selected works
stephanie cass
2012
2017
Timeline of Experience & Education 2012
After graduating from UNLV in 2012, I took a break from academia to get some professional experience. To date, my year with PSC Architects (see below) is the longest I’ve been with a single firm because since then I’ve been given many opportunities to work in between and alongside graduate work. For example, I was able to get two
BS ARCH
school-organized practicum experiences, the first with a Chinese engineering company (CSCEC) and the second with SAAarchitects in Singapore. After all that fun though, I’m ready to settle down and establish myself in the Hawaii community.
Graduated
University of Nevada Las Vegas
Clark County School District Volunteer
Pugsley. Simpson. Coulter. Architects, NV
+ AutoCAD/Revit Drafting & Revisions
Full-Time : Intern + Business Dev. Admin. July 2012 – July 2013 (1 year 1 month)
+ Building Code Review
+ As-Built Plan Verification & Revision + RFQ/RFP Creation & Tracking + File Management
2013 D ARCH
Begun
University of Hawaii at Manoa
2014
Phillip K. White Architects, HI
+ ArchiCAD Drafting & Revisions
Part-Time : Intern February 2014 – May 2014 (4 months)
+ Detailing for Renovations
CSCEC
, Beijing CN
Practicum
Tongji , Shanghai CN Study Abroad 2015
SAAarchitects, Singapore Practicum : Intern + Branding Assistant June 2015 – August 2015 (3 months)
+ Site Study, Analysis of Conceptual Design Options, Proposal of Programmatic Options + Client Meeting Sit-Ins + Rhino Training Tutorial + Employee Satisfaction Surveys
2016
Hawai’i State Historic Preservation Division
+ Historic Building Identification + Data Collection & Entry into ArcGIS
Contract Project : SASH Surveyor January 2016 – May 2016 (4 months)
2017
Rider Levett Bucknall, HI
+ Punchlists
Full-Time : Project Management Intern May 2016 – August 2017 (4 months)
+ Material Takeoffs
(Leave of Absence)
2018 2019
D ARCH
Expected Graduation
University of Hawaii at Manoa
You may also notice generous ratings in the graphic category. Graphic communication is my second love, and I’m often the graphic coordinator for groups I’ve worked in.
Magic Wizarrd
Rhino
Love! Love!
By “Magic Wizard” I mean that there are some programs I have obsessed over beyond the basics and probably taught others how to use, both casually one-on-one and to formal groups at some firms I’ve worked at. I absolutely love teaching, so if that’s something your firm needs, let me know!
Routine User
MODELLING
Basic Tools
To help understand my level of experience with these programs, I’ve provided a rating system and been as honest as possible.
Played With
Digital Skills
Sketchup Revit + 360 Analysis
+ Grasshopper + Kangaroo + DIVA Analysis AutoCAD ArchiCAD Ecotect
GRAPHIC Indesign Photoshop Illustrator
OTHER Acrobat Microsoft Office
Outside Interests
Probably because I’m a Millenial (lol), I am interested in work-lifebalance, maintaining my physical and mental health, a current and relevant view of the world, and a few nerd hobbies just for fun. I hope to click with your firms office culture, too! ^_^
Yoga & Meditation
MtG
Graphic Design
Muay Thai
Dungeons & Dragons
SciFi & Philosophy
Hiking
Travel
to become so absolutely free that my very existence is an act of rebellion to become so absolutely open that my very existence becomes an act of appreciation to become so absolutely whole that my very existence is an act of love
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Timeline of Experience & Education Digital Skills Outside Interests 08-17
FOREST MALL Retail project on a river bank whose design merges the experience of wandering through a garden with window shopping and stopping. Skill focus: fleshing out a roof-to-foundation detail and providing a sample of construction documents.
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DIY SCHOOL Capstone project for undergrad researching the needs of 1st-6th grade education spaces, visually explaining the findings and designing a catalogue of elements for a high-quality, pre-fab system for schools in the Southwest. Skill focus: responding to an RFP and implementing research into final design.
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POLOKABANA Modification of existing Hawaii submission for Solar Decathlon, refined to incorporate sustainable design features. Skill focus: ecotect, DIVA analysis, and constructing PassivHaus-like worksheets used to (im) prove design choices.
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565 KOKEA Transit Oriented Development project proposing a mixed use “creative community� at 565 Kokea to compliment the nearby community college and arts community. Skill focus: large group project coordination of multiple files and designs, revit 2D and 3D visualization.
40-47
PLATFORM:OPEN 85-floor proposal for a tower as a catalyst for creative expression in Shanghai, China. Skill focus: methodologies for the design process of large scale projects.
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SELECTED WORK 2012-2017
FOREST MALL
Studio: Graduate Construction Documentation
Professor: Pu Miao
Team: Tristan Bassingthwaighte
Concept: Design a retail + restaurant mall that utilizes interior pockets of greenspace and cut-throughs into the building to merge the shopping experience with the experience of the riverbank.
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Challenges: ++ Preserve and celebrate the treelined riverbank.
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++ Create attractive public space for residents and passerby. ++ Create an eye-catching aesthetic for attracting vehicle traffic. ++ Create a functional and rentable 2nd floor. ++ Integrate the building into the surrounding landscape.
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The key decision early in the design process was to explore the option of a complex of many small buildings. By choosing a 45 degree rotated square grid, we were able to play with modular lengths but diverse configurations. This also allowed us to break up the mass of the site volume with a scattering of view corridors which cut through the site to the river along chosen column lines.
In order to maintain the significance of these sitelines, these spaces also become gardenscape within the buildings. Compositionally, as well as programatically, the building heights grow in intesity towards the westernmost side. With open glass facades on that side, it’s the activity of the spaces within that attract attention. These glimpses intentionally play peekaboo
Within the clump of buildings, the plazas are more nooks along winding pathways. No path leads straight through the site even though view corridors periodically connect the wanderer to the river and street.
through the rhythmic lines of trees preexisting on site. From the residential side, plazas welcome pedestrians at guided points of contact with the street. Since it is a cultural past time to not only people-watch but to perform publically, such as the infamous dancing grandmas, ample plazas have been provided on all sides for various sized gatherings. Large plazas are shaded.
And among all of this is woven various greenspaces, from view corridor rock gardens to open air atria.
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The next logistical challenge involved aligning plumbing walls with the pakring layout below, balancing two sets of bathrooms at either end of the site with the needs for restaurant service areas in each building.
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The most restrictive requirement was on-site parking. Especially given the rotated grid that was chosen to reflect the tree plantings on the riverbank above, possible layouts were limited. The final design routes cars under the site in one direction, tucking the stalls into the regular bay widths. MECHANICAL ROOM
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We were careful to adjust the joins for every wall with sensitivity to the differences between masrony wall types and glass facades.
Because the roof would be visible to the residences across the street, a green roof was chosen to be more aesthetically pleasing and to further emphasize nature melding with the building design. Some areas are also visible from taller buildings and provide a natural foreground.
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1. [OUT] 2. PLANTING 3. SOIL 100mm 4. FILTER FABRIC 5. RETANTION LAYER 6. DRAINAGE LAYER 7. ROOT BARRIER 10mm 8. WATERPROOFING 9. RIGID INSULATION 50mm 10.WATERPROOFING 11.CONCRETE SLAB 150mm 12.[IN]
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[OUT] TURFBLOCK 50mm TOPSOIL MIX 50mm COMPACTED GRAVEL 50mm CONCRETE (DAMPPROOF PROTECTION) 50mm 6. DAMP PROOFING 7. CONCRETE (STRUCTURE) 200mm 8. [BASEMENT]
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[BASEMENT] FOUNDATION SLAB, CAST IN PLACE CONCRETE 150mm GRAVEL BED WATERPROOFING DRAINAGE BOARD 25mm PORTLAND CEMENT PLASTER 20mm COMPACTED GRAVEL [EARTH]
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[OUT] WOOD DECK 50mm DECK PURLINS (@ 500mm SPACING) 50mm AIR CAVITY WATERPROOFING SLOPED RIGID INSULATION CONCRETE ON METAL DECK 102mm LIGHT GAUGE STEEL JOISTS 203mm [IN]
1. [IN] 2. GRAVEL BED (ZEN GARDEN) 3. CONCRETE (RAISED FLOOR) 4. WATERPROOFING 5. CONCRETE (DAMPPROOF PROTECTION) 6. DAMPPROOFING 7. CONCRETE (STRUCTURE) 8. WATERPROOFING 9. DRAINAGE BOARD 25mm 10.PORTLAND CEMENT PLASTER 20mm 11.GRAVEL FILL 12.[EARTH]
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[OUT] TURFBLOCK 50mm [OUT] TOPSOIL MIX50mm 50mm TURFBLOCK [OUT] COMPACTED GRAVEL 50mm TOPSOIL MIX50mm 50mm TURFBLOCK CONCRETE (DAMPPROOF COMPACTED GRAVEL 50mm TOPSOIL MIX 50mm PROTECTION) 50mm 50mm CONCRETE (DAMPPROOF COMPACTED GRAVEL DAMP PROOFING PROTECTION) 50mm CONCRETE (DAMPPROOF CONCRETE (STRUCTURE) 200mm DAMP PROOFING PROTECTION) 50mm [BASEMENT] CONCRETE (STRUCTURE) 200mm DAMP PROOFING [BASEMENT] CONCRETE (STRUCTURE) 200mm [BASEMENT]
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D D -- Bldg2 Bldg2 SE SE 7 [BASEMENT] FOUNDATION SLAB, CASTSE IN PLACE CONCRETE 150mm D1 :BED -200 Bldg2 7 GRAVEL 1 : 200 7 WATERPROOFING 1 : 200
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Given the semester’s emphasis on building technology, the wall detail (shown here) is the culmination of othe project. It manifests the design intent down to the choices in structure, material, and joinery. Heavy masonry walls were choisen to contrast the thinness of the steel structure. The expanses of glass, however, are broken up with prominent vertical fins to echo the verticality of the river trees. Wood decks (horizatonal elements) are detailed to seem as if they float off the heavy walls. Open brickwork in the passages encourages mossy pathways to form, blurring the edges of “park” and “city”.
[IN] CONCRETE RETAINING WALL 300mm [IN] WATERPROOFING CONCRETE RETAINING WALL 300mm [IN] DRAINAGE BOARD 25mm WATERPROOFING CONCRETE RETAINING WALL 300mm PORTLAND BOARD CEMENT PLASTER 20mm DRAINAGE 25mm WATERPROOFING GRAVEL FILL PORTLAND CEMENT PLASTER 20mm DRAINAGE BOARD 25mm [EARTH] FILL GRAVEL PORTLAND CEMENT PLASTER 20mm [EARTH] GRAVEL FILL [EARTH]
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DIY SCHOOL
Studio: R&D Capstone Studio
Professor: Kevin Kemner
Concept: Modular classrooms are commonplace learning environments. This is due in part to a well-established modular building industry in the Southwest but also to the nautre of school budgets, which allow “temporary� classrooms to be paid for from Maintenance budgets, which are often larger and more available that New Building budgets.
Using a panelized modular system, the DIY School is the perfect balance of small volume shipping (cost), reduced assembly time on site (time) and high customizability (identity). From a catalogue of possibilities, new classrooms can be themed according to teaching style and climatic considerations.
Unfortunately, however, the quality of these spaces is notoriously low. Since the modular classroom products are generic volumes not designed specifically for learning, they miss many of the basic criteria considered important to pleasant and functional classrooms.
Opposite: exploded axon of all the components of the DIY system. Colored arcs describe areas of overlap between the panel types. For example, strucutural, special function panels can be something like built-in cubbies (1) or a miniature kitchen (2). Special function exterior finish panels, on the other hand, are things like a climbing wall (3) or a canvas-covered bench (4).
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Installation: Wall Panels Panels, unlike modules, can be packed flat and don’t waste shipping volume.
Installation is quick, Soft Finishes: Flooring + Walls + Casework requiring limited assembly time.
Installation: Roof Modules Furniture + Fixtures Placed
SLC deck based on a square grid is easy to install and maintain.
Social Learning Community (SLC): Foundation + Deck
Exterior Finish Panels + Mechanical Systems Installed
SLC deck on +aWalls square Soft based Finishes: Flooring + Casework grid is easy to install and maintain.
Standard room size means soft finishes require few custom cuts. Accompanying casework Enclosure + Furniture + Plants system isSLC: treated as furniture for easy installation and unlimited adaptability.
Accompanying casework system is treated as furniture for easy installation and unlimited adaptability.
Finishing your SLC is as easy as assembling your custom picked parts.
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Installation is quick, requiring limited assembly time.
Panelized facades make exterior finishing quick and simple.
Standard room size means soft finishes require few custom cuts.
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Soft Finishes: Flooring + Walls + Casework SLC deck based on a square grid is easy to install and maintain.
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Panels, unlike modules, can be packed flat and don’t waste shipping volume.
Components Delivered via “Best Route”
Using “temporary” AND/OR foundations allows for short-term cost efficiency and long-term flexibility.
Panelized facades make exterior finishing quick and simple.
Finishing your SLC is as easy as assembling your custom picked parts.
SLC: Enclosure + Furniture + Plants
Panelized facades make exterior finishing quick and simple. Standard room size means soft finishes require few custom cuts.
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Panelized facades make exterior finishing quick and simple. Standard room size means soft finishes require few custom cuts. Accompanying casework system isSLC: treated furniture Enclosure +as Furniture + Plants for easy installation and unlimited adaptability.
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Accompanying casework system is treated as furniture for easy installation and unlimited adaptability.
“flexible system of interchangeable parts for maximum personalization with minimal custom work” Finishing your SLC is as easy as assembling your custom picked parts.
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sources of bad noise to be avoided
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heat sources and temperature tolerances
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visibility needs as well as best practices for natural and artificial lighting
Using 4 test sites, show examples of product in action across a variety of situations.
The Criteria: These diagrams were the final product of the research phase, summarizing all of the criteria necessary to take into account once we began design.
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Then choose a type of modular build and design a
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Prompt: Research the needs of students in a grade 1-5 learning environment to formulate a set of criteria to meet.
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Projection Equipment White Boards 2 Roof Modules 8 Exterior Finish Panels 25 Student Workspace Sets Luminaires 6 Large Cabinets
8 Walls (5 plain, 2 window, 1 door) Teacher’s Control Center Floor System Teacher Workspace
The system can be purchsed as a single classroom or as a community set, and each part of the package can be upgraded to include more unique and specific-use elements in order to emrich the possibilities. Shown above is a
8 Skirt Panels
8 Floor Panels
25 Foundation Piers
simplified basic package for a single classroom: footings, 8 floor panels, 8 wall panels (at least 1 door type), 8 finish panels, 4 corner finishers, 2 roof modules. Basic furniture and interior finish package could also be purchased. In addition
to upgrading individual panels, Classroom Enhancements can be added to further expand academic poosibilities. It is reccommended each classroom have a different enhancement to share with the the classroom community.
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ENHANCEMENTS
Enhancement Sample Sizes:
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Enhancement Panels: Enhancements can be built up according to the specific needs of the classroom. A collaboration between art and cooking? No problem! Choose an ART panel, a NUTRITION panel, and and other panel in the catalogue
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Sample Arrangements: Classroom Enhancement: ART open studio
Classroom Enhancement: NUTRITION culinary lab
Classroom Enhancement: LIBRARY reading den
Classroom Enhancement: OPEN entry vestibule
Classroom Enhancement: NUTRITION grow-make-eat
Classroom Enhancement: STEM bio lab
DIY School
DECK SYSTEM
Although a set of classrooms can be provided with the minimal ramp to each door, investing in a design in-between space can significantly enhance the sense of community and variety of creative use options. Thus, a deck system was
also proposed with 3 floor panel sizes, all using the same footing options, as well a simple outdoor dividers that can be used for less formal learning space.
OPPOSITE: timeline shows proposed site process. Between manufacturing elements off site and reducing the on-stie finishing to interior work only, a new classroom wing can ideally be completed within a summer session.
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AND/OR Installation: Wall Panels Installation: Floor Panels
Installation: Floor Panels Site Prep: Utilities Connected + Ground Flattened Installation: Roof Modules Installation: Wall Panels
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Installation: Wall Panels Foundation Laid Installation: Roof Modules
Components Delivered “Best Route” Installation: Roof via Modules
AND/OR Social Learning Community (SLC): Foundation + Deck
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Installation is quick, and long-term flexibility. 4 requiring limited assembly time. Cooling Systems (in roof ) Installation is quick, requiring limited Cooling assembly Systems (in roof ) time. Options for Cooling Systems SLC deck based on Two a square (in roof) Panels, unlike can grid is easy tomodules, install and be packed flat and don’t maintain. waste shipping volume. 5
Exterior Finish Panels + Mechanical Systems Installed Installation: Floor Panels Social Learning Community (SLC): Foundation + Deck
SocialSoft Learning Community Finishes: Flooring (SLC): + WallsFoundation + Casework+ Deck Installation: Wall Panels Exterior Finish Panels + Mechanical Systems Installed
5 Exterior Finish Panels + Mechanical Systems Installed Furniture + Fixtures Placed Installation: Roof Modules Soft Finishes: Flooring + Walls + Casework
Soft Finishes: Flooring + Walls + Casework
Furniture + Fixtures Placed
Furniture + Fixtures Placed
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SLC deck based on a square and grid is easy to install Panelized facades make maintain. SLC deck based on a square exterior finishing quick and grid is easy to install and simple. maintain. Standard room size means Installation isrequire quick, Panelized facades make soft finishes few requiring limited assembly exterior quick and custom finishing cuts. time. simple.6 facades make Panelized Heating exterior finishing quick andSystems (in floor) Accompanying casework Standard room size means Two Options for Heating Systems simple.is treated system as furniture (infew floor) softeasy finishes require for installation and Heating Systems (in floor) custom cuts. Standard room size means unlimited adaptability. ary system Heating Systems (in floor) soft finishes require s to supply few cooling Accompanying custom cuts. ndcasework system is treated as furniture ary system son to supply SLC deckinstallation basedndcasework aand square for easy Accompanying cooling 7 Finishing is furniture asand easy ary system grid is easy toSLC install unlimited adaptability. system isyour treated s to as supply as assembling your custom nd cooling maintain. for easy installation and picked parts. o supply unlimited adaptability.
SLC: Enclosure + Furniture + Plants Exterior Finish Panels + Mechanical Systems Installed
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Furniture + Fixtures Placed
Finishing your SLC is as easy o supply Panelized facades make as assembling your custom exterior finishing quick and picked parts. o supply Finishing simple. your SLC is as easy as assembling your custom picked parts. Standard room size means soft finishes require few custom cuts.
Accompanying casework system is treated as furniture for easy installation and unlimited adaptability.
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Windows must be properly shaded to eliminate glare and heat gain from direct sunlight. High insulation Windows be properly values alsomust recommended. shaded to eliminate glare and heat gain from direct sunlight. High insulation values also recommended.
Here is one example of the roof systems designed to integrate structural stability, COMFORT insulation, natural and artificial lighting and ZONE: 7’ control, and HVAC into a 2-piece modular package. All systems were design to COMFORT come in two modules, each 16’x32’ which ZONE: 7’ transports easily on typical road widths COMFORT yet affords ZONE: 7’ a spacious classroom once assembled.
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Roof Option 1: FLY AWAY!
Air Change: 8 L/person/sec
Air Change: 8 L/person/sec Air Change: 8 L/person/sec
People are a main source of heat. Adults can tolerate a maximum of 3˚ difference from head to feet.
In this particular system, the FLY AWAY! People are a main source of roof, is a modification of the typical butterfly heat. Adults can tolerate a maximum of 3˚ difference roof. With clerestory windows around the ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS from head to feet. People are a main source of perimeter and a central skylight at the heat. Adults can tolerate a maximum of 3˚ difference joining point, there is plenty of natural light from head to feet. for the students.ENVIRONMENTAL Shading for each roof REQUIREMENTS can be oriented to suit the buildings orientation ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS on site. The HVAC system utilizes chilled FLY-AWAY! (water-based system) beams and is meant to be paired with a - thin steel frame and all-around cleresto heated floor.
windows allow classroom to feel open a always bright FLY-AWAY! (water-based system) --chilled beams incorpoate ventilation, thin steel frame and all-around clerestc FLY-AWAY! (water-based system) lighting, possibly other (sou windowsand allow classroom tosystems feel open a thin steel frame and all-around system. sprinklers, sensors, etc) clerest always bright windows allow classroom to feel open - chilled beams incorpoate ventilation, a always lighting,bright and possibly other systems (so -system. chilled sprinklers, beams incorpoate sensors, ventilation, etc) lighting, and possibly other systems (so FOCUS! (air-based system) system. sprinklers, sensors, etc) - louvre-controlled skylight at the front o classroom lends emphasis to the conten being taught FOCUS! (air-based system) --high-velocity ductsskylight bring airatthrough louvre-controlled the frontth FOCUS! (air-based system) to the without drastically eliminating insulatio classroom lends emphasis conte louvre-controlled skylight at thethoug front --being air is diffused and quietly taught evenly emphasis to the contet inclassroom the woodlends panel ceiling - high-velocity ducts bring air through being taught without drastically eliminating insulatio - high-velocity air through t air is diffused ducts evenlybring and quietly thoug without drastically eliminating insulatio in the wood panel ceiling - air is diffused evenly and quietly thoug in the wood panel ceiling
THIN FLOOR! (water-based system) - using warmboard in place of typical su makes for a very solid floor -THIN heated water(water-based runs throughsystem) tubes in the FLOOR! warmboard panels and gently upsu - using warmboard in place ofheats typical THIN (water-based classroom below makesFLOOR! for from a very solid floor system) - using place oftubes typical su heatedwarmboard water runsin through in th makes for a very solid warmboard panels andfloor gently heats up -classroom heated water through tubes in th fromruns below warmboard and system) gently heats up TECH FLOOR!panels (air-based from below -classroom raised access floors are good for incorp
other systems, such as floor outlets, and quickly accessed for maintenance TECH FLOOR! (air-based system) --heated air is blown space and d raised access floorsinto are air good for incorp TECH FLOOR! (air-based system) through registers in the floor other systems, such as floor outlets, and raised access floors are good for incorp -quickly unlike the previous the TECH FLO accessed for floor, maintenance other systems, such as floor and also provides ventilation - heated air isadesquate blown into air outlets, space and quickly accessed for maintenance through registers in the floor - heated air previous is blown into space unlike the floor,air the TECHand FLO through registers in the floor also provides adesquate ventilation - unlike the previous floor, the TECH FLO also provides adesquate ventilation DIY School
SLC: Enclosure + Furniture + Plants
Windows must be properly shaded to eliminate glare and heat gain from direct sunlight. High insulation values also recommended.
SITE ASSEMBLY
Using “temporary” 5 Finishing According foundations allows for to research into thermal comfort requirements, it is generally 6 Exterior Basics short-term cost efficiency Using “temporary” a good rule to have cooling come and long-term flexibility. 7 Exterior Finishing foundations allows for According toand research into thermal from above heating from below, Panels, unlike modules, can requirements, it is generally incomfort tandem with a recommended short-term cost efficiency According into thermal a good ruletotoresearch have cooling come 8L/person/sec air exchange rate. be packed flat flexibility. and don’t and long-term comfort requirements, it is generally and heating from below, from above waste shipping volume.
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Foundation Laid Components Manufactured Components Delivered via “Best Route”
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Site Prep: Utilities Connected + Ground Flattened
Manufacturer has greater control over quality and can Manufacture reduce 1 2 waste. 1 has Manufacturer greater Using and can control“temporary” over 2quality Site Preparation foundations allows for reduce waste. 3 Delivery short-term cost efficiency and long-term 4 flexibility. Installation
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Social Leaning Community Basics Social Leaning Community Finishing
Components Manufactured
Ramp Entry - ramp winds through “wind forest”, piezo electic poles which generate energy when moved - hang-out spot for shildren during afterschool pick-up Conservatory - serves as an entry vesitbule as well as a collect solar energy to heat the classrooms in the winter
Classroom
Teacher Workroom
Enhancement
Mechanical Room
Restroom
Bathroom Pod - contains male and female student bathrooms
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Concerns: - the new section should feel connected - colder weather means play space must be able to be closed when Concerns: - the new section should feel connected Classroom Teacher Workroom necessary - colder weather means play space must be able to be closed when Enhancement
necessary
Mechanical Room
Opportunities
-existing facilities for the study of the earth sciences and ecology can be Restroom Multi-purpose Opportunities explaned upon -existing facilities for the studyOutdoor of Play the earth sciences and ecology can be Area explaned upon
Multi-purpose
Outdoor Play Area Teacher Workroom - storage space for moveable centers and teachers’ supplies - resources: restroom, enhancement wall with copier, storage, kitchenette, and mailboxes
Eco-Square - miniature system for habitats for hands-on education - contains an arboreal walk and a pond
the arboreal walk lets students the hardest-to-reach part of the tree, the crown classrooms share greenhouse vestibules which collect solar energy for the rooms
organization echoes the existing campus
entrance forms a node of circulation and a place to interact with the rest of campus
Multi-purpose Room - can serve as an extension of the existing earth science and ecological exploration center - e.g. a miniature habitat for injured or endangered animals
Outdoor Play Area - semi-enclosed space that can be opened up to nearby field and changed into an amphitheater community is enclosed for student safety, but can open to the field and convert to an outdoor amphitheater
visually connected to the rest of the school
both the outdoor storage and the bathrooms are connected to the open play area
bio-room serves as an interactive learning tool for function such as a self-contained ecosphere, habitat for injured or endagered species
the arboreal walk lets students the hardest-to-reach part of the tree, the crown classrooms share greenhouse vestibules which collect solar energy for the rooms
organization echoes the existing campus
TYPICAL
entrance forms a node of circulation and a place to interact with the rest of campus
community is enclosed for student safety, but can open to the field and convert to an outdoor amphitheater
visually connected to the rest of the school
both the outdoor storage and the bathrooms are connected to the open play area
bio-room serves as an interactive learning tool for function such as a self-contained ecosphere, habitat for injured or endagered species
Classroom
Teacher Workroom
Enhancement
Mechanical Room
Restroom
Multi-purpose
Concerns: - the new section should feel connected - colder weather means play space must necessary
Opportunities -existing facilities for the study of the ea explaned upon
Outdoor Play Area
the arboreal walk lets students the hardest-to-reach part of the tree, the crown classrooms share greenhouse vestibules which collect solar energy for the rooms
entrance forms a node of
organization echoes the existing campus
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Warming Kitchen Pod - comes as a pod containing all necessary equipment built in Multi-Use Space Warming Kitchen Pod - used as a gallery, - comesstudent as a pod containing all work can easily be seen Warming Kitchen Podbuilt in necessary equipment from the street - comes as a pod containing all - north orientation is not necessary equipment built in affected by direct sunlight Multi-Use Space - used as a gallery, student work can easily be seen from the street - north orientation Multi-Use Space is not affected direct sunlight - used asby a gallery, student work can easily be seen Multi-Use Space from the street - used a gallery, student northas orientation is not Multi-Use Space work canby easily besunlight seen affected direct -from usedthe as street a gallery, student work can easily be seen - north orientation is not from theby street affected direct sunlight - north orientation is not affected by direct sunlight
Bathroom Pod - contains male and female student bathrooms Bathroom Pod - contains male and female student bathrooms Bathroom Pod - contains male and female Bathroom Pod student bathrooms - contains male and female student bathrooms
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Multi-Use Space - used as a gallery, student work can easily be seen from the street - north orientation is not affected by direct sunlight
Teacher Workroom
Warming Kitchen
Mechanical Room
Restroom
Multi-Use Room
Outdoor Cafeteria
Canopies - give options between shade and sun in the outdoor cafeteria area Canopies - give options between Screen Screen shade and sun in the Canopiescafeteria area - encloses while allowing outdoor - encloses while allowing students to see the rest - give options between students to see the rest Canopies shade and sun in the of the school of the school - give options between outdoor cafeteria area shade and sun in the outdoor cafeteria area Screen - encloses while allowing students to see the rest Concerns: - urban siteof hasthe limited space Classroom Teacher Workroom school - students must have a safe path to school gym - should connect to the rest of the school Screen Warming Kitchen Mechanical Room - should feel like a community within itself - encloses while allowing Opportunities students to see the rest Restroom Multi-Use Room - chance to contribute positively to school’s image Screen of the school - multi-purpose space can be used by community outside of school hours (e.g. computer classes for adults) - encloses while allowing Outdoor Cafeteria - single-wall enhancements can add function without taking space Screen to see the rest students - encloses while allowing of the school students to see the rest of the school
Concerns: - urban site has limited space - students must have a safe path to school gym - should connect to the rest of the school - should feel like a community within itself
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Canopies - give options between shade and sun in the outdoor cafeteria area
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TYPICAL SITE 2
Canopies - give options between shade and sun in the outdoor cafeteria area
Opportunities - chance to contribute positively to school’s image - multi-purpose space can be used by community outside of school hour (e.g. computer classes for adults) - single-wall enhancements can add function without taking space
entrance on street side provides a safe pick-up spot for children
community is completely enclosed for student safety
Outdoor Cafeteria - space can be used as a cafeteria or cleared out for other function (e.g. stage, play area, outdoor classroom)
entrance on street side provides a safe pick-up spot for children
community is completely enclosed for student safety
classrooms open up to central open area
visually connected to the rest of the school and to the playground
Teacher Workroom Teacher Workroom Outdoor Cafeteria - storage space for moveable - storage space for moveable - space can be used as a centers and teachers’ supplies centers and teachers’ supplies cafeteria or cleared out - resources: restroom, - resources: restroom, for other function (e.g. enhancement wall with copir, enhancement wall with copir, stage, play storage, kitchenette, and area, outdoor storage, kitchenette, and mailboxes classroom) mailboxes Teacher Workroom Outdoor Cafeteria - storage space for moveable - space can be used as a centers and teachers’ supplies cafeteria or cleared out - resources: restroom, for other function (e.g. enhancement wall with copir, Teacher Workroom stage, playCafeteria area, outdoor Outdoor and -storage, storagekitchenette, space for moveable -classroom) space can be used as a mailboxes centers and teachers’ supplies cafeteria or cleared out Workroom -Teacher resources: restroom, Outdoor Cafeteria(e.g. for other function - storage spacewall for moveable enhancement with copir, - spaceplay can area, be used as a stage, outdoor Teacherand Workroom centers teachers’and supplies storage, kitchenette, Outdoor cafeteria or cleared out classroom)Cafeteria storage space for moveable - resources: restroom, mailboxes - space can be used as a for other function (e.g. centers and teachers’ supplies enhancement wall with copir, cafeteria orarea, cleared out stage, play outdoor - resources: restroom,and storage, kitchenette, for other function (e.g. classroom) enhancement wall with copir, mailboxes stage, play area, outdoor storage, kitchenette, and classroom) mailboxes visually connected to the rest of the school and to the playground
classrooms open up to central open area
multi-purpose space can be a connection point between the school and the community
both the warming kitchen and the bathrooms are connected to the open cafeteria area
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multi-purpose space can be a connection point between the school and the community
both the warming kitchen and the bathrooms are connected to the open cafeteria area
Classroom
Teacher Workroom
Warming Kitchen
Mechanical Room
Restroom
Multi-Use Room
Outdoor Cafeteria
Concerns: - urban site has limited space - students must have a safe path to school gym - should connect to the rest of the school - should feel like a community within itself
Opportunities - chance to contribute positively to school’s image - multi-purpose space can be used by community outside of school hours (e.g. computer classes for adults) - single-wall enhancements can add function without taking space
DIY School
entrance on street side provides a safe pick-up spot for children
community is completely enclosed for student safety
POLOKABANA
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Studio: Grad 1st Year Studio + Environmental Systems +
CHAT
COOK
Graphic Communication
Professor:
G N A
Clark Llewellyn Wendy Meguro Hyung Jun-Park (respectively)
Team: Jeremy Mendoaza
GROW
EAT
Tristan Bassingthwaighte
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The original plan was intended for submission to the Solar Decathlon. As a team, we refined the concept and subjected it to more rigorous sustainable design guidelines.
SL
SLEE
Noelle Yempuku
CHILL
Plumb/Smart Wall Plumbing/Utilities Unit
Concept: Groups were given a plot from the same block and tasked with creating a sustainable home intended for rehousing members of Hawaii’s homeless population. We felt it of utmost importance to encourage a sense of community, thus, the plan flips the traditional front porch to the back, and is
able to be opened up to the shared central green space. Ideally, all houses on the block would be able to share resources, including a central greenhouse that would contain water recycling systesm, small food production and a large battery. This would, for example, allow overproduction
of energy from sunny days to be stored locally and used locally, incurring minimal loss as opposed to returning to the main grid. The building itself makes maximal use of environmental resources. For solar, having the entire roof at the ideal angle
for solar panels at the Honolulu latitude allows easy integrated of panels. For daylight, all interior spaces are shallow enough that natural daylight can easily penetrate the entire space. For climate control, each space has adjustable panels to capture the natural breezes but we also explored
the option of a high velocity air-con system integrated for efficient heating/cooling, in case the house would be located in a less ideal spot for natural ventilation. And finally, as a Solar Decathlon design, the Polokabana house comes in easily transportable
components, with everything based on a 2’ panel system, excepting the central core which contains all plumbing and electrical systems. The core is designed to be transported whole and can fits neatly on typical truckbeds.
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Tilted at optimum angle for solar panels and rainwater catchment.
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Wide roof plane for shading.
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Screens add shade and texture. Tall, north-facing clerestory windows allow lots of north light. All systems (kitchen, bathroom, mech room, house biometrics) are packed into a single, shippable core. Panelized system comes in uniform 4’ lengths for easy shipping and assembly.
Vertical screens lend privacy.
Greywater and blackwater are filtered through site plantings.
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Reeds Digital Interface (Meters + Potable Water Storage Greywater Overflow Rainwater
LivingMachine Filtration 01
view from street side
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view from central green
Wetlands
Community Space
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Garden + Patio
Kitchen + Living
Hall
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Wetroom
Small Scale Filter + Garden
Road 03 04
Polokabana
back patio social space interior of bedroom looking out
WIND ENERGY HUMDINGER FENCE 01
BIOMASS ENERGY BLOOM BOX 02 01
wind energy collection system using Humdinger fence
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smallscale biomass energy generation system using Bloombox
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SOLAR ENERGY PV & THERMAL ARRAY 03
EFFICIENT HVAC HIGH VELOCITY DUCTS 04 03
efficient HVAC using High Velocity Ducts
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energy and heat collection systen using PV and thermal array
565 Kokea
Studio: Grad 1st Year Studio +
Professor: Clark Llewellyn
Team: Chelsea Silvia Joey Valenti Elim Ng Jeremy Mendoaza Tristan Bassingthwaighte Sara Chitwood
Prompt: The goal of this studio was to practice the early stages of the design process, from site selection to analysis to creating a program that met the client’s goals while also meeting code requirements. It was also an exercise in coordinating the design of several buildings which required quality communication amongst the team.
Concept: Situated at one of the rail stops, 565 Kokea taps into the potential traffic and growth potential of the coming transit system. Responding to the HCC campus nearby, we geared the program towards young
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The Concept:
Etymology of Place
Program Study:
++ Kapalama - means “wooden enclosure” ++ Kalihi - means “edge”
Finding the Buildable Area
Material ++ Wood - taking our cue from the name as well as our goal to use the most sustainable materials possible, the warm feel of wood
Site x FAR = Buildable Area
125,000sf x 0.5 (min) = 62,500sf Rough Program Percentages
became the site’s aesthetic language, both in terms of material and in terms of
Commercial 25%
~ 16,000sf
emphasizing linearity in the structure
Production 25%
~ 16,000sf
Residential 50%
~ 30,000sf (approx. 40 units)
Radial Plan ++ Pedestrian Bridge - the radial lines that dictate our design emanate from the center of the canal at a point where Honolulu TOD is proposing a pedestrian bridge. ++ Inspire & Connect - as the first site to be
Rough Parking Calculations
Commercial 1 stall / 400sf = 40 stalls
Production 1 stall / 400sf = 40 stalls
Residential 1 stall / unit
= 40 stalls
developed around the transit stop, we wanted to encourage future sites to design with us in mind, particularly the site across
= 120 stalls + some for expansion
~ 150 stalls (takes roughly 52,500sf)
Total
the canal.
Final Program: Target Market:
Site Breakdown Built 100,615 sf Unbuilt 62,418 sf Greenspace 20,541 sf Parking Calculations
Commercial/Production
45,497 sf
x (1 stall / 400sf)
= 113 stalls
Residential
20 units
x (1 stall / unit)
= 16 stalls
18 units
x (0 stalls / unit)*
= 0 stalls
4 units
x (2 stalls / unit)
= 8 stalls
Total Needed = 137 stalls Actual = 156 stalls Age Range: 30 and under Income: $30,000 - $50,000 (average for recent graduates) Typical Occupations: Artist, Tech Entrepreneur, Small Business Owner, Downtown Commuter, Food Industry, Intern, etc. Lifestyle: Sustainable Living, Nightlife Entertainment, Hanging out in Cafes & Galleries
*Roughly half of the building will be under a “progressive housing” contract, which means residents agree to utilize public transit, cycling, walking or means of transport other than vehicular. These residents are not provided with a parking spot.
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565 Living Lobby 594 sf Gym 4000 sf Deck 2434 sf Studios 373 sf per unit 1 Bedroom 560 sf per unit 2 Bedroom 765 sf per unit 2671 sf Luxury 1549 sf per unit 510 sf 565 Making 5034 sf 492 sf Workshops 8208 sf 1317 sf Gallery 3227 sf 3289 sf Cafe 1985 sf 907 sf 1388 sf 3762 sf 3309 sf 1222 sf
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565 Edge Foyer Bar/Lounge Gallery Event Space Boutique 565 Promenade Boutique Deli Mart Restaurant Library Cafe Exhibition Space Grocery
565 Kokea
Circulation
Vehicle Pedestrian Vertical
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Open Space
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565 Kokea
PLATFORM:OPEN
heart-home:
SHANGHAI
Conflict:
Studio: Grad 1st year
Professor:
PROTEST
Ma-Ry Kim Johnson
Prompt: This studio focused on learning and implementing the design process proposed by Ma-Ry in the approach to creating a large tower for a client. The process aims at locating meaning and attuning the intent of a projects influence when given a blank slate by a developer. As such, we also honed our graphic communication to properly convey this intent as well as a tool to inform future branding. We began by identifying a place in the world that held personal significance, a concept to react to, and then propose a gift to that site. The tower design would then house this gift.
Envisioning: WHAT IS MOST PRECIOUS? — Shanghai, for me, is a place that holds both familial comfort and the mystery of unexplored identity. With a history fraught with the violence of riots and war but infamous for information suppression, I wanted give back a positive way to protest: a holiday! Sketched below that are the first ideas, exploring respectively the movement in the gesture of rising up and giving back public space in a vertical tower. Key Considerations: being a visible symbol of expression, becoming a cultural mecca, remembering the natural and the historic on the way to a brighter future!
The Gift:
HOLIDAY! guided positive protest
Intent:
It’s not about changing the heart of Chinese culture, but nurturing a more vibrant, expressive self.
Manifestation:
»»hold space for »»empty > potential »»bottom-up »»grass-roots »»promote growth »»new »»“third world” »»naive »»unexplored »»young »»tabula rasa
»»understand »»reject »»accept »»evolve »»status quo
»»hopeful »»yet known »»progression »»forward movement »»positivism
Begin with a concise statement of the intent of the project. Break it down into action words (goal) and descriptors (feel). 2017
»»Rome »»open discourse »»democracy/republic »»center »»crossroads »»soap box »»western intellectuallism »»internet »»ideas
»»aware of current events »»artistic »»interested in past & future »»diverse »»connected
»»to be repeated »»prescriptive method, emergent solutions
»»new territory »»risky »»dangerous »»paradigm changing »»observation »»multi-disciplinary »»messy »»emergent
»»controlled »»scientific method »»western »»deliberate
»»not temporary »»life-changing, if not world-changing
Normal Channels Fail
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Conditions Ripen
Reformers Rebels Citizens Change Agents
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Take Off!
»»separate, yet connected »»unrestricted »»ready for paradox
Seen as a General Problem
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Activist “Failure”
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Win Majority of Public
Resolution
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Success!
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Moving On
RE-TRIGGER EVENT
Build-up of Stress in the System
2
TRIGGER EVENT
Businessas-usual
RE-TRIGGER EVENT
»»cyclical »»re»»build upon »»reject »»identity »»discovery
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Platform:Open aspires to facilitate an emerging culturally-minded generation to explore cultural assumptions and experiment with deliberate synthesis through a process of creative expression with the intent of establishing a mecca of free expression and critique.
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Tool #1: The Narrative Map
Adapted from Moyer, Bill. The Practical
Platform:Open
Strategist. San Francisco: Social Movement The Four Activist Roles - Participation Empowerment Project, 1990. This graphic visualizes different societal groups during the process of change, relating their levels of their engagement and intensity. It inspired the tower program (next page), where types of spaces and their size and relationships echo their role in the process of creative change.
Tool #2: Modeling the Gesture Visually represent the relevant ideas: gesture of giving, chaotic creativity, program ideas.
messy creativity of life reaching out to offer th e
expression
gift of ious prec
Tool #3: Word Cloud Programming
experimen ta tio n
RESOURCE
ing question
living speculative space
labs
meeting rooms
workshops
communal meeting hall
Cultural Experimentation Zone [CEZ]
debate hall
equipment rooms
PLATFORM
library
regulation -free zone
The Curious participate and take away an experience.
CREATIVITY
contemplation space
digital stacks
The Creatives live in this system.
The Guides contribute to the movement & direction.
Define the program by expanding on the process taking place: creativity. Resource as inlet, platform as outlet. This is a Cultural Experimentation Zone, free of government interference for the benefit of the country.
classrooms
stores
cafes
sculpture garden
exhibits
multi-purpose hallway
stage outside theater nightclub
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Tool #4: Material Board Picture the words, feel the ideas, what is it made of?
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chaos
together
spread
flow
connect raw rough
Platform:Open
Site Where & Why: The site, People’s Square, was chosen for it’s prominence in the heart of old Shanghai. With the PuDong skyline of dominating the international image of the city, The People’s Tower will represent the noncommercial, “big feet”* version of city life. The intent is to crowdfund the tower, inspired by the new skyscraper of Bogota. Analysis (above) calls out elements to be kept and celebrated versus ones to be replaced.
*term adopted from lecture by landscape architect Kong Jian Yu
NanJing Road Gateway Forest Old Age Rituoso Elevated Highway Shanghai History Museum
Municipal Gov. Bldg. Public Order Police Station Main Axis
Keep & Celebrate
Replace
hearts & nodes
edge & gateway
movement
secondary loops
scale
axes
plazas
events
:UH SoA building
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8 Elements of an Effective Masterplan*: ++ One Heart ++ Nodes ++ Edge
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++ Gateway(s) ++ Primary Circulation (heart to nodes) ++ Secondary Circulation (nodes to nodes)
++ Thresholds (transitions between cells)
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++ Cells (area for each node)
*methodology developed by Ma Ry Kim-Johnson
Platform:Open
site masterplan
S-1
S-2
S-3
9000
S-4
9000
9000
S-A 9000
C-3
C-4
47
C-1 C-2
S-B 9000
C-B
9000
C-A
C-D
C-C
S-C
C-E 9000
S-D
level 77 SEE typ.
S-E
L-6 L-5 9000
L-4
2017
9000
L-3 9000
L-2 9000
L-1 9000
C-1 C-2
L-A
C-3
C-4
9000
C-A
L-B
C-B 9000
C-C
L-C
C-D 9000
C-E
L-D 9000
level 66 LEARN typ.
L-E 9000
L-F
Level 89 442000
C-3
Stephanie Cass
C-1 C-2
C-4
B-1 9000
B-A
B-2 B-3
9000
S-2
S-3
S-4
Level 85
B-4
9000
7800
S-1
9000
B-B
400000 Level 84 SEE platform + service
C-1 C-2
C-3
B-5 C-4
9000
B-6
7800
9000
B-8
C-A 7800
391600
B-7
9000
B-C
C-B
B-D
SEE
7800
C-C
C-D
B-E
C-E
level 44 BE typ. Level 75 LEARN lobby 351200 Level 74 LEARN platform
PLAZA LEARN
342800
M-1
M-2 9900
M-3
M-4
9900
M-2 9900
M-6 9900
M-3
M-7
9900
M-4
9900
9900
M-8 9900
M-5 9900
M-9 9900
M-6
M-10 M-7
9900
9900
9900
M-11 M-8 9900
M-9 9900
M-10 9900
M-11 9900
C-1 C-2
C-D
C-4
C-B C-C
C-D
M-D
C-E
9900
C-E
9900
M-E 9900
M-E
C-3
C-A
9900
9900
C-C
9900
C-4
M-C
C-B
M-D
C-3 9900
9900
C-A
M-C
288000
9900
9900
C-1 M-B C-2
M-B
298200 Level 63 BE platform
M-5
9900
M-A 9900
Level 64 BE lobby
PLAZA
M-1
9900
M-A
M-F
M-F
BE
level 13 MAKE typ.
P-9 P-8 9000
P-7 9000
P-6 9000
P-5 9000
P-4 9000
P-3 9000
P-2 9000
P-1
Level 42 MAKE lobby
PLAZA
M-1
M-2
M-3
M-4
M-5
M-6
M-7
M-8
M-9
M-10
M-11
9000
206600 Level 41 MAKE platform
P-A
198200
P-B C-1 C-2
C-3
C-4
U-6 U-5
C-A
U-4 C-B U-3 C-C
U-2
P-D
U-1
C-D C-E P-E
P-C
P-F
level 10 MEET plaza
MAKE
P-G
P-H
P-9 P-8 9000
P-7 9000
P-6 9000
P-5 9000
P-4 9000
P-3 9000
P-2 9000
P-1 9000
P-A
P-B C-1 C-2
C-3
C-4
U-6 U-5
C-A
U-4 C-B U-3
PLAZA
P-D
U-1
59400
C-D C-E P-E
P-C
Level 10 PLAY platform
P-F
45000
OPEN
TO BELOW
PLAY
P-G
PLAZA SHOW
C-C
U-2
Level 11 PLAY lobby
level 1 ground floor
P-H
Level 1 GROUND 0
Platform:Open
left to right: tower program, building section, typical floor plans
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