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Architecture and design as agents of cultural communication and social activation.

The contents survey methods of building design, fabrication studies, the power of alternative formats, and production experience from professional practice.

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WELLNESS

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detroit institute of remediation technology

Adaptive re-use as an urban catalyst for community development and scientific innovation.

TYPE / LABORATORY / EDUCATIONAL / LIVE-WORK

(DIRT)

STUDIO / THE NORMAL.DETROIT LOCATION / RIVERFRONT, DETROIT, MI

INSTRUCTION / CHRISTIAN UNVERZAGT DURATION / WINTER 2011 / 12 WEEKS

INSTITUTION / TAUBMAN COLLEGE, MICHIGAN

DRY DOCK COMPLEX (DELO)

INDUSTRIAL ZONINGPROBABLE CONTAMINATION

DEQUINDRE CUT

Detroit Institute for Remediation Technology

According to many, the proper name for the current era in Detroit is post-industrial. Afterwards, proceeding, ad memoriam; the term invokes forlorn nostalgia, resounded by national regret. It is an explicit acknowledgement of loss and death. The Motor City was once synonymous with industrial enterprise, but what does it symbolize in this century? Popular media has repeatedly categorized this urban center as a certain kind of crisis; an economic, ecological, and cultural failure. But has contemporary media entirely missed the opportunities presented within inherent failures? Former Governor Jennifer Granholm projected one model for the Southeast Michigan Region: an economy of the green-collar.

TechTown and NextEnergy in the New Amsterdam District of Detroit have established economic incubators for research-based start-ups such as NexTek Energy, A123 Systems (lithium-ion batteries), and Asterand PLC (stem cells and human tissue).Besides providing subsidized space to these companies, Detroit has become attractive as a research corridor with direct proximity to Wayne State University, the University of Michigan, and Michigan State University. These start-ups are beginning to operate on a national scale as they continue to take advantage of working in Detroit.

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+/ Detroits Brownfield Sites

If the model of the research-based organization became the new paradigm of Detroit economics, then the city may be able to effectively re-industrialize.

Bringing together energy research and biotechnology, green-collar industry could be best defined as turning bio-ecological improvements into capital gains. Considering that Detroit has a surplus of brownfield sites and the means to support heavy research, environmental remediation can become a new industrial export. As in micro-economics, supply vs. demand: the United States demands the recovery of contaminated urban sites for development, Detroit supplies research expertise and manufactured mechanical-computational apparatus to public and private markets. In order to achieve such a model, an incubator could be established in the form of a catalytical institution to harbor green-collar organizations: the Detroit Institute for Remediation Technology (DIRT).

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Detroit Industry / Diego Rivera / +

Globe Trade Building Site / Detroit River / +

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dry dock (submerged) atwater street + detroit institute of remediation technologies (dirt) + dirt residential courtyard jefferson avenue< dequindre cut >detroit river

DETROIT RIVER-JEFFERSON AVENUE/ ELEVATION / SCALE : 1/96 = 1-0

+ detroit institute of remediation technologies (dirt)

+ dirt residential courtyard

Globe Trading & Dry Dock Complex

The former Globe Trading Building and Dry Dock Complex serves as the site for the DIRT. A brownfield industrial site along the Detroit River, the facility has a long-standing industrial history of shipbuilding. The Dry Dock in front of the complex has now become an inlet for the river, with part of the site being developed into a state park. The Detroit Riverfront Conservancy is building a trail that will stretch along the site all the way to Belle Isle. The Dequindre Cut trail also travels the east side of the building. Without any adjacent structures, the Globe stands as a monumental ruin in the current landscape. Its renegotiation for the DIRT will institute manipulations of scale, material conservation as a historic property, public interaction, and ecological phytoremediation strategies.

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dry dock (submerged) atwater street + detroit institute of remediation technologies (dirt) + dirt residential courtyard jefferson avenue< dequindre cut >detroit river

DETROIT RIVER-JEFFERSON AVENUE/ ELEVATION / SCALE : 1/96 = 1-0

+ detroit institute of remediation technologies (dirt)

+ dirt residential courtyard

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Structural Prosthesis

Due to the extensive dilapidation of the current structural systems, only the primary steel structures can be salvaged to support heavy loads. To supplement new load-paths resultant of the excavations, structural prosthetics in the form of concrete piers and re-oriented trusses are applied to the building. The old steel contacts the new concrete to form box-frame sections that support each of the three wings. The re-oriented trusses are taken from the existing roof structures, which no longer need to support the loads of ship construction. Cavities in the piers hold mechanical systems.

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_clean levels _carbon monoxide _sulfur dioxide _ozone _nitrogen dioxide

RAINSTORM ELEVATION / SCALE 1/64 = 10

BARGE POLLUTION ELEVATION / SCALE 1/64 = 10

MORNING TRAFFIC ELEVATION / SCALE 1/64 = 10





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Biochemical Response Wall

This cable-scaffolding structure is remnant of excavation support during construction. The scaffolding is then applied with hundreds of LED lights and sensors that respond to real-time gas fluctuations. In a clean-air composition, the light defaults to a green hue. If the embedded sensors pick up another gas, the light changes to a color corresponding with the chemical composition. The response of the lights reads as fluid waves of color across the south faade of the Globe. Beyond dynamic aesthetics, the wall serves as an interface for visualizing conditional circumstance in the air. The cause and effect enables the viewer to understand the fluctuations in the air as a form of post-industrial data that is communicated by the environment. This data reads as a painting of light by nature; a commentary similar to Diego Riveras paintings of Detroits industrial condition. Because of the Globes international context on Detroit River, the south-faade response wall speaks to a much larger audience through Canadian vantage points and tourist photographs of Detroit.








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BELOW GRADE / FLOOR PLAN / SCALE : 3/128 = 1-0 B7 STORAGEB6 COMPUTATIONAL CONTROLB5 ARCHIVE + DATA CENTERB4 RECEPTIONB3 AUDITORIUM

B2 RESTROOMSB1 MECHANICAL ACCESS

B3

B4B1B5

B6

B7

B7

B2

B2

B2

B2

SECTION B

BUILDING PLANS

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GRADE LEVEL / FLOOR PLAN / SCALE : 3/128 = 1-0 HG HANGING GARDENSG8 INFORMATION TERMINALG7 ENTRYG6 FIELD LABORATORYG5 SEALED LABORATORY

G4 OPEN LABORATORYG3 AUDITORIUMG2 RESTROOMSG1 MECHANICAL ACCESS

G3

G7

G7

G7

G7

G6

G6

G6

G6

G8

G8 G8

G7

G2G2

G5G4

HG

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SECOND LEVEL / FLOOR PLAN / SCALE : 3/128 = 1-0 HG HANGING GARDENSS9 COMMISSARYS8 EXHIBITION HALLS7 MULTI-USE OFFICES6 MULTI-USE LABORATORY

S5 SEALED LABORATORYS4 OPEN LABORATORYS3 AUDITORIUMS2 RESTROOMSS1 MECHANICAL ACCESS

S1

S2

S2

S2

S2

S7 S6

S6

S6

S7

S7

S7

S9 S8S3

S2S2

S4

S5

HG

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THIRD LEVEL / FLOOR PLAN / SCALE : 3/128 = 1-0 HG HANGING GARDENST7 GROUP STUDY DECKT6 MULTI-USE OFFICET5 SEALED LABORATORYT4 OPEN LABORATORY

T3 MEZZANINE + LOFTT2 RESTROOMST1 MECHANICAL ACCESS

HG

T7

T1T2

T2

T2

T2

T6

T6

T6

T6T3

T3

T3

T2T2

T6

T4

T5

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+/ Exhibition Hall

+/ Exhibition Images / Detroit Industry / Diego Rivera

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Experimental Hanging Gardens / +

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grade

A-A / SECTION PERSPECTIVE / SCALE : APPROX. 3/128 = 1-0

B3B1

G5G4G7G3

S3S8

G8

S5S4

T5T4 T7

B7 STORAGEB6 COMPUTATIONAL CONTROLB5 ARCHIVE + DATA CENTERB4 RECEPTIONB3 AUDITORIUM

B2 RESTROOMSB1 MECHANICAL ACCESSHG HANGING GARDENSG8 INFORMATION TERMINALG7 ENTRY

G6 FIELD LABORATORYG5 SEALED LABORATORYG4 OPEN LABORATORYG3 AUDITORIUMG2 RESTROOMS

G1 MECHANICAL ACCESSS9 COMMISSARYS8 EXHIBITION HALLS7 MULTI-USE OFFICES6 MULTI-USE LABORATORY


T7 GROUP STUDY DECKT6 MULTI-USE OFFICET5 SEALED LABORATORYT4 OPEN LABORATORYT3 MEZZANINE + LOFT

T2 RESTROOMST1 MECHANICAL ACCESS

SECTION A

BUILDING SECTIONS

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B-B / SECTION PERSPECTIVE / SCALE : APPROX. 3/128 = 1-0

grade

S8 T7

B5

HG

B7

S9

G7

T6

S3

B4

B7 STORAGEB6 COMPUTATIONAL CONTROLB5 ARCHIVE + DATA CENTERB4 RECEPTIONB3 AUDITORIUM

B2 RESTROOMSB1 MECHANICAL ACCESSHG HANGING GARDENSG8 INFORMATION TERMINALG7 ENTRY

G6 FIELD LABORATORYG5 SEALED LABORATORYG4 OPEN LABORATORYG3 AUDITORIUMG2 RESTROOMS

G1 MECHANICAL ACCESSS9 COMMISSARYS8 EXHIBITION HALLS7 MULTI-USE OFFICES6 MULTI-USE LABORATORY


T7 GROUP STUDY DECKT6 MULTI-USE OFFICET5 SEALED LABORATORYT4 OPEN LABORATORYT3 MEZZANINE + LOFT

T2 RESTROOMST1 MECHANICAL ACCESS

SECTION B

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cuinadel topografia Culturalcultivationandtourismthroughthe spectacleofurbanpublicspace. TYPE/CULINARY / EDUCATIONAL / PLAZA STUDIO/CABINETS OF CURIOSITY LOCATION/LA BOQUERIA, BARCELONA, ESP INSTRUCTION/SOPHIA PSARRA DURATION/FALL2010/10 WEEKS INSTITUTION/TAUBMAN COLLEGE, MICHIGAN

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cuina del topografia / kitchen topography

With Barcelona serving as an international catalyst for cultural integration, the city provides diverse options in cuisine. The Cuina de la Topografa seeks to explore cultural specifics from the perspective of culinary preparation and cooking. Sited on the plaza of the famous Boquera Market, the Cuina is a culinary institution available to the public. Kitchen space is provided for scheduled courses and open for public use at all other times.

Six large kitchens sink beneath the plazas ground plane, preserving an urban topography populated by mysterious objects. The objects operate as windows, skylights, chimneys, and video screens for the kitchens below, while also promoting physical activity and outdoor cooking above ground. Three transparent bridges designate the over-underground condition and accommodate the studied paths of travel through the site. The Cuina explores the notion of tectonic flexibilities; the objects are static sculptures yet contain no predetermined formal use. Such flexibility encourages a variety of visitors to seek their own method of using the site. A narrative of the site is open to an individuals personal interpretation, an allusion to the iconic ambiguity of Gaudis fantastic Barcelona roofscapes.

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+/ Study Model / 1:8

+/ Site Model / 1:32

PROGRAM INTENT

The said {cuina de la topografa} will be not so much as a BLDG as a FIELD for

_INDIVIDUALS / CROWDS / CONSUMERS / PRODUCERS / COMMUNITIES_ to _ARRIVE / STAY / LEAVE / PARTY_ with ease where they may _LEARN / TEACH / EAT / DRINK / DANCE / RELAX / REFLECT_ upon where after, they are left with an arousal of _TASTE / WONDER / EXCITEMENT / INTELLIGENCE / LOVE.

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La Boquera Site Plan / +

Kitchen Interior / +

CONTOURED SECTION

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Cuina de TopografiaS

CALE

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Cuina de TopografiaS

CALE

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CROSSROADS PERIPHERALBUSINESSDISTRICT

Research-basedrhetoricontheurbanpossibilities forsuburbancentersofcommerceandculture. TYPE/URBAN DESIGN / COMMERCIAL / INFRASTRUCTURE

(PBD)

STUDIO/THE CORPORATION, ARCHITECTURE, AND THE CITY LOCATION/MAHWAH, NJ / SUFFERN, NY INSTRUCTION/NAHYUN HWANG DURATION/FALL2011/8 WEEKS INSTITUTION/TAUBMAN COLLEGE, MICHIGAN

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PERIPHERAL BUSINESS DISTRICTS

The Peripheral Business District (PBD) is an urban type that has been generated by the relocation of major corporate entities to suburban interchanges. While similar to Edge Cities, PBDs do not require residential development, and in most cases retain only daytime populations. Most PBDs are referred to as technology or business corridors, where the centralization of the interstate freeway is crucial to district growth. As many corporations begin migrating back to city centers, the banal existence of most PBDs threatens their economic and physical outlook.

The Crossroads Peripheral Business District is a speculative proposal that seeks to confront the future challenges for PBDs. Sited in northern New Jersey, the district is located due to its beneficial infrastructural connections between freeways, commuter rail, and freight rail. While typical PBDs develop according to fluctuations in suburban zoning, the Crossroads defines its urban growth boundary (UGB) from district inception. The process of infill has been developed according to generational scripts that account for automotive velocity from freeway off ramps, visual perceptions from within the district, and the distribution of morphological building masses. These morphological types seek to create a district with a perception of its own cultural identity, a first-step for the production of PBDs that could use the benefits of interchanges to offer a new model for the acceleration of suburban density. +/ Crossroads Site / Mahwah, NJ

+/ Big Beaver PBD / Troy, Detroit, MI

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STATIO

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1 mi radius

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RIVER

N E W J E R S E Y

MAGNETIC INTERCHANGE

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BOUNDARY DEFINITIONTo prevent the suburban sprawl of growth from the PBD, the district must be contained according to specific parameters. This list categorizes existing zoning measures and codes, but also examines the effects of re-zoning and developmental growth over several factors. The boundary must also be physically defined, either by roadway, railway, greenbelt, or existing features. The plan must coincide with such development of a boundary, projecting the implosion, rather than the explosion of density.

EMPTY TYPESBased on the concept of empty form as advanced by Reinhold Martin, the empty types may only suggest a meaning or function, instead searching for ambiguity of form. In this way, the types propose a truly flexible space, free of existing norms for the qualification of open office floor plans. Such types look to hold additional programs such as residential, retail, and civic.

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Magnetic Interchange Massing / +

LINEAR ARTERY

TYPE 1

1A

FOLLOWING

1B

STALKING

TYPE 2

ROUNDABOUT

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ROUNDING

2B

DIVERGING

TYPE 3

CLOVERLEAF

3A

CONVERGING

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POSING

TYPE 4

DIAMOND

4A

PRESENTING (OBLIQUE)

4B

LOOMING

TYPE 5

Y CHANGE

5A

FANNING

5B

BUFFERING

TYPE 6

ONTO BOULEVARD

6A

COUNTER-ACTING (PERPENDICULAR)

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PBD GROWTH

LINEAR ARTERY

TYPE 1

1A

FOLLOWING

1B

STALKING

TYPE 2

ROUNDABOUT

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ROUNDING

2B

DIVERGING

TYPE 3

CLOVERLEAF

3A

CONVERGING

3B

POSING

TYPE 4

DIAMOND

4A

PRESENTING (OBLIQUE)

4B

LOOMING

TYPE 5

Y CHANGE

5A

FANNING

5B

BUFFERING

TYPE 6

ONTO BOULEVARD

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COUNTER-ACTING (PERPENDICULAR)

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+/ PBD Relations to Roadway

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Site Model / 1:400 / +

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DISTRICT SITE PLAN

NE PASSENGER HUB / SUFFERN STATION

SE PASSENGER HUB / MAHWAH STATION

CENTRAL VOIDS

ZONED BOUNDARY

RAMAPO RIVER CROSSOVER

TO NEW YORK CITY, NY

TO STAMFORD, CT

TO PATTERSON, NJ

TO POUGHKEEPSIE, NY

SHIPPING LANES

COVERED RAIL

NEW INTERCHANGERAMPS

STA. 2

35 MPH / RAIL

25 MPH / AUTO.

65 MPH

65 MPH

65 MPH

65 MPH

60 MPH

60 MPH

45 MPH

45 MPH

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MECH. S

MECH. N

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STA. 5

STA. 6

STA. 7

STA. 8

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INTERMODALFREIGHT HUB

PARCEL DEVELOPMENT

DISTRICT SITE PLANThe types are color-coded to indicate the patterning of type throughout the site. The color gradient runs from lowest height to tallest height parcels. Medium-height/ medium-density forms take the smallest parcel areas, bringing those structures closest to the center plazas of the city, while high-rise and short types line the district peripheries.

FORM-TYPE APPLICATIONThe types are to be flexibly used, designed and explored while meeting standards outlined in the Crossroads taxonomy. While some forms may appear to be the right fit for offices or commercial space, the organization of floor slabs, structure, orientation, and locality may suggest other programmaticapplications.

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COMMERCIAL SCHEME

RESIDENTIAL SCHEME

EXHIBIT A / PARALLELS SCHEME

EXHIBIT B / BRIDGED SCHEME

EXHIBIT C / DIVIDED SCHEME

GLAZING

STACKED OR DOUBLE-HEIGHT


PROGRAMMING BY TOWER

FORM-TYPE APPLICATION

COMMERCIAL SCHEME

RESIDENTIAL SCHEME

EXHIBIT A / PARALLELS SCHEME

EXHIBIT B / BRIDGED SCHEME

EXHIBIT C / DIVIDED SCHEME

GLAZING



PROGRAMMING BY TOWER

FORM-TYPE APPLICATION

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+/ Central Void

+/ Curtain Wall Development

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Walking SB / +

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RECTANGLE ANGLE (L) COURTYARD CENTER TRIANGLE TRAPEZOID CHEVRON ELLIPSE CRESCENTCRUCIFORM

FIELD SQUARED RISER CROSSED CUBED BRIDGED SLIPS BREAKS DIVIDEDPARALLELS

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EMPTY TYPES

RECTANGLE ANGLE (L) COURTYARD CENTER TRIANGLE TRAPEZOID CHEVRON ELLIPSE CRESCENTCRUCIFORM

FIELD SQUARED RISER CROSSED CUBED BRIDGED SLIPS BREAKS DIVIDEDPARALLELS

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35 MPH

30 MPH

20 MPH

STOP

STOP

STA. 3

TO SR 17

TO US 287

AUTO. PARKING

RETAIL & SERVICESBLDG. ATRIUM

AREA CONNECTIONS

CROSSROADS PBDMAHWAH, NJ

LOADING/ UNLOADING TERMINAL

3000+ container hold

FREIGHTRAIL

INTERMODAL HUB

pedestrian walkautomotive skyway

PASSENGERRAIL

Intermodal Station to tieinto current logistical

infrastructure existing in theNew York/ New Jersey

megaregion/

> 33 miles to Penn Station, NYC(passenger rail, SE)

> 34 miles to Port Newark(container shipping

terminal, S)

> 18 miles to Teterboro Airport

(private and passenger, SE)

> 15 miles to Tappan ZeeBridge

(highway, NE)

N E W Y O R K

N E W J E R S E Y

US 287

US 287

POUGHKEEPSIE < RAIL > PATTERSON

US 87

SR 17

GANTRY CRANE

SHIPPING LANES

ON-RAMP

STACKED STORAGE

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RAIL TRANSPORTATION

SR 17 / 287

FREIGHTRAIL

PASSENGERRAIL

BLVD BLVD

OFFRAMP/ PKG

BRIDGE

LOADING/ UNLOADING INTERMODAL HUB

PEDESTRIAN

AUTOMOBILE

BALD MOUNTAIN RAMAPO RIVER

MAHWAH, NJ

SR 17 / 287

FREIGHTRAIL

PASSENGERRAIL

BLVD BLVD

OFFRAMP/ PKG

BRIDGE

LOADING/ UNLOADING INTERMODAL HUB

PEDESTRIAN

AUTOMOBILE

BALD MOUNTAIN RAMAPO RIVER

MAHWAH, NJ

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CRANBROOKWELLNESSCENTER

Holistic systems-design approach for a dynamicenvironment on a master-planned campus.TYPE / CAMPUS / INSTITUTIONAL / RECREATIONAL

STUDIO / STRUCTURE, ENVIRONMENT, AND CONSTRUCTIONLOCATION / BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI

INSTRUCTION / ANTON HARFMANN / BOB BURNHAMDURATION / SPRING 2010 / 10 WEEKS

INSTITUTION / SAID, DAAP, CINCINNATI

CRANBROOKWELLNESSCENTER

Cranbrook Academys Wellness Center provides a relaxation outlet for students, teachers, and patrons among the beauty of the wooded landscape of Eliel Saarinens master-planned campus. Implicitly, new construction within the campus is a precise contextual operation. A strategy of visual perception was researched according to James Corners essay, Eidetic Operations and New Landscapes. The theory proposes that well-made landscapes are not simply objects in a field, but instead act as a changing sequence of events, dependent upon the view and perspective from different locations in the field.

The chosen site is at the east end of Cranbrooks Grand Alle, effectively terminating the currently open-ended Alle, and de-emphasizing the road just to the north. This interception manifests itself in a singular masonry Wall, a provision of boundary and separation. This 10-wide Wall internally becomes the datum of spatial organization. Cubic lanterns project from the Wall, responding to complex programmatic and micro-climatic parameters. To remain performative in all of these operations, the Wall is assembled in several overlapping layers of construction. A cavity for human circulation splits the Wall into two masonry-steel structures that support one another. Within each of these members is another cavity that feeds HVAC and communications systems throughout the building and into a larger plenum housing the centers mechanical brain. This system keeps all spaces operating haptically separate.

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+/ Orpheus Fountain / Cranbrook

+/ Study Model / 1:4

The Wellness Center is an integration of 3 distinct systematic layers, wrapped around each other to form inhabitable volume. The structural layer holds the building upright, but cannot do so without the strength of its detailing. The active climate systems of the building weave between the elements of the structure. In the case of this section, the active systems relate to the structure in four different ways. The first is as a horizontal plenum, suspended and separate from the structure. The second is as an enclosed room, sized to the exact dimensions of the mechanical requirements. The third way is through a built-in piece of the floor, as used to chemical distribution in the pools. The fourth is the primary system integration of the building, through the large interior (Wall). Here, structure is the exoskeleton around a system of vitals, held together by the complex detail system that makes this Wall both structural and mechanical.

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Site Environmental Graphing / +240 230 60

SITE CONSIDERATIONS

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+/ Campus Site Plan

+/ Site Model / 1:32

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Section / Zone 2 / +

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BUILDING PLANS

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TYP. WALL SECTIONS

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OPERABLE LANTERNS

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FABRICATIONS

Working between the computer, the machine, and the hand, these projects and models concern an interest in the wide variety of tools available to the architect in the current age of technological and industrial advance. The methods of representation are no longer bound to simply paper, scale models, or digital space: full-scale mock-ups and diagrammatic installations reflect a new mode of thinking-through-making.

DIGITAL FABRICATION1/ RIVET REEF / Aluminum Alloy, Plywood / Fall 2010*2/ DADO ARCH / Plywood / Fall 2010*3/ INVISIBLE DRAGON / Vinyl, Basswood / Fall 2010*4/ GEOGRAPHY LESSON / Plywood / Fall 20105/ HOME & GARDEN / Acrylic, HDF / Fall 20116/ LOOSE-FIT / PETG / Fall 2011*7/ INVISIBLE PARAMETERS / Acrylic, Basswood / Winter 2011

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RIVET REEF / Aluminum Alloy, Plywood / Fall 2010* / 1

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FABRICATIONS

2/ DADO ARCH / Plywood / Fall 2010*

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INVISIBLE DRAGON / Vinyl, Basswood / Fall 2010* / 3

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4/ GEOGRAPHY LESSONS / Acrylic, Plywood, Found Objects / Fall 2010*

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HOME & GARDEN / Acrylic, HDF / Fall 2011 / 5

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FABRICATIONS

6/ LOOSE-FIT / PETG / Fall 2011*

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INVISIBLE PARAMETERS / Acrylic, Basswood / Winter 2011 / 7

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FORMATS

As architects are constantly introduced to quickly-evolving forms of media, the question of presenting proposal and concept becomes central to architectural production. Methods of book-making, exhibition, and competition are major players in the show for displaying design in a way that mass-media can digest.

BOOK-MAKING1/ THENORMAL I / (Re)Post-Industrial / Winter 2011*2/ THENORMAL II / Globe Trade Building / Winter 2011*3/ THENORMAL III / Re(Industrial)mediation / Winter 2011*4/ MIMETIC MACHINES / Ecosophical Apparatus / Winter 20115/ 36 3 18.9 N, 112 7 18.6 W / Summer 20116/ DISCIPLINARITY / Architectural Narrative / Fall 2011*7/ & STUDENT PUBLICATION / TCAUP / Winter 2011*

EXHIBITION8/ DIS / Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, CPH / Summer 20099/ PHOTOFORMANCE / UMMA, Michigan / Winter 2011*10/ THE CORPORATION / Van Alen Institute, NY / Fall 2011*

COMPETITION11/ AARP UNIVERSAL DESIGN / AIAS / Winter 200912/ KAWNEER COURTHOUSE / AIAS / Fall 200913/ LOOSE FIT / Artprize, Grand Rapids, MI / Fall 2011* *Done in Collaboration

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FLEX & FRAME

taubman college | university of michigan | & vol. 5fall semester | 2011

& student publication | taubman college of architecture and urban planning

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CONOR WOOD - PORTFOLIO+CV

+1: program is clustered as rectilinear volumes, based upon proportions of the golden section

+2: b-splines wrap programmatic clusters, while stretching out toward contextual points of interest, surfaces are created between splines

+3: b-splines surfaces are subdivided into sections, each section comprising of golden triangle units

+4: lines are drawn between sections, approximating the shape of the b-splines as flat planes

+5: b-splines are subtracted, resulting in a planar form

+6: central cube is extruded, to contain relevant programmatic volumes

+7: central cube is inserted into planar framework

+8: surfaces are drawn across framework, wrapping around the central cube

+9: form is planted into the site +perspective, facing southeast+corten perforation +corten perforation

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_ How did Architecture :Become a Discipline?

09 | 19 | 2011

Year Unknown

In attempts to define a natural history of organisms, observations have been compared between anatomical structures and general nouns that can define the entire character of a species. Foucault believes that this approach to taxonomy is inherently subjective, as language conventions have become the common basis for what is attributed to a theory of the definitive or actual. Often, such classifications are misunderstood by society based on these general characteristics, as is the case with the tomato. While the tomato is classified in cooking as characteristic of a vegetable, biological science points out its condition as a fruit. Classification in this case is determinate of appropriating use of the tomato, whether as a scientist or as a chef.

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Anatomical Diagram for a Cherry Tomato PlantIllustrator Unknown

Character | profession | Noun:collection of similarities between entities that

promote a method for classification.

There can be only one method; but one can invent and apply a considerable number of systems...The system is arbitrary throughout its development, but once the system of variables - the character - has been defined at the outset, it is no longer possible to modify it, to add or subtract even one element.

- Michel Foucalt

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PROFESSIONAL

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EXPERIENCE1/ ARREO / Professional Research / Fall 20112/ RJT+R / Atlanta, GA / Summer 2008*3/ DPCA / Chicago, IL / Winter 2009*4/ MRY / Santa Monica, CA / Summer 2011*

(NOT PICTURED)5/ ACQUILANO LESLIE / Denver, CO / Summer 2007*6/ FME / San Francisco, CA / Winter 2010*

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2/ RULE TRAMMELL JOY + RUBIO / Atlanta, GA / Summer 2008

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828 W. 6th Street, Suite 300Austin, TX 78703

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SASAKI ASSOCIATES

64 Pleasant StreetWatertown, MA 02472

617.926.3300

RVI PLANNING + LANDSCAPEARCHITECTURE

712 Congress Avenue, Suite 300Austin, TX 78701

512.480.0032

DATUM ENGINEERING

5929 Balcones Drive, Suite 100Austin, TX 78731

512.469.9490

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2222 Western Trails, Suite 107Austin, TX 78745

512.633.3136

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1946 S I-35, Suite 305Austin, TX 78704

512.851.0404

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1304 E. 7th StreetAustin, TX 78702

512.474.4555

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ST. EDWARD'S UNIVERSITY,AUSTIN, TX

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CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

TAUBMAN COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE + URBAN PLANNINGUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN / ANN ARBOR, MIM.Architecture Candidate, April 2012.

Taubman Scholar.Architectural Representative Committee, Member.& Student Publication, Graphics. Work / Study Student, Graphics.Graduate Student Instruction Assistant, Professional Practice.Program ranked 1st* by practitioners. (Design Intelligence, 2011)*.Program ranked 5th* by school deans.(Design Intelligence, 2012)*.

SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE + INTERIOR DESIGNUNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI / CINCINNATI, OHB.S.Architecture Degree Recipient, Deans List, June 2010.

Certificate of Professional Practice Recipient, June 2010.Awarded the Cincinnatus and Century Scholarships.

DANISH INSTITUTE FOR STUDY ABROADUNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN / COPENHAGEN, DK

Intensive 7-week program exploring the concepts of Scandinavian architecture and design. Research tours led to Sweden, Finland, and Western Denmark.

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE STUDENTSUNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI CHAPTERFormer Chapter President.

Led the re-establishment of the UC chapter on campus and nationally, while building university membership and relations. Focus of the organization centered on mentoring and educating younger members and peers on design and cultural issues. Also implemented and supervised a contract with the Cincinnati Chapter of the USGBC, to work together in creating an internet database for all LEED-Certified Projects in the Cincinnati Metropolitan Area.

SIGMA ALPHA EPSILONOHIO EPSILON CHAPTERExecutive Recorder, House Chaplain.House Executive + Judicial Boards.John O. Moseley Leadership School Attendee.

Nominated by fraternity chapter to participate in the 73rd Annual Leadership School, for 4 days in Miami, Florida. Conference included group seminars about methods and social issues of leadership. Smaller, break-out sessions focused on implementation.

RECRUITMENT OFFICE + ADMISSIONS TOUR GUIDEUNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATILed Prospective Student and Architectural Tours of UCs Uptown Campus.

09 / 2010

- PRESENT

09 / 2006

- 06 / 2010

06 / 2009

- 08 / 2009

+ [email protected]

+ [email protected]

+ (970) 393 3917

+ 514 N Division St / Ann Arbor, MI / 48104

LEADERSHIP

CONTACT

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MOORE RUBLE YUDELL ARCHITECTS & PLANNERSSANTA MONICA, CAIntern Architect.

Part of a schematic and design devlopment team for a university laboratory and classroom building in Texas. Duties included illustrating programmatic diagrams, developing design models in Sketch-Up and Revit, analyzing room-fit schemes, iterating exterior elevations, and providing project renderings.

FEE MUNSON EBERT ARCHITECTURE + DESIGNSAN FRANCISCO, CACo-op Student / Intern Architect.

Part of a schematic development team for several buildings, including offices, single-family housing, and rehabilitation work. Also developed a complete Revit model of the Transamerica Pyramid Building, working off of original construction documents. The model will serve to provide accurate building information and BOMA calculations to Pyramid Center managers, and their leaseholders.Co-op Assessment: Excellent. Conor is fast, accurate, strong and has effective software skills, a good sense of graphics, aesthetics and design. Would hire again, without question.FME

DANIEL P. COFFEY ASSOCIATESCHICAGO, IL

Co-op Student / Intern Architect.

Primarily worked on design schematics for a large-scale redevelopment of a site in west Chicago. Duties included modeling distinct building typologies in Autodesk Revit and Rhino, while also creating analysis matrices of the master plan proposal. Many of the building forms were reiterated through extensive hand drawing and sketches, and building codes were researched to understand site limitations.Co-op Assessment: Excellent. Able to complete all assignments, with minimal supervision. Works well and contributes to team success. DPCA

RULE JOY TRAMMELL + RUBIOATLANTA, GA

Co-op Student/Intern Architect.

Worked with design development and schematics on several projects in the American Southeast, including a 3-tower, 2.5 million ft2 project aimed at creating a central commercial district for Midtown Atlanta. Duties included drafting, distribution of construction documents, drawings for schematic design, documentation of construction sites, and physical model building.Co-op Assessment: Excellent.

ACQUILANO LESLIEDENVER, CO

Intern Architect.

+ Rhinoceros 4.0/5.0 / VB Scripting / Grasshopper

+ Autodesk Revit

+ Autodesk AutoCAD

+ Google Sketch-Up

+ ANSYS Mechanical

+ MasterCAM 4

+ Adobe Creative Suite / Photoshop / Illustrator / InDesign / Dreamweaver

+ Microsoft Office / Word / Excel / Powerpoint

05 / 2011

- 08 / 2011

01 / 2009

- 06 / 2009

06 / 2008

- 09 / 2008

06 / 2007

- 09 / 2007

01 / 2010

- 03 / 2010

EXPERIENCE

SOFTWARE

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