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Urban-scale Architecture Jefferson Park Urban Catalyst

4-9

Spring 2015

Small-scale Architecture Sharon Fieldhouse

10 - 13

Fall 2013 - Summer 2014

Home for an Elderly Couple

14 - 19

Fall 2015 - Spring 2016

Path to an Ancestral Columbarium

20 - 27

Fall 2016 - Present

Sharon Picnic Tables

28 - 31

Spring 2014

Sketching

32 - 37

Photography

38 - 43

Object Design

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JEFFERSON PARK URBAN CATALYST Team project with Andres Jimenez

Jefferson Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA This project is a result of an intensive, semester-long study of Jefferson Park, a small community on the outskirts of Chicago. The study was an attempt to diagnose the issues that led to the current stagnant urban environment of the area. The main issues identified through the study were 1) residents are isolated from the urban center due to the Kennedy Expressway and a shift in the street grid and 2) automobile traffic density around the urban center inhibits pedestrian travel. The architecture addresses these issues by creating a separate pedestrian axis that is elevated above the busy streets. The axis connects three main nodes of currently abandoned buildings and proposes re-purposing them as live/work buildings, with micro-housing units above shops, restaurants, and a large market near the transit hub. The pedestrian axis is bookended by public parks and connects the residents north of the Kennedy to the neighborhood center. The architecture is designed to expand over time, populating the new pedestrian axis with more businesses than the few originally planned. Grade School [1] Residential Unit [300]

College [1] Transportation [2] Adults Public Services [8] Elderly Restaurant [16] K-12 Youths Bar [3] Families RESIDENTS

Goods [12] College Students

VISITORS

Services [43] Young Professionals Office [5] Commuters Apartment [40] Tourists House [1045] Immigrants

Residential Unit [300] Communal Area [...] INFRASTRUCTURE

PRIVATE

RETAIL FOOD

Multi-Use Room [...]

Market [1]

Restaurant [1]

SOCIAL

Bar [1]

BUSINESS RESIDENTIAL

Communal Area [...]

Coffee Bar [1]

RECREATION

ENTERTAINMENT

Market [1] Prepared Foods [...]

CONNECT

Gallery [1]

Movie Theatre [1]

Prepared Foods [...]

Cooking Classroom [2] ADD

Gym [1] PUBLIC

EDUCATION

Multi-Use Room [...]

Live Theatre [2]

Gallery [1]

Park [5] Art[1]

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Gym [1]

Coffee Bar [1]

Movie Theatre [1] Cooking Classroom [2]

Restaurant [1] Bar [1]

120’

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56’

CONNECT Grade School [1] College [1] Transportation [2] Adults Public Services [8] Elderly Restaurant [16] K-12 Youths Bar [3] Families RESIDENTS

Goods [12] College Students

VISITORS

Services [43] Young Professionals Office [5] Commuters Apartment [40] Tourists House [1045] Immigrants

INFRASTRUCTURE RETAIL FOOD RECREATION SOCIAL

ADD

BUSINESS RESIDENTIAL ENTERTAINMENT EDUCATION

Live Theatre [2] Park [5] Art[1]

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IMPROVE

Residential Unit [300] Market [1] Prepared Foods [...] PRIVATE

Coffee Bar [1] Restaurant [1] Bar [1] Cooking Classroom [2] Restrooms [2] Mechanical Space [1] Communal Area [...]

PUBLIC

Gym [1] Movie Theatre [1] Multi-Use Room [...] Gallery [1]

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Isolated Islands of Movement

Vacant Buildings & Vacant Sites â&#x20AC;&#x201D;8â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

Vehicular Movement

Proposal 1 Day After Completion

Proposal 5 Years After Completion —9—

Proposal 15 Years After Completion

SHARON FIELDHOUSE

Team project with the design/buildLAB at Virginia Tech AIA Blue Ridge Honor Award for Excellence in Architecture 2014 Azure Magazine Student A+ Peoples Choice Award 2015 American-Architects Building of the Year Award 2016 Published in Architect, Dwell, and Azure magazines

Sharon, Virginia, USA This project is the result of many iterations developed by design/buildLAB students to create one work of architecture by combining the most effective qualities of sixteen initial proposals for the CFLL’s new fieldhouse. The collaborative effort resulted in a very minimalist and modern architecture while maintaining a significant connection to the rural site. Its steel and glass materiality is softened by the interior’s white oak ceilings. The building is also oriented to maintain lines of sight between the upper and lower fields and to allow for natural ventilation; the prevailing winds blow down the slope of the site through the building, keeping it surprisingly cool in the heat of summer. As a studio, we undertook every part of the design and construction of this project and learned how to engage with a client in a meaningful discourse about design. I was personally responsible for developing construction documents, building models, the design and layout of the concession stand, the construction of cabinets and picnic tables, as well as many other miscellaneous construction tasks.

Photo credit to Jeff Goldberg, Esto

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Photo credit to Jeff Goldberg, Esto

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Photo credit to Jeff Goldberg, Esto

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Photo credit to Jeff Goldberg, Esto

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HOME FOR AN ELDERLY COUPLE Team project with Julia Vasquez

Pearisburg, Virginia, USA This project is a result of my joint undergraduate thesis investigation with Julia Vasquez into the problems associated with the increasing population of elderly citizens in the United States. The aim of the project was to design an affordable and accessible housing option that increases its inhabitants’ quality of life so as to allow them to happily age in place. The architecture addresses difficulties related to aging with features such as an efficient, open floor-plan within a discreet volume, lever handles where needed, sliding interior doors, affordable air handling solutions, efficient construction practices, durable materials, and integrated accessibility features. The architecture is designed to fit on a very small site and to house only two elderly persons, but can be expanded along its main axis to add extra rooms, depending on the needs of the inhabitants and the dimensions of the available site. The home was designed in collaboration with Habitat for Humanity as a model that could be built across the country. After the design of the architecture was completed, the estimated material cost for the project came to approximately $50,000. 14' - 2 1/2"

55' - 6"

7' - 11 1/2"

www.archforaging.org

6' - 11"

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

www.archforaging.org

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

7' - 7 1/4"

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

5' - 0 3/4"

33' - 0"

7' - 3 3/4"

6' - 2 1/4"

www.archforaging.org

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

11' - 8"

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

11' - 8"

www.archforaging.org

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

1/4" = 1'-0"

19' - 6"

13' - 4"

40' - 6 1/4"

Date

Checked By

A101

Scale

1/4" = 1'-0"

Date

17' - 5" 1' - 4"

9' - 2 1/4"

Owner

16' - 4"

19' - 9"

22' - 3"

2' - 6"

3' - 0"

2' - 6"

Main Level Framing

Project Number Issue Date Author Checker

Date Drawn By

2 A300

A102

Scale

Level 1 1/4" = 1'-0"

5' - 3 1/4"

Owner

Architecture for an Aging America

Main Level Dimensions

Checked By

9' - 6"

Owner

Architecture for an Aging America

Project Number

0' - 8 1/2"

0' - 3 1/4"

5' - 7"

24' - 2 1/2"

A300

3' - 7 1/2"

1' - 4"

49' - 7 1/4"

1' - 1 1/4" 3' - 0" 1' - 1 1/4"

Description

2' - 8" 4' - 0"

2' - 6"

Drawn By

Foundation Wall Plan 1/4" = 1'-0"

No.

1/4" = 1'-0"

Project Number Issue Date Author Checker

Project Number Date Drawn By Checked By

A103

Scale

Framing Plan 1/4" = 1'-0"

1/4" = 1'-0"

Architecture for an Aging America Floor Framing Plan Project Number Issue Date Author Checker

Project Number Date Drawn By 1

Floor Framing 1/4" = 1'-0"

Checked By

A104

Scale

1/4" = 1'-0"

4/17/2016 8:24:30 PM

Scale

Date Foundation Pier Plan 1/4" = 1'-0"

Description

4/17/2016 8:24:29 PM

A100

55' - 6"

Site 1/4" = 1'-0"

14' - 11 1/2"

Project Number Issue Date Author Checker

Project Number

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

LVL Beam

No.

4/17/2016 8:24:28 PM

Drawn By Checked By

Date

2x10 SPF

Foundation Layout

4/17/2016 8:24:26 PM

Date 36' - 1 1/4"

0' - 3 1/4"

9' - 4 3/4"

5' - 11 3/4"

3' - 0" 12' - 4 1/2"

9' - 4 3/4"

3' - 7 1/2"

Owner Architecture for an Aging America

5' - 2 3/4"

14' - 5 1/2"

23' - 6 1/2"

Project Number Issue Date Author Checker

Project Number

18' - 1 1/2"

Description

Typical Floor Joist: 2x10 SPF

18' - 1 3/4"

9' - 1"

Site Plan

2' - 8 3/4"

4/17/2016 8:24:25 PM

2' - 6"

9' - 4 3/4"

5' - 6"

LIVING AREA 396 SF

18' - 4"

3' - 0"

9' - 4 3/4"

4' - 11 1/4"

Architecture for an Aging America 2' - 6"

19' - 6"

23' - 6"

3' - 6 1/2" T

1' - 7 1/2" 2' - 0"

3' - 5 3/4"

A301

Owner 3' - 0"

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

REF.

No.

3' - 10"

40' - 9"

9' - 4 3/4"

3' - 0"

3' - 1 1/2"

2 A302

6' - 6"

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

CLOSET

2' - 11 1/4"

4' - 0 1/2"

16' - 10 1/2"

9' - 4 3/4"

5' - 1 1/2"

26' - 0"

0' - 3 1/2"

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

18' - 8 1/4"

15 SF

REF.

9' - 4"

49' - 7 1/4"

4' - 4 1/2"

2' - 1 3/4"

Date

5' - 2 3/4"

3' - 4 3/4"

3' - 5 1/2"

8' - 5 1/2"

Description

4' - 3 1/2"

26' - 0"

78 SF

16 1' - 6"

48' - 6"

39' - 11 3/4"

13' - 8 1/4"

9' - 4 3/4"

47' - 3"

1' - 3 1/4"

2' - 8 1/2"

BED 193 SF

17' - 9"

BATH

No.

A301

Date

3' - 7 1/2"

Description

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

0' - 3 1/2"

6' - 2"

19' - 6"

9' - 4 3/4"

1 A301

12' - 11 1/2"

96' - 0"

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

8' - 4"

9' - 4 3/4"

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

3' - 0"

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

3' - 0"

2' - 6 1/2"

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

No.

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

23' - 6 1/2"

18' - 11" 7' - 0"

1' - 4"

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

9' - 4 3/4"

26' - 0"

4' - 2 1/4"

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

12' - 7 1/4"

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

12' - 1 3/4"

Exterior Soffit: 6/12 Top Chord Slope, 6/12 Bottom Chord Slope

Interior Standard Level Ceiling: 6/12 Top Chord Slope, Flat Bottom Chord

www.archforaging.org

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

A300

2' - 4 1/2" 2' - 4 1/2"

7' - 3 3/4"

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

Level 3 16' - 6 3/4"

Date

No.

Description

A301

Date

Level 3 16' - 6 3/4"

1'-0"

No.

Description

Date

6" CORRUGATED STEEL ROOF

12' - 5"

Level 1 1' - 7 3/4" Ground Level 0' - 0"

Level 2 9' - 9" CORRUGATED STEEL ROOF

HARDIE PLANK LAP SIDING

Level 1 1' - 7 3/4" Ground Level 0' - 0"

HARDIE CORNER BOARD TRIM 2

6' - 11"

West 1/4" = 1'-0"

Owner

North 1/4" = 1'-0"

Owner

Architecture for an Aging America

Roof Truss Plans

2' - 7 3/4"

8' - 1"

8' - 11 1/2"

3' - 4 1/2"

6' - 3 3/4"

3' - 4 1/2"

5' - 9 1/2"

4' - 4 1/2"

3' - 4 1/2"

5' - 6 3/4"

7' - 0"

3' - 11 3/4"

7' - 3 3/4"

Level 2 9' - 9"

1'-0"

6' - 8 1/2"

4' - 3"

4' - 4 1/2"

South 1/4" = 1'-0"

4' - 11 3/4"

10' - 8 1/4"

1' - 10 1/2"

Level 1 1' - 7 3/4" Ground Level 0' - 0"

8' - 11 1/2"

9' - 4 3/4" 9' - 4 3/4"

0' - 6 1/2"

1' - 0 3/4"

Description

Level 2 9' - 9"

Owner

1' - 1 1/4"

1 A300

47' - 3"

No.

8' - 11 1/2"

2' - 1 3/4"

Date

2' - 4 1/2"0' - 5 1/2"

9' - 4 3/4"

47' - 3"

18' - 3"

Description

6' - 2 1/4"

Architecture for an Aging America 5' - 0 1/4" 13' - 0"

2 A300

Level 3 16' - 6 3/4"

No.

6' - 0 1/2"

2' - 5 3/4"

0' - 5 1/2"

3 R @ 0' - 6 1/2"

0' - 6 1/2"

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

3 A301

A301

17' - 9"

2 A301

47' - 3"

Level 2 9' - 9"

18' - 9 3/4"

1 A301

1'-0"

Date 1' - 0 3/4"

13' - 0"

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

6' - 0 1/2"

Level 3 16' - 6 3/4"

9' - 10 1/4"

7' - 8 1/2"

19' - 11 1/2"

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

A300

Description

2' - 5 3/4"

0' - 6 1/2"

9' - 4 3/4"

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

8' - 10 1/2"

9' - 4 3/4"

0' - 6 1/2" 10' - 11"

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

0' - 6 1/2"

www.archforaging.org

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

No.

13' - 4"

1' - 0 3/4"

www.archforaging.org

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

DN 40' - 7 3/4"

www.archforaging.org

Interior Cathedral Ceiling: 6/12 Top Chord Slope, Steepest Bottom Chord Slope Possible

2' - 5 3/4"

0' - 2 3/4"

2' - 5 3/4"

23' - 3 3/4"

5' - 6 3/4"

0' - 2 3/4"

Level 1 1' - 7 3/4" Ground Level 0' - 0"

East 1/4" = 1'-0"

Owner

Architecture for an Aging America

South Elevation

HARDIE PLANK LAP SIDING

Owner

Architecture for an Aging America

West Elevation

Architecture for an Aging America

North Elevation

East Elevation

Drawn By

A105

Scale

3/8" = 1'-0"

Date Drawn By Checked By

A200

Scale

1/4" = 1'-0"

Date Drawn By Checked By

A201

Scale

1/4" = 1'-0"

Date Drawn By Checked By

1/4" = 1'-0"

1 A300

Level 2 9' - 9" Level 3 16' - 6 3/4"

Level 3 16' - 6 3/4"

Level 2 9' - 9"

www.archforaging.org

Level 2 9' - 9"

Level 1 1' - 7 3/4" Ground Level 0' - 0"

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

Level 1 1' - 7 3/4" Ground Level 0' - 0"

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

Level 1 1' - 7 3/4" Ground Level 0' - 0"

www.archforaging.org

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

www.archforaging.org

2X6 BLOCKING

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

Level 2 9' - 9"

1/2" GYPSUM BOARD

DOOR 1

DOOR 3

SLIDING TRACK

3/4" DOOR SLAB

Level 1 1' - 7 3/4"

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

Level 2 9' - 9"

DOOR 2

www.archforaging.org

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

Doors - Hallway 3/4" = 1'-0"

3 Bedroom - C

Section 4 1/4" = 1'-0"

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

Section 5 1/4" = 1'-0"

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

1/2" GYPSUM BOARD

A603

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

1 Bedroom - A

CORNER BEAD

athroom - B

athroom - D

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

Section 1 1/4" = 1'-0"

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

edroom - D

www.archforaging.org

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

Level 3 16' - 6 3/4"

A203

Scale

edroom - B

3 A301

Project Number Issue Date Author Checker

Drawn By

A300

2 A301

1/4" = 1'-0"

Date

Checked By

A300

1 A300

1 A301

A202

Scale

Project Number

4/17/2016 8:24:35 PM

Date

Checked By

Project Number Issue Date Author Checker

Project Number

4/17/2016 8:24:33 PM

Ceiling Slopes 3/8" = 1'-0"

Project Number Issue Date Author Checker

Project Number

4/17/2016 8:24:32 PM

Project Number Issue Date Author Checker

Project Number

4/17/2016 8:24:31 PM

Dimension Plan for Trusses 3/8" = 1'-0"

1 Bathroom - A

1 1/2" DOWEL

A602

3 Bathroom - C 0' - 6"

LAMINATE WOOD FLOORING

A300

3/4" PLYWOOD SUBFLOOR

2x6 BOTTOM PLATE

Description

Date

No.

Typical Sliding Door Hardware Top 3 6" = 1'-0"

Description

Date

A301

Level 1 1' - 7 3/4"

2x6 SILL PLATE

A604

Level 1 1' - 7 3/4"

A604 1 Kitchen Island A

A604

2' - 0"

Ground Level 0' - 0"

Description

Date

A604

Kitchen Island - Area - D 4 Living 3C

TOP OF FOUNDATION WALL 0' - 8"

REINFORCED CONCRETE FOUNDATION WALL

Level 3 16' - 6 3/4"

No.

2x10 FLOOR JOIST W/INSULATION 2x10 END BEAM

1 A300 3

No.

NOTCHED 2X6 STUD W/ INSULATION

itchen Island -

HARDIE PLANK LAP SIDING

Date

iving Area - C

Description

DOOR 3

No.

2' - 9"

Date

2' - 11 1/4"

Description

REF.

1/2" BLOCKING

7/16" ZIP SYSTEM SHEATHING

No.

Kitchen Island iving Area - A D

1/2" GYPSUM BOARD

0' - 2 1/4"

0' - 6"

2x6 STUD WALL W/INSULATION

A601

Ground Level 0' - 0"

2 Living Area - B

A300

Scale

0' - 4 1/2"

2' - 9 1/2"

DOOR 1

2X4 BLOCKING

3/4" = 1'-0"

BOTTOM 2X10 FLOOR JOIST

Architecture for an Aging America

Typical Sliding Doors Drawn By

A500

Typical Sliding Door Hardware Bottom 6" = 1'-0" Scale

Interior Elevation Key Plan

Project Number Issue Date Author Checker

Date

Checked By

Owner

Architecture for an Aging America

Project Number Doors Plan - Hallway 1" = 1'-0"

0' - 5 1/2"

3' - 6"

2' - 7 1/2"

0' - 5 1/2"

As indicated

Project Number Issue Date Author Checker

Project Number Date Drawn By Checked By

Interior Elevation Key Plan 1/4" = 1'-0"

A600

Scale

1/4" = 1'-0"

Bathroom - A 3/4" = 1'-0"

Bathroom - B 3/4" = 1'-0"

10' - 0"

1' - 4 1/4"

1' - 2 3/4"

2' - 4"

3' - 5 1/2"

Bedroom - A 3/4" = 1'-0"

A300

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

6' - 6"

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

6' - 0" 3' - 9"

2' - 9"

Consultant Address Address Address Phone Level 1 1' - 7 3/4"

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

Bedroom - B 3/4" = 1'-0"

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

1' - 4 1/2"

www.archforaging.org

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

2' - 5 1/4"

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

www.archforaging.org

0' - 5 1/2"

3' - 5 1/2"

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

1' - 6 1/4"

1' - 6"

0' - 5 1/2"

3' - 6 1/2"

0' - 6"

7' - 2 1/2"

Level 1 1' - 7 3/4"

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

Level 1 1' - 7 3/4"

2' - 6"

0' - 5 1/2"

2' - 8 1/4"

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

Level 1 1' - 7 3/4"

3' - 0"

6' - 3 1/2"

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

5' - 7 1/2"

0' - 4"

0' - 11 1/4"

0' - 11 3/4"

1' - 6"

3' - 6"

3' - 6" 2' - 2 3/4"

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

0' - 5 1/2" 1' - 11 3/4"

Owner

Level 1 1' - 7 3/4"

3/4" PLYWOOD

www.archforaging.org

0' - 5 1/2"

3' - 6 1/2"

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

Level 2 9' - 9" 3' - 5 1/2"

Level 1 1' - 7 3/4" 1

Level 2 9' - 9"

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

Level 1 1' - 7 3/4"

Kitchen Island - A 1" = 1'-0"

Kitchen Island - C 1" = 1'-0"

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

1'-0"

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

9' -

Consultant Address Address Address Phone

3/4"

3' - 11"

0' - 5 1/2"

5' - 6 3/4"

0' - 5 1/2"

6' - 10 3/4"

0' - 5 1/2"

0' - 5 1/2" 1' - 11 3/4" D

1' - 11 3/4" 0' - 5 1/2"

www.archforaging.org

Consultant Address Address Address Phone 3' - 5 1/4"

Living Area - B 1/2" = 1'-0"

5' - 2"

www.archforaging.org

6' - 2 1/4"

0' - 7 1/2"

6' - 5 1/2"

Level 1 1' - 7 3/4" 2

7' - 8 3/4"

A302

Scale

1' - 6"

Level 1 1' - 7 3/4"

4' - 1 1/2"

1/4" = 1'-0"

Drawn By

6' - 6"

0' - 5"

2' - 2 3/4"

2' - 0 1/4"

2' - 8"

4' - 5 1/2"

A301

Scale

Date

SLIDING TRACK

Project Number Issue Date Author Checker

Checked By

2' - 11 1/4"

4' - 5 1/2"

0' - 6 1/4"

0' - 3 1/2" 2' - 1 3/4"

2' - 8"

3' - 10"

Checked By

1' - 6"

1' - 4 3/4"

0' - 6"

1' - 4 3/4"

Drawn By

Section 6 1/4" = 1'-0"

1' - 5 1/4"

0' - 6 1/4"

2' - 5 1/2"

2' - 9"

4' - 2 1/2"

1/4" = 1'-0"

Date 3

2' - 11 1/4"

0' - 5 1/2"

2' - 10"

3' - 3 1/2"

0' - 7 1/4"

0' - 2 3/4" 0' - 5 1/2"

2' - 5 1/2"

Living Area - A 1/2" = 1'-0"

FINISH FLOOR

Owner Architecture for an Aging America

Project Number

Level 2 9' - 9" 2' - 2 3/4"

Level 2 9' - 9"

0' - 5 1/2"

4' - 10 1/4"

Typical Wall W/ Notch 3/4" = 1'-0"

Wall Sections

Project Number Issue Date Author Checker

4/17/2016 8:24:42 PM

Drawn By Checked By

4/17/2016 8:24:38 PM

Date

Section 2 1/4" = 1'-0"

Short Building Sections

4/17/2016 8:24:41 PM

6' - 6"

Typical Exterior Wall Section 3/4" = 1'-0"

Architecture for an Aging America

Project Number

4/17/2016 8:24:45 PM

Owner

Level 1 1' - 7 3/4" Ground Level 0' - 0"

Long Building Sections Project Number Issue Date Author Checker

4/17/2016 8:24:44 PM

Level 2 9' - 9"

Owner Architecture for an Aging America

Project Number

-2' - 0" 1' - 4"

Level 2 9' - 9"

Level 1 1' - 7 3/4" Ground Level 0' - 0"

BOTTOM OF FOOTING

DOOR 2

0' - 8"

Level 3 16' - 6 3/4"

6' - 5 3/4"

No.

Description

Date

0' - 5 1/2"

6' - 3"

No.

0' - 5 1/2"

Description

2' - 0"

2' - 5 1/2"

3' - 5 1/2"

7' - 9 3/4" 5' - 6"

Date 3' - 5 1/2"

5' - 2" 0' - 4 1/2"

0' - 4 1/2"

5' - 0 1/2"

No.

Description

Date

No.

Description

Date

No.

1' - 0"

iving Area - A

Bathroom - C 3/4" = 1'-0"

Level 1 1' - 7 3/4"

Level 1 1' - 7 3/4" 4

Bathroom - D 3/4" = 1'-0"

Bedroom - C 3/4" = 1'-0"

3' - 6"

1' - 8 1/2"

Date

1' - 0"

Level 1 1' - 7 3/4" 4

Bedroom - D 3/4" = 1'-0" REF.

itchen Island -

4 Living Area - D A601

2 Living Area - B

A604

A604 1 Kitchen Island A

iving Area - C

Level 1 1' - 7 3/4"

1' - 8 1/2"

Living Area - C 1/2" = 1'-0"

Description

5' - 0 1/2"

1' - 6"

3' - 6"

3' - 0"

1' - 6"

3' - 4 3/4"

1' - 5 1/4"

REF.

Level 1 1' - 7 3/4"

Kitchen Island D

Level 1 0' - 0"

A604

Kitchen Island 3C

Date Drawn By Checked By

Scale

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A601

As indicated

Project Number Date Drawn By 5

Bathroom Interior Elevation Key 1/2" = 1'-0"

Checked By

Scale

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A602

As indicated

edroom - D

Bathroom Elevations

3 Bathroom - C

A604

2' - 0"

Date Drawn By Checked By

Bedroom Interior Elevation Key 1/2" = 1'-0" Scale

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Project Number Issue Date Author Checker

A603

As indicated

Kitchen Island - B 1" = 1'-0"

1' - 6"

Kitchen Island - D 1" = 1'-0"

6' - 11"

Architecture for an Aging America

Level 1 1' - 7 3/4"

1' - 6"

Owner

3' - 0"

Level 1 1' - 7 3/4"

Bedroom Elevations Project Number

2' - 6"

Architecture for an Aging America

3 Bedroom - C A603

1 Bedroom - A

2' - 6"

3' - 0"

Owner

Architecture for an Aging America

edroom - B

1 Bathroom - A A602

South 1" = 1'-0"

Owner Architecture for an Aging America

Kitchen Island Elevations

2' - 0"

Kitchen Island Elevation Key Plan 1/4" = 1'-0"

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Scale

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A604

As indicated

South Elevation Project Number Date Drawn By Checked By

Scale

Project Number Issue Date Author Checker

A200

1" = 1'-0"

3/14/2016 1:06:07 PM

Living Area - D 1/2" = 1'-0"

Project Number

4/17/2016 8:24:51 PM

Living Area Elevations

Living Area Interior Elevation Key 3/8" = 1'-0"

4/17/2016 8:24:50 PM

Level 1 1' - 7 3/4"

4/17/2016 8:24:48 PM

0' - 6"

athroom - D

2' - 5 3/4"

1' - 7"

0' - 6"

4/17/2016 8:24:47 PM

2' - 0"

0' - 8 1/4" 0' - 8"

2' - 4"

Owner

Architecture for an Aging America

0' - 3 1/4" 0' - 9 3/4"

2' - 11 1/4"

2' - 6"

athroom - B

Owner

Level 2 9' - 9"

0' - 4 3/4" 1' - 0"

3' - 0"

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Project Number

4/17/2016 8:24:37 PM

26' - 0"

SHED

BEDROOM

KITCHEN

LIVING

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CIRCULATION

CLOSET

BATH

DINING

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PATH TO AN ANCESTRAL COLUMBARIUM

Hypothetical Site in Virginia, USA

This is the project I am currently developing for my graduate thesis. The path to the columbarium begins with a gravel path through an introductory courtyard populated with trees and large rocks. The expansive open area of the courtyard creates a grand feeling of the outdoors and the natural environment while the crunch of gravel underfoot and the rustling of leaves in the dogwood trees creates an intimate phenomenological experience for those inhabiting the space. Directly ahead is the family’s home, on the major axis of the courtyard, but separated from the columbarium out of deference. To the right is a short path into the bordering wood to maintain a connection between the architecture and nature. The path to the columbarium turns ninety-degrees to the left. Leaving the courtyard, travelers descend a grand stair cutting through a sheer cliff. The stair is composed of the same materials present in the courtyard. The handrails are made of local black walnut and steel, with bronze accents. The form of the rail is designed in response to the grip and curvature of the hand. The treads are travertine frames backfilled with gravel to maintain the phenomenological intimacy of the journey. Sounds of rushing water from the river ahead are funneled through grated drains that collect rainwater, which occasionally flows down the stairway. The stair lands at the shore of a small branch of a nearby river and the path continues to a humble bridge constructed of steel and black walnut with bronze accents, recalling the handrails of the grand stair. The railings break and the bridge widens at the center-point of the stream to suggest a moment of pause before the journey’s destination. The path continues toward the funneled entrance of the columbarium. This formal move creates a grand entrance in an otherwise modest structure while simultaneously gathering sound from the surrounding site and concentrating it at the entrance gate. The gate is cast bronze accented with highly ornamented hinges that begin to prepare visitors for the interior. The gate opens into a deep threshold illuminated by a candle sitting in a small alcove on the left and closed to the interior by a heavy black walnut door. Below the candle is a basin formed in the concrete wall filled with water to cleanse one’s hands before entering. The wood door opens into a highly ornamented interior space softly lit by a linear skylight placed above the threshold. The walls are ornamented with terracotta panels mounted on the concrete. In the center of the space is an altar; a pristine block of honed black granite. With the door securely closed, the space is silenced due to sound dampening qualities inherent to the highly articulated and porous surfaces of the terracotta panels. The space is now lit solely from the skylight above the niches wherein lay the cremated remains. The order of the space’s lighting, silence, and geometry, along with the simple altar play counterpoint to the complex ornament of the interior, resulting in a harmonious space for contemplation and remembrance.

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SHARON PICNIC TABLES

Fabrication help from John Iaconis & Mitchell August

Sharon, Virginia, USA

Photo credit to Jeff Goldberg, Esto

This project arose out of the necessity to create seating for the Sharon Fieldhouse pavilion. Rather than purchase generic picnic tables from a hardware store, the rest of the design/buildLAB tasked me with designing and fabricating a set of picnic tables that were inexpensive and followed the aesthetic of the pavilion. The tables are made completely out of recycled materials. The steel is left over material from the construction of the exterior “screen” elements of the facade, and the wood is antique oak and pine lumber reclaimed from the demolition of a local warehouse building. The bar-stock was bent, welded together, and painted white to make the table legs. The wood was planed, treated in the same manner as the oak ceiling above it, and bolted to the steel to make the table and benches (the sturdier oak was used for the benches, and the pine for the tables). The wood was also beveled to match the angles of the bent steel legs, fortuitously creating an ergonomic place to rest one’s back. The tables are truly an extension of the rural minimalist aesthetic of the architecture.

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Photo credit to Jeff Goldberg, Esto

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Photo credit to Jeff Goldberg, Esto

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Photo credit to Jeff Goldberg, Esto

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SKETCHING

Castelvecchio | Window Detail | Verona, Italy | Carlo Scarpa

Various Locations Sketching is very useful when trying to show something that might otherwise be impossible to convey through other means. In the following images, sketching is used as a tool to express that which could not be captured through photography.

Saint Benedict Chapel | Sumvitg, Switzerland | Peter Zumthor â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 32 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

Couvent Sainte-Marie de la Tourette | Chapel | L’Arbresle, France | Le Corbusier — 33 —

Notre Dame du Haut | Interior Window Grid | Ronchamp, France | Le Corbusier

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Notre Dame du Haut | Interior Pulpit | Ronchamp, France | Le Corbusier

Harold Washington Library | Ornamental Exterior Light | Chicago, Illinois, USA | Hammond, Beeby, and Babka

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Fondazione Querini Stampalia | Entrance Bridge Details | Venice, Italy | Carlo Scarpa

Fondazione Querini Stampalia | Courtyard | Venice, Italy | Carlo Scarpa

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Krematorium Baumschulenweg | Entry Courtyard | Berlin, Germany | Schultes Frank Architekten

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PHOTOGRAPHY

Student Hall of Residence | Garching, Munich, Germany | Fink + Jocher

Various Locations Photography is a powerful tool for capturing the essence of a place. The following images attempt to capture the fleeting qualities of several works of architecture.

Kunsthaus Bregenz | Bregenz, Austria | Peter Zumthor

Saint Benedict Chapel | Sumvitg, Switzerland | Peter Zumthor

Kirchenzentrum | MĂźnchen-Riem, Germany | Florian Nagler Architekten

Neue Wache | Berlin, Germany | Karl Friedrich Schinkel

Islamic Cemetery | Altach, Vorarlberg, Austria | Bernardo Bader

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