Tim Zeitler 2016 GSD Portfolio

TIM ZEITLER Master in Architecture, 2015 Harvard University Graduate School of Design

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Make It Till You Make It MArch Thesis Project

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London Soccer Stadium Options Studio 3.

Artificial Ground Core Design Studio

MAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT The Graduate School of Design + Building Thesis Advisor: Cameron Wu Date: Spring 2015 Site: East Boston Shipyard, Boston, MA Program: Graduate School + Campus

This thesis project takes shape in the form of a graduate school whose curriculum emphasizes the incorporation of a strong knowledge of building construction into the training of its students. The education of architects in the presence of construction management students and builders in the East Boston Shipyard will serve to produce more resilient practitioners, architects and builders better equipped to flourish after school independently or in professional collaborations with one another.

PRIMARY GOALS OF THE SCHOOL

GOAL 1: Cross pollination between architects and builders.

GOAL 2: Career discernment in the industry; Partnership formation

GOAL 3: Achieving self-sufficiency through an alternate path

GOAL 4: Mutually beneficial exchange with mid-career architects and builders

GOAL 5: Sabattical for the weary--a fellowship + networking opportunity for mid-career designers

GOAL 6: Better buildings through better builders and materials

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to Medford/Malden

Chelsea

Charlestown

East Boston

South Boston to North Shore Communities

YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 BUILD SPACE

LARGER PROJECTS

The school is designed to be a place where design students could learn in the midst of both construction management students and the builders themselves. The building’s design allows for COEXISTENCE of adjacent spaces dedicated to design and building. The curriculum requires COOPERATION from day one as the students work in teams to deliver BUILT PROJECTS of increasing scale and complexity.

SMALL PROJECTS

The school’s location on the East Boston waterfront allows for the delivery of larger built project to destinations in surrounding communities whose built environments are ever-improving

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67.3

85.5

77.4

63.3 60.0

94.9 61.4

91.5

69.3

58.5

61.3

61.8 85.6 85.8

81.1

73.8

63.3

103.8

B&A BROKERS, BOSTON HARBOR DIVE SHOP, MINUTEMAN

61.1

K.O. PIES

BOSTON BOAT WORKS SHIPYARD YOGA 137.5

MARGINAL STREET

71.9

65.4

school admin office

113.0

117.5

lobby/ student gallery

107.1

FILM SCHOOL

HARBOR ARTS

BOSTON PILOTS

3D MED

firm office

113.9

65.7 77.4

firm office

LIGHT INDUSTRIAL + OFFICES

firm office

LIGHT INDUSTRIAL + OFFICES

support space

LIGHT INDUSTRIAL + OFFICES

firm office

EVENT PARKING

lift

student bridge building for craning

109.5

64.3

lift

MEDIUM INDUSTRIAL SPACE

HEAVY INDUSTRIAL SPACE

material storage, material exchange

MEDIUM INDUSTRIAL SPACE

SLIP ROLLS

SHEET METAL STAND

60.8

BAR FOLDER TOOL BENCH

ANVIL SHEET METAL TABLE SOLDERING BENCH

11'-0"

TOOL PANEL

DRILL PRESS

GRINDER

WORK TABLES

TANKS

0'-0"

LATHE

STORAGE WELDING TABLE

MOCKUP TESTING PROJECT STAGING

BACK ROOM

BEDROOM

WC NURSERY ceiling height: 9'9.5" floor area = 158.46 s.f.

closet

DEN CLOSETS

DEN OFFICE

93.5

The school takes advantage of adjacent waterfront buildings and the activities within them. As a renewed manufacturing and light industrial center, the Shipyard symbiotically enriches the school.

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Short Sections (through years 1, 2 and 3)

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Long Section (detail)

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MARGINAL STREE

school admin office

firm office

firm office

firm office

firm office

material storage, material exchange

support space

lift

BUILDING SITE

lift

student bridge building for craning

lobby/ student gallery

BOSTON BRIDGE AND STEEL

BOSTON BRIDGE AND STEEL

[OFFICE]

community design center 13'-0"

firm office

[HEAVY INDUSTRIAL]

firm firm firm BOAT WORKS officeBOSTON office office [OFFICE]

materials storage

BOSTON BOAT WORKS [LIGHT INDUSTRIAL] materials gallery

MARGINAL STREET

Ground Level

13'-0"

11'-0"

client meetings

shop classroom B

9'-0"

shop classroom A

c

13'-0"

upper lobby

second y

11'-0"

13'-0"

9'-0" 9'-0"

first year desks (40)

student lounge

changing room

Level Two BOSTON BRIDGE AND STEEL [OFFICE]

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BOSTON BRIDGE AND STEEL [HEAVY INDUSTRIAL]

OFFICE

WC

BEDROOM

DEN

closet

floor area = 158.46 s.f.

NURSERY ceiling height: 9'9.5"

BACK ROOM

year OFFICE

WC

BEDROOM

TANKS

WELDING TABLE

GRINDER

SOLDERING BENCH

BAR FOLDER

SLIP ROLLS

DEN

closet

floor area = 158.46 s.f.

NURSERY ceiling height: 9'9.5"

BACK ROOM

LATHE

TOOL PANEL

TOOL BENCH

ANVIL

DRILL PRESS

STORAGE

WORK TABLES

SHEET METAL TABLE

SHEET METAL STAND

11'-0"

0'-0"

DEN CLOSETS

MOCKUP TESTING PROJECT STAGING BUILDING SITE

BUILDING SITE

20'-9"

15'-3"

cafe

cafe- kitchen & support

DEN CLOSETS

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MARGINAL STREE

projection room

materials gallery

[roof gardens] 27'-0"

covered foyer

faculty offices

27'-0"

27'-0"

23'-0"

23'-0"

craftsman in residence (shop)

shop classroom (below)

BUILDING SITE

upper shops

faculty shop faculty lounge

MARGINAL STREET

Level Three BOSTON BRIDGE AND STEEL

BOSTON BRIDGE AND STEEL

[OFFICE]

[HEAVY INDUSTRIAL]

BOSTON BOAT WORKS

BOSTON BOAT WORKS [OFFICE]

[roof gardens]

[LIGHT INDUSTRIAL]

27'-0"

covered foyer 27'-0"

27'-0"

23'-0"

23'-0"

craftsman in residence (shop)

shop classroom (below)

upper shops

faculty shop faculty lounge

Level Four

BOSTON BRIDGE AND STEEL [OFFICE]

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BOSTON BRIDGE AND STEEL [HEAVY INDUSTRIAL]

upp classr

third year

20'-9"

CNC

per rooms 24'-9"

20'-9"

20'-9"

13'-0"

BUILDING SITE

BUILDING SITE

MOCKUP TESTING PROJECT STAGING

32'-0"

all function h

30'-0"

catering kitchen

23'-0"

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REAL AND IMAGINARY VARIABLES LONDON FOOTBALL STADIUM Instructor: George Legendre Date: Spring 2014 Site: A New Development in West London Program: 40,000-Person Football Stadium Collaborators: Zunheng Lai and Weishun Xu

“Exploring the seminal thesis of architecture as a complex interplay of desire and automatic writing. Architecutre, in this view, depends on achieving a practical and theoretical balance between real and imaginary variables: real variables depend on empirical knowledge of a given type, site, and programme; imaginary variables depend on the equally important (though far less intuitive) properties of indexical modeling. The two parts of the equation need one another to fulfill themselves: without the imaginary part, the type withers into predictability and repedition; without the real part, it becomes self-fulfilling and ultimately irrelevant. We will figure out fresh ways in which a formal analytic model (otherwise known as a seed) might correlate to a building type’s functional organization, program and material structure.” -- George Legendre The studio project explored indexical seed models of generic football stadium forms. These models defined equations for parametric relationships between the stadium roof, envelope and bowl, the three primary basic components of any stadium. The seeds originated in the program MathCAD. The indexical threads were exported into Rhino via the plugin Grasshopper. The MathCAD to Rhino via Grasshopper workflow allowed us to iterate quickly, evaluating the benefits of given modulations of the seed forms. The final proving ground was being able to create refined, detailed physical models from this workflow.

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_ 2.2.1 Greenpoint Stadium

_ 2.1.1 Compression/Tension Ring

_ 2.2.4 Beijing National Stadium

_ 2.1.4 Cantiliver

_ 2.2.7 Allianz Arena

_ 2.1.7 Goal Post

Categorization of structural systems for chosen precedent football stadia

_ 2.2.10 Wembley Stadium

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_ 2.2.7 Allianz Arena

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Date: 2002 - 2005 Location: Munich, Germany Architect: Herzog & de Meuron, ArupSport, Structural Engineer: Arup Seats: 69,901

1. Air-filled ETFE pillows provide a weatherproof cladding to the stadium, spiralling continuous from the walls to the roof.

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2. A secondary structure of steel attaches to the primary concrete and steel structure, providing a lattice-like network that accomodates the ETFE cladding.

3. Cantilevered steel trusses attach to the concrete stadium structure below.

4. Three bowls of precast concrete seating sit upon the concrete structure of reinforced concrete columns and beams.

5. A raised concrete podium accomodates below-grade parking; An arrayed column grid provides the underlying logic from which the upper levels derive their structural logic.

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Envelope Secondary Structure Roof Structure

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Bowl Floor & Beam Structure Plyons & Podium

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Real and Imaginary Variables: London Football Stadium

_ 2.2.10 Wembley Stadium

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Date: 2002 - 2007 Location: London, England Architect: HOK Sport (Populous since 2009), Foster and Partners, Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners (planning consultants) Structural Engineer: Mott Stadium Consortium Seats: 90,000

1. A monumental and iconic arch provides the outermost level of support for Wembley’s hybrid roof structure. This arch takes on much of the load of the 7,000-tonne roof and allows the spanning members beneath the roof to be much thinner.

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2. An undulating steel space-frame ring encircles the stadium, resting on the podium below. It supports the steel trusses that span across it in a goalpost fashion while also structuring the upper portion of the concrete and steel seating bowl.

3. The outer wall envelope encloses an extensively programmed interior of the stadium. The partially retractable roof hangs from the arch and its system of cables above while also being supported from spanning trusses below.

4. Three bowls of precast concrete seating sit upon the concrete structure of reinforced concrete columns and beams.

5. A raised concrete podium accomodates below-grade parking; An arrayed column grid provides the underlying logic from which the upper levels derive their structural spacing and logic.

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Further deconstruction of component parts of chosen precedent stadia: primary and secondary structure, envelope, roof, seating bowl, floor and podium structure

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Envelope Secondary Structure Roof Structure

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Bowl Floor & Beam Structure Plyons & Podium

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3.1.0 The Tipping Point _ 3.1.1 Geometry Improvement The Purpose of this process is to access local control of the geometry after selecting the global variables. _SQUARE TO FILLETED SQUARE (SQ to FSQ) Inflated Enveloppe Final March 10 2014 _VARIABLES

endI 20 in 0 1 endI endJ 96 jn 0 1 endJ

_BOWL..............................................................................................

elB 0

_elevation

heightB 18

_Top β 6 Ra 80 _Bottom η 1 _Global scale scaleBX 0.6 scaleBY 0.6 _Bottom (adjustment) _Elevation humps δh 4 σx 0.25 _Max height _Radius

_Hump inflection

k 10

jnew in jn

infB 4

jn if jn t k ( jn endJ) otherwise

σy 0.1

ScaleSin jn

α 22

_Edge bevel

if 0 d

pitchW 68

_Aspect ratio

scalePX 1.544

_Length

scalePY 1 pitchW ˜scalePX

104.992

jn k jn k d 0.25 › 0.5 d d 0.75 endJ endJ

_ENVELOPPE................................................................... _Max height

heightE 0

_Canting (%)

cantingUEx .01

cantingUEy 0.01 _Setback from bowl (%) sbx 0.11 _Cornice

infE 24

δε 4

heightE2 12 cantingLEx 1 cantingLEy 1 sby 0.025

· § jn k ˜δε π¸ ˜infE © endJ ¹

μin jn sin ¨

infR 18

cantingRx 0.05 cantingRy 0.05

_Bevel Acuteness _groundline

1

_Width

§ 1 § jnew in jn k ·· ¨ 1 2 sin ¨ 0.625 ˜2π¸ ¸ otherwise endJ © © ¹¹

_ROOF................................................ _Body

_PITCH....................................................

_Filletted Outline

ed 2

infE2 0

δε2 4 ux 0.2 uy 0.4

π· § endJ jn ˜δε2 π ¸ ˜infE2 3¹ © endJ

λin jn sin ¨

_SQUARE TO FILLETED SQUARE (SQ to FSQ) Inflated Enveloppe Final March 10 2014 _VARIABLES

_BOWL..............................................................................................

endI 20 in 0 1 endI endJ 96 jn 0 1 endJ

k 10

elB 0 _Max height heightB 18 _elevation _Radius

Ra 80

_PITCH....................................................

_Filletted Outline

β 6 _Bottom η 1 _Top

scaleBX 0.6 scaleBY 0.6 _Bottom (adjustment) _Elevation humps δh 4 σx 0.25 _Hump inflection infB 4 σy 0.1 _Global scale

jnew in jn

jn if jn t k

( jn endJ) otherwise

ScaleSin jn

1

if 0 d

§

1

pitchW 68 scalePX 1.544 scalePY 1 pitchW ˜scalePX

α 22

_Edge bevel

infR 18

cantingRx 0.05 cantingRy 0.05

_Canting (%)

§ jnew in jn k

··

heightE 0 cantingUEx .01 cantingUEy 0.01

104.992

jn k jn k d 0.25 › 0.5 d d 0.75 endJ endJ

¨ 1 2 sin ¨Stadium 0.625 ˜2π¸ ¸ 22 _ROOF................................................

Real and Imaginary Variables: London Football endJ © © ¹¹ _Body

_Max height

_Width _Aspect ratio _Length

_ENVELOPPE...................................................................

otherwise

_Setback from bowl (%) _Cornice

infE 24

sbx 0.11 δε 4

heightE2 12 cantingLEx 1 cantingLEy 1 sby 0.025

· § jn k § 2 § jn endJ 25.5 · 3 · ˜δε π¸ ˜infE ˜¨ ˜sin ¨ ˜π¸ ¸ endJ © endJ ¹ ©5 © ¹ 5¹

μin jn sin ¨

The stadium’s form was highly constrained by REAL VARIABLES, those constraints to the design that all stadiums must obey in order to function in the real world as sporting venues. These variables are reflected in the idealized seed forms in MATHCAD. Modulating these seed forms within the program allowed us to achieve key moments in the stadium while keeping to an indexical continuity for the stadium as a whole.

SQUARE TO FILLETED SQUARE_V2_3 _SQUARE TO FILLETED SQUARE (SQ to FSQ) Inflated Enveloppe Final March 10 2014 _VARIABLES

endI  20 in  0 1  endI endJ  96 jn  0 1  endJ

k 

_BOWL..............................................................................................

elB  0 heightB  18 _Radius Ra  80 _Global scale scaleBX  0.6 scaleBY  _Elevation humps δh  4 _Hump inflection infB  4 _elevation

_Max height

jnew in jn 

10

jn if jn  k ( jn  endJ) otherwise

_Top 0.6

_Bottom

α  22

_Edge bevel

infR 

cantingRx  ed  2 infE2  0

_Bevel Acuteness _groundline

β  6 η  1

_Bottom (adjustment)

σy  0.1

ScaleSin jn 

1

if

0



pitchW 

_Aspect ratio

scalePX  1.544 scalePY  1 pitchW scalePX 

jn  k  endJ

0.25  0.5



_ENVELOPPE...................................................................

heightE  0 cantingUEx  .01 cantingUEy  0.01 _Setback from bowl (%) sbx  0.11 _Cornice infE  24 δε  4 _Max height

_Width

_Length

σx  0.25

68

jn  k  endJ

_Canting (%)

104.992

heightE2  12 cantingLEx  cantingLEy  sby  0.025

1 1

  jn  k  2  jn  endJ  25.5  3  δε π infE  sin  π   ScaleSin jn endJ  endJ  5   5

μin jn  sin 

0.75

 1  jnew in jn  k   1  2 sin   0.625 2π  otherwise endJ   

_ROOF................................................ _Body

_PITCH....................................................

_Filletted Outline

18 0.05

cantingRy 

0.05

δε2  4 ux  0.2 uy  0.4

π  endJ  jn δε2 π   infE2 3  endJ

λin jn  sin 

_VARIABLES _1 _2 _3

_envelope calibrators _Upper

P1Pxin jn 

1

 in  π cantingUEx  endI 

 sin 

 in  P1Pyin jn  1  sin  π cantingUEy  endI 

_Lower

P2Pxin jn 

1



in cantingLEx endI

P2Pyin jn 

1



in cantingLEy endI

 

   in  jn sin  2π  0  ux  endI  endJ  

P2PXin jn  1  

 

   in  jn sin  6π  0 uy  endI  endJ  

P2PYin jn  1  

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Initial Seed by George L. Legendre IJP 2004-14

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5.1.0 Plan

Podium Entrance Level 1:1400

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Ground Entrance Level 1:1400

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1 tion

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We sought to design a football stadium that embodied SUBTLE MONUMENTALITY. Our modulation of the idealized seed form yielded several iterations that fulfilled this goal. Careful not to overwhelm the neighborhood, we indexed the stadium to its site and surroundings at two corners. Along the primary processional paths to the stadium, patrons are greeted with its highest elevations and prominent views of the seating bowl within.

A-A A-ASection Sectio 1:700 1:700

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ARTIFICIAL GROUND Instructor: Spela Videcnik Date: Spring 2013 Site: Gowanus Canal area, Brooklyn, NY Program: Urban scheme and a mixed-use building Collaborator: Allison Burrell

The fourth semester core project began as an urban planning exercise. We grafted the urban fabrics of historic cities into our site in the Gowanus Canal area of Brooklyn. From investigations into soil remediation of the existing Superfund site, the project evolved into a more focused study of the northern portion of the site.

To accomodate the necessary earthworks, we created an artificial, elevated ground condition. This built-up “Roman Hill� was comprised of a mega-structure which contained a shopping mall on its lowest level, artist galleries and live-work spaces in the middle floors, and higher-end condominiums on top. The quasi-rural townhomes atop the artificial ground creates a living condition worlds apart from the city below. The connection the homes share with the artist spaces and shopping mall below is through the expansive, plunging courtyards that give a distinctive sectional character to the project. The urban plan was done (above) was achieved in collaboration with Evan Cerelli, Phi Nguyen, and Allison Burrell. The architectural proposal was achieved in collaboration with Allison Burrell.

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3,700 ft²

5,900 ft²

6,100 ft² 3,900 ft² 9,500 ft² 4,000 ft² 5,100 ft²

6,200 ft²

5,800 ft²

3,900 ft²

8,600 ft²

3,900 ft²

5,700 ft²

5,500 ft²

5,000 ft²

7,000 ft²

3,000 ft²

3,500 ft²

5,100 ft² 3,200 ft²

3,000 ft² 7,300 ft² 5,700 ft²

4,200 ft²

5,000 ft²

4,600 ft²

Total Building Footprint 134,400 ft²

Soil Volume 13,400,000 ft³

SOIL PLACEMENT

55’ MAX

CONTAMINATED NATIVE SEDIMENT

FRESH

30’ MAX

FRESH

STABLIZED NATIVE SEDIMENT

10’

CONTAMINATED

Most Contaminated

ORGANOCLAY TREATMENT LAYER

5’

Fresh Soil

SAND AND GRAVEL LAYER

5’

Green Roof

5’

Mid Tier Soil

GRAVEL ARMOR LAYER

The relocation of a large volume of formerly contaminated soil from the overall site became a driver for the build-up of the dramatic SIX-STORY HILL on the northern portion of the site.

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Long Section (detail)

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Roof Plan Scale: 1/32” = 1’0”

Roof Plan

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Third Floor Plan Scale: 1/32” = 1’0”

Workshop Level Plan

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HEAT RECOVERED FROM WORKSHOPS BELOW

HIGH-END LOFT

MAX HEIGHT TO SECOND GROUND 55’

ARTIST APARTMENT

WORKSHOP

RETAIL

RETAIL SYSTEM WITHIN STRUCTURAL MULLIONS ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS

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The expansive, plunging light courtyards provide CONTINUITY BETWEEN DISPARATE WORLDS: a pastoral neighborhood on top, a shopping mall below, and light-filled artist spaces in between

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