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The Arboretum at Penn State,
State College, PA Design Brief
Design
The mission of The Arboretum at Penn State is to engage the academic strengths of the University in promoting scholarship and education about plants and their history and importance on earth. The Arboretum at Penn State strives to be a place of beauty and renewal, a venue for the arts, and a pathway to discovery and enrichment. The Nature Education Center would be at the heart of the cultural district at the University; It will be the main destination at the Arboretum where students, professors, and visitors can learn about the rich plants of Pennsylvania. The building design is inspired by an existing garden (Poplar Court) that is considered formal within an organic setting. Hence, the trees, columns, and walls are driven by the garden’s grid to have a vocabulary that is familiar to the site. The ‘lines’ from the Poplar Court are extruded into the education center, as shown in the sketch, creating a modular sequence of space that focuses on verticality and modularity.
concept Fall 2020- Spring 2021 | Professor Laia Celma| ARCH 330/331
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Engineering and Systems
Underground pipes Winter
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The chosen approach is geothermal system. During winter, there will be intake of fresh air through preheating in earth pipe; The distribution will be done through the central atrium (staircase). Over the summer, the cooling of fresh air will also be in earh pipe with distribution through atrium.
The exhibition/lobby spaces will have the system exposed with 2 tubes. Solar PV (Photo voltaic panels) are used for electrical energy generation within the building. The stack effect is utilized for ventilation. This is done through the basement doors that are closed during the winter and open in summer. The pressure at the top will push hot air out and will draw cold air at the basement. Over the summer, there would be a stack effect and cross-ventilation. This would occur as the basement doors would be open allowing air to pass freely. In addition, the stack effect would force the hot air to exit through the roof where the door at the end of the stairs would be open to access the green roof.
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General ventilation strategy Stack effect: the core (atrium) will move the warm air up creating a low pressure at the Duebottom.totheshift, there is a new airstream at the basement: original ramp from the street and now the poplar garden. This will help with ventilation throughout the year as the stack effect would be utilized in summer and winter.
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General strategy: The intended system is air-air with 2 tubes penetrating through the floors. The tubes will supply the atrium and exhibition/ lobby spaces freely. Also, it will supply the floors of the various program spaces in order to Water
Geothermal and photovoltaic
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Facade Strategy
The facade strategy is driven by the column grid defined by the poplar trees. There is a focus on the verticality and therefore the columns are exposed in the facade. The use of glass between each column bay brings in light and in some instances brings in air; In the basement, the sliding glass doors allows for cool air in the summer and blocked in the winter which helps with the ventelation technique. The southfacing facade has a balcony where the visitors could view the trees. In addition, this acts as one of the destinations for visitor circulation. The timber panels/ walls are placed based on program which provides privacy. As the main rule of the facade is to expose the columns, the glass system is within the floor area having the slab exposed.
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2) Seating: - SC 2000 from Staging Concepts
1) Stage: - SC2003 Support from Staging Concepts
Stage and Seating
Circular Down lights: the downlights are added at the intersections of the mesh grid system. They are utilized for educational purposes majorly with lectures for example. In addition, having a circular element at the intersection has a conceptual connection to the building with the plants at the lobby spaces.
The ceiling has acoustically reflective plywood panels that are also painted black. By doing so, the sound would be reflected in an effective manner.There is also a catwalk at the ceiling for lighting maintenance.
Since the space is highly flexible, the acoustics could work with any setting and sound requirements.Thewallsinclude acoustic plywood diffuser panels that are painted black. The spacing follows the light grid as highlighted in “Spacing A’.’
The stage could be folded and the panels are organized on top on the setup.
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Lighting Similar to the overall concept of the building, the lights are organized on a regular grid on top of a steel mesh system.
In order to utilize the space effeciently, the focus is to have a Black-Box Theater in which all parts are movable and flexible. The space could be used for lectures, performances, presentations, etc.
The seating risers are also folded in order to make space for an event.
Design Intention: Planetarium/ Event Space
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23 02.Concrete Printing The Arboretum at Penn State, State College, PA Additive Manufacturing of Concrete Structures | Fall 2021 | Professor Jose Duarte & Shadi Nazarian Partner: Gaurav Ganguli
Our studio presents a lasting question in the context of current developments, taking hold today in the discipline of architecture and the construction industry; one that empowers architects to have greater control over details and crafts; one that in many ways restores and re-invents the central role of the architect as someone engaged in all aspects of creating architecture––a creative thinker, engaged in the science of materials, laws of physics, and the invention of the necessary tools, materials and systems needed to build and achieve the complex and multidisciplinary expression of architecture.
The underlying timeless question is: How can design be informed by methods of construction, where architecture is indebted to but not dominated by technology. The focus of the studio was designed through a parallel structure of research and activities. One, is focused on digital design of a small low-cost housing unit and exploring novel ways to represent it for Automated Additive Construction––as research. The other, is focused on the technological complexities of integrating issues related to design, material properties, and printing system, resulting in Robotic Additive Construction as a new opportunity of total design in the fields of architecture and engineering, delivered through practical hands-on workshops, with the goal to understand the affordances and constraints of the technology, and inform the design of the low-cost housing unit.”
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In this project Gaurav and I focused on learning new skills to be able to print a concrete structure using a robotic arm. This meant putting a lot of effort in researching the technology before designing a flexible unit that could be utilized in the Sahara Desert. Moreover, I have focused on designing using grasshopper to get a variety of iterations and printing multiple models before reaching the best possible solution. Finally, I put an emphasis in renderings to highlight the different options when visitors use the flexible central unit of the structure. The Sahara Desert, Issaouane Erg Sand Sea Located in Eastern Algeria, the Issaouane Erg has sand dunes as tall as 400 feet. The design is inspired by the sand dunes and therefore the structure becomes part of the landscape, with a contrasting element of concrete.
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My role Site Chosen:
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The project title POMERIUM 2.0 derives from “Pomerium” the name given to the ancient, symbolic enclosure of Rome, coinciding with the city walls, which separated its “sacred” space, with its laws, traditions and religious rites, from the outside world with its agricultural practice, military activity and alien populations and deities. Our project aims at reinterpreting the Pomerium in modern terms, introducing new landscape and/or architectural features in the available strips of land immediately adjacent the Aurelian Walls and, possibly, engaging the Walls directly with modern insertions so as to actualize their architectural image and function
33 03. Aurelian Wall Itervention Urban Design Studio Rome, Italy Spring 2022 | Professor Silvia Aloisio Arch 499A
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Phase 2: CommunityIndividualCenter
Concept Statement: The Line is an interactive route along the Pomerium for visitors to be enlightened about the local art, history and culture. It provides a new connection between the Testaccio and Ostiense neighborhoods. Pods attached to the Aurelian Wall create a unique park which connects the two museums. Visitors can directly interact with the Aurelian Wall by climbing, touching and passing underneath the pods. Each pod teaches visitors about a different part of the neighborhood. The primary pod is a bridge that wraps around the Pyramid and Porta San Paolo to symbolize where the wall was once connected. To enhance the culture of the existing neighborhoods, new public space is important. The new Mettatoio piazza will enhance the arts district by creating a series of public spaces for creativity and a maker space. The new museum piazza and rerouted traffic allows Porta San Paolo and Piramide Cestia to be celebrated.
Program: Auditorium, Library, Conference room, Computer Lab, Cafe, Exhibition Space
Partners: Emily Freid & Holly Zimmerman
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Program Goal: To offer a flexible organization of space that acts as a platform for visitors to learn about the arts in the area, simulate interaction between different disciplines, and become inspired by the end of the journey.
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The New York city streets are organized as a grid that connects through a dynamic central park. As shown in the sketch, the paths in central park ‘stitch’ the two grid halves together creating an organic movement and a break from the congestion of the streets. My Neue addition symbolizes the connection of the grid across the space of the park. My Neue addition consists of gallery pods supported on a grid that are divided by a large open atrium of space that cuts from the sky to the basement of the addition.
04. NCMA Competition
Design Brief Design concept The Neue Galerie Expansion Spring 2020 | Professor Felecia Davis | rch 232 This is an expansion design project located at the Neue Galerie in New York City. The program is to expand the galerie to the neighboring building and offer improved accessibility to the location from 5th Avenue. The first week of the project revolved around studying a precedent with a group (partners Madison Ausbury and Adam Figueroa) through analysis and model-making. The precedent chosen was Zaha Hadid’s Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati where I learned the importance of ‘negative’ space as means of circulation. Also, I learned how to connect the urban fabric with the building itself. The expansion I designed is titled Pods Woven by Space.
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A walkthrough animation could be found in this link: https://youtu. be/BoVmSW8ZewE
Rotating CMU blocks add a deeper dimension that separates one side of the Neue addition from the other. These rotating blocks allow the gallery to admit more or less light from the atrium. Also, the pods frame views across the addition back to the existing Neue Gallery.
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Plans: hand-drawn sketches
The dynamic section highlights the pods of galleries floating on either side of an open space from the roof to the basement of the building. The open space serves as a platform that allows for visitors to experience the physical and symbolic connection between the two sides of the building in the Neue gallery as well as the connection back to the park. Moreover, the forum steps serve as a lecture space or seating area located in the middle of the building which gives the opportunity for visitors to analyze and participate in the connection of the two sides.
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The heaviness of the mountain along with the ruins is celebrated through the contrast of a light structure at the end of the cliff. This reflects nature; Earth is contrasted with the sky and water is contrasted with the stiffness of mountains. When visitors approach the site, they will be attracted towards the linear structure at the end of the cliff. Walking between the ruins till reaching the carved-out entrance that is compared to the light system. There, an infinite space towards the horizon will reflect the notion of meditation in a space that enhances elevation of mind and body. This is meditation, the sensation of existing in a space that is boundless and limitless. As it is a flexible sequence, visitors have the opportunity to create their own experience. One can contemplate by climbing up a ramp that symbolizes elevation of mind. Another possibility is focusing on one element by viewing a ruin wall from the building as sunlight creates shadows of columns and trusses. Also, one can meditate by reflecting opposite to the horizon with the repetition of the modular system framing the view.
The fortress is located at Veracuz Figueira in Algarve, Portugal. Built in the 19th century, abrasions occurred through time and the stones remained. The program was to create a meditation space for visitors overlooking the ocean.
53 05. Ark x Site SiteTempleCompetition Design Brief ARKxSITE Competition | Fall 2020
Infinite Reflection
Professor Katsuhiko Muramoto
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67 06. The Boat House Boathouse at The Bald Eagle State Park Design Brief
The targeted clients for this project are kayakers at the State College area. The sructure is quite interesting and features metal construction that supports the functional areas. The design concept was supported by a physical model, 2d drawings and 3d visualizations.
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79 07. The Lantern Design Brief Fall 2020- Spring 2021 | Professor Laia Celma| ARCH 330/331 This project features lantern design. The design concept was presented with a physical model constructed with papers, and drawings that show the design in more details.
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