TYLE R CH ALS T R O M Portfolio | Architecture + Design
TABLE O F CO N T E NT S
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SOHO TOWERS
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SF JAZZ EPICENTER
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MACKEY TABLE
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CAMPUS ESCAPE
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ROME SKETCHBOOK
Studio, Individual
Studio, Group
Design-Build, Group
Studio, Group
Study, Independent
new york city, ny
S O HO T O W ER S Project Type Studio, Individual
Program Mid-Rise Residential
Instructor Rob Whitehead
Completion Spring 2012
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Description The historic cast iron district is filled with former industrial buildings and converted resident apartments. Years of infill and adaptation produced narrow proportions evident throughout New York. This project aims to rethink traditional approaches by turning familiar apartment strategies inside out. The three sloping towers adhere to these proportions, opening up to an increasingly affluent and artistic minded demographic. Sitting atop transparent gallery and cafe spaces, the apartment complex itself is an ever evolving iron sculpture clad with adjustable privacy louvers.
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CORE FOOTPRINT
Equally spacing the slender footprints found throughout New York’s neighborhoods reveals an opportunity to relocate daylighting space typically located at the rear of the building to the front, opening up the structure to the public.
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TOWER MASSING
Extruding the footprint to its full height, the voids leave the apartment complex open to the street. This allows necessary space for loading and mechanical access in the rear, as well as public circulation off the street throughout the first level.
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SLICED OPEN
The squared mass of the building is sliced on the northern facades to allow deeper daylight penetration into the voids. The resultant sloping curtain wall serves to obscure direct views between adjacent units while supplying a feature wall throughout dedicated to natural daylight.
TIERED TOWERS
Lowering the height of each successive tower towards the south allows the top floors of each tower an unobstructed view of the New York City skyline. Varying the tower heights in this way creates opportunities for unit differentiation and allows for better program integration.
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COMMUNITY SPACE
A pair of terraced steps weave the first and second floor programmatic elements together, forming an open, airy interior with a mix of both indoor and outdoor spaces. Residents retain rooftop access that features a southward view of the financial district.
RESIDENT CIRCULATION
The circulation core anchors all three towers allowing for an efficient floor plan and short travel distances to each individual unit. Containing circulation in the rear allows the building scheme to open up the street, while allowing public spaces to operate efficiently independently.
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STRUCTURAL FRAMES
Columns set on a rigorous grid are linked together creating a series of monumental frames that serve to divide programmatic elements within the resident units. As the frames taper, service spaces give way to sleeping spaces, providing more intimate spaces, but more natural light.
OPERABLE LOUVERS
A series of operable louvers clad the flat facades of the structure, functioning both as sun shading and privacy barriers. By continuing the louvers along both streetfronts, residents can opt for varying amounts of visibility both inside and out, creating an ever changing sequence of lights.
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PLAN ARRANGEMENT
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Three separate bars designate each part of the program. The tenant lobby and main entry is given direct access to the circulation core; the lofted gallery space is featured street side; and the lofted cafe space is nestled in behind. Terrace seating provides extra space for office and restrooms.
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Penthouse Unit 1 Bedroom Unit 2 Bedroom Unit Studio Units
1 Bedroom Unit 2 Bedroom Unit
Studio Units
Resident Roof Access 1 Bedroom Unit 2 Bedroom Unit Studio Units
Service / Loading Cafe Lobby Gallery
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GALLERY
Lofted gallery spaces provide multiple viewing levels for l arge scale artwork. Public viewing is made accessible via a streetside location using glass partitions, as well as a stepped terrace residing between each tower.
LIVING SPACE
Each residence features a series of glass walls on either side,framed in by structural columns. One opaque, one transparent, this allows for optimal light within each unit, while living spaces within are divided by perpendicular walls.
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san francisco, ca
SF JA ZZ EPICEN T E R Project Type Studio, Group
Program Education, Performance Hall
Instructor Tim Hickman and Paul Mankins
Completion Winter 2013
Group: Karen Bosma, Brandon Franke
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Description Hayes Valley, a primarily residential neighborhood home to numerous ‘living alleys’ and parks catered to pedestrian traffic, has slowly recovered as a small scale, green neighborhood in the wake of the 1989 San Francisco Earthquake. The SF Jazz Epicenter placed the main performance hall below grade creating a literal underground jazz club. This allowed for a permeable building plan, stitching pedestrian spaces together through a versatile public space creating an epicenter for neighborhood entertainment. The educational complex felt at home in San Francisco with a courtyard scheme, relying more on nature than mechanical systems for its atmosphere and comfort control.
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SITE MAPPING 18
The Bay Area is home to expansive green spaces and numerous civic performance buildings. Our site, located on Octavia Boulevard, allows us to link the neighborhood park, Patricia’s Green, to developing green alleyways.
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FORM DEVELOPMENT
The performance hall was pushed below grade, leaving an open, adaptable performance space that directly connects to the streets. Ground level walls became transparent when plausible, connecting not only physically, but visually as well.
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PLAN ARRANGEMENT 20
Tying into a neighborhood initiative, the ground floor plan aims to provide a direct link from pedstrian friendly green alleys and Patricia’s Green. The open courtyard provides an expansive space for San Francisco’s many performers.
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ADAPTABLE WALL
On the education level, a series of moveable partitions lines the courtyard. Here the project takes advantage of the local climate allowing panels to quickly open and close, even disappearing completely, for natural ventilation.
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SECTION TRANSITION
The design decision to push the main hall below grade reinforced the traditional roots of jazz resonating with an actual underground club. Visitors are met at the base of the main stairs by a lounge and bar set up for small shows.
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DETAILS
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The building revolves around the courtyard with circulation paths all looking inward. With this in mind, details around the walkways were carefully considered including overhangs, sound deflecting walls and the expansive green roof.
ACOUSTICAL
The shape of the auditorium reflects the site condition as a natural fan to direct sound up and into the main performance hall entry space. The rear walls are designed to absorb or deflect sound away from the stage to reduce echo.
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SUMMER
In the summer, San Francisco’s warm climate is used as the building opens up enlisting cross ventilation as the primary method of cooling.
WINTER
Mechanically, the building relies on radiant floor heating above grade. Independently, the main hall uses mechanical air circulation aided by cool underground temperatures.
GREEN ROOF
The courtyard green space captures and retains water helping to reduce environmental impact, where it is stored, cleaned and reused on site.
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mackey, ia
MACKEY TA B L E Project Type Design-Build, Group
Program Community Project
Instructor Patrick Rhodes and James Spiller
Completion Summer 2013
Group:
Chelsea Brtis, Caoxin Cun, Jacob Duncan, Megan Fynaardt, Sarah Hoistad, Jin Hyung, Lan Jiang, Yuyang Lu, Yeonkyu Park, Barrett Peterson, Tessia Rockey, Joshua Sanders, Elias Schroeder, Zach Sunderland, Kayla Verros, Josh Weber, Kate Whisler, Mingyue Yang
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Description Built upon a series of conversations with the small town of Mackey, Iowa, this wood table was recycled from a damaged turn of the century barn. The table represents the town’s desire to continue to build strong relationships within the generational community. Working directly with community leaders, the studio succeeded in building a cantilevered, laminated table just northeast of its historic one room schoolhouse. With direct input from clients, we as a studio delivered an economical project for a hardworking Iowa community that we believe will be a new piece of history for a younger generation to draw upon.
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CHURCH
MACKEY CEMETERY
PROJECT SITE
STRUCTURE FINISH
BARN
SCHOOLHOUSE
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TABLE
STRUCTURE
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COMMUNITY MATERIALS
We were able to effectively repurpose barnwood to build our table at near zero cost. Excess barnwood paid for additional onsite projects and a grill which was purchased from the city.
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RECYCLED METAL
To save time and money, simple connections were crafted from recycled steel pieces. Pulling heavy gauge steel from the scrapyard allowed for fewer, more secure connections.
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ames, ia
CA M PU S ES CA P E Project Type Studio, Group
Program Parametric System
Instructor Kristin Nelson
Completion Spring 2014
Group: Meghan Bouska, Qiyi Li, Brittany Sacco
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Description Fully parametric, this project sets out to extend the marginal days bookending the winter months on Iowa State University’s Central Campus. Conceptualized as a series of private nooks in a very public space, each pod focused on a different landmark or feature of the area. With this as our base, scripts were written adjusting material thickness, aperture widths and other parameters as light and wind factors were measured. By setting a goal for lighting levels, each reading pod took on a set of varying parameters, protecting inhabitants from the elements. In the end, we created an flexible script that will adapt to any environment by optimizing light and wind values.
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Major Track Minor Track
SUMMER
June
July
August
FALL
September October
Academic Start
PROJECT GOAL 34
WINTER
November December
4 Weeks
Campus Escape focused on extending the marginal days around the winter months. The goal was to create a more usable central campus by providing protection from wind while optimizing for interior lighting levels for reading.
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February
SPRING
March
4 Weeks
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May
Academic End
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POD ORIENTATION
Each individual pod responds to one of the numerous landmarks or features located on central campus to differentiate views, and as a result, the parameter outcomes.
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SCRIPT PARAMETERS 36
Adjustable options control material thickness, aperture size, and entry orientation. The Grasshopper scripts allow the parameters to self adjust towards specified lighting and wind measurements, finding optimal values for parameters.
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SECTION INTERACTION
The interior of each pod functions as a 360 degree seating nooks within central campus. The group used ideal seating inclines to determine where the base of the structure should meet the ground, allowing for a low profile construct.
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rome, it
R OME SKE T CHB O O K Project Type Study, Individual
Program Sketchbook
Instructor Independent
Completion Spring 2013
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Description Studying abroad in Europe provided me with a unique opportunity to observe and connect myself with an emotional vision of architecture. Deeply rooted in history, ancient architecture lies somewhere between complete and incomplete as time takes its toll in deconstructing it. Through sketch, I attempted to explore these withering lines aiming more to capture the feeling of the setting as opposed to each exact line. Sketching captures a unique essence of a space that is often lost in digital work, so I use it rigorously as a communicative design tool.
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Tiber Island Rome, Italy 2013
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Paestum Ruins Paestum, Italy 2013
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Parthenon Athenian Acropolis, Greece 2013
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Erechtheion Athenian Acropolis, Greece 2013
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T H ANK YOU
Tyler Chalstrom | 319.231.9728 | tchalstrom@gmail.com