RICARDO PALACIO PRATT INSTITUTE GAUD PORTFOLIO
WASTE-TO-ENERGY
THRESHOLD
HIGH RISE
INTERIORIT-IES
AQUACULTURE
WASTE-TO-ENERGY DESIGN STUDIO IV PROFESSOR JONAS COERSMEIER LOCATION: BROOKLYN NAVY YARDS STUDIO PARTNER: SUNGHWAN UM PROJECT SELECTED FOR: - CRITIC AT LARGE W/MACK SCOGIN & MERRILL ELAM - PRATT EARTH WEEK W/BJARKE INGELS GROUP
New York generates 14 million tons of garbage per year or 12,000 tons per day. Most of it goes to landfills out of state. A 2009 study shows that burning waste is greener than landfills and generates more energy. Localizing waste management reduces pollution and cost from regional transportation networks, as exemplified by WTE facilities in Long Island that serve local jurisdictions. Layering public programs, museum of the anthropocene and Ferry Terminal, into infrastructural programs such as the Waste to Energy and MRF increased public awareness of environmental issues. It creates a public amenity and anticipates the increased densification of the city, where scarcity of ground-level space will prompt public spaces to continue to stratify and inspire the user to make a change in their daily routines. This design strategy has started to develop in downtown Tokyo where a combined WTE and recreation center has managed to clean 99% of facility emissions. VECTOR ROOF STRUCTURE INCINERATOR MUSEUM HUB
FERRY TERMINAL MUSEUM CIRCULATION WASTE COLLECTION
ELEVATION CHUNK-MODEL
TEXTURE MAPPING
INCINERATOR
MUSEUM/PUBLIC CIRCULATION
MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY
GARBAGE TRUCK CIRCULATION SOLID BASE STRUCTURE
FERRY ROUTE
FOUNDATION/STRUCTURE
OPEN VECTORIZE NETWORK
MRF BARGE ROUTE
RELEASE ODOR/COOLING
FERRY MUSEUM ENTRANCE COMMON COLLECTING MRF SORTING MRF BARGE-OUT
EAST RIVER
CIRCULATION DIAGRAM
INCINERATION MRF PUBLIC CIRCULATION FERRY ROUTE
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GROUND FLOOR PLAN
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OVERHANG
MRF FACILITY
VECTORIZE ROOF SYSTEM STRUCTURAL REBARS
REINFORCED CONCRETE
MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT
INSULATION
FACADE DETAILS
BUILDING ZONES
DETAIL SECTION
INCINERATOR & MUSEUM
ALUM. SCREEN
LIGHT FINISH CONC.
INTERIOR VIEW
INCINERATOR - MRF
BUILDING SECTION
INCINERATOR L/R MRF
THRESHOLD MEDIUMS I PROFESSOR ROBERT CERVELLIONE LOCATION: BROOKLYN, NY
THRESHOLD-OBJECT-SPACE SPATIAL EXPLORATIONS Introducing contemporary mediums, methods, and theories of how digital tools impact basic concepts of architectural representation and experience. This course emphasizes the integrated use of drawing and modeling as a symbolic aspect of architectural communication. The design strategy started by taking photographs of doors in Brooklyn, NY. Then those doors were explored using different architectural techniques to create a new hybridized threshold. After different studies from existing doors around Brooklyn, I came up with an abstract composition. The first study started with a collage that merged existing doors to create a new composite threshold. The merging formulated a geometric volume that was further explored and study for imaginary architectural spaces. Once the collage transformed into solid spaces, it was then 3D printed to explore new qualities. You can identify many circulation strategies taken into consideration to create fluid circulation from side to side and up to down. Without losing each door’s main characteristics, I modified them to bring new architectural spaces to bring the community together in transitional and public spaces. The different types of textures are defining the spatial composition and purposes.
THRESHOLD COLLAGE
THRESHOLD VARIATION
COLLAGE/3D MODEL MAPPING
3D COLLAGE MODEL
RESIDENTIAL HIGH RISE DESIGN STUDIO III PROFESSOR SULAN KOLATAN LOCATION: DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN PROJECT SELECTED FOR CRITIC AT LARGE W/THOM MAYNE
Cultural production has entered a stage in which digital material can be used at will, thus making canonical architectural work accessible beyond mere quotation by turning it into hackable material for new work. The studio takes Mies Van Der Rohe’s Barcelona Pavilion as a database to be hacked and extended into a residential high rise in Downtown Brooklyn. I worked with three interrelated terms: Remix, Picturesque, and Fractal. Remix – The studio uses reflexive remix mode – a term that describes the creative reinterpretation of single-source material, often with a significant departure from the original. Picturesque - The studio takes Caroline Constant’s surprising association of the Barcelona Pavilion with the term picturesque as inspiration to dial-up the picturesque and consider its usefulness as an esthetic category in present-day urbanism. Fractal – The source material is extended and remixed through various fractal algorithms to create the new project.
14 WILLOUGHBY ST BROOKLYN POINT SUBWAY STATION GROUND TOPSOIL GROUND SUBSOIL WEATHERED ROCK FRAGMENTS BEDROCK
SITE MODEL + MASSING MODEL
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EGRESS STAIRS
SINGLE FLOOR UNIT TWO FLOOR UNITS
WALL THICKNESS STRUCTURE/HVAC
CURTAIN WALL
ELEVATION
MAIN CORE/CIRCULATION
C-A CHUNK MODEL
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1120'-0" T.O. ROOF
1080'-0" T.O. SLAB
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friction fit return in precasst joint
drip storefront connection
high density formed mineral wool
960'-0" T.O. SLAB
batt insulation wb membrane
vapor barrier at back side of gwb.
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marble texture print 840'-0" T.O. SLAB
removable closure
720'-0" T.O. SLAB
600'-0" T.O. SLAB
CURTAIN WALL/BALCONY
DETAIL B
480'-0" T.O. SLAB
TEMPERED GLASS
TEXTURE SCREEN
360'-0" T.O. SLAB
FLASHING SEALANT
INSULATION
CONCRETE FOOTING 240'-0" T.O. SLAB
FINISH CORNER GYP BOARD PRE-CAST CONCRETE
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DETAIL C 0'-0" T.O. SLAB
-42'-0" SEA LEVEL
INTERIORIT-IES MEDIUMS II PROFESSOR BEN MARTINSON LOCATION: HIGGINGS HALL, PRATT INSTITUTE
CIRCULATION-SPACE-TRANSCENDENT SPATIAL EXPLORATION This course introduces contemporary mediums, methods, and theories of how digital tools impact basic concepts of architectural representation and experience. This course introduces advanced techniques of architectural modeling, drawing, and visual communication. The focus of the course emphasizes multimedia methods of modeling and drawing. Topics include the introduction of composite modeling, fabrication, assembly, composite visualization, developing Building Information Models (BIM), and methods of scripting within various modeling environments. From BIM, the studies transfer to Rhino + Grasshopper. With inspiration taken from the architecture building at Pratt Institute, we got our first circulation diagrams. I was using different variations of textures and colors our idea for a circulation drawing start to develop. The idea of adding the ground dripping from architectural elements was to represent student’s creativity. You can also observe different details like sections and floor plans going through the overall composition to define a specific space and give a sense of scale. When cutting the ground, I was inspired to create a new imaginary environment that is a safe space for students. Some of these drawings tell a story that can only be explained in an unknown dimension.
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CIRCULATION PERSPECTIVE DIAGRAM
AQUACULTURE DESIGN STUDIO V PROFESSOR ALEXANDRA BARKER LOCATION: SUNSET PARK, BROOKLYN PROJECT SELECTED FOR CRITIC AT LARGE W/NEIL DENARI NOMINATED FOR PRATT SoA SOCIAL JUSTICE AWARD
Located in Sunset Park, the Brooklyn Army Terminal has currently started a series of projects for public use, including a terminal for the NYC ferry. The once referred to as the Boiler House is one of the buildings of the army terminal complex. The building is currently decaying and has no significant purpose in such a prominent site. The additions and alterations concept proposes to use the Boiler House as a base to create a project that will include the community perspective. UPROSE is an organization managed by Sunset Park’s residence that allows and creates engagement in community-based decisions. Driven by their expectations for the future of Sunset Park, the idea of creating an urban market that will offer goods produced by the community is a strategy that can stimulate public activity and network. DESIGN STRATEGY Inspired by artwork installations, architectural drawings, and aerial photography, I created multiple drawings used as anamorphic projections to drive design decisions in the existing Boiler House. CUBE STUDIES LINE-DRAWING PROJECTION TOWARDS A SOLID CUBE DIRECT BY ONE POINT PERSPECTIVE TO CREATE INSIPIRATION FOR DESIGN STRATEGIES.
TEXTURE MAPPING INSPIRED BY THE TEXTURE EFFECTS FROM THE PRECEDENT ARTWORKS. APPLIED SPECIFICALLY TO THE NEW ITERATIONS OF THE CUBE.
VOID
DIAGONAL ORIENTATION
REPETITION
ANAMORPHIC PROJECTIONS STUDIES
NEST
ALIGN
SLIDE
OBJECTIVE The design strategy focused on an anamorphic projection to implement additions and alterations in the Boiler House. The projection played an essential role in the modifications of the existing infrastructure. It allowed the main components of the Boiler House structure to remain as cores that hold the new alterations in the building. Carefully arrange the new alterations to bring the programs together and create spaces dedicated for public use. DESIGN PROCESS I merged a series of art inspirations such as architectural drawings (Louis Kahn Casabella), art installations (Ai Weiwei Insolation), and aerial photography (Anthropocene) to create the anamorphic projection. The relationship between these art inspirations is the effect that it has brought to society. Then applied the projection to multiple cubes to identify the effects/qualities that will help solve future design decisions. After various studies, the projection is acute since diagonal circulation is a crucial aspect of introducing spaces for human and non-human occupants. The non-human areas are dedicated to aquaponics activity, and the human spaces are designed for the locals in Sunset Park. EFFECTS/QUALITIES: Repetition
Align
Void
Slide
Nest
After identifying the effects and modifying them accordingly, I applied the projection into the Boiler House to see the results. A series of modifications and arrangements were necessary to blend the existing architectural details with the projection. The idea was to recycle the most prominent components of the BH and apply alterations to revive formal expression. The areas that lacked detail are the perfect opportunity to carve and open the space to the public. INTERIOR A diagonal circulation drove the interior spaces to direct the public to the urban market and learn about the importance of aquaponics. Creating awareness and will engage with educational guidance to reproduce this farming technique. The urban market was arranged according to the users’ accessibility, allowing them to move and interact as they please.
Sunset Park is known as one of New York’s most heterogeneous neighborhoods. Scandinavian vestiges meet Puerto Rican social clubs and entire blocks of Dim Sum restaurants. They are hosting New York’s biggest Chinatown. Manufacturing and design are up-coming, with Industry City taking a significant impact socially and economically and transportation and sustainable light industrial area. The design intent is mainly focusing on the social and economic issue that is currently affecting the locals. The integration of a social market will allow Sunset Park residents to network and stimulate their economic growth, to activate the shoreline with local business and public events. The integration of green energy and aquaculture will spread environmental awareness in the community. These two programs are situated specifically around the social market to create continuous interaction between the user and the program. PROGRAMS Algae Cultivation: A large number of algae cultivation is at the top of the building for better exposure to natural light. To produce large quantities of algae, I am using Photobioreactiost; they require sunlight exposure and LED lighting. The cultivated algae are for food production, fertilizer, bioplastics, chemical feedstock, pharmaceuticals, and algae fuel. Urban Market: The social market will allow residents of Sunset Park to advertise and sell their products, to activate the shoreline with local businesses and events. To enable the locals to network and stimulate their economic growth. Oyster Farming: Underground: Divided into “ponds” that each has a specific treatment to cultivate oysters. After the oyster’s first cultivation process, they will l be stored in cages and placed along the existing pier.
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