Chris Tritt L. Arnie Chinn Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund
Chris Tritt B.A. in Architectural Studies B.S. In Construction Management Class of 2013 University of Washington trittc@uw.edu (206) 349 - 3669
Please enjoy this brief selection of work from my studies at the University of Washington. I have selected them to highlight my personal interest in different mediums of craft, as well as the potential I see in architecture for considering social opportunity - opportunities such as the framing of the hand-crafting paper artist, the respect for an existing park, or the need for industry in a city reliant on tourism.
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it S : ri Scale, Public, Programming, Market location Paper Mill Cooperative
Musica del Tevere
Green Lake Small Craft Centers
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Paper Mill Cooperative Sited in Queen Anne near Seattle Pacific
with hundreds of sheets of hand crafted paper.
University, this design conceptualizes, as well as
They can be seen from the street, highlighting
accommodates, the process of hand-crafting
and identifying the building to the passerby.
paper, and instills both with a poetic order. The
Materially, the tar paper of the roof drapes over
building accommodates the repetitive process
to become the walls, and even comes into the
of making paper. On the ground floor, the beater
interior of the private artisan’s studios. Bringing
room, where fibers are pulped, serves as the
the outside in, the studios become voids instead
heart of the building, and marks the beginning
of cubicles, transitory points between inside and
of the process. After the paper is formed, it’s
outside, framing the artisan as a connection
lightness is finally framed in the paper drying
between the stimuli of the outside world and the
space, a double-height space that would be filled reflective and inward act of paper-crafting 2 Chris Tritt / Chinn Memorial
Alley Level Plan
Alley Level Plan
Inspection and Finishing
Inspection and Finishing
Beater
Beater
Cooking
Cooking
Forming and Couching
Forming and Couching
Street Level Plan
Street Level Plan
Drying Paper
Drying Paper
Communal / Dry Work Space
Personal Studios Pressing
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Pressing
Communal / Dry Work Space
Personal
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Musica del Tevere On the fringe between the city center and the
the indirect and interactive approach down the
periphery of Rome, Italy, we ask ourselves, how
travertine slopes to the river. Music as industry is
do you make a museum for a river? Two main
introduced to the existing buildings with practice
goals drive the design. One, reconnect the public rooms and a recording studio. The new Museo with the river. Two, provide local industry in a city
conceptualizes music in it’s rhythmic spans.
of tourism. The new building frames the piazza
Independent rooms connect the visitor to different
for citizens as they approach from the city wall.
elements of the building and site; sometimes
The new trapezoid of the museum works with the the spans become isolated, and sometimes existing frames of two buildings, the large brick
the views of the river become isolated as
Arsenale on the southern edge, and the low linear environmental conditions. In these tightly soundstructure along the street. The buildings frame 6 Chris Tritt / Chinn Memorial
insulated rooms, installations acquire sole focus.
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SPLIT NORTH SITE PLANS AT 1/40th INCH EQUALS ONE FOOT
NORTH SITE PLANS AT 1/40th INCH EQUALS ONE FOOT
Split / Elevate / Engage: Green Lake Small Craft Centers Crew programs on Green Lake in Seattle face
still able to emphasize the connection to the
the challenge of developing on a well-loved park.
outdoors - a connection essential to the park.
Splitting the program between two sites, the crew The material treatment of the building, transparent project can be used to rehabilitate two sites on
brick screens and glass veneer, engages the
Green Lake. At the Southern site, the crowded
crew member and park user. At a distance,
establishment is opened to create a resting area
the visitor may only get the impression of
with a bustling cafe. At the Northern site, the
transparency from the escaping light. As they
peninsula becomes another such resting space.
approach, however, the specificities of the crew
Elevating the park user and Banquet Room,
program are revealed - the park user can see
the roof becomes an extension of the park.
through the brick screen, and possibly reflect on
Development on the lake, while necessary, is
his or her role as a patron of park recreation.
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Splitting the Program between two the Crew Project can be used to r tate two struggling sites on the lake proving them both for the park use the Southern site, the crowded an welcoming establishment is opene the Program betw NORTH SITE PLANS AT 1/40th INCH EQUALS ONE FOOT create aSplitting resting area with bustling the Crew Project can be u At the Northern site, the sparsely u tate two struggling sites on peninsula becomes another such proving them both for the area, as the structure draws peopl the Southern site, the crow the path. welcoming establishment i create a resting area with Elevating the park users and Banq At the Northern site, the sp Room patrons, the roof of the stora peninsula becomes anoth becomes an extension of the park area, as the structure draw velopment on the lake, while nece the path. is still able to emphasize the value connection to the outdoors. Elevating the park users an Room patrons, the roof of The material treatment of the build becomes an extension of t transparent brick screens and glas velopment on the lake, wh neers, engages the crew member is still able to emphasize th the park user. At a distance, the vi connection to the outdoor may only get the impression of tran ency from the escaping light throu The material treatment of t brick, but as they approach, the v transparent brick screens a able see and understand the spec neers, engages the crew m the Crew Team, and realize his or h the park user. At a distanc SOUTH SITE PLANS AT 1/40th INCH EQUALS ONE FOOT own role as a patron of park recre may only get the impressio ency from the escaping lig brick, but as they approac able see and understand t the Crew Team, and realiz SOUTH SITE PLANS AT 1/40th INCH EQUALS ONE FOOT own role as a patron of pa
SOUTH SITE PLANS AT 1/40th INCH EQUALS ONE FOOT
Splitting the Program between two sites, the Crew Project can be used to rehabilitate two struggling sites on the lake, improving them both for the park user. At the Southern site, the crowded and uno sites, welcoming establishment is opened to rehabilicreate a resting area with bustling cafĂŠ. e, imer. At At the Northern site, the sparsely used nd uned to ween two sites, peninsula becomes another such resting g cafĂŠ. used to rehabiliused area, as the structure draws people off of n the lake, imresting park user. At the path. le off of
wded and unis opened to bustling cafĂŠ. quet parsely used age her such resting k. Dews people off of essary, of the
nd Banquet the storage ding, the park. Dess vehile necessary, r and he value of the isitor rs. nsparugh the the building, visitors is and glass vecifics of member and her ce, the visitor eation. on of transparght through the ch, the visitors is the specifics of ze his or her ark recreation.
Elevating the park users and Banquet Room patrons, the roof of the storage becomes an extension of the park. Development on the lake, while necessary, is still able to emphasize the value of the connection to the outdoors. The material treatment of the building, transparent brick screens and glass veneers, engages the crew member and the park user. At a distance, the visitor may only get the impression of transparency from the escaping light through the brick, but as they approach, the visitors is able see and understand the specifics of the Crew Team, and realize his or her own role as a patron of park recreation.
ELEVATE SECTION CUTS AT UNSPECIFIC SCALE ELEVATE SECTION CUTS AT UNSPECIFIC SCALE
ELEVATE
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OUTLOOK
ELEVATE
WALK
OUTLOOK
ELEVATE
WALK
2 2
ROW
LOWER
APPROACH
WALK
ROW
LOWER
APPROACH
WALK
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ENGAGE
STORAGE
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OFFICE
CORRIDOR
WORKOUT
FROM THE PATH
ON THE ROOF
ON THE ROOF
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