THIRD YEAR
PORTFOLIO
RILEY SYJUCO architectural science 2013
THIRD YEAR
FALL TERM
WINTER TERM
RILEY SYJUCO
riley.syjuco@gmail.com Bachelor of Architectural Science BCIT 2010 - 214
GRANVILLE ISLAND introductory excercises The purpose of the Granville Island excercises was to create a solid foundation for architectural design through practicing sketching, photographing and experencing the site. Granville Island was split up into 8 groups, where each group was assigned a portion of the island - often following a single street. My group was assigned Johnson Street. Our anaylsis brought us to the conclusion that our street was the busiest and most energetic of all the sites. This was due to the prescence of the Public Market, the Theatre, and one of the core restaurants. We expressed our site through 3D modeled elevations, a traffic flow diagram as well as my various sketches
SKETCH & PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION
This is a collection of my best sketches and photographs during my time on Granville Island. I tried to represent the assigned site through elevations, collages and quick sketches. These excercises helped build a solid foundation in sketching that is much needed during the design process.
GAVIN’S SHELTER granville island Gavin’s Shelter project is a small intervention on Granville, somewhere on your assigned site, to accomodate one mid-twenties male. The premise of the project is to create a compact, multi-functional shelter for a young man to live in. The young man is to be an artistically inclined individual, who came upon Granville Island on a kayak. The focus of the project is to be upon the compactness of the shelter, responding to the site, as well as our first exploration into design.
first floor
second floor
roof plan
My design curiosity lead me into the exploration of a multi-functional stairway. The design of my shelter revolved around this functional staircase, where Gavin actually reads, sleeps, and interacts with the staircase throughout the day.
model photos FIRST MODEL
SECOND MODEL
LIGHT STUDIES
GAVIN’S RAVINE DWELLING fall term project The Dwelling project is about taking a home and placing it in a rural setting. We were given two options, one was Steveston coastal area and Byrne Creek. The site I chose was Byrne Creek, the natural forest setting and the light rays showing through the foliage inspired me.
site overview
My chosen part of the site involved a big ravine, where on both sides was a path down to the creek. The north side was connected to a park, where many people would walk down to the creek. The south side had a less built path, but people could still walk down to the creek.
site approach
inspiration BRIDGE HOUSE by Max Pritchard Architects was
my initial design precedence study. The house bridges across a creek like my site, and does so in a linear fashion. There is one corridor along the plan that connects all the spaces and therefore reduces the footprint.
STUTTGARD AIRPORT was one of my later in-
spirations for the column design in my dwelling. The natural shape of the column mimics a tree form and adds to the blending of my dwelling into a rural setting.
parti
site section
My parti plays with the idea of using the bridge as a seperator between Public, Semi-Public, and Private areas. Similarly, the plan also seperates the Semi-Public and Private areas by a common area.
floor plans The bridge connects two sides of the ravine. The bridge functions as a pedestrian bridge for the public as well as a containing component for the dwelling.
elevations
light sections
wall section
structure With my project spanning across a great distance, and over a creek the structure was very important for me to solve. After an anlysis of the ground, I came to the conclusion that the ground along the slopes was very eroded and weak in structure. The only reliable structure to be found was near the top of ravine and to the immediate sides of the creek where heavy rock was.
The structure of the dwelling was solved with heavy footings on each side of the bridge tieing down the main beams, and the inner core made up of posts and beams hung off of the main beams and supprted by the center columns
PUBLIC GATHERING CASE STUDY museum of handcraft paper To kick off the winter term, we started with a proper, indepth case study of various public gathering spaces. Each group of two was assigned a different place of gathering and we were to analyse the project
site overview
gathering spaces MAIN FLOOR
SECOND FLOOR
project pictures The museum is to celebrate the culture of the local town that primarily makes paper by hand, a tradition that is sacred to the town.
MAIN FLOOR
The handcraft paper was used throughout the museum as interior cladding. The handcraft paper is much sturdier than normal paper and can hold its own weight. The paper also allows some light into the building.
HANDCRAFT PAPER
The museum is built purely by the local townsmen, therefore the construction techniques available was crude. The small, seperate portions of the museum are positioned on the outskirts of the plan, leaving small corridors to the inside as well as a main open gathering space, as shown on the floor plans before.
INTERIOR
INSIDE CORRIDORS
No nails or bolts were used in the project, the Sunmao connection was used instead; shown below.
TOWN WORKERS
SUNMAO CONNECTION
BURKEVILLE PAVILION gathering spaces Furthering upon the first assignment of case studies, this project was to be an outdoor pavlion, serving as a central gathering space, for the community of Burkeville.
For this design process, I challenged myself to design solely by models and sketching, where usually I would rely on computer graphics to aid me.
parti
The pavilion design centers around a central gathering space with two flanking areas.
inspiration The centre area is inspired by a roman amphitheatre. The seating is integrated into the steps and it all looks into a central space. The overall pavilion design is inspired by the idea of the war veterans occupying Burkeville before combined with the dominant prescence of aeroplanes.
The idea of the plane is a crashed World War 2 era plane that has been dismantled, ripped apart and let to the nature to take back. In between the two ripped halves would be a meeting area of sorts.
initial design
design changes After the critiques during the presentation, I decided to change the design accordingly. Mainly the structurally framing changed, to suit the original parti more.
BURKEVILLE GATHERING HALL winter term project The Burkeville Gathering Hall is the final project of the year. Initial emphasis was put on creating a gathering space for Burkeville.
background Burkeville was constructed in 1941, a small designed neighborhood of 300-plus homes located on Sea Island near the south terminal of Vancouver International Airport. Narrow curved streets, unpaved back lanes, detached bungalows and two-storey homes on large lots, and mature trees create a distinct identity. Previously the community was formed by Boeing workers and then after was designated as homes for War Veterans. Now it is in transition from a small tightly knit community to a modern town. The town’s main gathering spaces are pushed to the edges and the centre consists of a small park space. There is no distinct community gathering space currently and it is very distant from Richmond.
PROJECT REQUIREMENTS Organization • The main goal for the gathering hall is to create a connection between two communities; Burkeville and Richmond • This connection is created through introducing a pedestrian accessible link between Burkeville, BCIT, and the Richmond Skytrain
Form and Image • The aesthetic of the gathering hall should relate to the surrounding context. The use of wood is critical to relate to the docks, piers and piles that are scattered throughout the site.
Function • The program should include a multi-functional main gathering hall, café, classrooms, and meeting rooms with the intention of holding a variety of events. • The main gathering hall should be able to accommodate 100 to 150 people. • With great views on the site, the design should incorporate some framed views to draw people into the gathering hall.
Building Performance • There are many existing piles on the river and presents an opportunity for sustainable action by re-using these piles to support our proposed gathering hall.
COMMUNITIES CONNECTED THROUGH GATHERING Two distant communities both socially and physically; Burkeville and Richmond
Connection through a physical link; The Cambie Pedestrian Bridge
A Gathering Hall acting as the social knot between the two newly intertwined communites
initial design approach An initial site analysis of the R1 site was done by a previous group where the conclusion was to position the gathering hall on the water, but close to the Richmond shore. My initial design approach consisted of looking for a prominent site axis to located my pedestrian bridge. This site axis was found in the direction of Cambie street, which was the main road to the site from the nearby skytrain station. I didn’t like how the extension of Cambie street hit the side of the BCIT Aerospace Campus. The experience of hitting a facade of glass as you come to the end of the pedestrian bridge did not seem appealing to me. So I bent the pedestrian bridge northwards, closer to the Burkeville central park, serving dual purposes of avoiding BCIT and creating a landing closer to Burkeville. The function of this bridge to the BCIT students cannot be ignored though, so I split the bridge near the end so that there is also a landing on the north end of the curved main hallway of the campus.
precedence
initial models
site overview This is an overhead view of the planned development of the bridge across the fraser river from Cambie street to the Burkeville Landing and the BCIT Landing. My idea for the bridge was to make it as interactive as possible by placing spots along the bridge to stop and enjoy the views and the experience. These areas coincide with the features that the R1 site lacks; the green space that allows for outdoor activities. The first area from the right is the playground area that functions for children that may play and use the Gathering Hall. The second area is a grass type field/lounge that functions as an outdoor hang out area for the BCIT students.
site plan | 1:250 PLAYGROUND AREA
PERFORMANCE AREA
GATHERING HALL
CAMBIE LANDING
design development
heirarchy of form
massing models | 1:250
floor plans
VIEWING BALCONY
VIEWING BALCONY
section + experiential sketches
THIRD YEAR PORTFOLIO
THANKS FOR VIEWING SPECIAL THANKS TO WESLEY WOLLIN | FALL STUDIO INSTRUCTOR PAULINE THIMM | WINTER STUDIO INSTRUCTOR
RILEY SYJUCO APRIL 2013