Tobin Newburgh Academic Architecture Portfolio [draft] by Tobin Newburgh

tobin newburgh : portfolio design : community : ecology

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tobin newburgh : portfolio design : community : ecology

PROCESS While a completed project may contain the complexity and subtle elegance of a climax ecosystem, it begins as a diverse and seemingly disparate collec�on of parameters. The rst set of parameters comes from the client and is dominated by spa�al needs, spa�al rela�onships and o�en branding. The second set comes from the stake holders. The project occupants have needs of eﬃciency, produc�vity, accessibility, comfort, tranquility and social connec�vity. Neighbors require contextual relevance, community engagement and environmental integrity. Ci�es ask for an aesthe�c contribu�on, collabora�on with development goals and op�mal infrastructure integra�on. Birds needs canopy trees and worm lled soil to dig in; bu�eries need owers; and sh need unpolluted rivers and streams. Once a survey of a project’s parameters is completed, rigorous layered diagramming allows rela�onships and opportuni�es for stacking value to emerge. When crystalliza�on occurs, all parameters have been accounted for and are no longer disparate. The crystal lens that focuses the numerous parameters into one common narra�ve is my par�. It materializes prior to any no�ons of form, organiza�on or material, and is the seed from which all decisions will get root. Sophis�cated design oﬀers clarity of thought and concept resolu�on. The par� eliminates noise and ensures that clarity is achieved.

TOBIN NEWBURGH M.ARCH LEED AP | 541.602.4808 | toby.newburgh@gmail.com | www.tobinnewburgh.com EDUCATION Master of Architecture. University of Oregon: Eugene, Oregon. 2010.

Emphases in urban design, net-zero energy, ecological integration and affordable housing. Activities: Ecological Design Center, Design Bridge, ASHRAE, KWVA Radio DJ.

WORK EXPERIENCE 2010 - Present: Freelance Architectural Designer and Drafter Eugene, OR

résumé

Bachelor of Arts in Nature and Culture. University of California: Davis, California. 2005. Completed 3-years Mechanical/Civil Engineering coursework. Other emphases included: Environmental Science, Studio Art, Sociology and Cultural Studies. Activities: Whole Earth Festival, “The Domes” Innovative Housing, Project Compost.

Provided design services for projects including: additions, A.D.U.’s and a farm-resort master plan. Drafted construction documents, researched materials and developed high performance details. Worked with City/County for code compliance and permit approval.

2005 - Present: Freelance Graphic Designer Berkeley, CA | Eugene, OR

SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY AutoCAD, Google SketchUp, IDX Renditioner, Design Builder (Energy Plus), NREL BEopt, Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office and currently learning Revit/Ecotect. ACHEIVEMENTS/RECOGNITIONS Exhibitions

Started small graphic design business to fill a niche within a specific music community. Designed and printed hundreds of event flyers, show posters and CD covers. Utilized digital and hand design work as well as digital printing and screen printing.

1998 - 2010: Apprentice Carpenter/Builder Corvallis, OR | Davis, CA | Berkeley, CA | Eugene, OR

Worked for four general and specialized contractors - sizes ranged from 1-40 employees. Experienced in all phases of residential and small commercial construction. Practiced alternative/sustainable construction: advanced framing, cob, PISE and straw bale. Lead builder on additions, kitchen/bath remodels, roofs, a strawbale greenhouse, decks, etc. Drafted construction documents, worked with city planning and acted as project manager.

2010 - Present: http://architecture.uoregon.edu – 2 projects featured. 2010: Sustainable Cities Initiative Forum with Portland Metro – project featured. 2009: LaVerne Krauss Gallery furniture exhibition – project displayed. 2009: AIA White Stag Building exhibition – project displayed.

Published Work

Newburgh, Tobin and Michael Ober. “Hot Lunch: A Post Occupancy Study of the Food For Lane County Building,” in ECS I Case Studies – Winter 2008, ed. Alison Kwok. University of Oregon, 2008. Kwok, Alison. Zero Net Energy Design Workshop and Charrette. University of Oregon, 2009. (contributed energy modeling data of Charrette designs and editing) Kwok, Alison. ECS Case Studies – Winter 2009. University of Oregon, 2009. (as Teaching Fellow oversaw and guided student case studies) Grondzik, Walter T., Alison G. Kwok, Benjamin Stein and John S. Reynolds. Mechanical and Electrical th Equipment for Buildings, 11 Ed. Wiley, 2009. (contributor)

Other Academic Commendations

2010: Design studio taught by Michael Fifield, AIA. “Housing Innovation Project” 2010: Course taught by David Cook (Behnisch Architekten). “Beyond the Building as Object” 2009: Design Studio taught by Brook Muller. “Urban Housing Forest” 2008: Course taught by Alison Kwok, AIA. “Environmental Control Systems”

Academic Fellowships

2010: Center For Housing Innovation: Research Fellowship (Net-Zero Energy Retrofit Guidelines) 2009: Center For Housing Innovation: Teaching Fellowship (Net-Zero Energy Retrofit Guidelines) 2009: Center For Housing Innovation: Research Fellowship (Net-Zero Energy Modeling) 2009: Environmental Control Systems: Teaching Fellowship 2008: Product Design: Administrative Fellowship (Project Workshop Consultation)

Other

2010 - Present: At Home Father 2009: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design - Associated Professional (LEED AP Legacy) 2005: Thru-hiked all 2,600 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail 1998: Boy Scouts of America – Eagle Scout and Order of the Arrow

2002 - 2005: Public Relations/Course Instructor UC Davis Experimental College – Davis, CA

Public relations, marketing campaigns, special events and promotional responsibilities. Taught clases: Non-Violent Conflict Resolution, Team Building and Consensus Decision Making.

nw center for photography tower 2002 - 2003: Educational Outreach Coordinator UC Davis Project Compost – Davis, CA

Part of team that brought campus wide composting back to UC Davis. Taught community members about program, participation and home compost techniques. Operated route to collect and compost: more than 700 pounds of food waste daily.

2000 - 2002: Executive Director Whole Earth Festival – Davis, CA

Located at Burnside and Broadway in Portland, Oregon, this project features a public photography museum, urban retail, a greenhouse restaurant and affordable, efficient housing units. Created vision, hired 43 member staff, oversaw all operations and produced festival attended by ~30,000. Coordinated logistics with University of California officials and sub-contractors. Created first sustainable operating budget in 4 years, managed business affairs/accounting and ran P.R. Previous staff positions: Appropriate Technology, Publications Editor, Reusable Dishware Director and Volunteer Coordinator.

1997: Engineering Intern/CAD Operator Hewlett Packard – Corvallis, OR

Created 3D models of test tools for development, CAM operators and manual publication. Produced graphics and served as details drafting specialist for reports and manuals.

ecology-nested, transit-oriented dwelling Placed in Gresham, Oregon, this team design was a collaboration with the Sustainable Cities Initiative and Portland Metro’s Nature in Neighborhoods and Transportation Oriented Design groups.

albina affordable urban village

Situated at N Williams and Fremont in Portland, Oregon, this medium-density, mixed-use housing development is a tapestry of individuality, while connecting habitants with each other and the ecosystem.

intersections: ne portland history museum

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VISION

INVENTORY

design statement

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INTENTION The energizing tranquility of a place that reects the complexi�es of natural order with sophis�cated, effortless form engages the human experience, ac�vates community and unlocks the poten�al for an ecologically regenera�ve paradigm. The human experience can be simply dened as the sequence of our sensual, emo�onal, ra�onal and spiritual engagements and rela�onships with the places in which we dwell. As individuals, we seek serenity and s�mula�on, challenge and respite, freedom and order. Our desire for independence is balanced only by our want for the efficiency, sense of place and nurturing provided by community. Communi�es are the realiza�on of our awareness that we are part of something bigger than the individual. The construct of community exploits human commonality to overrule divisions spalled by difference. From the scale of a bench to that of a city, the built environment can serve as a catalyst or inhibitor to the forma�on and maintenance of community. Ul�mately cri�cal to the success of a human community and an individual’s self-actualiza�on, however, is the health of the associated ecological community. The interdependence of all life is not a new idea to science or colloquial discourse. It is, however, conceptually absent from the vast majority of architectural rubrics. While individual buildings are making strides toward energy efficiency and eventual carbon neutrality, we have passed the �me when zero impact was enough. For genera�ons, human progress has thrived at the expense of the long term degrada�on of ecosystem health and has thus reached a point where maximum impact is necessary. The built environment of the future must not only be sustainable, but it must ac�vely regenerate the ecological vitality that has been lost and resituate humans as stewards. The contemporary architect no longer has the privilege of specializa�on and isolated indulgence. No longer can the building be treated as an object. We have a responsibility to passionately pursue design excellence, produce inspired forms and create spaces and infrastructure that are responsive to the life with which they are entangled.

“...a place that... engages the human experience, ac�vates community and unlocks the poten�al for an ecologically regenera�ve paradigm.”

Serving as a period, or more accurately, ellipses to the continually growing North Mississipi Avenue, this museum uses the tension of non-singular spaces to best enable a viewer to reflect on historic objects.

1/8” = 1’

SECTION A

c.p.i. office block

Prominently occupying the corner of Ankeny and 1st in downtown Portland, this simple and elegant L-shaped mass maximizes occupants’ access to light, air and views while connecting to the street scape and inner, green courtyard oasis.

furniture

A wooden table and chair that tell a story about intentional living in the 21st century.

_ observe & ask questions _ investigate & challenge assumptions _ marry radical ideas with evidence-based research _ seek opportunities to stack value _ solve contemporary problems with timeless solutions _ use eco-mimicry to simplify complex systems _ blow peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s minds

VISION

DESIGN STATEMENT

“...a place that... engages the human experience, activates community and unlocks the potential for an ecologically regenerative paradigm.”

INTENTION The energizing tranquility of a place that reflects the complexities of natural order with sophisticated, effortless form engages the human experience, activates community and unlocks the potential for an ecologically regenerative paradigm. The human experience can be simply defined as the sequence of our sensual, emotional, rational and spiritual engagements and relationships with the places in which we dwell. As individuals, we seek serenity and stimulation, challenge and respite, freedom and order. Our desire for independence is balanced only by our want for the efficiency, sense of place and nurturing provided by community. Communities are the realization of our awareness that we are part of something bigger than the individual. The construct of community exploits human commonality to overrule divisions spalled by difference. From the scale of a bench to that of a city, the built environment can serve as a catalyst or inhibitor to the formation and maintenance of community. Ultimately critical to the success of a human community and an individual’s self-actualization, however, is the health of the associated ecological community. The interdependence of all life is not a new idea to science or colloquial discourse. It is, however, conceptually absent from the vast majority of architectural rubrics. While individual buildings are making strides toward energy efficiency and eventual carbon neutrality, we have passed the time when zero impact was enough. For generations, human progress has thrived at the expense of the long term degradation of ecosystem health and has thus reached a point where maximum impact is necessary. The built environment of the future must not only be sustainable, but it must actively regenerate the ecological vitality that has been lost and resituate humans as stewards. The contemporary architect no longer has the privilege of specialization and isolated indulgence. No longer can the building be treated as an object. We have a responsibility to passionately pursue design excellence, produce inspired forms and create spaces and infrastructure that are responsive to the life with which they are entangled. PROCESS While a completed project may contain the complexity and subtle elegance of a climax ecosystem, it begins as a diverse and seemingly disparate collection of parameters. The first set of parameters comes from the client and is dominated by spatial needs, spatial relationships and often branding. The second set comes from the stake holders. The project occupants have needs of efficiency, productivity, accessibility, comfort, tranquility and social connectivity. Neighbors require contextual relevance, community engagement and environmental integrity. Cities ask for an aesthetic contribution, collaboration with development goals and optimal infrastructure integration. Birds needs canopy trees and worm filled soil to dig in; butterflies need flowers; and fish need unpolluted rivers and streams. Once a survey of a project’s parameters is completed, rigorous layered diagramming allows relationships and opportunities for stacking value to emerge. When crystallization occurs, all parameters have been accounted for and are no longer disparate. The crystal lens that focuses the numerous parameters into one common narrative is my parti. It materializes prior to any notions of form, organization or material, and is the seed from which all decisions will get root. Sophisticated design offers clarity of thought and concept resolution. The parti eliminates noise and ensures that clarity is achieved.

TEST & EXPLORE

TOBIN NEWBURGH M.ARCH LEED AP | 541.602.4808 | toby.newburgh@gmail.com | www.tobinnewburgh.com EDUCATION Master of Architecture. University of Oregon: Eugene, Oregon. 2010.

Emphases in urban design, net-zero energy, ecological integration and affordable housing. Activities: Ecological Design Center, Design Bridge, ASHRAE, KWVA Radio DJ.

Published Work

Other Academic Commendations

Academic Fellowships

Other

WORK EXPERIENCE 2010 - Present: Freelance Architectural Designer and Drafter Eugene, OR

2005 - Present: Freelance Graphic Designer Berkeley, CA | Eugene, OR

1998 - 2010: Apprentice Carpenter/Builder Corvallis, OR | Davis, CA | Berkeley, CA | Eugene, OR

2002 - 2005: Public Relations/Course Instructor UC Davis Experimental College – Davis, CA

Public relations, marketing campaigns, special events and promotional responsibilities. Taught clases: Non-Violent Conflict Resolution, Team Building and Consensus Decision Making.

2002 - 2003: Educational Outreach Coordinator UC Davis Project Compost – Davis, CA

2000 - 2002: Executive Director Whole Earth Festival – Davis, CA

Created vision, hired 43 member staff, oversaw all operations and produced festival attended by ~30,000. Coordinated logistics with University of California officials and sub-contractors. Created first sustainable operating budget in 4 years, managed business affairs/accounting and ran P.R. Previous staff positions: Appropriate Technology, Publications Editor, Reusable Dishware Director and Volunteer Coordinator.

1997: Engineering Intern/CAD Operator Hewlett Packard – Corvallis, OR

Created 3D models of test tools for development, CAM operators and manual publication. Produced graphics and served as details drafting specialist for reports and manuals.

PROJECTS

SYNTHESIZE

NW CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY TOWER West Burnside & Broadway - Portland, Oregon WINTER 2009 PROFESSOR: WILL BRUDER, FAIA

Placed in a whirling intersection of human interaction, history and scales of architecture, this building uses arching, shifting planes, spiraling spaces and verticality to harness the chaos and exploit opportunities to create spaces from activated to calm. Situated at the convergence of two street grids, it is an urban gateway that connects North with South and old with new. At its base, a spiral-ramping photography museum, greenhouse restaurant and urban retail spaces serve as a social hub and also frame pedestrianoriented street rooms. The upper tower strata hold a mix of 200 affordable and efficient residential units, including: studios, single bedroom and double bedroom. Unit sizes range from 400-600 square feet. Northern units benefit from niches created in the double facade while Southern units gain ample balconies from crenulation of the skin. This building is designed to take advantage of the sun and wind, manage stormwater, encourage a low carbon lifestyle and contribute to the ecological diversity of Portland. The East-West elongated shape maximizes passive solar potential and gives all units sufficient access to daylight. The radial structure sheds cold northern, Winter winds and captures Summerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s southern breezes. The double facade on the Northwest aspect of the tower shelters exterior, operable shading devices where the sun and wind are the most brutal, neutralizes pressure differences caused by driving winter winds and creates unique, occupiable, interstitial spaces that blur the line between indoor and outdoor. The unitized curtain wall provides for superior thermal performance, optimized daylighting and minimal construction waste.

Contextually situated and serving as a gateway.

Museum

Office

Retail & Restaurant

Residential

North Elevation

West Elevation

South Elevation

East Elevation

Double facade shelters operable shading devices, reduces street noise, neutralizes envelope pressure and blurs the line betwee in and out. Community commons room/

terrace provides space for entertaining, studying, barbequeing and more. Staggered vegetated roof gardens provide a ladder for polinating insects and birds, create dynamic visuals, filter air, raise building albido and connect occupants with natural outdoor spaces. The ramp wraps more than 3600 around the building, providing filtered peeks through the perforated steel scrim into the greenhouse and street scape in which the journey began. Four story atrium brings light, connectivity and grandiosity to adjacent spaces. Layered museum entry sequence helps shed preconceptions, preparing visitors for the mobius ramp of discovery.

Ducts spanning half of each unit width allow passive cross ventilation which combined with optimized solar shading, a tight envelope and heat recovery ventilation means little to no cooling or heating energy. Flat floored auditorium with moveable seating is the perfect place to attend a lecture, film, meeting or wedding. Greenhouse provides shortest farm to restaurant travel imagineable, biophylic connection, and thermal comfort even on wet cold winter days.

FLOOR FOUR GALLERY

(residential entry)

GALLERY

LIBRARY & RESOURCE CENTER

22’

11’

5’

reception 24’

LECTURE (multi-purpose)

22’

11’

24’

GALLERY

(residential entry)

GALLERY 11’

Fourteenth through twenty-fifth floors FLOORS FOURTEEN THRU TWENTY-FIVE

5’

reception 24’

LECTURE (multi-purpose)

22’

24’

Four basic units and variations of unitized curtain wall system. Transome replaced with photovoltaics on South facade.

Ramp plan (second and third floor)

Tenth through thirteenth floors FLOORS TEN THRU THIRTEEN

W BURNSIDE ST.

Sixth through ninth floors FLOORS SIX THRU NINE

PT concrete slab and column radial structural system

W BURNSIDE ST.

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Fourth floor

Language of the mass

Residential and museum entries along W Burnside

Auditorium/library mass, greenhouse, parking entry, residential back entry and retail from Bancorp Tower along Sixth

Looking north up SW Broadway

Gallery One: on ramp landing along SW Sixth Avenue

Entry foyer/atrium with cafe, auditorium stairs and gallery ramp stairs

Gallery Two - back in the atrium strata

Gallery Two: meetings rooms and auditorium

PROCESS:

Museum scrim perforation study

ECOLOGICALLY NESTED, TRANSIT ORIENTED HOUSING Civic & TriMet Max Yellow Line - Gresham, Oregon

Residential Units: 128,00 SF Residential Units - 128,000 SF

Commercial Space: 11,000 SF Commercial Space -11,000 SF

Vehicular Parking and Circulation: 48,850 SF Vehicular Parking and Circulation - 48,850 SF

TOTAL SITE: 200,000 SF

Outdoor Recreation Space and Path System: 20,000 SF 234,000 SF TOTAL PROGRAM: Outdoor Recreational Space and Path System - 20,000 SF

Community Gardens: 6,000 SF Community Gardens - 6,000 SF

Ecological Conservation: ~ 20,000 SF Ecological Conservation - ~20,000 SF

FALL 2010 PROFESSOR: BROOK MULLER, JOSH CERRA Project Team: Tobin Newburgh, Matthew Sillaman & Dan Edleson

Located near the end of the light rail, in one of Portland’s farthest East suburbs, this urban housing forest optimizes a parcel owned by the Portland Metro regional government. Purchased to preserve housing and commercial development along the public transit corridor, this property sits at a prime location and contains a rich forest ecosystem, making it of high interest to both Metro’s Transit Oriented Development and Nature In Neighborhoods groups.

Program

TOTAL SITE: 200,000 SF TOTAL PROGRAM: 234,000 SF

A reason to live in the ‘burbs

Stitching together the site

Street-oriented walk ups and balconies activate the street edge, forming an urban streetscape along Civic Drive. The interior of the site features cascading green roofed parking awnings that form a visual screen and urban farming opportunity while serving as a spatial and hydrological conduit into the site. This gradient from hardscape to terraced green roofs to architectural wetlands to open wet forest connects occupants to the site and allows for a myriad of experiences from open and social to secluded and reflective. While subtle landscape shifts clearly delineate public and private spaces, the site interior serves as a mostly public park space featuring a boardwalk through the wet meadow connecting existing housing and retail on the SW of the site to a new plaza adjacent to the Max station on the NE of the site.

A node of connectivity upon arrival

This project was chosen to be featured by Portland Metro at the Sustainable Cities Initiative forum.

Active street edge buffered for refuge

Nodes of porosity

Corridors full of light and life

Ecologically Nested: site perspective - looking NE from boardwalk

East - West site section

Water flows and pools

Vegetation

Ecological corridors

Vehicular circulation

1BR 1BR

A niche in the crack 1BR

Site layers

2BR/WL

MIXED HARDWOOD/SOFTWOOD FOREST

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2BR ST ST

PUB

PLAZA

PLAYGROUND CAFE

UPLAND GRASSLAND

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LOWLAND SHRUB HABITAT

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COMMUNITY GARDEN

Evolving integration of the site

THE CROSSINGS

RIPARIAN WETLAND

Density and development

GROCERY

Time-lapsed design

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From fruit tree meadow to oak savannah

habitat patches/corridors

habitat gateway

residential

site location transit line

site location

bus route wildlife buffer

emigration/migration flows

commuter hubs

core habitats wildlife buffer

human disperal directions site

commerical

commercial

Human nodes

human.node.diagram

Ecological structures

ecological.structures.diagram

CLAIRE’S ACCESSORIES

BATH & BODY VWORKS

CHILDREN’S PLACE

COST PLUS WORLD MARKET

GRESHAM STATION

Two bedroom

wildlife buffer

residential

FAMOUS FOOTWEAR

One bedroom

Thriving rail corridor

Two bedroom

One bedroom

Studios

Ecosystem development over time

Thresholds

threshold.diagram

A spatial watershed

L E G A C Y

Street active

BIRDS (RESIDENT & PASSING THROUGH)

ALBINA AFFORDABLE URBAN HOUSING N Williams & Fremont - Portland, Oregon

INSECTS

WINTER 2010 PROFESSOR: MICHAEL FIFIELD, FAIA

YOUNG SINGLE MAN OR WOMAN

EMPTY NEST DOWNSIZER - SINGLE OR COUPLE

Situated on the historic Main St (N. Williams) of NE Portland’s Albina district, this community resides at the intersection of a rich history and a promising future, is home to Portland’s largest African/African-American population and is a critical ecological link between the Willamette riparian corridor and a network of alleys and street trees to the east.

YOUNG COUPLE (0-2 CHILDREN)

The site is organized in a series of alternating hardscapes and ecoscapes that are woven together by N-S links that foster community interaction/engagement, provide green ladders for pollinators to the roof and celebrate the storage and management of stormwater. Single loaded stacked townhouses and alternating landscape bands mean that every unit has direct access and connectivity to the shared parking court (Woonerf) and the common green as well as access to daylight and fresh air. Affordability is addressed through small unit size, unit modularity, component standardization, low utilities due to net-zero energy use, rainwater collection and on-site economic opportunities.

UNASSOCIATED ROOMMATES

TERRESTRIAL ANIMALS

AQUATIC ANIMALS

SITUATED AT N. WILLIAMS & FREMONT PROGRAM RESIDENTIAL BUILT PROGRAM 82,000 sq.ft. SITE

129,000 sq.ft.

IDEAL (HISTORIC) CANOPY COVERAGE 116,500 sq.ft.

RESIDENTIAL BUILT PROGRAM 82,000 sq.ft. PERMEABLE OPEN SPACE 64,500 sq.ft.

PARKING 23,200 sq.ft. COMMERCIAL

21,500 sq.ft.

PERMEABLE OPEN SPACE 64,500 sq.ft.

PARKING 23,200 sq.ft.

COMMERCIAL

21,500 sq.ft.

SITE: 2.94 ACRES 60 1 BEDROOM @ 800 SQFT 10 2 BEDROOM @ 840 SQFT 19 STUDIOS @ 410 SQFT 8 LIVE WORK @ 900 SQFT TOTAL: 97 DWELLING UNITS & XX SQFT DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE: 33 RESIDENTIAL PARKING: 72 SPACES (74%) RETAIL: 11,500 SQFT

GETTING OFF THE BUS - ARRIVING HOME

LIVING IN THE STREET - WOONERF

A CHANCE TO TALK WITH THE NEIGHBORS

HOME AGAIN

LIVING 1 BEDROOM TOWNHOUSE SECOND FLOOR

TOILET

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Analysis Grid

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Value Range: 0 - 10 %DF

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THIRD FLOOR - 30’

BED NOOK

DINING

1 Bedroom #2 2nd Floor 1 Bedroom #2 2nd Floor

THIRD FLOOR - 30’

11 BEDROOM BEDROOM TOWNHOUSE TOWNHOUSE FIRST FLOOR FIRST FLOOR

Analysis Grid

%DF

Value Range: 0 - 10 %DF

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1 BEDROOM TOWNHOUSE 1 BEDROOM TOWNHOUSE SECOND FLOOR SECOND FLOOR

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SECOND FLOOR - 20’ SECOND FLOOR - 20’ DN

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ONE ONE ONE BEDROOM BEDROOM BEDROOM

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STUDIO TWO TWO TWO TWO STUDIO BEDROOM BEDROOM BEDROOM STUDIO BEDROOM TOWNHOUSE TOWNHOUSE TOWNHOUSE TOWNHOUSE STUDIO

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Analysis Grid

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LIVING ROOM OF 1/2 BEDROOM VIEW TOWARD COMMON GREEN

LOWER FLOOR OF 1 BEDROOM VIEW FROM DINING NOOK

STUDIO VIEW FROM ENTRY TOWARD GREEN

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PARKING COMMON GREEN LIVING STREET/WOONERF COMMON GREEN PARKING

KENTEN OF CONNECTIVITY

Kenten is an African word for basket and the root of Kente Cloth, a type of cloth made by weaving narrow strips that are then stitched together into a larger cloth. It is an appropriate analogy for this project situated in a predominantly African/ African-American community, because similarly, the site plan is composed of alternating strips of shared court and ecoscape that are stitched together at nodes of human and ecological activity.

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A Woonerf is a type of shared parking court/street that is designed to give the pedestrian equal or greater realm as the automobile. Woonerf’s and Slow Streets have legal definitions in other parts of the world where very slow max auto speeds are enforced. Typically there is no definition of a sidewalk, so pedestrians and cars actually share the same space. Additionally, bollards and plantings are often used to compress the driving area and slow down traffic.

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FOOD FOREST AREA OF INVESTIGATION

MAXIMIZE CANOPY COVERAGE

A “Food Forest” is a concept taken from the Permaculture movement. As the diagram shows, a Food Forest uses the vertical layered structure of a forest as a blueprint for a ecologically regenerative system that can grow human food crops at much greater densities than conventional farming. The forest approach has a greater reliance on perennial plants that are better for the soil, require less maintenance, can supply more food per unit area and uptake more stormwater.

FOOD RAMP The food ramp in each of the common green spaces allows for a gradient of crops to be planted based on their water needs. Gravity fed irrigation from the rainwater cisterns can travel down the food ramp collecting toward the bottom. Bog loving, shelter dwelling crops can be grown at the bottom of the ramp while arid crops get a place at the top.

SECTION A: SOUTH -> NORTH

SECTION B: SOUTH -> NORTH

UPPER CANOPY - MIXED CONIFER BIRDS OF PREY USE HIGH POINTS AS LOOK OUTS VOLES AND OTHER RODENTS USE HIGH CANOPY FOR FOOD AND SHELTER TALL CONIFERS EVAPOTRANSPIRATE LARGER QUANTITIES OF STORMWATER

MIDDLE CANOPY - MIXED HARDWOODS OFFERS FOOD TO BIRDS, INSECTS AND SMALL MAMMALS SEASONAL SHADE TREES

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LOWER CANOPY - DWARF FRUIT TREES PROVIDES FOOD FOR HUMANS, INSECTS, BIRDS AND OTHER ANIMALS

SHRUB LAYER - NATIVE AND FOOD CULINARY AND MEDICINAL FRUITS, BERRIES AND HERBS HABITAT FOR INSECTS SHADE OUT INVASIVE PLANTS HERBS AND GRASSES WATER FILTRATION AND INFILTRATION

MULTI-TIERED FOREST CANOPY MODEL OFFERS OPPORTUNITY TO STACK PROGRAM AND INCREASE FUNCTIONAL DENSITY

EVOLUTION OF LIVE/WORK UNITS ALONG WILLIAMS AND VANCOUVER AS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES INCREASE

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STUDIO

TOWNHOUSE

EXPANDING STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AREA

WATER & ECOLOGY

ECOLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY THROUGH THE SITE

TWO UNASSOCIATED ROOMATES IN SEPARATE ROOMS

TWO BEDROOM TOWNHOUSE

SINGLE OR COUPLE IN SUITE CONFIGURATION

SITE POURED CONCRETE

INTENSIVE GREEN ROOF

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EVOLUTION OF GARAGE IN SOUTHERN FULL BAR, ALLOWING FLEXIBILITY, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND INCREASED DENSITY AS THE CAR BECOMES LESS CENTRAL

TWO BEDROOM

PAINTED CEMENTIOUS LAP SIDING

METAL PANEL

PERMEABLE PAVERS

RAW SALVAGE WOOD

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COMMUNITY AGRICULTURE

TWO BEDROOM TOWNHOUSE

PARENT(S) WITH CHILD(REN)

ACCOMMODATING EVOLUTION

MATERIAL PALETTE

LEGACY TREE/FOREST

SECTION C: SOUTH -> NORTH

FLAT MOUNTED, MODULAR PV ARRAY

OPEN WEB TRUSS SOLAR GRID

GREEN ROOF

ROOF ASSEMBLY DETAIL

- 908 S.F. OF COLLECTOR AREA PROVIDES 8,712 kWh/YEAR OR 3.18 kWh/DAY/UNIT SOURCE: NREL PVWATTS CALCULATOR

- 4’ WIDTH MODULE ALLOWS FOR NUMEROUS OPTIONS FOR PV AND HOT WATER UNITS - 25’ SPAN ALLOWS FOR NO UNNECESSARY ROOF PENETRATIONS - MODULARITY MAKES SERVICING EASIER - REDUCES OVER-EXPOSURE OF GREEN ROOF BELOW

- COOLS ROOF THROUGH SOLAR ABSORPTION AND TRANSPIRATION - REDUCES STORM WATER SURGE - HELPS PV PANELS OPERATE AT MORE EFFICIENT TEMPERATURES - PROVIDES HABITAT FOR POLLINATORS SUCH AS INSECTS AND BIRDS - SLIGHTLY INCREASES INSULATIVE VALUE OF ROOF

VEGETATION SOIL

FLAT MOUNTED, MODULAR SOLAR HOT WATER - PROVIDES ESTIMATED 50% REDUCTION IN WATER HEATING ENERGY USE - 288 S.F OF COLLECTOR AREA (COMPARBLE TO 200 S.F. TILTED) - ESTIMATED NEED IS APPROXIMATELY 200 S.F. IF 2 ADULTS PER UNIT

SOIL FILTER CLOTH WATER RETENTION

GREEN ROOF - PRE-FILTERS WATER BEFORE ENTERING TANKS - REDUCES HEAT ISLAND EFFECT - CREATES LADDER FOR POLLINATORS BETWEEN ROOF AND GROUND - SERVES AS STOPOVER FOR BIRDS AND INSECTS MIGRATING NORTH-SOUTH THROUGH THE SITE

RAIN SCREEN ENCLOSURE - SUPERIOR WATER PROTECTION FROM AIR SPACE DRAINAGE, NEUTRAL PRESSURE ZONE, AND MOISTURE “MAZE” PANEL CONNECTIONS - PROTECTS VULNERABLE OVERHANGS AND PARAPETS

MECHANICAL/ROOT BARRIER WATERPROOF MEMBRANE STRUCTURAL SHEATHING AIR SPACE BLOWN RECYLCED CELLULOSE INSULATION (DEW POINT LOCATION) COMPOSITE I-JOISTS AIR BARRIER BLOWN RECYCLED CELLULOSE INSULATION

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WATER TANK SECTION

- HOLLOW BOX COLUM - CONSEALS STEEL TANK STRUCTURE - CREATES CHASE FOR DOWNSPOUT AND OTHER SERVICES - SPATIALLY CONNECTS ROOF TO GROUND

- 2 TANKS COMBINED TOTAL 14,780 GALLONS, OR 1/4 OF ANNUAL RAIN FALL ON THE 3,000 S.F. OF ROOF COLLECTOR AREA - CAN SUPPLY 164 GALLONS PER DAY OVER 3-MONTH DRY PERIOD (LESS THAN 11 GALLONS PER UNIT PER DAY IF REDIRECTED FOR DOMESTIC USE) - OVERFLOW IS RELEASED THROUGH CASCADING FILTER SYSTEM - PERMEABLE GREEN ROOF ACTS AS PRE-FILTER

ENGINEERED WOOD

SHIMS GYPSUM BOARD INTERIOR FINISH

ASSEMBLY R-VALUE: 69.6 hr*ft2*oF/Btu

WALL ASSEMBLY DETAIL

- LOCAL PRODUCT - FORMALDEHYDE FREE - USES SUSTAINABLY HARVESTED MATERIALS

GYPSUM BOARD INTERIOR FINISH 2X6 ENGINEERED STRUCTURAL STUDS BLOWN RECYLCED CELLULOSE INSULATION (DEW POINT LOCATION)

WATER CONTROL VALVE

STRUCTURAL SHEATHING W/ TAPED SEAMS (AIR BARRIER)

- 2-WAY VALVE GIVES USER CHOICE TO TURN ON “WATERFALL” OR IRRIGATION - “WATERFALL” CAN BE TURNED ON FOR CHILDREN ON HOT DAYS OR TO IRRIGATE RIPARIAN ZONE

2X4 ENGINEERED OUTER STUDS BLOWN RECYCLED CELLULOSE INSULATION

WATER STAIRS - PROMOTE AWARENESS OF RAIN WATER - PLACE FOR CHILDREN TO PLAY - FILTERS RAIN WATER IN STAGES - CREATES HABITAT NICHES

SOCIAL STAIR

POLYSPUN OLEFIN WEATHER BARRIER

- CONVERGENCE POINT FOR TENANTS OF 15 UNITS - MULTIPLE LEVELS TO OCCUPY - ACTS AS “sTAIR AS A STAGE” - CREATES PLACE FOR MAILBOXES

AIR SPACE SHIMS WOOD COMPOSITE LAP SIDING

ASSEMBLY R-VALUE: 32.3 hr*ft2*oF/Btu

STRUCTURAL STEEL SUPPORT - SIMPLE STRUCTURE ALLOWS IT TO DISAPPEAR WITHIN BUILDING MASS - 5” DIAMETER PIPE SECTION HSS COLUMNS SUPPORT 39,000 POUNDS (20’ UNSUPPORTED) (ACTUAL LOAD WHEN TANKS ARE FULL = 30,840) - U.S. SOURCED AND 90% RECYCLED

Intersectionality: NE Portland History Museum N Fremon Ave & N. Mississippi Ave - Portland, Oregon

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The spatial topography of the site is such that the second gallery sits on a precipice, revealing a great sense of expansion. Similarly, the basin south of the site, expands to the east and thus the primary gallery, offices and cafe are situated in a manner to exploit the opportunity to create tension between the feeling of containment and expansion out to the hills beyond Legacy Emanuel Hospital. It is in this juxtaposition of colliding grids, long horizontal view axes, compression and expansion, removal and revealment, shelter and prospect, that a person is best enabled to reflect on historic objects.

Held in tension between past and future, moments in history are multidimensional and their artifacts require spaces in which to view them in a non-singular way. Serving as a period, or more accurately, an ellipses to the continually growing North Mississippi Avenue, this Portland History Museum removes the participant from the Mississippi experience through a layered fracture from the grid. Once inside, subtle, structural reminders re-orient the patron to the orthogonal grid â&#x20AC;&#x201C; building to a climax in the intimate second gallery whose focused view of the Downtown Portland skyline, featuring the prominent US Bancorp Tower, reconnects the timeline of Portlandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unique history.

Site pathways

Overlapping site rooms

Site shelter and prospect

Site enclosure and expansion

Diverted grid

Shell and frame

Moment of solice

Intersecting grids

Restraint vs freedom

Rooms inside of rooms

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CAFE 170

GROUND SURFACE LEVEL LIBRARY

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MECHANICAL STORAGE

COMPOSTING TOILET MECHANICAL

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Community Partners International Office Building SW Ankeny Street & SW First Avenue- Portland, Oregon WINTER 2008 PROFESSOR: Guntis Plesums

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Simple and elegant, this small-medium sized office building maximizes occupantsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; access to light, air and views without overheating or producing uncomfortable glare. Anchored by the conference room and bookstore cube, a four storey L-shaped mass prominently occupies the corner while preserving a light well to the interior of the site. The public gallery and office spaces are served by a grand entry framed in the mosaic glass south wall, while the cafĂŠ and restaurant permeate onto the east sidewalk, allowing customers to grab a snack or beverage as they wait for their train. Solar aperture is optimized on the south wall through a mosaic of transom panels, low-e glass, clear glass, operable windows, horizontal shades and light shelves. The west and east facades are optimized by window boxes that shelter operable shading devices, shade harsh, low angle radiation, provide thermal buffering, and reduce street noise. A central courtyard provides a green oasis for all spaces in the building as well as flood daylight into the most remote corner of the site which includes the bicycle storage, gallery preparation space and other logistical areas.

East Elevation

West - East Section

Third Floor

South Elevation

Second Floor

First Floor

Furniture - Four Gate Table Urban habitation, energy efficiency and finite resources beg us to dwell in smaller spaces. The FOUR GATE TABLE provides luxurious space for dining and crafting and folds neatly as a side piece.

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