PORTFOLIO
Michael Royer
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Split - Downtown Lexington Pavillion Spring 2010
Instructor- Mike McKay
- Formal Design - Material System Design 2
Manhattan Townhouse Fall 2009
Instructor- Clyde Carpenter
- Project Design 3
Lexington Centrepointe Project Fall 2010
Instructor- Angie Co
- Site Analysis - Material Studies - Design Proposal 4
Algae Bio Reactor Project Spring 2011
Instructor- Anne Filson
- Bio Reactor Design - Site Design - Lab & Confrenece Center Design 5
Barcelona Topotype Studio
Collaboration w/ Geoffrey Sorrell Summer 2011
Instructor- Angie Co w/ Eduardo Cadaval & Clara SolĂ -Morales
- Topotype research - Umbracle Transformation - Montpillier Courtyard Charette - Exiample Coutyard Transformation
SPLIT- digital media pavillion project instructor- Mike McKay
spring 2010
process diagram
massing renderings material & structural system
Manhattan Townhouse Project instructor- Clyde Carpenter
fall 2009
Lexington Centrepointe Project instructor- Angie Co
PRAGMATIC LANGUAGE
CONES DIRECTING INFRASTRUCTURE
WASTE IN THE PUBLIC REALM
GARBAGE CAN MODEL
SIGNS
CONES
CULTURAL
fall 2010
HORSES
INFRASTRUCTURE
HERD OF ART CULTURE
INFORMATION TRANSMITTERS
TRASH CANS
PORTABLE TOILET
INFORMATIONAL
NEWSPAPER DESPENSERS
DISPOSAL
Material Study Edge to Center
Center to Shape Points Edge to Shape Points
Shape Points to Shape Points
Shape Edges to Shape Edges
Shape Points to Corners
Lexington Centrepointe Project instructor- Angie Co
fall 2010
EXCHANGE
PERFORMANCE
MoirĂŠ pattern
Acoustical Diagram
Temporal Program Diagram
1st Floor
2nd Floor
level 1
level 3
level 2
level 4
Algae Bio Reactor Project instructor- Anne Filson
spring 2011
Base Connection- allows for basic adapation along site grade
Base Expansion- allows for specific adaptation along site grade
damped surface
upper roof plane lower roof plane building roof plane building floor plane ground plane
amplified surface
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Algae Bio Reactor Project
Barcelona Topotype Studio instructor- Angie Co spring 2010 collaboration w/ Geoffrey Sorrell
Doubling
Temporal Shifts mon,sat 8 tue-fri8 mon-sat 8.30
POWERS
twin
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variation
1. Temporal extention 2. Doubling
UMBRICLE/SUPERUMBRICLE
DIAGRAMS
programatic variation
sectional shift
cross circulation
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Montpiller Courtyard Workshop
Passages
Layers
Public Private
Barcelona Topotype Studio w/ Geoffrey Sorrell
Offest Layers
Layering Spaces
Offset Layers
Passages
Barcelona Topotype Studio collaboration w/ Geoffrey Sorrell
This studio was set up around the idea of a topotype. All work from this section is a collaboration with Geoffrey Sorrell. The professor of this studio Angie Co describes a topotype as,“In architecture, the topotype lies at the intersection of topology, typology and topography. It can be constructed through single, seminal spaces (Architecture), or from reoccurring spatial conditions in the city (architectures)… topotypes are organizations constituted from fragments of buildings, infrastructures, and environments, and are understood through their specific powers and effects.”This topotype context was applied to our Barcelona Studio to produce topotypes that are unique to a Barcelona and Mediterranean context. The first part of this studio was to located pre-existing topotypes in Barcelona. The topotype we established and studied was called the Super/Sub Market. This market condition is found in several places throughout the city and combines a fresh market at ground level with a supermarket below grade. The Conception Market in the Exiample was specifically studied to find its powers and effects. The next part of the studio was to study the powers and effects that came from the previous studies in the studio and apply them on an existing structure known as the Umbricle, located in Parc de la Ciutadella. This transformation of the Umbricle resulted in temporal extension and sectional shifting. The next part of the studio took place in Montpellier, France and again used powers and effects to redesign an existing courtyard space. The powers used for this phase of the project were the passage and layered surfaces. This phase of the studio also involved adding program to the space. In our case we added a small library and reading space for the residents who lived around the courtyard. The final phase of this studio was a design problem given to us by Eduardo Cadaval & Clara Solà-Morales. This problem consisted of redesigning and repopulating an existing courtyard in the Exiample part of the city. The program consisted of space for a library and low rent housing for young people. A playground was also added to the project because it was pre-existing on our site. Our project spread the library into small sections across the site to help repopulate the site. The housing part of the project was placed along one edge of the site where buildings had been torn down. This helped add a contiguity to the site that was previously lacking. This project once again used the idea of the topotype and used the powers of layered surfaces and the passage.