Ryan John Grace architectural graduate portfolio
design
studios
High Street and Ellicott Street Intersection 4
Inclination Library
Inclination Library Brief Libraries have been subject to a paradigm shift in their programmatic allocation. They are no longer buildings containing books and reading spaces. Computers and e-books have significantly reduced the need for people to enter a library. This poses the question, “How does a Library regain its identity as a Civic Building?� Semester Spring 2017 Professor Brian Carter Duration 6 weeks
This project was submit to the 2016-2017 ACSA/AIA Steel Design Competition Inclination Library
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Building Adjacency
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Inclination Library, a new Health Sciences Library on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, seeks to answer that question by providing a range of different public spaces.
These spaces include an auditorium, museums and collaboration spaces, in addition to the traditional library spaces. An auditorium space, designed to accommodate over 200 people, will host events for the Medical Campus and for public events. The existing health sciences library houses three unique medical collections. These collections, which include exhibits about the brain, radiology and the history of medicine, will be displayed in specially designed museum spaces within the new library and made accessible to the public. The collaboration spaces will be both for large groups and individual readers. Located within the glazed areas of the library, they will be clearly visible from the surrounding street.
Auditorium
Additionally, more private areas with quiet study spaces and book stacks will be screened by Corten steel panels.
Atrium / Museum Inclination Library
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1. Gusset Plate bolted to wide flange beam Wide flange Lateral Reinforcing
Structural Services Core/ Secondary Framing Members
Web member cut to allow extension of flanges into gusset plate, weld steel plate over beam and gusset plate
1. Gusset Plate Detail
Curtain Wall Deflection Track Tension Cable fastened to steel beam with stiffener plate above each cable
Primary Truss Structure
Typical Spider Fittings Typical double glazed panels At each floor level, anchor spider fittings to adjacent steel beam (steel beam shown in foreground)
Tension Cable Suspension System
Spider Fitting Curtain Wall
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2. Spider Fitting Curtain Wall Detail
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The auditorium and the floors below are hung by a tensile steel structure supported from a long span structure. In addition, the glazed curtain wall will also be hung from a tension cable structure. This will obviate the need for columns, offer flexibility in use and give the appearance of weightlessness within these spaces. As a result, Inclination Library reestablishes the civic identity of a Library by providing new facilities for a wider community.
The angled roof of the auditorium allows for a perfect angled array of photo-voltaic panels Cross ventilation passively exhausts the warm air which rises within the atrium and then around the auditorium 3.
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Longitudinal Section Perspective Tie guardrail rail steel cables with 2” Steel Cable Supporting Atrium Floors Pour concrete around steel cable Concrete Floor, over perforated acoustical metal decking, over Bar Joist-Rod Webs Anchor Cable to Bottom of Wide Flange beam
1. Typical Atrium Edge Detail
2” Steel Cable attached to Wide Flange Beam supporting Auditorium floors Precast hollow core concrete plank floor, supported by bent steel plate welded to wide flange Anchor Cable to Bottom of Wide Flange beam
2. Auditorium Floor Detail
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The Cabinet’s Cabinet 10
Cabinets. Cabinets. Cabinets.
Cabinets.
Cabinets.
Cabinets. Brief This studio looked at Cabinets at several different scales and the relationship between these scales. These include the cabinet as a book, as a fragment, a literal cabinet, cabinet as a studiolo room, and more. Our journey through different scales of cabinets started as mainly individulaistic efforts which then turned into a collaboration of 14 different cabinet makers merging into one cabinet world. Semester Fall 2016 Professor Dennis Maher Duration 16 weeks This project was submit to the Internatinal Fairy Tales competition sponsored by Blank Space Please SCAN THE QR CODE or CLICK HERE to direct you a walk-through video of the final cabinet.
Cabinets. Cabinets. Cabinets.
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Task:
Make a book of the cabinet; Make a cabinet of the book Too static?
The Gentleman & Cabinet-Maker’s Director by Thomas Chippendale
Too literal?
360 viewing? Storage?
Initial Book Cabinet Studies
What if you invert the conception of the spine as a binding element, and disguise it as a key to open the hidden cabinet?
Hidden cabinet gets revealed!
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Cabinets. Cabinets. Cabinets.
Preliminary Book Cabinet Study
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But rather than challenge the trespasser, rather than frighten him by signs of power, it is preferable to mislead him. -Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space
Front of Final Book Cabinet
Final Book Cabinet
Final Book Cabinet
Opened Hidden Cabinet Cabinets. Cabinets. Cabinets.
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Task:
Create a fragment of a piece of Thomas Chippendale furniture.
China Case Elevation
Fragment Exploded Axon 14
Cabinets. Cabinets. Cabinets.
Final Fragment
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Fragment Insert
Task:
Insert fragment into the ‘site’.
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Fragment inserted into the site
By continuing key design features of the fragment into the nearby elements of the site, the integration of the fragment becomes less intrusive.
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While trying to leave th in tact, voids were crea 3. cabinet to hold the sha
Form Through Void
Door Fold Impression
Cabinets. Cabinets. Cabinets.
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Task:
Enclose the cabinet within a cabinet.
The Cabinet ‘Site’ after the classes fragments have been inserted
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Verticality
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Traverse
Book Cabinet
Book Cabinet’s Cabinet
Passageway
Cabinets. Cabinets. Cabinets.
Enclosure Begins
Continues...
Caution
Time
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Ascend
Enclosure
Collage
The Cabinet’s Cabinet
Cabinets. Cabinets. Cabinets.
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Cabinets. Cabinets. Cabinets.
To Cabinet Number,
Cabinet Number One, You were our first challenge and also our initial spatial configuration of material. For some, you were our first interaction with the other members of our class. Although you were relatively simple and modest in scale, you helped to prove something. You proved we all had something different to offer. Our material and constraints were limited, yet we all managed to come up with something unique. By creating you we all realized we were diverse. Diverse in thinking, designing, our background experience, etc. Moving forward, this diversity proved to be beneficial and a challenge. Cabinet Number Two, You were our initial group interaction. This interaction was certainly more of a challenge than Cabinet Number One. Communication, or lack thereof, worried me in the early stages of your creation. However, in the end, you became complete. While you may have appeared to others as a Frankenstein piece of art, you appeared to us as something more. You appeared to us as a collaboration. A collaboration through negotiating, strategizing, communicating, etc. You made us work closer together and helped us to distinguish ourselves as a community. Cabinet Number Three, You provided us with larger growth into this world. We began to enclose Cabinet Number Two, and ourselves, inside of you. For the first time, we are not only working on the cabinet from the exterior, but now the interior as well. We now have the opportunity to inhabit a cabinet with our bodies. While our efforts as a community became a less centralized collaboration, it was still centralized knowing we were bound amongst your exterior. Scales began to change, familiar objects began to be placed within you, and hidden secrets are embedded inside you that not even all of the workers know of. The cabinet has become a journey, not a destination. Cabinet Number Four, I ask, how will you continue this journey? Or will you be the final resting spot? How will you accept the previous cabinets within your enclosure? Will you interact or engage with any of the previous cabinets? What will you have to offer for our community? I find myself asking too many questions about what may happen next. However, I would like to think of you optimistically. I will not think of you as a final resting spot since we have seen how cabinets can be discovered and repurposed at a much later date and time. Possibly in a century a similar group of workers or an individual may discover our cabinets inside of you. From there, I like to think they may continue your journey, thus creating Cabinet Number Five. Time will tell.
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Sectional Model 20
Branch Bank: The Modular Bank
Branch Bank:
The Modular Bank Brief Increased online and mobile banking usage continues to question the identity of the traditional bank. Customers are no longer stepping into the brick-and-mortar buildings; therefore, the need for square footage in a bank decreases. The question then arises, how small can a bank be? Semester Spring 2017 Professor Brian Carter Duration 6 weeks
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Task:
Create a 1000 square foot prototype for a branch bank. Need for square footage is decreasing!
How small and economical can the protoype be?
Traditional Bank Bank in 2017 go to a bank “Why when I can bank at home?
What about these individuals?
PRIVATE AREA
PUBLIC AREA
Area: 325 sqft
Area: 325 sqft
Worker
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Mechanical Lobby
Vault and Storage
ATM’s / Vestibule
Teller Area
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Branch Bank: The Modular Bank
Private Meeting Area
The module design derived from separating the bank into its private and public uses. Then designing those spaces for minimal square footage, while still providing users with comfort and the banks with functionality.
Why not have this minimal bank size act as a building module?
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Furthermore, these public and private spaces were developed to allow for flexibility and expansion.
Banks can then adjust the modules based on specific needs/desires.
MINIMAL BANK
Area: 650 sqft
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Varying layouts within the private and public modules create a range of options
Users:
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Drive-Thru
Coffee
Computer Stations
MODULAR BANK COMBINATIONS
Minimum per bank: 1 Private Space and 1 Public Space (not all combinations shown)
Branch Bank: The Modular Bank
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URBAN
Facade Design
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Branch Bank: The Modular Bank
Standard Brick creates image that the bank is small
33% shorter brick, for 33% increased visual height!
Alternate pattern allows voids for glazing behind
SUBURBAN
Facade Design
Public = Transparent
Semi-Private = Translucent
Private = Solid
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Intersection of Van Brunt Street and Coffey Street 26
Crisis. Connect. Continue...
Crisis. Connect. Continue... Brief Red Hook, Brooklyn suffered great damage during Hurricane Sandy in 2012. The community is still found to be rebuilding their infrastructures several years later. Many of the small businesses were not able to bounce back from this due to lack of needed funds and resources. Our class aimed to answer the question, “Is there a way to design to prevent this damage from happening again?” Semester Spring 2016 Professor Martha Bohm Duration 12 weeks Partners Lauren Josselyn & Patrick O’Brien
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Pop-up Stores = Interchangeability During typical times, Red Hook citizens will be able to rent a space to start up their business. During extreme events, the spaces will provide relief to locals.
Dynamic Facade The facade was designed to add to the unique character of Red Hook while serving multiple purposes. The facade wanted to be pedestrian friendly, offer unique lighting and shading solutions, all while offering protection to the building against extreme events. The mixed use facade worked well with the ‘flexible’ floor plan.
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Crisis. Connect. Continue...
Resilient = Quick turn-around time Being in a coastal area where flooding is a great risk, it was important to keep the floor plan open with easy to clean materials.
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Pop-up Store Placement
Van Brunt Corridor Flood Zone Indicator Health & Social Service Assests
Services / Mechanical
Community Assets Food Source
Structure
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Future Addition Crisis. Connect. Continue...
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Seating
Sunshading
Canopy
Extreme Events
Building Axon
All materials chosen are Class 4 or 5 on the acceptable Building Materials chart in FEMA’s “Flood Damage-Resistant Materials Requirements for Buildings Located in Special Flood Hazard Areas
Structural System
Steel (with corrosion protection)
Drop Ceiling
Wood (solid, decay-resistant)
Interior Partitions
Steel (with corrosion protection) or Wood (solid, decay-resistant)
Facade
Steel (with corrosion protection)
Floor
Concrete (cast-in-place)
SERVICES VERTICAL STORAGE CIRCULATION
Longitudinal Section 30
Crisis. Connect. Continue...
Scale: 0’ 8‘
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Standard Times
Crisis Times Crisis. Connect. Continue...
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technical
methods
Final Pinecone Quilt 34 Pinecones
Elemental Materials:
Pinecone Quilt Brief This course explored how one can fabricate naturally-occuring, and readily available, “elemental� materials into an architectural scaled object. Our exploration involved a series of various test swatches to help us study our materials physical and structural properties. We then gained insight from these swatches to help grow our material into an architectural scaled object. Semester Fall 2016 Professor Stephanie Davidson Duration 14 weeks Partner Xiong Shuiping
Pinecones
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Task:
Find a natural occuring material and use it to create a series of test swatches leading up to an architectural scale
Pulverized pinecones
Planear Study
Pinecones!
Shredded pinecones
Shredded & whole pinecones with plaster
Volumetric Study
2 Foot Span Study
Interlocking whole pinecones
We became excited with the interlocking How to scale study, unfortunatley it this up? could not scale past Follow up Study few pinecones -Do not modularizea it! Issue happened at the connected of large module.
Final Interlocking Study -Do it all in one run!
4 Foot Span Study
String! Interlocking Study Initial Study
Starting point
Same interlocking method as before
Add One
Same interlocking method as before
Repeat
Same interlocking method as before
-Triangle = Strength -Module as a 'Building Block ' -Connect modules using the same technique as -All facing 'up' give us the arch - concavity needed for our shape
String Tie Process 36 Pinecones
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Always one missing in the next 'triangle shape' Use it as a design element? Need Strength to progress
Scaling Process
Interlock to as many adjacent pinecones as possible Same interlocking method as before
Final Test Swatch - Pinecone Quilt
Fabrication Section
Architectural Scale Rendering Pinecones
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Trampoline Installation 38
PS 32 Bennett Park Montessori Installation
Play Elements:
PS 32 Bennett Park Montessori Installation Brief The Bennett Park Montessori, Buffalo Public School 32 teamed up with our class to help create a play element which was to be deployed in the lawn behind their school. This was intended to be a singular element which would ideally be made out of recycled or cost efficient materials. This installation was to be designed for children ages 5 to 14 and any adults who may wish to try it out. A questionairre and on site observations helped our class figure out how these children wanted to engage in play. Semester Spring 2017 Professor Julia Jamrozik Duration 8 weeks Partner James Feind and Nicole Little
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Task:
Create a Play Element for Bennett Park Montessori School What equipment would you like to have for OUTDOOR recess? -Questionairre to the children
Task:
Create a Trampoline
In-ground vs above ground
Preliminary Models
OSB covered in exterior grade paint -OSB provides non slip texture -Neon = Fun!
Pool noodle tied to boards with elastic cord
-Cushion the sides to ensure safety
See Section A-A
Above Grade Below Grade
Donated springs from Rogers Industrial Springs Inc. Final Trampoline 40
PS 32 Bennett Park Montessori Installation
OSB below grade has a weather resistant coating
Bennett Park Montessori School Axonometric
Island of trampolines creates a communial environment Enlargement of Site Plan for Trampolines
Section A-A PS 32 Bennett Park Montessori Installation
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miscellaneous
Parametric Analysis:
Silo City,
Buffalo, NY Brief The monumental Grain Silos in Buffalo, New York appear to be similar at first glance, but further investigation reveals their subtleties. Using the parametric computer program Grasshopper, we looked at how historical buildings have parametric qualities to them, far before computer programs existed. The animation shows the plans of the Grain Silos being generated using parametrics. Semester Spring 2017 Professor Adil Mansure Duration 14 weeks
Please SCAN THE QR CODE or CLICK HERE to direct you to the animation.
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Suitability Mapping:
Buffalo, New York
Brief The City of Buffalo asked our class to identify areas in Buffalo which are suitable to be rehabilitated or developed. Using Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping, we analyzed the city through several categories. This chapter of the report deals with potential remediation efforts. Semester Spring 2016 Professor Sean Burkholder Duration 14 weeks Partner Nahshoon Jagroop
Please SCAN THE QR CODE or CLICK HERE to direct you to report.
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PHOTO-VOLTAIC PANELS BASELINE: NONE TESTED RENOVATIONS: 1 KWh - 7 kWh SYSTEMS ORIENTATION SOUTH ABSOLUTE
Energy Analysis:
ENVELOPE INSULATION BASELINE WALL: NONE ROOF: NONE BASEMENT: NONE TEST GROUP 1 WALL: R-13 CELLULOSE ROOF: R-30 FIBERGLASS BASEMENT: XPS R-5 TEST GROUP 2 WALL: R-13 CELLULOSE ROOF: R-38 FIBERGLASS BASEMENT: XPS R-10 TEST GROUP 3 WALL: R-13 CELLULOSE ROOF: R-30 FIBERGLASS + R-19 FIBERGLASS BASEMENT: XPS R-15
WINDOW REPLACEMENTS BASELINE: SINGLE PANE WOOD FRAME WINDOW TESTED RENOVATIONS: SINGLE PANE WOOD FRAME WINDOW (U= 0.84, SHGC = 0.63) DOUBLE PANE Low-e (U = 0.35, SHGC= 0.35) TRIPLE PANE Low-e ARGOND FILLED (U = 0.18, SHGC= 0.4)
Brief Using energy modeling programs, we tested the energy efficiency of typical retrofit options available for a home. These tests were them compared to initial cost and payback period. This posed the question, what is the most efficient and feasible way to retrofit a typical Buffalo home? Semester Spring 2016 Professor Nicholas Rakovic Duration 14 weeks
TESTED ORIENTATIONS
Partner Nate Heckman and Nate St. John
Please SCAN THE QR CODE or CLICK HERE to direct you to report.
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STANDARD ASSUMPTIONS INSULATED AND SEALED DUCTS INSULATED HOT WATER PIPES SOLAR HOT WATER UNIT
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Structural Analysis:
The Brooklyn Bridge Foundation Brief The Brooklyn Bridges use of caissons to construct the foundations was unprecedented at tha time where technological advancements in machinery equipment have not begun Advancements in technology have made this process easier, but This report looks at how they managed to construct the foundation for the two towers. Semester Fall 2016 Professor Matthew Dates Duration 14 weeks Partner Xiong Shiuping Please SCAN THE QR CODE or CLICK HERE to direct you to report. 47
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Learning Commons