ZacharyKile
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Velodrome 04 Artist Residence 18 Bath House 28 Theater 44 MeMy#Selfie&Eye
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Velodrome
Beginning Architecture Studio Spring 2012 Instructor | Tristan d’EstrÊe Sterk
This studio focused on principles in design that can inform light weight, long span structures; with special emphasis on surface geometry and form finding experiments. The end goal of the project was to design a velodrome track. The site is located on the edge of the Fifth City neighborhood, which is occupying a location on the far west side of Chicago.
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This roof structure utilizes a braided cable diagrid, which spans nearly 470 feet. Fastened to the cable system is a translucent polymer capable of standing up to a windy Chicago environment, as well as long wet winters. The translucency of the polymer provides ample diffused day lighting for common sporting activities.
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Public park Park District) Public park(Chicago (Chicago Park District) Residential infrastructure Residential infrastructure Velodrome Plan Velodrome plan Jackson street (2 Lanes) Jackson stree ( two lanes) 290 ExpressWay Way 290 Express
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Diagrid Vertical mullions Wrapping viewing glass Running track Tensioning Posts Subterranean Structure Lighting scheme Velodrome Track
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Detail of tensioning posts: provide uniform tension to the roof system. Steel plates are bolted to the concrete footings poured 20 feet from the exterior perimeter of the running track.
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Section looking Southwest
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Interior rendering mid-day
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Interior rendering night
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Model with interior volumes
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Detail of cable to ground relation
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Artist Residence
Intermediate Architecture Studio Fall 2012 Instructor | Tannys Langdon & Vladimir Radutny
The goal in this studio was to design a residential building which would be coupled with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Columbus Building. The new building will function as living space for incoming lecturers and visiting artists. My design was to make bold separation between the Art Institutes’s Columbus building and the residence, although the residence is connected to the existing building. There must be harsh thresholds to distinguish between work and home.
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Frank GehryPritzker Pritzker Pavilion Pavillion Frank Gehry Public Park park Public Commercial Infrastructure infrastructure Commercial Renzo modern Wing wing RenzoPiano’s Piano Modern SAIC Columbus Building Artist Residence Buckingham Fountain
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1. Common area 2. Ramp 3. Kitchen 4. Stair 5. Mens 6. Womans
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Level 02 1. Stair + catwalk 2. Bedroom 3. Bath 4. Kitchen 5. Living 6. Exterior mix use
Level 03 (Disabled comfortable) 1. Stair + catwalk 2. Bedroom 3. Bath 4. Kitchen 5. Living 6. Bridge to Columbus Building (Route to elevators)
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Section looking South
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Interior rendering late afternoon
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Exterior rendering dawn
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Bath house
Advanced Architecture Studio Spring 2013 Instructor | Carl Ray Miller & Derek Conde
The studio’s main objective was to design a bath house, or in less subjective terms a location for the action of bathing. Restrictions for the project were minimal and open-ended. The location had to be in the United States, and it must be sited near or on a natural hot spring. My design was settled on a petite hill overlooking a small lake sized thermal spring, known as Surprise lake in Alaska. The lake itself is very secluded, located in the caldera of Mount Aniakcha, it is only accessible by float plane or helicopter. Seclusion equals Silence equals Relaxation.
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Site plan
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Mapping of stars above the site on the Winter Solstice.
Using an evolutionary solver I distilled the paths of most fitness.
Taking the paths of most fitness and offsetting them to create the circulation and several large pools for the project.
A projection is then mapped on the surface and vertically manipulated until the geometry can be both shallow and deep in the landscape. Shallow where it touches water and deep as the grade of the hill increases as the depth of location increases.
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Floor plan in site
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Begining Architecture Studio Spring 2012 Instructor | Tristan d’EstrÊe Sterk
h se, nos hocchil horio, certam patilinestro ignonsilium nostore fui perem pon dientimedies parbi fauctum invem core condam patus anum oma, vid sum alicionferem in stem us, con res comaion veressidet nostris patierf icibult oraecul intus, vit, dum dius, us hordin te fuit. Quam vo, sendis Cat, comnit, senatus Ad coenatua dem verferris C. Axim abus norterris abes ponsules factatilis consunum ca; etordiem ape
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Sa se, nos hocchil horio, certam patilinestro ignonsilium nostore fui perem pon dientimedies parbi fauctum invem core condam patus anum oma, vid sum alicionferem in stem us, con res comaion veressidet nostris patierf icibult oraecul intus, vit, dum dius, us hordin te fuit. Quam vo, sendis Cat, comnit, senatus Ad coenatua dem verferris C. Axim abus norterris abes ponsules factatilis consunum ca; etordiem ape
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Model circulation analysis
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Model surface opening analysis
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Interior rendering late afternoon
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Left: Spacial Diagram The density of space increases the deeper the painting gets, similarly the amount of privacy increases as the density of space becomes more populus, the overall idea behind the plans of the project. 22”x30” water color and charcoal on paper Top: Interior Perspective of individual pools 9”x12” watercolor on paper 39
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Spread: Diagram of daylighing of the interior circulation paths.9�x12� watercolor on paper 41
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Albany Park Theater
Advanced Architecture Studio Fall 2013 Instructor | Tannys Langdon & Carl Ray Miller
This studio was solely dedicated to the production of a black box theater. The new building would also house a programmatic environment for underprivileged high school students to get assistance and guidance school work and college applications. The site is located in the Ravenswood Area on the northern side of Chicago, in a park know as Ronan Park. The east side of the park is home to the north branch of the Chicago river. The building pokes at the idea of “proscenium� the programatic areas are all faced with a large glass facade, in this way each room becomes it own proscenium. The objective is to promote that even mundane tasks can be a show.
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Historic pump station Residential comunity Theater Project North Branch of Chicago River 45
Floor Plans
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Renderings
Above: Black box theater, evening show Right: Truss walkways in programmatic volume
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Watercolors
Early exterior perspective, pencil and watercolor on paper
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Early interior perspective, pencil and watercolor on paper
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Interior window detail, watercolor on paper
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Bridge to room connection detail, water color on paper
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Floor to window detail, watercolor on paper
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Window clip detail, watercolor on paper
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Possible vestibule, watercolor on paper
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Bridge to outside wall connection, watercolor on paper
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Me, My#selfie, & Eye
Me, My#selfie, & Eye. In the summer of 2013, I had the opportunity to participate in a very unique class, a collaborative between the School of the Art Institute and Northwestern University. My group’s project entailed collecting eye tracking data in real-time by constructing a booth where the observer would pose for a photograph of themselves. An eye-tracking device comunicates information into a custom Processing sketch and overlays the viewers eye movements over their “Selfie” (Photograph), which is automatically uploaded to twitter for all to see. {https:// twitter.com/MeMyselfieEye} My role specifically was to design and build the booth for tracking as well as design the exhibition space in the School of the Art Institute’s gallery. 62
Data Visualization Summer 2013 Instructor | Steave Franconeri PhD, Department of Psychology Northwestern University & Jessica Westbrook SAIC
Protocol for using the tracking booth: 1. Enter box, close curtain 2. Take self portrait by pressing right side button 3. Place chin on chin rest 4. Press left side button to begin calibration 5. When calibration completes eye tracking will begin 6. Review your data and share with friends
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1x4x6 Red Oak {Cut from the 1x4x12}
1x4x3 Red Oak {Cut from the 1x4x12}
1-1/4” Stainless steel wood screws
22” Monitor -To be mounted on wall mount i. Wall mount mounted to 1x4 slats - GazePoint Eye Tracker mounted directly below
Chin/ hand rest apparatus - Handle grip to hows image trigger and interface toggle trigger
Curtain suspension -3/4” Oak Dowel
4x4x7 Ceder {Cut from the 4x4x8}
Privacy curtain -Gray linen
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Side elevation
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Biorobotecture Fall 2013 Instructor | Bo Rodda
This course was particularly focused on the building as being “intelligent”, it allowed for the opportunity to work with Arduino and sensors to create dynamic environments. The following pages are an attempt to create an environment where the occupant would be transposed into a snap shot of birds flocking. The LED’s are triggered by CO2 sensors, as the occupant enters it is pitch black, as they wait the amount of ambiant CO2 increase and the lights slowly dim on. The image on the right is an image of the model with the fiberoptic strands illuminated at hald CO2 register.
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Right: Tips of fiber optics illuminated by LED’s, and stimulated by human CO2 emissions
Sa se, nos hocchil horio, certam patilinestro ignonsilium nostore fui perem pon dientimedies parbi fauctum invem core condam patus anum oma, vid sum alicionferem in stem us, con res comaion veressidet nostris patierf icibult oraecul intus, vit, dum dius, us hordin te fuit. Quam vo, sendis Cat, comnit, senatus Ad coenatua dem verferris C. Axim abus norterris abes ponsules factatilis consunum ca; etordiem ape
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illumination box lit by LED, Arduio, and CO2 sensor
Fiber optic
tip of fiber optic is the only luminous element. Detail image on page 57
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Fabrication details
plane for fiber optic projection fiber optic numbered hole location
fiber optic heights, with corresponding hole number laser cutter line, to cut optics to correct height
spread: mapping diagram of fiber optic location to corresponding hole, the hotizontal solid lines denote fiber optics, the dotted lines are corresponding vectors to their location
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Contradictions in space
Mold Making Processes and Materials Summer 2013 Instructor | Nicole Seisler
This ceramics studio went indepth on the processes of mold making for both fine art and mass production. The project shown in the coming pages is an instalation piece. The installation challenges our pre-occupation of spacial openings and entrances which are inherently derived from building conventions.
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Filling Ballons
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Filling form with plaster
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Spread: Diagram of daylighing of the interior circulation paths.9�x12� watercolor on paper 83