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Raymond Gonzalez

Sky PlinthInstructor Sarah Dunn

Fall 2011

Skin DeepInstructor Xavier Vendrell

Spring 2012

Two of a KindInstructors Jimenez Lai

Sam JacobFall 2012

Sky PlinthInstructor Sarah Dunn

Fall 2011

Cell Cell CellInstructors Penelope Dean

Andrew ModdrellSpring 2011

Loop HouseInstructors Paul Preissner

Laura FehlbergFall 2010

Skin DeepInstructor Xavier Vendrell

Spring 2012

Two of a KindInstructors Jimenez Lai

Sam JacobFall 2012

Two of a KindInstructors Jimenez Lai & Sam JacobFall 2012

Two of a Kind is the exploration of an anthropomorphic architecture. The implementation of traditional architectural motifs, such as punched window openings and cornices, provides a contrast to the novel phyiscal form derived from the precedent of conjoined twins.

The initial phase consisted of a formal investigation based on two general tower conditions; stacked and lofted. Both primitives were subjected to formal simplification by rebuilding the profile of each level with fewer control points. The idea of an object and its counterpart was used as the basis for a new investigation.

Chang & Eng Narcissus Abby & Brittany just like dad sort of like dad nothing like dad

Romeo & Juliet The Creation of Adam Adam & Eve Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Twins (the movie) inner beauty

jealousyintimidationsupportconfusioncuriositylove

lonely hollow shy normal extroverted inebriated













A more in depth exploration of the pair condition included a physical model and drawings that investiagted the difference made possible through shape, detail, color and texture.

The final step in the investigation included identifying various types of conjoined twins and their architectural equivalents. Ronnie and Donnie Gaylon along with the Wrigley Building were chosen as the basis for a final model and drawing.

Ronnie and Donnie Galyonjoined through the middle

Wrigley Building 1924Graham, Anderson, Probst & White

Abigail and Brittany Henseljoined from the neck down

Ladan and Laleh Bijanijoined at the head

The San Remo 1931Emery Roth

CCTV Headquarters 2012OMA

A fictitious family was created as part of the final group. The mother figure incorporates modern tower elements, such as exposed structure and a curtain wall skin, so as to contrast with the traditional architectural language of the conjoined figure. The child is a combination of the two.

Skin DeepInstructor Xavier VendrellSpring 2012

As with the human body, the skin of a building is a multi-functional system. The skin of a building defines the border between what is in and what is out. It regulates acces to light, air, views, and is a significant aesthetc component.

SKIN DEEPRaymond Gonzalez

SITE PLAN1/64 = 1-0

GROUND FLOOR1/32 = 1-0

RESIDENTIAL GROUND FLOOR1/16 = 1-0

THIRD FLOOR1/16 = 1-0

FOURTH FLOOR1/16 = 1-0

FIFTH FLOOR1/16 = 1-0

WEST ELEVATION1/16 = 1-0

NORTH ELEVATION1/16 = 1-0

SECTION AA (looking south)1/16 = 1-0

SECTION AA (looking north)1/16 = 1-0

AA AA

6,000 SF commercial space

44 space parking garage(below) residential entry levels

residential unit distribution(8) single story studio units(12) three story townhouse units(16) four story townhouse units

36 total residential units

W Division St

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N Milwaukee Ave

The site is just off the corner of Ashland Avenue and Division Street, approximately two miles west of Chicagos lakefront. The four bars of units slowly rise in height torwards Division Street. The code compliant slope mediates the change in height from the one and two story homes to the south and the taller commercial/ multi-unit housing to the north.


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SECTION AA (looking south)

NORTH ELEVATION


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SECTION AA (looking north)

WEST ELEVATION

Sky PlinthInstructor Sarah DunnFall 2011

dormitory library museum

The initial investigation examined the Palmer House (above left). The plinth of the hotel contains the major public spaces, such as the lobby, ballrooms, restaurants and retail. The most compelling spatial relations of the building were found in this zone. The diagram sequence (above) shows the plinth being raised into the air along modified towers. The final image (right) shows the hotel transformed into the sky plinth primitive.

Applied to the city as a whole the floating plinth stretches in all directions and establishes a new urban datum for the city. The interior spaces show the desired affect of being surrounded by the sky, river and city.

Urban Vision

The building floats beyond the site boundary (red dots) allowing for a matt building typology to be inserted into the vertical expanse of Chicagos urban core.

The main entry into the building is located at the corner of W Fulton and N Canal filling in what is currently a parking lot. The two existing buildings to the south would be hollowed out and refitted as the buildings operations area.

W Fulton St

N Canal St

W Lake St

N Clinton St

N Jefferson St

N Franklin St

N W

ells St

N La Salle D

r

N Clark St

W Wacker Dr

A variety of means were employed to hold the building up and allow for circulation. An elevator and escalator ascend from the ground floor entry, steel legs sprout from the site or building and circulation shafts touch down as required.

transverse sections

longitudinal sections

site section

Each plan is a matrix of twelve rectangular zones supported within a building scaled space frame. Each zone represents a precedent and sky plinth primitive offspring. Starting at the top left and ending at the bottom right the precedents are:

Le Corbusier, Monastery of Sainte-Marie-de-La-Tourette, 1960SANAA, Rolex Learning Center, 2010Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye, 1931SANAA, EDA Apartments, 2002

Wolfgang Tschapeller, The Centre for Promotion of Science, 2010SANAA, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, 2004 Rem Koolhaas / OMA, Agadir Convention Centre, 1990Rem Koolhaas / OMA, CCTV Headquarters, 2010

Renzo Piano, California Academy of the Sciences, 2008Steven Holl, Bloch Building, 2007Renzo Piano, Volcano Buono, 2007Riken Yamamoto, The Circle, 2012

roof

third floor

first floor

a.

b.

c.

a.

b. c.

second floor

longitudinal section

Cell Cell CellInstructors Penelope Dean & Andrew ModdrellSpring 2011

The cellular concept was discovered through an iterative process of physical models. The first series was created prom PVC sheets required to fill a volume of 4x4x1. One model was selected as a precedent for the next iteration. This series, constructed of paper, follows the same logic of polygons with shared borders. The concept was used as the base for a mixed use building incorporating architectural necessities such as circulation, day lighting, program and structure.

MAKE IT4 x 4 x 1(pvc)

bend

braid

addition

subtraction

MODEL 1 - Libeskind LandARCH 552 Architectural Design IIThin outRaymond Gonzalez

MAKE IT4 x 4 x 1(paper)

libeskind land

air filter

cellular aggregation

wiscombe way

BLOW IT UP8 x 8 x 2(paper)

FIGURE IT OUT256 x 256 x 64

CELL, CELL, CELLRaymond GonzalezFLOOR PLANSARCH 552 | 04.11.11SCALE = 1:32

floor 1 floor 2


floor 3 floor 4CELL, CELL, CELLRaymond GonzalezFLOOR PLANSARCH 552 | 04.11.11SCALE = 1:32

floor 5


floor 3 floor 4

circulation

voids

lobby retail office restaurant

ADD A SITE256 x 256 x 64

site plan site model (foam)

building elevation with site

structural model (metal wire)

ADD STRUCTURE

ground floor third floorsecond floor

fifth floorfourth floor

Drawing Problem No. 1House VI Recital / Counterfeit Recreate Peter Eisenmans House VI drawings. Produce a Maya model for each of the 14 sheets. Take through Rhino into Autocad. Line work and coloring to be done in Illustrator.

Loop HouseInstructors Paul Preissner & Laura FehlbergFall 2010

Drawing Problem No. 2House VI Performance / Art Forgery

Introduce curve geometry to the set. Recreate each sheet following the original transformations. Crossing the walls pinches both pairs together.The color changes from red to blue atthe intersection.

initial move (sheet 13)

stacked (similar profile) augmented stacked (varying profile) augmented

rationalization

Drawing Problem No. 3New House / The Suburbs

Select a geometric feature from the curve set. Use that feature to establish a building taxonomy. Apply the taxonomy to the house primitive (design provided). Use the result to design a two bedroom house.

application to the house primitive

Programmatic modifications

22

60

house primitive

ribbon

12

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B C

B C

1

234

5

6 7

8

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1 living 2 dining 3 kitchen 4 guest bath 5 guest bedroom

The guest suite is a single volume augmented by multiple ribbons.

The house is comprised of multiple volumes each defined by a single ribbon. The ribbons then overlap one another to create the interior.

8 7

9 23

2 1

7

3 5

BB CC

AA

6 master bath 7 master bedroom 8 guest suite 9 garage

1 living 2 dining 3 kitchen 4 guest bath 5 guest bedroom

left elevationscale 1/8 = 1-0

front elevationscale 1/8 = 1-0

right elevationscale 1/8 = 1-0

0EL. 1-0

EL. 10-6

EL. 22-0




0EL. 1-0

EL. 10-6

EL. 22-0

1(stacked)

2 3 4(elevated)

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0EL. 1-0

EL. 10-6

EL. 22-0

5 6 7 8(stacked)

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academic portfolio

Documents

dad sort of like dad

creation of adam adam

hyde twins

dadromeo juliet

precedent of conjoined

formal investigation

new investigation

formal simplification