MArch Portfolio by Michael Royer

PORTFOLIO

Michael Royer

List of Works 1 1

Split - Downtown Lexington Pavillion Spring 2010

Instructor- Mike McKay

- Formal Design - Material System Design 2 2

Manhattan Townhouse Fall 2009

Instructor- Clyde Carpenter

- Project Design 3

Lexington Centrepointe Project Fall 2010

- Site Analysis - Material Studies - Design Proposal

3 4

Algae Bio Reactor Project Spring 2011

Instructor- Anne Filson

- Bio Reactor Design - Site Design - Lab & Confrenece Center Design

4 5

Barcelona Topotype Studio

Collaboration w/ Geoffrey Sorrell Summer 2011

Instructor- Angie Co

Instructor- Angie Co w/ Eduardo Cadaval & Clara SolĂ -Morales

- Topotype research - Umbracle Transformation - Montpillier Courtyard Charette - Exiample Coutyard Transformation

Split - Downtown Lexington Pavillion

This project was to create a pavilion for Phoenix Park in downtown Lexington, Ky. The project focused on investigation into techniques of designing in Rhinoceros, learning techniques of creating and presenting work in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, as well as learning techniques for fabricating three dimensional models with the use of the laser cutter. The professor of this class, Mike McKay, pushed the use of rapid prototyping to achieve designs. The use of a limited number of techniques in the project was also important. The final step in this project was to create a material system which could be incorporated in the design. My project was focused on splitting and manipulating a tube to create a space that peeled open views and connected itself together through combining the floors, walls and roof. The material system was created using the FlowAlongSrf command on a two dimensional pattern. The pavilion was connected to the city through a base that allowed for specific entrances into the site.

Split - Downtown Lexington Pavillion

process diagram

massing renderings

Split - Downtown Lexington Pavillion

Material System

Material System on Panels

Structural System

Completed Model

Manhattan Townhouse

The Manhattan Townhouse project was a design project that focused on creating a very specific living space for an artist and the artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s husband. The fictional site of the project was situated between an existing building to the west, a waterway to the north, a small alleyway to the east and a street to the south. The site also had a pre-existing column grid separated into 13 feet segments. The program of the design problem called for an artist studio that could maximize north facing light and a variety of other programs of specified dimensions. The way I dealt with the project was to control the light that entered the space and provide layers of privacy in the space. The main component to this strategy was the creation of a louver system on the south and east sides of the building. This louver system was able to control the harsh southern light that entered the space and provide privacy to the space especially on the upper levels of the townhouse. The townhouse also has a central courtyard that segments the public spaces in the front of the house from the more private spaces in the back. A semipublic stairwell was also added along the eastern side of the building to create access to the artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s studio and to provide another layer of separation and privacy to the building.

Manhattan Townhouse

Lexington Centrepointe Project

This project looks at how people react with each other in different spaces and how spaces can be manipulated to create new interactions. The focus of my project dealt with two types of communication, these were performance communication and exchange communication. I also picked programs for my building that I thought were relevant to Lexington's needs but also were able to facilitate these interactions. The programs in my building are a City Hall which includes council cambers, and offices for people in the city government, a performing arts center which includes rehearsal and performance spaces, an indoor market, indoor and outdoor cafes, an exhibition space and an outdoor roof park. The performance communication was developed through a performing arts center which actually has performances and is a literal representation of performance but also performance though a council chamber which is in the city hall programing of the building. The council meetings were seen as a performance by the members to persuade people agree with there opinions. Performance is also seen in the market areas with venders acting in performative ways to get the patrons to buy a product. Performance at different scales was also looked at when developing this project which includes one to one interactions between people in a cafe telling a story to the large scale performance of a theatre. Exchange communication was also addressed in exchange of information and through the exchange of goods. The exchange of information is displayed in the office structure of the city hall that is coherent with most office situations. The exchange programs were also addressed through the market and its movement of goods and money. While both the performance and exchange aspects of the building exist seperatly in some parts there is also an overlap in these programs which creates new ways of developing the spaces. This is done programmaticly in the building through the cafe areas where both aspects exist also in the market and through a new program I call the ticket booth where people can pay tickets such as parking fines but also by tickets to performances that happen in the building. When a person does this they would get a discount if they pay there outstanding tickets. The form of the building was driven by this intermixing of communications. This was done through the elimination of walls throughout the building. By doing this people could interact outside of the program which they are associated with which could be used to draw ideas between different aspects and also provide a coherence of the programs throughout the building so the sense of place that is often lost in a large scale building is eliminated.

Lexington Centrepointe Project THE DISPERSAL OF TEMPORARY OBJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CENTREPOINTE SITE CAN BE SEEN AS A WAY THE CITY IS CONSTANTLY MORPHING TO MEET ITS CURRENT PROGRAMATIC NEEDS. THESE OBJECTS ARE CONSTANTLY CHANGING AND BY DOING THIS CREATE NEW SPACES IN THE PUBLIC REALM. THIS DISPERSAL CAN BE USED IN WAYS TO FOCUS PROGRAM OR DISPERSE IT DEPENDING ON THE NEED OF THE SURROUNDINGS BUT STILL BE STATIONED IN A DAY TO DAY PERMANANCE.

PRAGMATIC LANGUAGE

CONES DIRECTING INFRASTRUCTURE

SIGNS

CONES

CULTURAL

HERD OF ART CULTURE

HORSES

INFRASTRUCTURE

GARBAGE CAN MODEL

TRASH CANS

WASTE IN THE PUBLIC REALM

PORTABLE TOILET

INFORMATIONAL

INFORMATION TRANSMITTERS

NEWSPAPER DESPENSERS

DISPOSAL

Lexington Centrepointe Project The multiple ways of connecting these two planes yeilds a variety of ways to not only undestand conections but also space. The connections provide a way to structure the two planes together. The amount of lines inbetween the spaces can affect whether the space is viewed as an individual space or as part of a whole. The planes can also be joined together in a way that aligns the holes to create a system of combining the parts to create a whole stucture.

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

Density of lines begins to speak languages of volume between the space

Field of lines shows extent of space inbetween planes as one continuous volukme

Individual spaces begin to form inside volume of the whole

Plan view of stacked connections

Elevation views of connections

Elevation view of stacked connections

Lexington Centrepointe Project

PERFORMANCE

EXCHANGE

MoirĂŠ pattern

Acoustical Diagram

level 1

level 3

Lexington Centrepointe Project

level 2

level 4

Lexington Centrepointe Project conduit water/electric

Sound Movement

pole pattern types

Algae Bio Reactor Project

The algae bioreactor project was done in conjunction with Center for Applied Energy Research at the University of Kentucky. The algae bioreactor is used at a coal power station to sequester CO2 out of the air and into the algae system so algae can feed off of it. We were asked to help them reimagine how the algae bioreactor could work and create a system that could be mass produced on a large scale. The site chosen for this system was a power station located next to a lake in Mercer County, Kentucky. The sight sloped down toward the lake on two sides with the power station located above the site away from the lake. A design element was also added to the project which consisted of a research laboratory space, a 200 person auditorium, and a space to exhibit work done at the center. My approach to the bioactor part of the project was to use a bag system in the shape of a tear drop to help maximize the angle of the sun but still allow a non-rigid system for the bags themselves. To create the system in which the bags hang I created two interweaving rails which the bags hang off. This created alternating angles which also allowed for sunlight to be better distributed throughout the day. The system was then organized into a series of 125 feet by 125 feet grids across the site. The labrotory and conference center building was placed at the bottom of the site to allow for views of the lake and to create a percession through the site under the hanging bags. The building was created to make a cantilever over the slope to allow passage under the building.

Algae Bio Reactor Project bio reactor diagram

CO2 holding tank dark cycle

bag system light cycle holding tank dark cycle

algae seperation

algae bricks

Pump

Algae Bio Reactor Project COMPONENT LIST

X 7,344

X 14,688

Base Connection- allows for basic adapation along site grade

X 7,344

X 102,816

Base Expansion- allows for specific adaptation along site grade

X 7,344

Algae Bio Reactor Project Outdoor

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Lab rence Confe

Room

Exhibition Sp

ace

Indoor L

damped surface

upper roof plane lower roof plane

building roof plane building floor plane ground plane

amplified surface

Algae Bio Reactor Project

Barcelona Topotype Studio

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.

Barcelona Topotype Studio

Temporal Variation

POWERS

mon,sat 8 tue-fri8 mon-sat 8.30

10 Entry Access/Circulation

Section

15 20 20.30

Barcelona Topotype Studio POWERS 1. Temporal extention 2. Doubling

Temporal Shifts mon,sat 8 tue-fri8 mon-sat 8.30 0

Doubling

twin

DIAGRAMS

programatic variation

UMBRICLE/SUPERUMBRICLE

sectional shift

cross circulation

variation

15 12

20 20.30

Barcelona Topotype Studio

Passages

Layers

Public Private

Barcelona Topotype Studio

Barcelona Topotype Studio library

playground

housing

Barcelona Topotype Studio

Offset Layers

Layering Spaces

Layers

Passages

Layered Extents

Offest Layers

Layers

Passage

Barcelona Topotype Studio