Tanner J Clapham 2010 by Tanner Clapham

TANNER J CLAPHAM

2010

MUSEUM ON MADISON SQUARE PARK MUSEUM ANALYSIS ON SOANE HOUSE URBAN TRANSIENT NEW YORK CITY URBAN ACROPOLIS NEW YORK CITY WATER AND SURFACE DEATH VALLEY CA INSIDE OUT GALLERY NEW YORK CITY HOUSE FOR A COUPLE ON A HILL SHOWROOM FOR CAR NEW YORK CITY BEDSIDE LIGHT FIXTURE PROJECT ON STREETS NEW YORK CITY

SEAGRAM BUILDING OPEN CITY THE PALM JUMEIRAH

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PROFESSIONAL

TANNER J CLAPHAM | PORTFOLIO | 2010

A complex site adjacent to New York Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Madison Park was selected for the design project. The program chosen was for a museum of three-dimensional art from 1960 to the present; the total built area was to be roughly 70,000 square feet. Each design was initially developed as a collection of nonspecific spaces for art with different characteristics without reference to specific artists or works of art. Thus, questions of volume and light, of sequence and materiality, all had to be confronted at a certain level of abstraction. A developed concept of spaces capable of mutation or multiple configurations proposed enhanced possibility for a variety of installations.

MUSEUM ON MADISON STEVEN RUSTOW, MICHAEL YOUNG, FELICIA DAVIS, ELIZABETH Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;DONNELL

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A simple, sliding floor slab enables the raised, transparent museum to display changing exhibitions in a variety of configurations. Single height spaces can be transferred into a triple height atrium, all while creating more evenly distributed spaces in the opposite end of the museum floor plan. The mutation allows the museumgoer to engage the museum in a new way, exploring new spaces upon each visit to its temporary exhibitions.

This portion of work culminated in a presentation of plans, sections and elevations drawn at 1/4” scale, as well as physical and computer models that documented an “analytic concept:” an original hypothesis or physical conjecture intended to reveal an aspect of Sir John Soane’s house and museum in London. Since the quality of the museum is incredibly dense and domestic, the focus of the drawings and models was to consider the space as an internal structure. Here, the architecture became about the placement of objects and openings in direct relationship with each other, creating different levels of spacial “viscosity” and key, framing site lines.

MUSEUM ANALYSIS STEVEN RUSTOW, MICHAEL YOUNG, FELICIA DAVIS, ELIZABETH O’DONNELL

The work of the design studio is based on the assumption that design is a cognitive process, a continuous dialogue between intuition and reasoning rather than the application of a prescriptive method. Invited to select a site of choice within the island of Manhattan, the project then provokes a conscious encounter with the physical nature of the architecture of the city. The choice of the site is informed by the program: the architectural invention of a place for a transient as defined by the characteristic metropolitan dweller. The wall of New Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Central Park was analyzed closely to illucidate the latent exchanges between the vertical and horizontal landscapes. The notions of movement and walking inform the construction of pathways.

URBAN TRANSIENT GUIDO ZULIANI, PABLO LORENZO-EIROA, CAROLINE Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;DONNELL

SITE

URBAN

DIANE LEWIS, THOMAS TSANG, MERSIHA VALEDAR, PETER SCHUBERT, ROGER DUFFY

ACROPOLIS

Suspended. The architectural expression of a tower and that of an acropolis has great potential to the intrinsic character of the city. This project program is TOWER/ACROPOLIS. A proposal for these recognizable forms was to be defined in relation between intervention and context, and the formulation of a contemporary civic architectural program situated in regard to a select specific site in the structure of Manhattan.

THE SITE IS IN LOWER MANHATTAN AND MAINTAINS A STRUCTURAL, UNIDIRECTIONAL GRAIN FROM TYPICAL PARTY WALL CONSTRUCTION, ALL RUNNING IN A PARALLEL CURRENT. HOUSTON STREET, WIDENED IN THE 20TH CENTURY FOR SUBWAY EXPANSION, HAD ITS STREET FACING BUILDINGS DEMOLISHED. AFTER THE DEMOLITION, ALL STREET FACING FACADES WERE MULTI-STORY BLANK BRICK WALLS, DOORLESS, WINDOWLESS. THE INTERVENTION INTRUDES PERPENDICULARLY AGAINST THE GRAIN, UTILIZING THE EXISTING PARTY WALL STRUCTURE AS A SUPPORT TO SPAN THE BLOCK. AN ELEVATED PUBLIC PLAZA WITH FILM PROJECTION SPACES, SEATING, AND AN ARCHIVAL COLLECTION SPACE FIT WITHIN THE SHIFTING PLANES FROM THE SITE’S URBAN FABRIC.

SECTION

GROUND PLAN

POTENTIALS This studio focused on the question of Nature from the philosophical and scientific discourses that have explained it with the transformations and present conditions of the natural world as it affects our modes of habitation. The elements considered were also the ones that were present in Radiant City, such as Sun, Air, Green, Water and Soil. Each one of them implied a great number of conditions affected by our human environment.

WATER AND DEATH VALLEY DIANA AGREST, THOMAS LEESER, MASHA PANTAYELEVA

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IVERSION

AFTER DIVERSION

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Death Valleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s arid surface lacks the ability to receive rainfall. The water simply skirts over the surface, running quickly to the lowest elevation. Because of this, regular flooding occurred at the national parks frequented resort. The resort diverted the storm-water runoff trajectory to a new location, this projects site. This site is nearly 1/50th the area of the total ground area for which it receives nearly all of the rainfall.

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The project proposes an implementation of strategically placed filtration canals that capture and filter the onslaught of the powerful flash floods. These canals would be placed along existing desire lines of the waterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s natural movements across the site. Such locations can be determined through observation of the existing natural condition, and the development of arid islands within the alluvial fan (sedimentation). The elevation of the canals slowly submerge underground to protect the excess water from evaporation and move them towards an end collection and distribution resevoir for the Death Valley National Park.

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An exhibition space for the community of Cooper Union, in which the Architecture, Art, and Engineering schools each have a space, located on the corner of The Cooper Union Engineering Building site. The issue of the exhibition of the work produced at Cooper Union and its relationship to the city are considered as integral to the architectural problem, enabling a permeability to the city while presenting the institution through the students’ work.

INSIDEOUT GALLERY RICARDO SCOFIDIO, PABLO LORENZO-EIROA, JENNIFER LEE, CAROLINE O’DONNELL

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HOUSE FOR A COUPLE

RICARDO SCOFIDIO, PABLO LORENZO-EIROA, JENNIFER LEE, CAROLINE O’DONNELL

A weekend retreat for a couple, located on a grassy, rural plot with extreme weather conditions. Gender, vocation, and avocation are unknown. Each individual is fiercely independent, and each requires an area that is territorially their own. They do, however, share a suitcase…

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A “smart station,” used for the display and sale of the “fortwo smart car,” located on an urban site at Houston and Lafayette in Manhattan. Two cars are located here, one outside for display, one inside for test-driving. This project brings the ideas of shelter, site, technology, and weather developed in THE HOUSE project into an urban context.

SHOWROOM

RICARDO SCOFIDIO, PABLO LORENZO-EIROA, JENNIFER LEE, CAROLINE O’DONNELL

LIGHTING DESIGN COMPETITION

This light fixture combines standard luminousity side objects. The operability of the drawers enab

in coopertaion with Laura Saether

with the necessity of small storage for bedbles the light to have a manual dimmer.

STREETS

DAVID TURNBULL, ANTHONY VIDLER, HAYLEY EBER, URTZI GRAU, LYDIA KALLIPOLLITI

This project delves into how architects research and draw PROCESSES, how they DRAW LIFE, and how in relation to the LIFE of an architectural project the “site” could be interpreted as “milieu,” “genius loci,” “place,” “space,” “environment,” “surroundings,” “context,” or “ecology.” As a quest and question into the most common and ubiquitous of spaces, places, things; the project transfers everyday organizational devices into an incredible array of transactions.

Street Street Design Design Manual Manual New YorkCity City New York of Transportation TheDepartment First Amendment 2009 2010

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Introduction Catch Basin

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Street Tree

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Sidewalk (Thin)

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Sidewalk (Thick)

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Lane

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Curb

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When this model is transferred to planning, it becomes a social scientific game. Certain rules and programs must be mastered to play it well; good for the experts who know them, they will probably win the game. They again have the knowledge to manipulate and decide. They can misuse the unequal psycological position of the non-expert game members and the disadvantages at which non-professionals are ordinary citizens find themselves. In addition, if game decisions are actually questioning existint structural imperatives, there remains still the old question: how can one insure implementations of possibly “non-profit” or “non-economic” but human-oriented planning decisions? STREET DESIGN MANUAL creates new architectural street parameters based on its fundamental construction. Each design is intened to confound the public with the full potency of these common objects.

GEOMETRY

STREET

TREES

2.4.1cA Stormwater–Capturing Funnels an d Tents

& BASINS

FUNNEL/TENT:

Stormwater– Capturing Coverage USAG E: PILOT

AÊsequenceÊofÊaligned,Ê light-weightÊtensionÊstructuresÊallowsÊforÊcompleteÊ streetÊcoverageÊwithÊminimalÊ groundÊinterruptions.ÊÊTheÊ placementÊofÊtheÊfunnel/tentÊ isÊuponÊtheÊexistingÊcatchÊ basinsÊofÊtheÊstreet,ÊwherebyÊ theÊadjustableÊfabricÊcanÊbeÊ positionedÊpeakÊupÊorÊdownÊ toÊeitherÊprovideÊshadeÊonÊaÊ hot,ÊsunnyÊday,ÊorÊprovideÊaÊ waterÊcapturingÊfunnelÊonÊaÊ rainyÊday.ÊÊMoreover,Ê funitureÊisÊinetegratedÊintoÊ theÊbase. Stormwater–capturing funnel/tents that utilize existing catch basins: New York City (Credit: Tanner J Clapham)

Benefits Easy shade and water capture May improve street health and reduce sidewalk heaving by providing increased filtered greywater.

Use connected stormwater– capturing funnels as an alternative to individual stormwater–capturing basins wherever feasible

Adopting effective stormwater– capturing funnel designs on a wide–scale basis could reduce stormwater volumes entering the sewer system with debris during storms Considerations Streets that would benefit from coverage Careful consideration must be given to design in relation to existing catch basins Application Light-weight steel structure attached upon existing, below-grade catch basins. Pilot implementations can be pursued in partnership with NYC DPR or another maintenance partner

Design Standard cable suspension technologies Special care must be given to the siting of stormwater–capturing funnels and tents ; if superior sub–drainage doesn’t exist and overflow drains are not used, funnels may overflow and/or rust Stormwater–capturing C ONNECTED FUNNELS (2.4.1b) should be used wherever feasible instead of I NDI V IDUAL FUNNELS (2.4.1a) Sustainability Opportunities

Stormwater–Capturing FUNNEL with people: Spring Street NYC (Note: for illustrative purposes only

See sustainability opportunities for FUNNEL/TENTS

GEOMETRY

STREET

TREES

2.4.1A Pitless Sky Tree

& PLANTINGS

Pitless Sky Trees USAG E: PILO T

Excavated pits do not allow for the planting of street trees to obtain the full bounty of water available in NYC. The implementation of a vertical garden utilizes the full quantities of annual precipitation in the city by means of an elevated water capture system, high above the street surface. Within these collectors, pressure is stored to distribute the water through a lattice network towards vertical planters. Year-round walls of green can breath deep for the city and provide shade througout the summer months. The embodiment of this new boundary creates a slow space on the sidewalk, fully furnished with topographic pavers suitable for clusters and lying on the ground. Extended Sidewalk condition with topographic pavers

Benefits Vertical elements, such as the slow side space, make streets appear narrower to pedestrians, causing them to walk slower. Vertical gardens help to mitigate air pollution and capture carbon dioxide from the air, improving environmental and public health

Vertical gardens provide urban wildlife habitat opportunities They make streets more attractive Considerations May impact storefront conditions

NYC DPR contractors will maintain pitless gardens (individual or connected) for Traffic utilities such as trash and rapid transit two years after planting, after which each individual property owner is are located under a wide pedestrian way responsible for maintaining the to cloud the loud sounds of their industry pitless garden(s), while NYC DPR retains Vertical gardens provide natural responsibility for and jurisdiction stormwater management over the garden itself Vertical gardens dampen street noise, providing health and psychological benefits

2.2.1B Sidewalk BOX

Sidewalk Box - THICK USAG E: PILOT

Sidewalk with standard paving treatment: 11th Avenue, Manhattan 62

GEOMETRY

SIDEWALKS

& MEDIANS

GEOMETRY

ROADWAYS

& LANES

2.1.1AA Closed Roadway

CLOSED STREETS U SAG E: WID E

That portion of a street designed, improved for unordinary inhabitation of non-vehicular travel, exclusive to all things smaller, slower, and more leisurely than the car. The basic geometry of the lane and the automobile creates a striated fabric within the typical street system. The implementation of an array of everyday objects alters the lane condition into a field, whereby direction, speed, and distance is all reconfigured into an open system that does not predetermine areas for specific modes of travel, or activities.

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3.5.1aA Hinged Curb

MATERIALS

CURBS

Steel hinged curb USAG E:

PILOT

Take a simple hinge idea, and put it to the curb. The curb makes all in the same: a roadway, a wall, a bleecher. The possibilities.

Typical steel hinged curb as seen from the sidewalk, the the curb has rotated the street up into a wall.

Benefits

Design

Promotes varied activity by unleashing the full potential of the curb into the possibilities of seating and projection. Moreover, street cleaning and maintenance is made simple and easy.

Standard steel hinge integrated into the existing curb dimension parameters.

(3.5.1)

Seating consists of bright and fun colors.

Considerations

All seating and railing is collapsable so as to fit under the street while the curb folds down to create a roadway.

Suitable for wide streets with ample activity to utilized the potentials.

Sustainability Opportunities

Application

Economical savings with street cleaning and maintenance.

This material is standard for any industrial grade, large scale steel hinge. This material is generally maintained by NYC DOT

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PAVING STONES OF 53RD STREET BETWEE

EN 6TH AVE AND LEXINGTON - NEW YORK

SEAGRAM BUILDING STAMBERG AFERIAT ARCHITECTURE - NEW YORK

This project dealt with a large private equity company occupying the 14th, 15th, and 16th floors of the the Seagram building on Park Avenue in New York City. A full renovation was designed to create an enhanced, communal work space for the growing company, as well as a stair that puctured the the floor between the 14th and 15th floor to allow easier circulation and communication for everyday needs of the officeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s employees.

OPEN CITY

THE PALM JUMEIRAH SMAQ - ARCHITECTURE, URBANISM, RESEARCH__ ANDREAS QUEDNAU AND SABINE MULLER IN COOPERTATION WITH LAURA SAETHER

CHARTER OF DUBAI With financial cooling and global warming, DubaiÂ´s gated refuges cast long shadows in the desert. The contradiction inherent in the gated refuge - between independent islands and their dependency on outside resources - is located at surface boundaries where various cross-connections are concealed. SMAQâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Charter of Dubai proposes a series of boundary-altering techniques designed to unearth these connections: re:form - from spectacular image to urban figure; re:cover - from sand as land to dynamic environments of wind and water; re:source - from demanding air- conditioning to light, shade, and breeze; re:block from controlled check points to a permeable grid; re:zone - from partitioned sameness to an exploration of difference; re:lock - from invisible gates to articulated entries; re:divide - from enclosure exclusion to cultural diversification; re:gain - from property speculation to social appropriation; re:plot - from grand estates to affordable dwelling aggregates; re:use - from under-utilized yards to common courtyards; re:view - from billboard architecture to local types With these measures, edges are re-drawn via environmental forces, boundaries are reinvented as social connectors, and limits are reset to shorten energy cycles. Expanding, thickening, feathering, and scattering boundaries, here exemplified on The Palm Jumeirah, will allow Dubai to form the robust tissue of a diverse, open metropolis, which it so desperately aspires to be.

RE: COVER

RE: SOURCE

The palms orientation distributes the housing in a polar array along its â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;leavesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. The homogenous layout exposes the majority of the glazing to the hot east/west sun and does not exploit the ability to block the high, easily shaded southern sun. In order to utilize the oppositional orientations, the re:plot strategy disseminates the humongous estates into ecologically, socially viable housing aggregates.

TANNER J. CLAPHAM EDUCATION Sept. 2005- May 2010

THE COOPER UNION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE AND ART, New York, NY Bachelor of Architecture 2010

Sept. 2004- May 2005

GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Atlanta, GA One year of study, Bachelor of Art program

PROFESSIONAL May 2009 – Sept. 2009

SMAQ – ARCHITECTURE, URBANISM, RESEARCH, Berlin, Germany: Internship Position Presentation drawings, publications, model making, concept development, rendering - Exhibition at International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam th

- Multigenerational Housing Competition, Königsbrunn, S. Germany (4 place) - Visiting critic at Technische Universität Berlin

May 2008 – July 2008

STAMBERG AFERIAT ARCHITECTURE, New York, NY: Internship Position Presentation drawings, photography, construction documents, rendering, client meetings. - Office renovation, Seagram Building - Summer House, Shelter Island

May 2007 – Sept. 2007

P+FC ARCHITECTS, New York, NY: Internship Position Presentation drawings, photography, construction documents, model making, client meetings - Event Space in Greenpoint, Brooklyn - Townhouse Renovation, Upper West Side - Summer Home Renovation, West Hampton

May 2005 – Sept. 2005

DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES, Bureau of Architecture, Commonwealth of PA: Internship Position Construction documents, specifications & materials research - Various Public State Parks and Forest Regions facilities - Strategies for sites with non-existent infrastructures

EXHIBITION / AWARDS May 2006-2010

Selected exhibitor, Cooper Union End of Year Show

September 2009

Open City: International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam

May 2010

George Ledlie Fund Annual Prize

SKILLS AutoCAD, Rhino, Adobe Suite, Microsoft Office, hand-drafting conventions, mixed media, physical modeling, research, and some experience with Maya