TREVOR M KNEBEL
SELECTED WORKS 2016
CON T EN TS
C A RV I N G T H E B LO C K
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A TR AC E D L A N D S C A P E
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M OD UL A R MO U N TA I N
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DE CON S T RU C T I N G T H E MON OLIT H
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C ARVIN G T HE BLOC K
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SOUTH BOSTON EAST BOSTON
SEAPORT DISTRICT
SITE
FORT POINT
BICYCLE
BICYCLE HUBWAY
STATION
ON- STREET
SITE ACCESSIBILITY
OFF STREET
NO SITE ACCESSIBILIY
FERRY
SUBWAY STATION ROUTE
STATION ROUTE
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SITE: Fort Point, Boston PROGRAM: Mixed use- 250 unit housing, market, boat house, rec-center, community gather. I conceived of the proposal as an armature for connection between the historic district of Fort Point and Boston’s Financial district. The monolith is displaced and carved to create a layering of space that provides moments of compression and expansion as you move through the site. The proposal has integrated public space within its layers that provide a variety of vantage points of both the city and the public arena. The housing proposal becomes an extension of the connection and creates a dialogue between the individual and the city. The embedded structural bearing walls define space and direct secondary movement. 07
1BR
1ST FLOOR
2 BR
5TH FLOOR
3 BR
9TH FLOOR
RESIDENTIAL FLOOR: hallways connect to views of the Financial District and Fort Point. GROUND FLOOR: assembly space, coffee house, restaurant, public meeting space, recreational docks
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The shifting of the three volumes demanded a structural analysis of the building. A system of bearing walls were developed that cut through the building to support and continued through the site. The structural grain define secondary movement through the building and site. 11
VERTICAL CIRCULATION
HORIZONTAL CIRCULATION
BEARING WALLS
FLOOR PLATES
PUBLIC SPACE
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View from South Boston
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View towards Downtown Boston
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Urban Connection to Finantial District
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Approach from Fort Point
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A T RACED L AN D S C APE
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Spontaneity was found in the rubbing of a boulder. The graphite navigates the border and the space (in)between. A map of the 8 foot boulder was made to be used as blueprint for constructing spatial relationships.
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A (re)tracing of the boulder was made through the action of carving. The tonal values of a portion of the rubbing were assigned a depth, creating an imagined topography. The wooden boulder was casted into a contiguous material to obscure the landscape of the wood. The layering blurs the identity and perception of depth.
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As I move my body traces the landscape. Time slows as I ascend the crevasse. Distances compress and expand. I refocus my sights and navigate deeper. The ground begins to rise and swallow me. The further I navigate the more imbedded I become. I am sheltered but held vulnerable. 25
MOVEMENT THROUGH THRESHOLDS the ground and enclosure prescribe each other. The ground is impressed and directs, while the enclosure collects. The imagined landscape is animated over time. Erosion reveals a geometric collection of enclosures. 27
SITE: Imagined Landscape PROGRAM: Museum of Natural History The museum is embedded into the landscape. Movement through the museum reveals a series of geometric enclosures that display objects from the natural world. The sectional condition of the project allows for the discovery of new vantage points in the museum.
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MOD UL AR MOUN TAIN
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3’ 5’ 8’
3’ 5’ 8’
A spine ancors the moutain and is rotated 45 degrees to create a spacial valley.
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16’
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK The Graduate Show is conceived as an Architectural Mountain that is composed of modules along an L-shaped spine. This aggregation of work creates a spatial wall to observe the collection of works completed over the course of thesis year.
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3’-6”
3’
2’-6” 1’ 2’
2’
2’-6” 3’
4’ 3’
2’-6” 2’-6”
2’
3’ 4’
2’-6”
2’
8’
modularity and construction
3D work
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2D work
typical units
Students have to choose to work in teams of 2 - 4 on a 4’ wide panel depending on their size demands. The students can then choose their individual component that meets their desired dimensions. The options are all provided on th accompanied drawings, which are composed of a 4’ x 8’ sheet of plywood.
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Final installation of work
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D E CON S T RUCT IN G T HE MON OLIT H
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CRGS ANALYSIS Tadoa Ando’s CRGS initially appears to be a simple monolithic structure because of its solidness and simple orthogonal geometry. A closer analysis reveals two hyperbolic paraboloids that touch in the center of a complex system of internal courtyards.
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PLAN OBLIQUE
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ROTATING TO REVEAL Rotations along spatial thresholds reveal interior circulation and courtyards. The geometry of the hyperbolic parabola can be understood as a simple vector in section.
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