Sam Amick -Selected Works - Fall 2019/ Fall 2020
Contents
Furrowed Ground
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Parametric Precedent Study
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Urban Infill
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Iterative Pavilion
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Gamble House Revisited
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Perspective Obstruction
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Museo Domus
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A Space Apart
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Excavation
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Mapping Human Experience
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Light Machine
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Shade and Shelter
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Platonic Solids + Design Investigations
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Form & Formwork + Material Exploration
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Furrowed Ground
In Collaboration with Walden Jones
Panel Hector Guimard Early 1900s Silk on silk
Collar c.1910 Hector Guimard Silk thread on Silk
Pendant Hector Guimard c. 1907-12 Gold and diamonds
Bench Frame Hector Guimard c1905 Cast Iron
Panel Hector Guimard Early 1900s Silk on silk
The organic motifs of the French Art Nouveau movement form a language of vines and tendrils which wrap twist and split to form leightweight and strong jewelry, ironwork and embroidery. Common forms are mapped as splines and iterated via their control points. These figures are then combined to create a composite figure or “seed�.
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Furrowed Ground
The seed acts as a basis for further iteration. Through shifting, culling and mirroring, sheets can be generated using only these three original figures. Below a diagram demonstrates how instances of the figures are adapted to “grow� tangent to the mirror axis.
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Furrowed Ground
Origin Composite panels layer the qualities of multiple fields.
Square Quad Double
Tendril Double Aperature, Horizontal + Quad Aperature + Capsule Threshold
Vertical Pull + Framed Aperature + Capsule Threshold
A framework allows for panels to be shifted and explored Shadows shift and lengthen casting the fields onto the ground
Dappled light filters onto the floor between panels
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Furrowed Ground
Immediate Proximity
Furrowed Ground:
Community Space for gathering and growth Printers Row, Chicago
Furrowed Ground creates a space to explore the life cycle of the food that we eat through living, learning, and working. The concept of the furrow creates a space to plant the seeds of new ideas within the community. This space will engage the community in a diologue on sustainable and locally sourced produce and the ways in which it can improve the lives of those involved in it’s sourcing. A critical part of this space is a variety of residential typologies which allow for people of any socioeconomic background to have access to the club. The proximity to Grant Park and community gardens located therin establishes a linkage between Furrowed Ground and the greenspace nearby(6).
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Rent Based On Subway Access
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Circulation
Points of Interest
Standard Building Envelope
Shifting To Divert Pedestrian Traffic
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Screen one shifts pattern by 1/2 medallion
Screens Arrayed linearly into the site by the height of a figure
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Furrowed Ground
Whole Screen
Ground Floor Opening Steps between cores
Large shift blocks sidewalks:Club is split into three cores and pushed back into the site.
Screens step diagonally by one figure’s height and width
Figures rotate out of their host panel to form beam
Arches Combine Into Reinforced Beam
Landings bridge between cores at openings
Tangent Figure Forms basis for arch Structure
Resulting Diagrid S2
Floorplates connect space responding to the location of arch structures
Maximum Cull Pattern
Small Cull Pattern
Med Cull Pattern
Resulting Diagrid S1
Whole Screen
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Furrowed Ground
A sun study of the 7 th and 8th floors respectively
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3 PM
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Furrowed Ground
A layered system of concrete structure (1) steel sub-structure (2) & frosted glazing (3) creates privacy facing the interior lightwells.
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Light from the interior of the building iluminates the facade along Wabash Ave.
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The Cafe, restaurant, and kitchen visible from below.
An intimate Music Venue with two levels of audience space.
Coffee Shop
L obby
Coat Room
Op e n To Be low
Re st a u ra n t
Cafe
Ground Floor
Floor 1
L o b by
The Cookbook Archive Opens onto the lounge below.
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S u i te 2
S ta f f S hower 1
The coffee shop/roastery, and gallery above.
S u i te 3
C o o k b o o k L i b rar y
S ta f f S hower 2
C o o k i ng C la ss ro o m
S ta f f Lou n ge
Staff Lockers
A u di to ri u m LV L 2
Floor 5
C o o k i n g C la ss ro o m
Floor 3
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Furrowed Ground
8 AM
9 AM
10 AM
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Parametric Precedent Study
Walden 7 was concieved by Anna Bofill, inspired by B. F. Skinners utopian novel Walden 2 which describes individuals living happy lives due to the quality of their surroundings. The modular nature of the complex can be modeled and iterated using multiple parameters such as floor height, cell spacing and walkway width. Through a series of parametric studies using grasshopper this project recreates the original design and proposes a series of alternative layouts.
Images Via. https://frieze.com/ article/fortress-solitude https://ricardobofill.com/projects/walden-7-2/ Background Via. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00004-016-0322-8
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Parametric Precedent Study
base grid with walkways in red
alternating cells Levels 7-10
next level offset 1/3 of a cell Levels 7-10
Levels 5-6/11-12
1/3 offset repeated Levels 7-10
Levels 5-6/11-12
Levels 3-4/13-14
1/3 offset repeated Levels 7-10
Levels 5-6/11-12
Levels 3-4/13-14
Levels 1-2/15-16
Final Stepping Form
Levels 7-10
Levels 5-6/11-12
Levels 3-4/13-14
Levels 1-2/15-16
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Parametric Precedent Study
The model was developed using parametric modeling techniques in McNeel Grashopper. The celular nature of the building allowed for a scriptable series of transformations on a signle rectangle to generate the entire building.
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Castlebury Hill Connector
The Castlebury Hill site nestles between historic warehouses
The site’s proximity to rail lines shapes it’s character
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Castlebury Hill Connector
(1) Circulation is the driver for the proposal. The ramp (2) creates a strong promenade which invites pedestrians off of Nelson Street (1) directing them along two diverging paths, upward to the ceramics studio, or down and through the site to the alleyway, and former rail corridor (3), the generator of economic prosperity and catalyst for the construction of the surrounding warehouse district.
The site’s relationship to the historic rail corridor
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An intervention draws pedestrians into the old rail corridor.
The historic commercial center is reactivated by pedestrians
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Castlebury Hill Connector
The grid draws it’s dimensions from the Eastern facade, creating a framework to create referential bays.
The artist’s living space flooded with morning light as the southern facade shapes both interior and exterior space.
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Castlebury Hill Connector
The proposal holds the facade height of surrounding buildings on Nelson Street the interior of the site is divided into two spaces, the gallery along nelson and th
Maximum Infill
Raising Future Development
Subtracting South Facing Courtyard
he Artists live work along the South facade.
Straddling Central Courtyard
Clearing Circulation Path
Terracing Masses
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Castlebury Hill Connector
The South courtyard allows occupants to walk around and through the existing brick facade via a broad terrace. A sawtooth window allows light into the woodworking studio below. Directly above the walkway the apartment features an elevated loft space.
The courtyard outside the ceramics studio creates a space to gather or observe the potter at work.
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Castlebury Hill Connector
Moving downward through the site users can view the work of the furniture maker through large windows.
The ramp to the right winds upwards to the ceramics studio, leading to a terrace garden.
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Iterative Pavilion
Boolean (3/32”=1’)
Rotate (3/32”=1’)
Scale (3/32”=1’)
Shear (3/32”=1’)
Chamfer (3/32”=1’)
Shear + Boolean (3/32”=1’)
The pavilion was generated through a series of transformations on an original base cube. Each tool generated a unique result through six rule based steps.
Moving through the solid and out into the exterior the user experiences the second system. This set of three cubes has been scaled and made into an occupied shell.
Transforming this solid into an occupied space required the use of multiple channels cut through the central mass of the solid. These channels create a cave-like space with a low ceiling and dim light conditions.
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Iterative Pavilion
This shell transitions upward and into a tubular stairway to the next level.
As visitors step through a heavy threshold into an upper courtyard they are confronted with the original motif of a cube with its corner removed. Visitors have already passed this motif upon entry to the pavilion where it stands as a column.
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Gamble House Revisited
Shaded eaves create an inviting space at the house’s perimeter linking interior space to it’s natural surroundings. The Gamble House, designed for David and Mary Gamble of Proctor & Gamble was built in Pasadena California in 1908 induring the American Arts and Crafts Movement. Arts and Crafts uses the skill of the craftsman as a counterpoint to mass production. In the Gamble house Greene & Greene use deep eaves and stepped wooden brackets to adapt the Arts and Crafts style to Japanese influences. The service core (shown darkened) creates a buffer between the direction of the road and the city of Pasadena beyond it. The house’s shaded sleeping porches create outdoor rooms connecting occupants to nature via the views of trees and the valley to the North.
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Gamble House Revisited
Connection to nature increases as residents move towards the northern end of the house.
The School of Athens hangs as a series of translucent screens in front of the living room windows enhanced by the evening light.
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Perspective
The School Of Athens Completed:1511 By: Raphael Medium: fresco Location: Stanza della Segnatura, the Vatican, Rome, Italy
New layers featuring the architectural motifs of Eastern cultures reference the complexity other cultures throughout the world. The figures in the foreground are rendered uniformly to de-emphasize their impacts and allow the layers behind to show. The obscured layers create two parallel narratives, that of Western accomplishment and another which contextualizes that accomplishment among the numerous technologically advanced societies of the world. The panels are sanded to obscure the context and emphasize the intended singular Western centric narrative of Raphael’s original painting.
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Museo Domus In Collaboration with Thomas Bordeaux and Joseph Lheureux
Domus Museum of Man Galacia, Spain Designed By: Arata Isozaki Analysis in Collaboration With Thomas Bordeaux and Joseph LHeureux
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The array of precast panels create an even module by which many smaller dimensions are derived.
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Museo Domus
Isozaki’s sail shaped screen creates a recognizable landmark along the coast.
Though not completely symmetrical the museum creates a sense of balance through evenly distributed elements.
Interior and exterior spaces are open and flooded with light while still allowing for a darker section for exhibits.
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A Space Apart
The J.S. Coon building is located on the Western edge of Georgia Tech’s Old Campus. Mature oak trees throughout the site disperse shade evenly over brick and asphalt paving. The landscaping is dotted with various statues and centers around a rectangular lawn. Pedestrian traffic through the site is heavy, especially at the beginning and end of the work day. The site’s pathways serve as a connection from parking lots located to the south of North Avenue to Tech Green, Clough Commons, and the student center. The rusticated corners create a sense of solidness. Beams nest into rusticated brickwork. A regularly spaced screen allows for the direct structural attachment of floor plates of the same dimensional material. T
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A Space Apart
Openings slice through both screens directing user’s focus toward stationary points on the horizon.
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A Space Apart
The carrel’s interior staircase creates a transition zone from public, busy space, to private, focused space.
Repetitive screen elements allow the structure to be assembled quickly as a kit of parts even by workers with limited experience.
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A Space Apart
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The structural web of dimensional lumber creates opportunity to insert floorplates in evenly spaced openings (1). As the user approaches the carrol (2) they pass through multiple thresholds as they ascend the utilitarian staircase (3). The double shelled structure (4) creates a zone of transition before students enter the interior study space (5).
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Excavation
Composition A places a six inch solid within an eight inch field of infill.
This project explores rules and operations and their role as generators of complex forms. The constraints: nine cubes of varying size, some solid and some void to be arranged using actions and rule based relationships. The Composition of solids and voids evolved through two stages; cube A which was formed by orthoganal placement and cube B which rotates the solids and voids.
Voids methodically unearth the six inch cube.
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Excavation
A system of operations generates an array of potential forms.
The openings carved between existing solids create small apertures that allow light to flood into the cavernous interior space. This large void nested within the existing mass immerses occupants in two contrasting experiences.
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Excavation
Small openings pierce into the infill mass allowing the continuation of an edge.
The dark interior space intensifies the experience of light streaming through discrete openings.
The exterior shows the position of solids lodged within, or infilled by, a large cube of less dense material.
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Mapping Human Experience
Using a palette of gray-scale construction paper this project investigates the various layers that make up the structure of a city neighborhood and street. The sections along the bottom edge of each map describe the experience of the pedestrian. This experience is very unique from the vehicular isolation through which most Atlantans experience the city’s streets and roads.
This project examines where the deficits in the design of streets roads and sidewalks create a less than optimal experience for those on foot.
This project also looks at the urban oases formed by parks and forests which provide shade and shelter for pedestrians.
On the bottom of the city scale map areas of gray show these ideal environments contrasted to areas of exposure
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Light Machine
This project explores the way which natural light can shape intwrior space. The structure uses the suns varying positions to develop a language of openings; each is adapted to the conditions of the light it captures. Deep sills create a controlled light condition which highlights the contrast between the diffuse light that normally fills the space and the direct light which occurs as the sun aligns with the openings.
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Light Machine
Two rooms, and two separate light conditions are connected visually by a series of aligned apertures and linked physically by a passageway parallel to the path of the apertures.
The work space features a skylight that allows direct sunlight to pour into the sunken room.
The apertures in the sleeping space allow sunlight to bounce off of the floor.
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Shade and Shelter
The Concept for the bus shelter is to create a space that allows for maximum ventilation during hot Georgia summers. The glass layer protects from inclement weather while a series of wooden louvers shade the space and allow for ample air circulation. The bleacher style seats use a CLT system, supported by angle iron strips which bridge the connecting points between CLT members. The seating is supported by diagonal steel bracing which ties into the roof assembly and the vertical I-beam column. The Wing-like roof assembly serves to catch the wind and direct it down towards waiting bus passengers.
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Rosette & Platonic Solids
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B1 Platonic Solid (1/5): Tetrahedron
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Platonic Solid (2/5): Cube
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Platonic Solid (3/5): Octahedron
Platonic Solid (4/5): Dodecahedron
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Platonic Solid (5/5): Icosahedron
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Design Investigations
The drawing above explores circulation between sections of paving along the northern edge of Tech Green.
This series of studies and exercises used the basis of one building or structure to develop and abstract the space into compositions ranging from cardboard to play-dough. The exercises ultimately created a framework by which to interrogate and play with the elements of a section of the built environment. Layers of abstraction allowed the original building to be understood in a completely deferent way.
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Form & Formwork
Formwork
An exploration in methods of site cast concrete generated this irregular arch. The undulating vousoirs reveal the way in which the material and it’s reinforcement allows designs to expand beyond the compressive capabilities of traditional stone.
Material Exploration
The design of this box intentionally masks the true nature of the material by flipping the shell inside out and showing only the metallic face of the material. Aluminum cans are a readily available waste product which is relatively thin but, can be bent to create rigidity. When the user opens the box they are surprised to find a hidden layer of color, revealed as it moves past the nine openings.
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