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REMEDIATION RESEARCH & INTERPRETIVE CENTER

HAITI DISASTER RELIEF DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM

RUSTON REGIONAL AIRPORT

23 33 37 45ALLENDALE MULTI-MODAL

BIKE EXCHANGEMURPHY ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY

HUCKLEBERRY TRAILS PARK TRAILHEAD

ARTWORK

GOWANUS CANALREMEDIATION RESEARCH & INTERPRETIVE CENTER

BROOKLYN, NYWINTER 2013

PROFESSOR : BRAD DEALPARTNER : COLTON STEVENSON

GOWANUS CANALREMEDIATION RESEARCH & INTERPRETIVE CENTERlocation Brooklyn, NYquarter Winter 2013professor Brad Dealpartner Colton Stevenson

The remediation of the Gowanus Canal area involves cutting into the site to bring the water and community closer. The transitional space between the site and canal is transformed into a dense sponge park to alleviate runoff from the city. The community is brought from the city’s existing circulation into and onto structures that rise from the ground and extend over the water’s edge. The structural stitches aim to inform and engage the public to move towards healing for the area.

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VICIA FABA

MELILOTUS OFFICINALIS

LUPINUS MICROCARPUS

BRASSICA JUNCEA

AMBROSIA ARTEMISIIFOLIA

BIOREMEDIATION COVERED PAVILION

COMMUNITY GARDEN

RESEARCH

FACILITY

INTERPRETIVE CENTER

SPONGE PARK

GREENROOFS

ENVELOPE

STRUCTURE

PROGRAM

SITE STRATEGIES

CONTEXT

PUBLIC / PRIVATE

The division of public and private are established in two separate stitches that engage with the water’s edge in different ways.

The private division of research engages the public through green roof observation, canal passage, and louver orientation.

The interpretive center is public’s access to the knowledge and workings of the site and its current conditions. A theater on the ground floor opens to the exterior for outdoor lectures.

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GROUND FLOOR

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Fixed position louvers allow for viewing in and out of building while simultaneously directing and diffusing light into space.

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The strategy of stitching together the land and water can be applied for post-industrial properties along the canal edge. When the canal is cleaned and becomes a desirable location, mixed use residential and commercial properties can adapt the language of overlapping stitches that pull from the geometries of the surrounding context.

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OUT OF THE RUBBLEHAITI DISASTER RELIEF DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM

location Haitiquarter Winter 2014professor Kevin Singh

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The residents of Haiti require unique and sustainable solutions to provide stable housing following the 2010 earthquake. This system can be deployed and would enable the population to both clean up and construct safe and permanent homes from the rubble. Gabion wall systems have long been used for retaining, however, the conditions present in Haiti lend themselves to using the rubble to construct structural wall systems. This approach facilitates mobilizing the population and utilizing local resources. Over half of the rubble from the 2010 earthquake remains in place. Haitians can earn wages from crushing and sorting rubble, and the gabion wall system requires minimal construction knowledge to assemble.

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The kit contains enough gabion cages to assemble twenty-four cages, a hexagonal tarp for overhead, clips to assemble the cages, and a barrel that can act as rubble transport or water collection. At the first response, the kit assembles into a single panel thickness structure to temporary house residents while rubble is crushed and sorted.

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Permanent homes and communities are established once land is cleared. The modular nature of the deployed system helps adapt to families of various sizes and needs. The hexagonal shape lends itself to groupings to facilitate sharing of party walls and resources. With a safe and stable structural system in place, residents can expand using local resources.

TEMPORARY TO PERMANENT

RUSTON REGIONALAIRPORT

DESIGNING GROWTH FOR RUSTON, LA

location Ruston, LAquarter Fall 2012professor Brad Deal

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The origins and growth for the city of Ruston, Louisiana, have been generated from transportation advancements. Settlement developed when the railroad came through initially. The I-20 Corridor later cut through the city and brought more commerce. A regional airport would aide in bringing additional growth to the city of Ruston. The design follows a diagrammatic process which is influened by various forces.

POND

NATURAL VENTILATION

NATURAL VENTILATION

DAYLIGHT

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DIAGRAM STRATEGY

The airport’s design is split into an amenities complex and a terminal. Attractions would be available first hand for people arriving and the airport scenery could become a spectacle for locals.

The circulation of the public operates on a continuous path that opens for views and cues for direction.

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ENTRY LEVEL

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UPPER LEVEL

AMENITIES SECTION

AIRPORT SECTION

The skin of the structure allows light to enter along small openings in the conditioned spaces and air to flow through for unconditioned spaces. Like the diagrams show, the skin is open at the ends to direct views into the landscape and runway.

The addition of a regional airport to Ruston allows for the expansion of the local economy as well as pave the way for future transportation. An airport with dual purposes to serve as an entrance to the city and attraction for the locals.

ANODIZED METAL PANEL SKIN

METAL STUD FRAME

INTERIOR FINISHES

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AMENITIES SECTION

AIRPORT SECTION

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MULTI-MODAL BIKE EXCHANGE

ALLENDALENEIGHBORHOODREVITALIZATIONS

location Shreveport, LAquarter Fall 2013professor William Hartmanpartner Surge Troost

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One of the major problems of growing cities is urban sprawl. Cheaper land on the outskirts of city centers accessible by limited access highways drain resources from the core of a city. Shreveport, Louisiana once had a viable downtown business and residential environment. The circumstances surrounding this decay may be due to neglect of infrastructure, pride for the area, and economic viability.

DOWNTOWN SHREVEPORT

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Through an assessment gauging existing transportation conditions combined with a growing interest in a bikable downtown, we established our program around a multimodal bike exchange located in the Allendale Neighborhood directly adjacent to downtown Shreveport.

Predesign consisted of several iterations of massing and form models in response to the street edges with incorporated transportation paths.

TRANSPORTATION NODE

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concept model iterations

TRANSPORTATION NODE

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1. RETAIL2. OFFICE SPACE3. BIKE SERVICES4. LIVE/WORK APARTMENTS5. APARTMENTS6. CAR SHARE7. SPORTRAN BUS SERVICE OFFICE8. LOCKER ROOMS

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LEVEL -1

LEVEL 0

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LEVEL +1 LEVEL +2 LEVEL +3 & +4

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The revitalization of the Allendale neighborhood is essential to the regrowth of Shreveport. Creating housing conditions with mixed use amenities and proximity to redesigned bike paths and transportation access, will bring the city to a level where it can attract future young professionals.

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MESH SKIN

SKIN STRUCTURE

PRIMARY STRUCTURE

FLOORPLATES

MASSING

As our country moves toward alternative forms of energy and fuel, it becomes necessary to think about providing an amenity that makes many transportation options available. In an effort to reduce our dependency on cars, a transportation hub for Shreveport would favor the use of bikes and public transit over the use of personal automobiles.Visualizing a future city core, the scale for economic and social viability would be balanced between work, housing, and entertainment.

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MURPHY ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LIBRARYMANUSCRIPT PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION CENTER

location El Dorado, Arkansasquarter Spring 2012professor Damon Caldwell

Designed to house a collection of illuminated manuscripts, this library’s concept is based off the relationships of various inks and pigments used to create the ancient documents. The effects of bleeding inks and settling pigments becomes the shifting and bleeding of continuous programmatic space. The most private operations are located at the top of the building and begins to transition into more public access.

This concept object was created to demonstrate the bleeding and blending formed from layering colored wax with varying thicknesses and cooling temperatures. The unexpected nature of the core lead my design to incorporate an atrium open to each of the floors.

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Predesign for the manuscript library involved watercolor and sketch investigations to develop spatial relationships and elevations. The need to diffuse and sheild the manuscripts from harmful natural light led to the design of the envelope. The bookshelves and storage reflect the design concept of layers that blend and transition into one another. Each floor is visible, however, access is limited the higher up one goes as well as across elevated floorplates.

GALLERY VITRENE LIBRARY BOOKSHELF ARCHIVE SHELF / STORAGE

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LONGITUDINAL SECTION

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Wall section model construction aided in the understanding of building envelope tectonics and relationships between floorplates.

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HUCKLEBERRY TRAILS

NATURE PARKTRAILHEAD ENTRANCE

location Ruston, LAquarter Spring 2013professor Brad Deal Design Build Studio

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This design build studio focused on the relationship of a proposed pedestrian entrance to a nature walk located in Ruston, LA. The goal was to approach the design with durable construction materials with ease of maintenance for the city’s parks and recreation department. The pavilion marks a trailhead entrance and exit on the southwest corner of the park.

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The current discourse of architectural education involves elements of parametric design and scripting definitions. We were challenged as a studio to fully realize a design from the studio workspace to built environment.

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Computer modeling both benefited and challenged our ability to achieve precision. With traditional construction, our design opportunities would have been restricted to normative forms, but with the digital tools we used we were able to control and manipulate complex geometries far more effectively.

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ARTWORKDESIGN FUNDAMENTALS

(IM)BIBEINSTALLATIONEXHIBITION 4272014

The foundations of any project stem from an understanding of the elements and principles of design.

Art has been an outlet for exploration and understanding of the world around me. Many years of discipline and developing skills in the execution of art have allowed me to expand into the field of architecture.

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MEANDERACRYLIC ON OAKEXHIBITION 4272014

EAMES HOME WATERCOLOR

ARCH 3182014 48

CHIEFCHARCOAL2007

Working with different media has helped transition between various design tools and understanding the limitations of each. From the precision of digital fabricaiton to the fluidity of watercolor, the ability to communicate with my hand has become vital to the communication of design intent.

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STANDOUTWATERCOLOR & COLOR PENCIL2010

EVENING GLOWACRYLIC PAINT

2010

LICHEN MATRIXCHARCOAL2014

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