MUSEUM AND LEARNING CENTER OF MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS
INSPIRATION STELLAR SWARM
CORNELIA CONRADS
CAMUY CAVES, PR
CHAOS THEORY
GUARDIANS OF TIME
GOLDSWORTHY
LA PERLA, PR
MOUNTAINS, PR
GOLDSWORTHY
MILKY WAY GALAXY OLD SAN JUAN PR
HONEST IMPARTIAL UNBIASED NEUTRAL FAIR UNPREJUDICED
“WHAT GOES UP MUST COME DOWN” -ISAAC NEWTON
Gravitation, or gravity, is a natural phenomenon by which all physical bodies attract each other. It is most commonly recognized and experienced as the agent that gives weight to physical objects, and causes physical objects to fall toward the ground when dropped from a height.
CONCEPT MODELS
ATRIUM
ATRIUM SQUARE
SHAPES ROTATING 30 DEGREES PER LEVEL
SHAPES OVERLAPPING
ACTUAL VIEW
SHAPES INCREMENTING SIZE PER LEVEL
SHAPES OVERLAPPING
INTERIOR VIEW OF THE ATRIUM
SHAPES INCREMENTING IN SIZE AND ROTATING 30 DEGREES PER LEVEL
STUDY MODEL OF THE ATRIUM
ATRIUM CIRCLES
SHAPES SAME IN EVERY LEVEL SHAPES OVERLAPPING
ACTUAL VIEW
SHAPES INCREMENTING SIZE PER LEVEL SHAPES OVERLAPPING
INTERIOR VIEW OF THE ATRIUM
ACTUAL VIEW
STUDY MODEL OF THE ATRIUM
ATRIUM RECTANGLE
SHAPES ROTATING 30 DEGREES PER LEVEL
SHAPES OVERLAPPING
ACTUAL VIEW
SHAPES INCREMENTING SIZE PER LEVEL
SHAPES OVERLAPPING
INTERIOR VIEW OF THE ATRIUM
SHAPES INCREMENTING IN SIZE AND ROTATING 30 DEGREES PER LEVEL
STUDY MODEL OF THE ATRIUM
25% OF THE ENTIRE FOOTPRINT MAIN VERTICAL CIRCULATION CENTER OF THE BUILDING JOURNEY OF KNOWLEDGE NEGATIVE VOLUME
ORIGINAL FOOTPRINT OF THE SITE
120,000
SQ.FT. =
43%
OF THE SITE
SPACES OCCUPANCY STAFF
INTERIOR SPACES: LOBBY FRONT DESK OFFICES STAFF LOUNGE CAFE GIFT SHOP STORAGE JANITORIAL MECHANICAL ROOM GALLERY SPACES INTERIOR PLAYGROUND CONFERENCE ROOM CLASSROOMS CIRCULATION PARKING STRUCTURE
334 10 200 10 20 40 60 17 7 8,000 60 570 240 334 800
PUBLIC
= 11,000 VISITORS
11,000
CHILDREN
PUBLIC
MAIN ENTRY- 3,000 SQ.FT. LOBBY- 5,000 SQ.FT. ATRIUM- 20,000 SQ.FT. GALLERY ROOM- 30,000 SQ.FT.
SEMI-PUBLIC
FRONT DESK- 1,000 SQ.FT.
PARKING ENTRY- 1,000 SQ.FT.
RESTROOMS- 3,000 SQ.FT.
CAFE- 4,000 SQ.FT. GIFT SHOP- 4,000 SQ.FT.
LIBRARY- 15,000 SQ.FT.
INT. PLAYGROUND- 3,000 CLASSROOMS- 5,000 SQ.FT. GALLERY ROOM- 10,000 SQ.FT.
SEMI-PRIVATE
LOUNGE- 2,000 SQ.FT.
LIBRARY STACKS- 15,000 SQ.FT.
CONFERENCE ROOM- 4,000 SQ.FT.
PRIVATE OFFICES- 20,000 SQ.FT.
STORAGE- 20,000 SQ.FT. JANITORIAL- 5,000 SQ.FT. M.E.P.- 2,000 SQ.FT.
L1
L2
L3
L1
460’
260’
0 10 50
100
L1 STAFF PARKING ENTRY
CAFE ENTRY PEDESTRIAN ENTRY EXTERIOR PLAYGROUND
STAFF PARKING
OFFICE
CAFE PATIO
INTERIOR PLAY GROUND
CAFE
OFFICE
MEP
GIFT SHOP
VEHICULAR ENTRY TO THE SITE
JANITOR’S CLOSET
LOADING AREA STORAGE ATRIUM
LOBBY
LOUNGE LIBRARY
MAIN ENTRY
DROP OFF AREA
ADA PARKING
OFFICE
ENTRY TO PARKING STRUCTURE SERVICE LANE TO STREET D PARKING STRUCTURE
PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION TO SHOPPING CENTER
EXIT BACK TO HIGHWAY LANE
0 10 50
100
L2
0 10 50
100
L2 MEP GALLERY SPACES
JANITOR’S CLOSET
STORAGE ATRIUM
CLASSROOMS LOUNGE
LIBRARY
SCHOOL LOBBY
SCHOOL ENTRY
PARKING ENTRY
LIBRARY ENTRY
0 10 50
100
L3
0 10 50
100
L3 MEP GALLERY SPACES
JANITOR’S CLOSET
STORAGE ATRIUM
LOUNGE GALLERY
OFFICE CONFERENCE ROOM
OFFICE ENTRY
PARKING ENTRY
GALLERY ENTRY
0 10 50
100
AXON 40% OF THE WIND
N
E
W
S
EGRESS
ADA PARKING RESTROOMS RESTROOMS EGRESS STAIRS EMERGENCY EXITS
SECTION SUMMER SUN 90
WINTER SUN 48 INTERIOR WALLS THICKNESS= 1’
FLOORS AND ROOF THICKNESS= 2’
EXTERIOR WALLS THICKNESS= 2’
63’
LONGITUDINAL SECTION
MASSING SITE MODEL
SHADING SYSTEM -RESPONDING TO THE CONCEPT OF GRAVITY -PROTECTING FROM THE SUN IN EAST AND WEST FACADES -BECOMES AN ICONIC ELEMENT THAT DIFFERENTIATES THE BUILDING
VOLUME -RESPONDING TO THE HISTORIC FOOTPRINT ON THE SITE -PROTECTING FROM THE HOT AND HUMID WEATHER -FOLLOWING SAME CONSTRUCTION METHOD OF CONTEXT, CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION
MASSING - ARCHITECTURE THAT RELATES TO THE SITE AND STANDS OUT AT THE SAME TIME -REFLECTS THE CONCEPT AND FUNCTION -RESPECTS THE CLIMATE AND TOPOGRAPHY OF THE SITE
SOUTH ELEVATION
NORTH ELEVATION
WEST ELEVATION
EAST ELEVATION
GEOMETRIC
SIMPLE
KINETIC
TEXTURED
ORGANIC
MAIN PEDESTRIAN ENTRY
PROSPECT FROM ESMERALDA AVENUE ACROSS THE HIGHWAY
PROSPECT FROM MUSEUM OF SPORTS
VIEW FROM THE HIGHWAY 20
VIEW FROM THE LOBBY
VIEW OF ATRIUM FROM FIRST LEVEL
VIEW OF ATRIUM FROM THE SECOND LEVEL
VIEW OF ATRIUM FROM THE THIRD LEVEL
ATRIUM CONCEPT
THE ATRIUM REPRESENTS THE JOURNEY OF KNOWLEDGE, THE FURTHER UP THE RAMP THE VISITOR GOES THE MORE ADVANCED THE TOPICS OF THE EXHIBITIONS. THE JOURNEY CULMINATES IN THE LAST GALLERY IN THE SOUTH EAST OF THE THIRD FLOOR WHERE THERE IS A VIEW OF THE ATRIUM TO REFLECT ON WHAT HAS BEEN LEARNED. THE ATRIUM ALSO WILL HOLD A LIGHT SCULPTURE THAT WILL REFLECT THE LIGHT RECEIVED FROM THE SKYLIGHT ONTO OTHER SURFACES, ILLUMINATING CERTAIN SPACES ACCORDING TO THE POSITION OF THE SUN