Reece W Tucker | Work Samples 10.16.2014

Reece Whitfield Tucker COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, GSAPP | 2014 Master of Architecture With Honors for Excellence in Building Technologies VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY | Magna cum Laude | 2009 B.A. Interdisciplinary: Studio Art + Technical Theater Selected Works

1

Ocellaris Isles Master Plan fueling new ecologies + recycling the urban construct

2

Maximum Surface Area urban porosity in East Harlem housing

3

Waterfall identity through facade

4

Vantage Point how to engage with the built environment

5

Bronx Crystal Factory manufacturing processes + experiences

6

Therme Leo futures of health + tourism

7

BOOM! the rack parameters of a typical object

8

Snapshot immediacy of the human figure

REECEWTUCKER@GMAIL.COM New York, New York http://issuu.com/reecetucker | Graduate Work www.reecewtucker.com | Undergraduate Work

Ocellaris Isles Master Plan An Urban Ecology for 1 Million Baku, Azerbaijan | Caspian Sea Fall 2013 | 3 Months Critics | Markus Dochantschi By consuming the polluted land and solid waste from Baku and the greater Caspian, the Ocellaris Isles generate a mutualistic relationship with Baku and the greater region through the filamentous exchange of waste for clean land and energy.

The goal of Ocellaris is not only to establish a new urban network based upon an efficient methodology of waste management of misplaced resources (i.e. trash, polluted materials, etc.) but also to instill in both the native Azeri and those in the greater Caspian region a new culture of wasting-not.

Leveraging even its own built environment as fuel for this new ecology, the resultant city as a cluster of islands might generate a new self-recycling metropolis, offering itself as a new role model for transforming one of the most oil rich and polluted countries in the world into a sustainable model of investment for the future.

Collaborative Project Project Responsibilities included research, concept, model, drawings, & render development using Rhino, VRay, 3DS Max, Adobe CS6, & Excel Reece W Tucker | Ocellaris Isles

Reece W Tucker | Ocellaris Isles

MSA East Harlem Mixed-Use Housing E. 131 St. & Park Ave, New York Fall 2012 | 3 Months Critics | Scott Duncan By maximizing the building’s surface area (MSA), the potentials for both public/private and building/ environment interaction are substantially increased. Per a predetermined formal paradigm, the project explores the theme of porosity in the future of urban dwelling.

As an existing formal model, the Menger Sponge exhibited the extreme condition of maximum surface area and zero volume. This suggested that the living condition, day lighting, and ventilation might leverage this hyper exposed condition to achieve the increased modes of interaction.

We pursued this sponge like quality by narrowing the volumes and increasing the exposed surfaces to maximize the surface area, creating benefits and opportunities. This strategy created an exterior wall ratio of 3.66 and a floor plan efficiency ranging from 80 to 90% for the residential component of the mixed use project.

Collaborative Project Project Responsibilities included research, concept, physical + digital models, unit modules + diagrams, & render development using Rhino, 3DS Max, Adobe CS6, Laser Cutter Reece W Tucker | MSA

DESIGN PARTI Formal Paradigm

Stacking

Push + Pull

Shearing

Typical Unit Module

2 BR Unit: Upper Level

THE HOUSING STUDIO_MAXIMUM SURFACE AREA

JOHN KIM + REECE TUCKER

> NATURAL + CROSS VENTILATION

Perimeter Max Rotation Offset Use of Lot Line Max Solar Gain Maximizing Exterior Wall Ratio Unit Module Comparison Type A Type B Type C

Individual Aggregate Increase

6188 17220 --------

7924 17473 1.47

11158 37890 118.87

Raking for Max Views

Module Type 2

Aggregation Type A

Exposure Area Increase

Lower Level

Unit Aggregation

Type B

130749

706887

---------

445.5%

Module Type 1

UNIT TYPOLOGIES Within the module, the 300 sqf micro unit became the mode by which the surrounding communal terrace band could shift inwards and merge with the single loaded corridor. The consequence is a network of semi-covered garden terraces.

2 BR Unit: Section Module Type 2 x 50 Micro | Studio | 1 BR | Micro Module Type 1 x 25 2 BR | Studio | 1 BR | Micro

Building Elevations

Building Elevations

ELEVATIONS: Public + Private Site Attunement

Train

Building Elevations

Park Ave.

E 131st St.

Park Ave. + HRD

Highway

Highway

Harlem River Dr.

Train Bridge

SOUTH FACING LOCAL COMMUNITY GARDEN Reece W Tucker | MSA

Waterfall Curtain Wall Facade | Seattle, WA Spring 2014 | 3 Months Critics | Robert Heintges Inspiration | Pat Steir The Waterfall Wall operates in its Seattle context as both a hydrophobic and hydrophilic façade system whereby its external shading panels funnel rainwater away from vertical portions of the facade toward water catchment basins by way of canted portions of the curtain wall.

The external panels double as a sun shading system and to funnel rainwater for better drainage control and gray water use.

Conceptually, functionally, and aesthetically, the patinaed copper panels become the accent to the base, undulating frit pattern embedded within the façade glazing.

The fritted glazing, then, aims to reinforce the sun shading, privacy, and aesthetic layering of the façade as a whole.

2"

DT 6.2

4'-10 1/2"

1 2"

DT 6.2

4'-10 1/2"

15'-0 1/8" 15'-0 3/4"

15'-0 1/8" 15'-0 3/4"

Each Extruded Aluminum Mullion to be Twisted within a range of 0"-2" from floor to floor to meet the next in sequence

4'-1 3/4"

Each Extruded Aluminum Mullion to be Twisted within a range of 0"-2" from floor to floor to meet the next in sequence

4'-1 3/4"

2

In summary, key components of the system are the roof gutter feeding water to canted portions of the façade, the external patina copper panels, the fritted glazing, and the drainage basins at ground level.

1. Pat Steir, “Curtain Waterfall,” 1991 2. Typical IGU Assembly 3. Typical Bay Assembly DT 6.1

Individual Project Tools used: Rhino, VRay, Adobe CS6 Reece W Tucker | Waterfall

DT 6.1

3

Primary Vertical Mullion Intermediate Vertical Mullion Primary Horizontal Mullion Primary Vertical Mullion Intermediate Vertical Mullion Primary Horizontal Mullion

3rd Fl.

3rd Fl.

Patinaed Copper Shading & Drainage Panels IGU w/ Black Ceramic Frit Pattern (See Elevation)

15'-0"

Patinaed Copper Shading & Drainage Panels IGU w/ Black Ceramic Frit Pattern (See Elevation)

15'-0"

2nd Fl.

2nd Fl.

DT 3.1

DT 3.1

TYPICAL BAY ELEVATION

DT 3.2

DT 3.2

TYPICAL BAY SECTION B-B A 3.1a

B 3.2a

CONCEPT ARTICULATION

6'-6 5/8"

DT 1.2b

1'-10 3/4"

DT 1.3

DT 1.2a

1'-4 7/8"

1'-1 1/2" 9 3/8" 1'-10"

3'-8 1/4"

B 3.2a

3'-8"

4'-11"

2'-8 1/2"

14'-4 5/8"

3'-11 3/8"

A 3.1a

4'-10 7/8"

4'-10 7/8"

14'-4 5/8"

3'-8 1/8"

3'-8"

The cohesive + adhesive nature of water (or the liquid paint in the case of the painting) as it cascades down a surface like in Pat Steir’s “Curtain Waterfall” was a key concept derived from the painting. Consequently, each typical bay cants back at a 5o angle so as not to become a skylight.

Rather than rely on the natural shedding of water across a vertical surface (which would not shed horizontally to the same magnitude envisioned by the design), it proactively funnels water from the roof, down the facade, and into drainage basins at ground level.

TYPICAL BAY PLAN Scale: 1/8” = 1’-0”

Reece W Tucker | Waterfall

DT 2.1b

Dwg 3.2b

DT 4.2

SECTION B-B

ELEVATION

Scale: 1/16” = 1’-0”

Dwg 1.1b

28'-8 3/4"

PLAN FLOOR 2 Reece W Tucker | Waterfall

28'-8 3/4"

28'-8 3/4"

28'-8 3/4"

28'-8 3/4"

28'-8 3/4"

28'-8 3/4"

DT 2.6

4" 1 7/8"

0 1/4"

1 7/8"

4" 4" 1 7/8"

0 1/4"

1 7/8"

20 Gauge Rolled Patinaed Copper Sheet Red Rosin Membrane 3/4" Plywood Steel Z-Clip

0 3/8"

9 1/4"

8"

DT 2.5

9 1/8"

Extruded Aluminum 9 1/8" Panel Connector Backer Rod & Gasket to Seal Mullions @ Panel Connection **Ref DT 1.4b for Typical MullionPanel Assembly

Structural Sealant Bubble Gaskets Backer Rod Thermal Break

Rigid Insulation

3 1/2"

Extruded Aluminum Gutter & Assembly Vapor Barrier + Water Proofing Stainless Steel Flashing Adjustable Gutter Plate

DT 1.2a 1"

DT 1.2b

Typ Mullion Plan Details Scale: 1-1/2” = 1’-0” 8 1/2"

Hinged Mullion Cap

2" 5 1/8"

DT 1.3

Typ Panel Connection

1 1/2"

Structural Sealant Bubble Gaskets Backer Rod Thermal Break

Typ Intermediate

DT 1.2a 1"

8 1/2"

1 1/2"

Hinged Mullion Cap

Gasket 2" 5 1/8"

Gasket

TYP PARAPET DETAIL 8 3/4"

DT 1.4b

4"

DT 1.1a DT 1.1a

Typ Mullion Stack Joint

External Patinaed Copper Panel Panel Connector Locked into Horizontal Mullion 4" Topping Slab

DT 1.4a

2" Topping Slab 1" Radiant Floor System 1" Insulation 8" R.C. Slab

Fire Safing Insulation + Smoke Seal

Embedded Halfen Channel & Anchor Assembly 1/8" Aluminum Back Panel 1/16" Galvanized Steel Air Seal Backpan Shadow box Vent Hole Extruded Aluminum Support Mullion for Shadow Box

Motorized Shades Drop Ceiling Gasket Spacer

TYP SPANDREL DETAIL

TYP FOUNDATION DETAIL Scale: 3/4” = 1’-0”

Reece W Tucker | Waterfall

DT 1.2b

Vantage Point Surface Screen & Structure 610 Broadway & Houston, NY Fall 2013 | 3 Months Critics | Joe Vidich Designed for the Adidas Flagship store in New York, Vantage Point is a perspectivally-based facade system fabricated from 22 gauge stainless steel. Distinct site perspectives drive the subtle shifting of the panel field conditions to create varying gradients of transparency relative to pedestrians’ ground level position. The vantage points rely upon pedestrian participation and engagement rather than glancing interaction. Unilateral and bilateral experiences result between building-passersby, building-users, and passersby-user depending upon the time of day.

The resultant field condition maintains a homogeneous visual connection with the viewer through the heterogeneous physicality of the panels despite their minimal design. Each tetrahedral panel is comprised of a perforation creating the aperture, juxtaposed with two opaque sides creating a light scoop and shading device and increasing light and visibility to the interior.

Collaborative Project Project Responsibilities included research, concept, digital model development, & physical model using Rhino, Adobe CS6, & Wood Shop Reece W Tucker | Vantage Point

TYPICAL BAY Each tetrahedral panel aggregates with its neighbor through vertically tensioned anchor assemblies and laterally riveted panel to panel connections.

2-1/2” 2’-8” Spandrel Detail 2’-6” O.C.

ELEVATION

SECTION PERSPECTIVE Reece W Tucker | Vantage Point

VANTAGE POINTS Each vantage point corresponds to an aggregated section of the facade.

Driven from a grasshopper script, these points maintain a perpendicular with every panel in the corresponding panel aggregation. Each resulting panel maintains tangents between the facade and 3/4 points.

From each vantage point, multiple sections are visible, yet their physical and visual appearance varies greatly. Intrinsic difference characterizes both the pedestrian interaction as well as the aggregated dynamic of Adidas.

Reece W Tucker | Vantage Point

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Site Plan

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WEST ELEVATION: Broadway

SOUTH ELEVATION: Houston St.

Reece W Tucker | Vantage Point

The Bronx Crystal Factory Jewelry Manufacturing Bronx, New York Spring 2013 | 3 Months Critics | Kevin Lichten As a mixed light industrial-commercial facility serving the production, packaging, and sale of distinct crystal and jewelry, the Bronx Crystal Factory specified the weaving of programmatic requirements with building systems and form.

Conducive to crystal production, handling, and packaging was an open, column-free floor plan enabled by a perimeter diagrid skeletal structural system encapsulated by the facade. The patterned regularity of the triangular diagrid echoes the faceted nature of cut stones and is complimented by the structurally sealed, fritted, triangular IGUs and paneling.

The top floor gallery invites patrons to survey various aspects of the gem cutting process at each level of the workshop during their ascent to the gallery via glass-walled elevators.

An open plan provides an unparalleled level of visibility and offers an experiential approach to patrons.

FAI + 130’-5” TOP OF FINISHED 8TH FLR

AHU

AHU

+ 115’-11” TOP OF FINISHED 7TH FLR MEZZANINE

+ 101’-5” TOP OF FINISHED 7TH FLR

+ 86’-11” TOP OF FINISHED 6TH FLR

DT Truss + 72’-5” TOP OF FINISHED 5TH FLR

+ 57’-11” TOP OF FINISHED 4TH FLR

+ 43’-5” TOP OF FINISHED 3RD FLR

+ 29’-0” TOP OF FINISHED 2ND FLR

+ 0’-0” TOP OF FINISHED 1ST FLR

CORE SECTION A-A Scale: 1/64” = 1’-0”

Collaborative Project Project Responsibilities included research, concept, digital model, & MEP & structural drawing development using Rhino & Adobe CS6 Reece W Tucker | Bronx Crystals

Chilled Water Supply

Hot Water Supply

Chilled Water Return Steam Return

Hot Water Return Supply Air

Steam Supply Exhaust Station

Return Air Sprinkler Head @ 15’ O.C.

Deluge Perimeter Sprinkler @ 6’ O.C.

R2’-0”

8’-4” TYP.

Radiant System Concrete Top. Radiant Insul.

1/2” Rebar

1” 1”

2”

Truss Width 4’-0” Typ.

8”

R.C. Slab

R4’-0”

Truss Depth 3’-6” Typ.

R4’-0”

Air Supply Duct 14” Dia. Space Truss System Sprinklers @ 15’-0” O.C.

R2

’-0

”

Refer to Elevation for Dimension

Refer to Elevation for Dimension

Truss Panel 8’-0” Typ.

Thorn Europhane Linear Suspended Up + Down Fluorescent Light Fixture

TRUSS CROSS SECTION

TRUSS LONGITUDINAL SECTION Reece W Tucker | Bronx Crystals

Area Sprinkler Branch Duct @ 10” Diam.

Primary Duct @ 14”Diam.

Return Air Fluorescent Lights Radiant Manifold Hotwater Return Hot Water Supply Hot Water Return Chilled Water Return Chilled Water Supply 2” Topping Slab 5/8” Radiant Pipe 1” Insulation 8” R.C. Slab

Central Plant

20’-0”

20’-0”

20’-0”

20’-0”

20’-0”

20’-0”

283’-0” 20’-0”

20’-0”

20’-0”

20’-0”

20’-0”

20’-0”

20’-0”

Sprinkler Supply Deluge Supply

17’-6”

10’-3”

11’-6”

Heat Exchangers

73’-0” 17’-6”

Radiant Manifolds

10’-3”

17’-6”

Pumps

FIRST FLOOR PLAN: PLUMBING SERVICES INTAKE + RETURN Reece W Tucker | Bronx Crystals

Radiant Manifolds

11’-6”

20’-0”

20’-0”

20’-0”

20’-0”

20’-0”

20’-0”

283’-0” 20’-0”

20’-0”

20’-0”

20’-0”

20’-0”

20’-0”

20’-0”

11’-6”

73’-0” 17’-6”

17’-6”

10’-3”

11’-6”

17’-6”

Radiant Manifold Typ. East Zone 1

10’-3”

Typ. East Zone 2 5/8” Radiant Piping @ 1’-6” O.C. Typ. South Zone 3

Typ. South Zone 2

Typ. South Zone 1

TYPICAL RADIANT FLOOR PLAN

20’-0”

20’-0”

20’-0”

20’-0”

20’-0”

20’-0”

283’-0” 20’-0”

20’-0”

20’-0”

20’-0”

D6

20’-0”

20’-0”

20’-0”

11’-6”

Branch Duct @ 10” Diam.

Primary Duct @ 14” Diam.

East/West Primary Duct @ 12” Diam.

10’-3”

17’-6”

73’-0” 17’-6”

17’-6”

10’-3”

11’-6”

Area Sprinkler Deluge Sprinkler

RCP: TYPICAL VENTILATION + FIRE SUPPRESSION Reece W Tucker | Bronx Crystals

Therme LEO Health Station | Low Earth Orbit Spring 2013 | 3 Months Critics | Michael Morris, Kelsey Lentz, & Christina Ciardullo As an orbiting thermal bath, Therme Leo leverages the orbital period of low earth orbit (LEO) on thermal expansion and contraction to create varying modes of balneotherapy, or thermal bathing. Medically the station addresses terrestrially based joint and skin ailments as well as the psychological challenges of LEO. The station explores the idea of a health spa in microgravity and how the ecology of an external bimetal musculature and a flexing endoskeleton connects the onboard biorhythms with the georhythms of its context.

Re-imagining the atmospheric environments from terrestrial processes in the context of space, it reinterprets ideas of light and shadow, thermal gain and rejection, & shading and exposure. The interior may illuminate while the exterior the shades and secludes. All the while it remains opportunistic for thermal gain to breath and shade to capitalize on views unpolluted by the sun’s direct illumination. Like the blinking of an eye, LEO is both heliophilic and heliophobic.

Individual Project Tools used: Rhino, VRay, Adobe CS6, & 3D ABS Plastic Printing Reece W Tucker | Therme LEO

Mesh Aggregation

Rest

Flexure

Clense

Communal Space

Sec. B-B

Rest

Semi-public

A-A, View

A

A

Capillary Bed

Aggregated Units

Rest

Expansion | 0o

45o

90o

135o

180o

225o

270o

315o

360o

Rest

Repeat

B

C

SD-6

D

SD-2

SD-3

SD-4

C

B

SD-5

D

SECTION A-A A

A

SD2 SD-2 SD-2

| Wardrobe + Bathrooms C

Sun Pool

Focal Point

C SD-3

A

SECTION B-B

SD3 | Moisture Bath + Cold Plunge + Viewing Alcove + Resting

A

6 20

50

SD4 | Moisture Bath + Hot Plunge

SECTION C-C Reece W Tucker | Therme LEO

BOOM! the rack Parametric Rapid Prototype Columbia University, NY Spring 2014 | 6 Weeks Critics | Mark Bearak BOOM! the rack is a rapid prototyping experiment aimed at testing parametric external and internal geometries in tandem with material tolerances. Parametric prototyping of tolerances was indicative of an iterative design process of the negative mold using phase 1 positives.

Resulting phase two positives following refinement of the negative molds promoted material testing to achieve desired precision and accuracy through both production and reproduction of the positives.

Modularity of the BOOMs ensured multiple configurations depending upon their users’ intent. Each BOOM measures 23” x 7.5” x 3.5” and contains three perforations of 3 1/4”, 2 1/2”, and 1 3/4” diameters.

While some were envisioned for a wine bottle, olive oil, and spices, others were more office or miscellaneously oriented. Final use of each boom, however, is the user’s choice.

Collaborative Project Project Responsibilities included research, concept, digital model development, & fabrication using Rhino, Adobe CS6, RhinoCAM, CNC Milling, casting, woodworking, & polishing/sanding Reece W Tucker | Boom!

Reece W Tucker | Boom!

Snapshot Figure Studies | Nashville, TN 2005-2009 | Undergraduate Critics | Michael Aurbach

+ Ron Porter The following studies explore a variety of strategies by which the human body, its components, structure, circulatory system, and facade create a composition not only of the human and the space, but also of body and space, parts and whole, and mood and atmosphere.

Created for the Margaret Stonewall Wooldridge Hamblet Competition, a segment of the Vanderbilt University Senior Art Show, Baroque Migraine (wood), Monsters and Muses (steel), Flayed Spirit (Plexiglas) composed the mixed media sculpture installation, Snapshot.

Exploring the ephemeral nature of movement and drawing inspiration from Lebbus Woods’ architecture “earthquake” drawings and Robert Longo’s figure studies, the three figures are instilled with a sense of instability in spite of their obvious stability. 40 lbs of free weights enable Baroque Migraine’s cantilever.

Individual Project Tools/Methods Used: Wood + Plexiglas: Woodworking via chop & band saws, drill press, sanding Steel: Map gas blow torch brazing & bending, welding Reece W Tucker | Snapshot

(Above Top) Baroque Migraine: Detail of hands and head;

3/4” plywood, 1” plumbing pipe, wooden dowels, 2x4, aluminum rod (Above) Flayed Spirit: Detail of hands and torso

1/8” Plexiglas, 1” plumbing pipe, Plexiglas dowels, aluminum rod (Right) Monsters & Muses: Detail of suspended bodies

Welded & brazed 1/2” rebar, aluminum rod, bailing wire, 1/4” steel Reece W Tucker | Snapshot

Reece Whitfield Tucker reecewtucker@gmail.com New York, New York http://issuu.com/reecetucker | Graduate Work www.reecewtucker.com | Undergraduate Work

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