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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA | SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
HENRY ELKAN BRAZERPORTFOLIO
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TAI HE RESORT
RECENTERING DELHI
840 W MAIN ST
PIEDMONT GALLERY
HENRY ELKAN [email protected] | 1211 Clark Way Palo Alto CA 94304 | 240.602.2669
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIASchool of ArchitectureClass of 2015 | B.S. ArchitectureMajor: Architecture, 3.8 | Minor: Architectural History, Global Sustainability
VORTEX DESIGN COMPETITONSchool of Architecture | 2013, 2014, 2015 An annual design competition in the School of Architecture centered on a promi-nent issue in the Charlottesville and UVA community
HELSINKI GUGGENHEIM COMPETITIONHelsinki, Finland | Fall 2014
ARCTIC DESIGN INITIATIVE EXHIBITSchool of Architecture | JAN 2014 The cumulation of the Arctic studio research was put into an exhibit
ARCTIC STATES DESIGN SYMPOSIUMUniversity of Virginia | APR 2015A symposium of Arctic design and research work held at the University of Virginia during a weekend in April.
RevitAutoCADAdobe Creative SuiteRhino 5VRay for RhinoMicrosoft Office
SketchingHand ModelingHand DraftingDrawingCNC EmbroideryLaser Cutter
AIAS Architecture Licensing AdvisorSchool of Architecture IDP coordinator
Orchestra, Resident Staff, Class Council
SOLOMON CORDWELL BUENZSan Francisco CAIntern | Summer and Winter 2014_Anaha Tower, Honolulu HI: Worked on construction documents for this project_399 Fremont, San Francisco CA: Edited construction documents during con-struction administration
ROBERT AM STERNNew York NYIntern | Winter 2014_220 Central Park South, New York NY: Assisted in model studies for this project
JEFFREY MAHANEYKentfield CAIntern | Summer 2013_3 Grove Court, Portola Valley CA: Assisted in the schematic design of a renova-tion of one of the oldest homes in Portola Valley_204 McAllister Avenue, Kentfield CA: Assisted through the programming and site analysis for this renovation project
GENSLERSan Francisco CAIntern | Summer 2012_222 Second Street, San Francisco CA: Worked on the schematic design for a permit re-submittal
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The Piedmont Gallery is a project I made during the fall semester of my fourth year. The parameters were that the building had to be only one material, be square in plan, be naturally ventilated to minimize use of mechan-ical systems, and have a specific lighting agenda. I chose to make a completely wooden building that became an art gallery because of the moveable partition walls that could double as gallery dividers for flexible spaces. The lighting emphasized northern light as it woul not be harsh on the artwork. Southern light was shaded in the summer but could be let in in the winter for thermal warmth. A shaded reflecting pool in the courtyard is used for evaporative cooling, which would work well in the hot Virginia summer. At the same time, if the artwork was sensitive to light and humidity, these systems could be easily turned off and mechanical ones used instead.
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FINISHED EXTERIOR STRUCTURE AND STUDSINTERIOR SHEATHING AND WEATHERPROOFING
WOOD SIDINGGLASSWOOD SHINGLE ROOFINTERIOR FINISHES
PLYWOOD DIAGONAL SHEATHINGROOF SHEATHING
TIMBER CONSTRUCTIONWOOD STUDS AND JOISTS
SLIDING WALLS CONTROL FLOW OF AIR AND PEOPLE
SLIDING WALLS BUILT INTO BUILDING STRUCTURETHERMAL CHANGES PREVENTED
SLIDING WALLS CAN SHAPE INTERIOR SPACE
SLIDING WALLS CAN OPEN UP INTERIOR AND OUTDOOR SPACE
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Previous page: The axonometric drawing is split into modules to show the viewer what the building looks like at the structural level, the sheath-ing level, and then completely finished. The bottom right image is a diagram of how the sliding doors work.
This page: First and second floor plans of the gallery.
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840 W Main St was the final project for my spring semester studio for second year. This apartment building was based off of Habitat 67 in Montreal and Rue Des Suisses in Paris. The goal was to create a new type of housing in Charlottesville, one that would be suburban living with an emphasis on nature in the West Main urban context.
The site was a former parking garage that cut off a housing project from Main Street. In order to create a building that could unify the public housing, 840 W Main St was created with porous areas and a common space in the center that could be used by residents and visitors alike. It also created a way for residents of the housing project to access a major transportation artery to more easily get to key destinations in Charlottesville.
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STHOUSING FOUNDATION STUDIOCHARLOTTESVILLE, VASCHAEFFER SOMERSCOURTNEY KEEHAN
STUDIOSITE
CRITICDESIGN PARTNER
HENRY BRAZER
TRAIN STATION: 0.1 mi
UNVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: 0.6 mi
CARVER REC CENTER: 0.3 mi
ALBEMARLE COUNTY OFFICES: 0.7 mi
HISTORIC DOWNTOWN: 0.5 mi
CRITICAL OPEN SPACE UNIFICATION AREA
840 W MAIN ST
The form of 840 W Main St is porous to break down the barriers that exist between a public housing community located behind the property and with West Main Street. The housing project located behind 840 is cut off from the street by topography and bramble, and this building design would draw those residents to the street. A large public space would give both residential areas the vital public space that is lacking in this section of Charlottesville. The program in the tower mixes in different levels of affordability in order to not create a homogenous community but instead make it diverse and inclusive to all.
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1 B E D R O O M
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3 B E D R O O M
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2 B E D R O O M
HENRY BRAZER
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HENRY BRAZER
Re-centering Delhi was a studio dealing with how to fix major problems in this city through design and research. My focus was the transportation system and how to create open space on a new intermodal bridge that would unite the two halves of the city. A new transportation hub was design to consolidate pedestrian, road, rail, and metro lines.
A major component of this studio was mapping. We mapped many different systems, from flood levels to section conditions to transportation. One system I paid attention to was agriculture and how to reorganize the current ad-hoc system. In Delhi, most farms are illegal plots in the floodplain, but my master plan dealt with how to organize these plots to work cooperatively with both the city and these migrant farmers.
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RECENTERING DELHIDELHI, INDIAINAKI ALDAY, PANKAJ VIR GUPTA
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HENRY BRAZER
HENRY BRAZER
HENRY BRAZER
From top to bottom: Pedestrian paths connect at the highest level of the bridge. There are also dynamic sections that allow access to the water front, to markets, and to new neighborhoods highlighted in the master plan.Road connections better incorporate Lutyen’s New Delhi with the modern day highway infrastructure while not interfering with pedestrian activity.Metro lines connect the new transit hub to the rest of the system.The rail line was the only system existing before and ties into the transit hub to create a center of intermodal transportation.The transit hub connected these modes of transit into one building, something Delhi is missing. Its three distinctive towers reflect different views: The historic fort as a nod to the past, the British axis of New Delhi as a nod to the present, and the river as a nod to the future.
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As part of our research studio, we were assigned to research a certain aspect of the Arctic. I chose to study tourism and my partner chose China’s involvement in the Arctic. For our project, we designed a Chinese resort in Russia’s Yamal Peninsula, based loosely off of the Forbidden City, an important Chinese icon. The location is critical because of Russia’s expansion of tourism and the Yamal’s large natural gas reserves.
China could use the Tai He Resort as a front to get involved in the natural gas extraction happen-ing in the Yamal. Natural gas is very expensive in China and this would be a way for the govern-ment to claim an untapped supply of energy early on.
TAI H
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SORT
ARCTIC TOURISM + CHINESE INTERESTS
ARCTIC RESEARCH STUDIOYAMAL PENINSULA, RUSSIAMATTHEW JULLANNA MCMILLEN
STUDIOSITE
CRITICDESIGN PARTNER
HENRY BRAZER
HENRY BRAZER
Sea ice levels: 1970
Sea ice levels: 2012
New Northern Sea Route: 35 Days (summer)
Old
Sue
z Ca
nal R
oute
: 48 D
ays ( all y
ear)
T
o Ea
st C
oast
,
North
America
Shanghai
Rotterdam
India
Japan
China
Canada
Europe
United States
South Korea
volcanoes
boating, horseback riding, cruises, skiing
indigenous cultures
rem
ote
wat
erfa
lls, l
akes
, �sh
, bird
s, po
lar b
ears
hiking
bikingpower plant tours
diam
onds
gol�
ng, d
inin
g
pol
ar b
ears
Inupiat Heritage Center
ecotourism
OIL
GAS
FISHINGNATURAL
RESOURCES
RESEARCH
MILITARY
FREE TRADE
DIAMONDS
ski
i ng
ecotourism
museums
rafting
cruises
cruises
historic sites
diamonds
indigenous cultures, shopping, ecotourism
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100 ft
200 ft
300 ft
190 ft
116 ft 100 ft
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Tai He Resort Hotel Arctic War MemorialSabetta, Russia
2020 1993 1984 1974 1965Murmansk, Russia Murmansk, Russia
Arctic CathedralTromso, Norway
Norilsk Nickel PlantNorilsk, Russia
ParisMadrid Vienna
Vladivostok
Beijing
Tokyo
Ulaanbaatar
Boston
New York
Washington, DC
Toronto
DenverMontreal
Ottawa
Seattle
Calgary
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Naryan-Mar
Edmonton
Anchorage
Fairbanks
Dawson City
HelsinkiStockholm
Copenhagen
Cologne
Manchester
London
Amsterdam
Oslo
Trondheim
Bergen
Yekaterinburg
Moscow
St. Petersburg
TromsoKirkenes Murmansk
Arkhangelsk
YakutskWhitehorse
BarrowInuvikYellowknife
Iqaluit
RovaniemiBodoLulea
Novosibirsk
Irkutsk
Longyearbyen
Reykjavik
Naryan-Mar
Edmonton
Anchorage
Fairbanks
Dawson City
HelsinkiStockholm
Copenhagen
Cologne
Manchester
London
Amsterdam
Oslo
Trondheim
Bergen
Yekaterinburg
Moscow
St. Petersburg
TromsoKirkenes Murmansk
Arkhangelsk
YakutskWhitehorse
BarrowInuvikYellowknife
Iqaluit
RovaniemiBodoLulea
Novosibirsk
Irkutsk
Longyearbyen
Reykjavik
RUSSIA
FINLANDNORWAY
ALASKA
CANADA
ICELAND SWEDEN
1.982M17.8/sq mi
107K0.078/sq mi
183K4.8/sq mi
232K22/sq mi
320K7.5/sq mi
23K0.9/sq mi
94K2.2/sq mi
Rovaniemi
LuleaBodo
Reykjavik
Yellowknife
Whitehorse
BarrowInuvik
Iqaluit
Yakutsk
Tromso
Kirkenes Murmansk
Arkhangelsk
Longyearbyen
119,108
6,699
19,234
23,276
3,4844,212 269,601
348,783
60,896
75,000
47,847
69,116
2,040
3,444307,257
ParisMadrid Vienna
Vladivostok
Beijing
Tokyo
Ulaanbaatar
Boston
New York
Washington, DC
Toronto
DenverMontreal
Ottawa
Seattle
Calgary
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Naryan-Mar
Edmonton
Anchorage
Fairbanks
Dawson City
HelsinkiStockholm
Copenhagen
Cologne
Manchester
London
Amsterdam
Oslo
Trondheim
Bergen
Yekaterinburg
Moscow
St. Petersburg
TromsoKirkenes Murmansk
Arkhangelsk
YakutskWhitehorse
BarrowInuvikYellowknife
Iqaluit
RovaniemiBodoLulea
Novosibirsk
Irkutsk
Longyearbyen
Reykjavik
Naryan-Mar
Edmonton
Anchorage
Fairbanks
Dawson City
HelsinkiStockholm
Copenhagen
Cologne
Manchester
London
Amsterdam
Oslo
Trondheim
Bergen
Yekaterinburg
Moscow
St. Petersburg
TromsoKirkenes Murmansk
Arkhangelsk
YakutskWhitehorse
BarrowInuvikYellowknife
Iqaluit
RovaniemiBodoLulea
Novosibirsk
Irkutsk
Longyearbyen
Reykjavik
RUSSIA
FINLANDNORWAY
ALASKA
CANADA
ICELAND SWEDEN
1.982M17.8/sq mi
107K0.078/sq mi
183K4.8/sq mi
232K22/sq mi
320K7.5/sq mi
23K0.9/sq mi
94K2.2/sq mi
Rovaniemi
LuleaBodo
Reykjavik
Yellowknife
Whitehorse
BarrowInuvik
Iqaluit
Yakutsk
Tromso
Kirkenes Murmansk
Arkhangelsk
Longyearbyen
119,108
6,699
19,234
23,276
3,4844,212 269,601
348,783
60,896
75,000
47,847
69,116
2,040
3,444307,257
ParisMadrid Vienna
Vladivostok
Beijing
Tokyo
Ulaanbaatar
Boston
New York
Washington, DC
Toronto
DenverMontreal
Ottawa
Seattle
Calgary
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Naryan-Mar
Edmonton
Anchorage
Fairbanks
Dawson City
HelsinkiStockholm
Copenhagen
Cologne
Manchester
London
Amsterdam
Oslo
Trondheim
Bergen
Yekaterinburg
Moscow
St. Petersburg
TromsoKirkenes Murmansk
Arkhangelsk
YakutskWhitehorse
BarrowInuvikYellowknife
Iqaluit
RovaniemiBodoLulea
Novosibirsk
Irkutsk
Longyearbyen
Reykjavik
Naryan-Mar
Edmonton
Anchorage
Fairbanks
Dawson City
HelsinkiStockholm
Copenhagen
Cologne
Manchester
London
Amsterdam
Oslo
Trondheim
Bergen
Yekaterinburg
Moscow
St. Petersburg
TromsoKirkenes Murmansk
Arkhangelsk
YakutskWhitehorse
BarrowInuvikYellowknife
Iqaluit
RovaniemiBodoLulea
Novosibirsk
Irkutsk
Longyearbyen
Reykjavik
RUSSIA
FINLANDNORWAY
ALASKA
CANADA
ICELAND SWEDEN
1.982M17.8/sq mi
107K0.078/sq mi
183K4.8/sq mi
232K22/sq mi
320K7.5/sq mi
23K0.9/sq mi
94K2.2/sq mi
Rovaniemi
LuleaBodo
Reykjavik
Yellowknife
Whitehorse
BarrowInuvik
Iqaluit
Yakutsk
Tromso
Kirkenes Murmansk
Arkhangelsk
Longyearbyen
119,108
6,699
19,234
23,276
3,4844,212 269,601
348,783
60,896
75,000
47,847
69,116
2,040
3,444307,257
1000 ft
1000 ft
1000 ft
1000 ft
EXISTING ECOLOGY EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE SITE PLAN
HENRY BRAZER
太和酒店太和酒店
(tai he) SUPREME HARMONY(jiudian) RESORT
太和酒店太和酒店
(tai he) SUPREME HARMONY(jiudian) RESORT
太和酒店太和酒店
(tai he) SUPREME HARMONY(jiudian) RESORT
HENRY BRAZER
TAI HE RESORT
SUMMER LAYER: Consists of the plinth, creates a thermal layer around the inner layer of the hotel during the winter. Closes down as number of guests decreases during the winter months.
Warmer programClubs
Performance Space
RestaurantsRestaurants
Conference CenterBallroom
Retail
Retail Spa/Pool
Colder programColder program
WINTER LAYER: Mostly surrounded by the outer layer but has some portions that are pulled out of the plinth to create spaces of luxury that are not constrained by energy e�ciency and layering
LATTICE STRUCTURE
Lattice creates natural screen that adaptsto the season and reduces wind loads
Lattice sprayed with water duringwinter to create an ice barrier
Luxury Suites
VIP Suites
Standard Hotel Rooms
Entertainment
Viewing Atriums
Conference Center
Pool and Spa
Restaurants
Worker Housing
BOH
Retail
Lobby
Visitors
Business O�cials
VIP Guests
Service
太和酒店太和酒店
(tai he) SUPREME HARMONY(jiudian) RESORT
太和酒店太和酒店
(tai he) SUPREME HARMONY(jiudian) RESORT
Program is based off of feng shui elements and the original layout of the Forbidden City. Layers of protection from the Forbidden City is translated to an arctic context as thermal layers. “Warmer” program such as spas and the gym is located towards the center of the building while “colder” program such as retail is located towards the outer edges. The form is derived from a plinth meant to encase the interior program while glass “luxury” towers are pulled out for the hotel rooms. The whole hotel is raised off of the ground because of the permafrost, otherwise the building would collapse.
CentralTowerCentralTower
CentralTower
Original Forbidden City Plan Analysis: Multiple Layers for Protection In the Arctic: Multiple Layers for Warmth Layers translated into a seasonal hotel
2460 ft
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430 ft
430 ft
560 ft
560 ft
Lifted above ground to prevent permafrost thaw
Warmer portions on the interior, colder portions on the exterior
Di�erent parts of central layer pulled out of plinthto create spaces of luxury even in the winter
Access points up to the hotel cut into the plinth
Tall tower shows status of Hotel
Lifted above ground to prevent permafrost thaw
HENRY BRAZER
Because the arctic is a blank site, my studio partner and I had to make many study models to derive what our resort might look like. The foam models at the bottom left show these iterations. The sight plan shows the resort’s landscaping etched in plexiglass, based on a Chinese resort that was blocked from being developed in Iceland. Our final building model is 36” x 48”, showing the podium lifted off the perma-frost with a truss system and the glass towers pulled upward. The top left is the exhibition that resulted from the research.
NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONARCTIC DESIGN EXHIBIT, JAN 2014 SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
SITE MODEL
FINAL MODEL
HENRY BRAZER