Selected Works - Fall 2013 by Will Dorgan

SELECT WORKS FALL 2010 - FALL 2013

N A G R O D R M WILLIA

FALL 2013 FALL 2010 LIVE.WORK.PLAY. EARTH ARCHITECTURE INSTRUCTOR: JIN YOUNG SONG INSTRUCTOR: BETH TAUKE

LIVE.WORK.PLAY URBAN HOUSING Objectives: Develop a mixed-use urban housing design for a mid-block site in Buffalo, New York.

*Design created in conjuction with Bo-Ashley Brindley.

2 bedrooms 2 Floors

1 bedroom 1 Floor

Studio 1 Floor

42 bedroom bedrooms 22 Floors Floors

2 bedrooms 2 Floors

4 bedroom 2 Floors

2 bedrooms 2 Floors

2 bedroom 2 Floors

LIVE.WORK.PLAY acts as an extension of Buffalo's Elmwood Avenue, inhabting a mid-block site at which the residential and commercial cultures of the neighborhood overlap. Two L-shaped bars, one housing public program and the other private, frame the site in attempt to reconcile these cultures and create a unique urban housing complex that embraces both fully.

SECOND FLOOR

THIRD FLOOR

FOURTH FLOOR

Pottery Studio

Elmwood Avenue

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3 bedrooms 2 Floors

Tutoring Center Public Park

Library

Cafe

Recreational Lounge

Nail Salon

Hair Salon

Dance Studio

Fitness Center

The majority of units are made up of two floors. Entrance floors are located on floors 2 and 4 to enforce a system of skipstop elevator circulation.

Summer

roof

third floor

fourth floor

second floor

Cafe

third floor

ground floor

second floor

Library

LIBRARY/CAFE CIRCULATION ground floor

Winter

Residential Skip-Stop RESIDENTIAL SKIP STOP CIRCULATION

The residential bar is designed with a solid-void form in order to create spaces for private outdoor terraces for each unit.

EAST

WEST

East

West

Detailed Wall Section

assembly space ASSEMBLY SPACE

CAFE PATIO bar patio

BRIDGE ROOF bridge toTO roof GARDEN garden PICNIC picnic AREA area

RECREATION

COURTcourt recreation

ROOFSCAPE PARK

ROOF PLAN

Residents and visitors alike are encouraged to make full use of space for local businesses, a public library and cafe, and a fully ADA accessible roofscape park, tied into a network of parks in Buffalo, which sits atop both programs. *Design created in conjuction with Bo-Ashley Brindley.

Proposed Site Elmwood Avenue

SPRING FALL 2010 2011 THE LIVING WALL EARTH ARCHITECTURE INSTRUCTORS: INSTRUCTOR: BETHBRUSCIA, TAUKE HUME, NAZARIAN, ROMANO

*Full scale build completed in conjunction with Alexander Poklinkowski, Rob Yoos, Ilana Simhon, Gina Mattioli, and Rachel Broardt.

THE LIVING WALL Objectives: Transform a 6" x 6" x 8" cube, removing internal mass in order to accomodate six sleeping spaces and circulation, while providing for the existence of neighboring structures on either side. Design transitions from massing, to programming, culminating in a final full-scale wooden structure.

DESIGN PROPOSAL The driving concept of this single unit of the living wall becomes to create a space within the "interior" of the original mass, which functions as an exterior space. Circulation functions cyclically, where one may move in either directon through the project around the aforementioned exterior space.

SPRING 2013 COLLAB DESIGN OFFICES INSTRUCTOR: SERGIO LOPEZPINIERO

COLLABORATIVE DESIGN OFFICES (Phases III and IV of IV) Objectives: Develop an architectural office on a previously established site on the corner of Washington and Mohawk in downtown Buffalo.

DESIGN PROPOSAL SHIFTING CAN BE USED TO ESTABLISH DISTINCTLY SEPERATE SPACES. THE RESULTING OVERLAP, VERTICALLY OR HORIZONTALLY WOULD THEN BECOME THE “COLLABORATIVE CORE” IN WHICH ALL FIRMS WOULD WORK TOGETHER ON VARIOUS ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTS.

SHIFTING

SPLITTING CAN BE USED TO CREATE A SEAMLESS TRANSITION FROM INDIVIDUAL FIRMS TO SHARED COLLABORATIVE SPACES. THE INTERNAL SPACES CREATED BY SPLITTING ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE PUBLIC INTERFACE AREAS, ALLOW FOR NATURAL LIGHT, AND CAPTURE WIND FOR VENTILATION.

Given the observance that many local architectural firms often have preferred working relationships with other engineering and design firms, the goal of the design becomes to create an office which houses firms who often collaborate on architectural projects while still maintaining their freedom to conduct their individual businesses with their own clients. The basic parameters of the design then become to establish a form that is both three buildings and one, establishes collaborative work zones for the firms, and encourages visual and physical interaction between the members of said firms.

SPLITTING

W HURON ST

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E HURON ST

INTERIOR DESIGN

ENGINEERING FIRM

WASHINGTON ST

MODEL SHOP

RATHER THAN ESTABLISHING VISUALLY DISTINCT SPACES, FOCAL ARCHITECTURAL FIRM POINTS CAN BE ESTABLISHED IN THE BUILDING AROUND WHICH THE THREE SEPERATE FIRMS CAN EXIST. BY MAKING INCISIONS INTO THE BUILDING, SUCH FOCAL POINTS CAN BE ESTABLISHED WHILE ALSO ALLOWING FOR NATURAL LIGHT AND VENTILATION.

SUPERIMPOSED OFFICE GRIDS

FOCAL POINTS

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INTERIOR DESIGN

ENGINEERING FIRM PIN-UP SPACES

MODEL SHOP

VOLUMETRIC STRATEGIES

WILLIAM DORGAN ARC 302 - PROFESSOR LOPEZ-PINEIRO

SUPERIMPOSED OFFICE GRIDS

ARCHITECTURAL FIRM

W MOHAWK ST

ELLICOTT ST

PIN-UP SPACES

E MOHAWK ST

ADJUSTABLE OFFICE LAYOUT

PINUP WALLS

A I E ENGINEERING

INTERIOR DESIGN WORKSHOP

STORAGE WORKSHOP

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ARCHITECTURE

ADJUSTABLE OFFICE LAYOUT

PINUP WALLS

TRANSPARENT COLLABORATIVE SPACE

MIXED FIRM DESKS WITH PINUP SPACE

A I E

CONFERENCE

PIN-UP

WORKSHOP

MODEL SHOP PRINT

MODEL SHOP

CONFERENCE ENGINEERING

PIN-UP SPACES

PIN-UP PIN-UP

PRINT LAB

TRANSPARENT COLLABORATIVE SPACE

CONFERENCE

PIN-UP

COLLABORATIVE CORE ORGANIZATION

CONFERENCE

COURT ST

MODEL SHOP ARCHITECTURE

MODEL SHOP

MIXED FIRM DESKS WITH PINUP SPACE

CONFERENCE INTERIOR DESIGN WORKSHOP

STORAGE

PIN-UP SPACES

CONFERENCE PIN-UP

CLINTON ST

To achieve these ends, a split tower form is chosen which tapers and conglomerates into one mass in the upper floors. Each firm is provided its own unique first floor, including lobby, reception, and work spaces, As one moves up any individual tower, floors begin to bridge from firm to firm to create the opportunity for a tier of collaborative spaces secondary to those in the uppermost floors.

MODEL SHOP

IT STORAGE

KITCHEN CUSTODIAL CLOSET

PRINT AREA ACOUSTICS/LIGHTING LAB

THIRD FLOOR

FIFTH FLOOR

LIBRARY

FIRST FLOOR

SECOND FLOOR

FOURTH FLOOR

SIXTH FLOOR

Three colors of desks indicate the desks of the different firms inhabiting the office, Engineering, Architecture, and Interior Design.

In a reversal of the human circulation moving from individual to collaborative floors, hydronic and air systems are circulated from a mechanical room on the roof and split downwards to supply the three individual towers. Hydronic fin tube radiators within a raised access floor system provide heat at the perimeter of each floor and allow for the control of temperature. Mechanical ducts suspended from inverted concrete slab ceilings provide fresh air circulation. The mechanical chaises which house these systems, along with circulation cores, form the cores around which enclosed spaces and private offices are placed, in order to maximize open office space.

In order to maximize open office space, the office utilizes structural skin and cores. A steel exoskeleton wraps around the tesselated faces of the building and a set of custom insulated panels and glazing is designed to mount against the inner face of the structure and minimize thermal bridging. The shades of these panels represent the three firms and the floors which one or more inhabit.

CONCRETE SLAB - 2nd FLOOR 3rd FLOOR

5th FLOOR 6th FLOOR 7th FLOOR

WEST

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4th FLOOR

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OUTDOOR SPACE FOR DISPERSED FOOTPRINT

OUTDOOR STRATEGIES

WILLIAM DORGAN ARC 302 - PROFESSOR LOPEZ-PINEIRO

FALL 2010 EARTH ARCHITECTURE INSTRUCTOR: BETH TAUKE

THE EARTH-SKY CHAMBER (Phase III of IV) Objectives: Using land surveyed by a previously developed tool, make an incision into the earth and develop a space which will house three sacred bodies and reference the horizon.

DESIGN PROPOSAL The basic idea of the chamber is to challenge the standard conventions of observing the dead. The earthworks become a place where the user engages the sacred bodies and is essentially a space of play, where the user can do anything he or she wishes.

The form of the Earth-Sky chamber is based on a relationship with the Earth. Two of its three paths follow the most notable feature of the site, a depression in the landscape. The third path serves to bisect the other two, avoiding linearity and creating the potential for continuity in circulation through the space. All three mimic the landscape they occupy, allowing the user to experience walking over the same terrain at their side.

The sacred bodies housed within the incision are actual deceased bodies encased in stone caskets. Their varying positions within the site serve as both obstacles and enabling objects to movement, to be climbed under and over, to be both avoided and engaged.

SPRING FALL 2010 2013 CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY EARTH ARCHITECTURE INSTRUCTOR: ANNETTE INSTRUCTOR: BETH TAUKE LECUYER

(1) Foundation for perimeter wall

(4) External wall at upper floors

8 x 16 x 8 CMU inner wythe with 36" wide x 12" thick drop site 3-#5 vertical reinforcement grouted cast concrete strip footing with solid at corners, openings and 48" 3 - #5 horizontal reinforcement O.C. and horizontal joint reinforcebars with 3" clearance bottom and 1 Foundation for perimeter wall atconcrete 16" O.C. sides 36” wide x 12“ thick drop ment site cast strip footing with 3 - #5 horizontal reinforcement with 3” clearance bottom vaporbars barrier 9"x13"x18" thick site cast concrete and sides 2" rigidpadinsulation pad with #5 horizontal reinforce9’x13’x18” thick site cast concrete with #5 horizontal 2" air space ment bars at fireplace reinforcement bars at fireplace 8 x 8 x 4 CMU outer wythe 2 External wall below grade

8 x 16 x 8 CMU inner (2) External wall below grade at corners, openings

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wythe with # 5 vertical reinforcement bars at 48“ O.C. grouted solid and horizontal

8 x 16 x 8 CMU inner wythe with16” O.C. (5) Ground Floor reinforcement Vaporbars barrier 4" compacted sand fill # 5 vertical reinforcement 8 x 8 x 4 CMU outer wythe with transparent water proof coating Vapor barrier at corners, openings at 48" O.C. 3 External wall above grade 4" thick site cast concrete slab on grouted solid and horizontal rein8x16x8 CMU inner wythe with # 5 vertical reinforcement bars at grade with wire mesh reinforcement forcement 16" O.C. corners, openings at 48“ O.C. grouted solid and horizontal reinforcement 16” O.C. 4" thick compacted gravel fill Vapor barrier Vapor barrier 8 x 8 x 4 CMU outer wythe 2“ thickwith ridged insulation air cavity transparent water proof 2” coating (6) Upper Floor 8x8x4 CMU outer wythe with transparent water proof coating 2 x 10 joists at 16 inches O.C. 4 External wall at upper floors 3/4" plywood subfloor (3) External wall above grade 8 x 16 x 8 CMU inner wythe with 3-#5 vertical reinforcement flooring 8x16x8 CMU inner wythegrouted with solid # 5at corners, 1/2" openingswood and 48“ strip O.C. andfinish horizontal jointat reinforcement at 16” O.C. vertical reinforcement bars corvapor barrier ners, openings at 48" O.C. grouted (7) Interior Wall 2“ rigid insulation 2” air space solid and horizontal reinforcement All as external wall on upper floors 8 x 8 x 4 CMU outer wythe 16" O.C. 2 wythes 8 x 16 x 8 lintel with 2 Vapor barrier 5 Ground Floor - #5 horizontal steel reinforcement 4“ compacted sand fill 2" thick ridged insulation bars each, grouted solid Vapor barrier 2" air cavity 4” thick site cast concrete slab on grade withon wireeach mesh Extending 8" side 8x8x4 CMU outer wythe reinforcement with trans4“ thick compacted gravel fill parent water proof coating (8) Roof 6 Upper Floor 2 x 8 rafters Floor 2 x 10 joists at 16 inches O.C. 3/4" plywood 3/4” plywood subfloor Built-up roof 1/2“ wood strip finish flooring

Ceiling:

at 16 inches O.C. sheathing membrane

7 Interior Wall 2 x 8 joists at 16" O.C. All as external wall on upper floors batt between 2 wythes 8 x 16 x 8 lintel with 2insulation - #5 horizontal steel reinforcement bars each, grouted vapor solid barrier Extending 8” on each side

AXONOMETRIC CONSTRUCTION DRAWING

with 4"

3/4" gypsum board

8 Roof 2 x 8 rafters at 16 inches O.C. 3/4“ plywood sheathing Built-up roof membrane Site cast concrete sill Ceiling: 8" 4“ bond beam lintel 2 x 8 joists at 16” O.C. with batt insulation between with vapor barrier reinforcement 3/4” gypsum board

(9) Window at Chimney

Building: Croffread House by Clark & Meneffee Architects

2-#5

Wood framed double glazed window

9 Window at Chimney Site cast concrete sill 8“ bond beam lintel with 2-#5 reinforcement Wood framed double glazed Site windowcast concrete

(10) Window at Ground Floor sill with 2-#5

10 Window at Ground Floor 8" bond beam lintel Site cast concrete sill reinforcement 8” bond beam lintel with 2-#5 reinforcement Wood framed double glazed Wood window framed double

glazed window

11 Parapet 8x16x8 CMU inner wythe with #5 vertical reinforcement at corners and 48” O.C. grouted solid and horizontal 8x16x8 CMU innerreinforcement wythe with #5 alternating courses. vertical reinforcement at corners 2” thick ridged insulation. 2” air cavity and 48" O.C. grouted solid and 8x8x4 CMU outer wythe with transparent water proof coating with horizontal reinforcement alternating horizontal reinforcement 16” O.C. Grout all cells of CMU blocks solid, hook reinforcements courses. flashing metal snap on coping.

(11) Parapet

2" thick ridged insulation. cavity CMU outer wythe with transparent water proof coating with horizontal reinforcement 16" O.C. Grout all cells of CMU blocks solid, hook reinforcements flashing metal snap on coping.

2" air 12 Chimney 8x8x4 CMU 8x8x4 Capped with 8” site cast concrete

(12) Chimney

8x8x4 CMU Capped with 8" site cast concrete