prathyusha viddam - portfolio

[PORTFOLIO]PRATHYUSHA R VIDDAM

CONTENTS

[PROFESSIONAL WORK]

OPEN EXCHANGEREDUX LOFTVIPASSANA MEDITATION HALL

[ACADEMIC WORK]

CATALOG OF LIGHTTHE MERGETHE TOURIST TRAPCONCRETE OBSESSIONSDIGITAL WORK

[UNDERGRADUATE WORK]

NY/PARIS HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURECINEMA THEATREELEVATION

[PHOTOGRAPHY]

[ART WORK]

http://www.archdaily.com/315847/open-exchange-green-square-library-and-plaza-competition-entry-modu-architecture/

The Open Exchange project, for the Green Square Library and Plaza competition in Sydney, creates a space of public engagement by challenging the role of the library in the contemporary city.

Todays library is no longer merely a central repository for book storage and protection. It is a social and public space made possible by new technology, with the potential to transcend the traditional definition of learning spaces. In Sydneys temperate climate, the Open Exchange library and plaza breaks down the conventional borders between interior and exterior activities.

[THE OPEN EXCHANGE]

[2012] MODU, NEW YORK

[LIBRARY AND PLAZA] SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

[2 WEEKS]

[TEAM] Phu Hoang, Rachely Rotem, Prathyusha Viddam, Amanda Morgan, Eduardo Rega

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The Feed combines traditional forms of knowledge with the im-mediacy of digital information, synthesizing them into a contemporary model of social engagement and learning.

The building is oriented to maximize natural lighting andSydneys temper-ate climate

Diagrams showing the orientation of the building and The Feed and the facade system, designed to maximize natural lighting and ventilation.

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Diagrams showing the schematic formal exploration of The Feed and programmatic exploration of the Inside-Out Spaces

Section Through The Feed

Interior View of the Library

As The Feed rises through the floors, it organizes the librarys interior programs into either formal enclosed spaces that require climatic and light control, or informal open reading areas that receive both natural light and cross-ventilation. The Feed emerges on the librarys roof in an outdoor reading room. A series of outdoor rooms are similarly found throughout the plaza.

Diagram showing the formality of the exteriors rooms and the informality of the interior spaces around The Feed.

The individual modules of the facade are designed to strategically control the natural light that enters the Inside-Out rooms of the Library.

[REDUX LOFT]

[2012] MODU, NEW YORK

[LOFT INTERIORS]

[18 WEEKS]

[TEAM] Phu Hoang, Prathyusha Viddam

The project is the renovation of a 2500 sqft loft within a pre-war, original TriBeCa cast iron building built in 1886. The loft was being converted into a 3 bedroom home for a family

My role was to produce schematic design options, design development, complete the bid set drawings and project manual in 6 weeks. My role was also to produce the CD set, shop drawings, and its consequent addendum. A part of the job was to coordinate with the Principle Architect and the Building Contractors to address the construction issues on site on a daily basis.

Both the existing bathrooms were redesigned and rebuilt. My role was to research the latest materials in the market and provide schematic design options to the client. The project manual was produced along with the contructions documents for the execution of the project.

Whyte Residence 2

99 Reade Street, New York, 10013

Cabinet Design

ntsJuly 26th, 2012Option 1A

1. Option 1 A: View from the Kitchen 1. Option 1A : View from the Living

Wall A Wall B Wall C Wall D

Wall A : 17 Bench Wall B : 46 Cabinets Wall C : 80 Cabinets Wall D : 11 Bench

2. Option 1B : View from the Kitchen


2. Option 1B : View from the Living


Whyte Residence 2


Cabinet Design

ntsJuly 26th, 2012Option 1B

3. Option 1C : View from the Kitchen


3. Option 1C : View from the Living


Whyte Residence 2


Cabinet Design

ntsJuly 26th, 2012Option 1C

2. Option 2C : View from the Kitchen


2. Option 2C : View from the Living


Whyte Residence 2


Cabinet Design

ntsJuly 26th, 2012Option 2C

[VIPASSANA MEDITATION CENTER][DEC 2008]

[4 MONTHS]

THE EARTH INSTITUTE, AUROVILLE

Design of a ventilation and natural cooling system for an earth building using the concept of wind scoops

Forced inlet for air

strategically located exhaust fans

exit for hot air

hot air rises up

air is cooled when it passes through the cooled tunnel

[WIND-SCOOP PASSIVE COOLING SYSTEM]

inlet of air through the opening in the vault

charcoal placed on rope

vent

ferro-cement tray to collect water

water is transferred from the tank to the char-coal through the rope (capillary effect)

1/2 inch water suppy pipe

1/4 inch pipe to drain water

SECTION GG

DETAIL 3

Rubble lling

Random rubble masonry in Cement sand mortar 1: 4

Natural ground

Foundation ring beam -1

Foundation ring beam 0 (FRB 0) RCC 1: 2: 4

DETAIL 2

SECTION HH

Plinth ring beam RCC 1: 2: 4

CSEB tiles (1.5 cm) on cement milk (0.5 cm)

CSM 1: 3 (1.5 cm)Screed CSM 1: 8 (8.5 cm)75

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3 Nos. 12 TS @ ~ 11 cm c/c

3 Nos. 12 TS @ ~ 11 cm c/c

3 Nos. 12 TS @ ~ 11 cm c/c

4 Nos. 12 TS @ ~ 12.2 cm c/c

5 Nos. 10 TS (156 cm) @ ~ 12.2 cm c/c

5 Nos. 10 TS (110 cm)

5 Nos. 10 TS (110 cm)

5 Nos. 10 TS (156 cm) @ ~ 12.2 cm c/c

4 Nos. 12 TS @ ~ 12.2 cm c/c

3 Nos. 12 TS @ ~ 11 cm c/c

6 MS @ ~ 25 cm c/c

6 MS @ ~ 25 cm c/c

12 " Water supply pipe

1 14 " Water drain pipe



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3 Nos. 12 TS @ ~ 11 cm c/c

3 Nos. 12 TS @ ~ 11 cm c/c

4 Nos. 12 TS @ ~ 12.2 cm c/c

5 Nos. 10 TS (156 cm) @ ~ 12.2 cm c/c

5 Nos. 10 TS (110 cm)

5 Nos. 10 TS (110 cm)

5 Nos. 10 TS (156 cm) @ ~ 12.2 cm c/c

4 Nos. 12 TS @ ~ 12.2 cm c/c

3 Nos. 12 TS @ ~ 11 cm c/c

6 MS @ ~ 25 cm c/c

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STIRRUP A : ( 6 MS x 135 cm) = 40STIRRUP B : ( 6 MS x 90 cm ) = 291STIRRUP C : ( 6 MS x 60 cm ) = 41

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FRB -2 (130 x 15)

FRB -2 (55 x 15)

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@ ~ 25 cm c/c

5 Nos. 12 TS @ ~ 29.4 cm c/c

4 Nos. 12 TS @

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4 Nos. 12 TS @ ~ 24.2 cm c/c

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@ ~ 25 cm c/c

Stirrup B : 6 MS (90 cm)

@ ~ 25 cm c/c

4 x 7 Nos. 12 TS (770 cm) @ ~ 24.2 cm c/c

3 Nos. 12 TS @ ~ 21.3 cm c/c

Stirrup B : 6 MS (90 cm)

@ ~ 25 cm c/c

FRB -2 (85 x 15)

3 x 3 Nos. 12 TS (229 cm) @ ~ 21.3 cm c/c

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1= 109.81002= 99.22003= 106.90004= 108.92505= 110.97526= 113.0567= 115.16808= 117.30909= 119.478010= 121.67311= 123.89512= 126.14213= 128.41314= 130.70615= 133.02016= 135.35517= 137.70918= 140.08019= 142.46820= 144.87021= 147.28922= 149.71923= 152.16224= 154.61325= 157.07426= 159.54327= 162.01828= 164.49829= 166.98330= 169.46931= 171.95732= 174.44033= 176.93034= 179.41335= 181.89036= 184.30037= 186.83038= 189.28939= 191.73740= 194.17541= 196.60042= 199.01243= 201.40844= 203.78945= 206.15246= 208.49647= 210.820

48= 213.122

49= 215.40050= 209.759

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1 cm = 4 Kg/mHT = 3032.52 Kg/m

= 1900 Kg/m

LT'LT

HT' = ~W/3

W = 7938.9816 Kg/m

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1= 357.4926

2= 254.5390

3= 229.9695

4= 208.8529

5= 191.0990

6= 176.6350

7= 165.3980

8= 157.3440

9= 152.4379

10= 151.0147

11= 154.4057

12= 158.4700

13= 166.3160

14= 170.0879

15= 173.7569

16= 177.3205

17= 180.7767

18= 184.1233

19= 187.3580

20= 190.4790

21= 193.4849

22= 196.3729

23= 199.1416

24= 201.7892

25= 204.3140

26= 206.8016

27= 208.9890

28= 211.1366

29= 213.1550

30= 215.0440

31= 216.8016

32= 218.4269

33= 219.9189

34= 221.2767

35= 222.4993

36= 223.5861

37= 224.5361

38= 225.3490

39= 226.9595

40= 226.5611

41= 226.9595

42= 227.2190

43= 227.3200

44= 203.1640

45= 226.8680

46= 226.4331

47= 226.8680

48= 226.4330

49= 225.8590

50= 225.1480

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1 cm = 4 Kg/mHT = 4197.4676 Kg/m

= 1900 Kg/m

HT' = ~W/2

W = 10329.24 Kg/m

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W30W31

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1= 214.0600

2= 133.5538

3= 188.0889

4= 126.4138

5= 163.6116

6= 129.41387

7= 140.72928= 119.4623

9= 134.188910= 99.8328

11= 136.414712= 81.8652

13= 139.510614= 65.5857

15= 143.2348

16= 146.6858

17= 150.1619

18= 151.9168

19= 153.6614

20= 157.1825

21= 160.7235

22= 164.2827

23= 167.8584

24= 171.4486

25= 175.0517

26= 178.6657

27= 182.2890

28= 185.9196

29= 189.5558

30= 193.1954

31= 196.8371

32= 200.4786

33= 204.1180

34= 207.7536

35= 211.3834

36= 215.0056

37= 218.6181

38= 222.2193

39= 225.8069

40= 229.3793

41= 232.9345

42= 236.4705

43= 239.9855

44= 243.4774

45= 246.9447

46= 250.3852

47= 253.7971

48= 257.1785

49= 260.5276

50= 263.8424

51= 267.1214

52= 270.3622

53= 273.5653

54= 276.7233

55= 279.8398

56= 282. 9114

57= 285.9361

58= 288.9125

59= 291.7302

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LT

1 cm = 4 Kg/mHT = 4197.4676 Kg/m

brick = 1900 Kg/m

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HT' = ~W/2

W = 11631.9776 Kg/m

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[STUDY1]

[MASONRY BOND PATTERN DRAWINGS] 54 COURSES

[STUDY2] [STUDY4] [STUDY5]

[STUDY6] [STUDY7] [STUDY8] [STUDY9]

[CATALOG OF LIGHT][FALL 2011] GSAPP, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

[14 WEEKS]

[CRITIC] STEVEN HOLL , GARRICK AMBROSE

The Studio started with testing materials to create an idea of space to later explore at the scale of a building.

In order to design an experimental art institute, a catalog of space was designed to accommodate the various shapes sizes and mediums of experimental art. Instead of providing a white room, the building is a catalog of lighting in order to change the perception of art for the user.

to create isotropic space by exploring the idea of a spatial knot . Light, shadow and gradient of sizes were explored using plaster and metal mesh.

[THE SPATIAL KNOT]

[THE CATALOG]

[STRIATION]

[ANGULAR SHIFT]

[CURVILINEAR]

[LINEAR SHIFT]

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[PIVOTING]

[STRIATION AS PERFORATION]

[PROGRAMMING] dividing the program into 20cubes to re-aggreagte them into a Chinese cube

[SITE] is in an industrial area at the junction of green point ave and west st.

[CIRCULATION] carving out a series of paths that are pre-choreographed for the user to experience

[GALLERY]

[EXHIBITION SPACE]

The model is made to open along he center axis. When open, the entire catalog of light and variance in size of the spaces is visible.

NEGATED.AMPLIFY.ACTIVITY

THE MERGE

[THE TEMPORARY MERGE]

[SUMMER 2011] GSAPP, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

[RESEARCH LAB AND DATA CENTER]

[11 WEEKS]

[CRITIC] PHU HOANG

Temporary Merge defined by the temporal events rather than the function. The proposal adapts three merges derived through the un-ion of programs that have both familiar and unfamiliar events within the RSDLC. A negated merge, and amplified merge and an activity merge are variables that manipulate the build-ing form to allow these activities to occur with-in the site. The form of the building is a result of the merge of events, which occur through time, concealing the program while attracting time-based activities within the RSDLC.

NEGATED.AMPLIFY.ACTIVITY

THE MERGE

Throughtheanlysisofoverlappingimagesfromsteroscopetechnology,strategiesofdistortionandshearwereextrapolatedfromtheresearch.Itwasthenappliedtoimagestotesttheboundriesofmergethroughshearusingtimebasedrotation.Aftertheimagesweredistortedovervariousangles,thedistortedpictureswereoverlayedtofindthedifference.

MERGE STRATEGY

SHEAR 22.5OVERLAY

SOURCEIMAGE COMPOSITE

SHEAR 45 DIFFERENCE

SHEARTHROUGHTIMEANDROTATION:DIFFERENCEINIMAGESFORMEDTHROUGHREVOLUTION


MERGE STRATEGY

SHEAR 22.5OVERLAY


SHEAR 45 DIFFERENCE



MERGE STRATEGY

SHEAR 22.5OVERLAY


SHEAR 45 DIFFERENCE



MERGE STRATEGY

SHEAR 22.5OVERLAY


SHEAR 45 DIFFERENCE


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STEREOSCOPE: merge of two images measuring depth from difference

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[RESEARCH]

Studying camouflage techniques to find architectural strategies to use as a design concept.

Using shearing as an architec-tural strategy

LocatedbetweenSohoandTribbeca,thesiteissurroundedbyvariousdemographicsandactivities.Thesitecontainsedgeconditionsthatcollidewithoneanothertoformnewpro-grams.Streetsfortransitbecomemarketplaces,oldbuildingareinhabitedbymultipleretailbusinessandthemarketisameltingpotlegalandillegalbusinesses.Thetemporarymerge,wouldutilizetheseassetsandreacttothesetimebasedactivitiesthatoccurthroughoutthedayandweektodrawpeopleintothesite.

SITE ANALYSISTIMEBASEDMERGEACTIVITIES:EVENTBASEDACTIVITIESWHICHOCCURONTHESITE

01DEMOGRAPHICS:businesspeople.tourist.locals

02URBANMARKET:market.streetmarket

03BUILDING:trinketstore.payless.architecturefirm

CHINA TOWN

SOHO

TRIBECA

01DEMOGRAPHICS:businesspeople.tourist.locals

02URBANMARKET:market.streetmarket

03BUILDING:trinketstore.payless.architecturefirm

04STREET:loadingdock.market

05SITE:lispindard+broadwayparkinglot.droppointfortourist611

STAGNATEMERGES

TIME BASED MERGE ACTIVITIES: event based activities which occur on the site

01 DEMOGRAPHICS:business people. tourist. locals

02 URBAN MARKET: market. street market

03 BUILDING: trinket store. payless. architecture firm

04 STREET: loading dock.





04 STREET: loading dock. TIME BASED MERGE ACTIVITIES: event based activities which occur on the site

























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building support + data servers data+ library

cafe + loading dock + street shopping data process + maintenance/ it

lobby + street shopping research + plaza-food market parking + street + lobby

when familiar programs are merged to exist in the same space to negate each others functions

when programs are merged to form a symbiotic relation

when unfamiliar programs are merged to create a new event

ABSENCENEGATED MERGE

HYBRID MERGE

TEMPORAL MERGE

AMPLIFY

ACTIVITY

When two unfamiliar programs are merged to exist in the same space to exist independently from each other.

When two unfamiliar programs are merged to create a symbiotic relation between the events.

When two or more programs are merged to create temporal activity.

FORM MANIPULATIONSHEAR MERGE: SHEAR OF PROGRAM TO CREATE HYBRID PROGRAM SYSTEMS TIME AND ROTATION: DIFFERENCE IN IMAGES FORMED THROUGH REVOLUTION

GENERIC NEW YORK STACKINGPROGRAM ORGANIZATION

SHEAR POINTS TO MERGE SPACESTO CREATE HYBRID MERGES

MERGED HYBRID PROGRAMSHEARED MERGE CONDITION

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FORM MANIPULATIONSHEAR MERGE: SHEAR OF PROGRAM TO CREATE HYBRID PROGRAM SYSTEMS TIME AND ROTATION: DIFFERENCE IN IMAGES FORMED THROUGH REVOLUTION

GENERIC NEW YORK STACKINGPROGRAM ORGANIZATION

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MERGED HYBRID PROGRAMSHEARED MERGE CONDITION

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PROGRAM MERGESHEAROFBANDTOPRODUCEENVIRONMENTALEXPERIENCES:SHEAROFOBJECTTOCREATECIRCULATION

PROGRAMORGANIZATION SHEARPOINTSTOMERGESPACES HYBRIDPROGRAM

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OUTDOORTOOUTDOOR[PROGRAM MERGE] shear of band to produce environmental experiences / shear of object to create circulation

ABSENCE MERGESITEANALYSISOFVOID,NONFUNTIONALANDDEADSPACE

POINTSONTHESITEWHICHCONTAINABSENTSPACES:THELOADINGDOCKANDTALLBUILDINGSADJACENT

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SHEAR OF THE SITE TO CREATE ABSENT SUBTRACTIONS

POINTS TO SHEAR

POINTS ON THE SITE WHICH CONTAINABSENT SPACES: THE LOADING DOCK AND TALL BUILDINGS ADJACENT

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HYBRID PROGRAMMATIC MERGESSHEARING PROGRAM TO CREATE NEGATED, AMPLIFIED AND ACTIVITY MERGES

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THE MERGE-Y BAND CONDITION THE MERGE-INBETWEEN SPACES

THE MERGE-ACTIVITY WEEKDAY CONDITION

THE MERGE-ACTIVITY WEEKEND CONDITION


[WEEKDAY CONDITION]

[WEEKEND CONDITION]

[THE TOURIST TRAP]

[SPRING 2012] GSAPP, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

[MUSEUM OF BUSKING]

[14 WEEKS]

[CRITIC] JUERGEN MAYER + MARC KUSHNER

New Yorkers are always in a hurry.

Tourists are not.

In the tourist trap, the most efficient way to circulate through the site is not the shortest , but by the ghost path created by avoiding the buskers. While the tourists gravitate around the performance

http://www.experimentsinmotion.com/

Tourists come to New York to see something local. They love to take photos, they need space to rest, they need toilets. The tourist trap provides all of these and more.

[THE TOURIST TRAP]THE TOURISTS ARE COMING! BUT DONT WORRY SEWARD PARK, WE ARE KEEPING THEM UNDERGROUND!

New Yorkers and tourists have very different speed of movement and different agendas for the site.

The steps are embedded with LED lights to trace the fast space of New Yorkers who use the site to make their way out of the subway station. This ghost path remains long enough to aid the passengers from the next train.

Tourists and locals use the site by making their way down from the street level using this laby-rinth of staircases to reach the subway station at the bottom of the stairs.

The landscape of staircase and plat-forms provides for temporal busking and seating while the un-derground is used for its exhibition

[CHICKEN PARTY]

[SPRING 2012] GSAPP, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

[METHODS AND MATERIALS IN ARCHITECTURE]

[14 WEEKS]

[CRITIC] KEITH KASEMAN

The objective was to create a flexible mod-ule within a rigid system. Through the use of fabric formwork and various methods of pushing and pulling we wanted to be able to aggregate a collection of unique modules.

The goal was to create a modular system which would help prevent soil erosion and run-off. This system, while beneficial to the environment, would also create a beautiful landscape of unique components.

WOOD FRAMING

BLUE FOAM MODULE

CLOTH

STAMP

GRID

FORMWORK SYSTEM EXPLORATION

CONCRETE MIX

Portland cement Fine sand aggregate Water Liquid coloring

FORMWORK

Wooded framework to suspend the fabric system Dowels to connect fabric system to the frame Eye screws to secure dowels to the frames using zip ties 2 pieces of fabric, 2 pieces of latex layered and sewn Plastic plug for a pour spout Plumber straps to secure fabric over the dowels Laser cut wooden sheet for the grid Nylon rope Rubber washers

FINISH

Sand paper

RELEASE AGENT

None. Latex acts as a release agent.

REQUIRED TOOLS

Band saw and table saw Sewing machine Funnel Drill press

MATERIAL

ITERATION 1

String

frame

fabric formwork

connection

gridpull-push

eye hookwood screw

eye hookwood screw

ZIP TIE

T-NUT

PLUMBER'S STRAP

2" WOOD

WOODEN DOWEL

1/4" EYE BOLT

cotton

cotton

latex

latex

pour spout

PRIMARY FORMWORK - THE FRAME SECONDARY FORMWORK - THE FABRIC

SECONDARY FORMWORK - THE FABRIC

String

frame

fabric formwork

connection

gridpull-push

eye hookwood screw

eye hookwood screw

ZIP TIE

T-NUT

PLUMBER'S STRAP

2" WOOD

WOODEN DOWEL

1/4" EYE BOLT

THE CONNECTION - BETWEEN THE TWO FORMWORKS

PREPARING FOR THE CAST

POURING REMOVING THE FORMWORK

ROTATING THE FRAME - POST POUR

CONNECTING THE MODULES

EMBEDDEDT-NUT

MODULE 1

CONNEXION BETWEEN MODULES

MODULE 2

1/4" eye bolt

quicklink

1/4" eye bolt

sleeve

EMBEDDEDT-NUT

EMBEDDEDT-NUT

MODULE 1

CONNEXION BETWEEN MODULES

MODULE 2

1/4" eye bolt

quicklink

1/4" eye bolt

sleeve

EMBEDDEDT-NUT

OBJECTIVE

The objective was to create a flexible module within a rigid system. Through the use of fabric formwork and various methods of pushing/pulling we wanted to be able to create a system of unique modules capable of aggregating into a larger landscape.

We investigated utilizing the modular system as a device to prevent soil erosion and run-off. This system, while beneficial to the environment, would also create a beautiful landscape of sculptural forms.

FALL STUDIO 2011: JOSEPH VIDICH

IN COLLABORATION WITH:

SURFACESCREENSTRUCTURE:ADIDASSOHO:NEWYORK

PRATHUYSHAVIDDAM+YINLINYEH

ACUPUNCTURE

MANIPULATION OF CONTROLLED LIGHT

WITHTHEFOCUSONTHERE-DIRECTION AND MANIPULA-TION OF LIGHT, THE INTENTISTOCREATEASCREENTHATIS PERCEIVED AS BOTH ANORNAMENTALLIGHTSCREENFROMTHESTREETLEVELANDFUNCTIONAL LIGHT FIXTUREONTHEINTERIOR.THROUGHTHE TREATMENT OF THEBUILDING AS A BODY ANDTHE SCREEN AS THE SKIN,SUNLIGHT IS PUNCTUREDTHROUGH THE SCREEN ATSTRATEGICRELIEFPOINTSTOCONTROLLIGHTWITHINTHESPACE. THE REDIRECTEDLIGHTFROMTHEPUNCTURESWILL THEN SERVE AS DIS-PLAY LIGHTING FOR PROD-UCTSDISPLAYED.

[ACUPUNCTURE]

[FALL 2011] GSAPP, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

[SURFACE SCREEN AND STRUCTURE]

[11 WEEKS]

[CRITIC] JOSEPH VIDICH

With the focus on the redirection and ma-nipulation of light, the intent is to create a screen that is perceived as both an orna-mental light screen from the street level and functional light fixture on the interior. through the treatment of the building as a body and the screen as the skin, sunlight is punctured through the screen at strategic re-lief points to control light within the space. the redirected light from the punctures will then serve as display lighting for products displayed.

ACUPUNCTURE COMPONENTS

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LIGHT DIFFUSER

PUNCTURED HOLE

METAL PANEL

TRANSPARENCY STRUCTURE

PANELSHINGED TO THE STRUCTURE

PUNCTURE HOLES CREATE SPOT LIGHTS AND DIFFUSEDLIGHT ON INTERIOR

CONTROLLING COMPONENTS THE ANGLE OF THE PANELS

EXISTING FACADE

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PLAN OF SCREEN

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SUN ANALYSIS: ANGLE DETERMINED BY TIME AND DAY

SUN ANGLE - SU MMER - 10 AM

SUN ANGLE - WINTER - 10 AM

SUN ANGLE - SUMMER - 4PM

SUN ANGLE - WINTER - 4PM

PUNCTURE AT 10AM PUNCTURE AT 4PM PUNCTURE FOR A STREET VIEW

CONTROLLED PUNCTURED LIGHT

CONTROLLED PUNCTURED LIGHTCONTROLLED PUNCTURED LIGHT

2-6 2-62-62-62-62-62-6

PANEL SYSTEM

SCREEN SYSTEM

LIGHT PUNCTURES

SOLID PANEL

CONNECTION BRACKET

PERFORATED PANELS

3-0

3-0

3-0

3-0

MORNING PROGRAMEXHIBIT GEARED TOWARDS MORNING FUNCTIONAL SHOE SHOPPERS

NOON PROGRAMNOON PROGRAM: EXHIBIT GEARED TOWARDS HIP/ TRENDY SHOES

NIGHT PROGRAMEXHIBIT GEARED TOWARDS HIP-HOP DANCE SHOE SHOPPERS

SOLID PANEL

BACKSIDE

AM AM PM PM PM PM PM PM



SOLID PANEL

BACKSIDE

[DIGITAL CRAFTS]

[SUMMER 2011] GSAPP, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

[DRL 10 PAVILION]

[2 WEEKS]

[CRITIC] JOSH UHL

[RENZO PIANOS - TJIBAOU CULTURAL CENTER]

horizontal structurenut

horizontal structure

attachment clip

horizontal stabilizers

Y clip tie

insit anchor fitting

horizontal connections

verticle connections

joinery at the base

[THE SHIRT PROJECT][FALL 2010] GSAPP, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

[1.5 WEEKS]

[CRITIC] JANE KIM

The mens Oxford dress shirt was transformed into a prosthetic device to see and move along the city block of orchard street to reshape the experi-ence of the user.

The project explores the relation be-tween the senses of touch and sight to guide one through orchard street

The device acts like a texture map of the street while restricting the move-ment, forcing the user to slow down and experience the street at a different pace.

[OXFORD SHIRT VS ORCHARD STREET]

[MUG SHOTS]

[VISUAL TEXTURE VS TANGIBLE TEXTURE][REFASHIONING OF THE SHIRT]

GREGORY PECK VS MEATPACKING DISTRICT

[THE ROOM PROJECT][CRITIC] BABAK BRYAN

I first drew a room as described in a piece of literature. The room was then trans-formed by the repositioning of the bed sev-eral times to suit every action of the user based on the time of the day.

the room was transformed again to accom-modate all the positions into one.

the new room was cast in cement. the solid and void was studied to diagram the move-ment of shadow through the room

[RE POSITION]

[THE ORIGINAL ROOM]

[TRANSFORMED ROOM]

[MOVEMENT OF SHADOW THROUGH THE ROOM]

POMPIDOU CENTER VS BRYANT PARK

[THE BUILDING PROJECT][CRITIC] DAHLIA ROBERTS

By juxtaposing the elevation of the Georges Pompidou center with the plan of Bryant park , a module was derived.

The game of petanque was documented and the variable relations between the components were observed.

A petanque court was designed by systematically multiplying the modules using an algorithm.

[FOLDABLE DRAWING]

[PETANQUE COURT]

[DIAGRAM] THE RELATION BETWEEN THE COMPONENTS OF A GAME OF PETANQUE [ STRENGTH - ANGLE - HEIGHT ]

[MOVEMENT OF SHADOW]

[MATERIAL PROPERTIES - 2D TO 3D]

[MATERIAL PROPERTIES - 2D TO 3D]

[MODULE]

FASHION ATELIER AT THE LINCOLN CENTER

[STUDY OF SPATIAL PROPERTIES]

[DIAGRAM OF USE-USER RELATION]

[FINAL 01][CRITIC] DAHLIA ROBERTS

Spatial properties produced by sys-tematic positioning of vectors and points was studied.

a centralized system of circulation was derived by iterating a diagram of use/user relation.

the building is a fashion atelier with functions around a core nucleus.

the structure and skin interact to form spaces. its densities vary to fit the pro-grammatic requirements of the atelier

using systematic multiplication of vectors

to find the nucleus

[FRONT STAGE] SPARSE [NUCLEUS]

[AXONOMETRIC]

[BACK STAGE] DENSE

FASHION ATELIER AT THE GARNIER OPERA HOUSE

[NUCLEUS VS A SPINE]

[FINAL 02][CRITIC] JANE KIM

while installing the atelier in the Garnier Opera House the centralized system of cir-culation is translated into a linear system to encourage the user to experience the Garnier Opera House and the Fashion atel-ier simultaneously.

the user to guided through the installation using the illusion of perspective.

[CONCEPT MODEL]

[CINEMA THEATRE][SPRING 2008]

[5 WEEKS]

[CRITIC] VINOD GANESH

Design of a twin-theater using an open plan through the study of large span construction techniques.

[POST DESIGN USER ANALYSIS]

analysis of the predicted usage of the spaces

the traffic blocks and un-used areas were located

[PLAN] the building is designed to accomodate two theatre on

a small site.

[SECTIONS]

[ELEVATION][JAN 2010]

[2 WEEK]

design of an elevation for an existing con-crete framework for a commercial building in Hyderabad, India.

for this west facing facade, the direct sun light was the prime concern

office space

adjustable shutters/louvres

existing beam and column structure

wooden plank used as a railing

entrance door to the balcony

balcony acts as an insulation space between the polluted road and and air conditioned office.

the cooling capacity of is drastically re-duced

buffer space

double height entrance

[HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE] THROUGH SKETCHES[FALL 2007]

[HYBRID BUILDINGS]

[SUMMER 2011][METROPOLIS]

[2 WEEKS][CRITIC] ENRIQUE WALKER

Hybrid buildings are very opportunistic in nature. They take advantage of the coexistence of unexpected functions and events. While it groups together fragmented events that do not correspond their needs immediately, they eventually find their dissimilarities to create the correlation. The result of which is the swell of atypical looking buildings. Conven-tionally the urban map with its multiplicity of mono func-tional buildings is the hybrid. But what happens when the building itself contains multiple functions?In the mountain dwellings, the 20,000 square meters of parking is a triangulated pedestal that houses the 10,000 sq meters of apartments that take advantage of the south-ern sun while the parking occupies the deep spaces. The 16 meter high ceilings in the parking create a cathedral like space moving away from the conventional claustrophobic character of car parks. It has been refereed to as the cathe-dral of car culture. The car is a necessity in the suburbs, and parking a problem in the cities. This intelligent organization of the program begins to simultaneously address the prob-lems pertaining to both the worlds. Can this reorganization be tested with a larger scale of program?

There have been many attempts at creating a mixed use building in the recent past; such as the Linked Hybrid de-signed by Steven Holl, The Market in Rotterdam by MRVDV. A successful precedent to this very hybrid of parking, resi-dential and recreation is the Marina City Complex in Chi-cago. It was built to create janitorial jobs for the Building Service Employees International Union, a.k.a. The Janitors Union, in the 1960s for the empowerment of the blue collar postwar America.

The programs occupy their most comfortable space in the building to form the corn like structure. It can also be com-pare to the Social Condenser buildings that were built in the then recently created Soviet Union to combine residen-tial apartments with communal spaces to modify the social behaviour of its residents. While Hybrid buildings use di-versity in uses as a means to blend into the urban fabric, Social condensers mix residential apartments with a service programming to isolate it self from its context.

The advantage of a building with hybrid program is that it cannot be classified into any typology. When the combina-tion of programs changes, an entirely new hybrid is devel-oped. It is not only a new way of organizing space, but also a new way of living, working and recreation; a new way of thinking about the city. This change within a building brings upon a larger change in the urban dynamics. The hybridiza-tion of individual buildings causes the fragmentation of the traditional organization of functions at the urban scale. The conventional movement of people from the residential to the commercial zones is disrupted. This calls for an innova-tive system of transportation that can cater to a disjointed organization of the programs within the city.

Copenhagen in the late 80s was not a sought after destina-tion for jobs or families. With the expansion of the airport, building of the metro and more importantly the develop-ment of Orestad in the 90s, Copenhagen became a vibrant urban space. Orestad provided a suitable living environ-ment for Copenhagens working class. This is an instance of a symbiotic relation at an urban scale. The political vision for Orestand was one of an integrated city with a mixture of living, working and public spaces but the uniformity of the master plan collided with the idea of a symbiotic city. The Danish architecture firm Bjarke Ingles Group (BIG) has been researching and implementingthe idea of symbiosis of programs as an architectural typol-ogy to diverge from the functionalist ideas of Scandinavia. Thus far, they have built three buildings in Orestand two of which epitomize hybrid programming, or as the archi-tect calls it Alchemy, the turning of urban wasteland to architectural marvels. The architect has found a type of ar-chitecture that is not entirely utopian nor is it excessively pragmatic.

The 8 House, designed by BIG, built almost immediately after the Mountain dwellings imitates it in form and process. It is like an iteration of the first, done to master the art of Alchemy. BIG Architects seem to use two techniques to design hybrid structures; one of mixing program and one of mixing forms. An example of both is the W57th building in New York. A mix of commercial and residences, the building amalgamates the traditional forms of a European courtyard block with a typical New York block. BIGs process of selec-tion from the excess and using the iteration of their projects to find their mastery of designing hybrid building is a plau-sible step towards intelligent sustainability.

Located between Copenhagen and Orestad, the Mountain dwellings are an optimum combination of the spaciousness of suburbia and density of a city. The building fits remarka-bly on the site considering Denmark has no mountains. The program of the Mountain Dwelling is a hybrid of residential apartments and car parking,creating a new typology; one of radically different programs that merge together to make a composite that works efficiently despite their fundamentally dissimilar needs. The dynamics of each component depend on and feed off one another to create a true symbiosis in architecture. In this process, instead of the individual pro-grams losing their originality in the larger field of the pro-gram, they are exemplified to embrace their best attributes to occupy their rightful place in the building. Can this symbi-osis of program be an intelligent solution for sustainability? Can the benefits eclipse the challenges?

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the hungry tide

oil on canvas24 x 18 in

support

oil on canvas12 x 8 in

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