Ryan A. Kahen
20 12
Beyond the Wall
Spring
20 11
Landscape Studio Seth Hoffman
The overall concept for the Neptune Society’s Funerary Chapel and Memorial Garden was to create a series of thresholds to create a procession through the space. These thresholds were derived from a study of the stages of grief; shock, pain and guilt, anger, reflection, upward turn, reconstruction, and acceptance. The location of the thresholds resulted from the overlap and procession of certain zones and how transitions would be created. The columbarium runs the length of the entire site along the seaside and controls small views into the ocean during the initial phase of the site. By using the surrounding landscape, various penetrations into the site created different transitional spaces and thresholds as one proceeds along the columbarium. The three main zones on the site use create different moments and experiences that the user can control.
Seven Cycles
Fall
20 10
Techtonic Studio Aaron Malnarick
TION B
SCALE 1/8” = 1’-0”
A BIKE FITTING/ TUNING
ASSEMBLY
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B RETAIL
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STORAGE MECHANICAL
BIKE STORAGE UP
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GROUND FLOOR PLAN
SCALE 1/8” = 1’-0”
This project is a bike manufacturing and retail store for Seven Cycles. Set along a bike path, my design came from an experiential study of the site. The initial study model was focusing on the layers of the bike path. From that I used my techtonic construction methods to develop a free formed plan linked through a rectilinear circulation path. The form was made from the structural elements that continued the free form idea set in plan. This shell allowed for different levels to happen wthin one element bringing back the initial study of layers.
Contemporary Schoolhouse
Spring
20 11
Landscape Studio Seth Hoffman
SITE PLAN
SCALE 1/16” = 1’-0”
SECTION A
SCALE 1/4” = 1’-0”
The contemporary one room school house is set in an idealized vineyard. This project dealt with an understaning of the landscape and the use of a sloping site. I used my studies of a vineyard’s organization to develop my school house design.The vegetation is set up in a series of linear rows stretching across the site. I continued the idea of seperate rows by dividing up the program into three zones; learning, applying, and engaging. These zones were divided by horizontal walls that ran perpendicular to the vineyard’s structure to enage the site in a new axis. The walls stretched out into the site allowing for the vines to enter the site, connecting the school house with nature. These three zones were tied together by the lattice roof that brought the same lines of the site back into the building. SECTION A
SCALE 1/4” = 1’-0”
Lattice Movement
Spring
20 11
Geomatter
Shani Sharif
Based on ice-ray lattice patterns, this project was a full scale installation set up in the Architecture department. The pattern was set up using the rules of shape grammer, then those lines were curved to accentuate the shape of the entire piece. Each panel was laser cut and fitted to another in an angled fashion to become structural. Zip ties were used to connect the panels allowing for a flexible joint. The installation grew up the wall infront of a large window then spanned the ceiling of the hallway. A gradient of color was used to continually change the lighting of the space throughout the day.
Haus am Kleistpark
Fall
20 11 Comprehensive Studio Rolf Backmann
This project was an addition to an existing music school and art gallery set in Berlin, Germany. Our addition was to include a new art gallery and performance hall. Set on a corner of an urban space, I wanted my building to become a highlight of the space, inviting to all in the area. I used my studies of the site as a strong driving factor in the design of my building. I wanted to maintain the green space in front of the existing school and have my building become the end cap to this zone. To strengthen the idea of being an addition I continued the sizing of the existing school into mine. The form came from the extension of the existing building and then slicing away at the cube creating folds that responded both internally and externally. The main fold acts as the entrance as well as allowing for tiered seating in the performance hall. The fold of the roof creates space that can be inhabited by the user as an outdoor roof terrace. Other folds are a way to bring natural light into the building and allow for views out into the park. The building is wrapped in a metal mesh screen that creates a threshold of entry into the building and also the connection between the existing building. The mesh skin also acts as a sunshading device, and due to its reflective properties it becomes the bold sculptural element that is a beacon for music and the arts for the city. THIRD FLOOR PLAN
SCALE 1:200
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
SCALE 1:200
SECTION BB FIRST FLOOR PLAN
SCALE 1:200
THIRD FLOOR PLAN
SCALE 1:200
SCALE 1:200
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Study Abroad
Fall
20 11
My semester abroad opened my eyes to the world of street art, I gained a fascination with the graffiti and wall murals that were painted on the streets of the many cities I traveled too. I saw a variety of graffiti styles, but gravitated towards the stencil type. These stencils were a way to learn about the culture of the city through the eyes of the people. My study and interest of the street art lead me to design my own stencil to share my idea of the culture in Berlin, the city I lived in.
Berlin was a city filled with examples of street art. The neighborhood that I lived in was East Kreuzberg. This was located in the former East Berlin. This area is one of the most culture filled parts of Berlin. I designed a stencil that represented my time in Boston. The design was a play on sign language. Taking the hand sign for the east side and combining it with the sign for the letter K. The result became a symbol for the Berlin neighborhood and is now a permanant part of the East Kreuzberg street art.
Ryan A. Kahen Kahenr@wit.edu 203-927-7739