Fall 2020 Intermediate Architectural Design Studio (Livesey)

Studio 3 Water & Art Instructor Graham Livesey Fall 2020

ABIR BIRANI

EQUILIBRIUM

EQUILIBRIUM 1.0 Equilibrium is a multi-functional structure located along 17th AVE SW in Calgary, Alberta. The structure contains therapeutic pools, therapy spaces, and indoor and outdoor art galleries that are submerged into garden spaces throughout. Relative to art, wellness, and water, the program of the building provides spaces for social interaction and personal reflection. Using vegetation and gardens throughout the building acts as a barrier to reveal and conceal private spaces (pools) from public spaces (galleries/exhibits). Nature is incorporated into the building to provide stress relief and submerge users into surroundings that contrasts the built environment.

rooftop green space + outdoor gallery

multi-media gallery washrooms gardens + open space classrooms

change rooms

sauna interconnection + gallery

warm pool cold pool

garden + open space

therapy rooms aromatherapy + sound bath washrooms

office + staffroom garden + open space washrooms cafe office garden + open space juice bar exhibit

cad-block.com

cad-block.com

cad-block.com

cad-block.com

BATHS ART GALLERY MIXED GARDENS

water treatment plant

SHARED

shipping + receiving office art storage

walk through gallery therapy garden roof top

room

therapy

classroom

art storage

open garden

art storageopen

cafe

baths walk through gallery garden

garden cafe

(washrooms behind)

open garden

open office garden

cafe

open garden

NOOR NOOR (Arabic): light/glow Noor is a contrast to the typical organic form of nature. The first inspiration for the design comes from Arabian light fixtures that cast geometric patterned shadows on surfaces. The second being, sunlight patterns that shine through natural elements such as trees that create more-free form patterns.

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PROGRAM + CONCEPT EXPLORATION The architectural program consists of elements such as, materiality, wellness, creativity, and gardens/green spaces. The design offers various spaces, such as art workshops for paint, fiber, pottery, galleries and exhibits, and community-based resources. The gardens will wrap around these spaces allowing for an immersive experience that encourages social interactions, mobility, discovery and exploration.

Painting explorations of these components help connect the form and program to one another. In an attempt to understand these spaces, light and level explores where voids and openings can allow for minimal or maximum sun exposure to the gardens, as well as where the materiality of wood, glass, and vegetation can be used to offer different experiences and various space conditions.

social interaction

natural elements (gardens)

management (reception + offices)

community (therapy + education)

mobility exploration

concept

OUTDOOR

exhibitions + workshops (art + creativity) gallery

COMMUNITY

EXHIBITION

GREEN SPACE

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tropical garden juice bar (50sqm) juice bar (50sqm)

galleries (500 sqm)

shipping + receiving (100sqm)

office

subterranean garden

classrooms (300sqm)

administration/office suite (100sqm) office

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outdoor garden

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workshops (400sqm)

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indoor + private

collab

aroma therapy water floating

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collab body therapy

body therapy art therapy

art therapy

level + light

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sound bath

sound bath water floating

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gardens

EQUILIBRIUM 2.0 As an iteration, Equilibrium 2.0 aims to explore how users connect to their natural and built environments. By using material local to the ecology it encourages users to explore and discover elements of the building. The subterranean level houses therapeutic spaces such as massage rooms, sound baths and aromatherapy rooms. As the user passes through the main level they are able to interact with one another through the outdoor gathering spaces and gardens. Galleries, gardens, workshops and classrooms are designed on the above ground floors to create immersive experiences as public user exploring or as a private user taking a workshop or class. Through elements of materiality, wellness, gardens, and art, Equilibrium’s purpose is to aid in the wellness of the Calgarian users by having a building that is friendly, encouraging, and exposes us to natural elements that aid in our wellbeing.

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CALEB DERKSEN

THE ACROPHOBIC PLAYGROUND

CANDICE CHEAH

A DRINK FROM THE FOUNTAIN OF OMNISCIENCE

A /SITE/SIGHT/ ANALYSIS

Project Summary Through the examination of work by Richard Diebenkorn and Larissa Fassler, a series of paintings were created as a means of analyzing the site given for this studio - a set of parking lots situated along 17th avenue in downtown Calgary between 15th and 7th street. Theoretical aspects of this studio were largely informed by Alex Wall’s essay ‘Programming the Urban Surface’, which raises a number of urban themes such as mobility and access, the inhabitable surface, and waiting for appropriation.

In the following paintings, three lots located between 11th and 10th street were analyzed. Mobility & Access examined networks and nodes of intensities. An Inhabitable Surface examined dynamism within the space. And finally, Waiting for Appropriation looked into past and potential future uses.

MOBILITY + ACCESS

AN INHABITABLE SURFACE

WAITING FOR APPROPRIATION

IN SPACE Project Summary ‘Delicate Bodies’ is a hanging light fixture that takes inspiration from ‘kintsugi’, a Japanese form of art that involves repairing broken pottery with gold lacquer. As a philosophy, ‘kintsugi’ treats the process of breakage and repair as significant in an object’s history, a notion that resonates with my previous research for this studio, in that vulnerability, flaws, and imperfections should be embraced.

This idea of ‘kintsugi’ is translated by patching cellophane paper wrap onto tissue paper, thereby emphasizing its delicate and fragile qualities.

DELICATE BODIES

12th st 16th ave

12th st

16th ave

SITE PLAN

17th ave

17th ave

Project Summary ‘A Drink from the Fountain of Omniscience’ is a multi-use building that houses therapeutic baths, various art galleries, and both indoor and outdoor gardens.

Taking inspiration from courtyard typography and buildings that are simple, pure, and monolithic in form, all of which are characteristics found in several contemplative and meditative spaces, ‘A Drink from the Fountain of Omniscience’ speculates on the journey to wellness and explores how architecture can act as a multi-sensory vehicle for change.

By beginning their journeys with the descent into the subterranean, users are forced into spaces of vulnerability. However, they are also encouraged to reflect upon their experiences and to delve deep inside themselves to uncover these aspects of vulnerability and ‘un-wellness’ as they traverse through the building and before ultimately, ascending up to ground level.

A DRINK FROM THE FOUNTAIN OF OMNISCIENCE Wellness as a Journey

Acceptance Clarity

Descension

The Unwell (Vulnerability)

Management

The Well (Transformation)

Exposure Discomfort

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Contentment

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Support Fear Introspection

Anxiety

Humiliation

CONCEPT

ACT I

ACT II

ACT III

SECTION

SECTION

PHYSICAL MODEL

ELEVATION

SUBTERRANEAN LEVEL

GROUND LEVEL

DANIELE ORSINI

HEALTH & WELLNESS

Wellness: Biophila & Exercise

MEN'S CHANGE ROOM

OFFICE 1

WOMEN'S CHANGE ROOM

OPEN TO BELOW

SECOND FLOOR ABOVE (SHOWN DOTTED)

FITNESS CENTRE

SECOND FLOOR PLAN 5m

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10 m

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION BUILDING SECTION 'A'

Wellness: Biophila & Exercise

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10 m

YOGA STUDIO

Wellness: Biophila & Exercise

Wellness: Biophila & Exercise

INIOLUWA ADEDAPO

TR(I)MMERSION

Painting on Flow and Surface

Model on Phalanges Project

Title Model Study on Thickening

Title Model Study on Movement

Title Model Study on Impermanence

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Light Fixture: Exploring Art and Mood Therapy Through Light

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InteriorRender RenderofofSubterranean Nature AtriumBaths Interior

3D Model of Tr(i)mmersion Building

Tectonic Section Showing Atrium and Bath Relationship

Exterior Render of Tr(i)mmersion

Maria Grygoryeva

Creating Sanctuary Creating Sanctuary

Subterranean Floor Plan

Ground Floor Plan

Typical Floor Plan

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Open to Above

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1. Water Treatment 2. Change Rooms 3. Change Rooms

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4. Cold Pool 5. Sauna/Aromatherapy 6. Hot Pool 7. Warm Pool

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1. Shipping 2. Washrooms 3. Lobby 4. Spa Reception

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Open to Above

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Open to Above

Open to Above

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5. Box Office 6. Washrooms 7. Bar B.O.H 8. Juice Bar

1. Classroom 2. Washrooms 3. Gallery 4. Therapy Room

5. Therapy Room 6. Therapy Room

Plans

Meander The first iteration of the wellness center design focused on mental well being and drew inspiration from the movement of water, especially the way water can carve away and erode natural landscapes to form canyons. This project will attempt to create a sanctuary for the modern city dweller to encourage a sense of mental well being. By creating spaces that are immersive and introspective, inhabitants will be encouraged to look inwards and to take the time to prioritize their emotional needs.

Longitudinal Section

Baths Render

Scandare The second iteration of the wellness center re-imagined how the programme and structure could accommodate a new concept of spirituality and transcendence. Traditional notions of sacred geometry were used to create pleasing proportions throughout the design of the building. The interior organization of the structure uses the Fibonacci series to create a gridded system that focuses on proportionality and zoning of spaces. A processional framework is also considered in the making of the plans to create a ritualistic passage which takes the visitors through each of the facilities.

Upper Gallery Render

1. Outdoor Garden 2. Entry/Reception 3. Drinking Fountain 4. Water Treatment 5. Storage 6. Indoor Garden 7. Indoor Garden 8. Galleries 9. Butterfly Garden 10. Meditation Chambers 11. Offices 12. Shipping and Receiving

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OPEN TO BELOW

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OPEN TO ABOVE

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Procession Diagram

Ground Floor Plan

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Sections

10m

20m

Galleries Services

Garden

Services

Baths Exterior Render

South Elevation

Zoning Diagram

MAUREEN CARRIGY

a space outside of reality

a jux taposition in form that collides the stereotyped office structure [reality] with the unbounded + undefined form of the cr yst al [surreal]. as one progresses upwards, reality dissipates + becomes increasingly unstable until the boundary between reality + surreal is completely lost. t h e u s e r w i l l a r r i v e a t a f a m i l i a r p l a z a + l o b b y, r e m a i n i n g in realit y until check-in. realit y begins to blur as they trade their clothes for a blank canvas + they begin their ascent into the blurred garden: a vertical maze of experimental flora conceptualizations. the route the user takes through the garden is unique, perhaps finding a direct route through, or perhaps exploring all the variations. a cafe + lounge offers a moment of rest at the pinnacle of the blurred garden, allowing the user to reset their mind + body before fully submerging themself into the surreal. within the immersive dreamscape galleries the user ’s unconscious mind can be quietly opened and the dormancies within the self can be discovered + embraced as the first step in ones journeys to wellness.

a space outside of reality

[ u n ] w e l l n e s the journey towards wellness requires achieving a state of harmony between the mind body + soul in its entirety. it requires the courage to expose oneself through determination to reach + identify the dormant potentials, the unknown somethings that reside within the soul. the subconscious mind quietly influences and informs one’s personal philosophy + identity throughout the lifetime, but a person might not understand what these ‘somethings’ are. to be well, one must reveal the unknowns within, the dormant ‘somethings’ that lay beyond the reaches of the conscious psyche - deep within the subconscious mind + embrace them so that the unconscious mind + conscious mind can become synchronized + achieve a state of harmony as one. but how does one reach these unknown + inaccessible places of the psyche?

surrealism provides the vessel for exploration into the unconscious mind. the surrealist approach allows for a unmediated + nonsensicle manifestation of the unconscious thought + interpretation. the distortion + anti-reality constructs of surrealism allows the soul to let go of bias, expectation, + perceived answers to reality so that the soul can quietly open + make sense of the world through irrational form. surrealism allows for the exploration of the soul without the plague of rationality, sensibility, or the burden of straight forward, concrete, or explainable answers one might think are required. surrealism provides access to a blurred dimension creating the opportunity for the unconscious mind to reveal the dormant properties + allow for new discussions to arise.

Miriam Navarrete Herrera

Level 8- Event Rooftop Level 7- Multimedia Gallery

Level 6- Gallery 4

Level 5- Gallery 3

Level 4 - Gallery 2

Level 3- Gallery 1 Level 2-Administration / Washrooms

Level 1- Garden/ Gallery Lobby / Clasrooms

Level 0- Café / Juice Bar / Access

Level -1- Baths reception/ Office Area Level -2- Therapy Rooms / Washrooms Level -3- Bath Area and Steam Rooms

Front View - Section Front View – Section 1

Sketches Front View – Section 1

Front View – Section 2

Program Diagram

Interior View- Pedestrian Access Front View – Section 1

Model Studies Front View – Section 1

Surface Illustrations

Miriam Navarrete Herrera Intermediate Architectural Design Studio

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Street View

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Main Floor

Site Analysis

Roof Floor 1.

Lobby Access

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Access to Exhibition Area

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Exhibition Room Access

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Delivery Access

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Exhibition Room Exit

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Roof Garden Exit

View- Exhibition Rooms

View- Bath Area

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Section 2

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Plans

OBINNA EKEZIE

AQUEOUS ARCHITECTURE

Aqueous Monolith culminates my research on wellness, the therapeutic qualities of water and how water can influence architecture. It intersects water and design to provide a phenomenological experience by exploring the idea of water and the garden. The formal qualities of the architecture was partly driven by the idea of the Chora. It poses the question- how can a piece of architecture in serving as a host and receptacle for water allow itself get deformed willingly? The site strategically borders 11th street, 16th and 17th avenue, I responded with what I believe is a unique piece of architecture that offers spaces for play, renewal and relaxation. The floor plans were designed to ease vertical circulation between dry and wet areas.

Stages of Development

The formal explorations considered transparency, void spaces, deformations on the building skin as inspired by water and the various water activities. The circulation plan recognizes the traffic incidence on 17th avenue.

The problem was solved by routing vehicular pathways to the 16th avenue facing side of the building while maintaining pedestrian access through all sides of the building.

Roof Terrace/Garden/Observatory Sky Gardens Water Slides Lazy River

Underwater Restaurant/Rain Room/Aquarium Service Floor On Level 13 Botanical Garden Water Playground Swimming Pool Baths and Changing Rooms Restaurant and Cafe Exit Podium

Entrance and Ticketing

Exploded Axo Showing Program Composition

Title Longitudinal Section

Title Cross Section

Axonometric View (Facing 17th Avenue)

The Baths on 17th, the first stage of the studio investigates wellness architecture by creating a unique bathing experience. The program attempts to blend the existing buildings, services and adjacencies with the new program by posing and answering the questions ; how does a building effectively blend with its landscape in an inseparable marriage? how do buildings positively transform their pre-existing context as they extend into their surroundings? and how do we design today looking to the future while still responding to the specificity of the site/programme? The subterranean baths were designed to evoke transcendency, an asylum space, tranquility, and a place of refuge. In being located below the city surface, the spaces are buffered from the 17th Avenue noise and traffic incidence.

Longitudinal Section

Cross Section

longitudinal section

Public Yard for Seasonal Public Yard for Seasonal Markets/Parking Spaces Markets/ Parking Spaces

Model in Context, facing 17th Avenue

Exploded Axo showing the Public Yard

Amara, a light fixture, was built from recycled parts. It is about re-imagining and re-adapting existing conditions to read new meanings. Some of the design considerations in its conceptualization were ease of assembly, weight, ease of installation, scalability, interoperability and translucency.

Design Logic and Construction Process

4.2cm

Vellum Wrapper Foam core board Stiffeners

Design Considerations

42cm + Bottom Horizontal Stiffener to be removed after form setting

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Ease of Assembly Weight Ease of Installation Scalability Interoperability Translucency

IKEA E26 600 Lumen 5W LED Bulb

Structure

Void Geometry to create functional space for lamp holder and for bulb fixing

Structure + Electrical Components

Proposed Object

17cm Design Logic

Construction

Hanging in a Space

Title

Ligthing Effects/Affects

RICA MIGRINO

REGEN

PHASE 1 - KICKOFF The objective of this mini-project is to design a space that is representative of our personal definition of wellness. KICKOFF is an architecture that explores the balance between the emotional, physical, and mental dimensions of wellness by providing spaces that allow activities under these dimensions to flourish.

The final iteration of models demonstrate the fluidity and lightweight elements that the work intends to achieve through the development of the final project.

FLOOR PLANS

PAINTINGS

FINAL MODELS

PHASE 2 - FLORA The lighting fixture is a project that embodies the research presented in Phase II of our studio course. My reearch entails the switch from personal explorations of wellness to the communal level instead. With this, I explore the neighbourhood of Sunalta to which I learn that their community garden is a space that brings their community together.

PLAY

LIVE

SUNALTA

LEARN

RESEARCH - COMMUNAL WELLNESS

CONCEPT DEVELOPTMENT

FLORA SUPPLEMENTARY WORKS

PHASE 3 - REGEN The research question in the previous section is: how can the role of water foster healthy relationships at the community level? REGEN is a response to this as the architecture uses the theme of water to drive concepts such as live, learn, and play and will inform the projects’ programmatic conditions. It aims to address the current challenges faced by the community of Sunalta such as food insecurity and lonliness by providing a space for food generation and community gathering.

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REGEN is a set of four vertical towers where vegetable gardens occupy the top half while aquariums occupy the bottom half. The design is driven by the technical process of aquaponics. Aquaponics is a cycle process in which the waste of aquatic animals like fish is used as fertilizer to supply nutrients into the plants and in turn the plants provide purification and oxygen to the fish.

Robin Vindum Whitteker

SESNSORY ARCHITECUTRE

Urban Rhythems

Urban Patterns

Cracking Surface

Illumination

Apature and Curvature

GALLERY

HUB

Project 1: Upper Level

CAFE

GIFT SHOP

HUB

GALLERY SECONDARY SPA FACILITIES ACCESS YOGA SUANA (GENERAL) SUANA (WOMEN ONLY)

Project 1: Ground Floor

HOT AND COLD POOLS GYM

Sectional Model

CAFE & GALLERY ACCESS GALLERY

HUB

HUB

ENTRY

COOL POOL

ADMIN

ENTRY

WATER TREATMENT POOL MECH

SECONDARY SPA FACILITIES ACCESS

SUANA (GENERAL) SUANA (WOMEN ONLY)

Project 1: Lower Level

Project 1: Rooftop Render

Project 1: Circulation

SPA FACILITIES ACCESS

OUTDOOR GARDEN

OUTDOOR GARDEN

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HANGING GARDEN

Massing Study

Sensory Program Design

Upper Level Ceiling Plan

Adjaceny Conncetions

Section Looking East

SAM BARIL

RESTORE

VERSION 01: RE-CONNECTION

REFLECT

MOVEMENT

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F4

VERSION 02: - RESTORING THE NATURAL

F2

PERMEATE

ASCENT

CULTIVATE

ENGAGE

MULTI-SENSORY

STEVIA HATZIKIRIAKOS

A SENSORY SPACE

Street view

Section

Ground Floor Plan “Entry & Maintenance”

Roof Plan

Floor Four “Auditory Gallery”

Floor Seven “Feel Garden”

Model Study

Model Study

Sectional Model

Model Study

“Bioluminescence”

“Bioluminescence” Macro View

Process

YUANYUAN GUAN

THE ROCK

About the Rock The Rock is rehabilitation center with the integration of water and art therapy. With the high complexity of our nowadays society, personal wellness is inseparable to city wellness. It is believed that individuals will make healthy choices by creating a healthy community.

Having common goals in being wellness, the community should be inclusive and try its best to provide equal access to resources for every member. Moreover, with the ongoing pandemic situation, our various daily-life spaces are facing an inevitable change. It is now the worldwide interest to re-think of our ways of being social in a public space. This project took the current pandemic crisis into account. The project tried to address the current interest in post-pandemic design through the implication of one-way circulation. Moreover, the form of this building’s exterior and interior are made to reinforce the local cultural identity. Interesting space are made through the exploration of this form.

Sectional Model

Forming Diagram

Water Community Green Other

Programing Diagram

Interior Render

5th Floor

4th Floor

Exterior Render 3rd Floor

2nd Floor

1st Floor

Basement