1000
CHARLOTTESVILLE
SLIDING PANEL
TRELLIS
BOOKEND
flexible panel system for outdoor living
curved wireframe trellis as armature for plant growth
thickened wall as storage and mechanical
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longitudinal section | scale 1:20
MORVEN
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CHARLOTTESVILLE
Cabins use the living barn module and serve both scholars and world leaders offer an opportunity to reconnect with t h e e l e m e n t s : e a r t h , a i r, f i r e , w a t e r, a n d s p a c e t h r o u g h a k i t of sliding panels that encourages outdoor living. Constructed on the edge of the ridges, the cabins allow the poetic existing landscape and new structural landscape to become the grounds for contemplation and healing of every inhabitant.
first floor plan | scale 1:16
second floor plan | scale 1:16
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SITE SOURCED STONE
SITE RECLAIMED WOOD
DARKENED COPPER CLADDING
INHABITABLE TERRAIN Ivy Corridor as entrance to the University C h a r l o t t e s v i l l e , VA Ye a r 4 | Vo r t e x C o m p e t i t i o n Critic: Robin Dripps PUBLIC AWARD: Honorable Mention
Principally designed as an extension of Jefferson’s idea of a central academical village, the Inhabitable Terrain project aims both to devel op and enhance the relationship between the natural topography with the built environment. the proposal catalogues an array of alternatives for the integration of human and ecological systems through a topo graphical architecture.
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INHABITABLE TERRAIN
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VORTEX
program
circulation
vegetation
water system
site section
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THE URBAN WILD OFFICE Urban riverfront office space Ly n c h b u r g , VA Ye a r 2 | F a l l 2 0 1 2 Critic: Lucia Phinney
T h e r i v e r f r o n t o f Ly n c h b u r g c o n c e a l s a s u r p r i s i n g w e a l t h o f evocative pathways, vacant lots, and an urban landscape that is emphatically three-dimensional. This territory offers an opportunity for new emergent structures that provide framework for a new urban living experience. By utilizing the urban wild, a new office space reclaims the riverfront edge.
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URBAN WILD
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LYNCHBURG
JAMES RIVER
cryptoforestry
RIVERFRONT PARK
brids of prey
SITE
11th St. & Commerce
JAMES RIVER HERITAGE TRAIL amphibians + fish
LYNCHBURG EXPRESSWAY
songbirds
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+ THE CUBE
+ THE MASS
THE SPACE
URBAN WILD
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LYNCHBURG
south elevation
Created by cubes that begin to shift, break apart, and aggregate along the hillside, the office is part of a water irrigation system that feeds vegetative growth to allow the urban wild to take pres ence and define a new microclimate within the urban landscape.
interior conference room
upper deck view
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exterior courtyard
exposed stairwell
riverview conference rooms
water pipe system
water cistern
water irrigation pipes
bird’s eye view
RE-CENTERING DELHI Masterplan + Riverfront Promenade New Delhi, India Ye a r 3 | S p r i n g 2 0 1 4 C r i t i c s : I n a k i A l d a y, P a n k a j G u p t a , M a t t P i n y a n Collaboration with: studio
Originating from the Lower Himalayas, the Yamuna River is a vi tal resource for the urban center of New Delhi. The Yamuna sup plies the city of New Delhi with much of its drinking water, yet Delhi dumps so much toxic effluent into the river, that the water is rendered “dead.� By addressing critical issues of ecology, urban design, infrastructure, and social uses, a masterplan has been designed to re-center the city of Delhi back to the Yamuna.
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MASTERPLAN
India
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NEW DELHI
Delhi
New Delhi
EMISSIONS BY SECTOR
POWER PLANTS
ROAD DUST
WASTE BURNING
CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRIES
BRICK KILNS
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DOMESTIC | 12% DIESEL | 6% BRICK KILNS | 15% INDUSTRIES | 14%
SECTOR
ROAD DUST
CONSTRUCTION | 5% WASTE BURNING | 8% ROAD DUST | 6%
POWER PLANTS
POWER PLANTS
TRANSPORT | 17%
WASTE BURNING
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CONSTRUCTION
2000
INDUSTRIES
4000
BRICK KILNS
6000
DIESEL
8000
ROAD DUST
WASTE BURNING
10000
DOMESTIC
EMISSIONS BY SECTOR
12000
TRANSPORT
SECTOR
POWER PLANTS | 16%
12000 TRANSPORT | 17%
transport 17%
10000
DIESEL | 6% BRICK KILNS | 15%
ROAD DUST | 6%
WASTE BURNING | 8%
POWER PLANTS
WASTE BURNING
CONSTRUCTION | 5%
INDUSTRIES i n d u s t r i e|s14% 14%
POWER PLANTS | 16%
ROAD DUST
CONSTRUCTION c o n s t r u c t i o n| 5%5 % CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRIES
BRICK KILNS
DIESEL
ECOLOGIES
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INDUSTRIES | 14%
BRICK b r i c kKILNS k i l n| 15% 15%
WASTE w a s t eBURNING b u r n i n| 8% g 8% ROAD r o a dDUST d u s| t6%6 %
p o w e rPLANTS p l a n t| s16% 16% POWER
TRANSPORT | 17%
COMMUTE TIME DOMESTIC | 12% DIESEL | 6% BRICK KILNS | 15% INDUSTRIES | 14% CONSTRUCTION | 5% WASTE BURNING | 8% ROAD DUST | 6%
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INFRASTRUCTURE
POWER PLANTS | 16%
27% C A R 40% F O O T 33% M E T R O
SOCIOECONOMICS
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DOMESTIC
6000
2000
DOMESTIC | 12%
DIESEL d i e s e|l6%6 %
8000
4000
TRANSPORT | 17%
DOMESTIC d o m e s t i|c12% 12%
TRANSPORT
EMISSION OF PM2.5 (TONS/YEAR)
2000
CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRIES
EMISSION OF PM2.5 (TONS/YEAR)
BRICK KILNS
DIESEL
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4000
EMISSIONS BY SECTOR
DOMESTIC
2000
6000
SECTOR
6000 4000
8000
DIESEL
8000
10000
DOMESTIC
10000
12000
TRANSPORT
EMISSION OF PM2.5 (TONS/YEAR)
12000
TRANSPORT
EMISSION OF PM2.5 (TONS/YEAR)
EMISSIONS BY SECTOR
DIVISION OF LABOR
MINUTES
MASTERPLAN
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NEW DELHI
The new emergent systems give new life and celebration to the river through social, ritual, and resourceful means. Documentation and a red isovering of these systems provided opportunity for a design intervention at the scale of the building: a riverfront promenade. The space becomes a means of filtration for grey water and a public space for the people.
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RIVER PROMENADE AMPHITHEATER SMALL TEMPLE
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COMMUNITY MARKET COMMUNITY MARKET
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GHAT 2
SMALL RITUAL HUT PRIMARY TEMPLE
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OPEN SPILLWAY 4
ENTRY RAMP BUFFER ZONE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE
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GARDEN AQUEDUCT WATER POOL 7
spatial test: aqueduct
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spatial test: amphitheater
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