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02. Orlando Public Library
03. Florida Landscape
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01. Tribeca Film Institute
04. Music Research Gallery
05. Vertical Datum
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01 Tribeca Film Institute NYC, New York When observing Midtown Manhattan, opportunities surround the premises of Penn Station and the Garment District. As the ever-so famous subway hub continues to decline, revitalizing the area of what NYC lacks opens the doors for new prospects. Film presence has seemingly weakened in the concrete jungle, where television and theater dominate. The current Tribeca Film Festival is scattered amongst five locations, which are all outdated. The goal of this project is to ultimately bring New York’s premiere film festival to a centralized location in Manhattan, making it more apparent amongst fashion, theater, and other visual arts. The Institution would also be in conjunction to NYU’s film school, (Tisch School of the Arts), inhabiting dormitories and utilities that these students would have access to.
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In collaboration with Maggie McMickle Professor Nancy Clark Design 7, Fall 2020
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Cinematography versus The City
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Amongst the plethora of solutions to make this site more successful was to “declutter” 33rd street, as well as use the concept of screen that would be appealing to film students, viewers, and the general public. The lobby is one the most significant parts of the public area. It was designed so that traffic is persuaded to move through it, and not around it, therefore distributing the traffic of Penn Station to an interior setting. The lobby’s screens and façade is also a marketing component for the Tribeca Film Festival and NYU film school. The screen, visible from the outside and inside, project current showing, student work/ projects, and contenders of the Tribeca Film Festival.
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Light plays a major role in the program due to the fact that the central theme revolves around cinema. It is important that open, public areas, (such as the lobby) receive a good amount of natural light, while movie theaters and screening rooms receive little to no natural light at all. Creating multiple layers to the faรงade helps to make these necessary light conditions come to life, as well as create inimitable ones throughout the student spaces.
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02 Orlando Public Library Orlando, Florida The annex of the library is intended to illuminate the meaning of aperture and light, and how the book, and the idea of attaining information can take advantage of these integrities. Aperture is significant because Lake Eola is a barrier between organic and static forms. Being the largest aperture, it was important to program the auditorium to face the lake, frame it, and impede views of more intimate areas of the city.
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Professor Stephen Belton Design 6, Spring 2020
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Aperture & Light
Connecting the previous ideas, dynamic movements are resolved within the central faรงade. Breezes from the lake activate turning panels outside of the main circulation space, creating a changing aperture and light source. The panels are light, and turn slightly on a central axis on an offset metal mullion system. These help to articulate the curve of the building that peers out towards the lake.
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In contrast, the library, and circulation space around a centralized atrium utilizes the aperture from the West side of the city. Reading spaces, book collections, private offices, and study rooms are designated to this area of the construct. This provides less natural light, and less exposure to the exterior environment, thus creating a more familiar area for the visitor.
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03 Florida Landscape Madison Blue Springs, Florida The concept of four found themes from Madison Blue Springs turned into the idea of how rhythm, music, and interchangeability can be apparent in a landscape with such language. However, I was also inspired by the idea of “showcasing” the landscape, making my developed intervention an “exhibition space” as well as areas to interact with both air, ground, and water. When you approach the construct, a small intimate space is found, used for display of information about the site. A transparent bridge connects this space, to an area to descend into the water (for kayaking, swimming, scuba-diving etc). The bridge however, might be one of the most significant parts of this construct because it showcases above ground and below ground (shrub and water) and architecturally portrays one of the themes that dominated the springs; horizontal movement accompanied by vertical rhythm.
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Professor Nina Hofer Design 5, Fall 2019
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SUBMERGENCE There were many unique spots in Madison Blue Springs were you could enter, including a hidden tavern within walking distance from the main swimming area.
OBSERVATION It was important to have a viewing space amongst the program, where not only would information about the aquifer would be exhibited, but also the landscape itself, acting as a living gallery.
INTERRUPTION The main elements of the environment were air, water, and ground. At the spring, each of these were interrupting each other in one way or another, thus creating a condition that could be implemented in the program.
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Related to gallery, viewing what is being “showcased� was significant in specific conditions, especially over water.
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04 UF Music Research Gallery Gainesville, Florida The University of Florida Gallery for Musical Research exhibits students’ work from the College of Music, showcasing exploration of musical theory, composition, and performance. The building’s intent is to plant a UF footprint outside of the University’s campus, and be a place for students, employees, and visitors to work, practice music, study, and observe student’s musical investigations. The construct’s main features include a café, practice rooms, offices, a central atrium activating a second floor lounge, and ramps that act as a gallery space while circulating throughout the building.
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Professor Stephen Belton Design 6, Spring 2020
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Rhythm & the Urban Edge The design inspiration came from the rhythms of the city itself, both implied and unimplied. This could be found in major axis, repetition in transparency, marking, etc. These “musical” variations were noted to affect the way people interacted with the city (pace, viewpoint, etc.).
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The goal for the gallery’s design was to bring these rhythms together and let them speak for themselves in terms of space, light, aperture, and program.
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05 Vertical Datum Exploration of “Archive” Vertical Datum, otherwise known as “tower” is theoretically set in London and programed to function as a space for archive, observation, and performance. Inspired by Greek theater and the Shakespeare Globe Theater, the construct houses archived plays and theater writings, while also acting as a celebration for performing arts. The ground floor begins to curve in elevation, to absorb sound and light from the stage of the theater. Circulation travels to the very top of the building, where a visitor can spectate from above the audience. Beneath the ground exhibits Shakespeare playwrights, which is deemed more private due to their inviolability to the world of literature and drama.
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Professor Nic Rabinowiz Design 4, Spring 2019
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Markings, as seen to the right, were used to create the initial concepts of viewing, performing, and documentation. Certain forms and conditions are necessary for each use of space, such as the curve mentioned previously. In the diagram to the left, these ideas are separated and transformed, and become distinctive in its notion of private space and shared space.
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