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VANESSA MARIN
VANESSA MARIN Advanced Design Portfolio
School of Architecture and Community Design University of South Florida
INDEX
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Museum of Amalgamated Art 4 Chicago, Illinois
Manatee Art Center Extension 22 Bradenton, Florida
Design Development 33
Florida Landscape Seminar 37 Fort Matanzas, Florida
School of Architecture and Community Design 47 Downtown Tampa
St. Armands Residence 70 Sarasota, Florida
A design for a neighborhood in Havana, Cuba
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Holga image of Chicago, Illinois
Museum of Amalgamated Art
Chicago, Illinois
[Spring 2015//Michael Halflants] 7 Weeks
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CONTEXT
Located in Chicago, Illinois The Museum of Amalgamated Art’s main purpose was to house a permanent modern art collection. The site of the project is across Mies Van der Rohe’s Lakeshore Apartments and down the block from the John Hancock Building. The idea for the museum was to create a space where each of the pieces could be celebrated, and because of this the curation of the exhibition became a driving force behind the gallery spaces. Along with the museum, a school with a set of studios was created for visiting artists, and an auditiorium. The auditorium is treated as one of the art pieces, and it is placed central to the design. The auditorium breaks the structure of the museum and it is viewed from the outside of the building as well as from the inside. The intervention responds to Van der Rohe’s buildings by reacting to the gap between the buildings. This gap becomes a large atrium with views from every story.
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Aerial view of site. Chicago, Illinois
View of Hancock Building through Lakeshore Apartment “gap”
Gap between Lakeshore Apartments
West view of site
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PRELIMINARY STUDIES
Sketch model: cherry and strathmore
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FINAL MODEL
The final design of the museum highlights the auditorium and the gallery spaces. These spaces are designed as more sculptural moments, negating the orthogonal structure of the rest of the tower. The structure like the atrium responds to the museum’s neighboring Van der Rohe towers. This helps to highlight the moments when the order of the structure is broken. The school also plays with the structure of the tower, the studios are offset from the established grid in order to frame views of the John Hancock Tower, and Lake Michigan.
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Fnal Model: gray and white strathmore, basswood
FINAL DETAILS
Detail shot of Atrium Space
View of auditorium’s two levels
The auditorium becomes the hierarchy of the project. It is viewed as one approaches the project. It breaks out of the building and predominates above the other programmed spaces. The lobby holds the sculptural staircase which seems to cascade down from the auditorium’s main atrium space. This staircase takes visitors to the second floor cafe or the auditorium. The auditorium has two levels of seating, the top level’s entry is directly connected to the studio spaces above. This allows the students to go in and out without having to interrupt the main viewing area on the first level.
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West view of auditorium as one approaches museum
Underground Level
Ground Level
Level Two
Level Three
Level Four
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Rendered view of lobby and cascading staircase
Rendered View of auditorium from atrium space
Level Five
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Level Six
Level Seven
Level Eight
The school levels are located above the auditorium and just below the gallery spaces, these are separated from the museum. All the studios are interconnected. This is possible by shifting three of the studios half a level and connecting them with a stairs. These stairs become places for circulation but also places for the students to pause and relax between classes.
View of shifted studio spaces connected by stairs
Level Nine
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View of studios and gallery’s sculptural form
West facade of galleries highlighting atrium
Detail Shot of shifted studio spaces connected by stairs
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Level Ten
Level Eleven
Each of the art pieces have a specific space in the gallery, and they are curated in a way to create a discovery journey through the museum, the more three dimensional pieces slowly guide you to the more two dimensional pieces on the floors above.
Sarah Sze “Model for a Habitat”
C. Parker “Dark Matter”
El Anatsui “Broken Bridge II”
Daniel Rozin “Trash Mirror”
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Level Twelve
Level Thirteen
K. Kaikkonen “Like a Bird of Passage”
Jean Debombourg “La Redoute” B. Debombourg “Volte Face”
SECTIONS
Longitudinal section drawing, rhino
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Sectional view of final model
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Final model in plexiglass site
Manatee Art Center Extension
Bradenton, Florida
[Spring 2015//Michael Halflants] 8 Weeks
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CONTEXT
The Manatee Art Center is a multidisciplinary art facility which servers the Bradenton community. The task of the project was to create an extension which would serve the changing and growing needs of the current art center. To do this the gallery spaces had to be expanded and several studios created. The center had a need for a larger art store, one that could attract a larger crowd. The location of the center allows for large visibility from the west facade. The southwest corner opens up to a large intersection, making the visibility from the outside and inside important. The solution was to create a new structure to hold four new large studios. This structure can be built without touching the current art center, meaning classes wouldn’t have to stop. Once the new studios are built, like Renzo Piano’s Morgan Library addition, a light atrium space is built to connect both the new and the old. The atrium space serves as the new art store and also as the gallery spaces, and both spaces become the main circulation.
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Aerial view of site. Bradenton, Florida
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PROCESS
Sketch model: basswood
The circulation through the art center is an important aspect for the producing and selling of the art pieces. Because of this the main circulation was pushed to the west side of the building. Allowing for major visibility from the main street. The gallery and store are placed along the main circulation. The stairs are also treated in the same manner, framing the views on the north. These stairs lead to the 2-d art studios located on the second and third story, these are highlighted with red metal paneling, allowing a distinction between the old and the new, and celebrating the current studio names in the Manatee art center. The 3-dimensional art studios, like ceramics and jewelery making are kept in the old building. An east side porch, with a large overhang is created for the kiln and for shading from the Florida sun. The structure is rational and accentuates the simplicity and the elegance of the new addition.
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FINAL MODEL
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The final design of the art center focuses on making the atrium spaces which serve as not only circulation but gallery space, bright and welcoming. The atrium has a roof glass allowing for light to come through the old building. A porch is added on the east facade to control the rising sun from over heating the new intervention. The studios and atrium are centered around a courtyard. The courtyard takes advantage of the new building to shade it and cool off. The entry is moved to the east side allowing for better connection to the surrounding area.
Final model: basswood, chipboard
FINAL DETAILS
The integration of the new and the old was important for the project to feel like one building, and not like an addition to the current one. The ground plan on the right shows the seamless connection between the old and the new. The flow of the spaces on the ground floor and the way the circulation is placed helps to connect all the spaces. The staircase is pushed out of the building and it is framed by the metal panels of the new studios. This creates a special moment when ascending to the upper levels.
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Detail shot of staircase breaking out of floorplan
View of porch and kiln area
Glass roof atrium space
Ground Plan
The studios on the new addition have the possibility of being one large space or be divided into two smaller studios like shown on level three. The studios are separated from the main atrium but open up to courtyard space, ignoring the high traffic street on the west side.
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Structural qualities of atrium space
Level Three
Detail shot of main stair
Section model showing connection of new studios and atrium
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Section model cutting through new intervention
SECTION
The section drawing at the bottom show the seamless connection while experiencing both the old and the new parts of the art center. While the model shows how the new intervention allows the art center to stand out in its site.
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Longitudinal section drawing, revit
HOUSING
As part of the new art center renovation the idea of housing was introduced. The housing component was to be an addition to the new spaces the art center required. Using the original design, the new studio area was instead turned into several new condos. These consisted of one, two, and three bedroom apartments. These apartments could be leased to the artists and different members of the art center. A garage was placed on the bottom ground levels to serve the needs of the visitors and the new residents. The apartments have balconies which take advantage of the sun, they are separated by an inner courtyard which holds the circulation. There are different levels with public spaces through the different levels, and top level houses a rooftop garden for the community. The housing and the art center are connected by a passage way which also connects the ground floor and the street.
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Final housing design for the art center
FINAL DETAILS
West facade of housing component
East facade and view of different garden levels
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Detail shot of art center residences
Top Level
3 Bedroom/2 Bath 3,000 sq. ft. Total of 3 units 2 Bedroom/2 Bath 2,300 sq. ft. Total of 6 Units
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1 Bedroom/1.5 Bath 1,450 sq. ft. Total of 6 Units Garage: 32 Parking Spaces 100’ x 80‘
Bottom Level The plans above show a typical three bedroom apartment in the new art center residences. The ground floor is an open plan double height living area with two bedroom. The kitchen and dining have views of the inner courtyard. The entry to the apartment is through the balcony allowing it to function like a front porch. This porch has direct views of the ground floor courtyard, which is shared by the art center. The second story consists of a master suite, with office space. The master suite looks down into the living space, but also has views of the inner courtyard. The master suite balcony takes advantage of the northern light, making it a cool space to enjoy.
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Florida Landscape Seminar
Fort Matanzas, Florida
[ Summer 2015//Nancy Sanders] 6 Weeks
Holga image of Fort Matanzas, Florida
CONTEXT
The Matanzas Inlet located on the east coast of Florida may be as important today as it was 500 years ago. Today the Matanzas Inlet is the last natural inlet on the east coast of Florida. The slow moving sands have caused the inlet to slowly shift half-mile south from its original location. The Spanish settlers saw the inlet as an important entrance into St. Augustine. The edge of the inlet is a constant battle between sand and water, it is an ever-changing landscape. The shifting qualities of this place makes it an enchanting site full of history and natural beauty. The Inlet connects The Atlantic Ocean and The Matanzas River. The Matanzas River is 23 miles long and it extends from St Augustine all the way south of the Matanzas Inlet. The Matanzas River is shielded from the Atlantic Ocean by barrier islands and was an important waterway for the Spanish settlers. The Matanzas Inlet was considered the “back door� to St. Augustine.
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Aerial view of Matanzas Inlet and Matanzas River
Matanzas Inlet, Atlantic Ocean
Boardwalks between land and sea
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Sunrise at Fort Matanzas
THE FORT
The Matanzas Inlet is not only historically charged but it is constantly shifting. The site has changed dramatically during the last 400 years. These fluctuations have altered our history. Hurricanes always present in Florida permitted the defeat of the 250 French men during the “slaughter� that gave the river its name. The hurricane wrecked the ships of the Frenchmen who wanted to gain possession of Fort Matanzas. The Spanish soldiers marched into Fort Caroline and killed the French citizens of the village along with the soldiers of the ship. The bodies were tossed in the Penon Inlet. Another hurricane caused the strip of land south of Anastasia Island to fade away and hence Penon Inlet to disappear. The first fort was built as early as 1569. It was a simple wooden structure, and would later develop into a coquina fort. The new fort would guard and protect the Spanish settlers in St. Augustine for a few hundred years. Fort Matanzas is located on Rattlesnake Island, another barrier island off the east coast of Florida. When the fort was built the island was less than two acres of dry land. Today Rattlesnake Island is more than two hundred acres. The major changes to the inlet have happened very slowly: the shifting waves and sand have moved the inlet south and have blocked the direct connection between the fort and the Atlantic Ocean. To a visitor today the fort seems too far away to protect the inlet.
Holga camera film strip: an experiential collage through the Matanzas landscape
Section through Fort Matanzas starting at the Intercoastal Waterway to the Atlantic Ocean. The section shows the distances along the different waterways and the average depth of the Matanzas RiverW
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Above are four cyanotypes used to capture the different natural elements at the Matanzas Inlet. These include shrubs from hammocks and sand dunes and shells from the ocean.
The map on the right shows the shifting sands of the inlet. This map shows the movement of the sand and water which hugs the edge of the inlet and releases into the Matanzas River forming the estuaries. The shifting information for the last ten years is overlaid using the red hue, echoing the bloody history of the inlet and the river.
The map on the left shows the changes that have occurred around the Matanzas Inlet and gives the approximate location of the Penon Inlet in 1565. The map also shows the transformation of Rattlesnake Island into a larger island of wetlands and scrub. An interesting observation of the map is the connection between the location of the Penon Inlet and the Matanzas Inlet. These inlets seem to coincide with one another. This means that the Penon Inlet: where the slaughter of the Frenchmen occurred and where the coquina for the fort was quarried has naturally come back to existence. The slowly moving sands of Anastasia Island have caused history to repeat itself. If a Spanish settler was shown a map of Florida today he would assure us the inlet we see now is the Penon Inlet and not the Matanzas Inlet.
Estaury and salt marsh
Coastal Scrub and hammocks 46
Sand dunes
coquina
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School of Architecture and Community Design Downtown Tampa
[Fall 2015//Dan Powers] 15 Weeks
Holga image of Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri
CONTEXT
The new School of Architecture and Community Design addition in downtown Tampa has two main components. The first one is a new bigger school of architecture designed to house a larger body of students. The second component is a living component, with 120 single residence occupancy units. Both the school and the SROs shared a 5 sided block located between Franklin St. and Tampa St. The site requirements included a plaza which encompassed 15% of the site, and separate entrances to the school and the living units. The site’s location made a connection with the public an important aspect of the design. The idea for the plaza was to create a hub, that allowed for involvement from the students, the residents, but more importantly the larger downtown Tampa community. The school along with studios and shops required an auditorium and a gallery. These two spaces became the hierarchy and the driving force for the design.
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Aerial view of site. Tampa, Florida
The south facade of the project faces The Element
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View of site from northwest corner
The site is the shifting point of the Tampa grid, where it stops following the eastward land orientation and the streets start responding to true north.
North of site
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The idea for the project was to create a “third space�. One that would act as the catalyst between the school and the housing. The components were separated into two separate towers and the plaza became the neutral ground between them. A public space for the community one that was a leveler for everyone. The gallery is placed in the plaza separate from the school, and serves as a way to attract people to the space. The gallery is free to the community and anchors the project on the site. The auditorium located in the school serves as the second anchor, one that is more private and geared towards the current students of the new school.
STRUCTURAL MODEL 52
model showing all vertical structural elements and floor plates: strathmore, basswood
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Ground Plan
View of new SACD design in downtown Tampa
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FINAL MODEL
The final design centers around the auditorium and the gallery. The school’s north facade opens up to the plaza. The auditorium breaks the school into more public levels at the bottom and the more private spaces on the top. Different open air spaces are carved out of the school giving it a dynamic form on all four elevations. The residences face downtown Tampa, and the south facade of the building is screened for sun protection.
FINAL DETAILS
The bottom levels of the school are more public. The top level of the existing building on the site becomes an outdoor open space for both the residents and the students. The lobby opens up to the auditorium. A large stair leads visitors from to the lobby into the auditorium level by wrapping around the southwest corner of the building. This makes the approach to the auditorium as important as the anchor itself. The administration and library look down into the lobby. The school then breaks off, allowing for a second open space. This open space becomes a release area for the auditorium and wraps around the form of the auditorium celebrating it. After this the shops, and faculty offices start the more private levels of the school.
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Southeast corner stairs leading to auditorium
View of main plaza and two anchors
Anchors, lobby, and plaza
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Rendered view of lobby and stairs ascending to auditorium, revit
Open terrace adjacent to auditorium
South side screen system
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Terrace with access from school and SROs
Mezzanine
Level Two
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Level Three
Level Five
Level Four
Level Six
Level Seven
Level Eight
Level Nine
Level Ten
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Level Eleven to Thirteen
Level Fourteen
Level Eleven Call-out
THE SCHOOL
The school’s more private levels start with the computer lab and printing facilities. The faculty offices on the next two levels look down into the lab floor making it an open atrium space for the students. A set of stairs protrude from the east facade and they begin to connect the upper levels of the school. This means students can go easily between studios, classrooms and labs without using the elevator or the fire stairs. The studios are separated by class level, but each floor is open, making it an environment for collaboration among the students. The stairs have direct view to the studios allowing a relationship among the different levels of the school.
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Rendered view of common studio space, revit
THE CROWN 61
Top view of final model
The top level classrooms open to a rooftop terrace with direct views of downtown Tampa, and protected from the sun by the screen system of the south facade. Above that a second and larger rooftop terrace connects directly to the SRO’s common spaces, these include a game room, and a theater. Five other levels of residences are places above the common room, these are then protected with the wrapping screen system from the school, making both towers one cohesive design.
Level Fifteen
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Level Sixteen
Level Seventeen
South facade of top SRO levels
Rooftop terrace for residents
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Rendered view of north elevation of project showing both anchors: the gallery and the auditorium and their connection to the building and the site. This image also highlights the gap between both structures and the terraces that appear throughout the design. Revit
SECTIONS West section drawing, revit
South section drawing, revit
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Rendered view of south east corner of project showing the dynamic facade of the SRO units. This shifting between units allow not only for shading but balcony spaces for the residents. On the inside the shifting allows for larger common spaces in each level of the SRO tower.
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Final model in site
St. Armands Residence Sarasota, Florida
[Summer 2016//Michael Halflants] 6 Weeks
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CONTEXT
St. Armands Key is located off the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, in Sarasota Bay. The project’s main goal is to proposed a house on the key, that is a true “Florida” house. One that relies on passive cooling systems, the architecture, and the landscape to make it a sustainable living condition in Florida. The site is a long and skinny lot on the northwest side of the island. The east and west winds make the summers comfortable. Some of the requirements of the project included: a large pool, a view to the gulf, three bedrooms, and plenty of living space. The house was required to be elevated off the ground for flooding purposes, by elevating the slab the house was then cooled off from the bottom. The proposal for the house was to split it into two separate volumes, allowing the east and west winds to cool off more surface area of the house. Separating these volumes creates a gap that connects the house from the front entrance to the pool in the back. The entrance to the house then becomes a procession through the gap, passing the large outdoor living space, and into the indoor living areas.
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Aerial view of St. Armands Key
PARTI Parti model proposing two separate volumes
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Sketch model
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Final model: basswood
FINAL MODEL
The final design consists of the main living spaces with two of the bedrooms above. The bedrooms are sheltered inside the larger volume, and they are open on the ceiling to allow the heat to escape. The second volume becomes the master bedroom elevated off the ground with the carport underneath. The living and dining areas open up to the pool and a set of stairs on the second level lead to a rooftop terrace with views of the gulf. The large roof protects the house from the sun, and the south facade is fully screened to allow light in but protect the house from the sun. The bedroom windows and doors are placed on the east and west allowing cross ventilation through the entire house. Sliding doors and windows allow the house to be functional without the need for air conditioning. The east facade of the house takes advantage of vertical louvers for protection from the rising sun.
Level Two
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Ground Level
FINAL DETAILS
Detail view of master bedroom suite and rooftop terrace
View of main living spaces, with bedroom sheltered above
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South facade screen system
The north elevation of the house shows the balance between the living spaces and the bedrooms on the second floor. Slanted columns make it possible for the large roof to look like it’s floating above the living spaces. The dining area opens up to an outdoor living space and is surrounded by the pool. The landscape is used to guide the wind through the house. They are placed east to west and provide shading for the south facade.
Elevation view of north facade
SECTIONS Longitudinal section drawing facing south
Cross section drawing facing east
The circulation to the house begins when you cross the gap that separates the two volumes. The stairs to the second floor are framed on the front of the house making them visible from the street. The stairs to the roof terrace are placed on the master suite volume pushing the volume up and allowing the heat to be released from the spaces below.
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Elevation view of east facade
Holga image of Havana, Cuba
A design for a neighborhood in Havana, Cuba
[Spring 2016//Jan Wampler] Team: Bryan Sportman//Steven Arrubla
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THE SPACE BETWEEN
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To begin the task of designing a new neighborhood for Havana, Cuba the spaces in different cities throughout the world were studied and analyzed. Madrid’s Plaza Mayor and Puerta del Sol embody well-designed spaces that turned into places. These places are charged with city life and pedestrian paths which interconnect the city as a whole. The grid is ignored and instead a more organic arrangement allows for a better city to live in. The space between model highlights the plazas, the pedestrian streets and the different spaces which turn into places. Focusing on the space between buildings, and ignoring the built form.
Aerial view of Plaza Mayor and Puerta del Sol
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Main street axis
Plaza Mayor’s space between
Puerta del Sol’s space between and connection to pedestrian paths
CONTEXT
Centro Havana, is the most dense neighborhood in Havana, Cuba. Built in the 17th century its buildings are only a memory of Cuba’s golden years. The houses along with all the infrastructure are run down, and unlivable. The streets are covered with debris and garbage, yet more than 80,000 Cubans call this place their home. The task of the project is to propose a renovation of Centro Havana, which not only provides housing, but jobs and education for Havana. Cuba has gone through a large tranformation in the last sixty years. After the Soviet Union’s fall, Cuba’s most important ally, the Cubans entered a special period where food and even medicine where at an all time low, since then the goverment has made several changes to allow a more private sector of business to bloom. Today the United States’ embargo on the island has been lifted and Cuba is growing changing at a very fast pace.
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Aerial view of Centro Havana
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View of Centro Havana from rooftop terrace
THE SITE
The site is about 1.5 miles by 1 mile making it a very easy to walk place. The location of Centro Havana makes it a very important neighborhood in Havana. Old Havana is located to east of it and La Rampa one of the most important avenues in Havana is just to the west of it. Centro Havana is more of a transition point between the two, and to change its current state a destination had to be created. A well designed space that could then in turn become a place.
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site visit analysis, walk through site highliting the more important streets ans spaces
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Site conditions in Centro Havana
Junk model: Cultural node
Junk model: Entertainment node
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Junk model: Agriculture node
Concept Graphic
Junk model: Transportation node
THE IDEA
The concept for the project became Havana’s Innovation District. The new innovation district would not only provide housing and jobs but it would put education as the most important aspect of the project. The innovation district would allow the residents as well as visiting researchers to study, learn, and then teach different ways and methods for sustainable living. The new district would connect Old Havana and La Rampa, making it a destination between the both. Five nodes were created for the project the most important at the core the innovation node. Using some of the ideas learned from the space between model, an axis was drawn on the plan in order to connect Centro Havana. The remaining four nodes are connected to this axis. An agricultural node, with large crop areas and facilities for organoponics was designed. In here other Cubans could learn to grow their own food. An energy harvesting node with an entertainment component, a cultural node with performance spaces, studios, and galleries. A transportation node which would house a mobility hub for bikers, drivers, and walkers, and provide a tramway to connect Centro Havana via the new axis.
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Junk model: Innovation node
Massing model
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1:100 preliminary scheme: strathmore, chipboard
The abstract scheme was turned into architecture. The axis which helps to connect La Rampa and Old Havana also allowed for different spaces and buildings to be created. A large plaza was placed in the center of the innovation node. Different pedestrian streets array off from the plaza. In order to continue thinking about space and place and less about buildings a second space between model was created, one highlighting the space between the new intervention. This space between model focuses on the axis and the new created pedestrian paths. These paths become an alternative way to travel through the neighborhood, without the need of a car, making it a more sustainable solution.
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1:100 space between model: plexiglass
The section above shows the connection between the two different nodes: the entertainment node and the agriculture node, and the existing buildings which will later begin to change.
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[Education]
[Jobs]
[Energy]
Research and Innovation The areas where research is done also has classrooms and educational facilities where they can train the local people to be the workforce for visiting researchers and to become the carriers of knowledge to other partsof Cuba.
Transportation Havana’s Innovation hub will be composed of a mayor thoroughfare that runs through the center of the intervention. This thoroughfare is streetcar, pedestrian, and bike path only.
Solar Solar panels that work as street lights at night. They’re placed along all mayor thoroughfares as well as on pedestrian streets.
Sustainable Energy The Innovation hub’s sources of power are meant to be an educational opportunity. The locals can learn about how they work and learn to install and maintain them. Making them carriers of this necessary knowledge to other parts of Cuba.
Positive-energy Housing The homes would be equipped with solar panels and small wind turbines. These structures would not require all of the energy produced. They can sell it to the city and therefore lessen the impact of imported fossil fuel costs.
Wave Power Wave power to collect energy from ocean surface waves, and capture that energy to do useful work.For example, electricity generation, water desalination,or the pumping of water (into reservoirs).
[Agriculture]
Oragonopics Urban agriculture that consists of a double-skin green facade. It can cover a vast amount of square footage over many floors. This kind of crops are usually placed in boxes or directly onto the concrete slab.
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Rendered view of approach to agriculture node along a new pedestrian path, revit
Energy is collected through wavepower from El Malecon Provides places to harvest different kinds of energy, solar, wind, wave and renewal energy from recycling sources Entertainment Node includes restaurants, bars, and stores, providing not only jobs and revenue for the locals Housing uses vertical garden screens, to grow food and for passive cooling ideas
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Tramway is a low impact method of public transportation High Density Housing is mixed with commercial on the ground floors. This provides jobs for the neighborhood and also provides a sense of place and purpose to the community Pedestrian Streets lower the amount of cars used on the site, and are framed by local food stores Educational facilities for researchers house free classes for the locals Classes range from sustainable issues to construction methods
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Rendered view of main axis through innovation node, revit
Circulation plan of Centro Havana. Showing primary streets in red, secondary streets in orange, pedestrian streets in yellow, and open spaces in green
Section drawing through innovation node
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Housing conditions in Centro Havana
Facade studies for medium density, low density, and high density housing
Final housing block model: strathmore, walnut, chipboard
HOUSING
To further develop the architecture of the intervention, an in depth study of housing was made. To begin, the facades of existing buildings in Centro Havana were dissected and the proportions of heights and dimensions were used to design new and better housing conditions. Low, medium, and high density housing ideas were proposed and once the architecture began to resonate with old without copying what is currently there, a typical housing block was proposed. The housing block included existing buildings that would not be destroyed in the renovations, new civic buildings for the community, and low, medium, and high density housing.
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Rendered views of housing block model showing the open spaces and paths that weave through each of the blocks. The vertical gardens which become shading devices and places to grow food for the community, and a further development of the architecture proposed in the project. Revit
The housing block model was composed of three separate squares, each square was centered around an open space giving the community a place to be in. Once the three squares were placed together the open spaces would connect weaving through the city blocks.
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Sectional drawing cutting through typical housing block, revit
DENSITY
50% Density
25% Density 101
Study of damaged blocks, and proposal for housing around the intervention
One of the blocks was then taken further in order to develop a system to meet the density quota required to house the citizens of Centro Havana. The block proposed housing for 25% higher density, 50%, and 75%. Each piece was placed separately to show the phases in which the housing blocks could be renovated. Yet each piece could stand alone following the housing concept of open spaces, vertical gardens, and a better sense of community for the residents. A study of the most damaged blocks in Centro Havana was done and each of these was assigned a new density quota to meet. 75% Density
Final proposal, showing new intervention and housing
Industry Commercial
High Density Housing Civic/Institutional
Main axis
Open Spaces Mixed Residential Proposed Additional Housing
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Final building usasge plan Entertainment node
Detail shot of final innovation node
Cultural node
FINAL PROPOSAL
The final proposal for the Centro Havana project includes the intervention of the Innovation District and the housing needs of the neighborhood. The final design seamlessly connects the old and the new. The axis proposed through the blocks allows for more open spaces for the community. The connection between the axis, the intervention, and the housing become the core of the project. These places are the “space between�. The final scheme shows the balance between these elements, and shows how this design proposal fits the community of Centro Havana. The housing is centered around the five nodes, making these places for community growth, education, and collaboration. The five nodes then connect to the main axis path. This path transverses from La Rampa to Old Havana making Centro Havana not just a transition but a new destination in Havana, Cuba.
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Rendered view of Cultural node, paths, and connection between the old and the new
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FINAL MODEL
VANESSA MARIN
School of Architecture and Community Design University of South Florida