Designs

OVERALL DESIGN LOOKING NW

STUDENT HOUSING FALL 2010: DESIGN 301

LOCATED IN ASTOR PLACE, NY, THE DORMITORY PROVIDES EASY, SAFE, AND EFFECIENT HOUSING FOR STUDENTS OF THE AREA. IT CREATES A LARGE SOCIAL HUB FOR STUDENTS FROM AROUND THE COUNRTY ACTING AS A STARTING POINT AND KEY STEPPING STONE TO THEIR TIME HERE IN NEW YORK CITY. SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CREATIVE STUDENTS, THE DORMITORY ALSO ACTS AS A CENTER FOR THE ARTS.

INTERACTIVE HALLWAY

SUITE INTERIOR

UNDERGROUND GALLERY

EAST ELEVATION

STUDENT HOUSING

TYPICAL DOUBLE UNIT SUITE

LOBBY

THE DORMITORY IS NOT ONLY A HOME FOR STUDENTS BUT ENCOURAGES SOCIAL GATHERINGS AND MEETINGS BETWEEN ONE ANOTHER. ROOM UNITS ARE LAYED TO IN A FASHION THAT CREATES A LAYERING EFFECT AND VARIATING DEGREES OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATENESS IN MULTI-FUNCTIONS.

SW CORNER AT NIGHT

MAIN STAIR

TYPICAL FLOOR PLAN

GROUND FLOOR & LOBBY PLAN

RENWICK RE_RUIN FALL 2011: DESIGN 401

ORIGINAL RUIN

WITH THE REALIZED DESIGNS FOR ROOSEVELT ISLAND’S FDR MEMORIAL BY KAHN AND NO DEFINITIVE RESOLUTION FOR THE ORIGINAL RENWICK RUINS, THE QUESTION OF WHAT THE GOALS WERE FOR THE RUIN AND ITS DIRECT INTERACTION WITH THE MEMORIAL HAVE TO BE ASKED. SINCE THE RUIN HAS BEEN LABELED AS A ‘LANDMARKED RUIN’ CERTAIN CONDITIONS MUST BE MET. THE PROJECT INSTEAD CREATED A VISITORS CENTER BY CLOAKING THE RUIN AND REDISTRIBUTING IT. REVEALING SHADOWS

PRIMARY SECTORS

REDISTRIBUTION GRID

GRID OFFSET

ACTUAL DISTRIBUTION

STEALTH PROGRAM

MOCADA

SPRING 2012: DESIGN 402 THE DIASPORA OF MUSIC

THE DIASPORA OF MUSIC

MOCADA THE CENTER FOR MODERN AFRICAN DIASPORAN ART, LOCATED IN BROOKLYN HAS ONLY A SMALL SETUP AND SMALL FOOTING WITHIN THE LARGER COMMUNITY. THIS PROJECT LOOKS AT THE UNDOUBTING INFLUENCE OF ARFICAN CULTURE ONTO WESTERN MUSIC BY CREATING A CENTER FOR VARIOUS PERFORMANCE SPACES AND HALLS. IT LOOKS AT WESTERN MUSIC FROM THE START OF THE DIASPORA OF AFRICANS INTO THE AMERICAS VIA SLAVERY AND FOLLOW THE MUSICAL JOURNEY AND EVOLUTION OF THE MUSIC CREATED. THE BUILDING ACTS AS A LARGE EMBODIMENT OF THIS IDEA, LETTING SPACES BLEED VISUAULLY AND EVEN AUDIBLY FROM SMALL SCALE PERSONAL PERFORMANCES TO GRAND LARGE PERFORMANCE HALLS THAT EVEN CONNECT WITH THE LARGER URBAN AND SURROUNDING FABRIC BLEEDING INTO THE CULTURE OF THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN.

ACTIVITY BY NIGHT

CHARTING INFLUENCE

SECTIONS

RIO DE JANIERO

SITE BOUNDARY + ROAD CONDITION

BURLE MARX PATTERN SCALING

SITE BLANKET + ASSOCIATED DISTANCES

FALL 2012: DESIGN 403

20’- 0”

60’- 0”

FORCES OF INFLUENCE FROM SITE

BURLE MARX PLAN + ASSOCIATED DISTANCES

PUNCTURES FOR INTERIOR / EXTERIOR RELATIONSHIP

SHOPPING + INTERIOR PUBLIC PLAZA

FORMAL CONNECTION WITH AIRPORT TERMINAL + TRANSITION TO SITE

COPACABANA BEACH, RIO DE JANEIRO + ICONIC ROBERTO BURLE MARX PAVING PATTERN

HOTEL ORIENTATION + RESTAURANTS

PROGRAMATIC POCKET FOR SHOPPING SPACE

BURLE MARX PATTERN PROGRAMMING

WATERFRONT ORIENTATION + CONVENTION CENTER

PROGRAMATIC POCKET FOR RESTAURANT AND BAR SPACE

AIRPORT TERMINAL FLAMENGO PARK WATERFRONT

PROGRAMATIC PLACEMENT BASED ON ADJACENCY

WITHIN RIO DE JANIERO, BRAZIL, THE DUMONT AIRPORT IS SEEING A SUDDEN INCREASE IN TRAFFIC AS IT TRIES TO MEET THE CITY’S GROWING DEMAND. TODAY, THE AIRPORT DOES NOT HAVE THE PROPER INFRASTRUCTURE TO HANDLE SUCH A GROWTH. THE PROJECT AIMS TO CAPTURE RIO’S COLORFUL CULTURE WHILE PROVIDING THE SPACE AND FUNCTIONS FOR A GROWING CITY WHILE CREATING A POINT OF ATTRACTION ON RIO’S FAR SIDE.

SHOSPTPAIUNRGACONNVTENCETINTONER

HOTELRE

BY DAY

20’- 0”

60’- 0”

CIRCULATION SMALL SHOPPING

GALLERY RESTAURANT SHOPPING CONVENTION AMENITIES

BY NIGHT

RIO DE JANIERO

LONG SECTION

FALL 2012: DESIGN 403

BEACHSIDE EATERY

GROUND / PARK PLAN

PARK

SHOPPING

AS WELL, THE PROGRAMS THAT SUPPLEMENT THE AIRPOT INCLUDE A MULTI STORY HOTEL THAT ACTS AS THE ICON TO RIO, SHOPPING, RESTAURANTS, AND A CONVENTION CENTER THAT INTERMINGLES WITH THE COAST AND CONINTUATION OF BURLE MARX’S UNFORGETTABLE PATTERNS AND ART.

PERSONAL PROJECT

RT LIGHT WALL SYSTEM 0 3/ 4"

6 5/32"

1'-6"

1'-2 3/8"

10 13/16"

3 5/1 6"

4"

3'-0"

RISING TIDE NATURAL MARKET IS THE FIRST HEALTH FOOD STORE IN THE NORTHEAST AND HAS BEEN SINCE 1976. RECENTLY, THEY PASSED THEIR 35TH ANNIVERSARY AND WAS REALIZING THEY WERE IN DESPARATE NEED OF MODERNIZING AND UPGRADING THE AGING STORE. THE FIRST RENNOVATION BEGAN IN THE STORE’S SMALL OFFICE FOR MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTING. THE SPACE WAS DULL-LIGHT, CLUTTERED, AND IN THE BASEMENT. THE NEW DESIGN FOR THE OFFICE TRIED TO BRING THE OUTDOORS IN BY CREATING A UNIQUE LIGHTING WALL DESIGN THAT WOULD MIMIC NATURAL LIGHT BY DIFFUSING REFLECTED LIGHT AROUND THE ENTIRE ROOM. SIMPLE, SOFT, AND CLEAN FOR A PROPER WORKING ENIVORNMENT.

7 7/16"

RISING TIDE NATURAL MARKET RENOVATIONS

1'-4"

RENDERINGS OF DESIGN

0 7/8" 2 5/8" 3 1/2"

0 1/4"