Logan Tuura Design Portfolio
Architecture | Urban Design
“A city is a place where a small boy, as he walks through it, may see something that will tell him what he wants to do with his life.� - Louis Kahn
CONTENTS Urban Design Projects 2013 ULI Competition: The Right Fit 2012 ULI Competition: Artesano (Honorable Mention) Brookwood Alliance Plan
Architecture Projects Georgia State Dormitories InterWoven (Honorable Mention) Boulevard Aquatic Center Ceramics Research Facility Urban Environment Research Center
Drawings, Renderings, Models Photography
Spring 2013
The Right Fit
TACTICS
2013 Urban Land Institute Gerald D. Hines Urban Design Competition Entry
BRAND A driving mission of The Right Fit development is to offer the opportunity-laden site an enhanced, unique, and appealing character.
Site:
East Downtown Minneapolis, MN
Group Members:
John Hightower, Audrey Plummer, Christina Span, Patrick Terranova, Logan Tuura
Design Problem:
Propose a development strategy that replaces the current surface parking lots occupying the blocks surrounding the site of the future Minnesota Viking’s stadium.
Transform:
East Downtown into the nation’s premier health district.
Opportunities:
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The Fit Loop
Adult Fitness Parklets
Beer + Cheer
Tactical Urbanism
Incubator/ Flex Space
Digital Billboards
Healthy Eats
Seed + Feed
Community Health
Climb Time
Bike Sharing
Transit
District Energy
Tree Plantings
Heated Sidewalks
CATALYZE THE LOCAL ECONOMY In providing a great sense of place with a diverse interactivity of uses, the streets will be enlivened with new business activity.
HEAL First and foremost, The Right Fit aims to integrate life with Hennepin County Medical Center, pop-up clinics, healthy restaurants, and numerous community gardens.
ACTIVATE
The site has the opportunity to develop a unique IDENTITY by replacing the surface parking with something distinctive and attractive. A fitting urban design can spur development and boost the LOCAL ECONOMY of Downtown East. Downtown East’s future must continue a legacy of superior HEALTH AND WELLNESS for all citizens. Enhancing the trend of PHYSICAL FITNESS in Minneapolis must be accounted for and designed into the redevelopment of Downtown East. Attention must also be paid to the environment’s effect on design as well as the design’s effect on the ENVIRONMENT. To take advantage of these opportunities, several tactics and strategies were employed.
Fitness opportunities are to include the Fit Loop, adult fitness parklets, rock climbing walls, an open sloping lawn for sledding, snowboarding, and skiing at The Hill, and bike-share programs.
SUSTAIN To
keep The Right Fit active year-round, sidewalks are heated, awnings protect from snow, and indoor facilities are used. Environmental measures include use of a district energy system, water capture and re-use, and tree plantings.
The Site Section Folds along the Path of the Fit Loop Section along the Fit Loop Path
STRATEGIES
Vision Plan Showing Connectivity to Downtown Minneapolis and the Surrounding Neighborhoods
Master Plan
Spring 2013
Bird’s Eye View Showing the Fit Loop Path that Runs through the Project
Continuation of the Site Section
Masterplan
Spring 2012
Artesano
Water run-off redirected away from the river
Artisan workshops form connection to existing industry
2012 Urban Land Institute Gerald D. Hines Urban Design Competition Entry Honorable Mention
Flexible program serves as catalyst for the area
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Economic Diversity
I-45 Reuse of existing warehouse respects historic legacy of site
Site:
Public Space provides “Stage” for the Arts
Houston, TX
Residential and Transit opportunities for UHD students
Team Members:
Jessica Florez-Gomez, Ryan Hagerty, Audrey Plummer, Christina Span, Logan Tuura
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Propose a development to occupy a 16.3 acre site which has an existing USPS office and warehouse.
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- Surrounded by interstates and railroad tracks, the site is ISOLATED. - Houston is one of the youngest, FASTEST GROWING, and most diverse metropolitan areas in the nation, but this diversity is not reflected in its corporate culture.
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- The site lacks its own IDENTITY and does not embrace its NATURAL ASSETS. - Located in the FLOOD-PRONE area, the site requires creative environmental responses to encourage private investment.
Strategies:
- By connecting streets, continuing the grid, tieing in to public transit, and integrating the site with Buffalo Bayou, Artesano will benefit from added CONNECTIONS to its surroundings. - By introducing a light-industry and craftsman focus, while providing mixed-income housing, Artesano will stimulate ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DIVERSITY. - By rehabilitating the warehouse into flexible space for light craft manufacturing, art production, cultural entertainment, and markets, this neighborhood will foster an IDENTITY OF CREATIVE ENERGY.
The Making of Artesano
- Through riverfront development and purposeful location of programmed public space, Artesano ACTIVATES THE WATERFRONT. - By reusing a significant portion of the existing structure and recycling building materials, Artesano reduces its ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. Artesano also sets the standard for innovative STORMWATER MANAGEMENT and water conservation.
Landmark existing USPS building, designed by Wilson, Morris, Crain, and Anderson, completed in 1962
Removal of office tower and warehouse facade to align building with new subdivision of site.
Rehabilitation of the Warehouse Structure Creates a Unique Sense of Place and Opportunities for Public Art
Removal of a section of the building, retaining existing structure to allow Bayou Boulevard to run through structure, creating space that celebrates the historical legacy of the site and creates a sense of place.
Rehabilitation of the warehouse west of Bayou Boulevard to accommodate artisan studios, shared workspaces, and specialized retail. The warehouse east of Bayou Boulevard provides flexible gallery and community gathering spaces.
Complete build-out of space to include specialized retail, artisan lofts, and affordable housing. Adaptive reuse of the warehouse minimizes environmental impact, improves functionality, and activates the site.
Spring 2012
Opposing Page: Masterplan
Artesano Connectivity Proposed Streets Washington Avenue to Accommodate Future Light Rail Freeways Bike Lanes Proposed Commuter Rail Existing Light Rail
Section: Sustainable Strategies 1. GREEN ROOF 2. AIR CONDITIONING UNITS CONDENSED WATER 3. GRAY WATER 4. BIOSWALE 5. POROUS PAYMENT 6. WATER RUNOFF TO BE SHED AWAY FROM THE BAYOU 7. RAIN GARDEN 8. UNDERGROUND CISTERN 9. FILTERED WATER PUMPED TO WATER TOWER 10. FILTERED WATER TO BE USED FOR SITE IRRIGATION 11. SOLAR PANELS
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Spring 2010
Brookwood Alliance Plan Site:
Peachtree Street north of Atlanta, GA from I-85 to Peachtree Battle
Studio:
This was a group studio project that worked closely with the Brookwood Alliance to create a plan to satisfy the needs of the community. All graphics specifically created only by me are noted with an asterisk.
Urban Design Initiatives:
Create a walkable and bikeable environment along Peachtree Street that accommodates future transit and improves traffic congestion. Protect surrounding low density residential zones from overburdening high intensity development, while still allowing high density development along the street.
Concept:
Existing Conditions
Ideal Conditions
The Brookwood Alliance Plan is separated into two main parts: Street Design and Development. Street Design The street design creates a walkable environment along Peachtree street by extending the 80’ right of way to 120’ to allow for 15’ sidewalks, a 5’ bike path separated from the road by a 5’ tree buffer to separate traffic and pedestrians. The existing six lane road is changed to 4 lanes with a median and two outside lanes for parallel parking, buses, or to accommodate future streetcars. The street design has an ideal condition, and a design methodology to implement the street design with the existing conditions. By eliminating certain parts of the design to conform with existing right of ways (The diagrams to the right), the street design can fit into the existing conditions, but still allow for future improvements.
Transition from 120’ Right-of-Way to 80’ Right-of-Way 120’-100’ 120’
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Accommodation to Limited Right of Way
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Accommodation to Limited Right of Way
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Ideal Street Design
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Development
Spring 2010
The development strategy of the Brookwood Alliance Plan seeks to push high density commercial development towards the street to protect the single family residential zones that are adjacent to the commercial zones. The existing development regulations feature wide lower height buildings that block light and air from Peachtree Street and the surrounding residential areas. A strategy using slender vertical development is used to allow for light and air to reach the street and residential areas and to also maintain the current floor area ratios. Low to medium rise building bases create a consistent row of buildings along the street to allow for a vibrant street life and human-like scale. The strategy also includes a Single-Family Protection Zone which includes setbacks and limits building heights within 100’ of residential zones. It also includes the Vertical Development Zone I, a lower intensity zone for commercial development, and the Vertical Development Zone II, a higher intensity zone for commercial development that is farther away from single family residential zones and closer to the Beltline and potential future transit. These three zones seek to allow for higher densities close to the street while respecting the environment of the single family home.
Map of Development Zones
Wide, Shorter Development to Slender Vertical Development
Section: Vertical Development Zone I*
Aerial View Showing Existing Conditions on Peachtree Corridor*
Elevation Showing Existing Conditions Elevation Showing Future Conditions with the Brookwood Alliance Plan
Section: Vertical Development Zone II*
Aerial View Showing Future Conditions with the Brookwood Alliance Plan*
Fall 2012
Georgia State Dormitories Mixed-Use Dormitories for Georgia State University Sites:
2 different sites on opposing sides of Peachtree Street, each located at either of the two southern entrances for Peachtree Center MARTA station.
Program (for each tower):
MARTA Station Entrance Ground Floor Retail 40 Double dorm rooms for 80 Students Common areas for dorm at street level and throughout the upper dorm floors Office space
Organizing Principles
The project brings two unique and distinctive programs together into the same building: residences (dorms) and office space. The main conceptual design tool seeks to both separate and unify the two programs through a central, solid space containing the circulation - the wedge. WEST (Right: Section diagram) In the west site, offices are separated from dorms by the wedge through section in response to the conditions of the small site. The centralized wedge brings the two programs together through shared common space and circulations. EAST (Right: Plan Diagram) In the east site, offices are separated from dorms by the wedge through plan. While they are physically separated from each other, they are united through common circulation within the central wedge space. Site Plan
West Site Section Showing Central Wedge Space (White) and MARTA Entrance
4th Floor: The Programs Separate From the Exterior
3rd Floor: The Wedge Narrows
2nd Floor: The Wedge Divides the Space
East Site Section Showing Central Circulation, Front Entrance, and MARTA Entrance
Fall 2012
8th Floor: The Unification of Circulation
3rd Floor: Office Plan
2nd Floor: Retail and Lobby Space
West Site Section: Retail (Floors 1-2), Office (Floors 3-8), Common (Floors 9-10) Dorms, (Floors 11-18)
10th Floor: Office Separate from Dorms
8th Floor: Two Separate Towers Develop
6th Floor: The Wedge Diminishes in Size
East Site Section Showing the Threshold of the MARTA Entrance
Fall 2012
18th Floor: Dorm Plan
11th Floor: Dorm Plan East Elevation
9th Floor: Shared Space Created
South Elevation
West Elevation
North Elevation
Fall 2009
InterWoven Volkswagen Bridge to the Future Student Design Competition Honorable Mention Site:
New Volkswagen Manufacturing Facility Chattanooga, TN
Connect:
Chattanooga, Volkswagen, Employees, Trainees, Visitors.
Perspective Showing the Interweaving of Slots
InterWoven:
The visitors, trainees, and employees enter by walking under the bridge, which extends over the parking lot, and they continue walking through it to reach a weaving system of slots, structure, and main decking. The narrow slots weave above and below the main deck and in and out of the landscape, giving the users who walk on them close views of the test track, the surrounding mountains, and the Volkswagen facility. The main deck of the bridge is made of translucent recycled glass, allowing users to view and experience the movement of the slots above and below them.
The Slots and Main Deck Offer Many Different Views of the Test Track
Site Plan
Site Perspective
Main Circulation
Slot Circulation
Gathering Areas
Translucent Decking Allows the Users to View the Continuity and Movement of the Slots The Translucent Glass Decking Allows Views From the Slots Up to the Main Deck
Light at 8 am on May 28th
Light at 1 pm on June 20th
Section Perspective Light at 3 pm on September 20th
Plan
Light at 5 pm on December 20th
Fall 2009
North Elevation During Morning Shift Change
Drop Off
Entrance
Security Creek
Maintenance Road Test Track
Building Entrance
The Open Path With Benches Encourages the Users to Interact
Users Walk Under the Bridge to the Entrance
Spring 2009
Boulevard Aquatic Center Site:
2 acre site on Edgewood Avenue in Atlanta, which contains a concrete water treatment center which could not be demolished.
Program:
4,000 sq. ft. Lap Pool and Diving Pool 4,000 sq. ft Water Garden 4,000 sq. ft. Retention Pond 4,000 sq. ft. Media Center/Lecture Hall
Diving Pool and Lap Pool Section
Generative Concepts: L-Shaped Forms
L-Shaped Forms Pulled Apart
Infiltration: Street/Nature
Early Process Section Isometric
Figure Ground
Wet/Dry
Program
1. Media Center 2. Water Garden 3. Retention Pond 4. Swimming Pool 1
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Lap Pool at Mid-day
Longitudinal Section
Media Room
Retention Pond Above
Laboratories
Diving Pool
Diver’s Perspective
Spring 2009
Section Perspective of the Lap Pool and Diving Pool
Site Plan
Sequence of Transverse Sections
Strong Vertical columns reinforce the feeling of monumentality.
Ceramics Research Facility Site:
Roswell, GA Site of dam on Vickery Creek and former textile mill during the Civil War.
Program:
Entry Gallery Offices Computer Labs Studio Kilns
Concept:
Relating to the art of ceramics, the base of the form is comprised of a slab of concrete that folds and turns in relation to the creek, creating spaces within itself. A second folding form of steel beams folds around the concrete layer, creating spaces both within itself and with the concrete.
Site Plan
Plan Program: 1. Entry 2. Gallery 3. Offices 4. Computer Labs 5. Studio 6. Kilns
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Studio Space and Environment
Model
Circulation
Relation to the Site
Fall 2008
Steel Ribbon Folding Through the Site
Worm’s Eye Construction Drawing
Bird’s Eye View
Section Elevation Through Studio Space and Dam
Spring 2008
Urban Environment Research Center Site:
Edgewood Avenue east of Atlanta in a gentrifying neighborhood.
Program: Entry Gallery Cafe Lecture Hall Library Offices 3 Apartments
Concept:
Located on the site of a former street that will be partially rebuilt. The Urban Environment Research Center celebrates the urban history of the site, splitting the massing of the building in two, creating a glass enclosed space in the former location of the street. The street currently extends away from the site, and the building allows the street to theoretically and implicitly continue into the building, bringing the past urban form of the site into the present.
Site Plan
Diagrammatic View of Implied Continuation of the Street Through the Building
North Elevation
Spring 2008
Third Floor 7
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Program 1. Cafe 2. Auditorium 3. Gallery 4. Entry 5. Offices 6. Library 7. Apartments
Longitudinal Section
Transverse Section Through Gallery and Library
Renderings and Detailed Sections (Various Projects)
Interior Rendering for an Outpatient Clinic Completed While Working at Knight Architects
INTERIOR PERSPECTIVE
Elevation for a 2 Week Long Mixed-Use Design Project
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
UTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
Wall Section at 1”=16’ (left) and 1/2”=1’ for a Charter High School
Models and Drawings
Early Freehand Process Perspective Showing the Entrance to the Bridge for VW
Series of Freehand Perspectives From Undergraduate 1st Year
Pencil on Mylar Layered Over Textured Perspective Showing Light Conditions in the Lap Pool
Freehand Perspective of a 2nd Year Dorm Project
Early Freehand Perspective of the Entire Bridge
Model of a Site From a Short one Week Project that shows the Layered and Containing Qualities of the Topography and Landscape
Process Freehand Perspective of the Entrance to the Bridge
Reflection and Perspective in Philip Johnson’s Penzoil Place
Photography: Houston, Toronto
Irregularity and Regularity in Philip Johnson’s Penzoil Place
Details and Perspective in Mies van der Rohe’s Dominion Centre
Corner Detail in Mies van der Rohe’s Dominion Centre
View from Entrance in Philip Johnson’s St. Basil’s Chapel
Photography: Atlanta
Differing Portmans: Mariott Marquis and Peachtree Center
Georgia Pacific Building: Geometric Stepping
Georgia Pacific Building: Geometric Slicing
Photography: Spring 2009 Dada Exercise
Dada Exercise
Dada Exercise
Order and Disorder: Damaged Trust Company of Georgia Building
Logan Tuura Georgia Institute of Technology Undergraduate and Graduate Works www.logantuura.com logan.tuura@gmail.com