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David Adalsteinsson
Nathan Leber
Sushma Ramalingegowda
Ron Simmons
Country of origin: Iceland
Country of origin: USA
Country of origin: India
Country of origin: USA
Undergrad: Design Management
Undergrad: Architecture
Undergrad: Architecture
Undergrad: Industrial Design
Arizona State University
Arizona State University
Dayanand Sagar School of Architecture
Ohio State University
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CONTENTS Case Study Landuse Site images Site Research Historical Research Program Research Egress Diagram Structural Study and Axon Study Model Plans Sections Elevations Wall Section Details Renderings
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GLUCK+
At GLUCK+, design matters and building matters. Better buildings result when architects take on the construction process. The evolution of the firm name from Peter Gluck and Partners Architects to GLUCK+ recognizes that the practice has always been inclusive. From designer to builder to owner to developer, we do what it takes and care how it’s done. “Outside our scope” is not in our vocabulary. Their work is diverse and recognized worldwide through national and internation-
al design awards and publications. Their range of projects–from houses, schools, religious buildings, community centers to hotels, university buildings, recreation centers, and historic restorations are all unique because each project is specific. They are dedicated to advocating for the wants and needs of the clients.
building and a contractor to oversee the subcontractors that will build the building. This separation is adverse for the quality and cost of building. Project stakeholders lose out. Architect Led Design Build is an agile process in which the same people are responsible for an entire building project.
Architect Led Design Build is single-source responsibility for the design, construction and commissioning of buildings. Typically, an owner hires an architect to draw a
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Lake Side Retreat, NY
Inspired by the tradition of Adirondack Great Camps, this modern family retreat is an escape nestled into a heavily wooded lakefront property in Upstate New York. The residential and recreational program is distributed among a series of buildings located across the site to promote engagement with the landscape. The requisite bulk of a large program is set into the sloping landscape, providing a play of levels and terraces that diminish the built presence and enhance the experience of the lakeside site. These “non-buildings” are buried to integrate them into the landscape, with every interior level opening to the ground plane to encourage interaction between indoor and outdoor living. Full-height glass panels
slide back in bedrooms to become sleeping porches, while sunken courtyards become outdoor living rooms. The family house is the more private of these two main structures with entry and movement less prescribed through the building than the recreation building, whose program is designed as the gathering place for guests, arriving from their “cabins in the woods.” The former includes the master suite, guest bedrooms, living and dining, kitchen and an open art gallery. The latter houses lap pool and spa, gym, steam room, changing rooms, kitchens, open living spaces and a formal
dining room that opens up to become a screened porch. Visitors navigate their own interpretative plan in and out and through the reconfigured landscape. Wood screens break up the reflections of the glass façades facing the Lake to modulate privacy, scale the façade and soften the interior light. From the Lake, the buildings peek through the trees, barely visible in their wood screen camouflage. The new occupiable green roofs in fact create new ground, expanding the use of the natural site.
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Tower House, NY
This small vacation house is designed as a stairway to the treetops . Keeping the footprint to a minimum so as not to disturb the wooded site, each of the first three floors has only one small bedroom and bath, each a tiny private suite. The top floor, which contains the living spaces, spreads out from the tower like the surrounding forest canopy, providing views of the lake and mountains in the distance. An outdoor roof terrace deck above extends the living space above the treetops, offering a stunning lookout to the long view. The glass-enclosed stair also highlights the procession from forest floor to treetop aerie, while the dark green, backpainted glass exterior camouflages the house by reflecting
the surrounding woods, de-materializing its form. At dusk, mini lights dotting the cable rail of the stair mimic local fireflies sparkling in the woods as day turns to dark. As a vacation home, the Tower House is used during a few weekends in the winter and most weekends in the summer. The design imperative was to develop a sustainable, energy efficient solution with minimal operating costs and maintenance for a house occupied part-time. The stacked north-facing bedrooms take advantage of light and views with floor to ceiling glass. In order to optimize energy savings for heating and cooling in this part-time residence, a two
part sustainable strategy was employed to reduce the heating footprint of the house in the winter and to avoid the need for air conditioning in the summer. While the house is heated conventionally, by compressing and stacking all of the wet zones of the house into an insulated central core, much of the house can be “turned off” in the winter when not in use. When not in use, only 700 square feet of the 2,545 square foot house is heated. By closing the building down to only the insulated core, there is a 49% reduction in energy use.
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ETH Zurich Founded in 1854, the Department of Architecture (D-ARCH) at ETH Zurich is an architecture school of worldwide reputation, providing education in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, and urban design. It has around 1,900 students and 350 staff, and an annual budget of CHF 40 million. ETH was founded in 1854 by the Swiss Confederation and began giving its first lectures in 1855 as a polytechnic institute. ETH Zürich is ranked among the top universities in the world. Typically, popular rankings place the institution as the best university in Switzerland. ETH Zürich is among the top 3-5 European
universities, and among the top 5-12 best universities of the world. ETH Zürich has two campuses. The main building was constructed in the 1860s in the heart of the city. As the university grew, it spread into the surrounding quarters. As a result, the Zentrum campus consists of various buildings and institutions throughout Zürich and firmly integrates the ETH in the city. The main building stands directly across the street from the University of Zürich.
tural education that understands design and construction as a reflection of constant transformation. Because of the outstanding environment, they are able not only to provide solutions to the challenges of our age, but to implement these in the physical world. Architecture is the medium by which they translate expanding knowledge and opportunities into a principle of decisive, anticipatory action and communication. They work tirelessly to reach their goals both in the present and the future.
The Department of Architecture D-ARCH at ETH Zurich offers a holistic architec-
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ETH Zurich - Darch The Department of Architecture (D-ARCH) is one of the most highly regarded faculties of architecture in the world. It owes its prominent position to both the high quality of the teaching and the outstanding results of the research. This wellestablished approach to teaching and research, representing a long tradition, manifests itself in the
structure of flexible design studios that work in close cooperation with the institutes, and it is experienced throughout all phases of Bachelor and Master studies at the D-ARCH as a holistic and open programme. The Department of Architecture sets the focus of its research on broadly defined issues pertaining to the built
environment. It makes excellent contributions to ETH Zurich’s strategic positions with regard to this important subject from the perspective of architecture and urban design, particularly on the topics of future cities, energy, climate change and sustainability.
Institute of Technology in Architecture (ITA) The ITA / Institute of Technology in Architecture and its chairs form an independent institute that belongs to the Faculty of Architecture at ETH Zurich. The institute sees itself as a bridge between the architectural design studies and building process. Its diverse cooperations with various institutions, firms, organizations and authorities ensure sustainable development in the building industry. The Institute of Technology in Architecture ITA is a separate area within the Department of Architecture. Following the expansion
and restructuring of its content focus in 2009, it now acts as a bridge between architectural design studies and the building process. This is also reflected in the composition of its chairs. It aims both to provide expert, scientifically based support for instruction and to serve in the building industry as a centre for technology in architecture. The Arch_Tec_Lab is to be built on top of the existing car park belonging to the HIL building and must therefore be of lightweight construction. While a standard building has a material
density of roughly 300 kilogrammes per cubic metre, the average material density in the Arch_Tec_Lab is about 200 kilogrammes per cubic metre. The building is serving as a test-bed for the Institute’s latest research findings to see if they can viably be transferred to the innovation process of the construction industry as a whole.
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Block 12 is a very significant portal opportunity for the University. It is a vital connection between the city government and downtown district. 9|fabrica
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Our site analysis consisted of observations of the activity and movement associated with the block 12 surroundings. The focus was on the different modes of movement as well as modes of congregation. 11 | f a b r i c a
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The evaluation of high-density circulation created the exercise of an abstract series of hubs. We used this tool as a means to direct our own design exploration. This circulation web became one of our design mechanisms to measure how the team member’s individual concepts came together. f a b r i c a | 12
Etymology From Latin fabrica (“workshop, craft, art, craft of metalwork, workmanship”), from faber (“skillful, artisan, forger, smith”).
Definition (obsolete) A trading establishment, especially set up by merchants working in a foreign country. (now rare) The position or state of being a factor. A building or other place where manufacturing takes place. A device which produces or manufactures something. (programming) In a computer program or library, a function, method, etc. which creates an object.
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Definition to form, create, coordinate, or blend (two or more things) into a functioning or unified whole.
STEP 1 First, we constructed a collage of existing buildings in order to create a series of interior spaces
STEP 2 Secondly, we applied the same method of collage to create the exterior fa莽ade.
STEP 3 Next, we used circulation to bind the two separate collages together into a single meaning. Through collage, we translated the meaning of existing buildings into something new, a college of architecture and construction
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Definition
The Fabrica
Beneath the surface of the ground.
A dwelling place beneath the surface of the earth, tucked away from the outside elements.
A group or movement seeking to explore alternative forms of lifestyle or artistic expression. "the late-sixties underground"
un· der· ground
From Old English under, from Proto-Germanic *under (whence also German unter, Dutch onder, Danish under), Latin infra (“below, beneath”). From Old English grund, from Proto-Germanic *grunduz, Dutch grond and German Grund. Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian grundë (“brittle earth”) and gryej (“to erode, crumble”). f a b r i c a | 16
Definition
The Fabrica
A method of carrying freight or passengers as part of a transportation system.
A means of circulation by moving people through the venue and effectively connecting them to their destination.
To carry, move, or convey from one place to another.
From Middle English, from Old French transporter (“carry or convey across”), from Latin transporto, from trans- (“across”) + porto (“to carry”).
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The process of educating and evolving students into effective professionals of society.
trans· port
Definition
The Fabrica
A small dome, especially a small dome on a drum on top of a larger dome, adorning a roof or ceiling.
Derived from classical forms, a canopy which regulates both light and air and crowns a large space.
Often used to provide a lookout or to admit light and air, it usually crowns a larger roof or dome.
cu· po· la
Borrowing from Italian cupola, from Latin cupula (“little tub”); from Latin cupa, cuppa (“cup”); named for its resemblance to a cup turned over.
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s.f.
n.s.f.
Entrance/Lobby/Reception
1
1300
1300
Gallery
1
1200
1200
Administration
1
800
800
Printing/Plotting Services
1
400
400
Computer Lab
1
900
900
10
120
1200
Graduate Students' Workspace
1
720
720
Collaborative Studio Spaces
2
4250
8500
Fab Lab/Shop
1
5000
5000
Research/Prototyping/Lab Space
4
1800
7200
Informal Collaborative Spaces
5
200
1000
Lecture Hall (Raked Floor)
2
1500
3000
Classrooms
3
1800
5400
Storage
1
500
500
Toilets
3
2000
6000
Faculty Workspace
Mechanical
0
Circulation
0
Art Supply Store
0
Retail/Services
0
Net Est.
43120
Gross Target
71000
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Public Entrance/Lobby/ Reception
Private Fab Lab/Shop
Lecture Hall (Raked Floor)
Printing/Plotting Services
Gallery
Research/ Prototyping/Lab Space
Classrooms
Computer Lab
Art Supply Store
Informal Collaborative Spaces
Retail/Services
Administration
Faculty Workspace Graduate Students’ Workspace Collaborative Studio Spaces Storage
Toilets
Mechanical
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Retail/Services
Administration
Art Supply Store
Fab Lab/Shop
Research/Prototyping/ Lab Space
Gallery
Informal Collaborative Spaces
Entrance/Lobby/ Reception
Mechanical
Lecture Hall (Raked Floor)
Toilets
Classrooms
Storage
Printing/Plotting Services
Collaborative Studio Spaces
Computer Lab Graduate Students’ Workspace
Faculty Workspace
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Inspiration: Hedge Pavilion - Atelier Kempe Thill, Architects The Hedge Pavilion is a moment frame supporting ‘walls’ of ivy. The ivy grows off-site and is assembled in planter boxes to form an instant green screen. The planter boxes incorporate irrigation for the ivy, act as the pavilion’s structure, and display a minimal, industrial aesthetic
Pavilion Under Construction
Structural Diagram
Exterior
Detail Section at Ground
Interior
Detail Plan of Corner Column
Wall Section
Development: Working through the stairs, walkways, and railings The goal was to develop a minimal aesthetic which would still express the method of construction, yet do so in as simple a manner as possible. The design transformed through several iterations, each reducing the number of connections. Materials such as perforated steel and HSS structural sections help achieve this design goal.
Walkway Development
Variations and development of the railing and walkway connection
Planter Spacing
Stair Development
Details: Minimal Industrial
Plan of Railing
Detail at Top of Stairs
Plan of Planter
Detail at Planter
Detail of Steel Column to Concrete Slab
Detail of Column Footing
Detail at Base of Stairs
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