TAYLOR KNOCHE
SELECTED WORKS
FOUNDATION INSPIRATION
Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness. - Frank Gehry
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TABLE OF CONTENTS SELECTED WORKS
TABLE OF CONTENTS: SELECTED WORKS I CIRRICULEUM VITEA
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II PROFESSIONAL WORK
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Overview of professional, academic, extracurricular, and volunteer work over the course of both undergraduate and graduate careers.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Summary of selected projects over the course of both undergraduate and graduate careers.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Projects selected from previous professional work.
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03 PROJECT 3
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Proposes an architectural response to manage carbon dioxide pollution and provide a space for education, carbon trading and public awareness on the effects of greenhouse gases.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Master Planning and large scale urban intervention that considers high density transportation node development, placemaking strategies, and human scale neighborhoods. `
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Identifies renewable energy opportunities for brown field land that is currently under utilized by the Hartsfield Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia.
A Timeline
Intelligent Post-Industrial Arrays
Selected Works
Urban Districts
Airport as Power Plant
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Free Fall; Fashion Incubator PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Using fashion as precedent the mixed-use, residential tower combines fashion workshops with residential units to create and ideal live-work environment for fashion design students.
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PROFESSIONAL WORK 2016 - 2020
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PROFESSIONAL WORK SELECTED WORKS
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK POST INDUSTRIAL ARRAYS
01 PROJECT 01 | POST INDUSTRIAL ARRAYS Spring 2015, Shawn Rickenbacker, Partner: Zach Reiser
Climate change, seeks for an infrastructure resolution to reduce energy consumption, remedy environmental degradation and harvest energy streams. The environmental and biological impact of air quality has plagued many civilizations within recent history. Through computation, empirical data analysis and environment simulation, the tower integrates parametric wind data to transform a single component aggregate to a conglomerate of multi-surfaced towers.
CARBON REDUCTION ARCHITECTURE | EDUCATION
The aggregation of towers optimizes the surface area, allowing maximization of wind capture and air purification. Simultaneously, the building breaks free from the four-sided paradigm and utilizes a six-sided volume, embracing wind capture and architectural space from roof, ground, and surrounding walls. The building seeks to increase variation of heights and scales, enabling multi-level functionality and programmable space similar to forest and natural remediation canopies.
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01 PROJECT 01 NEW YORK , NEW YORK
POST INDUSTRIAL ARRAYS NEW YORK, NEW YORK
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK POST INDUSTRIAL ARRAYS
Left Page: Top: The towers were developed through individual and grouped processes of rain water collection, solar heat gain, air purification heat exhaust and cooling, and electricity generation. Middle: The towers use two primary functions; 1. Queen’s Midtown Tunnel access and CO2 emission capture from passing vehicles, 2. Programmable Tower Development Strategy clusters of embedded scales Bottom: Performative sections showing spatial conditions and pedestrian circulation through towers and circulation paths for air flow and collection Right page: 1. Primary stack towers breach Queen’s Midtown Tunnel running directly underneath the site, drawing up highly polluted air, cleaning and processing it to fresh air 2. Additional concrete stacks provide Tower Functionality structural support for the building while cleaning the air from the street level 3. Steel frame grid is interlaced between concrete columns and placed into compression to provide further structural support to the building 4. Infill air plumes circulate air throughout the building 5. Programmable infill is interlaced among structural and performative stack towers 6. Facade and roof are supported through a six sided grid shell Tower Spatial Conditions 7 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Structural Compression Grid
Infill Air Plumes
Programmable Infill
Grid Shell Facade + Roof
Secondary Stack Towers
Primary Stack Towers
01 PROJECT 01 NEW YORK , NEW YORK
POST INDUSTRIAL ARRAYS NEW YORK, NEW YORK
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK POST INDUSTRIAL ARRAYS
Transverse section highlighting the Stock Exchange floor auditorium, and research classrooms.
Classroom
Classroom Classroom
Auditorium Lobby
Exhaust / Cleaning Tower
Queens Midtown Tunne
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01 PROJECT 01 NEW YORK , NEW YORK
POST INDUSTRIAL ARRAYS NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Library
Library Gallery
Private Offices
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK POST INDUSTRIAL ARRAYS
Interior rendering showing the main entryway into the public atrium, looking out onto 1st Avenue.
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01 PROJECT 01 NEW YORK , NEW YORK
POST INDUSTRIAL ARRAYS NEW YORK, NEW YORK
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BEIJING, CHINA URBAN DISTRICTS
02 PROJECT 02 | URBAN DISTRICTS Spring 2016, Marilyn Jordan Taylor, Bob Yaro, Richard Weller; Partners: Alyssa Garcia, Yajun Dong
The availability of former industrial sites scattered throughout central Beijing creates an exciting potential for the development of urban districts that offer mixed-use, mixed-income, mixed-density “livework” neighborhoods served by high-capacity public transportation, accessible to education / health care, and high quality of life in an ecologically healthy environment. Dahongmen Wholesale District serves as a “pilot project” to illustrate the potential for transition from a low-scale, aging district to vibrant, lively district rich in jobs, innovation, strong commercial hubs, accessibility, and a variety of built densities.
TRANSFORMING BEIJING THROUGH URBAN DESIGN
In accordance with new governmental policies for Jing-Jin-Jin, many manufacturing and wholesale facilities considered “non-essential” to the new economic strengths of Beijing are being relocated. According to the Beijing Municipal Commission of Development and Reform, in the past year the municipality has already shuttered 150 low-end markets that had worsened traffic jams and 326 manufacturers that were contributing to air pollution and environmental degradation. Included among the industries slated for relocation are the wholesale markets of the city. Beijing has been relocating or upgrading wholesale markets in the Fengtai, Daxing and Tongzhou districts, where thousands of retailers purchase commodities to sell in downtown Beijing. 13 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
02 PROJECT 02 BEIJING, CHINA
URBAN DISTRICTS BEIJING, CHINA
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BEIJING, CHINA URBAN DISTRICTS
Dahongmen, like other wholesale markets in Beijing, is experiencing rapid transformation. According to Li Chaogang, Secretary of CPC Committee of Fengtai district, more than 20,000 wholesale shops are in 26 shopping malls in the Dahongmen area, employing over 130,000 people. Figures from Fengtai district show more than 80 percent of the clothes in Dahongmen are sold to regions in Shanxi and Hebei provinces and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Less than 20 percent are sold in Beijing. As of December 2015, Dahongmen had moved out more than 5,900 shops at 14 sub-markets that traded clothes, shoes and other commodities. By the end of 2017, another 31 sub-markets are scheduled to be shut down and all Site Plan people employed at the markets will be relocated to Hebei and Tianjin, according to the Dahongmen Relocation Office. A significant part of the Dahongmen clothing wholesale market is located within a 750 meters of the Fourth Ring Road (running east-west), Huaifang Road, Guangcai Road and Linhong Road. The north-south spine, Nanyuan Road, a major north-south commercial and cultural arterial corridor through Beijing runs directly down the center of Dahongmen. This area is served by the Beijing Metro Line 10 which runs east west through the district, with three stations at the east, center and west of the district. It will soon intersect with the new north-south Metro Line 8 being constructed under Nanyuan Road. This transfer station will also connect with the proposed regional rail service linking Daxing Airport. 15 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
URBAN DISTRICTS BEIJING, CHINA
Central Business District Site Plan
Central Business District Zoning Diagram
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BEIJING, CHINA URBAN DISTRICTS
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02 PROJECT 02 BEIJING, CHINA
URBAN DISTRICTS BEIJING, CHINA
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BEIJING, CHINA URBAN DISTRICTS
To reinvigorate the Danhongmen Wholesale District into the 21st century, the transit-oriented development integrates residential, office, retail and other services clustered around the transit node, to create a vibrant and walkable district of economic prosperity and opportunity for current and future residents. As a central feature of the district, the Dahongmen Center rises above the surrounding landscape giving a new identity and vigilance to the district. A short walk from the Danhongmen Station, the Center provides people from across Beijing, a convenient destination to experience the business and fashion industry district of the future. The overall plan incorporates a
combination of mixed-use high and low-rise buildings to accommodate large business and fashion merchandisers, and incubation of start-ups. The retail core along the transit spine brings individuals from across the district to enjoy a diverse variety of retail and restaurant options for new networking and experiences. At the northern border of the district a technical school for hands on learning is brought to the center to enable existing wholesale industry workers to transition smoothly and effectively into new industry, providing new opportunities for an additional 50,000 workers. Dahongmen Center South is a destination for all ages and cultures to enjoy and take part of the new industry of the 21st century in Beijing.
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02 PROJECT 02 BEIJING, CHINA
URBAN DISTRICTS BEIJING, CHINA
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ATLANTA GEORGIA AIRPORT AS POWER PLANT
03 PROJECT 03 | AIRPORT AS POWER PLANT Fall 2015, Laura Baird + Reinier de Graaf, (OMA); Individual Historically, the airport was built on urban edges to serve growing city centers. Methods of travel to and from the airport were not fully considered relative to time, efficiency, and convenience.
RENEWABLE ENERGY STRATEGY FOR THE ATL AIRPORT
Over the course of the past 120 years, the planning of airports has changed significantly to incorporate larger airliners, affordable landing rights and increased revenues from innovative mixed use development on and around the airport. Where airports were once inconvenient to the city, cities have begun to develop around airports to become, “airport cities�. Spatially, these places resemble traditional cities, but with a an airport at their urban centers. The airport has become increasingly important as a transit hub, but more so as an urban center and economic engine. To better serve the greater area of Atlanta, Georgia the project proposes a new alternative for under utilized, airport owned land to a high yield energy power plant.
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03 PROJECT 03 ATLANTA, GEORGIA
AIRPORT AS POWER PLANT ATLANTA, GEORGIA
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ATLANTA GEORGIA AIRPORT AS POWER PLANT
On April 22, 2014 the Atlanta City Council authorized Mayor Kasim Reed to enter negotiations with New Generation Power, Inc. to establish solar farms through land lease of three landfill sites and two at the Atlanta’s airport; Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, on two parcels with a total of 7.9 acres. Source: Saporta Report, David Pendered
In conjunction, the airport supports “Standalone Sustainability Projects” within the most recently published 2040 Master Plan. “The Master Plan clearly states that sustainability measures will continue to be incorporated into projects intended to address capacity shortfalls. Key long term focus areas: • Managing resources – materials, energy and water – efficiently • Minimizing our environmental impact through emissions reduction, waste reduction, green construction, noise mitigation and land use compatibility • Strengthening our partners and community Key short-term focus areas: • Sustainable policy development • Green procurement • Green construction • Sustainable operations and maintenance • Challenges Ahead: • Need for better recording of the savings and benefits from the sustainability initiatives implemented • Focus on employee training and education to ensure data quality • Forward thinking sustainability goals in light of additional resources required to operate and maintain the new international terminal and associated infrastructure
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In 2014, according to the Energy Information Administration , the average annual electricity consuption for a U.S. residential utility customer was 10,932 kilowatt hours (kWh), the equivalent to 10 hours of watching TV or vacuuming for one hour. If the impacts of utilities were to be scaled by city, state and country, the resulting energy required for the number of housing units, as indicated by the U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2010 Population and Housing, 1.4 trillion kWh is required to provide for the United States. It is apparent at both the city level and the airport level more sustainable energy procedures can be utilized. Through a thorough assessment of energy needs at multiple scales, the maximum build out required to meet that need, a development strategy to install required systems and technology, enforce a combination of energy generation systems including solar, wind, anaerobic digestion and kinetic energy, finally consider additional energy generating sources. As an ultimate outcome the project serves to reinterpret the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as a power plant; an industrial facility for the generation of electric power. The airport owns nearly 4800 acres of land, an equivalent of 209,088,000 sq. ft. Looking at different renewable energy resources and their required square footage requirement, solar is clearly the most capable of producing large amounts of energy,; however, it is unreliable to over depend on one system of generation. er, it is unreliable to over depend on one system of generation. UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA 24
03 PROJECT 03 ATLANTA, GEORGIA
AIRPORT AS POWER PLANT ATLANTA, GEORGIA
ATLANTA GEORGIA AIRPORT AS POWER PLANT
Over the course of the Master Plan 2040, key sustainability projects are built in parallel to airport target projects to reduce impact to the operations of the airport during construction. Costs associated to the renewable energy development require a large potion of up front investment, however, that investment is recouped over the course of the airport phasing strategy.
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03 PROJECT 03 ATLANTA, GEORGIA
AIRPORT AS POWER PLANT ATLANTA, GEORGIA
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MIAMI, FLORIDA FREE FALL
04 PROJECT 04 | FREE FALL Fall 2014, Julian Palacio, Individual
Utilizing fashion as precedent, the organizational logic and aesthetic principles of the building evolve from the Capriole collection by Iris van Herpen. The construction of the dress follows three observed methodologies; spiral / vortex, clustering, and layering. By incorporating similar design techniques, the mixed-use residential tower is composed of both single and duplex units, while layering fashion workshops and large retail display floors for a dynamic public / private relationship.
FASHION INCUBATOR
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04 PROJECT 04 MIAMI, FLORIDA
FREE FALL MIAMI, FLORIDA
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MIAMI, FLORIDA FREE FALL
Left page: Exterior rendering from the street showing primary design vocabulary of spiral, allowing for Miami Design District and Downtown Miami views for residential units.
RIght page: Top: Cluster of Type A (600 SF), Type B (750 SF), and Type C (900 SF) with public circulation and balcony. Bottom: Residential unit typology and unit vortex logic. Program is divided into appropriate square footage and rotated around an axis to arrange rooms from public to private allowing for removal of doors. 29 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
04 PROJECT 04 MIAMI, FLORIDA
FREE FALL MIAMI, FLORIDA
Residential Cluster
Vortex Logic | Unit Typology Duplex (1200 SF)
Unit A (600 SF)
Unit B / C (750 -900 SF)
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MIAMI, FLORIDA FREE FALL
Progression of floor plans from ground floor retail to upper levels of combined fashion workshops, shared common spaces, and residential clusters, create a live-work building of high activity.
Floor Plan | Level 8
Studio
Duplex Lounge
Studio Unit
The building is designed around two structural glass, elevator cores which provide accessible views to visitors throughout the building. Thin, steel reinforced concrete plates are supported by internal sheer walls and embedded columns near service spaces. Interior spaces are concealed with glass to provide ample sunlight and large views to the downtown and the Miami Design District. Bris-soilel, typical in the area, are constructed with the use of aluminum framing and transparent acrylic panels.
Building Evolution
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FREE FALL MIAMI, FLORIDA
04 PROJECT 04 MIAMI, FLORIDA
Floor Plan | Ground Floor
Lobby
Classroom
Classroom Classroom
Floor Plan | Level 1
Cafe
Unit A
Offices B
Floor Plan | Level 5
Unit B Open Theatre
Duplex
ay Runw Unit A Unit C Unit B
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