ARCHITECTURE
PORTFOLIO
ANDREW N. RUSSELL
Andrew N. Russell arusse41@vols.utk.edu 423.202.5071 3307 Street Dr. Johnson City, TN 37604
(Fall 2016) grasshopper scripting of fragmented data points
CONTENTS 03. STOOP and GARDEN Integrations Studio, Spring 2017 15. FUZZY EMPIRE OF BLUR Option Studio, Fall 2017 29.
TRILLIUM Governors Chair Studio, Spring 2016
35. BEARDSLEY FARM Design Build, Fall 2015 41.
GRAPHIC DESIGN / SKETCHES
Spring 2017
Stoop & Garden Prof. Tricia Stuth New York City, Branch Library Audubon Terrace, NYC The 2017 Lyceum Competition focused around the public library as our most democratic institution, its foundational goals to make educational opportunity available to all and to serve as civic center for its community. As such, it is a bridge between immediate local needs and broader public ideals. This project is a small branch library, essentially today’s equivalent of the historic Carnegie Libraries. The site on Audubon Terrace in Manhattan, between 155th and 156th Streets on Broadway. Once a home of the upper class and elite, by the late 20th century it had fallen prey to crime and urban decay. Today this is a community of hope, with a great deal to be done.
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This project negotiates between two levels of public access: 156th Street, which will serve as the library’s neighborhood entrance; and Audubon Terrace, an ennobled space, raised above and separated from the street.
The first and second floor face 156th street, the stoop is a gathering place and the primary entrance to the library. The circulation desk, community room, book stacks, and reading spaces are in this zone.
MECH ROOM
COMPUTER TRAINING
JANITOR LOUNGE
LIBRARIAN
BOOK STACKS
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COMMUNITY ROOM
TOILET
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WORK ROOM TOILET
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ENTRY
SERVICE
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COMMUNITY LEVEL 1
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The 3rd and 4th floor are for kids and young adults. This side of the library faces south gaining more direct sunlight, The 3rd floor extends out to the Audubon terrace becoming an activated space for play or relaxation.
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CHILDRENS READING AREA
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TOILET
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GARDEN LEVEL 1
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The stoop is where relationships are built within a neighborhood, it is where the community talks and friendships are formed. The stoop isn’t just an entry, it is a place. The stoop is local and will take on its own identity and sense of place within the fabric of Washington Heights.
The Library is split into who it serves. The 157th [St]oop side floors are for the adults while the garden side floors are for children and young adults. The stoop is set back from the street giving people room to sit with each other and talk or read. The Southern light reflecting off the buildings across the street creates a pleasing glow from the traditional brick facades. The garden levels face the Audubon Terrace toward the south, direct sun washes it with unobstructed light, giving energy and life to the plants and children.
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EXTERIOR SCREEN MECHANICAL
ELEVATOR
EGRESS STAIR INTERIOR CURVED WALL BUILT-IN BOOK SHELVES POST AND BEAM STRUCTURE
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The post and beam timber structure is representative of Washington Heights early history as a marsh land. Upper Manhattan was considered the country at the time Audubon made it his home. The feeling of a timber structure will aid in creating a relaxing atmosphere, opposed to the formal architecture found in many other libraries.
1 EPDM ROOFING 1/2" COMPOSITE SUBSTRATE 1’-0” RIGID INSULATION 2" ANGLED NAILER
SLOPE 1/8” - 12” EPDM
ROOF TOP 57' - 0"
COPPER FASCIA
ROOF 55' - 0"
6" CLT PANEL
CLT STRIP 8” X 16” WOOD BEAM
LEVEL 4 44' - 0"
6" CLT FLOOR PANEL 5” X 12” WOOD GIRDER 8” X 18” WOOD BEAM 8” X 12” WOOD POST BUILT-IN BOOKSHELVES
STAIR LANDING 36' - 9"
CONT ALUM FLASHING COPPER VENEER COPPER PANEL HIDDEN Z CLIP
WATERPROOF MEMBRANE 1/2" EXT GYP BD
LEVEL 3 29' - 0"
3 5/8" MTL STUDS
1.5" MTL SUPPORTS
3" RIGID INSUL
TRIPLE GLAZED CURTAIN WALL
LEVEL 2 14' - 0"
6” GRAVEL 6” REINFORCED CONC SLAB VAPOR BARRIER T&G HARDWOOD FLOORING
Level 1 0' - 0"
T.O. FOOTING -5' - 0" B.O. FOOTING -6' - 0"
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Fall 2017
Fuzzy Empire of Blur Prof. Micah Rutenberg DatabaseNatures Pigeon Forge, TN The Fuzzy Empire of Blur is an exploration of available GIS data and graphic representation. The overlaying of actual parcel, zoning, FEMA, and tax maps from the GIS Database. When put together they begin to reveal a fuzzy in-between-ness only seen when the tactics are deployed. These are the invisible borders and boundaries that are only visible through the map. The final maps begin to reveal a series of properties that are the result of negotiated revenue and assumed risk.
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This project is based entirely on the territory of the map. By using available GIS database layers the map begins to reveal a huge mathematical empire. A rigorously artificial world based on negotiated revenue and calculated risk. The borders and boundaries expressed in the map are only visible through the means of the process as they are invisible to the naked eye. Spot zoning are areas within a zone that are allowed to operate as something other than originally intended, these zones are allowed by the local government and negotiated by the tax accessors. The areas of assumed risk are the flood zones put in place by the national government in response to disaster and used by insurance companies for coverage. The map shows the base flood plane and also the 100 year flood plane. These areas shift over time and increase in size as they are not static borders.
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By assuming the role of the assessor as a collector of properties, the generated maps reveal the collected parcels and future speculation. Through negotiated tax revenue the assessor is able to build their collection of properties that bisect
buildings and start to destabilize the zoning map. The non-static boundary of the flood map adds further depth to the map that influences property value. When these two zones overlap a new condition in the territory has been created.
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By developing and using different methods of layering, the maps that I produced throughout the semester began to reveal different interactions of the zones. This map makes explicit the invisible boundary of the 100 year
flood zone. This zone is what I am calling the zone of assumed risk. This invisible boundary is not static but fluctuates with time. It influences insurance rates, property values, and real estate investment.
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In a way to take the spot zoning in a more provocative direction I created a set of collaged images that show a residential zone, now spot zoned to operate as a commercial business. A duplex is bisected by a commercial spot zone, one side now operates as a pharmacy, the other side remains the same.
A Triplex is bisected by a commercial spot zone, the negotiated zone is extracted and replaced with a pharmacy, the outer sides remains the same. This image is a provocative example of the new paradigm in contemporary architecture, this “stock design� pharmacy has virtually nothing in common with it’s earlier urban predecessors; It has more in common with the suburban house.
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THE ASSESSOR’S COLLECTION
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Spring 2016
Trillium Prof. James Rose Governors Chair Studio The Governor’s Chair for High Performance Energy Practices in Urban Environments (Energy + Urbanism) is a partnership of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and the College of Architecture and Design to investigate innovations and next-generation technologies for healthy communities and smart cities. As the follow-up to the AMIE (additive manufacturing integrated energy) project. We explored the use of additive manufacturing (3d printing) within the urban context of the city. We were given a tight triangular site and a mixed use program of 8 apartments and coffee shop. The apartments are modular 3d printed units that are designed to stack and have integrated systems for mechanical, electrical, and plumbing.
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3D PRINTED STAIR SCREEN ENCLOSURE
ELEVATOR
3D PRINTED HANDRAIL + SCREEN ROOFTOP DECK
ADDITIONAL FACADES FOR APARTMENTS
3D PRINTED APARTMENT UNIT
3D PRINTED STAIR SCREEN ENCLOSURE
ROOF DECK ASSEMBLY RECESS FOR APARTMENT UNIT
SEATING AREA
POUR IN PLACE CONCRETE BASE
STAIRS
ELEC
CONTROL
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ENTRANCE TO COFFEE SHOP
MASSING MODEL STUDY
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STREET ELEVATION
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KITCHEN BATHROOM BEDROOM BUILT-IN STORAGE BUILT-IN DESK LIVING ROOM
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Fall 2015
Beardsley Farm Knoxville, TN Prof. Jennifer Akerman Project: Design and fabricate the entry doors Team: Andrew Russell & Daniel Hodge The architecture for the education center was designed to enhance the farm’s mission of engaging the community by creating a meaningful public space for the benefit of local residents, volunteers, and farm staff. The center now serves as a home base for the farm, creating a new front door, while providing a classroom, office space and restrooms. Additional amenities include an amphitheater with an outdoor classroom. Professors Bob French and Jennifer Akerman worked with more than fifty students during the past two years as the project went from concept to construction to completion. The education center was designed and largely constructed by students and faculty in the college. Architect of record Elizabeth Eason AIA
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8 ga Steel Handle Oak Handle reinforcement 1 3/4” Poplar door Vertical Poplar Strip 2’-0” x 6’-0” Insulated Glass
We wanted the doors of the classroom to extend a handshake to the people who visit. The design of the doors were to be functional for the classroom and also reinforce the craft of the building. By using a mix of custom fabrication and off the shelf products we were able to design a special entry to the classroom that linked the outside to the inside through visual connections and material elements. The door is made of solid regional poplar. We chose poplar because it is a lighter wood and it is a species that is native to this area.
The overall dimensions are 7’-2”H x 3’6”W x 1.75”D. The rails and stiles were made of 2 layers of 1” poplar strips, making sure to stagger the glue joints and also alternating the natural cup of the wood. The door handle is a customized piece of 8 gauge cold rolled steel stock with a CNC milled oak reinforcement backing. The door was finished with a spar varnish to bring out the gold tones on the wood and also for weather protection. The oak handle was pickled with our own mixture and then waxed for a smooth feel.
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Image: Bruce Cole Photography
Image: Bruce Cole Photography
Image: Bruce Cole Photography
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2017 — 2018
Graphic Design / Sketches Graphic Design Prof. Diane Fox Investigative Sketching Prof. Hansjoerg Goeritz
Sketch Exploration of Place-Making The visualization of an imagined place. Explore the architectural ideal from different vantage points through sketching and rapid modeling. Miniature “sketch” models aid in the exploration of context, light , and shadow.
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A. RUSSELL | 2017 | AYRES HALL | UTK
A. RUSSELL | 2017 | FOUNDERS PARK | JOHNSON CITY, TN
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(Fall 2016) grasshopper scripting of fragmented data points
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