Work Samples - Ryan Giles by Ryan Giles

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G I L E S W O R K

S A M P L E S

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B AC H E LO R O F S C I E N C E I N A R C H I T E C T U R E , U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I C H I G A N MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE WITH DISTINCTION, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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K L E I N & H O F F M A N , I N C . , C H I C AG O, I L L I N O I S

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AC A D E M IC BLU R R I NG_THE _R I FT: E X PLO R I N G T H R ESH O L D + PRO G R AMMAT I C FR ICT I O N 02 A C ULMIN AT I ON OF T HE S I S RE S E ARCH, 2011-2012

T H E A N N A R B O R I N TE R LO CKING H O U S I NG TO WE R 08 ANN ARBOR, MI , 2011

THE N EW N AT I O N A L SPEL EO LO G ICAL S O CIE T Y H E AD Q UART E R S 1 4 CAVE CI T Y, KY, 2011

EQ U I L I B R I U M : A U NI V E R S AL DE S I G N PR IME R 1 8 DESIG N R ESEA RCH + P ROP OS E D I NT E RVE NT I ONS , 2012

PRO F E S S I ON A L STO R EFRO N T R EPL AC EME NT: LO CAL PIPE FIT T E R S’ 597 2 2 CHI CAGO, I LLI NOI S , 2012-2013

FACAD E R EH A B I L I TAT I O N DESI G N : CO LU MBIA CO LLE G E CH ICAG O 2 4 CHI CAGO, I LLI NOI S , 2014

ROT U N DA SK Y L I G H T R EPL ACE ME NT: S H E DD AQ UAR I U M 2 8 CHI CAGO, I LLI NOI S , 2013-2014

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BLURRING_THE_RIFT:

EXPLORING THRESHOLD + PROGRAMMATIC FRICTION A CULMINATION OF THESIS RESEARCH The thesis began by researching the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago and analyzing its potential for dialogue between its two stakeholders - the public citizen and the administration - created by the spatial juxtaposition of programmatic territory for each. A typical civic building aims to represent its power over the public through mechanisms such as barrier and monumentality. The Thompson Center, however, begins to suggest a different model for operating upon the relationship between its two constituents. The building purports to represent an implicitly democratic relationship between the administration and its citizens through its provision of a retail mall and concourse that shares the same open air space with the civic offices within its 17-story atrium, as well as its direct connection to the underground pedway, creating a public thoroughfare that links several buildings across the city. Despite these provisions of public territory, however, the JRTC still represents its

authoritative identity over its citizens, though it is created through more adaptive, subtle aspects. The building is enclosed by a mirrored faรงade that causes it to begin to disappear into the urban landscape, simultaneously playing out its surroundings as a 17-story movie screen from the exterior, and representing a shift in identity for those allowed on the interior who are can view the exterior public without being observed themselves. The retail mall within its bounds provides some interior public space, though there is still a distinct line between areas that are restricted and those that are explicitly public. While this threshold has been adapted to fall inside the building, it still exists as a rigid though less visible barrier. Even its connection to the pedway takes on an authoritative condition; while it is a public network, the system links primarily civic and financial institutions that similarly limit public access, becoming more of an edited version of the city based on civic interests than a public realm. The thesis aims to create a new government

center paradigm by acting upon the conditions of threshold manipulation and spectacle introduced by the Thompson Center. By agitating and proliferating the thresholds between public and civic space throughout its spatial configuration and tactical control of perceptual connection through transparency and reflection, the project simultaneously maximizes the visibility and friction of the rift between the two territories, normalizes the awareness of the divide, and begins to form spaces in the overlaps that become a new spatial condition where programs arise that are neither civic office or public retail. INSTRUCTOR: McLain Clutter DATE: 9.11 - 4.12

Proposed / Adjacent Elements - Outliers

_Programmatic Constituents

City Hall - Node Path Type: Components: Hours of Access: CTA Link:

Narrow Office, Transient 8-10 No

12x

Offices

1/Entrance

Security

Small Atrium

Title & Trust - Node Path Type: Narrow Components: Office, Transient Hours of Access: 8-10 CTA Link: No

Daley Center - Node Path Type: Narrow Components: Office, Transient Hours of Access: 8-10 CTA Link: No

Offices

One Prudential Plaza - Node Path Type: Narrow Components: Office, Transient Hours of Access: 8-10 CTA Link: No

Offices

1/Entrance

Security

1/Entrance

Security

Small Atrium

Offices

1/Entrance

Security

Small Atrium

Aon Center / Athletic Club - Node Path Type: Mixed Components: Office, Transient, Social, Recreation Hours of Access: 8-10 CTA Link: No 4x

Offices

1/Entrance

Security

Medium Atrium

Shops / Restaurants

Small Meeting Hall

Sporting Courts / Fields / Pools

Climbing Wall

Narrow_

30x

Rentals / Apartments

Theater / Performance Hall

Gaming Casino Floor

Police / EMT Station

Narrow_

Expansive_

JRTC - Core / Framework Path Type: Expansive Components: Office, Transient, Public Art, Food, Entertainment Hours of Access: 8-10, 24 (limited) CTA Link: Yes

Narrow_

Blue Cross - Node Path Type: Narrow Components: Office, Transient Hours of Access: 8-10 CTA Link: No 4x

Offices

75x

Offices

1/Entrance

Security

1/Entrance/Zone

Security

Small Atrium

Large Atrium

Large Concourse

10x

Shops / Restaurants

Meeting Hall

Museum / Gallery

Narrow_

Pedway - Connective Fabric Path Type: Narrow Components: Transient Hours of Access: 24

Expansive_

Pathway

20x Subterranean CTA Transit Lines

CTA Lines - Connective Fabric Path Type: Narrow Components: Transient Hours of Access: 24

Narrow_

Restricted_

Ticket Booths

4/Entrance

Security

Small Atrium

Shops / Restaurants Narrow_

Restricted_

Three First National - Node Path Type: Restricted Components: Office, Transient Hours of Access: 8-10 CTA Link: No

Chase Tower - Node Path Type: Restricted Components: Office, Transient Hours of Access: 8-10 CTA Link: No

Offices

1/Entrance

Security

1/Entrance

Security

Small Atrium

Cultural Center - Node Path Type: Mixed Components: Office, Exhibition, Arts, Social Hours of Access: 8-10 CTA Link: No

Macyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s / BLOCK 37 - Node Path Type: Expansive Components: Retail, Transient, Food Hours of Access: 8-10 CTA Link: No 2x

Offices

Large Concourse

25x

Offices

Medium Atrium

Gallery

Shops / Restaurants

Expansive_

Meeting / Performance Hall Narrow_

Expansive_

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Perceptual Thresholds Threshold Overlaps

(-06.10 m)

(-06.10 m) (-06.10 m)

(+ 04.27 m)

(-06.10 m)

(+ 04.27 m)

(-06.10 m)

Tranparency Zone - Threshold

Suspended Program Separation

(+ 04.27 m)

Transparent_Thresholds

(-06.10 m)

The reflective nature of the JRTC’s envelope suggests a new set of pathways and thresholds across its surroundings that represent a constantly changing set of links depending on one’s location within the path and their angle of approach. This creates barriers that should materialize and dematerialize at will allowing access at some points and restriction at others, both visually and physically across the realm of this new construct.

Restricted Programmatic Path

(-06.10 m)

Public Programmatic Path

(-06.10 m)

Public Programmatic Path - Transition Zone

Narrow_

Expansive_

The duality projected by these threshold barriers also suggests that they should not only be interactive visually, but also as a physical construct. For example, an undulated set of layered bars could begin to control visual restriciton based on their spacing and could be shaped to act as a wall at one point, stairs at another, even benches at which the various constiuents that this amplified construct seeks to cohabitate could begin to interact at parallel levels, sometimes intersecting, sometimes separated, always nested within one another in a constantly shiffintg spiral of duality.

Restricted_

Expansive_

Narrow_

Projection Zone - Stack

_Programmatic Index Spatial Zones + Overlaps

Projected_Zones

+ Large atrium and concourse begin to form the connective fabric of this new condensed construct. It should be the most public area and the most centrally located or integrated between programmatic zones.

+ Each set of offices requires different security measures and thus must have separate physical security constructs at the threshold for their programmatic zone, though all should be integrated with police / EMS + Office / Program Zones can be grouped, arranged, or overlapped based on similar interests, possibly serviced from same atrium with individual security thresholds

Police / EMS Services

+Apartments require distance from more public programs for noise and security concerns. May be relegated to higher / perimeter areas of the space

Refelctive Enclosure + Projeucted Space (Existing / Non-Existing)

Projectec / Implied Enclosures

24-Hour Access

+ Police / EMS Stations have direct programmatic ties to the various security stations that are required and should be centrally located as to have ease of access and integration

The perceptual effects created by the reflective barriers of the JRTC offer a set of operative techniques that could be played up throughout the building, creating a set of projected zones that imply further overlap between programs that may be physically separated. These techniques open up more confined interior spaces and begin to suggest new potentials for programmatic overlap through juxtaposition of program and perceptual blurring.

Rentals / Apartments

Below 8 Hour Access + Athletic center offices and recreational area are public areas, allowing the zone to be located near the public core. However, security is required at thresholds between these areas and locker rooms, etc.

10+ Hour Access

CTA Access + Pedway

+ Casino requires extensive background security that must have the most direct integration with the police services (closest proximity)

Cultural Center Zone

Financial / Business Zone

Projected Programmatic Zone + Enclosure Athletic / Recreational Center

Semi-Transparent / Semi-Opaque, Thickened Barrier

Civic Office Zone Casino Zone

Limited Financial Zone

Existing Floor Plate / Circulation Zone Projected Floor Plate Opening Programmatic Enclosure Transparent / Reflective Projected Barrier Perforations

+ Each set of offices requires different security measures and thus must have separate physical The projected spaces create new suggested points of security constructs at the threshold for their programmatic zone, though all should be integrated with police / EMS strategic intersection between segregated programs, playing up the friction between public and restricted access, while not being an explicitly physical + Office /construct. Program Zones can be grouped, arranged, or overlapped based The addition of one and two way reflectivity can also possibly serviced from same atrium with individual on similar interests, begin to allow further reveals into this dichotomy and security thresholds begin to dematerialize the barriers between programs conceptually, as well as physically.

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+ Atrium / Offices require more separation from public areas and should have individual atriums separate from other programs

JRTC / Gov’t Office Zone Central Concourse + Atrium

Retail / Mall Zone

SECTIONAL AXON Overlapping Program Territories

01_ SUSPENDED CIRCULATION Programmatic Terminals + Perceptual Divide

04_ FRICTIONAL POCKETS Progrmmatic Slippages + Sectional Overlaps

Each end of the building acts as a tangible visualization of the rift between programs; visitors from both constituents can circulate through all levels most easily through this zone, though the programs remain physically divided. Visually, activity is percieved from both sides through tactical moments of revelation, agitating the threshold condition and beginning to make the rift between the two visible, as well as normalizing the juxtaposition of each territory within the space. The suspension of these programmatic zones is expressed as extrusions on the exterior facade, creating terminal nodes between which threshold manipulation can begin to build across the space, as well as clearly rendering its sectional logic to the exterior public.

As pathways across the blurred zone overlap and slip past one another, blisters or pockets begin to emerge from the friction between the normalized agitation, creating new programmatic territory in the thickened vertical or horizontal spaces where barriers meet. At this intervention, the public zone bubbles up over the administration territory underneath. The thickened threshold between the two becomes an art gallery where local art created in the local area or onsite is displayed, discussed and accessed by all, again becoming neither explicitly public or civic in its character.

02_ AMBIGUOUS VOID Vertical Occupation + Subversive Circulation As the pathways connecting programs across the central space of the building overlap and intertwine both loosely and rigidly, voids begin to appear across the floor space that reveal visual thrshold ambiguity into different programmatic zones, as well as becoming occupiable space as a new program typology that transcends the public / private divide. For example, this particular void becomes a rock climbing wall that both sides could begin to use, which simultaneously agitates the divide further with the wall enclosing a civic meeting space being scaled by an avid climber.

03_ ADAPTED CITYSCAPE Subterranean Threshold + Pedway Penetration The construct has no ground-level entrances, instead routing both constiuents in to an underground mixing chamber with direct connection to public transit, retail, and the pedway system. This serves to maximize visibility of the pedway and adapt the threshold of the building to fold the streetscape character of the building. Its further blurring of the divide between occupants sets up the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commentary immediately upon entry, causing visitors to emerge in the central blurred zone before visiting their specific destination.

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Suspended Program End Sections

Plan - Floor 13

Loosened Friction Connections

1” = 50’

FRICTIONAL PROGRAMS - GENERATIVE As the friction of the agitated thresholds between civic and public territory with the building builds, a third typology of non-exclusive territory begins to emerge. Spatially, these territories assert themselves through non-rectilinear formations that act as erosions to the tight logic of the two primary territories. Programmatically, these new territories become jarring, out of place zones that serve a number of purposes, ranging from augmenting the visibility of the rift, creating opportunities for new capital generation that the civic entities are striving for, to generating new programs that can begin to bridge and fill the rift, beyond just rendering it visible. In this particular instance, the inserted program takes on a generative identity. The ample, blistered space between the public and civic on the third / fourth floor becomes an indoor garden area, providing a space for retreat for both the civic workers and general public, as well as a source of local food growth that taps into the available resources, such as water, along the pedway. The food grown here could be communally driven and financed as a cultural stimulus.

Plan - Floor 11

THRESHOLD OVERLAPS - OVERALL

THRESHOLD OVERLAPS ADMINISTRATION

THRESHOLD OVERLAPS - PUBLIC

THRESHOLD OVERLAPS - EXPANSION

1” = 50’

FRICTIONAL PROGRAMS - RECREATIVE DIALOGUE In other instances, the new programmatic zone type allows a dialogue to be established between the public using the onsite retail and the civic workers while simultaneously reacting to the shifting spaces that overlap and morph based on the friction, both horizontally and vertically. In this instance, the frictional programming utilizes the wall surface of a civic meeting room as a climbing wall to introduce new circulation and recreation areas within this normally waste morphing, vertical void space. The surface itself remains transparent, acting on the perceptual tactics that are carried out in other ways throughout the building to increase the visibility of the rift while fiilling it with a usable, albeit atypical, purpose.

Plan - Floor 9

1” = 50’

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West Perspective Section 1/16” = 1’

North Perspective Section 1/16” = 1’

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THE ANN ARBOR INTERLOCKING HOUSING TOWER ANN ARBOR, MI

Located on a prime site in downtown Ann Arbor atop a just-completed underground parking structure, this project strives to take on the reallife challenges of examining in detail the true limitations and necessities of such a project. Careful consideration had to given to structural restraints, building codes, zoning restrictions, and city needs. The proposed project is a 131unit matket-rate housing tower with some live-work units, a ground floor dedicated to retail and restaurants, a public gym, and a small civic auditorium. The existing column grid of the underground parking structure beneath the site makes the proposed building especially challenging, as portions of the grid are not capable of supporting a 180-foot building, which the zoning codes allow. With this in mind, the southwest corner of the site is dedicated to a ground-level public plaza, with the building stepping up in height towards the east. Additionally, the building takes advantage of the existing elevator cores on the site.

Despite the restrictions, the proposed tower is quite unique. Units span two floors in height, with a ‘double skip corridor’ system (access every third floor) acting as the circulation between them. This allows units to span the entire 54’ width of the building, letting light in from both ends. The units range from studio to three-bedrooms, and are standardized to just 5 layout types. The units are also standardized in dimensions so that they are capable of interlocking in multiple configurations. The configuration of the standardized units differs from floor to floor. The standard 14’ width of the units allows them to be prefabricated off-site and transported in for assembly. The units are composed of a steel tube structural system with spanning steel beams providing the framework. Additionally, a modular, operable channel glass shading device system exists on each unit. The shading devices can slide independently along tracks and rotate to control the amount of light each unit gets based on occupant preference.

INSTRUCTOR: Doug Kelbaugh DATE: 9.11 - 12.11 In collaboration with: Cameron Stewart *Project selected for 2012 TCAUP Student Exhibition *Published on AnnArbor.com as a part of Downtown Opportunities: Selling Ann Arbor’s City-owned Properties for Urban Residential Development

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Ground Floor - Structural Plan 1/16” = 1’-0”

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10.5”

Structural Wall Section Prefabricated Unit - Circulation Floor

9”

Structural Section - Joint Between Prefabricated Units Scale: 2” = 1’

Fiberglass Infill Batt Insulation

2 BR B

Steel Structural Decking

2 BR A

1 BR

Structural Slab

Steel Wall Studs

3 BR

2 BR A

1 BR

2 BR A

4” Structural Steel Tubes

6’ 0.C.

Steel Wall Studs

Air Cavity for Mechanical Chase 1/2” Drywall

4” Structural Steel Tubes

1 BR

2 BR A

2 BR B

2 BR A

Fiberglass Infill Batt Insulation

1 BR

Aluminum Structural Decking

2 BR A

Structural Slab

2 BR B

Ceiling Chase for Piping and HVAC

3 BR

Structural Wall Section Prefabricated Unit - Circulation Floor

14’-6” O.C.

3 BR

1/4”

2 BR B

1/2”

2 BR A

1/8” Anchor Bolts

3 BR

1” Air Space

1 BR

Structural Mullion

Double Pane (1/4”) Insulating Glass with 1/2”Air Space

Neighborhood 10

1/8” Stainless Steel Anchor Bolts

High Density Insulation Foam

Aluminum Wall Studs

4” Structural Steel Tubes

High Density Insulation Foam 1/8” Structural Steel Rods

3 BR

2 BR A

Concrete Balcony Deck

Aluminum Rail/Shading

2 BR B

1 BR

1/8” Anchor Bolts 5’

1/16” = 1’-0”

Typical Neighborhood Plan

Ground Floor - Structural Plan

24”

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2 BR A

3 BR

1/2” Dry Wall

Axonometric

Rail Detail 6â&#x20AC;?

Sliding Track Wheels

Aluminum Hanging Rack

Panel Detail

Elevation

Shading Glass Inserts

Pivot / Rotation Axel + Track

Balcony Detail

Horizontal Sliding Rack

Frosted Channel Glass

Aluminum Framing Rack

Compressed (Max Visibility)

Compressed (Max Shading)

Expanded (Mixed Shading)

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Examinations of the ambitions and needs of the Dividing R idge NSS in their new headquarters while maintaining an awareness of budget constraints led to a development of program in four categories: 2756 social, monetary, intellectual, and circulation/ utilities. Based on a roughly 14,000-18,00065 square foot total as determined by budget, these programmatic elements out and H O L L O Wmapped S D A W S O N were RD began to be arranged based on an interest in conveying the experiential nature of caving through a modifier of sound and echolocation. By placing these four categories at different locations tied to relative to one another at distances determined by their relative size and allowing them to resonate “frequencies” (again, proportional to size), individual programmatic elements can be placed at the intersections of these waves and begin to suggest programmatic relationships and phsyical layout. By placing the 31 1140 social category at the “front” of the space in line with the NSS’ new outreach 0 efforts, a spatialized 90

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The National Speleological Society (NSS) is a society of “cavers” who are interested in the exploration, preservation, and mapping of cave systems all across the United States. Currently, 700 the headquarters is located in Alabama, acting as little mre than an overnight weigh station and resting place for its membership as they travel to explore a variety of caves in the Tennessee/Alabama/Georgia (TAG) region. The studio itself focused on the formidable task of determining the exact needs of a unique and unfamiliar society, who are looking to expand and relocate, and design a new headquarters more suited to the society’s needs and desires. As a group, we had a chance to explore the Mammoth Cave system in Kentucky, as well as several propose site locations in the surrounding region, to gain a better understanding of the interests and aims of the society as a whole, prior to approaching the programming and design of the headquarters itself. It was determined that the nearby town of Cave City was a more 88 suitable location, due to its proximity to various

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(echo)LOCATION

Plans

lobby

1/16” = 1’

hostel room

gift shop

Based on the interests expressed by NSS’ plan as well as observed conditions from visits to potential sites, Cave City was chosen as the most feasible candidate for locating the new NSS headquarters. Park City lacks the population, recognition, and public infrastructure to support the needs and ambitions of the NSS, while Horse Cave has too close of a tie to the ACCA with the presence of the American Cave Museum, as well as lacking the physical proximity to the highway that Cave City possesses. Because of the desire for highway proximity though not necessarily visual), the headquarters would ideally fall within a quarter to half-mile zone on each side of the highway, while being mindful of maintaining a distance from the more tourist-oriented establishments present in the area due to the desire to not be associated with these conceptions, while still pulling from tourist culture as part of a new outreach effort.

meeting room

museum

Entry Level

library

cashier

archives additional training

book distribution

additional training

office

campgroud office

office

vertical training

mens locker room

womens locker room

printer copy fax

1. Lobby

kitchen

loading dock

2. Current Exhibit Room

janitor storage men women

3. Vertical Training (exterior)

Examinations of the ambitions and needs of the NSS in their new headquarters while maintaing an awareness of budget constraints led to a development of program in four categories: social, monetary, intellectual, and circulation/utilities. Based on a roughly 14,000-18,000 square foot total as determined by budget, these programmatic elements were mapped out and began to be arranged based on an interest in conveying the experiential nature of caving through a modifier of sound and echolocation. By placing these four categories at different locations tied to relative to one another at distances determined by their relative size and allowing them to resonate “frequencies” (again, proportional to size), individual programmatic elements can be placed at the intersections of these waves and begin to suggest programmatic relationships and phsyical layout. By placing the social category at the “front” of the space in line with the NSS’ new outreach efforts, a spatialized system of program can be established and form can be influenced by the frequency of the relationships between individual program elements, rendered in the occupant’s awareness through speed/distance of travel, sectional change, physical overlap, etc.

4. Gift Shop

MODIFIER Studies of sound and the conversational nature of the call and return of echolocation start to create an understanding of how these overlapping programmatic frequencies begin to suggest a buildup or destruction of space and circulation in both plan and section. Complementary programmatic adjacencies are registered through a “fast path” circulation or a buildup of spatial height, much like the amplification that occurs in complimentary waves. In contrast, adjacent programs that are unrelated or noncomplimentary have “slow path” interaction or no registration at all (much like a destructive sine wave) and begin to define the edges of the programmed form.

MONETARY book distribution

office cashier

700

INTELLECTUAL

office

Museum / Admin Level printer copy fax

150 x6

archives

vertical training

1. Lobby

museum

2500

400

additional training

library

400

2. Museum

additional training

320

175

CIRCULATION AND UTILITIES

CAVE CITY

parking

circulation

3. Meeting Room

3 2

janitor storage

3750

3050

4. Offices

men

loading dock

400

women

5. Vertical Training

80 50 40 x2

SOCIAL

1 museum campgroud

womens locker room

mens locker room

meeting room hostel room

2500

1000

600

1200

600

730

330

gift shop

300

lobby

240

kitchen

200

Proposed Site

Section B-B

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Plans

1/16” = 1’ B Entry Level

Caver Level

1. Lobby 2. Current Exhibit Room

1. Library / Reading Room

2. Archive

3. Vertical Training (exterior)

3. Janitor /Storage

4. Gift Shop

4. Barracks 3

5. Kitchen

6. Locker Rooms

7. Vertical Training 8. Gear Storage 9. Exterior Patio

Museum / Admin Level Section A-A

1. Lobby 2. Museum

3. Meeting Room

3 2

4. Offices 5. Vertical Training

Section B-B

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1/8” = 1’

Renders

Program Diagrams

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EQUILIBRIUM:

A UNIVERSAL DESIGN PRIMER A DISTILLATION OF RESEARCH + INTERVENTIONS Equilibrium was intended to create a publication exploriing research and scaled design interventions with the aim of bringing together advancements in medical processes, along with entrepreneurial and engineering considerations that are influential in the development of a new doctrine of architecture. This way of thinking was meant to foster a pradigm shift from a focus solely on accessibility into a more holistic and responsive architecture of the physical body and mental state. Our research and interventions were developed along thre avnues for measuring physical exertion: the body at play, at work, and at rest, with rest being defined as the act of respire and recovery. By examining the exertion of the body at play, work, and rest, the resulting designs aim to define new methodologies for architecture related to design and health. Our research began with a series of explorations examining the physical and perceptual limitations that the surrounding environment exerts on the occupant and vise versa, An

understanding of these limitations and their origins, either internal or external, allowed for the development of several small scale design interventions meant to raise awareness of the subtle effects of the environment on its occupants. The final phase involved an exploration of the nearby University of Michigan hospital layout to identify the key characteristics and shortcomings that exist inherently in the relationship between the deisgn of the built and environment and the intended use of its occupants. The resulting research and proposed interventions were then released as a bound publication intended as a starting point for a new thought paradigm for influencing future design models. http://www.issuu.com/useanvance/docs/ equilibrium_universal_design_primer_w2012_ webversi

INSTRUCTOR: U. Sean Vance DATE: 1.12 - 4.12

Physical Constraints

User Clearance: Physical Versus Perceptual

Class 02_

Clearance Percieved Limits

Much of what has been observed in our study of constraints and modes of use for constructs such as the ladder, the table setting, and space for swinging golf clubs or tennis rackets, seems to be a function of not only the physical space available to the user and the biomechanical limits of the individual, but also the percieved limits of movement, which are afforded by the space itself weighed against the individual’s mental perception of their own capabilities. This perception arguably plays a much larger role than the physical in determining how an individual can interact with a designed space or object and, more constructively, how these constructs should be designed - an individual’s experience is ruled by what they’re willing to do versus what may be physically possible. These perceptual constraints were observed in all three exercises and all seemed to boil down to a desire for comfort. In the case of the step ladder, the length of a subject’s reach was haevily influenced by the stability offered by the size and supports of the ladder itself. While it is true that one would be able to reach farther with the ability to step farther out beyond the step’s width to move one’s center of gravity, there is nothing to say that any of the results of our tests were the actual limits of how far one could reach before tipping. One simply stretches til they reach the limits of their comfort, which with a step as narrow as 1.5 feet, is more limiting than it could be. Another prime example is the club / racket exercise. WIth a given arm length, biomechanical bending limit and club or racket dimensions, the size of a space for the use of these objects should be simple to design. Yet, as was discussed in class, elements such as the durability of the material of the space and the amount of room located behind or in the periphery of one’s vision - areas that are harder to percieve - begin to influence how far one thinks they can swing around without danger of hitting a wall or ceiling surface. The same goes for the table setting. Standard dimensions are in use for where objects should be placed, distances between chairs and the table, etc. Yet these elements are in a state of constant change once a meal has begun, since each person has different perceptual comfort levels in terms of proximity to the table and other diners, making the design of the table environment a dynamic flow between designed objects and users who will differ from event to event. Recognizing that comfort may be the largest driving force in the design of clearance limits for objects and spaces, then perhaps the goal is not pure standardization, but more to provide additional elements that introduce flexibility from the established baseline. As we have already discussed, standardization has its pitfalls as no two people have the exact same physical capability. But larger than that, the percepetual capability that we all project for ourselves is more complex and dominant, calling for further openness from design. For the ladder, this may mean an adjustible base width or height. For the table and club/racket space, this may mean more available buffer space or materials that suggest decreased confinement, such as mirrors. Whatever the case, it is clear that clearance design is not merely a function of the physical, but a mitigation of the variations in the perceptual.

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Opposable Thumbs and Other Limitable Condtions - Designing for Multiple Approaches The past week’s exercises regarding the impact of limited hand mobility shed light upon aspects of design that generally garner far less attention from designers in comparison to other issues of accessibility that seem more obvious. While the exercises that were observed (2a-b) limited subjects’ capabilities in an extremely direct and, in some ways, absurd manner, the reality is that hand or appendage capabilities are an extremely prevalent and constantly changing issue that almost everyone undergoes on an almost daily basis; conditions ranging from stress injuries, arthritis and carpal tunnel to something as simple as limitations of use due to the objects a subject may be carrying limit or change the ways in which one can manipulate and interact with different interfaces and constructs in their own environment. While design standards have again been laid out to begin to recognize and work with the existence of these issues, our exercises suggest further ways in which these constructs can be changed or adapted to alow better accessiblity across a range of situations for the largest number of people.

90°

Usable Hand Positions With Limited Thumb Use

Class 04_

Opposable Thumbs 3”

32” 38”

Issues in Building Rail

Handle could be lengthened and contoured to support manipulation with other parts of the body, providing leverage and accessibility for those with differing capabilities or desires. Handle could also be manipulated in different directions

Door Handle Conditions + Design Suggestions

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A number of these suggestions arose out of a number of observations within our own building. For example, the hand rails along our stairwells work within the design standards as written, yet still create a number of new issues based off their implementation. The rail along the wall side of the stair (1) follows the requirements of the guidelines for the most part: the rail has a diameter of 1.5 inches and is only 1.5 inches from the wall to avoid instances for injury. However, the rail is only 32” off of the finished floor, which is 2-4 inches shorter than the guidelines prescribe. This is not the major issue however; where the stairwell conditions became interesting was the wall side’s rail in comparison to the inside rail. The inside rail is made of an entirely different material (for aesthetic reasons) which changes not only the feel of the rail, but its dimensions. It is a full 38” from the floor and 3” thick, creating a rail that is much taller and harder to grip than the wall side’s rail. While the stairs are wide enough that it is unlikely that one would be gripping both sides at the same time, the differences inr ail design mean that there is a distinct difference in usability for each side, placing subjects one side in a far less accessible or usable position than the other. These stairwells were discussed as places where multiple design interventions could be introduced - rails that changed height to accomodate different capabiities, moving trays for carrying goods, etc. - these changes could be as simple as standardization of rails within the stairwell so that users on either side could experience the same level of safety and accessibility. Another potential zone of design intervention discovered within the building was a redesign of door activators based on conditions of manipulation. While the building has its own issues of still using a number of knob handles that require pinching or grasping motions due to its age, even the lever-based handles could be considered for redesign. Aspects such as the addition of a cupping point for an elbow and the lengthening of the lever itself could allow manipulation by other body parts besides the hand, addressing limitations from physical and psychological conditions resulting from strain injuries or carrying loads. The design of handles that push inwards or out, rather than rotating could also help alleviate some of these issues. A recent Organic Modelling workshop (3) emphasized simple design changes to the form of the lever that could increase comfort and access at a very basic level. While these interventions may seem small or trivial, the limitations they deal with are extremely prevalent and hard to ignore when designing an accessible environment.

MIC Conference Discussion - Criticality of Communication in Process The panel discussions that the class was able to observe during our visit at the MIC Conference were interesting not because of their direct applications, but because of the overall themes that arose over what collaborative aspects were critical to the efficiency of innovation. While the discussions we observed focused mainly on the production and feedback systems for the production of medical appliances and clinical trials, one resounding point seem to continually arise: maximization of the points of communication throughout the process are vital to the success and expediency of the project at large, be it early prototyping for feedback in appliacne design, to creating the best criterion for a clinical study. While neither of these operations fall under the realm of our design in reconsidering the pathology environment through the hybrid digital-analog path, the points made at the MIC panels, compared with our feedback from members of the Pathology department, indicate the communication remains a critical aspect of what these environments should promote in the interest of proper collaboration and diagnosis.

Current Analog Configuration - Limited Collaboration

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Reflection: MIC Conference & Communication in Innovation Offices

Admin / Sample Processing

Consulatation Area (Partitioned Space)

Offices

Workflow

Digital Storage Archives

Physical Storage Archives

As was discussed in my previous entry, one advantage the digital environment offers that the current digital environment in pathologoical diagnostics does not is the ability for several doctors to view the same image simulatneously and to discuss it in an open forum. While the current immersive and tactile aspects of practice should not be lost, it is obvious that the capacity to openly communicate and collaborate on these case studies is vital both for the education of new doctors as well as expediency in providing diagnoses or feedback across departments and institutions nationwide. While the number of checks and balances along the process may be minimal in comparison to device design or clinica trials as discussed at the coference, due to condensed time frames and involvment at a much smaller scale of people, it is hard to deny the need for an environment that not only facilitates but also promotes maximized conditions of communication through its spatial qualities. What does this mean then for the design of this new spatial environment? As an intial scheme, one could imagine a formal configuration that promotes as much cross-space visibility and accessibility while promoting efficiency of the process itself. For example, the spaces could take on a linear assembly, with sample processing / treatment and administrative areas at the front. This would be followed by a central open space consisting of several digital / analog â&#x20AC;&#x153;consultationâ&#x20AC;? spaces (discussed in the previous entries), slightly separated by divider partitions to maintain some semblence of immersion in the environment, while promoting openness across the space through the removal of permanent walls. This central space would be surrounded by the offices of the departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doctors, maximizing accessibility and visibility between the doctors and the staff at all times. The spatial flow would then proceed to and terminate with archival spaces, both physical (for the hard samples and slides) and server rooms for the digital files, separated for security and environmental control. While this spatial flow reamins a diagrammatic pass at the potential configuration of the office environment, it begins to seek out the primary aspects for what is critical to success - in this case, communication, collaboration, and efficiency.

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PIPEFITTERS’ LOCAL 597 HEADQUARTERS STOREFRONT REPLACEMENT CHICAGO, IL

The Pipefitters’ 597 Union Headquarters is located in a late 1960’s bank building in the West Loop. The client was looking for an update to the storefront window design to improve the energy efficiency of the building, increase the privacy of the interior spacesm and modernize the dated aesthetics created by the rigid spacing of the existing gray anodized frames. Privacy was a particular challenge, as the site exists at the busy intersection of W. Washington Blvd. and N. Ogden Ave. Several designs were developed to provide different framing and aesthetic options to the client. The final design took advantage of dark bronze framing and reflective bronze glass to give the daylight openings a more modern, monolithic appearance and bring the visual focus to the vertical spacing of the concrete frame instead of the indivdual spacing of the frames.

INVOLVEMENT: PROJECT PRIMARY DESIGNER - Responsible for Schematic Design, Design Development, + Construction Documents - Produced all Drawings, Details, + Renderings - Reviewed Submittals + Shop Drawings FIRM: Klein and Hoffman, Inc. COMPLETION DATE: July 2013

EXTERIOR VIEW OF NORTH WINDOW BAY - EXISTING

150 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 1900 Chicago, Illinois 60606

Existing Configuration

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CONFERENCE ROOM WINDOWS - NORTH

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150 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 1900 Chicago, Illinois 60606

Window Replacement Project Pipe Fitters’ Association 597 45 N. Ogden Ave. Chicago, Illinois 60607

North Facade - Gray Glass

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COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO - 623 S WABASH FACADE REHABILITATION DESIGN CHICAGO, IL

The property at 623 South Wabash is an arts fabrication and classroom building associated with Columbia College Chicago located in the early 1920â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Studebaker building in the South Loop. The client was looking for an update to the granite panel design above the main entry in conjunction with a facade rehabilitation project to restore the existing terra cotta, masonry, and windows on the north, south, and west elevations. Coordination was a challenge with the project, as the college need to remain open and in operation for the duration of the work, including the replacement of approximately 35 windows in various classrooms. Several configurations were developed for adjusting the laryout of the granite panels to normalize the proportions in relation to the rest of the elevation. Options for using panelized terra cotta were also included in an attempt to blend the materiality of the panels with the rest of the elevation.

INVOLVEMENT: PROJECT PRIMARY DESIGNER - Responsible for Schematic Design, Design Development, + Construction Documents - Produced all Drawings, Details, + Renderings - Reviewed Submittals + Shop Drawings - Oversaw Construction Administration directly for the duration of the project FIRM: Klein and Hoffman, Inc. COMPLETION DATE: December 2014

OPTION 1-C A-2C

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Rehabilitation of Exterior Walls Columbia College Chicago 623 South Wabash Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60605

EXISTING

150 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 1900 Chicago, Illinois 60606

OPTION 3 Project No. 07888-014

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Project No. 07888-014

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Project No. 07888-014

A-3

Rehabilitation of Exterior Walls Columbia College Chicago 623 South Wabash Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60605

150 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 1900 Chicago, Illinois 60606

Option 3 - Night View

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SHEDD AQUARIUM ROTUNDA SKYLIGHT REPLACEMENT CHICAGO, IL

The skylght replacement project at Shedd Aquarium offered a unique opportunity to provide a new glass enclosure for the main rotunda dome that both offered improved energy efficiency and reduced solar heat gain, but also updated the aesthetics to both compliment the newer addition of the dolphin enclosure while paying respect to the horizontality of the original 1920’s skylight that was lost with the earlier skylight replacement in the 1960’s. Direct coordination and approval of the project design from the Illinois Landmarks Society was required due to the building’s status as a city and state landmark. The final design utilized a four-sided buttglazed system to create a fully-weatherproof and uninterrupted plane to protect the rotunda interior, with an applied aluminum cap to mimic the emphasized horizontal banding present in the original design.

INVOLVEMENT: PROJECT DESIGNER - Responsible for Schematic Design, Design Development, + Construction Documents - Produced all Drawings, Details, + Renderings - Reviewed Submittals + Shop Drawings - Oversaw Construction Administration directly for the duration of the project FIRM: Klein and Hoffman, Inc. COMPLETION DATE: October 2014

Existing Skylight prior to the Project

Existing Skylight

Propsed Skylight - Render

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Glass Mockup to test out glazing and applied cap options

Opportunity to lead a tour onsite with several graduate architecture students from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and discuss the design of the project (September 2014).

Initial Sketch Detail for Applied Horizontal Cap

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Roof Plan with Final Configuration

Final Skylight Installation

In-Progress Glazing Installation

Close-up on Horizontal Applied Cap

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Circulation - Plan + Axonometric 1/16” = 1’-0”

Emergency Egress Paths on Typical Circulation Floor

Egress Cores + Circulation Routes Within Overall Massing

Circulation Path Network