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Architecture portfolio 10.25.2012TRANSCRIPT
The intent of this portfolio is to showcase design principles created, nurtured, developed and founded at [CSOA] Clemson School of Architecture.
I am a recent graduate of the [CSOA] Clemson University School of Architecture. In May 2011 I received my Bachelors in Art in Architecture degree Magna Cum Laude. In addition I completed a Business Administration minor. After graduation, I intend to work to gain practical experience in the business world.
I intend to bring my principles of design into this field to create postitive change within our urban environments.
Sincerely,
Alex Tomlinson
UNDERGRADUATE PORTFOLIOALEXANDER R. TOMLINSON[AT]
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May 2011
May - Aug. 2010
Aug. - Dec. 2009
Greenville, SC May - Aug. 2009
Atlanta, GA2008 | 2010
Earl Architects Intern Architect Marketing for proposed hospital designed for Madison, GA. Envisioned a constructed physical model to be given to Madison patrons as a gift. Final model designed and constructed out of laser cut acrylic and basswood at 1:200 scale.
The Dish LTD Freelance Graphic Designer Developed graphic artwork for cities of Greensboro, NC; Raleigh, NC; and Buffalo, NY. The artwork consisted of each cities’ most iconic art, architecture, and historical figures. Illustrated these venues as signature-black sketches to be printed on specialty white chinaware.
Clemson UniversityB.A. in Architecture, Business Administration Minor 3.78 Magna Cum Laude
New York City, New York Barcelona, Spain
EDUCATION
STUDY ABROAD
EXPERIENCE
[AT] ALEX TOMLINSON
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Architecture Design portfolio ranked 1st in senior class Architecture work presented in the ‘New New York Street Fair’ in Brooklyn, NYArchitecture work presented in [CSOA] Clemson School of Architecture GalleryNational Society of Collegiate Scholars, Greek Honor SocietyOrder of Omega, Greek Honor SocietyAlpha Lambda Delta, Honor SocietyPresidents list 4.0 Deans list 3.5 +
American Institute of Architecture Students Vice President TreasurerStudio South, Design Build Organization Member Alpha Tau Omega, Leadership Development Fraternity Public RelationsSenator, Clemson University Student Government Senator Boy Scouts of America Eagle Scout + Order of the Arrow
Farm Aid Volunteer Welcome Leader Boy Scouts of AmericaFall for Greenville
F 2008 | S 2010 F 2007 | S 2008 | S 2009 |F 2009 | F 2010
F 2010 | S 2011
Spring 2010
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Oct. 2010
Aug. 2010 1998 - 2007 2003 - 2005
HONORS
ACTIVITIES
VOLUNTEER
SKILLSWood Shop + HandcraftHand Drafting +ModelingLaser Cutter
AutoCAD PC/Mac3D RenderingMicrosoft Office
Adobe Creative Suite CS4/CS5 Rhinoceros 4.0 + GrasshopperGoogle Sketchup
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[AP] 6.0 CONCENTRIC DEVIATIONprofessowr r. bruhns | fall 2010
[P] 9.0 PHOTO ARTpersonal | fall 2009 - present
[P] 8.0 SKETCHES + DRAWINGpersonal | may 2009-present
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[DB] DESIGN BUILD
[AP] ACADEMIC PROJECTS
[P] PERSONAL
[AP] 4.0 USITT IDEAL THEATERprofessor r. bruhns | fall 2010
[DB] 3.0 STUDENT ORGANIC FARMprofessor d. harding | fall 2010
[DB] 2.0 HATCHPAD FOR HATCHprofessor d. hecker | spring 2011
[DB] 1.0 COMP. DESIGN METHODSprofessor d. lee | spring 2011
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[AP] 5.0 [BCN] BARCELONA INFRASTRUCTUREprofessor s. ibarra + t. montes | fall 2009
[AP] 7.0 GOWANUS CANAL: MASTERPLANprofessor d. lee | summer 2010
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[DB] DESIGN BUILD
DESIGN BUILD AS A COMMUNITY
ENHANCEMENT TOOL.
In my experience, the greatest architecture has a higher calling than developing a
uniformed aesthetic. The community that will engage
the architecture must be ever-present in every aspect of the
design phase in order to create a successfull design.
These are built works from my career.
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This picture is a close up shot of our final built work. To see our website, please visit:http://clemso.ning.com/
[DB] 1.0 COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN METHODS
professor d. lee| spring 2011 design build | a study in digital fabrication
DURATION:12 weeks
PROGRAM:Design Build Project
SITELee Hall Staff Tower
TEAMVeronica Acosta
Nate BoykinXiaokang He
Johnathan JonesPatrick Lee
Kevin MillerJefferey Pauling
1.0 COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN METHODS (DCM) INTRODUCTION.“Computational design methods is a course taught by Dave Lee at Clemson University exploring computing in architecture, particularly through parametric and generative algorithms.We develop models for processing information with an inherent intelligence. Our designs are hyperindexical, self-referential machines for architecture. The quality of visualization is thereby measured by the structure of these machines, not in the pixels of their rendering.”
Implementing CDM allows us to intelligently process information through perfection of a digital system.
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1.1 LEARNING THE SYSTEMIn order to learn the program and what materiality our project utilizes, Studio Mode (New York City) visited our class to lecture about equilibrium in a system, and how to achieve this equilibrium in digital form.
Lycra, our final material, shows equilibrium in the purest sense. If the model is in equilibrium, there are no stretches within the fabric. In contrast, a system out of equilibrium creates distortions and wrinkles, showing visible problems to the system.
Using crude tools, our class created many models learning how to optimize the lycra system by working intelligently with the material.
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1.2 USING STATE-OF-THE-ART TOOLS FOR PRODUCTION.The digital tools used to process our design is Rhinoceros 4.0 with a plug-in named Grasshopper. Grasshopper is a parametric modeling plug-in, allowing us to vastly change our information on the fly; altering our final outcome.
As a study for these tools, we chose to create a privacy screen for the aptly named “fish bowl” staff offices in the newly renovated Clemson University School of Architecture building.
Using Grasshopper, we developed a visual density/aperture field according to the distances of individual desks from the glass wall.
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1.3 PRIVACY SCREEN REALIZED.After several iterations and discussions with the faculty and staff, our final project was plotted and fabricated to be placed on the glass panels.
The hallway is over 100” feet long, with over 60’ feet of glass.
Many faculty and staff felt a lack of privacy, but still wished to have some view of what else is happening within the office.
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1.4 ADDITIONAL TOOLS USED IN PROCESS.In addition to Grasshopper and Rhinoceros, our group used several tools to keep everyone up-to-date on the progress, and other methods to progess our final design.
+ 01 SHARED WORKSPACE ON INTERWEB.To manage our significant database of files accumulated, our Class created a website to host our progress. This website also had a “photo log”, and collective and individual blog sites.
+ 02 LYCRA PROCESS MODELS.After designing the individual system, our class had to learn how to “aggregate” our lycra model in order to create the screen. Several models were produced to learn the tectonics of the system, and how it would hang to the wall.
+ 03 SUCTION CUPS AS AN ANCHOR SYSTEM.To make our privacy screen hang in suspension, we used suction cups to adhere to the glass, in order to not have to get a building permit.
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A shot of our class working on the screen. Construction took roughly 2 weeks of steady work.
1.0 FORMAL RECEPTION 4.22.2011To celebrate the project and explain the thought process, a public reception was held in April.An open discussion was held on the computer as a design tool, specifically on our application of it.
SANDY ELGINADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
School of Architecture
I THINK WE ARE ALL JUST AMAZED AT THE TIME AND WORK AND DESIGN
CREATIVITY YOUR CLASS PUT INTO THE “ ”FABRICATION PROJECT. 15
Our project displayed in the HatchLoft during the Hatch Festival in Asheville. Festival website can be seen here:http://www.hatchasheville.org/
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[DB] 2.0 HATCHPAD FOR HATCH FESTIVAL
professor d. hecker| spring 2011 design build | a study in digital fabrication
DURATION:12 weeks
PORGRAM:Design Build Project
SITEAsheville, North Carolina
TEAMVeronica Acosta
Brittany McGrawChristian PiansyHenry Wilkinson
Honor ConsentinoRebecca Mercer
2.0 HATCH EXPERIENCE ASHEVILLE.HATCH is a biannual four-day experience that energizes creative professionals and thought leaders who are serious about transforming their ideas and talents into bold action, while inspiring others to do the same.
HATCH cross-pollinates collaborations in film, music, journalism, architecture, design, technology, photography, fashion and entrepreneurship.
Our project creates a hub in which “HATCH-ees” can hang out in and collaborate and mix their professions, true to the hatch HATCH nature.
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2.1 CONCEPTTalking to the HATCH Asheville committee, they wanted a project that they could showcase in the public realm, on the street. Taking our initial dimensions from a parking space, our project quickly became a urban furniture piece that would combine all 7 realms of Hatch into one design.
After sketching out several concepts, we realized we were trying to incorrectly reinvent the wheel- the venn diagram. Why change it? We quickly created countless venn diagrams, and ended up with the the six optimized plans below.
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journalism
design /techfilm
music
photography
architecture
fashion
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ARCHITECTURE!
DESIGNTECHNOLOGY!
FASHION! FILM!JOURNALISM!
MUSIC!
PHOTOGRAPHY!
2.2 + 01 ALL DISCIPLINES OF HATCH.
2.2 THE HATCHPAD PROCESS.The goal of our project is to create a terminal where creative minds of all disciplines can engage in an exchange of knowledge, inspiration, and creativity. The HATCHpad will be a unique example of interactive and multifunctional scultpure within the urban environment, acting as a bus stop, gathering place, art piece, and information hub.
2.2 + 02 ALL DISCIPLINES PLACED WITHIN SCULPTURAL BOUNDARY.
2.2 + 03 DISCIPLINES ENLARGED TO CREATE AN EXCHANGE.Enlarged to create an exchange of knowledge, inspiration and creativity.
This will create an interactive an multifunctional sculpture to be placed within the urban environment.
2.2 + 04 SUBTRACTIONUsing the method of subtraction out of the rectangular void allows the sculpture to be inhabited.
2.2 + 05 FABRICATION OUT OF POLYSTYRENE SHEETS.The HATCHpad will be fabricated using polystyrene foam sheets, which are easily milled into form and can be transported quickly and efficiently.
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1.0 CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.Pieces were digitally fabricated inside the packaging science facility, the Sonoco Institute.
A state-of-the-art Kongsberg MultiCUT tool machine was used to cut and mill through the one inch thick foam. Over 200 sheets were fabricated.
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This early render shows both Phase one and Phase two of our student organic farm. To see our website, please visit:http://clemsoncdb.ning.com/
DURATION:10 weeks
PROGRAM:Design Build Project
SITEPerimeter Road
Clemson, South CarolinaTEAM
Evan MorrisLena RoperEllis Taylor
Tyler Whitehead
3.0 COMMUNITY DESIGN + BUILD FOCUSING ON CONNECTIVITY AND ACCESSIBILITY.The site is located on perimeter road, next to Clemson University’s main campus.
Perimeter road divides the main campus from the Student Organic Farm (SOF), an organization on campus that supplies locally grown organic vegtables, fruits and foods to students.
The SOF sells produce at their farm. There is no accessible means to walk to the farm, unless one walks around 15 minutes. Our project gives an quick accessibility point to the farm.
This project will be completed in two phases. This is phase one.
[DB] 3.0 STUDENT ORGANIC FARMACCESSIBILITY (SOF)
professor d. harding | spring 2010design build | community design
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3.2 SOF PROJECT PROCESS.This project will be constructed in two phases.Our completed project has covered phase one. Phase one includes the SOF informational lookout, and a set of stairs to reach the SOF. Phase two will introduce a ADA accessible ramp for handicap patrons, and site landscaping.
The diagrams to the right explain our process for both phases.
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3.1 RAISE PROJECT AWARENESS: FARM AID COMMUNITY EVENT.To raise awareness and create potential workers for our project, we took part of the Annual SOF Farm Aid festival that takes place at Clemson every year.
Our tent included renders, images, flyers and models of our design + build project. In addition, a kids corner set up allowed children to construct their own design + build project out of recycled and previously scrapped material.
STUDENT ORGANIC FARM
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STUDENT ORGANIC FARM
MAIN CLEMSON CAMPUS
STUDENT ORGANIC FARM
MAIN CLEMSON CAMPUS
INACCESSIBLELAND
3.2 + 02 ACCOUTING FOR VANTAGE POINTSBy creating a rotation point around existing cross walk infrastructure.
3.2 + 03 TRANSITORY TUNNEL + ADA REQ.The [SOF] Student Organic Farm sells produce at their farm. There is no accessible means to walk to the farm, unless one walks around 15 minutes.
3.2 + 01 INACCESSIBLE SITEThe [SOF] Student Organic Farm sells produce at their farm. There is no accessible means to walk to the farm, unless one walks around 15 minutes.
The land built on is previously unusable by pedestrians, so our carbon footprint is negligent.
8’ 6” HEIGHT OF STRUCTURE.Standard L’Exiample Ring with permeability palettes applied.
0’ FLOOR PLANEStandard L’Exiample Ring with permeability palettes applied.
-11’ 6” FLOOR PLANEStandard L’Exiample Ring with permeability palettes applied.
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3.3 CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.Construction took place after Fall semester, for two weeks. A team of 4 students built directly off our 3D models, supplemented with cad drawings produced.
Green was chosen in the spirit of staying organic, and keeping in touch with Clemson University’s initiative to “Stay Green”, a program implemented by Clemson to preserve resources.
This project has been completed to phase one. Phase one includes the Information area and stair set. Once funding is in place, a future group of students will follow our project to completion, implementing the ramp into the final design.
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After 4 x 4 lumber foundations were placed inside dug holes, concrete was delivered from a concrete mixer. After 30 minutes of pouring, dirt was
placed on top of the concrete to keep the concrete from freezing during winter.
3.3 AXONOMETRIC DRAWING
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GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AS AN INTELLECTUAL
DESIGNER
Architectural school is certainly a “releasing”
experience. Everything is infused with an aspect of design; unintentional
or intelligently applied.
These are my academic projects documenting
my growth.
[AP] ACADEMICPROJECTS
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4.0 GPAC: GREENVILLE PERFORMINGARTS OF CLEMSON CENTER.To provide an investigational experience that cultivates all aspects of theatrical production, Clemson University plans to fund a charter campus which houses a study-abroad experience for the performing arts student.
Here they will live, work, and finally produce a theatrical production to the larger Greenville area in an intense 4-month semester. This will foster diverse skills in performance, design, and
playwriting.
DURATION:10 weeks
PROGRAM:Multiform Theater
Student HousingTeaching Facilities
ParkingPublic Space
SITEWashington and Main
Greenville, South CarolinaSITE
$35 Million for theaterprogrammatic costs
[AP] 4.0 USITT IDEAL THEATREpersonal | may 2009 - present
Theater Design | Working within context
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
GREENVILLE
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
GEORGIA TECH
VIRGINIA TECH
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
GEORGIA SOUTHERN
FLORIDA STATE
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
COLUMBIA
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE
PRINCETON
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY
4.0 + 01 CONNECTIVE TISSUE BETWEEN CLEMSON AND GREENVILLE.Greenville can be seen as connective tissue between Clemson and other schools. By grounding our site in Clemson’s Greenville campus rather than the main campus, GPAC is posed in the center of all of the traffic into the east coast.
This creates a potential for students from other institutions to study at the GPAC.
This also strengthens the existing connection between Clemson and Greenville.
U.S. EAST COAST
4.1 WHY GREENVILLE? THE GPAC AS:
4.0 + 02 A WIN-WIN SITUATION. Taken away from the rural context of Clemson, students are exposed to urban life in a growing upstate city.
Students now will provide low cost shows to a greater public, providing maximum exposure for student’s efforts as well as benefiting the city.
4.0 + 03 A PRACTICAL SOLUTION.The site of Washington and Main is only located 40 minutes away from the main Clemson campus.
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4.2 + 01 THE RENNOVATION OF PIAZZA BERGAMO.Historically, providing no motive to populate or traverse through the space, piazza Bergamo was an under-utilized public space that never fully realized a role within the city.
In its current condition, Piazza Bergamo has been rendered useless by the destruction of its connected urban fabric, the corner of Washington and Main. Shops and restaurants are suffering from the lack of public exposure.
We have a dead plaza that needs to be integrated. By giving it program, the piazza will finally reach its full potential, heightened by the use of students and theater-goers.
4.2 WHY WASHINGTON AND MAIN?
4.2 + 02 PROMINENT LOCATIONON MAIN STREET.Having an educational building on main street greatly increases the Clemson presence in Greenville.
In addition, a site on the corner of a city block provides great potential for public exposure.
4.2 + 03 INTERESTClemson is currently looking into purchasing the site, creating feasibility for the project.
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4.3 VOLUMETRIC STUDY BETWEEN SCHOOL, LIVING, AND PLAY.Based upon the programmatic placement of theatrical elements, parking, and mechanical systems, a series of programmatic studies are completed to study the relationship between the living quarters and the school with the theater.
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WASHINGTON AND MAIN SITE
PIAZZABERGAMO
WASHINGTON AND MAIN SITE
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4.4 + 01 EXISTING SITE.The site is located at Washington and Main street. Currently, it resides next to a dead piazza (Piazza Bergamo) that is not utilized by the public.
4.4 + 02 MAXIMUM SITE AREA.First, the site is pulled up to respect the surrounding streetscape and context.
4.4 + 03 KEY PROGRAMMATIC ELEMENTS PLACED.The Flyhouse is given position near the back of the site for easy loading.
The residential student living is placed along Washington and main for its popular restaurants. The school is placed along main street in order to publicize Clemson’s presence.
4.4 + 04 DERIVED ENTRANCES FROM SITE ANALYSIS.Finally, the building is lifted up on different corners to allow the public and students to gain entry.
MAIN STREET
WASHINGTON STREET
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4.5 + 01 ELEVATION MAIN STREETFrom public to private entries.
4.5 + 02 ELEVATION PIAZZA BERGAMO
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FLY HOUSE
RESIDENTIAL LIVINGLOBBY
AUDITORIUM
STORAGE
STAGEREHEARSAL STAGE
1.6 + 01 SECTION MAIN STREET.
4.5 + 03 SECTION MAIN STREETFloors react to Greenville’s context.
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THEATER STAGE
4.6 + 01 FIRST FLOOR PLAN 4.6 + 02 SECOND FLOOR PLAN
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5.0 THE TEMPORAL.In modern Barcelona, dead space is created in the interior of each block from over population.
By defining a language in which we can deform the perimeter of the block, we can utilize the interior space.
Permeability can be defined as the ability of a substance to allow another sutbstance to pass through it.
DURATION:10 weeks
PROGRAM:Student Housing
Teaching FacilitiesOffice Space
ParkingPublic Space
SITEEl Polbenou
Barcelona, SpainAREA
60,000 SQ. meters forprogrammatic elements.
[AP] 5.0 BARCELONAINFRASTRUCTURE
professors s. ibarra + t. montes | fall 2009 urban planning | working within parameters
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potential land is inhabitable because of
density.
5.1 + 01 IMPERMEABLE
5.2 +01 APPLYING PERMEABILITYAS A LANGUAGE.Permeability palettes are created i order to decide how to deform the perimeter.
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look out spacebalcony
entranceticketbooth
walkwayboardwalk
courtyardpavilion
open marketplay ground
5.1 +02 PERMEABLE + 02.A VISUAL + 02.B PHYSICAL
5.2 +02 PALETTES APPLIED. 5.2 +03 RESULTING MANIPULATED GEOMETRY.Building geometry generated from permeability sections.
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Central Park Poble Nou
Cultural and Creative Center
Cultural CenterMunicipal Police
SAE Institute, International Multimedia School
Metro Station
Knowledge InnovationMarket [BCN] Barcelona
Health BuildingBicing Station
Bicing StationTram Station
Metro StationTram Station
Student Accomodation
TramMunicipal Police
5.3 PROVDING CONTEXT. Locations in which this deformation of the façade perimeter exists will depend on flow of persons through the city to the site on an urban scale.
At the urban scale, there are several vehicles in which inhabitants can reach the site. These are: automobiles, “bicing” system (bicycles), metro, tram, and walking (from local student accommodations or from other educational buildings.)
5.3 + 01 NORTH OF SITE
5.3 + 02 EAST OF SITE
5.3 + 03 SOUTH OF SITE
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housing ring academic ring office ringbuilding geometry
5.4 INTERACTION OF RINGS.Program is allocated to the site to foster community. The more “sense of community” a program needs in order to achieve its function, the more the program is placed into a “ring” shape.
This ring allocation allows for two or more segments, with opportunities for roof gardens and social spaces connecting them.
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retail parking ring public spacewarehouse
5.4 +01 PERMEABILITY ASA SCULPTING TOOL
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5.5 PERMEABLE FACADE.
Mixed windows for various programs within housing units.
Mixed windows for various programs within office units.
smaller windows for indirect views and natural lighting into academic classrooms.
small windows for natural lighting into warehouses.
large retail-style windows for large amount of permeability andfor windowdisplays.
No permeability
Colored concrete according to level of permeability
5.5 + 01 HOUSING 5.5 + 02 OFFICE 5.5 + 02 ACADEMIC 5.5 + 02 OFFICE 5.5 + 02 RETAIL 5.5 + 02 PARKING
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>Corner of city block, view of variable permeable windows.
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DURATION:2.5 weeks
PROGRAM:Restaurant
KitchenOutside Dining
SITE:Clemson SC
6.0 [AP] CONCENTRIC DEVIATIONprofessor r. bruhns | fall 2010
googie architecture | modular design
John Lautner angular style that seems to be firmly planted within the gound on one side and uplifted into the future on the other.
The Jetsons are the ideals of googie taught to children in cartoon form.
Car washes, Bowling Allies, Coffee Shops, Restaurants are all infrastructure that was revamped into the “googie” trend.
6.0 “BRANDING” AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF “GOOGIE” STYLE. The site is located next to highway 123, leading from Clemson University. This highway is used by truckers, Clemson students, and travelers alike. This realization led to a study in roadside architecture, the concept of “branding”, and “Googie” style.
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6.1 +01 CREATING A RADIUS AROUND THE HEARTH.Angular velocity describes the speed of rotation and orientation of the instantaneous axis about which the rotation occurs.
By creating a radius around the Hearth, the employees will always have a view of what creates the atmosphere of the kitchen.
6.1 +02 CREATING TANGENTIAL PATHWAYS FOR EMPLOYEES To create the pathways that employees take, tangents are taken off the circles.
Through these tangents, they can access different programs.
6.1 +03 SMALLER CIRCULAR ZONES FOR EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS.Smaller circular zones are created at each program. This allows each program to interact with each other, similar to a ven diagram. This places employees in close proximity to their workplace.
6.1 THE RADIAL CIRCULATION.“Googie” Architecture from the 1950’s era was rarely monotonous; innovative detailing with expressive use of new-age materials, weightless canopies and free-flowing program elicit the fluidity of the era. Along with a new aesthetic, new “genetic code” and layout was created, in part with the birth of the automobile generation, and the optimistic thinking of the age. This includes: the drive in theater, the modern roadside coffee shop, and most relevant to this project, the drive-in restaurant.
EMPLOYEESChef
WaitersPick Up Line Employee
Bathroom Employee UsersMEATS
Pulled PorkPrime Rib
Chicken WingsChicken Breasts
CUSTOMERSCurrent diners
Waiting to be seatedParking
Pick up LineBathroom users
Radial in layout to permit car traffic, drive-in restaurants were not only a destination, but
a culture and a “hang out” spot for teenagers and citizens enveloped in the era.
Instead of the automobile dictating the circulation throughout the building, what if a different vehicle dictates the circulation?
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6.2 FLOOR PLAN.The Radial concept can be seen in the “drive thru” lane.
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6.3. + 01 SECTION THROUGH HEARTH.The hearth as a “Connective Tissue” for the site.
6.3. + 01 ELEVATION OF OUTSIDE DININGRoof structure as a “stone.”
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ELEVATION A_ASECTION A_A
64. + 01 AXONOMETRICConcrete roof acts a solid volume that “sinks” the buildng into the ground. The roof is perforated with lightwells above the kitchen.
6.4. + 02 LOGWALLUsable log wall provides cover for restroom and use for indoor and outdoor hearth, as well as blocking views of highway 123.
6.4. + 03 MODULAR SEATINGMovable seating runs on tracks to provide a flexible seating to dining room.
6.4. + 04 POURED CONCRETEPoured concrete base sits 3’ 6” below grade to provide fill behind the building.
6.4. + 05 PARKINGParking is placed in a semi-circular motion to cradle the building. The drive through goes around the building, giving views into the outdoor seating as you drive by.
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Gowanus is an old manufacturing neighborhood in Brooklyn, NYC under current rennovation and gentrification.
DURATION:2.5 WEEKS
PROGRAM:urban planning
SITEGowanus
New York City, NYAREA
7.0 INCENTIVE PROGRAMS TO EXPLORE NEW PLANNING OPTIONS.Based on a series of relevant case studies + research, our studio produced incentives designed to persuade developers to construct projects around the Gowanus Canal.
The Gowanus Canal neighborhood faces problems with zoning, brown fields, confused inhabitants, and a toxic canal.
Our studio sought to alleviate these problems by investigating experimental incentives for developers wishing to start construction in the Gowanus neighborhood.
[AP] 7.0 GOWANUS CANALprofessor d. lee | summer 2011
urban planning | FAR zoning
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7.1 +03 STABILIZE. + URBANIZE.Inclusionary housing for the masses, on a mixed urban setting.
7.1 +02 SYNCHRONIZEShared office space between workers.
7.1 +01 SOCIALIZE.Creating Public Spaces and a public promenade. 7.1 +05 NATURALIZE.
employing principles of green walls and roof.
6.1 +04 MAXIMIZE.Infill Development.
7.1 +07 UTILIZE.Rehabilitation Credits.
7.1 +06 REVITALIZE.The restoration of brownfields.
7.1 DEVELOPER INCENTIVES: [IZE]’SBased on existing and potential solutions on the Gowanus site, our studio seeked to give developers incentives for employing principles that fix or alleviate some of the problems on the Gowanus canal. These incentives are named [IZE]’s.
120’
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>Corrects the urban fabric.>Expediated zoning permits>Land is sold cheaper in order to compensate for factors like site cleanup, zoning permits, small -scale building, and com-munity member concerns.
>21,000 sq. ft. green roof costs an estimated $464,000. >It can earn $94,500 in tax credit and would save $200,000 over its lifetime in energy and maintenance costs.
>A site with pollution and brownfields is remidiated.>Then it is turned into greens-pace or a development with an esplanade
>Tax credit equal to 20% of rehabilitation costs.>Creates an average of 45 new jobs per project.>Enhances the environment and quality of life in communi-ties.>Preserves heritage.
>Provides 40’ minimum for public boardwalk overlooking Gowanus canal.>Provides greenspace to improve society.>Provides tourism.
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>If inclusionary housing is planned into a development, an FAR bonus is given to developers.>Added inclusionary housing/co-working FAR bonus (2.3 + 0.8 =3.3 FAR)
>Provides 40’ minimum for public boardwalk overlooking Gowanus canal.>Provides greenspace to improve society.>Provides tourism.
Normal american office proposed co-working office space
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7.2 +01 GOWANUS CANAL HISTORYTo keep middle class families working, productive, and allow the New York City’s economy to grow, Mayor Bloomberg expanded the affordable housing plan to build or rehabilitate 165,000 housing units by 2013. In year 2005, New York City integrated affordable housing within redeveloping neighborhoods by leveraging the private market activity to generate affordable housing. This resulted in
developers receiving a F.A.R (floor to area ratio) bonus for the construction or preservation of affordable housing.This new incentive activated the strength of the city’s housing market to create a mix of units
for low and moderate income families alongside market-rate apartments.
However, this is not the sole problem of the Gowanus neighborhood. Manufacturing, zoning, and brown fields- all surrounded by a toxic canal posing serious pollution threats to inhabitants- prevent a catalyst from occurring to change the region from its current state.
Our studio sought to alleviate these problems by investigating experimental incentives for developers wishing to start construction in the Gowanus neighborhood.
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inclusionary housing
co-working spaces
A combination of inclusionary housing and/or co-working spaces is used to achieve the benefit. If used, the minimum (20% and 10%) must be met.must have at least 30%.
The maximum benefit is 30% F.A.R added to the initial F.A.R. height.
30% maximum benefit
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[P] PERSONAL
PERSONAL WORK AS AN CONTEXT-LESS OUTLET
Being creative has always been in my blood. Ever since I was little, I have always drawn, painted, scibbled, collaged, and framed the
spaces around me.
The two main areas that have developed over the years are sketching with pens, markers,
and a dash of color; and photography (mostly black and white). These two in my mind are the
quickest representational techniques to grasp the emotion and phenomenalogical feeling of a
space.
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8.0 SKETCHING AS A DOCUMENTATION TOOL.I enjoy concept of documentation and the immediate natural selection process that inevitably occurs. What determines which elements are drawn and which are left out? This is achieved by a combination of intuition and common sense.
In order to establish an emotional connection to site, space, culture, and moment, I practice freehand sketching supplemented with watercolor.
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FlatIron building in New York City, New Yorkmarker | le-pen | watercolor
MADRID TRIP SKETCHES
NEW YORK CITY SKETCHES
8.0 SKETCHING AS A DOCUMENTATION TOOL.I enjoy concept of documentation and the immediate natural selection process that inevitably occurs. What determines which elements are drawn and which are left out? This is achieved by a combination of intuition and common sense.
In order to establish an emotional connection to site, space, culture, and moment, I practice freehand sketching supplemented with watercolor.
[P] 8.0 SKETCHES + DRAWINGpersonal | may 2009 - present
spacial exercise | documentation skills
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8H.0 METAMAPPING SUBCULTURES IN NYC.Experiential sketches were drawn while simultaneously walking around New York City’s various borroughs, districts, and neighborhoods. Distinctions between borroughs becomes evident through the culture and make-up of the demographic of citizens.
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Lower East Side Experiential Mapmarker | le-pen | pen
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9.0 CAPTURING THE TEMPORAL.The following photographs were taken throughout my undergraduate studies.
My focus in my photography is to “single-out” actions which we normally take for granted (to immortalize the temporal).
[P] 9.0 PHOTO ARTpersonal | fall 2009 - present
spacial exercise | study of the temporal
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DIRK BOGARDE
THE CAMERA CAN
PHOTOGRAPH THOUGHT.
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