SHRUDI
RAVEENDRAN Integrative Design
‘In Pure Architecture, the smallest detail should have a meaning or serve a purpose ‘ Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
INDEX 01
Project Overview
02
Conceptual Studies
03
Program and Massing
04
Floorplans
05
Sections
06
Environmental Strategies
07
Elevations
08
Conclusion
PROJECT PROMPT
Project Overview II 001
The site is the gateway to the West Loop. The West loop neighborhood is evolving from a historically industrial neighborhood to a hub for talent and entertainment. The site is a bridge between these two forces. The design of the building engages with the needs of the future and present users of the area.
PROJECT PROMPT
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The project is situated in 725 W Randolph St. in Chicago, Illinois. The mixed use tower includes 375 residential units, 180 keys of an Equinox brand hotel, an Equinox gym and a restaurant. In addition it includes amenities and employee facilities.
Court Place
Kennedy Expy.
Halsted St.
Randolph St.
SUN PATH DIAGRAM
Site Analysis II 003
The placement and design of the project considers several environmental factor. The sun path impacts the tall structure. High rise buildings require a lot of energy to be cooled and heated by deciding on the appropriate way to position the building.
WIND PATH DIAGRAM
Site Analysis II 004
Wind is a considerable factor in the ‘ Windy City’ With increase in height, it sets stage for heavy winds to strike the massing of the building. The goal is to minimize this and to use them during the summer for natural ventilation for the building and people occupying it.
SURROUNDING BUILDINGS
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The site has a clear demarcation of low and mid rise buildings to the west. The arrow shows the start of change from lower to higher buildings. The white rectangle shares the block with a low rise building - a brewery - and recognizes and responds to this social space.
TRANSPORTATION
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Halsted St.
Randolph St.
The commercial nature of the street attracts young professionals and tourists. In addition, the site is in an important crossing for Halsted St. and Randolph St. This generates a high flow of cars, bikes and pedestrians towards the site. In addition, it is connected to public transport such as buses and is close by to the metro station. These aspects bring a level of complexity to the flow of the different users on the site and this gave opportunity for the architecture to responded.
ENERGY
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Randolph St.
West loop is an ever evolving and dynamic area. All arein quick transition from work to live. People have highly intensive lifestyles during the day and are expected to shut down suddenly and completely at night. This sudden movement from intensive to calm settings in a daily basis is not ideal for true rest.
ENERGY
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The Equinox brand addresses this issue. Equinox members are highly active and successful professionals who seek the Equinox lifestyle to be their most productive and energetic selves.
Randolph St.
Equinox also offers calming and restful activities. The program of Equinox includes a spa and a meditating space to achieve this full regeneration of the mind and the body.
ENERGY:VECTORS
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System Wein is a study headed by Lebbeus Woods. Architecture is understood as the organization of energy.
Randolph St.
‘Architecture’s one system that contains energy by establishing stable boundaries, limits and edges. New energy in the form of human thought and emotion activity was continually be added to the system of boundaries or they will lose their purpose and meaning.’ This gave insight on how the program of the tower could be analyzed and then broken down in terms of the purpose and energy.
ENERGY:VECTORS
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Randolph St.
Vector is a mathematical symbols for expressing direction and magnitude of forces. These forces are active within or upon a system The organization of energy on the site increase in terms of sunlight, winds and views, as one goes higher. Energy vectors are expressed in the building as the pulling out and morphing of the window structure. This starts as an interactive elements to a human on the ground and converts to railings and mullions that slowly disappear toward the roof. This visually gives a sense of resolution from chaos. This also gives a unique opportunity to define a new way of how the building starts from the ground.
ENERGY:SKETCHES
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ENERGY:POTENTIAL & KINETIC ENERGY
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+ Potential Energy: It is energy that is stored or at rest. It refers to contained forms and is height Dependent.
+ Kinetic Energy: Energy contained in motion. It is unbounded and organic.
ENERGY:DIAGRAM OF ENERGY
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Rest
Diagram showing the energy issue of an inmmediate shift in energy.
Active
ENERGY:DIAGRAM OF ENERGY
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Rest
Transition
Active
Diagram showing the project’s proposal where there is a gradual shift in energy through a transition zone.
PARTI DIAGRAM
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The parti above illustrates the idea of a gradual but defined shift from active energy to resting energy.
Randolph St.
The unbounded bottom that gradually transitions into a bounded and defined form became the focus of the different elements that compose the architecture both in the interior and the exterior.
PARTI DIAGRAM
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Bounded & Contained Form
Rest
Randolph St.
Transition
Gradual and seamless transition of forms that both speak to kinetic qualities and potential qualities
Active
Unbounded & Dispersed form
BUILDING PRECEDENTS
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A main precedent for the building was the Louvre in Abu Dhabi designed by Jean Nouvel. The Louvre, shows qualities of active architecture, it brings in the idea of active or kinetic lighting and layering of elements in repetition or pattern. The shanghai Tower in the other hand brings an idea of motion and resolution of form through the design of the floor plate and the way the facade is dealt with.
BUILDING PRECEDENTS
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The second main precedent was the Shanghai Tower designed by Genlser. The shanghai Tower in the other hand brings an idea of motion and resolution of form through the design of the floor plate and the way the facade is dealt with.
PROGRAM AND ENERGY
Spa Residential Amenities Hotel Amenities Gym Lobby Ground
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MASSING DIAGRAMS
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Spa & Terrace Residential 2
Zone 4 Fully Potential
Residential 1
Zone 3 Mostly Potential
Amenity 2 Hotel
Zone 2 Mostly Kinetic
Amenity 1 Equinox Gym Lobby
Ground
Zone 1
Fully Kinetic
MASSING ELEMENTS
The primary function of the elements are to interact with the balconies on the residential floors.
With the increase in Height, elements grow narrower.
They change from interactive elements from the ground level and grow narrower into railings an supporting elements.
Thus as one goes higher, views open up with larger accessible balcony spaces.
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MASSING ELEMENTS
The primary function of the elements are Shading Devices.
With the increase in Height, elements grow narrower.
They change from interactive elements from the ground level and grow narrower into mullions at the higher floors
Thus as one goes higher, views open up with longer shadows. .
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MASSING ELEMENTS
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The building’s elevation exhibits the concept. The change in energy is visible in energy the elements that change in their dimensions and use and also in their closeness to the building. The vectors move closer and become part of the building as you move up and connect nto the mass structure according to their zone. Each side is varied as the way that element or vector is used at the ground level on each side influences its ditance from the building and in consequence it’s rate of change.
MASSING VOLUMES
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The massing of the building was designed based of different factors that enabled a cohesive and gradual transition of form. The two main factors where the energy composition of the building, views and external forces such as wind.
MASSING VOLUMES
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To generate a dynamic form at the bottom and a resolute form at the top, the floor plate was modified. The envelope moves and creates open spaces, specific to each zone. The more kinetic zones have a high rate of change in the envelope which creates the illusion of rotation without losing floor area. Meanwhile the floor plates above become more stable and have smaller and private balconies. This also provides an external focus down below and an interior or concentric focus up above. This further amplifies the idea of public - and therefor active and calm -intimate- spaces.
STRUCTURE:COMPOSITION & ZONES
Diagram showing the way that each part of the structure changes with each zone.
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VERTICAL MOVEMENT
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Diagram showing how the elevators are situated and programed to allow for the hotel elevators to be dropped early on in the building and how this are organized in the ground floor to avoid the clashing of programs. There are 3 residential elevators, 2 service elevators, 1 express elevator and 2 hotel elevators.
PROGRAM MATRIX
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SITEPLAN
The site plan influences the creation of a kinetic space. The location of the building, towards Randolph St., makes use of the energy and people walking by the site to bring them in. This occurs with the interventions of the vectors on the site and also with the creation of a park which works as a gathering space for the people of the community. It also serves as a buffer to the brewery that sits next to the building.
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SITEPLAN
The circulation through the site works as a loop. The first to intervene with the building are the hotel visitors and the Equinox users ,closer towards Randolph St. This provides a public intervention to those programs that are the most public. The residents of the building continue in the loop and get dropped off at the alleyway which allows for a more private and quiet entry condition. For back of house the entryway is closest to the Kennedy Expressway and is meant to also be accessed by Washington St.
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GROUND F LOORPLAN
The ground floor is divided into three primary sections. The hotel lobby, the Residential lobby to the south and the back of house functions towards the east. This allows to have different programs coming together without connecting with each other. It is open and promotes motion. The restaurant for example has an open kitchen that is visible from the Hotel Lobby.
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GROUND F LOORPLAN CIRCULATION
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Park users
Hotel, Restaurant & Equinox Users
Employees
Residents
The ground floor is divided into three primary sections that are heavily influenced by the way that people move through the site. Each has its own entity and level of energy.
Employees
GROUND SITE RENDERS
Elements on either sides here frame the entrance of the hotel and the gym visitors . The elements extend into the park in the form of benches that further encourage the public in. Elements and water features frame the private entrance of the residents. The larger pools of water are a friendly seperation between residents and visitors. The elements extend into water pools that further extend into drains.
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GROUND SITE RENDERS
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GROUND SITE RENDERS
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GROUND SITE RENDERS
The elements provide screening along the seating where residents wait while the Valet drives their cars to the drop-off nearby. The elements on the road, toward the east, provide space and screening for the loading from trucks that bring in good for the restaurant and the gym.
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GROUND SITE RENDERS
Along the North, the elements are the largest in width.The elements form a walkway so that an individual can interact with the building withot having to enter through the door. This allows an individual to experience the elements while just passing or seeking shelter under them while moving toward the West Loop. Toward the walkway and toward Randolph, the elements shade the open restaurant. underneath. The restaurant is similar to the nearby outdoor seating cafes. breweries and thus maintains the charachter of the neighborhood.
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GROUND SITE RENDERS
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Toward the walkway and toward Randolph, the elements shade the open restaurant, underneath. The restaurant is similar to the nearby outdoor seating cafes. breweries and thus maintains the character of the neighborhood.
HOTEL FLOORPLAN
The Balcony space is public and generates an exterior relationship with the elements, with the park and street. The dynamic floor plate heaviy influences each room.
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RESIDENTIAL1 FLOORPLAN
The residential floor in Zone 3 is slightly dynamic but the balcony begins to stabilize and become smaller. In some areas they become balconies and in others they become smaller spaces for plants. The distribution of rooms allows for variety in dimension and occupancy.
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RESIDENTIAL2 FLOORPLAN
This residential floor plate is fully static. The balconies become consistent and the elements go into the building. The distribution remains and provides good quality spaces for its users.
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RESIDENTIAL2 RENDER
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A M E N I T Y 3 F L O O R P L A N - S P A ( level 1 )
The Spa - the potential moment- is when the elements morph from vertical elements along the skin into forming the roof. The spa is of three levels all with an open atrium that is shielded from rain and snow by a glass ceiling held by the elements above.
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A M E N I T Y 3 F L O O R P L A N - S P A ( level 2 )
A Spa is generally considered a space with a mineral spring that help improve one’s health and so there are several water features that are along and run through the spa. The Spa has a ramp that goes along green walls and water features to enhance an individual’s experience as they ascend upward to the terrace. The terrace houses open lounges with seating along an open park of fountains and potted trees. The lounges are separated and screen with branches of the elements descending from the roof.
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A M E N I T Y 3 F L O O R P L A N - S P A ( level 3 )
Toward the skyscrapers on the south, faces the infinity pool. when immersed in the water, one will feel themselves be in one with the cityscape with great unobstructed views. The pool is also accessible by ramp. The elements run along the pool for twelve feet and then connect into the roof structure.
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RESIDENTIAL2 RENDER
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RESIDENTIAL2 RENDER
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CODE MATRIX
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CODE MATRIX
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CODE MATRIX
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EGRESS
Residential
10,687 ft2 of Total Area 9,550 ft2 of Net Area 9,550/125 = 76.4 > 77 occupancy 77/2 = 38.5 > 39 people per stair At 36” opening width of door 36/22 = 1.6 exit widths of 90 person capacity each Can accommodate 90*1.6 = 147 people Floor can hold 294 people in total = ok.
Mercantile
10,687 ft2 of Total Area 9,550 ft2 of Net Area 9,550/60 = 159 159/2 = 79.5 > 80 occupancy 80/2 = 40 people per stair At 36” opening width of door 36/22 = 1.6 exit widths of 90 person capacity each Can accommodate 90*1.6 = 147 people
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ACCESSIBILI IY
The Building is ADA accesible. There are many features that were taken into account in different areas to allow for easy access. In the ground floor:
A) the drop off area is in close proximity to an accesible pathway. B) There are paved sidewalks all around the building to make it easier on a wheelchair mov-
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A
B
ing. C) All doors are 3ft wide D)The floor is elevated by 1ft off the ground and so the ramps follow the ADA ratio. The landings of the ramps are 5ft to allow for a wheelchair rotating.
C
In other floors
A) There is always access to an ADA bathroom B) All corridors are at least 3ft wide C) The rooms allow for a rotation of a wheelchair D) There are areas of refuge.
D
MEP F L O O R P L A N - M E C H A N I C A L
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MEP F L O O R P L A N - E LE C T R I C A L
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MEP F L O O R P L A N - P L U M B I N G
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MEP F L O O R P L A N - F I R E S A F E T Y
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WEST & SOUTH SECTIONS
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DETAIL ZONE1
The base plate forms the connection between the tension of the element, concrete base and the ground . The base plate is welded to the bottom of a compression member with a pin connection
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DETAIL ZONE2&3
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DETAIL ZONE4
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SOLAR INFLUENCE
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ENVELOPE & WIND
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GREENERY & WATER
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WEST AND SOUTH ELEVATION
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KINETIC TO POTENTIAL ENERGY
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ENERGY
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Energy. Energy is a common term we’re well versed in relation with physics, nutrition, mental energy and more. Many efforts are taking place to sustain the Earth and to conserve energy for a guaranteed future. However we fail to remember that our body too, runs on energy. Accumulation of negative energy and exhaustion can lead our minds and body to stop functioning. Thus while it’s important to conserve energy around us, it’s important to conserve energy within us too. The best way to inculcate this is to create and to be in an environment that guides you to transition from work to rest. Revolving around the human relationship with the extremities in energy- Kinetic and Potential, an opportunity to think how a person reacts with every step to, through , around and within the building arose. With consideration between the needs of people and the needs of the program, a conceptually stacked program was created. Starting from being immersed in a Kinetic environment a person emerges into a sound composed Potential surrounding. The massing of the building torques itself with height to finally resolve into a uniform form. The elements embracing the mass aid people in terms of screening, shading, shelter and gateways.
‘Energy flows where intention goes ‘
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