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ARCH 351 | Jeff Ponitz California Polytechnic University San Luis Obispo
TA B L E O F CONTENTS BIOGRAPHY - 03 PHASE 1 - 04 S U R FA C E M O D E L - 0 5 MASS MODEL - 06 FRAME MODEL - 07 SF CIVIC CENTER PLAZA - 08 SKETCHES - 09 FINAL POSTER - 12 CONCEPT DIAGRAMS - 13 PROGRAM DIAGRAM - 14 C I R C U L AT I O N D I A G R A M - 1 4 STRUCTURE DIAGRAM - 14 AXONOMETRIC DIAGRAM - 15 SITE PLAN - 16 MASSING MODEL - 17 PHYSICAL MODEL - 19 P AT C H M O D E L - 2 1 SECTION PERSPECTIVE - 22 RENDERS - 22 PLAN - 25 REFLECTION - 27
BIOGRAPHY S I R I N A L AW Sirina is currently a third year Architecture student at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. She was born and raised in Hong Kong for 11 years before she moved to Cupertino, California for middle and high school. Her passions were always more geared towards the artistic side. She dances, plays a Chinese instrument at senior homes as a volunteer, and she loves working with kids at an art school back at home. Even though she hasn’t really gotten the chance to pick up any of those in college, being able to express her creativity and working at studios for architecture has definitely satisfied her artistic needs here in college.
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PHASE 1
SURFACE,
MASS,
FRAME
Design, draw, and construct a series of deep fields that are both rigid and permeable. These fields could alternately be described as grounds, skins, facades, or filters. These terms share qualities of permeability and porosity; density and intensity; depth and thickness; and of passage and threshold. They describe selective instruments of ow, which capture and selectively redirect energy.
S U R FA C E M O D E L
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MASS MODEL
FRAME MODEL
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SF CIVIC CENTER PLAZA
COMMERCE;
MARKETSPACE
SITUATION To transform brooks hall (below ground of civic center plaza) from an under utilized storage facility to a neighborhood amenity. to integrate the below and above ground of sf civic center as well as creating a space to enjoy the existing civic center environment; with the use of below ground as market space and retail and the above ground as an area to enjoy the goods from the stores below ground.
•to use the change in elevation technique to draw more attention to huge open space •to use the lifting edge method to change floor elevation on the top floor, daylighting to the bottom floor marketspace and to connecting the two different atmosphere. •to create a wide variety of space sizes to encourage different types of activities and to keep audience engaged. •to make the bottom floor market space, to be easily accessible from different sides of the civic center.
SKETCHES
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FINAL POSTER
SF CIVIC CENTER PLAZA
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view of shear wall and glass
view of ramps from stores
above ground: stairs and sloped surfaces
view of ceiling by the ramp
SITUATION
TO TRANSFORM BROOKS HALL (BELOW GROUND OF CIVIC CENTER PLAZA) FROM AN UNDERUTILIZED STORAGE FACILITY TO A NEIGHBORHOOD AMENITY.
CONCEPT
TO INTEGRATE THE BELOW AND ABOVE GROUND OF SF CIVIC CENTER AS WELL AS CREATING A SPACE TO ENJOY THE EXISTING CIVIC CENTER ENVIRONMENT; WITH THE USE OF BELOW GROUND AS MARKET SPACE AND RETAIL AND THE ABOVE GROUND AS AN AREA TO ENJOY THE GOODS FROM THE STORES BELOW GROUND. • TO USE THE CHANGE IN ELEVATION TECHNIQUE TO DRAW MORE ATTENTION TO THE HUGE OPEN SPACE. • TO USE THE LIFTING EDGE METHOD TO CHANGE FLOOR ELEVATION ON THE TOP FLOOR, DAYLIGHTING TO the BOTTOM FLOOR MARKET SPACE AND TO CONNECTING THE TWO DIFFERENT ATMOSPHERE. • TO CREATE A WIDE VARIETY OF SPACE SIZES TO ENCOURAGE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACTIVITIES AND TO KEEP AUDIENCE ENGAGED. • TO MAKE THE BOTTOM FLOOR MARKET SPACE, TO BE EASILY ACCESSIBLE FROM DIFFERENT SIDES OF THE CIVIC CENTER.
view of from food court stand carved out flat ground to allow daylighting for below ground
STRUCTURE
TO CREATE A SPACE THAT REFLECTS THE GEOMETRIC PATTERN ABOVE GROUND, I WANTED THE STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS TO GO WITH THE FLOW OF CIRCULATION DESIGNED BELOW GROUND. I DESIGNED AND PLACED COLUMNS ON THE COLUMN GRID REFLECTIVE OF THE LINES RUNNING ALONG THE GEOMETRIC DESIGN FROM ABOVE GROUND.
INTERIOR
TO CREATE A SIMILAR RHYTHM AND DESIGN AS ONE OF MY PHASE 2 PROJECTS. I ENJOYED THE SETTLE CURVILINEAR SHAPE FORMED BY PLACING REPETITIVE BUT SLIGHTLY ALTERED PLATES SIDE BY SIDE. TO FURTHER EMPHASIZE THE CIRCULATION PATH, I DESIGNED THE CEILING PATTERN TO ALTER FLOOR TO CEILING HEIGHT ACROSS THE SPACE; HIGHER FLOOR TO CEILING SPACE IN THE CENTRAL CIRCULATION PATH AND LOWER FLOOR TO CEILING SPACE BY MORE PRIVATE SPACES (RETAIL AND FOOD COURTS). IN ADDITION, THE DENSITY OF SLATES CREATING THE CEILING PATTERN IS ALSO REFLECTIVE OF THE CARVED OUT PONDS THAT ALLOWS DIRECT SUNLIGHT IN THE INTERIOR SPACES WITH IT’S GLASS BOTTOM. THE DENSITY OF SLATES IS HIGHER UNDER THE AREAS OF THE POOLS TO HELP FILTER THE DIRECT SUNLIGHT ENTERING THE UNDERGROUND SPACE.
no elevation change elevation change
CIRCULATION
hygiene marketspace food court retail
PROGRAMS
column shear wall glass
STRUCTURE N
scale: 1/32” = 1’
below ground: hygiene, shear wall, columns
CONCEPT DIAGRAMS STRUCTURE To create a space that reflects the geometric pattern above ground, i wanted the structural elements to go with the flow of circulation designed below ground. I designed and placed columns on the column grid reflective of the lines running along the geometric design from above ground. INTERIOR NORTH FACING CITY PLAN
to create a similar rhythm and design as one of my phase 2 projects. I enjoyed the settle curvilinear shape formed by placing repetitive but slightly altered plates side by side. To further emphasize the circulation path, i designed the ceiling pattern to alter floor to ceiling height across the space; higher floor to ceiling space in the central circulation path and lower floor to ceiling space by more private spaces (retail and food courts). in addition, the density of slates creating the ceiling pattern is also reflective of the carved out ponds that allows direct sunlight in the interior spaces with it’s glass bottom. the density of slates is higher under the areas of the pools to help filter the direct sunlight entering the underground space.
CITY GRID
GEOMETRIC SHAPES BASED ON CITY GRID
SMALLER GEOMETRIC SHAPES WITH DIFFERENT ELEVATIONS
TILTING GEOMETRIC SHAPES TO ALTER FLOOR PLATES AND ADD RAMPS GEOMETRY GUIDING GRID
OVERALL ABOVE GROUND DESIGN
SIMPLIFY
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DIAGRAMS
PROGRAM
hygiene marketspace food court retail
C I R C U L AT I O N
no elevation change elevation change
STRUCTURE
column shear wall glass
AXONOMETRIC DIAGRAM
above ground: stairs and sloped surfaces
carved out flat ground to allow day lighting for below ground
repeated wood slats to create a curved ceiling
below ground: hygiene, shear wall, columns
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SITE PLAN N
scale: 1/40” = 1’
1/64” SCALE
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MASSING MODEL
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PHYSICAL MODEL
1/32” SCALE
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1 /4 S C A L E
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P AT C H M O D E L
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SECTION PERSPECTIVE
RENDER
INTERIOR RENDERS
V I E W F R O M B E LOW BAC K R A M P
VIEW OF RAMP FROM STORES
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INTERIOR RENDERS
V I E W F R O M F O O D C O U R T S TA N D
V I E W F R O M F O O D C O U R T S TA N D
PLAN
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REFLECTION
Describe what Fall Quarter of Third Year is all about, in your own words? Fall quarter third year is all about applying the concepts and information learned from our second year Architectural Fundamental class to a new and fresh project. In addition, it is a quarter I saw as an opportunity to still be bold in my designs and creativity while still being mindful of the theoretical elements I’ve been learning these few years in architecture such as codes, passive design strategies, structure, etc. Describe your studio’s project brief, in your own words? How did your instructor design and organize the studio to aid your development of this work over the quarter? The studio project brief gave us an opportunity to integrate and design part of a landscape in San Francisco. We were given the opportunity to develop and modify Brookes Hall (below ground of the Civic Plaza) as well as the above ground of Civic Plaza. We were encouraged to design a solution and project in response to what we experienced at Civic Plaza when we visited initially and at its current state as well as in response to the City dynamic. I enjoyed the challenged of this huge site and the experience of being able to work on a “real project”. Did ARCH 341 lectures influence your thinking or approach in your design studio project this quarter? If so, how? Yes, it helped me be more aware of logistical and realistic elements that I haven’t really thought about integrating while initially designing for my project in response to the studio brief. I enjoyed being able to apply what I’ve learned in 341 lectures in my project and have it be more developed and more of a real project. Did the ARCH 341 Building Analysis Project influence your thinking or approach in your design studio project this quarter? If so, how? Yes, since my studio project was a huge site and more of a landscape project, studying the Oslo Opera House gave me a better understanding of how to integrate ground and roof as an area of circulation and how to play with the settle of slopes and changes. Did Common Hour presentations and pin-ups influence your work in ARCH 351 or ARCH 341 this quarter? If so, how? Do you have any suggestions for improving Common Hour in the future? Yes, I loved seeing everyone’s work during pin ups and being able to be inspired by so many different design styles across the year. I also enjoyed and valued the Common Hour presentations because I was able to learn more on some basic architectural softwares and basics from professors and have it gear more towards our project in third year. What advice would you give to incoming students as they are about to begin Third Year? Be bold with your designs and you can always step back and develop elements to level out your crazy ideas with realistic elements.
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