my portfolio
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A compendium of my acadmic work.TRANSCRIPT
er ic george rodgers
archi tecture por t fo l io
work in progress
academic design
prana fazenda house
hostel 13: a youth hostel
hispanic cultural center
providence meeting hall and marketplace
chalk’s seaplane terminal
professional expericence
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CONTENTS
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pranafazenda
housecampos do jordao, sao paulo, brazil
fall 2011six week duration
rene gonzalez, faculty critic2012 Student Design Award Winner
The design for the Prana Fazenda House is a vacation residence intended for the resort town of Campos do Jordao, which is few hours’ drive from Sao Paulo, Brazil’s most populated metropolis. The area is known for is green mountains and its temperate weather. In the design I challenge the conventional make up of residential architecture by altering the traditions of residential layouts and integrating a contemporary edifice in to a dramatic landscape.
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VERTIGO ZOOM is a camera technique which alters camera lense field of view(fov) and zoom to undermine normal visual perception. The public wing of the home is skewed to alter visitors perception
of the surrounding landscape.
DISTANCE=WIDTH
2tan(1/2 FOV)∆ FOV
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“break” as covered patio
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opposite: public wing
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master bedroom view
opposite: opening diagram and private wing hall
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hostel 13:
a youth hostel
miami beach, florida, usafall 2009
twelve week durationroberto behar, faculty critic
Hostel 13 is a unique hospitality concept where the design problem requires an inventive solution geared toward young people. Located in the internationally famous South Beach, the design rearranges historic qualities of art deco architecture to create a contemporary hostel which fit within a historic, yet modern district. The guiding concept was propelled by Miami Beach’s past as a coconut grove by alluding and deconstructing proper palm grove formations. The building is a stylistic compendium of art deco and emulates precedent urban conditions and fits within the character of Miami Beach.
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col l ins avenue
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th stre
et
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1 outdoor cafe 2 cafe 3 office space 4 lobby 5 circulation tower6 utilities and maintenance 7 storage 8 retail 9 courtyard
ground floor plan
Victor Hotelwas designed in 1937 by
L. Murray Dixon on a similar urban corner
condition
retail is split to create larger public space
additional circulaton tower & semi-public
observation deck
coverd outdoor cafe serves as transitional
“front porch”
addition of palms acts as ruins of past Miami Beach groves
collins drive
13th street
ocean drive
11th street
movement of main entrance activates
courtyard and barriers activates urban streets
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observation deck
& circulation tower
roof deck
lodging
pool deck
retail
outdoor cafe
A levels 3 and 6 B levels 4,7,and 9 C levels 5 and 8
321design concept
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guest room type B
steel reinforcing
structural glass blocks
cast-in-place concrete
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hammock room
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hispanicculturalcenter
washington heights, new york, new york, usafall 2011
six week durationsara caples, faculty critic
The new Hispanic Cultural Center is a contemporary addition to the Audubon Terrace Historic District. The challenge of this project was to provide a cultural space which was au courant, related to the existing Beaux Arts complex, and alludes to the Hispanic cultural diaspora. The design is a synthesized interpretation of an Afro-Latin architectural typology. The concept is drawn from the complex and varied heritage of the New York Hispanic.
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broadway e levat ion
f oc
al
po
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cl imate responsive s lope
re interpreat ion of t ransiont ional entry
cl imate responsive glazing
reconfiguring the shotgun typology
typical shotgun house
west 156 st reet e levat ion
cour tyard e levat ion centra l l ib rary
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BR
OA
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W E S T 1 5 6 S T R E E T
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st reet leve l
leve l 2 leve l 4
basement level leve l 3
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longi tudina l sect ion
cross sect ion
opposite:clockwise from top left, courtyard; street entrance from subway; main multipurpose space
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providencemeeting hall
&marketplace
providence, rhode islandfall 2009
six week durationjoseph middlebrooks, faculty critic
This bold design for Downtown Providence was derived from the meeting of the Moshassuck, Woonasquatucket, and Providence Rivers. The dramatic geography, just blocks from the site, provided inspiration for a new tectonic form which then became architecture. This project was an effort to emulate natural forms with concrete and steel, in a fashion which adheres to the context of the urban surrounding which provides a civic center for Providence. The design addresses several complex challenges in combine drastically different program in a specific site.
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01iconographicgeography
02iconographic
shape
03iconographic
form
04iconographic
structure
05iconographicarchitecture
design concept
clockwise from top:second floor hall overlooking outdoor market; second floor
lobby; meeting hall
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citygreyvehicular
MEETING HALL
OFFICES
MARKETMARKET
parkgreen
pedestrian
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chalk’s seaplane
terminalwatson island, miami, florida
spring 2010twelve week duration
david trauttman, faculty critic
The design of the Chalks Seaplane Terminal is intended to be an iconic gesture in the center of Miami. The project is on Watson Island, near the center of downtown and directly across the busiest cruise port in the world. The design renders flight and movement in three dimensions and offers a new passenger terminal typology as a civic landmark. In this project the conventions of terminal design have been uprooted to where aircrafts becomes the focus of a sinuous structure.
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configuration development
typical airport layout
g o v e r n m e n t c u t
Ground Floor Plan
Second Floor Plan
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GroundedIn-Flight Xprocess concept
first level departures
deep pile foundation
monolithic beam foundation
insulated aluminum cladding
three-dimensional space framed trussed
Architecture In-Flight
GroundedArchitecture X
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