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Th e co n t e mp o r ar y c ity is p lague d with the p re c o nc e ive d no tio ns on how we m ove thro ugh, o n, and aro und s p ac e . T he d e ve lo p me nt o f s p ace t ha t h a s b e e n s e p ar ate d by s tre e ts and the “fre e d o m� o f move me nt throug h t he ci t i e s i n a ho r izo ntal manne r make s the s p atial d e ve lo p me nt mo re conseq u e n t i a l in the way whic h we p e rc e ive and c o nc e ive the c ity. T he develo p m e n t a nd c o ns ump tio n o f no n-s p ac e and the way in whic h the spa ces b e com e blur re d with o ne ano the r c an r ad ic ally s ke w the way in which we t r a d i t i on ally d is c e r n o ur s ur ro und ings . Imp le me nting ne w fo rc e s to t he exi s t i n g f a b r ic o f the c ur re nt c ity c an c hange the way in whic h we use spa ce i n u n p re dic te d way s .

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C i t i e s built with the ind us tr ial mind s e t auto matic ally p o s e s its own not ion for t h e u s e o f p ublic s p ac e , p r ivate s p ac e , and no n-s p ac e within the cont ext o f t h e city and urb an fab r ic . T hro ugh the us e o f multi-s urfac e and mult if u n ct i o n a l s p ac e , arc hite c ture has the ab ility to re c re ate and re d e velop t he u s e s a n d manip ulatio ns o f s ite s , the p e rc e ive d id e a o f tr ans p o r tati on, a nd t h e w ay i n whic h we s e e , us e , and inte r ac t with urb anity s o it c an be m an i p u l a t e d into a hy p e r ty p e s p ac e .

F or m a l ly, arc hite c ture is c o ns tr ic te d with the us e o f the d o main o r one purp o s e f u n c tio n that has c re ate d the c o nd itio n that we c ur re ntly live . Wit h t he ove r u s e of the c ur re nt tr ans p o r tatio n is s ue s c o mb ining p ro gr am and cir cul a t i o n t o fo r m muli-func tio nal s p ac e c an p ro mo te and re d e ve lo p area s w it h a h i g h i n te ns ity o f inte rc hange to p ro mo te s p o ntane o us unp lanne d event s a n d co n t ex tual lo o s e ne s s o f the ove r all c ity s p e c tac le . T he re d e ve l opm ent o f h i g h i nte ns ity are as as a c ataly s t fo r a r ad ius o f the c ur re nt c ity would cre a t e a muc h mo re livable p e d e s tr ian fr ie nd ly p lac e fo r s uc h inte r a ct ions t o t a ke p lac e .

C h i ca g o, like many A me r ic an c itie s c o nne c te d in d iffe re nt way s by ot her s t i mu l i , i s a c ity hub his to r ic ally ro o te d in time as a s to p, c o nne c t ing t he g re a t l a kes to the Mis s is s ip p i R ive r. A s we ll as , a s to p p ing gro und for t he g row i n g ind us tr ial s o c ie ty initially he lp ing the e ffo r ts to c o nne c t t he ea st a n d t h e we s t. Fo r mally fo und e d o n this fo r m o f tr ans p o r tatio n, C hica g o con t i nu e s to grow as a me tro p o lis fe e d ing fro m its ad jac e nt c itie s to pr ov ide t h e wo r k ing fo rc e fo r Chic ago p re fe c ture . Influx o f p e o p le d aily, fo r ces t he ci t y t o b e c o me s o me thing o f a p e rfo r manc e (ac to r s e ns e ) as a s y s tem t ha t i s s t r u g g l i ng to s e p ar ate the ms e lve s fro m the tr ad itio nal way I whic h we use a n d d e ve lo p the c ity p ar tic ular ly c o nc e r ning no n-s p ac e ins tanc e s .

R e d e ve lo p ing no n-s p ac e inte rc hange s and inje c ting us e able pr og r a m b a ck i n t o the s e s p ac e s ho p e fully ins p ire s the way in whic h we lo o k at t hese a re a s . Th e c ultur al he ightfie ld (d e mo gr ap hic s , his to r y, c ulture , tr anspor t at i on , ci rc ulatio n, c o nte x t, vo id s , s o lid s , no is e , vie ws , move me nt, e tc . ) t ha t cu r re n t ly e x is ts within the c o nte x t o f the c ity will he lp d e fine and infor m t h e d e s i g n d e c is io ns o f the s p e c ial c o nte x t o f the c ity and give an ident it y t o a n on -s p ac e .

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U r ban t yp o l o g y a s a bu i l d i n g t yp e w ill b e able to b r ing a ne w fo r m o f life to the c ity. Cre ating a pla ce fo r bot h u n p rog m m e d a n d p ro g r a mme d build ing s p ac e , the re is an o p p o r tunity fo r s p o ntaneous e ven t s t o t a ke p l a ce a m on g s t t h e c ity me tro p o lis . T his e nd e avo r is c re ate d thro ugh a s e r ies of pr o gr a m m i x u p s a s we l l we l l a s t h e s ub tr ac tio n o f p ro gr am all to ge the r. T he s ub tr ac tio n within t he pr o gr a m s u rf a ce g i ve s a n i ce b a ck d ro p fo r us e that c o uld take p lac e b o th p e r me ant and fle xible ac c o rd i n g t o t h e n e e d s o f t h e p e op le that inhab it it. It is als o imp o r tant to re alize the d e ve lo p m ent .

Howe ve r, t h e m i x i n g o f p rog r a m , p e o p le , c ar s , and e ve nts c aus e a p ro ble m in the own r ight.

M o tio n p a r a l l a x m i s t a ke s ca n h ave tr agic c o ns e q ue nc e s . O ve r 1000 p e o p le a ye ar are killed a t r ailr oa d cros s i n g s e a ch ye a r i n t h e U SA . Pe rc e p tual naive te is p ar t o f the p ro ble m. Mo s t of us h ave on ly l i m i t e d e x p e r i e n ce w i t h tr ains . Tr ains are b igge r than o the r moving o b je c ts with which we h ave e x p e r i e n ce . B a s i ca l ly, we do no t re alize jus t how fas t tr ains tr ave l; we und e re s timate t heir s pe ed . Al s o, l o ok i n g a t a t r a i n co m ing r ight at yo u p rovid e s a minimum o f s p e e d c ue s . T hat is t he r eas on t h a t t r a i n s n ow s p or t t wo l i ghts in fro nt, ins te ad o f o ne . O fte n, the s e c o nd light re vo lves t o pr ovid e f u r t h e r d i s t a n ce cu e s , e s p ec ially at night. Le s s tr agic ally, but e x hib iting the flip s id e o f t his ph en o m e n o n , i s ou r d i f fi cu l t y i n e s timating the s p e e d o f o b je c ts s malle r than o ur us ual e x p e r ience , mo torcycl e s , for e x a m p l e . We t e n d to ove re s timate the s p e e d o f a mo to rc y c le b e c aus e it is s m a ller th an a ca r. Te l l t h a t t o t h e o f fi ce r s as the y wr ite yo u a s p e e d ing tic ke t. But, re me mb e r, the r a da r gu n d o e s n ot h ave ou r p e rce p t u a l c har ac te r is tic s .

A vis ualizatio n o f the c o ming fre e way is s ue s a nd t he e ne vitable ne e d to c re ate a mo re ve r tic al s yst em w it h the up tic k o f p o p ulatio n migr ating toward s the a lr ea dy ove rc rowd e d c ity ’s o f the wo r ld .

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O n Ex tre mity : Ye s te rd ay s ext r em e is to mo r rows s tatus q uo. In this w ay, cult ur e is a p ro d uc t o f o ngo ing a ug m ent a t ions to the ze nith o f the p re vious g ener a t ion.

It move s in s uc h p owe rful w ays t ha t it s mo me ntum and influe nc e a r e difficult - if no t imp o s s ible - to resist . However, the ine vitable is no t c r uel. t he lenient s ho uld e r s o f o ur fo re fathe r s have a lr ea dy re ve ale d the gro und fro m w hich we ca n p ro je c t the future , and their shoulder s are a c o ns tanc y re mind e r t ha t not hing is re ally o r iginal - no r c an it rem a in ext r em e .

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Th is c o m pe titio n is i n t e n d e d for s t u d e n t s wo r king in multi-d is c ip linar y te ams in the fie ld s o f arc hite c tur e la ndsca pe arch itec tu r e , an d c i t y a n d re g i o n a l p l a n n i n g t o re think the ab and o ne d e ar ly nine te e nth c e ntur y fo r t. Tas ke d t o pr eser ve , in ter pr et an d r e -im a g i n e t h e e x t a n t h i s t o r i c f a br ic as e mble matic o f the c o untr y ’s e ar ly atte mp ts to c rea t e a feder a l d efens e s y s tem an d t h e s i t e a s a n e co- t ou r i s t a n d e d uc atio nal d e s tinatio n. T he s o lutio n to the p ro je c t was fo cused on t hr ee d if fere n t as pe c ts ; Hi s t or i ca l , E d u ca t i on a l , a n d Re cre atio nal. T he s e thre e as p e c ts we re a gre at c hanc e fo r us t o explor e new optio n s an d de velo p a n e w i d e n t i t y t o b o t h C h ar le s to n and the is land . In the p ro c e s s we e x p lo re d is s ue s of a ccess, t he relatio n s h ip be twe e n p re s e r v a t i on a n d d e s i g n (b o th arc hite c tur al and land s c ap e ), o ff-gr id e ne r gy c o ns umpt ion, cha ng ing climate patter n s , w a t e r m a n a g e m e n t , l a n d u s e , and hab itat p ro te c tio n. With that o ur final d e s ign p rovo ked a pr ofound reth i n kin g o f o u r c ur re n t co nve n t i o n s a b ou t p re s e r vatio n, d e s ign, c o mmunity, the e nviro nme nt, and he r itage t our ism .

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T h e o ri gi nal i nt ent of t h e b u i l d i n g w a s t o c re a t e e pigenetic la ndsca pe w ith a n interco nnectio n o f pro gram and co nnectiv i t y t hroug h v i s u a l a n d p h y s i c a l i n t e r a ctio ns. This pro ject ha s kept the co re intent w hile prov iding a mo re f or mal i nt er a c t i o n w i t h t h e e x i s t i n g l a ndsca pe to crea te a n o pera tive la ndsca pe ra ther th an the mo re tra d i t i ona l host l a n d s c a p e . O v e r w h e l m i n g idea s w e w a nted to keep inta ct a nd lucid w ere the us e of linki ng c omp onent s, t h e s p re a d o f k n o w l e d g e f ro m the resea rch la bs to the educa tio n center f o r the public , interacti ons b et ween p ro g r a m a n d c i rc u l a t i o n , a nd mimicry o f the interco nnected eco lo gica l system in whic h t he bui l d i ng ha s b een p l a c e d .

In th i s scheme we are l o o k i n g t o h a v e a d y n a m i c f o r m tha t ca n ca rry yo u thro ugh the building in developed s pace – b ot h i nsi d e a n d o u t s i d e – w h i l e l i n k i ng yo u w ith the rest o f the buildings tho ugh the a pparent g e o me try of t he b ui l d i n g s f o r m a l m a s s i n g q u a lities. “ The vo id is ra ther a n o pera tive subsystem link ed t o th e dy na mi c p roc e s s e s o f s p a c i n g a n d o c c u pa tio n. Such vo ids ha ve sha ped w ithin them generators of s eparati ons, hal l ows, i n c i s i o n s a n d p o s s i b l e f re e cha nnels o f ro uting a nd rela tio nship.” ( Ga usa , G uallart, M ul l er, Sor i a no, P or r a s , M o r a l e s , p g . 3 5 3 ) T h ese rela tio nships ha ve beco me bo th visua l, mo tivational, g e nerati v e d ev el op m e n t s t h a t b r i n g o n e b a c k to the idea o f linking the la ndsca pe w ith bo th the ev eryday u ser an d oc c asi ona l vi s i t o r o f t h e b u i l d i n g .

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T he b e auty o f fur niture is fo und w it h g r a dua l c o mp re he ns io n in c o njunc tio n with huma n condit ion q ualitie s o f the wo r k. T his b e auty is felt w hen t he ind ivid ual find s s o me thing o f inte re s t w it hin t he d is c ove r y o f p o s s ib ilitie s the p ie c e o f fur nit ur e ha s to o ffe r. With the jux tap o s itio n o f d is c over y, you a lso have c o mp le x ity and a c o up le s e c o nd s of per plexion.

T his might s e e m d aunting, howe ve r, when you st a r t to unfo ld the p o s s ib ilitie s yo u c an s tar t t o int er a ct with the fur niture in var ie s way s allow ing one t o b e to ge the r with the fur niture r athe r t ha n pur ely s p e c tato r. Fo r Manifo ld, it is imp o r ta nt t ha t t he info r matio n is re le as e d gr ad ually ho ld ing t he int er est o f the us e r to d is c ove r and unfo ld the possibilit ies that lie within what c an b e an e ve r cha ng ing a nd multifac e te d e x c hange .

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E ve r yt h i n g i s a n i ns tallatio n s howc as ing the c ulminatio n o f a ye a r of i n t e n s i ve arc hite c tur al re s e arc h and d e s ign wo r k.

E ve r yt h i n g fe a t u re s the wo r k o f Do ug Jac ks o n’s twe nty the s is s t u d e n t s , a t C a l Poly San Luis O b is p o ’s Co lle ge o f A rc hite c ture a n d E nv i ron m e n t a l De s ign. De s ignInte llige nc e re c e ntly name d C a l Poly’s p ro g r a m numb e r o ne in the ir 2014-15 r ankings .

E ve r yt h i n g p re s e nts twe nty uniq ue and p rovo c ative a rch i t e ct u r a l t h e s i s p ro je c ts . T he d ive r s e s p e c tr um o f s tud e nt’s p ro j e ct s a re u n i t e d with a c o mmo n amb itio n: to re fr ame the p hys i ca l wor l d a s a p lac e o f augme nte d e x p e r ie nc e . T he s e t h e s i s p roj e ct s a re f ur the r re p re s e nte d with ad d itio nal c o nte nt a n d m e d i a t h a t e m p has ize s c o nve r ging re s e arc h inte re s ts and a g e n d a s , s i t u a t i n g t he s e inte re s ts within the c o nte x t o f c ur re nt a rch i t e ct u r a l d i s cou r s e and and c o nte mp o r ar y c ulture .

In co m p l e t i n g t h e ir final und e r gr ad uate wo r k, this s tud io h a s b e e n focu s e d o n c halle nging e x is ting c o nc e p tio ns o f a rch i t e ct u re i n t h e i r the s is manife s to s and p ro je c ts . Eve r y thing w i l l p rov i d e v i s i t or s with d igital and p hy s ic al e x p e r ie nc e s , p re s e n t i n g wor k t h ro ugh p hy s ic al me ans with the ad d itio nal ove r l ayi n g o f m e dia, inc lud ing augme nte d re ality, wr itte n wo r k s , a n d fi l m .

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T h e des i g n cr aw l w a s a l o ok b a ck i n time at the thro ugh e x p lo r atio n in b o th, rhe to r ic o f the 2D im age in 3 D s p a ce , a n d ce l e b r a t i o n of the c o mp any ’s invo lve me nt and no to r ie ty within the So FA dis tr ic t o f S a n Jo s e . Th e con ce p t w as to b r ing light, lite r ally and figur ative ly, to the fo ur o ffices u n der o n e u m b re l l a . Th e fou r l i t p e d e s tals we re a tr ibute fro m e ac h o ffic e . If yo u we re to s tand beh in d e a ch o f t h e p e d e s t a l s yo u could s e e the 2D image unfo ld in 3D s p ac e . Eac h o f the images th at tr a n s p os e d o n t h e w a l l s w a s a re p re s e ntatio n fro m o ne o f the main p ro je c ts fro m e ach o f fic e , w h i l e L A (t h e n e w ly for m e d he ad q uar te r s ) had the s tage . T he s tage was lit to re p re s ent th e f u tu re of t h e com p a ny a n d t h e p le tho r a o f id e as and id e als that it wo uld like to take with it o n th e j o u r n e y.

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“C lim b th e m o u nt a i n s a n d g e t t h e i r g oo d t h i ngs . Nature ’s p e ac e will flow into yo u as su ns h in e f low s in to t re e s . Th e w i n d s w i l l bl ow t he ir own fre s hne s s into yo u, and the s to r ms th eir en e r gy, w h ile ca re s w i l l d rop aw ay f rom yo u like the le ave s o f autumn.”

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0 5 / / Site R e s p o ns e // R o o f

06 // Site R e s p o ns e // Obser v a t ion

07 / / Site R es po n s e / / Te r r a ce

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10 / / B u ildin g fo r m / / C o l u m n L ayo u t

1 1 / / Build ing fo r m // R ib s and p e r l i ns

12 // Build ing fo r m // R oof Sect ion

Sk y lin e Co m mu n i t y C ol l e g e i s n e s t l e d a t t h e to p o f the Santa Cr uz Mo untains lo o king d own o nto b o th Sa n Ma t eo, in lan d, an d Pac ifi ca t ow a rd s t h e Pa ci fi c Oce a n. T he p ro je c t s ite was lo c ate d o n the e nd o f c amp us ove r look ing t he Pa c ific O c ean . Th i s s p ot w a s a l s o re fe r re d t o as love r s p o int, a uniq ue vis ta als o ho me to the Ce ntr a l C a lifor nia B lu e B u tte r f ly, wh i ch s ci e n t i s t s h ave b e e n t r yi ng to re intro d uc e b ac k to the are a fo r ove r 15 ye ar s . T he s e const r a int s be c am e th e bas e o f t h e co n ce p t . P rov i d i n g a vis ta/te r r ac e to the p ublic wo uld b e a wo nd e rful tr ad itio n by a llow ing the pe o ple to c on t i nu e t o u s e t h e s p a ce a s t he y alway s have , as we ll a gre e n ro o f to p rovid e fo o d and nour ishm ent to bo th th e lan d a n d t h e bu t t e rf ly h a b i t a t w hile c re ating a s us tainable language the re s t o f the c amp us ca n exploit fo r f u tu r e r emo d e l s a n d a d d i t i on s . Th e m a i n build ing fo r m wo uld take o n the lo o k o f a mo untain to ble nd sea m lessly in to th e h ills ide . Th e m a t e r i a l s ch o s e n wo u l d he lp to d e fine the ove r lap p ing id e as o f s us tainab ility and inv isibilit y a s they ge s tu r e to t h e g r a n d rom a n t i c n a t u re o f the s ite its e lf.

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A p p ro ac h fro m c amp us a s t he build ing its e lf s tar ts to r evea l t he id e ntity o f the mate r ials. The fa รงa de fac ing c amp us wo uld b e m a de o f mir ro r s to re fle c t the ca m pus and the nature that s ur r ounds it. Land s c ap e d with thick na t ur a l Califo r nia native p lants, t r ees, a nd s hr ub s it wo uld c re ate t he second d ivis io n o f the jo ur ne y t o t he s c ie nc e c e ntre .

A p p ro ac h into the building you w ill s tar t to s e e the s imp licit y of t he mate r ials and the e mp tiness of t he build ing. A llowing the for m , cr ea t ed by glue lam b e ams to infor m t he s hap e and allow fo r an expa nda ble/ p ar titio n fr ie nd ly s p ac e for c o llab o r atio n, gro up e vent s, r esea r ch, and c las s ro o m s p ac e while a dm ir ing the s e ns itivity vie ws the sit e ha s t o o ffe r.

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San Pe d ro M a r ke t i s a n u p a n d co m ing are a o f the d owntown San Jo s e re s id e ntial and mixe d u s e hi g h r i s e a re a t h a t h a s b e e n a lo ng time in c o ns tant s hift. T he s ite is p lac e to what was o n c e a n o l d s i n g l e s t o r y ca r p a r k . O wne d by the e x -Maye r o f San Jo s e we we re tas ke d with plac in g a h o u s i n g bl o ck co m p l e t e with re tail, live wo r k units , s tud io ap ar tme nts , multi-ro o m apar t m e n t s , a n d p e d e s t r i a n p a s e o to c o nne c t the bus y s tre e ts o f San Pad e ro and A lmad e n.

U s in g t h e bu s y p a r a l l e l s t re e t s , S an Pad e ro and A lmad e n, “b o o k e nd s ” s o to s p e ak, we re c r eat e d o n b ot h e n d s a n d i n fi l l e d with “c ar tilage ” b e twe e n the mas s ive blo c k o f ho s ing and r e tail s p a ce s . Th a t e x i s t i n g u rb a n fab r ic wo uld p ave the way fo r the mate r ial c ho ic e s that wo u ld i n e v i t a bly re s e m bl e t h e l oo m and the urb an thre ad s that wo uld b e we ave d to ge the r to c r eat e a l i ve ly l i v i n g m a ch i n e t h a t wo uld b e as inte r twine d with the urb an mar ke t p lac e as it h ad b e e n t h e re for ye a r s .

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