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rchitecture is a constant movement that continuously evolves the way in which we live. There is no innovation without change and no architecture without intended systems. Like Black Rock City, architecture should be a process of formation and reformation that morphs according to the changing needs of society over time. By pushing beyond the boundaries of rudimentary shelter, the language of architecture is able to progress through an evolution of typologies reflective of society’s progression.
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y architectural endeavors brings forth an alternative understanding of dwelling by reimagining systems of processes. From the scale of the individual to the structure of cities to global influences, it is through the harmonizing of these systems that bring forth architectural innovation. As cities grow and technology advances, architecture must continuously reinvent its means and methods in order to serve changing practices. How can architecture cater towards the mass aging population? How may the longstanding system of the hearth be redesigned for the contemporary society? It is only through our willingness to understand the inclusive effect of a localized system are architects able to design towards a global vernacular.
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CONTENTS 06 THE BURNING BUILDING Design of the Contemporary Hearth Philadelphia, PA
22 DRAPE TOWER Mixed-use Office Tower Syracuse, NY
40 REHABILITATING THE THAMES Education Center & Fish Hatchery London, UK
54 ROBO-NURSING Senior Housing and Robot Development Facility Syracuse, NY
66 PROFESSIONAL WORK Play Perch, Syracuse, NY 3 World Trade Tower, Manhattan, NY Self Sustaining Housing Units, Syracuse, NY Wind Kiosk, Chicago, IL Light Studies, Manhattan, NY
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THE BURNING BUILDING Design of the Contemporary Hearth Philadelphia, PA
Thesis Preparation Research
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he importance of fire in architectural evolution is widely acknowledged but the extent of its impact is not fully explored. The element’s paradoxical nature has advanced many societies throughout human history and has changed the course of architecture through its unpredictable nature. As a result, fire stands as the origin of radiant warmth and light. According to Gottfried Semper’s primitive hut model, the fireplace has been the center of spatial configuration throughout architectural history. Overtime, this model has been inverted, with the hearth displaced from the home, hidden under basements, or used discretely in industrial buidlings. When fire is controlled, research confirms that hearth and campfires induce relaxation as part of a multi-sensory, absorptive, and social experience. Because fire ties heavily with community formation, this thesis aims to directly re-introduce the element of fire as a social phenomenon measured through three scales of human proxemics: intimate, social, and public. Since fire involves flickering light, crackling sounds, warmth, and has a distinctive smell, the architecture will be designed around the exploration of these characteristics and its spatial qualities through the control of construction as well as heat and light dissipation to result in the design of an immaterialized burning building.1
[The idea of a “burning building” is being redefined not as a building being decayed, but rather a study of how reintroducing fire back into Architecture can create a social catalyst within the public realm through the design of a fire controlling building typology.] 1
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HOW TO GET RID OF YOUR FIREPLACE “THE FIREPLACE MAY BE THE FIRST ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT TO BECOME EXTINCT.” -REM KOOLHAAS
SOURCE: ELEMENTS, 2014
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DISSEMINATION OF THE TRANSFORMATIVE HEARTH
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FUTURE THE INVERTED HEARTH
The obsolescence of the fireplace has ultimately led to its extinction. Over time, the primitive hut has inherently been systematically inversed, with the functionality of the hearth expelled from the built environment, transformed, back into architecture energy and heat. Rather than a centralized OPEN FIRE and reinserted FURNACE FIREPLACE in the form ofBOILER CENTRAL HEATING hearth, buildings today are typically designed with mechanical systems to increase the available range of 120,000 BC 1750 AD 1800 AD 1890 AD 1950 AD thermal zones so that people can select the microclimate most suited to their thermal needs.
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10,000 BC PRIMITIVE HUT
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SEMPER’S PRIMITIVE HUT SEMPER’S PRIMITIVE HUT
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“Throughout all of society, sacred focus around 1950 which 120,000 BC 1750phases AD 1800the AD hearth formed that 1890 AD AD took
order and shape. It is the first and most important element of architecture. Around it were grouped the other three elements: the roof, the enclosure, and the mound. The protecting negations or defenders of the hearth’s flame against the hostile elements of nature.” -Gottfried Semper
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OUR PROXEMITY TOWARDS OTHERS IS DIRECTLY RELAT-
THE MECHANICAL ROOM
THE INVERTED HEARTH
OUR PROXEMITY TOWARDS OTHERS IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO HEAT AND LIGHT DISTRIBUTION WHERE’S THE FIRE?
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model,1800this anADalternative architectural 120,000To BC further evolve 1750 Semper’s AD AD thesis proposes1890 1950 ADtypology to Semper’s primitive hut by redesigning spatial conditions through the system of the inverted hearth. Here, the hearth becomes the sole architectural element of design. Space is not defined by walls and enclosures, but through the control of fire in a raw environment.
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THE PROXEMIC CULTURE OF FIRE
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It is proven that the relation of our interaction with heat and fire is one of attraction and avoidance. Human reactions are the result of our internal temperature measurements in relation to the surrounding environment. The typology of this model hopes to achieve a scalable growth model that can be applicable in a global context. As a result, this thesis will take the form of three scales, intimate use, social use, and public use.
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OUR PROXEMITY TOWARDS OTHERS IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO HEAT AND LIGHT DISTRIBUTION
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REDESIGN OF THE PRI OUR PROXEMITY TOWARDS OTHERS IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO HEAT AND LIGHT DISTRIBUTION SOCIAL BOUNDARY
12 FT study occurs on the sidewalk corner of a cultural neighborhood in Philadelphia called INTIMATE: The first the Italian Market. The time is 3:35 PM with a temperature of 35 degrees and a man is found selling groceries along the street side with a burning metal bin 2 feet in diameter at his side. Occasionally, the man, and others, would walk towards the fire and dispose of cardboard boxes and other combustibles within the fire. It had become apparent that as workers were getting rid of excess boxes into the fire due to lack of storage space and disposal options outdoors. The placement of the can on the street corner was deliberately located for others to find temporary relief within the raw environment.
WHERE’S THE FIRE?
CENTRALIZED OPEN FIRE
FURNACE
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1750 AD
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SOCIAL BOUNDARY SOCIAL: The second study takes in an outdoor winter garden which fire pits are place in various REDESIGN OFplace THE PRIMITIVE HUT inTYPOLOGY 12 FT locations for external comfort. Here, the formation of community is observed as people congregate according to seek thermal comfort. The attractiveness of the hearth allows people to gather in the raw environment which allows for congregation and social interactions dictated not through physical boundaries, but immaterialized space of heat and light.
WHERE’S THE FIRE?
CENTRALIZED OPEN FIRE
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OUR PROXEMITY TOWARDS OTHERS IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO HEAT AND LIGHT DISTRIBUTION 21:15:06
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OUR PROXEMITY TOWARDS OTHERS IS DIRECTLY RELATTIVE HUT TYPOLOGY TOplace HEAT ANDpurification LIGHT DISTRIBUTION PUBLIC: The third scaleED takes in a water facility located miles away from the city. Here, SOCIAL BOUNDARY 12 FT
the hearth takes the form of a flare stack in which the combustion process is used for the purpose of burning excess methane gas that is produced on site. Fire is used a means to cleanly burn the fuel without environmental damage. The public scale allows the comfort of the hearth to be experienced from a distant level. Although the heat is not felt, fire’s attractive nature draws a visual nostalgia miles away.
WHERE’S THE FIRE?
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MOBILITY
SCALE
THE BURNING BUILDING The model of the inverted hearth is derived from the logic of the gas turbine.
GAS TURBINE SYSTEM
MOBILITY
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DUPLICATION
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It features an inset volume within a hallowed exoskeleton that creates chambers in which the combustion process occurs.
OUR PROXEMITY TOWARDS OTHERS IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO HEAT AND LIGHT DISTRIBUTION GAS TURBINE SYSTEM
MOBILITY
FIRE CONTROL
INTERIOR VESSEL
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ITERATION 1
DUPLICATION
ASSEMBLY
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HEARTH COMBUSTION INVERTED CONTROL
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Heat and light distribution is controlled through a language of fire machanisms which determines INTIMATEthe typology of the space. PERSONAL
GAS TURBINE SYSTEM
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The membrane is a layered catalyst which can
CENTRALIZED be controlled at different scales through punc-
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INTERIOR PLATFORMS
tured membranes and fuel distribution which transforms the habitation of the space.
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OUR PROXEMITY TOWARDS OTHERS IS DIRECTLY RELATITERATION 2
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FUEL DISPERS
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DRAPE TOWER Mixed-use Office Tower Syracuse, NY
Collaboration with X. Chen
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rape Tower is an urban intervention proposing to extrapolate the city grid by redirecting the street into a vertical public landscape in order to reactivate the intersective nodes within Syracuse. Removed from the base, the tower hangs from the core as the facade wraps over and peels away from the building, revealing an integrated landscape. The tower serves to monumentalize the public interior space and adjacent plaza through a torque motion as a continuation of the diagonal grid. It’s adaptive facade morphs according to its programmatic disposition and peels away from the building, providing a multifunctional sustainability control.
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Landmark (Civic)
Trunk Road
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Bus Line Bike Lane
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“Save the Rain” Project
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The draping facade is designed structurally through a series of trusses that adapt towards changing gravitational loads. The strong structural language allows for the continous facade to float above the tower as it peels away., revealing a vertical landscape.
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BRACED CORE
DOMESTIC WATER LINE RAINWATER COLLECTION
WATER FILTER
CLOSED-CYCLE COOLING TOWER PUMP CHILLER
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STRUCTURE
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Penthouse (16th, 17th floor)
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Office (6th ~15th floor)
Office (6th ~15th floor)
Restaurant (3rd, 4th floor)
Restaurant (3rd, 4th floor)
Air Intake Hood
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Air Handling Unit (each floor)
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RAISED GREEN ROOF PLATFORM TRANSLUCENT PANEL PARAPET ROOF DRAIN W/ PARAPET WELL ROOF DRAINAGE PIPE STEEL GRATE FITER
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CONCRETE RAMP
FIREPROOFED STEEL FRAMING SYSTEM 1” BATT INSULATION
SLOPED ACOUSTIC CEILING CEILING GRILLE FOR SUPPLY AIR INTERIOR: SINGLE LAYER LAMINATED GLASS WALL SYSTEM
SUSPENSION ROD
DRAINAGE TRENCH STEEL BEAM CONNECTOR
SOUND ABSORBING WOOD FLOOR PANEL
HOLLOW STEEL COLUMN
2" CONCRETE SLAB W/ METAL DECKING
GLASS RAILING
INTERMEDIATE CHANNEL SLIP CONNECTION ON ST. ANGLE
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MEMBRANE CHANNEL GLASS WITH LOW E COATING AND TRANSLUCENT INSULATION
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5’ 3” STAINLESS STEEL GUTTER
POLISHED CONCRETE SIDING RAISED CONCRETE EDGE
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GRAVEL BLANKET
ALUMINUM LOUVERS SLOPED CONCRETE FLOOR
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PENTHOUSE PATIO
OPERABLE STEEL LOUVER
OPERABLE STEEL LOUVER
GRATE TEXTURED HUNG CEILING
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Steel Beam Fire-proof Ceiling Plenum for Air Return Cooling Ceiling Pipes
Operable Window ( Double Glazed ) Aluminum Mullion
Curtain Wall (Single Glazed) Catwalk
Floor Finishing Radiant Floor Pipes Floor Plenum for Air Dstribution Subfloor / Concrete
FACADE DETAIL Layered glass panels for solar control
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REHABILITATING THE THAMES Education Center & Fish Hatchery London, UK
Collaboration with L. Chan
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ue to the high levels of polluation at Blackfriar’s Foreshore, the design aims to rehabilitate the Thames Tideway Tunnel intervention for the people and ecology through the design of a fish hatchery and educational center. This is done through modular components at three scales of: S: Floating Filtration & Generation Units M. Inhabitatable Hotel Pods L: Reconfigurable Outdoor Floating Platforms
The overall form assumes various configurations due to the slack and tension conditions of the tide changes to reveal diverse experiences of the Thames River and recate different fish habitats throughout the day and year.
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LONDON, UK
THAMES RIVER
BLACKFRIAR FORESHORE
FLOW STUDIES Ink & foam blocks
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PROCESS WORK Wrapping the CSO waste tunnel
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The formation of the fish hatchery is designed against the directionality of the currents. This allows for the floating platforms to effectively control the waterflow that filters into the fish habitats. Throughout the seasons, the infrastructure expands and contracts according to tidal levels and habitat conditions.
CONCEPT DIAGRAM Plug-in modules
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STREET LEVEL - PUBLIC PARK
LEVEL -1 FISH HATCHERY
LEVEL -2 CSO WATER WASTE TREATMENT
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FACADE
SECTION SHOWING OPENING OF FACADE FACADE PANELS OPEN
EXTRUDED FACADE
VIEW OF ARMATURE MECHANISM
FRITTED GLAZING ALUMINUM ARMATURE RUBBER GASKET CLAMP STEEL TENSION WIRES
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CLOSED FACADE
PLANTING DRAINAGE GLASS HANDRAIL
GRAVEL
MESH GRATE FOR VENTILATION AND DRAINAGE ALUMINUM MULLION RUBBER GASKET
STEEL SHELF FOR MOUNTINGDOUBLE FACADE
DOUBLE FACADE ON ALUMINUM ARMATURE EXPOSED REINFORCED CONCRETE ROOF
GLAZING POROUS SECOND FACADE ALLOWS IN AIR AND WATER
RUBBER GASKET ALUMINUM MULLION RETRACTING MECHANSIM FOR DOUBLE FACADE FINE POUR CONCRETE SURFACE INSULATION CONCRETE TANK TAR WATERPROOFING MESH TO CATCH SEDIMENT
CONSTRUCTION SECTION
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SECTIONAL MODEL Wood & Plexi
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ROBO-NURSING Senior Housing & Robot Development Facility Syracuse, NY
Rethinking the Nursing Home System
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uildings must be continuously adaptive towards technological changes to maintain societal relevancy. By redesigning the nursing home system and combining senior housing with a robot development facility, senior citizens can maintain a higher level of independence and lower their dependency on human care workers. Robot developers and doctors are able to upgrade the personalized robot to meet the specific needs of each resident for independent aging. As a result, this adaptive nursing home system is not restricted to generic buildings, but flexibly evolves to meet the person’s needs as they progress through different stages of aging. The architectural design serves to host this new typology of robotic senior care. Located in Syracuse, the nursing home floats above the industrialized streets as the robot development facility wraps around as an exterior armor to protect the home from external disruptions. This further allows for data transfers and mechanical systems to plug into and serve the centralized box effectively and efficiently.
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Senior Housing and Robot Research Facility
Senior Living Relocation
ion
Age and Gender Structure of the U.S. Population 5
3 2
Male
ake
s Jake
Age 100+ 95 90 85 80 75 70 65 60 55 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0
Female
Nursing Homes in Syracuse
Charge Station
meet you, hands.
2010 2030 2050
6
4
Sensor 1: Activate
3
Identify: Hand Distance Estimate: x=1.54 ft y=2.25 ft z=.60 ft
2
Millions
1
0
SYRACUSE, NY
1
0
Millions
3
2
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Past Young
Initiate: Hand Movement Distance Correction: x=.05 ft y=.14 ft z=.02 ft
Present Young > Old
Future Old > Young
is Wakamaru. e? .60
2.25
me 1.54
Handshake: Complete
Residential Test Center Locations Syracuse, NY
Arm: Release
Residential Test Centers
795,528 1,380,872
Status: Low Battery
Output: Alright. Have a nice day.
494,328 805,717
Thanks,
ms out ms up ms down
rcise
145,916 320,205 72,658 128,605
Initiate: Node Retreat Detect: Charging Node
4,392,708 7,284,978
234,798 405,543
922,010 1,940,356
100% Status: Charging
Population of 65+ in 2010 Population of 65+ in 2025
State Percentage of 65+ Residents
4,500,152 19.1% - 43.4% 16.5% - 19% 14.7% - 16.4% 12.6% - 14.6% 3.5% - 12%
93,442 158,159
97,108 142,195
771,993 1,183,596
114,459 169,663
517,419 869,646
648,889 842,607
375,315 544,756 494,966 702,307
2,587,383
178,823 311,456 212,278 339,038
648,889
842,607
278,967 497,357
243,313 347,809
329,621 659,700
eeting Smith at T.
mplete
120,949 247,769
436,213 619,227
1,334,49 1,926,39
2,651,655 3,606,687
1,956,23 1,586,98 2,688,78 2,206,69
1,600,863 811,290 292,402 2,226,431 1,140,690 408,533 994,359 821,645 1,634,01 557,471 826,659 1,189,60 1,161,164 829,023 1,897,902 1,279,98 412,152 605,660 599,028 1,009,242 785,275 343,523 1,659,679 573,543 648,889 842,607
582,340 868,502
908,565 1,317,940 157,358
515,621224,508 723,326
124,972 208,599
69,898
1,231,585 1,762,460
717,987 1,104,757
60,103
2,807,597 6,387,843
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The Wakamaru is a humanoid robot developed by Mitsubishi Industries to serve as a companion in the household. Here, the use and development of these robots happens simultaneously as the data of the user is integrated to customize the functionality of the robot through a series of upgrades over time.
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House Alert
Face Recognition
Wakamaru
Schedule
Face Recognition
Communication
Omni Display
Sensor 1
Weather
Schedule
Omni Display
LED Status Indicator 360°
Communication
motion detected: 76°
Weather
Status: Se
TO: ActonAssn@em FWD: SandraRobins
Directional Microphone
CODE: 56 NAME: Acton Ambul
Rotation: 76°
LED Status Indicator
Message: Jake Robin Status: Un Location: 2 Ave., Collin
Immediate attention r Resident has fallen u second party is avail location.
Initiate: face detection
EMERG
Ultrasonic Range Sensor Status: Sent
Odometer
Touch Sensor Front Camera
Yes TO: ActonAssn@email.com FWD: SandraRobinson@email.com
Directional Microphone
DETEC No
Recognize?
Identify
CODE: 56 NAME: Acton Ambulance Assn
JAKE ROBINSON (Owner)
Message: Jake Robinson (Age 65) Status: Unconscious Location: 215 Collingdale Ave., Collingdale, PA 15847 Immediate attention requested. Resident has fallen unconscious. No second party is available to assist at location.
6 ft 3.2 ft
EMERGENCY DETECTED
Ultrasonic Range Sensor
Touch Sensor Front Camera
Robot Development Meeting
Initiate: Emotion detection
Mouth: 35° above neutral axis
35°
Odometer
Speech Stabilization: strong Input: Good Morning, Wakamaru
Nursing Home Typology
Carabanchel Hou
Senior Resident
MARC GOLDMAN
Happy
ROBOT MODEL: SG8719
3
Sad
Angry
No
No
1
2
Yes
MECHANICAL SYSTEMS 1
3
2
4 4
AGE: 69
Output: How do you do? Worker Resident
HEIGHT: 6’0”
Good
GENDER: M
6 ft
MEDICAL HISTORY: DIABETES, ALZHEIMER
3.2 ft
Okay
Yes
Independent Living
No
Output: I'm happyHospice to hear Data Input that. Let's exercise. Exchange
Assisted Care
MOBILITY: 7/1O
Data Storage
UPGRADE: 2/10/2015
Okay
Outp
No
ROBOT DEVELOPMENT
Dependency Ratios for AgingCENTER BEFORE Activities
Nursing Home Typology
Bad
NURSING HOME No
90
Playing Sports Running Jogging Walking Eating Dressing Bathing Remembering Hearing Seeing Speaking
AFTER 90
75 61 42 23
Playing Sports Running Jogging Walking Eating Dressing Bathing Remembering Hearing Seeing Speaking
90
90
90
90
GLOBAL SOURCE
Data Collection
Carabanchel Housing, Foreign Office Architects, Madrid, Spa 50
60
70
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90+
50
60
70
80
90+
Age
Age
c b
Observation Screen
Independent Worker Resident Dependent a Robot Dependency
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2
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2
LEVEL 4 - HOUSING
LEVEL 3 - TERRACE
LEVEL 2 - ROBOT DEVELOPMENT LAB
GROUND LEVEL
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A
B
D
C C
Senior Wakamaru Worker
Morning Alarm
Sleeping
Family Visit
B
Gardening
Eating Breakfast
Charging A Sleeping
Working
5:00 AM
6:00
7:00
8:00
9:00
10:00
11:00
12:00
1:00
2:00
3:00
Improved Robot
Night Monitor
Robot Upgrade
D
Alerts Doctor
E
Issues Temporary Replacement Robot
ROBOT DEVELOPMENT MEETING
ACCIDENT
E
Injury Treatment 4:00
5:00
Obtains Replacement Robot 6:00
7:00
8:00
9:00
10:00
11:00
12:00
PM
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FORM STUDIES
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AERIAL
Day Use
Night Use
Housing Units
High Dependency Senior Low Dependency Senior Worker
Circulation
Nurse Monitoring System
FRONT ELEVATION The nursing home is designed for the aspect of change and mobility. Rather than corridor and wings, it is imagined as an elevated platform system which flucuates in height through a series of ramps in order to carve out community nodes. The interior of the platform serves as an express transportation system for the robots to quickly circulate.
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1 3 5 7 9
Mouth
2 4
Face Recognition
6 8
Age and G
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3 2
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Welcome
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Charge Station
Wakamaru EMERGENCY RESPONSE Doctor Alert
Omni Display
Sensor 1
Sensor 1: Activate
Initiate: Handshake
360°
motion detected: 76°
3
Output: Nice to meet you, Jake. Let's shake hands.
Identify: Hand Distance Estimate: x=1.54 ft y=2.25 ft z=.60 ft
Input: My name is Jake
Distance Correction: x=.05 ft y=.14 ft z=.02 ft
Initiate: Hand Movement
Senior Resident
Rotation: 76°
ED Status Indicator
3
Recognize?
2.25
3
1
2
Residential Test Ce
Arm: Release
JAKE ROBINSON (Owner)
Status: Low Battery
Worker Resident
795,528 1,380,872
12 2
Output: Alright. Have a nice day.
494,328 805,717 Input: Got it. Thanks, Wakamaru.
EMERGENCY DETECTED Odometer
Handshake: Complete
4
Identify
Immediate attention requested. Resident has fallen unconscious. No second party is available to assist at location.
1.54
4
Yes
CODE: 56 NAME: Acton Ambulance Assn
Pas Youn
Output: Welcome
No
Status: Sent
Message: Jake Robinson (Age 65) Status: Unconscious Location: 215 Collingdale Ave., Collingdale, PA 15847
Data Storage
.60
1
2
TO: ActonAssn@email.com FWD: SandraRobinson@email.com
Source: U.S. Cen
Output: My name is Wakamaru. What is your name?
Initiate: face detection
Directional Microphone
2
145,916 320,205
7 12
Initiate: Emotion detection
DINING ASSISTANCE Reminder: Meeting Diet Monitor with Director Smith at
329,621
Mouth: 35° above neutral axis
35°
Operable Facade Panels Speech Stabilization: strong
Data659,700 Collection 234,798
2:00 PM EST.
Input: Good Morning, Wakamaru
Initiate: Node Retreat Exercise: Complete
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Happy
Sad
Angry
Yes
No
No
Detect: Charging Node
4,392,708 7,284,978
922,010 1,940,356
100% Status: Charging
Output: How do you do?
Good
Okay
Bad
405,543
Move 1: Arms out Move 2: Arms up
Population of 65+ in 2010 Population of 65+ in 2025 b
State Percentage of 65+ Residents
c
6 8
Data Storage
Senior Resident 3 1
2
3 1
2
4 4
Update Booth
Worker Resident
Data Collection
Operable Facade Panels
c b
Worker Resident Observation Screen
a
3 1
2
3 1
2
4 4
Senior Resident
Data Storage
Senior Resident 3 1
2
3 1
2
4 4
Update Booth
Worker Resident
Data Collection
Operable Facade Panels
Day Use
Night Use c
Housing Units
b
EXPLODED AXON Robo-Nursing System
Worker Resident Observation Screen
a
3 1
2
3 1
2
4 4
High Dependency Senior Low Dependency Senior Worker
Circulation
Nurse Monitoring System Senior Resident
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Photograph by D. Shin
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PROFESSIONAL & BUILT WORK
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PLAY PERCH Design-Build Outdoor Nature Pavilion Jowonio School, Syracuse, NY
AIAS Freedom By Design Team: Phase 2 Photography by D. Shin
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owonio Preschool is a recognized world leader in innovative education for students with special needs. Up to 30% of Jowonio students have some physical or mental disibility, including autism, impaired vision, and limited mobility.
The preschool sits at the bottom of a hilled terrain and has a nature trail which is often used by the school of address “nature deficit disorder,” a study suggesting that restricted access to nature causes a negative impact on children’s behavior and health. Our AIAS Freedom by Design Team has worked with the school to design and build and accessible outdoor classroom on the nature trail in order to give these children an interactive outdoor environmental setting to actively learn and engage with nature.The design embeds environmental education in an outdoor pavilion, incorporating sun, wind, water management and the like to educate young children about natural forces.
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Drawn by Phase 1 Design Team
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From the outset, students developed and devised an identify for the project, Play Perch, with a design inspired by both the Eastern Blue Bird (the New York State bird) and the ATAT Imperial Walker from Star Wars. The final design called for a level platform around the tree that stretches off the trail into the air above the slope. Six splayed pairs of columns in a v shape support the platform from below.
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UNDERBELLY ELECTRICAL PLAN
INTERIOR ELECTRICAL PLAN
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3 WORLD TRADE CENTER Silverstein Properties, Inc. Downtown, Manhattan
View Analysis
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VIEW ANALYSIS - 38TH FLOOR
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SELF-SUSTAINING HOUSING UNITS Progressive Expert Consulting Syracuse, NY
Designed and drafted by W. Tu & S. Zhang
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WIND KIOSK DETAIL Chicago Biennial Lakefront Competition
Class winning proposal
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COMPONENTS
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ELEVATIONS
COMPONENTS
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LIGHT STUDIES Component Modeling of Programmatic Hybridization
COMPONENTS
COMPONENTS SECTIONS
Each model is made with two components with a
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