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Architecture Portfolio Columbia GSAPP

Franco

ALBERT FRANCO

ALBERT FRANCOMaster of Architecture

GSAPP 2015

Pool of Reverberation Synthesis

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Maverick Bank

Armature: Housing of Stability

Linear Movement FacadeCBIP- Manufacturing Bazaar

Light Density Publishing Co.

Multifaceted Surface BBQ

Living Interface, Beyond Barriers

[email protected]

414 W 121 Street Apt 22New York, NY 10027

Table of Contents

Dismantling associations of social class with sound.

Designing with collaborative computational elements.

Creating a pavilion from one surface with many different programs.

Complex skins rationalized into simple designs.

Revitalizing and reconnecting Harlem to the lower Manhattan.

Creating movement with in the builiding skin for displays.

Optimizations of environmental systems and nesting.

Creating public space with in a bank typology.

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LIVING INTERFACE, BEYOND BARRIERS

The premise of the project is to design pilot factory for a biomaterial company Ecovative. The site for the brick factory is located in Campinas, Brazil, South America’s larg-est hub for many biotech Manufacturing companies. The project is grounded in the densely populated city center. The Projects seeks to address Campinas, Brazil as a circular economy.

The Living Interface Factory seeks to create a new business model for large-scale production of building materials. The programs that allow the circularity of Production are a local Coffee shop and Corn Vender’s distribution center. Unlike many other Factories, the Living Interface Factory is a public building that depends on its locals to purchase coffee and corn. The Bio waste of coffee and corn provide bio-waste nutrients for the living building envelope of the factory.In this project I was seeking to find a balance between a Biomaterial design, a public building, and a large-scale production factory.

Studio Critic

Program

Typology

Focus

Software

David Benjamin

Prototyping/Production Factory

Public Building

Living Mushroom Brick Factory

Rhino, Grasshopper, Galapagos, Ladybug

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Being located in the city center off of a busy plaza influenced how I could address the public. Typical factories usually run horizontally and use lots of ground floor.

Architectural Context Gestures

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Since the factory was embedded into the skin of the building, the important factors of the design become wall surface area and wall height. To achieve large-scale production, then the building then became much taller.

Final View from Campinas, Brazil Street View

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Programs were chosen by the necessity of seeking to achieve a biomaterial factory of cir-cular production and create public interest in the product. The inclusion of a local corn distribution center and a coffee shop were essential to achive a building responding to the circular environment.

Programatic Axon

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Interaction and exposure of research scientist to the public visiting the coffee bar is essential to spread knowledge of the new brick product.

Research desks and Cafe

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To create the form of the building, a multi-objective optimization was set up to with to opposing goals. These screenshots shows an optimization between maximizing the amount of surface area for next bricks on the vertical walls, as well as minimizing annual radiation for the roof of the whole building.

Optimization to Minimize Annual Radiation

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With a new material such as bio-grown mushroom bricks, a proto-typing stage open to the public for demonstration is needed. Here, a demonstrator explains how these bricks can be used for all types of constructions even very complex assemblies.

Prototyping Stage for Robotic Brick Assembly

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The inclusion of automated robotic harvesting was essential for a vertical brick factory that can produce about 60,000 bricks a week. Six automated Robots fills, scans, and empties, thousands of molds continuously. The envelope is nested on both sides with six different mold shapes, the most common brick shapes used in the building industry.

Maximizing Bricks Nested with Variation

The building is also rounded and has Niches to create continuity with the adjacent plaza the corners for continuity of plaza and to create areas for the public to engage with the interface.

Social Street Niche with Robotic Encounters

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Because these factory walls are solid, the source of light for the building became the roof. The walls undulate at the top to create situations were the walls act as self-shad-ing for the roof. The roof design, made of ETFE panels, is then slumped to decrease the annual radiation of its surface.

Roof Sagging to Minimize Radiation

This section reveals the relationship between four programs, the research desk area, the coffee shop, elevated prototyping space, and the lounging platforms along the back wall. The back wall climbs up seven floors and is perfect for seeing whole building in operation.

Section Through Roof Sag and Prototyping Center

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Hovering about the whole factory, one can enjoy a coffee and observe every step of the factory process from automation, brick harvesting, prototyping presentations and social interactions.

Cantilevered Balconies for Coffee and Observation

PHAS

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PHAS

E 2

PHASE 3

PHASE 4

PHASE 7

PHASE 6

PHASE 5

FEEDBACK

FEEDBACKFEEDBACK

MASS PUBLIC ENGAGMENT

INCREASE PRODUCT KNOWLEDGE

FEEDBACK

NEW BUSINESS MODEL

ENHANCED

RAPID PROTO

TYPING

PRODUCT RELEASE

DATA

EXP

OSU

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ELEMENTS

CORRIDOR

CIRCULATION PA

THSWALL

VOIDS

RESTAURANT

STRUCTURE

GREEN SPACE

DISPLAY INTERFA

CE

UNDULATION

PRODUCTION PHASES

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MASS PUBLIC ENGAGM

ENT

BAZAARMARKET

MANUFACTURING 2.0

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ENTRY LEVEL IDEA

DESIGN

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INITIAL PRODUCT

FEED

BACK

FEED

BACK

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FEEDBACK

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NEW DEPTH

FEEDBACK

FEEDBACK

NEW HEIG

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SURFACES

SURFACE H

EIGHT

PROGRAMS

FEEDBACK

TERASCAPE

DEPTHANGLE

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MASSING ELEMENT

HEIGHT

INFRASTUCTURE

DESIG

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EVELOP M

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CRAFTBAZAAR

SHADING

Point A, Point B; feet*feet

feet*feet

Standard Deviation

feet*feet

feet*feet

Point X

feet*feet*feet

%

feet*feet

feet

feet*feet

feet*feet

feet*feet*feet

feet

feet

feet

degree

feet

NEW SURFACES

NEW HEIGHT

DISPLAY INTERFACE

SHARED INFRASTUCTURE

EATING SPACE

PROGRAMS

SHADING

UNDULATION

CURCULATION PATHS

STRUCTURE

GREEN SPACE

DEPTH

HEIGHT

ANGLE

CORRIDOR

SURFACE HEIGHT

VOIDS

NEW DEPTH

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DRIVINGPARAMETERS

CRAFTBAZAAR

EDIBLEBAZAAR

INCUBATORBAZAAR

GENERICBAZAAR

This digram explains how parameters of each component can be adjusted to create different types of bazaar conditions. Here, four different types of bazaar can be made.

This diagram shows the relationship between the new manufac-turing process, bazaar, and how the elements come together to create one condition for a craft bazaar.

Element Work-flow for Bazaar Types

Bazaar Manufacturing Design Work-flow

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CBIP- MANUFACTURING BAZAAR

The studio premise was to explore the computational collaborative model. Our platform was Catia. Each de-signer was to explore the capabilities of Catia as a design tool. Catia is more commonly known as a software for Aerospace engineering and used by some architects such as Gehry and Partners and SHoP Architects. This created a platform where designers can share and collaborate with each others parametric models. We shared models and edited the scripts to adapt to our own intentions. With such an ordinary approach to design, our discussions were almost focused on the parametric adaptability of our models.

The program of the building was a manufacturing complex located in Brooklyn. The complex is seven large identical buildings that come together to create an industry city.

The design proposal was to create a bazaar space within this manufacturing space. The bazaar space would open these small scale manufactures to market on special occasions. At these moments the public would be invited to see new products and methods of manufacturing. The Bazaar will act as actuator for the space and bring it new life every so often.

Studio Critic

Program

Typology

Focus

Laura Kurgen, Scott Marble

Industrial Manufacturing

Factory/Market

Rethinking Imported Goods

Software Catia , Rhino

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The first architectural gesture was to move the main manufacturing circulation to the exterior perimeter of the build-ing and create a bazaar space on the interior of building.

Rethinking Circulation

New Approach

Existing Condition

BAZAAR 2.0ALBERT FRANCO, SUKWON LEE, TIMMIE TSANG // SCOTT MARBLE & LAURA KURGAN

Bazaar 2.0 is the open campus where manufacturers and the public directly interact with each other from the development of products to consumption,in a non-hierarchical platformwithin a shared infrastructure.Users and manufacturers activate a spatial interface that acts as a platform for real-time data collection, ideas exchange and new product development.

BAZAAR TYPES_GENERIC BAZAAR

TYPE-E

EVEN DISTRIBUTIONPROGRAMMATIC DIVERSITY

FOOD MANUFACTURING

SMALL BUSINESS

SHARED INFRASTRUCTURE

EXISTING CONDITION

PROGRAM DISTRIBUTORSUKWON LEE

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GENERATIVE LANDSCAPETIMMIE TSANG

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Inputs

Outputs

30

45

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50%

Large Scale Rotation:

Small Scale Roation:

Door:

Porosity:

Geometrical

Program:

Height:

Width:

Depth:

Eatery

12ft

18.5

1’

ADAPTIVE PARTITION_1

ADAPTIVE PARTITIONALBERT FRANCO

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TYPE-E


FOOD MANUFACTURING

SMALL BUSINESS


EXISTING CONDITION


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Door:

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Width:

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FOOD MANUFACTURING

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EXISTING CONDITION


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LANDSCAPE FOR CIRCULATION AND INTERACTION

SHARED INFRASTRUCTUREVOID FOR NATURAL DAYLIGHTING





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Generative Landscape

Bazaar Partitions

Spatializer

Populates typical manu-facturing floors with larg-

er openings that create bazaar spaces.

Creates an open air un-dulating landacape that

crosses from one side of the bazaar to another.

Create adaptive store front system that is activated druing a

public opening.

Element Usage

What programs of bazaar do you want? and what types of geometrical articulation do you want? Here, we have the catalog of different programmatic distribution and geometrical inputs and outputs. Depending on your demands, you can choose and free to apply these schemes to the masterplan. If you want more customized version other than thses, please contact SAT([email protected]). They will provide client-oriented solutions quickly.

CROSS SECTION LONGITUDINAL SECTION

CRAFT BAZAARMORE DUPLEX UNITLARGE SCALE

TYPE - ASETBACK VAR: 0 to 10 degFLUCTUATION: -6 to +6FREQUENCY: 1.0 x STR. BAY

* MIN. DEMOLITION

TYPE - BSETBACK VAR: 10 to 30 degFLUCTUATION: -12 to +12FREQUENCY: 1.0 x STR. BAY

TYPE - CSETBACK VAR: 10 to 30 degFLUCTUATION: -12 to +12FREQUENCY: 0.5 x STR. BAY

TYPE - DSETBACK VAR: 30 to 60 degFLUCTUATION: -24 to +24FREQUENCY: 1.0 x STR. BAY

* MAX. DEMOLITION

TYPE - ESETBACK VAR: 30 to 60 degFLUCTUATION: -0 to +0FREQUENCY: N/A

INCUBATOR BAZAARMORE INDIVIDUAL UNITSMALL SCALE

EDIBLE BAZAARWIDE DEPTH OF SPACEPUBLIC EXPOSURE

GENERIC BAZAAREVEN DISTRIBUTIONPROGRAMMATIC DIVERSITY

BAZAAR TYPES_CATALOG

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In this matrix, different types of bazaars are accomplished by ad-justing the quantity and distribution of programed spaces.

Parametric Iterative layout of space

GENERATIVE SURFACE DESIGN




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Extremely different spatial conditions can

be adjusted all together instantly.

These are screenshots with measured inputs and outputs that can

be manipulated to create different

conditions.

Sectional Studies

Sectional Studies

BAZAAR TYPES_EDIBLE BAZAAR

TYPE-C

WIDE DEPTH OF SPACEPUBLIC EXPOSURE

FOOD MANUFACTURING

SMALL BUSINESS


EXISTING CONDITION


TYPE-C


FOOD MANUFACTURING

SMALL BUSINESS


EXISTING CONDITION


SCORINGSTANDING

57 8966 57WALKING SITTING LYING

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These illustrations take a closer look at two different types of bazaars and the undulating landscape in between. The undulated land-scaped is detailed for greenery, display space, and vertical circula-tion.

Scoring System for Elements

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Final section drawings where created of the parametric models to visualize the spatial conditions between the bazaar, overlap-ping spaces, undulating landscapes, and prototyping space together.

Final Section Proposals

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Ideas of movement and adaptability were suggested from these advertisements. Knowing that Adidas is a shoe company that focuses many different shoes and tries to compete in a market of athletics, we thought that we needed a facade that would adapt for new releases.

Movement Concept Image

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LINEAR MOVEMENT FACADE

The objective of this double skin facade was to shade an existing building of Adidas retail store and corporate office. With a large facade facing the south, a shading sys-tem was desired. The second skin was to be designed with intent to accommodate Adidas.

The program of the building includes Adidas display spaces, retail, show opening gallery, and offices. With our concept of movement, we decided to create a second skin that was adaptive and physically changed in appearance as well as a system that was modular. Each module was connected to the existing mullions and spanned a series of steel cables from one to the other.

The design had gone through many prototypes before we built full scale and half scale models in stainless steel. In replacement for steel, for the half scale model we used a tensile elastic rope.

Studio Critic

Program

Typology

Focus

Joseph Vidich

New facade for Adidas

Urban Retail

Facade

Software Rhino, Grasshopper, Solidworks, RhinoCam

These bay drawings were important to understand in the module and know where to break this system down to create a prototype. Between the new second skin and the old, there is a cat-walk for cleaning the existing building.

Double Bay Organization

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This render contextualizes our building in New York City. Be-cause its located on a corner it has more opportunities to be more notices during new shoe release. The facade will open and close for shoe releases.

Rendering from Intersection

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Open Position

Closed Position

Staged Movement

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The building facade was programed for which modules would be open and closed during the first initial exhibition. As other releases came new pattern could be made with the facade.

Programed Facade Process

These detail show the bay module that was built at half scale and how these cables would be attached to the steel. The turn-buckles allow these cables to adjust as the facade is changed throughout the year.

Simple Mechanism Latched Joint

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This prototype shoes the LED lighting that is embedded in the model for each module. The lights will illuminate the cables at night and hence allow the structure to disappear at night.

LED Embedded Prototype

Small scale prototypes were important to the design process. During this process we explored many different materials and reoriented the design to vertical modules with horizontal cables. Lighting, materials, transparencies, and cables were all decid-ed through the exploration of prototype.

Material and Movement Testing

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Assembly drawings were made to show the simplicity of construc-tion. These drawings would be organized in a series of sheets that matched a key elevation for an easy installation.

Assembly Drawings

A half scale prototype helped realize the proposal. The model included was design to show the movement and lighting of the new facade.

Final Prototype

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Building Envelope Section

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LANDFORM

TRANSPARENCY

BANKER

PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE

WATCHED

SAFETY

SECURITY

SLOPE

RAMP

BETWEEN

OPEN LOBBY

EXTENSION

PARK

PEELS

PANELS

ENGAGEINTERACTION

EXPOSURE

COMMON KNOWLEDGE

NEWTECHNOLOGY

ACTIVATED

VISUAL CONNECTION

SURFACE

PLAZA

BANK

DISTRIBUTION

LOCAL

FINANCELOUNGING

PAVER

LANDSCAPETRANSLUCENT

CITY BETTERMENT

NEWOWNERS

INCUBATOR

COLLEGE

SMALLBUSINESS

WEALTH

BUSINESS

GLASS

OPENINGSPACE

ACCESSIBLE

ELDER

YOUTH

NATURAL LIGHT

GROUND

POROSITY

BUILDING HEIGHT

RECIPROCAL

MULTI-PENETRABLE

SITE SPECIFIC

DIGITAL TECH

NOVAULT

EXCHANGE

TRANSFER

GROWTH

INPUTS OUTPUTS

BANKMaverick

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Meta Concept Diagram

With many goals for the building, this diagram draws connections between the bank, its’ programs, and interconnected vectors that correlate with each other.

MAVERICK BANK

The new local bank have just found its location in the mid-dle of downtown Brooklyn, a neighborhood that has been getting gentrified for a few years. Maverick bank is placed in this neighborhood to help the local public and local businesses to ground them selfs in there owe community. Recently, many of the local have been pushed out of there rented homes and businesses. This bank is host for the community to learn and growth financially.

Maverick banks is a public building. Maverick seeks to help the community with its educational programs and financial knowledge. Programed with

The banks is sandwiched between two public spaces, the roof top park and the ground plaza. The plaza is adjacent to the business and development center, where meeting rooms , public seminars, and Lectures are hosted to im-pact the communities knowledge of finance and business development. Unlike other banks this bank is one to resist gentrification.

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Software Rhino, Grasshopper

Studio Critic

Program

Typology

Focus

William Arbizu

Local Bank

Land from building

Public Support

Program Diagrams

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Bank Level Plan and Roof Access

A small bank, mostly with digital transactions, is sandwiched between a roof park and a ground plaza. Here shown, the main bank floor with entrance to from the roof park.

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Public Engaging Plaza

A vibrant plaza connects the public from the urban streets. Here shown and impromptu rap show with small audience. This space is usable by the public upon reservation. Th plaza is directly con-nected to the bank and business development entrances.

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The bank stands firmly on a corner between plaza and park. It is exposed from all directions and accessible from a mellow sloped concrete plaza.

Elevated Bank for Ground Plaza

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BANK BUILT FOR LOCALS

BANK WITH PUBLIC SPACE

The bank is filled with natural light and expresses its transparen-cy with glass on all sides. In this view I wanted to emphasize the continuity between the roof terrace and the bank.

Interior Pools and Programs

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Roof Surface Bank Floor Plaza Surface

Each level of the bank is separated into layers. There is a signifi-cant overlap between each level. I this diagram I try to reveal the structure, platforms for walking, usables spaces and panelized system. 42

Steel Frame 03

Main Bank 02

Plaza level 01

B&D Center 00

Roof Scape 04

Structural Exploded Axon

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CAN AN ARCHITECTURE OF REVERBERATION

DISMANTLE ASSOCIATIONS OF SOCIAL CLASS?

This diagram shows the unrolled section of the whole building. By cutting through some of the tubes one can clearly see how the sound moves from one space to another.

Sound and Circulation Section Unrolled

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POOL OF REVERBERATION SYNTHESIS

Located between two communities, the new pool of re-verberation synthesis, is struggling to resolve interactions of conflict. The site is located in a neighborhood that has been depleted the local Columbia university communi-ty. Over many years Columbia University has planned an expansion that will destroy many homes of low income residence. The new location for this pool is replacing an parking lot, sandwiched between a low income residential tower and the Harlem community library.

The new pool of reverberation will now become the com-mon ground for unity of both communities. This pool is to be used by both Harlem and Columbia community. The swimming pool is an interesting common ground be-cause most people are stripped down from all accessories already. Without the many objects that identify the people of New York as fortunate or unfortunate, the pool then can begin to disguise the other less visual senses that help us decode one another.

Sound is often how one can find out where one is from. For some, accent can give information of what part of the world, state, enclave, neighborhood or even what kind of educational background on has. My goal for this pool of reverberation is to disassociate sounds of people from themselves. As one swims in the pool, sounds of the site and voices from different locations projected into the swimming pools. Hence synthesizing two communities through sound reverberation.

Studio Critic

Program

Typology

Focus

Cristina Goberna

Aquatic center

Agonistic Urban

Synthesizing

Software Rhino, Grasshopper, Maya, Vray

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This image shows how the tube form used as circulation, separa-tion interior from exterior, swimming pools, and to move sound from one place to another.

Meta Concept Image

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Racquetball ball and Cheering Crowd Sounds.

Pedestrians and Park Sounds

Transit Stop Sounds

Sound and Movement

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Since this building is grounded in between tow communities, the building was not to take on the appearance of the context. The building would stand as an anomaly to separate itself from the historic ties of community conflict.

Street Presence

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The site was fully designed to bring people engage the com-munity to use the landscape and explore the building.

Site Design for Context Axises

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Originally, an American suburban past time, we wanted to bring the BBQ to the Parks of New York city. With our pavilion people could enjoy out door BBQs with the community in a public park.

The Original American BBQ

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MULTIFACETED SURFACE BBQ

Studio Critic

Program

Typology

Focus

Jason Ivaliotis

Pavillion

Parametric Installation

Surface Design

Initial triangulation studies in paper.

This design was created from one surface. The intention was to create a multifaceted surface that was able to be very plastic and conform to many programs. The surface model of the pavilion was to act as a BBQ, table, shading structure, and seating area.

With the initial intention of creating a pavilion with a em-bedded BBQ, the design began as a flat surface and went through a series of operations in order to accommodate many functions.

The site for this pavilion was proposed to be placed in parks around New York city. The Pavilion is composed of Stainless steel metal and Plexiglas.

Software Rhino, Grasshopper, Solid Works, RhinoCam

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By manipulating one surface, a pavilion was created with many functions. The pavilion can be used for BBQ, shading, seating, and as a table.

Architectural Gestures

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This image shows how the pavilion would be used if it were installed at Columbia University. The pavilion would be great for warm sum-mer days.

Proposed Installation at Butler Library Lawn

Detail

Prototype

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When broken down into parts one can see the folded and tabular assembly of each component and how these components cane be overlapped to create a structural surface.

Axon of Proposed Prototype

Infill Frame Solid

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The components are broken down into three different types; Infill Plexiglas panels, open stainless steel frame panels, and solid stain-less steel panels. Together they act as structure, ventilation, and source of light.

Unrolled Detail Components

Point Grid Triangulation

Reciprocal Voided ReciprocalTetrahedron

Shifted Grid

Analysis Analysis

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Displacement Stress

These diagrams illustrate how the computational model was structured and overlapped. Also, Stress and displacement analysis were done in solidworks to make sure all curvatures and loads were possible .

Computational Processes and Analysis

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These are three images of the prototype made at full scale. A Small portion of the model was made as a flat panel, pieces were folded, overlapped, and pierced with rivets.

A group of people use sit at central park and use this pavilion as a bench, table, and shading device.

Prototype Images

Proposed installation at the Park

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LIGHT DENSITY PUBLISHING COMPANY

This building a facility for light manufacturing. Its perma-nent residence is the Light Density Publishing Company, a business that publishes design and art books and holds gallery openings related to their published work.

The programed spaces in the building include, offices, archival stacks, open galleries, a library, an auditorium for presentations, and a compact printing center.

How can one use a existing material in a way that con-tradicts its original intention? Custom light weight CMU blocks were designed to be rotated into position and used as a shading screen. CMU blocks are typically used to cre-ate surfaces that appear to be heavy and solid. In this case, the new brick is as a light and airy second skin that filters natural light through its openings.

Creating a pattern for the brick rotation brings different qualities and levels of light into areas with specific pro-grams. The bricks are mounted on to steel rods during installation and do not rotate, there after.

Studio Critic

Program

Typology

Focus

Anton Martinez, Elias Martar

Publishing and Gallery

Industrial Office

Facade

The use of a material with a heavy appear-

ance lifted off the ground and used a s a

double screen.

Software Rhino, Grasshopper, Galapagos, Ladybug

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Naturally, a building of this proportion is seen horizontally. This image emphasizes the verticality of the buildings skin. The bricks are mounted on rods and rotate on central axis. This vertically was achieved through the design of spacing and rotation of each brick.

Expressing Verticality through linearity

Communal programs such as an auditori

located on the lower levels of the building in order to facilitate the public accesibility.

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The ground floor foot print is much smaller because each facade is cantilevered out 10ft. On ground floor there is a showroom, cafe, and information center. The second floor is a double height space with a library, archive, and auditorium.

Ground Level and Level 02 Plans

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These images were created early on to try to understand what the office spaces would look like int relation to the floor to ceiling heights and the new double skin.

Cross Sections

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4. ENCLOSu RE SYSTEM

SOUTHERN FACADE

Between the workspace and a porous brick wall there is a

operable glass facade.

transformed into a space for relaxing breaks with refreshing natural breezes. Because the Catwalk is completely surrounded by brick and glass, it becomes a safe place for short breaks. The Catwalk is accessible through operable double glazing. The operability of these window walls also allows for natural

weathers nice.

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SOUTHERN FACADE

Between the workspace and a porous brick wall there is a

operable glass facade.

transformed into a space for relaxing breaks with refreshing natural breezes. Because the Catwalk is completely surrounded by brick and glass, it becomes a safe place for short breaks. The Catwalk is accessible through operable double glazing. The operability of these window walls also allows for natural

weathers nice.

WALL SECTION- BRICK FACADE

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These sections will give a better understanding of the steel struc-ture of the building, as well as the cantilevered double skin and drainage and insulation solutions.

Typical Cross Section Detailed

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More often then not corners of buildings are resolved poorly. For this reason I like to look closer at the corner as an opportunity. This corner come to a clean edge. As the bricks leave the edge they begin to rotate out for more sunlight.

Corner Detail

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This render shows the density of the custom brick facade. It also gives a closer look at how these bricks begin to rotate out to bring more light in to the building.

Corner Render

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This view one can see the undulated in glass atrium , the rotating bricks and catwalk between the two skins.

Atrium View

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This drawing shows the pattern that was chosen for the south ele-vation. This pattern is more dense in areas when more shading is needed.

Elevation with bricks

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This detail was created to emphasize and create more discussion with in the office and to cerate an area with people can meet with natural light.

Seating along the Atrium

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Cutaway Entrance

building and demits the heavy brick wall momentarily.


WALL SECTION- CuTAWAY ENTRANCE

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This is the drawing detail for the atrium that is shown on the left. The idea was to make the slabs look as thin as possible while allow-ing the users to utilize the raised floor as a seat.

Section Detail at Atrium

ARMATURE : HOUSING OF STABILITY

This housing project is located in east Harlem at Manhattan’s north east waterfront edge. This commu-nity is suffering from high levels of crime, low income, and lack of amenities. The building anchors the top of Manhattan as an icon of a new founded resilient recovery. Located on Park Avenue, the building is in a prime location to rejuvenate the urban landscape between the museum district and its surroundings. It is to be seen from afar a mysterious shifted structure to allure those who are unfamiliar with its purpose.

Studio Critic

Program

Typology

Focus

Douglas Gauthier

Housing

Urban

Community Development

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East Harlem perceived as a wasteland by

outsiders.No support for safety,

education,jobs, and culture.

This drawing contextualizes the site. The project is at the upper east edge of Manhattan. To the right of our side is the Hudson river that divides upper Manhattan and the Bronx.

This is the conceptual vision of creating a new envirnoment for growth of the community and creating more opportunities for the locals.

Site Plan

Plan for Revitalization

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This is a typical floor plan that shows how the howl building shift over and towards the river. It also shows the residential units, core, and library study rooms.

Mixed programs

Rethinking Circulation

Private

Public

Fast Slow

CHILD'S PLAY

GREEN SPACE

MEETING SPACE

CAFE'

LIBRARY

BUSINESS CENTER

LOBBYCAR PARK

BIKE STORAGE

RETAIL

CENTER FOR THE AGING

SERVICE SPACE

LAUNDRY

EXERCISERESIDENTIAL

COMMUNITY CENTER

As the concept of armature comes to life, on sees the interstitial space between the programs on each end becomes important public space. The lower level is connected to the streets. The upper level is only accessible by the residence.

Inside the Local Armature

Speed vs. Access

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This Diagram addresses the intermingling of pro-gram in relation to speed and public / private accessibility

ARMATURE

PROGRAM PROGRAM

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The idea of armature was created with in the city and with in the build-ing. This diagram helps organize the plan with programs on each end and housing and circula-tion in the center.

The idea that the pro-grams would be plac-es on the ends led to studies of the circulations paces in between. The in-between spaces be-came an important part of the design that was initially found through studying the armature.

Layout Concept

UrbanSectional Studies

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Formal Gestures

Raising for Site AccessOpening for Light

Urban Ventilation andCity Circulation

B&D Center 00

Engulfing the Site

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TYPE2 BEDROOM UNIT1020 SQFT

TYPE1 BEDROOM UNIT815 SQFT

TYPESTUDIO UNIT535 SQFT

TYPE:MICRO UNIT391 SQFT

These plans and axons show the spatial condi-tion of the units and the number of people that can occupy them.

Units

The urban section ex-poses how the building addresses light and air, as well and gives a clear understanding of its rela-tionship to the height of its context and it visibility for the cities edge.

Urban section

As an urban project this building grounds the cities edge and asks to be seen as something more then just housing with additional programs, but an armature of reconnecting east Harlem to the rest of Manhattan.

Urban Armature Holds the Cities Edge

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A BUILDING THAT IS A ARMATURE BETWEEN

BOROUGHS

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